The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1868-10-21
yntelliget1etr,
For the anderson .Intelhgencer.
"A Trip. to the North.

in visiting most of tho places OF interest
in this great city, and looking at the
large stocks of goods kept in the whole
sale commercial houses, who're they send
forth to the East, West, North and South
such vast quantities of merchandise, we
passed overinto Brooklyn, and was great
" surpriscd,to see so large city in sight
of this great commercial centre Of our
country, and only separated by a river.
Ishad expected to sec a small place, do
ing small business butit is estimated
as the third city in numbers and magnl-
tude in our country. I did not feel much
inclination to go through the same round
Of sightseeing here had just accom-
plished on the, other side of the river.
They have many churches of9fne'appear-
ance, and able ministers. The style OF
building generally did not differ materi.
ally from;that of New York.
SsWes~passed from the boat-landing
through the city five miles in street car,
on oar way to Greenwood Cemetery.
AS we approached the Cemetery, on each
side were marble-yards on large scale,
and monuments ready dressed off and.
finished, except, the inscriptions, suited
to the occasion and person. Some very
large and Exceedingly tall, and beautifully
finished; some of smaller dimensions.
and less costly. The rich and the poor
may here get something suited to their
taste, and the amount they arc willing to
pay. :
sS Just at the entrance, wepasscd through
between two houses, but connected by a:
circular roof. Here persons, may crafty
tho appetite with almost anything they
may desire. Some pass through in their
carriages, and pass along the meandering
walks. A large boundary Of land has
been purchased for the Cemetery, and
kept up and bcautifed at the expense of
the city. They spare neither money, Ia
Dor or skill to render it a place OF great
attraction to all who may visit it, and
very few persons visit New York or
Brooklyn, who are not pressed for time,
who.do not visit7this last resting place Of
the.doad. -
The boundary is SO large some are CON-
PEELED to go in carriages, as they would
not be ablo TO bear the fitigue,of foot
travel. Nature seems to have formed
this ground for just such a purpose as
this. All through the entire grounds are
smallsmounds rising mp, and on the sum-
nit only room enough for the burial of q
single family. Many purchase beautiful
sites of this, kind, as Abraham purchased
the, caxe Of .Machpelah, that is in the
feldsof Ephron, the Hittite. Fhis site
WAS ..before Mamre, IN the land OF Ca
naan: which Abraham boaght for a pos
session of a burying place" There
Abraham, Sarah his wife, side by side.
with many of their descendants, were
taken to the same last resting place.
Those who purchase q place. here en-
close it by iron. railing, or marble posts
and chains fastened to them till the place
is;encirclcd, and the proceeds go into a
common fund, and is employed in adorn-
ingsthe place. To pass quietly through,
and delay long enough TO notice minute
ly:s the varied forms. of the monuments
and their inscriptions, and the great
beauty with which they are adorned,
consumes much time, and yet visitors Of
ten linger long in viewing one and an
other, and yet another, all differing in
appearance one from the other. Some
prefer building vault, and excavate it
partly into tho hill, and deposit their
dead on the floor of the vault, and by
using very thick glass, you may look in
upon the cofips, or the marble doors may
bo opened and closed as they may wish.
All the grounds are thoroughly covered
: with grass and clover that is SO common
over this country. Itis shaded in all di
rections with beautiful evergreens, and a
great variety as to general appearance.
nhe grounds are so extensive that when
companions separate near the entrance
carly in the day, each following circular
walks, they often wander in different di-
rections, and see no moro of each other
during the day. Occasionally you pass
laborers erecting some new monument or
decorating the grounds. Again you pass
beautiful lake, and the water spouting
nip. and falling back from very great
height. After many long hours in search