The Evansville journal. [volume] (Evansville, Ind.) 1866-1870, 1868-02-18
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fight. The Sophomore beat a hasty
retreat, leaving behind them ropes,
owels, gloves, handkerehiefs with
names on them, oFercoats. DC, which
articles served, In great measure, TO
identify them. Three of the Sophie
mores were suspended for one year, as
was likewise zone of the Freshmen,
who, it turned out, had few nights
previous attempted to haze sone OF
these very Sophemofes. This is a cor
rect account of the melee, anything
in the Herald or Post to the contrary
Notwithstanding This practice OF
hazing has been on the Waue ever
since the fatal occurrence which, at
tended just such an expedition as
above described at Amherst College,
where a Freshman shot Sophomore,
who Immediately expired. sass
A mile from here is the famous Mt.
Auburn Cemetery, unequalled, it is
said, by any In the United States. In
this silent city of the dead, lie buried
some of the greatest men which Mas
sachusetts, so eonspicuously re-
moved for her master minds, has ever
produced.
Al strange and undefnable feeling
takes possession of ones soul as he
gazes upon the last resting place Of
these great men, who, by their great
parts, powerful intellects, and deep
penetration have laid deeply in the
soil Of freedom the foundation of this
great Republic; and he painfully
realizes that here is the end of ambi-
ton. Here, the high and low, the
rich and poor, find the same home
1t is here that we also realize the
poets words.
"Behold, fond mani
See here thy pictur'd life; pass some few
Thy fowery Spring. thy Summers ardent
Thy sober autumn fading into age,
And pale concludins, White comes at last,
And shuts the scene"
An expensive and exquisitely
wrought mOpument, erected by the
Express Companies In the United
States, in 1866, marks the spot where
William T. Harnden, the founder of
express business in America. lies.
A beautiful chapel meets your gaze as
you first enter the cemetery In which
the last mOurnful services are paid to
the departed. Within this chapel lie
buried Chief Justice Story, John
Winthrop, John Adams, James Otis,
and others. A life-size statue, wrought
from the finest marble, is placed above
their graves.
In all of these men were combined
those virtues and good qualities which
have so endeared them Ia the hearts
of their countrymen. Some Of them,
while this Republic was but yet in its
infancy. stood firm to the cause Of free-
dom, and during our struggle with
the Mother Country, were determined
to free the Colonies from the iron
grasp of despotism, or die in the glo-
rious attempt. The statesman and
patriot, James Otis. when the cause
to try the legality of the odious Writs
Boston, resigned his lucrative Office of
Advocate General for the crown,
which would have obliged him to
argue in favor of the writs,
and appeared as counsel for the petit
TONERS IN opposition to them. The
speech which he then delivered, for
boldness and eloquence in asserting
and defending the rights of the Colo
Lies, was a remarkable one, and pro-
duced a marked effect on public
opinion in Massachusetts,. John
Adams, who was present at its de-
livery, says. Every man of an i'm
mense. crowded audience appeared to
me to go away, as did, ready to take
arms against Writs of Assistance.
Then and there was the first scene of
the first act of opposition TO the arbi-
trary claims of Great Britain. Then
and there the child Independence was
born.
In fifteen years-that is, In 1776-
he grew up to manhood, and declared
" free. All of these men
have moulded, in no small degree, the
shape of this Republic, and a nations
like diadem, is resting Ger
their names.
Beautiful artificial ponds, in which
the feathery tribe reign supreme-de-
lightful fountains, which throw their
crystal streams to the height of forty
feet, which, in descending, form beau
tiful rainbows in the air, aud the
flowers, which make redolent
the air with their sweet perfumes, or
nate the grounds. Last, but not
least, is an observatory In the centre
Of the cemetery, from the top of
which Boston and its beautiful hills
which surround it, may be clearly
seen. Certainly, no one who ever
visits Cambridge or Boston, should
depart from thence without having
seen Mt. Auburn Cemetery.
In the winter season this country
IS pregnant with furious winds and
snow storms. Sleighing has been re-
fine for the past six weeks.
A vehicle on wheels has not been