The Middlebury register. [volume] (Middlebury, Vt.) 1850-1882, 1872-01-30

the only noticeable features. The in
scription is dedicated to the memory o
Gen. Hugh Mercer, who fell for the sac
red cause of human liberty and Ameri
can Independence in the battle of Prince
ton." Stephen Decatur Lavallette has
also Roman monument with an appro.
pirate inscription. Major Levi Triggs
killed at Chapultepec, and George Deca.
tur Twiggs his son, killed at the National
Bridge near Vera Cruz, lie beneath au
imposing monument, from a marble base
rises shaft from the top of which the
American flag is draped.
The tomb of Commodore Hull is q
fac-simile reduced in size of the classic
tomb of the Scipios at Rome. The fn.
scription sets forth that "Commondore
Hull's lie was consummate example OF
bravery, GOODNESS and nautical skill, unit
ed with great modcsty and simplicity"
Charles Elicit, of the Mississippi Ram
feet fame, and the designer and builder
of the Suspension Bridge at Fairmount,
also reposes here beneath a beautiful
monument. A fitting companion is
Thomas Godfrey, the inventor of the
Quadrant. He died in 1T49, and the
remains were brought to Laurel Hill in
1888. On one side of tho monument is
the inscription "His invention has con-
fcrred enduring benefit upon the marine
and commerce of the world" Charles
Thompson, the first and long the conf
dental Secretary of the Continental Con-
gress, lies here, the spot being marked by
a granite shaft in the form of "Cleopatra :
Needle" 1t stands 81 feet in height,
the base containing and inscription re-
counting the services and virtues Of the
deceased public servant. The tomb of
Joseph G. Neal, author of "Charcoal
Sketches" also deserves notice. Blocks OF
granite in the rough are piled together,
and upon the summit rests an urn, against
this, reclines a stringless Tyre.
The monument to the victims of the
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is a splendid shaft. On the base Of which,
in relief, are representations Of the Good
Samari;ans, with appropriate inscriptions,
telling to the world the heroic sacrifice
made by those who nursed the sick and
dying while all others had fed. Close
by, is bronze life-size statue Of VIM.
Emen Cresson, young artist, who died
in 1868. The figure is sitting in chair,
on high pedestal and is represented
as holding pallet in one hand, the brush
in the other-the whole expression of the
face is that of study.
One of the most beautiful monuments
on the bank overlooking the Schuylkill,
is life-size figure of female sitting
and holding in her arms two babies. The
history attended to their memorial is a
touching one. An artist, Henry D.
Saunders, came to the cemetery with his
wife. They invariably selected one spot
on the bank where the best view of
the surrounding scenery could be OBJ
tanned. Here the artist and his
wife took sketches day after day, until
at last premonitory illness kept them
from their accustomed resting place
The wife died, and with her the twin
babies, whose birth cost the mothers life.
The husband and father buried his family
at the hallowcd place, and then chiselled
with his own hands the touching memorial
of his loved ones, that now adornes the
spot Shortly afterwards Mr.. Saunders
returned to Poland, his native country
and there died in battle.
Doctor Elisha Kent Kane, the Artic
explorer whose cxertions in behalf of
science fastened his death, reposes in n
vault hewn out Of the solid rock on the
hillside, overlooking the Schuylkill, amid
grove of sapliugs. No one would sus-
pect the massive rock to be appropriated
to the use of tomb, were it not for a
stone door and stone castings, which have
a plain and smooth surface. Not let.
ter cut, to designate who or what that un-
seemly shaped rock contains. Many 9TH
er interesting monuments mi sht be named.
The cemetery contains nearly one hun.
dred acres and in ts soil are entombed
over 10000 bodies. 1t is protected
from intrusion by the extension Of the
park, which surrounds it, and insures its
privacy.
1t would seem that nature b I'd attempt.
ed to outrival herself, in producing the
gorgeous scenery that presents itself to
view from the higher portions of the
ground, at a favorable time of year.
Standing on the southwestern slope, on a
sunny day, panoramic view of surpass-
ing beauty opens to the vision. The SHIN
mering surface of the Schuylkill bathed
in rich sunlight, rolled toward the sea-
The romatic Fairmont Park skirting the
western shore. The craggy bluffs Of the
opposite shore, forming the rocky rampant
of the western shore ct south Laurel Hill
and the wilderness Of monuments on the
left, conspire to impress the mind of 1.-THE
handy work Of the great Creator" and
the superadded work of man. There are
many more extensive cemeteries in the
vicinity O: the city they have been vast
recruiting stations" for the last few
months. That pest and pestilential dis
ease, small pox, has desolated many q
household, and paralyzed business to some
extent yet many reports abroad are the
grosscst exaggerations. For instance
some two months since Washington pa
per announced that there were supposed
to be 10000 cases of that disease in
Philadelphia, and that many of its streets
were boarded up" The Ledger re-
marked in reference to the report, that il
was verification Of the "adage" that tc
get the news, one must 60 from home. II
is now on the decrease, aud it is to be
hoped it may soon cease to exist as an
epidemic.
There is an adge, that mistakes happer
sometimes in the "bcst regulated fanil
les" l suppose likewise, that typograpi
cal errors sometimes occur, both from i'm
perfect manuscript and other causes. Ii
my last communication in speaking of the
eminent advocate, David Paul Brown, the
manuscript read, "he is the acknowledged
leader of the bar Of this city aud county.
The types made it read "the city apd
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