, 1880-11-14

= r.. .nd around her lie twelve OF them;
49, sr.ne Inst a. sea. Brother sections please
. wv ,..rp clear berth for me near by this
1s.n.u But the scxtons paid no regard to
suA~ riches of their "brother," for the
n .;,s ,of David Darling, as tradition
!e a, rere entombed in another quarter OF
n.' -. = Enclosure. The gravediggers Of New
rer1.nd seem to have been as lleartless as
!.atr ~ fellows of Shalzspeare's time,-haying
.a~afae1ng 49,. of their business"
Ttp earliest original intcrment appears to
>.rsheeu that Of David, sou to Duvid Copp
a1 49,. f}hedience, his wife, aged two weeks.
nee q 1G6L"-ncarly two hundred and
.,s,,ty ~ years ago. But slab Is found thir-
.e;r res1s older-fhat in memory OF Grace
c,-r who diea at Plymouth May H.. 1G35.
@vhose body was removed to Boston in the
-s,r 1665a!" Mrs. Berry might have come
.-sr IN the Nayt1ower, but her uaule does
~ ,npear in the list Of passengers by that
c.1etuaied vessel
ye.r the Charter street gate is the tomb Of
~ Mathers.-a plain brick vault, with
b,,yy brown-stone slab. upon which is the
falowing inscription:
The Rev. Drs- Increase, Cottnu. and Samuel
v.ther were inferred in this vault. 'Tis the
tnmb Of our fathers, ttather-Crookers.
+ died Aug. -, I;.:.<s :pt- s. !
s5 d'sa sos fso; = = IA; IA. 'st ct. 6; s
This vault contains the remains OF many
o{ the descendants Of the Mathers. Within
twenty-five years at least four interments
hare been made in it, and the last was only
twelve years ago.
year the Mather tomb Is that OF the Ellis
family, which Is shaded by the famous Ma
no|eon willow, said to hare been grown
from slip brought from the tree at the
eayeof Bonaparte at St Helena. The place
,bounds in curious epitaphs, as: flames
Seward, grandson Of James and Catharine
Seward, died Sept. q, 1792, ct months.
uebore lingering sickness with patience,
md met the King OF Terrors with a. smile"
And
A sister Of Sarah Lucas lycth here,
Whom did love most dear:
And now her snul hnth took its flight.
AND bid her spightfui foes good night.
Old Copp's Hill burying- ground has had
some queer sections. Sections must have
tomts as we'll as other people. and, in several
instances, they have appropriated other peo-
rle's tombs, turned out the rightful tenants
md occupied them with their own dead It
Is observable that a sexton, when he steals
tomb and commences an action Of ejectment
OF forcib1e entry and detainer, always takes
the best to be found. Thus the costly and
elaborntely wrought and sculptured tomb in
which once reposed - the mortal part" Of
one William Clark, whose many virtues were
chronicled in elegant phrase on the stone
which proved unfortunately not to be his
last restmg-place, was seized possession Of
by Sexton Samuel Winslow, who caused his
own name to be Inscribed above that OF the
Clark, as proprietor of all the vir-
ues ascribed to him. ousted Clark, his sisters,
lis cousins, and his aunts, and, with rare i'm
had himself buried in the tomb he
lad stolen.
Of course. descendants OF William the
,onQuero1 are to be found-that is to say; il
heir ashes are recognizable Old Copp's
ILL. There is a. tomb on which is repre-
cnted the coat Of arms Of Hugo de Mount
ord, IA Norman who, in 1066, commanded
be cavalry Of William at the battle Of Hast
ngs"
In the northwest angle Of the grounds lie
he remains Of Edmund Hartts, the builder
# the ffigate Constitution-Old 1ronsides.
The spot Is marked by plain white stone
,pon which is engraved simply his name
evidently modest man, OF perhaps his
friends were grieyed because he possessed no
.oat OF arms, and so desired that his memory
Aou1d fade away.
In striking contrast with the Hartts head
Etone inscription is the following, on large
"Charles Jarvis died Nov Is,
lso7, aged SO years APhysician, a Statesman,
1 Patriot, and an honest man, whose dignided
department., sublime eloquence, unbounded
and other virtues endears his
memory to his fellow citizens" Here is
eridence in an epitaph Of degree Of faith
which puts modern Boston skepticis!n to
tie blush:
4n angels hand can snatch her from the grave.
MILLIONS Of ages can't contne her there.
The tombstone Of Capt Thomas Lake pre-
serves the legend that he Twas an eminen1ly
faithful servant Of God, and one OF a public
pilit" That he was perfdious2y slain by
se Indians at Kennebec Aug: II, 1876, and
Inferred here ye 13 October following" 4
eavity appears In the he2dstone which is said
formerly to have contained the bullets taken
fom the good Captains body, but bad
boyswlth their knives have dug out the lead.
Aear Lakes grave is that OF Nicholas Upshall,
Who deserves to be gratefully remembered
Because Of his opposition to the Quaker per-
secut1ons. he was guilty OF bribery, for
winch be was banishcd by Gov. Endicott.
re oribed the keeper OF the Boston Jail to
'eea tTo Quaker women imprisoned there,
ead 50 sayed them from starvation. Gov. T
tndlcot retired from Office in time for Up
snat to return to Boston and die and be
oaned In Copp's Hill.
). II WIS near the old burying- ground that
anne Pollard, the first white woman who
* eet LOOT IN Boston, Jumped ashore" She
4'eo 70 be los years old, but whether her re-
!, alalns were inferred in Copp's Hill Is not
~ Copp's Hill chu1chyard is gloomy
Wv place, Shaded by scragsy old trees, Its
t4etones W." were once battered by British
sa!.e's' ~ md now they are crumbling away to
s-oust that will nlnele with the other
4as' tney commemorate.
\: q = DISTINGUISHED Democrat of the name
=. uoaas says: III q leader OF either party
~ se6 measure immediately the other takes /