Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1895-01-09
Letter from New York CITY.

Letter from New York City.
..Ring out the Old, ring in the New.
Ring out the false, ring in the true.''
The custom of ringing the old
year out and the new year in is still
kept up in New York City. Though
at the last five minutes of the o,d
year, every whistle on the ferry boats,
factories, tugs and steam boats send
forth shrili sound, and men and
boys toot their tin horns which are
sold on the streets by fabirs, yet
there is a more solemn and refined
way of celebrating the close of ths
old year and welcoming in the new.
1t Is the Ginning Of the bells, and
principally those of Trinity Epis
copal,on Broadway, opposite Wall
st. This church is one of the old
est and most important building in
the city. The present building, how
ever, dates only from 1916, but this
is the third building that has been
erected on this site. The first one
was burned down during the revolu-
ton. 1t is built of stone, in Gothic
style, and has steeple 2S4 feet high
1t is the richest congregation in the
Metropolis. Standing at the en-
trance of the church one can look
down Wall street where the famous
Balls and Bears make their millions,
aud two blocks away is seop the Old
q. S. Capitol where Washington
stood on the stone steps and took the
oath of office as the first President of
the United States. But the Ginning
of the bells must not be forgotten.
About half past ten the people be-
gan to gather on the street in front
of the church to hear the chimes.
They came from all over the city,
from Brooklyn, Jersey City and from
the towns around. The night was
cold, but Notwithstanding this about
seven thousand people had congre
gated here by ll:3o when the chimes
began to play. The majority were
women. At this time the bslls chin
ed out on the midnight air and filed
it with sweet music. While the cold
pierced our bones, the scstacy of the
! chimes filed our hearts.
If the reader is not already tired
Of my pen, lot US go into the church
ward OF two blocks that the surround
the church and see who sleeps here
All iha graves are old, ami not one
has been buried here for the last
thirty years As we turn to our
right, we come to the grave of Rich
ard Churchill, the Oldest known grave
in the cemetery, and on the smal
brown slab is the date 1851. Many
curious stones are seen with rude
forms of angels at the head odd cpl
taps We pass underneath the large
elm and sycamore trees and on the
opposite side of the church is IN ur-
5erground vault. In it, with a
friend, is the immortal Robert Full
ton OF whom every school boy has
read the story of him sailing the first
steam bost-tbe Ciermort-on the
Hudson. Nothing is seen on the flat
stone to indicate that this is his
grave But the writer WAS assured
of this fact last summer by the old
sexton of the cemetery, who was
present few years ago when the
grave was opened and Fnlton's breast
plate found in the tomb. A few
steps from here, by a few low
bushes is the grave of Gen. Phil
k-arney, who was killed at Chantil
ly during the Civil War
As we 20 down along the side of
the yard to our right below a
small obelisk liss Alexander Hamil-
ton aud his wife. One cannot ap-
preach ms tomb without feeling a
thrill Of the stain he left on his pat.
riotic character when he fell in a
duel with Aaron Burr about four
miles up the river at Weehakin, on
July II, 1904. As we go out tho
gate on Broadway at the right is the
monument of Captain Lawrence
where sleeps that great hero, who
was slain June 1st, 1913 in defense
of his ship the Chesapeake against
the British ship Shannon, when 146
of his crew we're killed and wounded,
and the crew were compelled to sur
render, rebuking the men in his dy-
ing moment. as he WAS being carried
from the deck of the vessel he utter.
ed his last command that will keep
his memory green in every patriotic
mind. Don't give up the ship"
BEN NOX.