DIRECTORY. blood of patriots thus mingling with their dust-we may safely suppose that this mount of burial received its first consecration. It is not a little to be regretted, that in consequence, probably, of the toryism or the indifference then so generally prevalent in this part of Long Island, no effort was made, while yet it might have been done to mark and fix the localities of the battle of Brooklyn. So far as relates to the operations of the right wing of the American outposts, all, it is believed, that can now be gathered, may be found in the article on Battle Hill, in Illustrated.” "Green-wood The TOUR Let us resume our observations. next leads us in a southeastern direction. And here, first upon our right, is a tomb-stone on the lot of John H. Corwin. This is a large marble monument terminated by a large-sized At each corner of the rectangle stands a handsome poplar,—and still indeed must be the summer air, when those silver-lined leaves urn. are not in motion. The monument on the opposite corner somewhat peculiar. A curved and tapering die supports two fluted tapering columns. These columns, upon each of which is an urn, are, as it were, linked and bound together by a marble cord of leaves and flowers. The epitaph informs us that this symbolic monument is the memorial of two brothers, George and Albert Swan. Their home was in Ohio. — George was on his way to the University in Cambridge, Mass., and was lost in the Lexington, on that fatal night which brought desolation to so many hearts. Albert, while on his way to the same Institution, was taken sick in New-York, and there died. The next is a columnar monument of Isaac Packard, a highly respectable merchant. At some distance on the left, may next be seen the massive and well-constructed tomb of States M. and Benjamin Mead. As we pass by the entrance of Greenbough Avenue, we leave upon the right, Lieut. David Baldwin's marble monument and Cooke's tall blue stone |