DIRECTORY. 91 of these, a slender obelisk preserves the name of Susan W. Wallace. Near this, a short marble monument stands unenclosed, in a plot belonging to the New-York University. It is a tribute paid by the Rector, masters and pupils of the Grammar School connected with that institution, and also by other friends, to John Leckie, a native of Peebles, in Scotland, and the first classical head-master of said school. The epitaph commemorates his scholarship and his virtues. The circular enclosure of Chas. G. Bartling is now below us on the left. It contains several stones. The next lot, on the right, with its emblematic fence and neat monument, is the final harbor of James T. Leonard, late a captain in the United States Navy. Read the epitaph. Nor is Leonard the only one, who, after having been honorably engaged in the public service of his country, has, at length, found a peaceful resting-place on this beautiful and commanding spot. THE VOLUNTEER OFFICERS. Mark where, a little south of the TOUR, seven graves appear, disposed in the form of a cross. They contain the mortal remains of Colonel Charles Baxter; of Captains Barclay and Pearson; of Lieutenants Chandler, Gallagher, Kleine, and Forbes. With the exception of Lieutenant Forbes, these all died in Mexico, and while engaged in the volunteer service of the United States. Mr. Forbes went out to recover and to bring home the bodies. In the execution of this melancholy errand, he had reached New-Orleans, upon his return, when fever seized and carried him off. On the 12th of July, 1848, the bodies of these brave men, (Kleine's excepted,) were conveyed through the principal streets of NewYork, accompanied by an immense procession, and with all the affecting and solemn pomp which military usages impart to such occasions. The coffins being, at length, placed in front of the City Hall, the vast assemblage was ad |