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new gateway, just erected through the generous gift of 

 Mr. Tappan of New York, a native of Newburyport. 

 None could fail to be struck with the beautiful inscription 

 wrought in the granite entablature. We understand that 

 the inscription was furnished by Mrs. Tappan, the daugh- 

 ter of the late C. W. Story Esq., of Newburyport, and we 

 record it, as itself a testimony to a tasteful and pious cul- 

 ture long known to her friends : 



" Until The Day Break, 



And The Shadows Flee Away." 



From the elevated portions of the cemetery, beautiful 

 and extensive views of the surrounding country were 

 obtained, embracing on the south and west the hills of 

 West Newbury, Rowley, Ipswich, and Old Town ; on the 

 east and north the headlands of Cape Ann, the sandy 

 shores of Plum Island, Salisbury, and Hampton : the dis- 

 tant Isles of Shoals, and the woods and hamlets of Salis- 

 bury, Seabrook, with the towns of Amesbury and West 

 Newbury. After leaving the Cemetery, the Copley paint- 

 ings were visited at the house of the Misses Tracy, who 

 very kindly threw open their mansion to the large party, 

 and furnished much valuable information as to the history 

 of the portraits of Colonel and Mrs. Lee. Another fine 

 portrait by Trurnbull of Col. Jackson, the ancestor of the 

 distinguished Jackson family of Boston, was seen at the 

 same place. From this point, the route was taken to the 

 old South Church, passing by the way the old colonial jail 

 house in Federal street. Many of the party visited the 

 tomb of Whitfield, where the remains of the great preach- 

 er, together with those of Prince and Parsons, were seen. 

 After testing the quality of the whispering gallery in the 

 church, the party proceeded to the old Tracy Mansion, 

 once honored by the presence of Washington, Talleyrand, 

 Chateaubriand, Louis Philippe, LaFayette and others. 



