A short distance north of the church, beautifully situated upon a gentle slope which descends into the gorge of the Pocanteco, is the

THE TOWN OF MOUNT PLEASANT.

Irving lot. What strikes the visitor is the perfect simplicity apparent in all its appointments. Within the enclosure, ranged in two lines, are the different graves. Each has a plain head-stone of marble, on which are inscribed the name and age at death of the occupant. The grave of Washington Irving does not differ from those of the rest of the family. The inscription simply tells that

WASHINGTON, Son of William and Sarah S. Irving, died Nov. 28, 1859, Aged 76 years, 7 ruo. and 25 days."

" In a little while," says Irving, " this genial warmth which still lingers around my heart, and throbs, worthy reader -- throbs kindly toward thyself, will be chilled forever. Haply this frail compound of dust, which, while alive, may have given birth to naught but unprofitable weeds, may form a humble sod of the valley, whence may spring many a sweet wild flower, to adorn my beloved island of Manna-hata ! "* "- Why," he writes, " should we thus seek to clothe death with unnecesjary terrors, and to spread horrors around the tomb of those we love? The grave should be surrounded by everything that might inspire tenderness and veneration for the dead, or that might win the living to virtue. It is the place not of disgust and dismay, but of sorrow and meditation."