The following record must be read by every American, with pride and
pleasure, at such an instance of liberality and honorable munificence
to the memory of the brave.
A gentleman from New York, _Matthew L. Davis, Esquire_, while passing
through Portland, some time since on a tour eastward, had accidentally
taken a walk into the burying-ground. His attention was attracted
to the neglected grave of the late Captain Burrows. The only guide
to the spot, where is deposited one who had so much heroic merit,
and who deserved so much of his country, was the tombstone of his
deceased competitor, Captain Blyth, of the Boxer, which had been but
recently erected by the surviving officers of that ship. The thought
was instant. Mr. Davis immediately gave orders for an elegant marble
monument to be erected over the grave of Burrows, without the sparing
of labor or expense.
It was done! and its style of execution does credit to the ingenious
artist, and the inscription is highly creditable to the taste,
judgment, and modesty of the generous donor, and worthy the hero whom
it is designed to commemorate.