The Rhode-Island Republican. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1809-1841, 1823-01-29
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the chemical properties Of the soil, acts with
certain smbsIming influence upon The bod
| les deposited within IL. speak OF the vaults
| ben-sIb 81 Michsn's Church scene where
those who ha.r ihe Guinness 10 20 down and
lock death IN the face viii find the Instructive
commentary upon the doctrines OF moral hu
initiation that are periodically preached above.
You descend by NV s'eps into Q long soo
narrow psssoge iha, tnns sc,oss the site OF
the church upon each side there ore excs
vsled ample rrcessss, in which the dead ave
laid There Is nothing offensive in the 81
mosphere 10 defer yoo from, entering. The
Grsi hing tha, strikes son is TO 6od thar de.
c.y hiss been mo'e oosy with the tenement
then the tensnt In some instances the cot.
fms have altogether disappeared; in Others,
the lids or sides heve tnouiderea away, expos-
ing the remains within, still upsubdued by
death from their original form. But the
great conquernr oI ilssh end blocd, snd Of bu-
man prde, is not 10 he bVilled with i,npuni;y.
Even his mercy i, dreadful. il is q poor bri.
,llege 10 be permi,ted to hold Together for
cen'u,J or so, -upiil yoat coflin ,umtes in a
bout ytur cara, md then 10 fe.spPesr, half
mum my, exposed 10 the gszes al o genera.
t,oo hat cen know nothing OF yoor ns,ae and
character beyond the pressing ,rsdhioo OF some
morsli:,Dg session. Among these remnants
al hunaniiy, TO, instance, the.e Is the body Of
p,ou, gcntle-woman, who, while she contin
usd abO,e ground, summed the eyes Of b,eh
in The rscesses of o convent Bot tho veil Of
death has not 5ecn respected. She s,snd.
the very FIRST on the sections iist OF pos,bu.
nous fas,ties, and one Of tho most ya!usb'e
eppenlsges oi his cilicc. She is his buried
ucssme. Her sspiess cheeks yield him u
lager rent than some acres oi afnblc land
and Whist is worse, now iha, she caonot fepei
tue inpn,stion, he calls her 10 her face 4" the
Old Num-" In point oi fact, l understood
that her age was ooe hundred and eleven, not
including The forty yesTs that have elapsed
since her second burial in ST.. Michsn's.
DAa,i, as has been Often observed. Is . thor.
ovga Radical, end levels oil d,s,inc,lops. 1t
is so in this place. Beside the Nun there
sleeps, not q venerable sbOess, or timid hoV.
ice. or week and holy t'isr, but an athletic
yovng leion ct the ,f.h centofy, who hed
shdS a brothers, blood, and was sentenced Tor
tho offence TO tho close custody of sam, Mi
chrn's vsulls. This was sbcut one huodted
aoG thirty years ago. The offender belonged
to fsinily Of some consideration, which &c.
coon,s Ior his esing found IN such re-Pe ctable
society.
The prcsetvstve c,nli,y Of these vaults is
vsroas ~ us opcrstioa upon sobJscts ol dit
ie rcn, sycs md constitutions. WHb regard
to the latter, however, ~ does not sppsaf that
persons who had been temperate iivsrs ertey
any peculiar privileges. he depst,cd .opet
resists decay ss s,urdily az the ascetic f; sup.
plying csp,s,o notus With sooiher "fepscD
isir, to sIi his glass again" Bot il is sscer.
tanned the, child, en- s'e decomposed almost as
rapidly he,e IS elsewhere. OF this u ,oueA.
ms hlu,ts,ion occois 10 the cese OF iemsie
Who died N child birth, sbou, a century ago,
sr,d va. deposited in Michsp's. Her ioisn,
wss IBID in her arms. The 1,o.bsr is s,iil
,o'er;bJ perfect; exenpbiy,ng, by her s,,i.
tude, the parental {" passion ST. oog in death !
bu, the chiid has long since melted swsy
g. on, her embrace. ] sNluired her name,
and was faIher moriIGed 10 find thet n iss
not been preserved.
Bu, wss chiefly ,lec'ed ~ the relic. Of
two pe,sons, OF wnom The world has uoiofiu.
paeiy hoard too much: the iills,ed bfo,be,s,
John and Henry Sbeors. J had been told
ihn tbey wese here, end the ncmen, The
hgh; oi rhc taper fell upon the spo, they &C.
oopy, quickly recognised ,hem BY one or
two circumstances ths, foreihjy recalled the |
close of theIr career; the hosdless Lubks !
and the refpslns OF tho ecsrss, opsdorned, pc
nal sbelis,,o which Il seemed necesss,y TO !
public ,osice ths, they should be consigned. !
H.nty's had ws, lying by his bso,her's side I
Johns hsdoot been completely dssehed by !
the blow o the esecc,icf,er one Of the Iiga. |
me ats Of he neek s,ill cobnec0 1t With the !
body. lknew nothing OF these victims Of ~.
iImed tnhusiasm except from historical rs..
por, bu the eompsnion ~ ny visit to their !
grave stbeen their contemporary and blend,
and he PId their memories the t1bule Of |
some ,esn, which, even st this distshce OF |
time, 1t vsu'd not be prudent 70 thed IN a
less p'i,ihged place. He liogsred long bs.
side ihem,sod seemed to End sad g'sulcs.
iion in r,lting several psfncuIs's connect Cd
With thci' ae.. Many Of ibe Snsedote, the,
he men,iotd have been sltesdy published.
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