The Litchfield County post., 1826-07-25

stvle of architecture and with ornament
 snited to the place, be airing over the top Tatin version ofthe fc lowing passage iron
 .Iss t,,ok of Job :-a For 4 kIaow ft0t nI
 RsIssrner .l;petA. and tkat 4 Sh0lI rise ron
 SSs snrfh ia t.c latter day." On the right
 .-a inscribed the words of the Evangeiis
 -m For. he thot beIieeeth ia me, thoAgA At
 ,cere dead. shaN I;Ue :''--and on the iert ol
 tba oate is another inscription equally ap-
 nronriate-a ro Their hope is .tit et aalnsOr-
 tality."
 4.cIe of inc dead and surely nothing can be more chaste in design, or more coriso- nant with the spirit of the, christian rcli- .eiop, Here are no altars erected to the Unknown God"-no evidences of tlsose a- theistical or deistical notions, which French philosophers have been accusedaof enter- taining. The area ofthe cemetery is beau- tifully shaded with cypress and other ever greens. amidst the lively verdure of which, che white marble monuments and tomb- stones, in every possible form, and wrought with much elegance, ,produce the finest and most picturesque effect. In some cases ? solitary shrub hangsits sombre tresses over "a grave <; while in others, the monumental marble is completely embowered by the green branches. Every stone, every plant, every turf, is adjusted with perfect taste. But the most striking and interesting fea- lures in the cemetery are the little marks of remembrance; feeling, and affection, which the French manifest for their depar- ted friends. Every variety of ornament has been devised to decorate the tombs.- Most of them are enclosed bya neat railing. Sometimes miniature temples. have been erected at the head ofthe graves, at others boquets of flowers are placed under glass covers, like those used for the ornaments of mantel pieces. A profusion of garlands strew the consecrated sod, and are entwi- ned among the cypress,
 So vivid is the image produced by a. multiplicity of these little edecorations, com posed perhaps of thes mutual pledges of affection in life, as to seem almost to form a medium of communication between the living and the dead. Not single grave, however humble it may be, bears the marks of dilapidation or neglect; and what will appear still more remarkable, both in the U. s. and Great Britian, all these fragile ornaments are daily exposed to crowds of people, high and low, old and young, with out being in the slightest degree molested. In word, this cemetery furnishes through out, the most striking monument of a refi- ned and delicate nation, that has ever fal- len within the sphere of my observation.- Something no doubt is to be ascribed to the influence of popular and splendid faith, which enjoins it upon the living to visit the tombs of the dead at stated peri ods, and which sanctiies the humblest of ferings, in the estimation of the multitude. On All souls day, immense crowds are said to perform a solemn pilgrimage to Mont Eouis, bearing garlands and decorations of every description, to be strewed upon the graves of their departed relatives, recol- lcctions of whom are annually revived. and sacred oblations poured forth to their manes. s
 AsPere La Chaise is decidedly one of the most interesting objects we have met With since leaving, home, I trust my rea- ders will pardon me for subioining a few additional particulars, especially as New York and other places may hereafter think proper to adopt something of the same kind. Albany has already burying ground sim- liar m design, though much inferior in arr unciai embellishments. In our country, where beautiful forest trees and shrubbe- ry of all,descriptions are so abunsant 1t is the easiest thing in nature to convert ths church yard of the huinblest village into al attractive object, without any expense Every person of taste and feeling woul ' prefer, that his grave should be shaded b
 a cypress or a willow, planted by the han
 ofaffection, rather than decorated with tn
 pfoudest marble that wealth and art coul
 erect. But the two ornamenss may be u
 nited, as they have been at Mont Louis
 and although the ashes of the dead ma,
 regard none of these things, which are Q
 little moment in comparison with the othe
 concerns of the grave, yet reason does no restrain us from extending our cares to tn
 unconscious dust:--
 "E'en from the tomb the voice of. natur
 Fen in our ashes live their wonted fires .',
 The income arising from the settled pric
 Of interments in Pere La Chaise hassbee
 amply sufficient to defray the whole expense
 of the cemetery, without imposing any publi
 tax upon the city. There are three kinds c
 graves. First, those denominated fosse con,
 muaess m which the poor are gratuitousl
 buried m collins placed near each other-
 The trenches are four and a half feet deeu
 and are opened once in five years, which is
 suiicienttinne for the body to be decomposed
 Secondly, temporary grGres, which are hel