Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1833-11-12

there being no accessories before the Tact TO
mans'aughter
AN ITALIAN CnMErERY--"An old man opened the
ION door, entered clean, spacious AMI ell paved
area with long OF iron rings in the heavy slabs OF the
pavement Without asking aques,ion, the old man walk
ed TO the farther corner, where stood movable
lever and fastening the Chain into the fixture raised the
massive stone cover OF pit lie requested US TO stand
back for few minutes 10 give the euva time TO escape,
aud then shelterng eyes with hats, we looked IN
You have read oil course, that there three hundred
aud pits in this place. one OF which Is opened
every day Tor the dead OF the city They are thrown IN
without shroud coiu aud the pit is sealed UP at night
tor year. They thirty forty feet deep, aud each
could contain perhapswo hundred bodies Lime thrown
upon the daily heap and it soon meits into mass OF gar
bacc and by cud OF the the bottom oil the
covered with day white bones.
alt was some time before could distinguish any
thing in The darkness OF the abyss Fixing my ey es on
spot, however, the outlines oi body became defined
gradually, AND in lew minutes, sheltctiug eyes
plecly from the sun above, could all the horrors Of
the but too distinctly Eight cor1ses all OF grown
persons lay ina confused heap together they had been
thrown in after another in the of the day
The ias'was powerfully made gray old man, who had
Hen fat his back, with his right hand lying across
aud hall covering the face OF woman. BY lis full
limbs and chest, and The darker color o his legs below the
knee, he probably The lazZdroni, had
with saddcn death His right heel lay the forehead
oil young man. emacided 10 The last degree, his chest
thrown up he lay, and his bs showing like skeleton
covered with skin The close black curls of the latter
his head rested upon another body where in such strong
relief that could have counted them. on the
quite distinct from the heap, lay in beautiful attitude
girl, well could Judge, of not more than nineteen or
twenty She had fallen the pile and rolled slid away
Her hair very long, and covered her lett shoulder and
bosom her was her body, and il her mother
had laid her down to Sleep she could not have disposed
her limbs more deceuty The head had fallen lille
the light, and the feet, which were small even
ior LADY, were pressed one against the other, she
about turning her side. The sexton said that
young man had come with the body, and very i'll Tor
some time after it was thrown in. We asked him il
specable people were brought there Yes he said.
many None but the rich would go TO the expense Of
separate grave for their relations People were often
brought in handsome clothes but they always
Defp Inc hone eyer
there the perquisitc OF the undcrtakers-
And thus are flung into this noisomc pitt like beasts, the
greater part Of the population of this ciythe young
aud the old, tho vicious aud the vrtuous together with
out the doccncy even OF rag 10 keep up the distinctions
OF iite!"-.Ne,c York Mirror
MADEIRA WINES The Island of Madeira is indebted
Tor its grapes to classic lands. Ii is said have been
stocked with plants brought directly from CANDIDA by
der OF Prince Henry, under whose auspices the first
NY OF TIC portuguese was established there in 112l The
milness oil the climate and the volcanic soils with which
the island abounds, favorable to their growth, that
in li55, the manufacture Of wine already commenced
from grapes whose beauty and size commanded the adm
alton OF the traveller
The best vineyards found on the south side which
is the least exposed 10 cold winds aud logs om
the sea- The soil is generally composed OF pumice stone
mixed with portion OF cay sand and MARYLAND as in
Germany is often necessary 10 form terraces order
clivites
The grapes prOpagaed by quickscts or cuttings and
planted in rows the ground being always trenched sui
cenIy deep 10 allow the roots 10 penetrate into the sub.
stratum OF volcanic ashes Some LETT without support
and Kept low by frequent pruning; others are train
ed on square frames from twenty thirty inches
high while others again disposed sIoping lattice
work, formed OF canes and supported by poles the taest
oil which rise about feet from the ground. In the
month oil January February the vines pruned and
the first dressing is given; in April May they are in
Hover, and by the first week in September, the fruit is
generally ripe Ii is very carefully pcked-all unrpe
and damaged clusters being apart for the manufacture
OF an inferior Une. The grapes tread in a trough
and the juice thus obtained, is called pinhO do for The
bruised grapes again taken and subjected the action
oil press, which gives the second quality OF must On
account oil the mountainous OF country the
grapes are sometimes pressed in place and fermented
IN another, TO which they conveyed mems backs
either IN goats skins in small barrels BY the first
second week in November, the wine is expected to be
clear.
The celebrated Mamsey wine is also grown on certain
rocky grounds n this sand) exposed to the full influence
oil the suns rays AS the grapes from which il procur
ell required to be overpe partially shrvellcd, they
allowed TO hang about month later than those used
in the manufacture Of dry wines.
The grapes most preferred in the Island, the NAL
rdStd and the SercoL They will only particu
lar spots he Serc'dl is very dry and austcre, when
new, but becomes thoroughly mellowed by age Ii then
has rich, aromatic flavor quite peculiar to ITSELF and COM
bines all the requisites OF perfect wine. The quantity
year.
ture OF white wines, buta POI ton OF them converted
into fntd red wines.
Some twenty or thirty years since, Barrow The travel
from the Island $4,000 pipes, distributed thus