Iowa territorial gazette and advertiser. [volume] (Burlington, Iowa Territory [Iowa]) 1840-1846, 1843-11-11

a. n some countries. In Frankfort,
: Germany, the dead man is laid in a
..oIl aired room and his nand fastened
e. three days ,ora bsll-pull. The Ro-
mans cut off one Of the fingers before
h,,niup the corpse or otherwise besiow-
;us it out Of sight. The Egyptians
ms1e sure by embalm'ng, and other ma
tons bv frequent washing and anoin,lne.
Medical books say we should wait al least
three days in winter and two in Summers.
before interring the dead. II has been
suggested .l,a, there should be public
oa;cer who should carefully examine the
body and give certificate, without
vhich the burial should Be illsgal.
The establishment Of burial grounds
!. one Of the most beautiful and com
meudable features of our lime aud coun-
try. There always seemed TO me far
TOO much horror connected with the com
mon idea Of death and burial. The Mo
r,vians make flower gardens Of their
eraveyards, and inscribe upon The stone
Al the head Of tho buried mai the s'dsy
he came hither and the day he went
homen-his birth day and time Of death
This is clothing with the proper aspect
an event which is only an unlinking Of a
chain. no part Of which can decay--the
s3irit TO return 20 lis fountain and the
body TO be reproduced in other forms OF
liIe-end it is . curious thing that most
Christians represent death as a frishtful
skeleton, while the Greeks. who had no
happiness in their hereafter. painted
him as sleeping child or beautiful
youth. Death in The East was forme Fly
attributed 10 :hs attachment Of . par,icu.
lar deity. who took his favori,e ,oa bet
ter world; TO the love Of Aurora, il the
death happened IN the morning; Of So
lene, il i, happened at night Of the wa,
ter-nymphs, i. drowned; Of Jupiter, Ii
killed by lightning. The csvrrns where
the martyrs were laid we're called "cham-
bcrs Of repose," And this, surely is the
better impression 10 give of death TO those
whose mind are forming. Query
whether as cie.y for the purpose of EN-.
'bcllishiug Cemeteries and Frightening al
the common surroundings OF death and
burial would no, he worthy the attention
>of some philaathrophic enthusiast! The
solemni,ies connected with future lie
need not make The gate to it so dreadful;
md, Cor one, should be content to pu,
the separation OF soul and body on lev
81 With tho unlinking Of friendship or
seAaags Of opiaioa-ereeting csaoiaph
ses either Of the three changes h the
.Pyihaesreans did = the nsemory OF shesc
ewho.left their sect. n'rs*os
The Tederalists stana Condemned.
Scene Of the Federal editors talk about
tho coming presidential election as il
theis party had claims upon the people
for support, in The face OF all their bad
Legislation during the extra and two fol
downing sessions Of Congress Those acts
are now fresh in the recollection Of the
people; and the Federal,s,s mus, be- be
side themselves TO SUPPOSE thai, white
tina, recollection lasts, they can agasa
succeed in imposing themselves up"n the
feemen o, the country. They may ap-
pear with fresh set OF promises; but
their old caes arc not We, cold, nor are
they in the siigh,es, degree res, Q n, d !;
and i seems ike tosly Cor them 10 calcr-
tate again AT present upon the ttiec; ot'
~f further PROMISES They may attempt
~ they dad before, To aSsail the Democrat
&C pur.y wth 1,tes demonstrations aud
inlSe aceasauons bot the gold spoaa st :
RIGS OF lS&o-,he furniture s,ovy-,ae
standing army siory-,hs blood hound
hageesr--,he low wages miSrepresen'a.
sson-the sword and purse humhus ARE
all exploded, aud the recollection oil them
vas,s back blush OF shame upon the
Federal leaders, Such things, though
varai>hsd over and dressed up anew.
mus, fell with disgns, upon thinking
people. whe have been once deceivej.--
Blu, notwithstanding these things, Demo,
Gratis may res, assured that the old Ham.
ihoaian party will not allow the coming
von,es, TO pass off without desperate
struggle Tor tie ascendency. We do not
suppose ,ha, they will stand GU, boldly
for principle. ba, will endcavor to raise
false issues during the election, and,
If triumphant, carry on. their principles
when in power. Nor do we know what
hobby will be manufactured by them for
the purpose Of catching votes; probably
something will be hrocgh, into requis;.
ton. for they are always contriv,ag SONS
plan "to secure the voters" Oae thing
is pretty evident, however; they
will try the efficacy of MoNEy--and a
gains, this cngine Of corruption, tho
Democracy must rally their forces. aud
pursue the contest with vigor. Money
will be s,eked against principles, and
piled up, knee deep, to overthrow them.
It's for the Democracy, then to guard its
citadel well--see that its principles are
boiGy and fairly placed in thu FORE
ground. without a shadow Of waveriou
or compromise, and that good leaders
are selected to rally on the willing sol
diers, who are pure III heart, and ready
70 contend for right, when honest men
and true arc selected to maintain that
right. The people were deceived AMI
misled by false promises in l84O, and we
can perceive n strong desire among then,
to replace the measures over which the
Federalis,s trampled At that time. - Hart
Jsrd Tses.
Backing Out.
The farmer Of Ashland has given to
the pablo another epis,le explanatory oil
his position on the tariff question. |,