The Evansville journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1834-184?, 1843-12-21

"she sshss u ,he ju>t
"su'eh sweet and b'-ssoo, ii tho dusi''

EXPENSES or FUNERALS IN 4 TRY =
EN- 3kt.LaHMENT or BURIAL GROUNDS.
The n. correspondent OF The National ~.
tellieencer,( Wilis1makrs biz le,tcfs Inter<.l.as
by going OUT q The highway Tor .ab,<s,. rhts
which % treat. The eight 81 al I'M oI1s~d {. TX.
preserving coHinr exhibited ia "a. n Xuth Fair
led hlm 10 make some inquiries otta Gnd<fis4er
from hon be obtained the 'nIofna'ioy which
"A 'Lils-pfsssr,inp Coffin. -.,uea 4. " ...n<.
thsng strange. aud W. pac-e4 10 cxnzano IL. h
was most lnxuflouslg mpdf. siulIed <oftIy. with
a. elevation Tor fbe hend.lik 4 satin I.li.u. anr
me iinif 81 delicate white siIA 1fstf Is cnar.
sgssnst Ene 'eeufssuce ofa hnrIni hefbrs iife /.
extinct. Nf h's'nbteni.ef as|.|note. h-s II.
f>nteu "a infringement " <1an11 and i11en
vhsrsh,Ii,s inmate b, TIE |satt H. osion % .'lh.,
nfao ~ I-ud acting thaftuli. n in iA<isnllf cause
me cnin|i 10 ~ ~ nnfn. tfahA tftar AfrI<<
'Ami'lts ~ cpmmuuilis. who may toci l.snusss
- "Ahe Yse q hlst.ie-preaefvluN tpIlu<t ~ H4v<
Aheif ionpe o. vaults - constructed asio give
persons eppttcd &boFein. chance Toe HE. 10
place Lock on 10 door that will opan t4intf
rom tncinstic or outside, also with bell. and
"ittan opening 70 admit pure or. aud into
which ~ on er collins are admitted. and KEY
placed inside 20 allow any one Who may 30 ~
suseiiaied 20 sgross anlil decomposition actual
Y taxes Place, when they may be removed, anu
nnany usposhs 70 the ground, Thereby keeping
me vault free from tho nccumulA,ioA 81 foul
air
intellectually. Mr.. d. informed me that a re-.
sgectable funeral In NJ York costs IRON, two
hundred q eight HUNDRED dollars. being rather
more excessively done i'm. York ans Bosou.
than IN any other city except n Orleans, where
they cay man may afford 20 i've who cauuot
Afford - dls) III Philadelphia ,teymskc he
coffin with soping roof, which, ne remarked. il
for packing Ia yauts lhouel, il seems
accommodated 20 tie old cpotaph q he Romans
NJ ne tbi kUis.e They line their collins more
sxpcnsvoly 10 Phndolphia than elsewhere--
with satin % velsei instead 81 hannol--aDd bury
he dead ~ silk stockings. We have not yss
srrised af the ceremony Of hired mouruufs, as ia
Eng and. nor Of plume 20 the hesrso and hor-
zee.
Nolwithsl anding iiss -yedulity OF my friend:
he undertaken, however. says phyxin, o. a suu-
pension OF lie. with ell fhe appearance Of death.
. ceriied tOtn many INSTANCES, aud carefully
provided Tor in some countries. In Frankfort.
Germany. thu dead man iB laid IN well aired
Dom and hal hands fastened for three DAYS 10 A
lcllrull. Tie Romans cot OF ono Of ihe flnaeu
,eiore burning the corpse or otherwise besfow-
ng i out o. sight. The Egyptians made sure
" embalnling, aud other notions BY frequent
vashing and amounting. Medical books say we
hould wait three days IN winter and two in4
ummer, before inicuInQ the dead. Ia has been
hRgesied that there should be puhl1 officer
, ho should carefully examine ihe body aud Give
csrtiheass, without which The burial should b
legal.
The embellishments OF burial grounds 1. ono|
I the mosi beautiful and c0mmen1ahle lsstnrca
! ouF time ana eountfy. Tiers always SEEM
q TO me far TOO much horror connected With the
ommon idea 81 death aud burial. The Mofa-
ians make heterogeneous Oh their nfnvsyards
nd inscribed upcE the stone az the head ofth6
urisd man she 'sdsy ne came hitler and the day
. went hoincp his birth day and time OF denth
his 10 clothing with the proper aspect an event
hitch IL only n uniiking 81 chain, no part
which can deccy--the spirit to retarn 10 lis
,untain and the body 70 DO reproduced IN ofh,r
runs OF life And IL - most curious tkino that
lost Chrislians represent Deash ns ri rhfful
selelon, while tho Creeks. who had no happi-
ess ia their hereafter, painted him a. slecp
z child o. beauufoi youth. Death In the
ast was toFinily attributed 70 the alta chment
particular deity, who took his favorito 10 a
sitter world; 70 the love Of A urora. IL the death
'ppened 10 the morning; Of Selsne.ii X h ppen-
Al night; Of Jupiter. Il killed BY iiehinina.-
be cavorns where the martyrs were laid ware
He'd chan bers Of repose' And shin.anrelv IA
e better impression 10 give Of death IA thcse
hose minds ars forming. Tho solemnttfer
'nnected with future lie nsed lot make the
re 10 u always dreadful. and, ior one.
ouid be content to put the seperaffon Of xouf
ID body on issel with the rnlinkino 81 4
Iendship OF change OF cps on-ercctisr 4
uoiaph for siiheE Of the three changes. a. The
rthagoFiane do 10 the memory Of those who
q Their sect. Bat shis = more en- essoy than
cpistle.