Democratic banner., 1850-12-23
L./IA
THE RESTING. PLACE OF THE
DEAD
DEAD.
COrrespondencs of Southern ,7dyocate

1 '
NEw ORLl.AANss, Nov. 2-Yesterday vas
high and holy day With the Roman Cath
lolic portions of our citizeps-All Saints
Day Between 9 A.. M, and 6 P. NJ. the
cemeteries were denssly crowed with thou
sands who went to worship, and thousands
who went to see; among the latter was yopr
correspondent.
Death is not leveller. Even in the
graveyard there are palaces and bowels
Here are all variety. Of tombs. One Is
pointed out that, as learned, cost $50, GOO
-of bic, highly. wrought and surround
ed by a bronze railing; this holds all that is
mortal Of wealthy Spanisrd. His wife,
a negress, survives; and his (or her) nu-
merous slaves on this day surround il and
pray. That Of Xavier Martin, for thirty
one years Judge Of the Supreme Court OF
/ Louisisns, is sieDite obelisk ofsome twen-
ty feet in height, resting on broad pedes-
tai of the same enduring substance. They
are all tsstefully decorated. with fresh flow
ers in wreathes and bouquets; not all-here
and there one could be seen which no kind
| hand had adorned, The, richer were hung
about with costly tapestry, and had candles
burning before them, mounted on massive
silver csndlesticks. E--'.a.' s5.;s ls1'
Passing round, questioned an old negro
woman whom saw seated by the side of a
handsome tomb, with railing in front, with
in which she had deposited basket offcw-
ers, evergreens, candles, etc., "Who, is
buried there, sunty?" "My master" Sand
lis there nobody left to mourn for him but
you?" "Yes, my mistress and the children;
they viii come directly and cry here, and
make all this place very pretty" In an
other quarter another was sitting before
much larger and finer tomb, who seemed
to have also been sent before the family
With the decorations. Her face was rath.
er merry than otherwise, end she answered
the same question, s'My mistress" "And
were all these her children-6re, buried
with heI?' ''Yes, and she left three 9TH
ers." "They come, suppose, and their
father to this place to-day?" .Yes, this
time every year they coms." "Do, they
cry, auniy?" eyes children cry and mas
tier cry too" 81 see she has been dead a
;igood while-your master hasnever married
again?" "Yes, o yes! he has got another
, wife" Does she come with him here, and
see him cry for the one that's dead?" ''To
, Ibe sure; but master cries less every year,
and by and by / reckon he won't be sorry
at ali." "But aoOut his crying before the
living wife FOR this one--howis is thata" "Dl
well enough; the one that lies here was a
hesp the prettiest. II she would come ont
Iof there (pointing to the marble slab the
4 live one would stand no chance" The
name Of the deceased one was certainly
,,lpretty, Eulalie. suppose the good man
] Thought it no injustice to the dead to be
happy again, but his wife must be Philos=
Eophsr.
As stood here, thinking about Eulalie,
two ladies passed, apparently unobservins
and unobserved. They were dressed in
deep black, aud ! concluded them mother
and daughter. The lst:er,a pure blonde
"a style of beauty rare in this latitude Of
French and Spanish. II is the blonde who
weep handsomely; no eyes shed tears SO
freely, and upon no cheek do they shine SO
brightly as theirs. Like the sister of Laz-
arus they were evidently intent on grief,
sacred grief. It Id not intrude, but
, walking slowly past the place where they
IStOppcuS Tccu tuc lnSCTipNiOh WIN "oAc enon
a strangers interest. Instead Of fIcireposs,
; lit was repo;ent: manyd dear ones were there.
according TO their ages made out in my
own mind, father, and husband, and sister
and daughter. brothers and sons; and the
destroyer had laid them all low in painful.
ly brief time.
In the Northwest corner Of the cemetery
is handsome vault, standing out BY itself,
bearing an inscription in Chinese and in
French. The history Of the poor worm
contained in it obtained from q reliable
source. He was born, Is the inscription
tells, in Macao; lived here in wretched
poverty, and died half-starved; butjust be-
fore dying he made sign, and when his
straw bed was ripped open, $4,000 were
found in it.
The cemeteries of which have been
speaking are situated in the part of the city
mostly inhabited by French, Spanish and
Creoles. They are owned BY the Roman
Catholic Church, and an immense annual
revenue is derived from them.
u SPARKINe A Gh.-Now Pva oourted q