Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-03-05
LETTER No. !.
FRYrBvRo, ME., Feb. 1850

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EpiroRs ~ THE OIroEp DrNocRaT -
Genis-A, the eanes, solicitations Of several
highly valued and esteemed friends, who have
desired relation Of the su6erings and dcplor-
able condnion uf affairs at Mobile and New
Orleans and Cincinnati and ST. Louis and New
York city. IN each place il was my LOT tn be-
during the prevalence II the Cholera, except
ING st. Louis will, as | have leisure, TAol
N n, mood Of II, cndeayor to give you and
your readers some account Of these things /;
that the people in Maine and every wherr,
may know why II is the people Of the South
en cities are 50 strongly banded together IN
ties indissoluhlc, ccmenicd IN brotherhood like
bars uf FURNISHED steel being schoolcd IN at.
iliclions, dlsappointmcnts, bcrca'emen's and
scrrows, unknown To other people, aud there
fore not understood OF easily conceived The
iHdsr ri this fraternity, however, Is seen IN
the Representatives IN Congress, as made
manifest hythe ardot and Nshemence Of FooTs
of Mississippi, (rho IS yriEicr BY trade thu
now a distinguished lawyer } the stolc and
,alorous lIlLL,Ep Of Alabama, the fiery aud
ambitious CL,NrNs. or tier cool, l"nu~c, laugh
trrmakinC GlYLr; who is perfect counter
part Ia the Aml-Sla,,ry tornado maker, who
lI,Lrs from New Hampshire who has crr-
tainy done h, constituency great honor m hls
undlcaton Of p,ii,coai' expect all Dover
will turn ga; tn crorR him with d,dprr on
hls r'tum nome
The Cloisrd fir, made It's appearance ~
New Orleans IN the mouth of December,
ISIS A. your rcad,rs are familiar with III,
terrible panic which hllowcd this discovery
tho general prusiranon Ut all huslncS--,h'
Hrrlng io all part, Of he surrounding couutr,
carving CONSERVATION and fear on the wing,
of the wlud-lhc,c c~nts, sly, being flmII.
iar To- all. | shall uo, enter into more par,icu.
lar "details
lett Molil,, Ala, on a visit to New Or.
leans On NdrlA last. where rrmaincd during
the worst of the Cholera, until the fifteenth al
June and attended III, funeral " Maj G'u
Came. who died M ,ic 18th Of June, alec
attended ,hr funeral u Geo. Porter, FL,
Editor Ut the y. ~. Prayunc,l each oi whom
died VI Cholera At the II Charles was al-'
with Geo Coax. the Arisi, when b. died u
Cholera. and made arrangements ter his hu
nal At a beautiful little village, four mile
back from Washington. Ala, m the nmll'
tomb ui that lover ii al ruoi mrn-D,NpI
Pu,rr. E.l.. iu whom, '"ok, lh"ing a d"
you, and consistent Nrlhodr,,l found IA th.'
man. a rare instance of what all rr,d me-
and tr,,noi too, (Gud bIc,, them , admlr"
love. honor and praise - that Geo. Coax
the painter. who wa, the proprietor Of a Gal
i,ry Of Paintings, tAuowu 20 y q. a. o""A
Glllrr,.l lc, rutomhrd m Pranrib', Ala.
35O mile, above Mobile and j''0 irou New
Orleans And Gen Games BE-, cntumt'rl e
Ml,l,. the remain, ri Porter, understood
were merely dcpu,iicd temporarily, M iam'
rr, snil. hy the side oi his po'd iduurrt'" "a
thl, time 40 the burial ground, IN and abou
New Orleans we're lrum three Ia slN feet uq
der the water and the dead were dcpo,ltc
ln the rluH, above ground, like a vast brick
Kiln. with orsu Au,' one above another, 'acI
coffin l.rng dcpu,trd M "uc Of these ousr', a."
vaults, aud a staging being erected over im
water. tor the iupral friends Ia pas o'rr O.
thl, the resting place OF thos' ,hcy loved an
moumcd t. lo-r' The, arr scenes whlcI
bind human hearts, and Knit the people of y
Orlcnn, together a, FIRMLY and ndl,,olubIr, a
the brick. and mortar which thus rnclo,. lhcl
dead
| va- lutte amused a, an do,d,Hf whlrI
occurred oO the buriii OF a t4,orlte aIi hugh
~ c,tccmcd ,ldr., a, what Is termed th' Pc
f,,td-i C,uypiory, near the Nnr Bdua f,
called IN New Orleans, while the lumb
wcrr thus all under water The procession
ddr,,. irco-urcrucs, loaicrS-men, women an
cmldrrn.-pas,ed un over the staging 10 tip
or,H. OF vault. when all ramc Io a dead halt
And the next part II the ccrrm"nv, while TIN
rruup urtc singinr their is-i anthem a. The
departed TREND. the staging sank and cav
way benraih them thus Bm0Hrg ~ hur
~. th,-a who were fa,isEdi, .Hough Ia b. u
the mus, coffin, par-on, singers, and all
And such a laugh as this scrnc presented, Il
see the tsUais s"Weu M dripping clothes
shame. faced, seeking To hide themselves, irou
what they could n~ help OF avoid Though
laurhablc, was pleased Ia see the uutSid,
crowd regarded this event m true. S,uih,rr
sylc The laugh oVer-PIrr and 'YNFArH'
came To the rescue, and the coffin was drpos
tied m IT. resting place, the funeral c,rrm"
MES gone through with and all being rr,tor
ed tn gravity and eOnp0.uTr. the mas d.
I--r,,i 20 ,bs.g hos".s Ia thank God, and con
graduate each other, It was ~ worse ,hougl
the Methodist niggers are even nuw Joco,,i
asked hy their Baptist br,drcH, how they lik,
the ,Ip1,,Eo, Vi Immersion IN the gave ward
More anon, Yours truly, II. Il. u. =.
WIRE SusrESsDS BRIDGr ~ VERMONT
A correspondent If the Montpelier Patno
describes a singular bridge OF this kind, bull
BY young man in Stockbrdge across Whit,
River. The materials are said IA have cos
less than $500 The following is the de-
scrlp,ion
Six wires one eighth Of an iBch IN diane
ter, are drawn two hundred and twenty icet II
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