Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1851-12-27
Our Graw0 Yards.

Atb& EtCubp1t tGIu " ~ W.
munity aud q civilized people, y the most
miserable condition Of every place "A our
~neiglkborhood for HI interment NJ Head
There il no place. We trust. III Thu county
where such mi utter Disregard ~ tvery
thing like deccncy even, IN these matters
as with u#. The Protestant butyilig
ground 10 nothing bnt an opeib field, where
~ilpse who unfortunately din here---afo
hudIled away, for their bonea literally 10
whitun the fields. III i not even enclosed.
II Is over-fnn with briara. There Is 10
order of arrangement about Il. Graves
are stuck together without any regard 70
localiiy or appropriateaess--wllils every
thing looks al though ii was considered
merely us d place where bodies should be
carried from the sight. A more trcary
mournful, desolate looking affair it isiin.
possible to conceive ".
Tho Catholic Cemetfy Is very little bit.
ter. Il has pi enclosure il l. tfiie, bot tl,c
interior arrangements are very bad. Like
the other Il Ii filed with weeds. and every
thing looks like decay. Some days since
hap ming 10 be at a burial there. we noticed
d horse pickettcd ia the back pnrt Of IT,
Doubtless there were no graves ia his i'm.
mediate vicinity, but we suppose TINT like
other horses llo sometimes gets loose, and
then Or course there il nothing 10 prevent
bis running wherever he finds the best
grass. Whether this DO 50 OF not, certain.
" q grave yard II not precisely the place
where a horse should Do pastured--saeh
things are abomiuablc.
II may be ttnt when q mar il dead
there's nm ei,l ofhim--thsi he has fro scfi.
%sation. and that It matters nothing what
becomes Of his body but a proper regard
for the friends we have lost would iieite
US 10 give them d decent resting place ;
while d consideration for responsibility
should make us look upon our grave yards
no, as were burial places simply, but as
places where those we loved living. slnii
rest TRANQUILITY, dead. It would bo alto.
gether more pleascnt 70 think that we
would be burned after death. than to he
planted awny in such fields as wa arc now
obliged TO be.
livery city III the world fnys attention
to this matter. Paris has its Tere Iii Chaise,
filed with beautiful monuments---ihe pride
of the Capitol, the admiration of every one
who visits IL. Boston has It's Mount All.
burti--whcre every thing is kept IN beau
tifal ofder--its grounds elegantly laid ont,
md NO pains spared TO aiorn and bcautify
il in every way-so every village has It's
quiet kirk ynrd--withits willie paiing and
clean walks adorned with the afbor wife
and sweet rose, But with us, no attcn.
ton whatever Is paid to Ii. Everything
looks bleak and careless and disreprsable.
We sincerely wish something coald DO
done by which this condition Of our bury
ing places could DO improved. There
was some talk of Il months ago, but ID
seems 10 have died away. III orr popula-
ton so poor that it cannot afford ii
Would some Que who knows, make an
estimate for as 81 what . fence IF nothing
more around the Protestant one would
cost! It would seem that the expense
would not be SO great as 70 prevent that
much being done, at all e~vents--and GER
money would be raised here saf1i.
for tibet purpose--even this wpuld
BE- accomplishing q great deal. Now we
think Oft was there il some money rails.
ed for this purpose? Was there hot
enough? or wha; il the matter?