New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-19
THE PEsTILENCE AT NEw-oRLEANs

From Z ne Crescent, Aug H.
T. verify the rep rs III the d0Dgs among
the dead ether day visited the censenes In every
s'r II long prOrrs-on tramppg a. the so enn
Of furerd m,rcbes. Ia he countenarcbs Of pjddIns
.eDgers streibe lines of xety and gsf aud msuy
dor festooned Nth black am w''te hang ngs the
voice.ts tpessts Of waiting aud Of souOE. On the
Lsno slO y swept tie ng cOrteges If the We iiny, nod
ding win rum's ORA IN BY prancDg hor ri JcinS
p their funeral vsne- anoher The hearse Of the
Dsodier preceded by measured music, envsiOped IN
varike pAuoply sId fp lowed by TIE noisy Al % nl-n
unoer while there agsn ptupr was trun He'd 70
bls loDg home rick.ty carr, Nth boy for driver
who u,.f.d A. he H. and w. 10 A c4reys oath as he
urged bis mule spsN ned horse 20 tot making h,s-
with another mOrse contributed 20 the grand D.nQ1h ~
death Nov among ftr les WAS heard me cnrnpg Ut
the bels OF Gpnul@s ~ there, 'nnglng hsT 4rae
voices il chorus ofgr.tuson over the RANKS o. fallen
mortality Anon from ,ors lowly tenedIeut lied tle
low wall Of mother Tor the c1d Of her affections, while
from the opposite burt The song Of SOM J~ nae
chsnSl ingliDg fibacry with s-ntWeoi sgeAriHS
prayer or two, ss the humOr moved HIM.
The skiet D. ivs aspect ~ We was al cloud
less sunshiue but ii tie keeng win tins black melln-
choly that enveoptd all below Out along the nigh ways
that lead IN the cities Of the DEAD sud s the tramp OF ia
neral ads kne cessation l = rolled the voum-s
Of from the busy roads aud the planes OF the dsAth
osnsgss nodded 10 seeming Sympathy - no Saying -
PRESSES Of ths opeO ~ THEN ian apPsreLg If
weeping mos tit gaIiiture for such as sns
Aibe gathering priufs carriages acclmulaed aud vul
gar esnstcrs a. they st'o each ohes Ia tue press min
gled the Jest with the TlDad oath no sOuOd bu of
profape male dicon Of rot mirth the cang Of gh
boI % aud the rale f VII es AT The gates tne Fnas
bropVbt iptm .tion 1T the c rN,ti)D working within
puff sfh ne rack II from rOttpg
corposss Insoe thy pdtd d'ues, exposed to he
heat of the eo wtn cprfuvuoo bursting their cJf
fn lids deTi Z, # by phy-lct fl ~, the hgr
meuts their ud and feet 81 ending tler
reid limits every Ourft attitude. What least OF nor
rOrs, Inside, cOTlses piled ~ lyraulda aud "1h0W tne
gates old aud cred cfons- AMI f huxier women ret
ting in iher "sn rs-', i-pensipg icr creams aud
coLfectiun., aud brushing aw y, vi h brolns IN De
OF bu, he~. the green 0ott dies b lowered on
their H. e. ohauoi,r no that Duzz.d aEsy 10 drne
dainty nhastrns mu tho green ana lettering corps
MANN at the gates vas mtSos MT ol''iie y the
Efa mt and TnI
aud Cuing otu7 fhronkSOi mourn
eis Of loe speo'or "r, iuhslog hsii OF roiuos
bodies. sread, "h'a'.o the cog" while within th7
"KinR of TerIOrs h Sainrua, win gd of 81 hid
lsborers who hey tuiubld tue dead into drcnes,
kpockso them about The Ia N 'rd' Gni sw'rs dread
oahs irt'rongod sin iie more cre.ota SOUNDS oi a.
moniac loluy
Wide enough they 20 ent nh al'gon, Out "nt four
teen inches dep Coins tad in them n wed tlsr "ps
above the surface OF the earth Ga he.e was piled DIRT
10 the depth Al ct or more but b" loosely that inc
myrsds Of dies found entry between the bose oiod dpNu
to- The cracked seams the collins and haz2d aud blow
there their ora,ia creating each hour heir new hdohed
swArms
But no sound was there Of within that vide Co.
heurA Men used the scent e dissolution mad forgot
ten al touch Of sympathy uncoah "o'rsrs Urn ther
bare och h. stood under the bToog he a. OF t9e Sun
dlgpire m t. earth anon thsy ult encounter an
obsiructng stump would swear mdeius oSh re-
move smother spt, ana So CD digging ~ Or're Now
and then thu matOc he spade would 1urb tue bOueS
of som. former tenant IT the mould tigen there MD
ths sImi. of the accumulated victims AMI sariy Ia
borer With give would hur The broken fragments On the
swsrd erow forth energetic dn ana ahu1kie IN hs
excess 81 glee SAUL were dug up from their long
sepultuIe with ghastbies staring cut
Prom each ls-s -lus,re. eyeel hole
without elicii.g "Alt, lVor l"nck snt with only an
exclamation from the Dagger OF room Tor your 6ettrs
kconouy Of space the source " cunning s'uauon
in bes,oWiig as,y n. dead SIDE by side were lid
two Of ganic propoI boated by corruption 10 the
sine of rsns TIE O-nra PROJECTIONS of t1ic collins, LOFT
spaces between them 81 tner ne4ds and heels THIS VS.
too much room 10 be filled with eartn How should th7
spsce b. sav,dl Oppuruuel, he material - al hand tor
cart numbering IN with the coTpses NJ motacr
and her tWo htle chiortn Chuck the children IN the
tpaces NJ the hea aud heels OF the IAns and lay the
mother by herself ont there aon-! rtde for her
will be und suon and babes wall sleep not the
lees sCuuJlN from e. un sont'd couta Z
Tie rise up de.hy exn,aton' from the sccU'
musting uecstOmbs OF ins vOmilg cJrp.es Men wear AZ
their nOts bags of capphor "doous spoes-or there
are there Shn busioes but 20 look on and
contemplate the vast cation OF The dssd I1ey mt
Themselves they haV- Deco ne 81 used 10
the ek of upton. lney lauga az the otinEs of
the skeleton Death a. crack 'Nt5 ma me hcrrld an
phtrt where ly es can draw hre an ios
The stocsl negroes too who aye hired ~ i've dollars
per hour assist the wfk uterment stsgyer under
the sitting fumes Snc otl .uly b. kept al th7lr IA y
deep a. continued p'taicuS Of the ure Ster. They
CUP ce'p draus hts the mulaug hpc ana Keeling %
their task hold their IN one htuc while win be
Other they grasp the sped hsavc GA the M l and rush
bsck tl- bottle gug again II Is Hy ne y. h
tn se ehon abortrs, ANA th.ir VIII wCrSerss
thong hi, and H., and full as much Intoxicated IS
heIiseiVes
no thus what with he songs and obscene tests o tie
grave o.gtrs the buy ing o. the hes TIE sing song
Of the hukter women vrncI0g 'ner ou-cous tn hoSro
alS Of the who dive rne dead carts ne nsrl ~aS-
tie OF tr heys sud m" sidus rrek from 'rts OF nicS
saSd on TIE day aplce, tAs ElIN Of 2uu
0Che. ard H. hi draws tn curtain.