Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1853-08-25
DsATn SCENES IN Nav ORLEANs.-

New Orleans. So iearfuIly iast and
thick are his blows that the living can
barely administer 10 the dying AID still
less inter the dead. IL is terrible. No
pen can depic; it, Each day witnesses
"A melancholy increase OF the cruel
scourge. No longer able to bury the
dead, go fast is the coming, they are
heaped up, body upon body. Ike cattle
at tie shanblcs, and thus burnt 10 ash.
eS,
The Gre cent Liiv, OF the llth inst.
has an article depicting scenes a, the
Cemetery. Entering she ihickly COW
cred field Of the newly fallen dead, it
says:
"ht the gathering points carriages
accumulated, and vulg. r icamstcrs, as
they Jos led each other ~ he press INN
9icd the coarse Jest with tiie rIbalJ oath;
no sound but OF pro,ane malcdclion ana
OF rioIous mirlh, the clang oiwhip thongs
and lhe rattle OF the whce,s. AT the
gates the winds brought inlima!iOn OF
The corruption working within. Not n
pull bn vas laden with The rauk ailnos-
phere rom roiiiug eorpses. Inside they
were piled by ilIes,exposed 10 the heat
OF The sun, swollen with corruption.
burs,rg their coffin lids, aud sunderlng,
as il BY physical effort, The lgamcnts
binding their hands and ieeta extend
ing their rIgid limbs IN every 0hte at
ttude. What a least OF horrors IT,
side, corpses piled in pyramids. and
without the gates, old aud wthcrrd
crones and lat huxIer women, ireitlng IN
their own grrase, dispensing ice cream
and cOuircri)ns, and brushing away,
with brooms made OF bushes, the green
hDul tiles that hDvrred on their mer-
chandise and that anon buZIed away
To drink DAINTY inhalallons from the
green and irstering corpses. Mamnon
at the gates was making thrift outside
by tae hands OF his black and sweating
minions, tha, rendered sweetHea's and
cooling beverages 10 the throngs of
mourners or OF idle spectators, who, in.
hallng the fumes of rottng bodies, n!-
ready 'heaved the gorge while within
the King OF Terrors' held his Salnrna
liza, with Il crowd OF stolld lahorers, who,
as they tumbled The dead into di!ches,
knocked them about the maZZarj.' and
sworc dread oaihs, intermlngIcd with
the IN lre dreadful sounds oil demonlac
joiily.
Long bitches were dug across I!
great human charnal. Wide enough
were they TO entomb a legion, but only
II inches deep. Coffins lald IN them
showed their tops above the surface Of
the earth. On these was piled dirt to
the depth Of n ioot or more, but 50
loosely, that the myrlads Of flies found
entry between the loose clods, down TO
! the cracked seams of the cohins, and
buzzed and blew their ouaria, creating
each hour their new haiched swarms.
But no sound was there OF sorrow
within that vide Gehenna. Men used
TO the scent OF dissolution had forgotten
all touch Of sympathy. Uncou,h labor
ers. with their bare shock heads, stood
| under the bro ling heat ofthe sun, d g.
! giny in the earth and as anon they
! would encounter an obslrucling root or
| stump would swear Il hideous GA b, re-
/ move TO another spot, and 20 On Dig
! ng as before. Now and then the mat
iuck or the spade would disturb the
| homes Of some former tenant Of the
mould, forgotten there amid The armies
/ OF the accumulated victims, and the
sturdy laborer with give, would hurl
the bro ell fragments on the sward,
grow forth an energetic d-n, and
\ chuckle IN his excess OF glee. Skull
bones were dug up from their long Sc
/ pullure, with ghastlIness staring out
4 IL i.oL h,.la
:, without elicilIng All Alas, poor iorlck
and with only an exclamation from the
digger. of'room Tor your betlers =
Il Shocking shocking
And again the same paper says -
n Economy OF space was the source oi
cunning calculation IN testuwing away
| lhe dead men. Side by side were laid
two, of gigantic proportions, b!oated by
corruption, to the size Of Iitans. The
central projections OF their cCfiiLs lei
Il spaces between them at their heads anC
II heels. This was 90 much room 10 he
filed with earth. How should the space
be saved. Oppor.unely the material Ii
| at hand. Tor a cart comes numbering II
| with the corpses of mother and MC
II little children. Chuck the children ir
at the head and heels OF the Ti'ans, ,and
lay the mother by herself, out :her,
| alone! A comrade for her will be lount
! anon, and herself and babies will sleel
! not the lees soundly from the unwonteC
| contact
The tunes rise up in iea'hly exhaia
tions from the accommodating hecatomb
OF last coming corpses. Men wear a
their noses bags OF camphOr and oGOr
Gus spices--ior there are crowds there
who have no business bat 10 look OF
and contemplate the vast congregatiol
oithc dead. They don't care il they
die hemselves-they have become 30
used 10 the reck oil corruption. Thel
even laugh at The rioungs Of the skele-
ton Death. and crack Jokes in the hor
rid atmosphere where scarcely the!
can draw breath for utterance'
Il BURsiSG OF The DEAD AT New OR
LEANs.--A private dispatch from NEv
4 ORLEANS states that the authorities be
ing unable 10 bury al! the dead las
week, l25 dead bodies were burn
II ed.
Il MARLILD IN FUs.-A lady and gentle
man, residing near Buffalo, wer
married the other day. and after tn
ceremony was duly performed, the lad
declared " 1t was all in iun," an
refused to be considered wife. Til
husband insisted it was all regula