New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-03-26

: Sc "a locs line y trNo,s sni az The ~ ofeveJ
cfp lS.vc -orcetiuacs been mcytiseS ~ n r9wiy
coz ~ Of Ire csSooari.s o. ne SiGcs IN s?ss1s'
-cuut,ts bvt vteo So saca troops dsc't sAnf,r
hey sTe ;sn7,cd 70 PITS ir,o ,ae.s jas; or hsts
lur Occ of'he cS>ers saw wa a gaas.xNi Nriesa
Mod wss ara, struck wiis the d.Hsan.lvc stature
'f tbe natives n dease crowd In Church lswss
Dew.ouc who hsG bees 50 often barisi IN crowiS 81
r nv bead projecting above tie Ippcr s0Efsos q me
TIE c,sEtry aronra the F4eAs : Sos Exactly d; 6cs
ir,.rreed,s,~ between pain and raasa, ia AZ wes
Of here i, c-trey .evel ssd a. Tits 81 re year
mach OF the Srouoi is covered vah ws,et IL ha-rs
from, Western prs,gies IN TIA, they have depressed
ed,-s. tie boundaries bcas streams At nacA lover
level Here the eoasdAres an bills, aoa the stream
IN the interior 81 The srrtsee OF the pAa in both
the center /. opt 70 be vcttcst
In the plain - far rorth Tire Archbishop River Il
the principal Cemetery the pride Of sosca n is -
slipse o; about sn acre. surrounded by hsh vel
with chapel AZ the further end Thus msch ] could
see from the mountains Ny vist there happcned -
re the season when, in several successive MONDAYS
they DO UP the mourning for the year, ] psssed en-
met numerous groups OF nsourners gsy laughing and
chatting As they trpped to from the hcse syoisscd
Tor al the living The rosd u the Alameda far
north as st james, where Il turss ed ~ the ie down
into the plsn for bali mile TIE inner side of the
wsu Is occupied BY three stories OF protscssA
by roof which slso covers walk along their moofhs
which. when mssoued up have sometimes the names
written in mortar or painted tinplsic o. cosrsveA
in stone some are Ornamental in oils aud - I'll are
protected frvm the weather that 10 permanent here
which In COR open cemeteries would soon be Destroyer
There /. a rose-cclored stone used here. mach more
beautiful than any have seen eiewherc. bat | thiek
frost would desuoyh
Here Jaw the monument of the ksi,i-sss sos u
President Santsnder. The inference we snwillaxiy
draw from this was probably intended BY the vind,e
tive mother A series OF mssses were now GOING on
with the humane intention OF rescuns Of the de-
ceased from an unpleasant situation Ia which some 81
them mus, now have been In for long months whiic
the chspe was full Of worshppcrs smother group were
going from grave to grave with or two priests.
singing la,le and sprinkling little water on esch
grave The price Of grave Coven) is d. which Cvcs
right for ten years when the bones drawn forth
without further expense to either the purses oS ths
feelings of the survivors. A grave In the ground u
cheaper, and the body |. len I'LL the ground w wanted
seun perpetual right in the ground can be sscur-s
but not In oven.
had left the ground when met . bier the sho~l
der Of four men who walking at sbrisk pscs. sa6
shaking from side TO side body Of which could go
the olasped hands and naked face The body Wa tAs1
Of an aged female dressed In white flannel Arrived =
the grave il was full of water Here was pause some
were for thrusng the body down into the water. 9th
ers for dipping 10 out But the men who were digging
On adjoining grave gave up to the necessities Of Tho
csse, snd swkwsrdy and with offensive exposure a
the peIsou, the body laid In L. Then pcrsoa
caug Ny huge lump Of mod a. big ~ Jour head ans
pitched IL down. Il stTaek the body with . sueu
sound made the whole corpse quiyer brushed ssite
part Of the clothes and Disclosed the face and one s
hand Of babe few months old that had been Coz
cealed there was Mortified, but stood my ground.
Cicd .er clod fell on their naked faces until little By
little the shoe hing sceus passed from view.
While these bodice being buried like those %
butes a dozen Priests were within the coasccrstaA
grounds but came not the scene. turned sway
SICK At heart but with stronger desire to live to reseh
my native land ihsn ever felt before.
Near this " Protestant burying ground, but hare
never been In IT, requires previous Arrangement 70
get the key There IL sl another the property Of the
Hospital or of the Convent, to which once belossed
II serves a Potters Field WAS told il Yves too BED
to be seen Now that my letter has taken go grave
turn will close by saying that the use OF cofhns y
new and growing practise here but yet they arc
very expensive The poor carried to their last rsse
by four Fri, oners from the Pre.dio attended BY col
der with loaded musket The introduction of the
structures have called would think he bona
NJ TO our own Cemeteries Yours ever,
l. y. HoLrow.