Monongalia mirror. [volume] (Morgantown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1855, 1853-09-03
THE PESTILENCE.
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pOWE AMONG THE DEAD MEN.


DOWE AMONG THE DEAD MEN.
To verify the many horrible reports
Of the duings among tho dead, we the
other day visited the cemeteries. In
every street were long processlnnS
tanning 10 the solemn music Of Ia.
neral marches. In the cnnnicnnDccs
of pludding passengers were the lines
of anxiety aud grief, and many II door
was fts,ooned with black aud white
hanginss, the vniceless witnesses Of
waiting aud of sorrow. On the one
hand slowly swept the long corieges
of the wealthy, nodding with p!umrs
and drawn by prancing horses, rcj"i,
cling in their funeral vauiiies; on n
mother, the hearse of the citizen SOL
dier. prccededby measured music, ell
velopcd in war like pan"ply. and fol-
lowed by the noisy tread OF men I'M
der arms; while there again the pau
pcr was rrnndlcd To his long home On
a ricke,ty cart, with h"y for d'i.
yer, who whistled us he went and
swore careless oath as he urged his
n,,,ls or snav;ued horse to a ,rot. ma.
l';"m hash, with aun,her morsel con.
trihuled to the grand hanque, of death.
H.. rh;,n;ng If the hell. rs Of ghonlcs
,m ,L"re m;urleJ their hoarsc voices
na IN I, chorns of pra,ululitn nverihe
ranks oflallen mortality. Anon from
some luwly tenement thrilled the low
wall of u mother for the child of her
affections, while from the corner or-
posi,o burst the song of some low
bocclanal, mingling ribaldry with sem
,imrut; or swearing a prayer or tw"
ms the humor moved him.
The skies wure n delusiye aspect.
Ahnys WAS MI cLnudless sunshine. but
i;,,,,. IN tn.niug with tho black mel.
nncholv Tint e,,veloped all below.
0 @ alma the hioLways that led to
,La r;,;.s Of Ihe ,leai, and still the
,raun If rnueral crowds knew no
s ,,~ ruled the volumes Of
Ins, trnn ,bs busy roads, and the
nlnmos If lie deaII carriages nodded
i, .aa,n;mo svmnn,bv To the swayinc
=" sse""s ,Lr s;,,,nr onv.l.neJ
~ !. ,hs;r Jnn anparclIinr Of weeping
r :" ." aorni,nrc for such a scene.
.,,,;,,o, no;n,s c,,r;,res
Al .ne sd'"e ana IL. '' ~n1cur Tenn.
aeenmn'a.ea' am; anu '"o u.h I" Liner IN The
s.ers' as 'ney ,I'o ,o.,ss las, wi,h ,bc
press, m'hS'eu '"e o""' 1 IT,, 'noc,ma
fioa'1 oa'n ~ Sun - .,n ~" n,;r,h ,bs
ma.eu's = ,.h aa, ,h y" ,n% ,Ls rattle
Gang ol WIZ 'I ~ 5.,,a" ,hs winds
OF wl'eeis' "a. 'no "' To- w.. ,,,,;ou
or"ngnl 'h! ..n1:' W., . :. ,rlf h't was
wIrk'hs w' ,,' =. ;, ,' a, n,psnbsre Grnm
laaen WIN t"e 'a''T In "; ,hsv wsrn
re,t'ng e4 si ,nssoJ - ,Is heat
p, y ~ n'.,us ',, eM v v.;,h corrnn,;on,
OF Inc sun SWOLLEN ,,,:,, I'LL, WI" .nI snndsr.
bursting tne'f cum" i'.' am' a"' IL. liza.
ing as II ny pnyslsa; tn" n,,, a , ras,
ments .hat ooun.' :ne.' :d% ,;n,I % n ,, ov'
and extending ,ne'' W., ,' fsas, ofI
cry "u're ai'l.oae. na. i ,;laJ IN
horrors: inS' ..';,L g" Ih ,s' ul,os olj
pyramids' anu M,.""u .,' 'II c,s hncts,er
a momen fretlinq in their own grease,
, Ts ice creams and confection-
sry and brushing away, with brooms
- Of bushes, The green bottle flies
,Iat hnvcreJ on their merchandise,
a , ,h,, anon buzzed away to drink
% ;rbnlnli,ps from tho green aud
,"s,eriu@ corpses, Nlammon, Mt the
oates wos making thrift outside by
,hs h,nJs If his black and sweaiing
m;ri,ns that rendered sweatmeats
md cooling beverages to the throngs
~ monrners or Of idle spectators,
,"ho ;nhoI;up the fumes of rotling
In,l;.s ,lrcnJy "heayed the gorge"
,,,,;io m;,b;n The King of Terrors"
S % his sa,nrnal;a, with a crowd of
LIE, iaI,orors VIM rs ,hey tumble
, ,,,n ,I."I into di,ches, knocked them
a%nn, The mazzard. and swore dread
u"'"t - -, .,I. H.,