Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-04-14
nAILY EVENING STAR.
LEGAL INFELLIa2N NEE.

-.vs brief description of this beautiful spot,
81 of some of the monuments that its pre-
'a..,s contain. We shall now notice a few
St5srs, observing however, that the grounds
,nutsin many others, which are well worthy
= inspection as specimens of monumental
sulpture. Conspicuous among them, an ele-
ami monument in the ford Gothic is notice.
Re with an inscription on the east side, giving
4 20 name nativity. and age of the deceased,
| 1.euh Fowler, who died at New Orleans,
',sying fortune of a million Of dollars, to be
/ ijyided among bis surviving kin in George
avn The monument was made by Baird 4
| p-,,her Baltimore, and cost 81 800. 1t is
,Issed in the centre of circular plat of
r,-nund. tuTfed and planted with trees and
s5-ubs 4 SIMILAR plat, (but on which there
:; a, presant no monument, and we hope that
.neh nemento will not be seen for many
ra,rs 10 Gomez has baen assigned to Mr.. Cor
Ian the donor of the Cemetery. 1t would
bofnrossibe within so limited space, to note
every thing worthy Of attention, but we can
not forbeaT noticing one tomb, which has a
,oIa If sorrow connected with its grave; it is
,b,t of a mother and two children, all cut off
- the bud of beauty. A plain marble slab
ia,otes the spot: nor would it perhaps be no.
,;.sabIe to the stranger, but for a mark of
Mons care that only a mothers hand would
do or a mothers heart would conceive of.
Every month, fresh flowers are brought to the
rave and placed on the tomb stone, under
heath three glas. vases, a larger one for the
,nntber and two smaller ones for the children;
nv this means they are preserved from the in
Auepce of the air, and blossom on for a month
until replaced By others. The names of the
narties interested we will not give. for who
would inirude upon the sorrows of the living
or turn aside the veil that the grave now COW
ers.
We could mention many other beautiful
rieees of sculptured art that this pretty GENE
tsrv contains, were we not fearful OF being
considered tedious through being over minute
Among these are noticeable, as something out
Of the common way, two elegant cenotaphs OF
Italian marble. one to the memory of William
Marbury. aged - years, and Ann D. Marbury
AGED II years; and the other to the memory of
John Carter of South Carolina, aged So. and
of hi. daughter. Eliza o. Neal. Both BY Sis
son / Baird, of Baltimore. The receiving
vault at present used, has the front looking
south. and is built in the castellated STYLE.
being inside twelve feet square, with iron
doors. ornamented in front with a torch. sur
rounded by wreath. 1t is approached by a
semi-circular sweep, with wall around of
,nurh stone, blue rock,) with flights If steps
10 the top, which is covered with ground ivy.
Another object Of attention, is the church, near
the entrance TO the grounds building 40 feet
lang. by is feet wide, having a ceiling of
earved oak and windows of stained glass on
each side. and large window likewise hand
sOmely stained, at the east end, the church
being built east and west The part intended
for the minister is rallied off, with railing of
carved oak. Altogether it is very elegant
little building.
Iron the whole we doubt much whether a
no
and the popularity of its position on q steep
hill has been turned to advantage, the grounds
being laid out IN a serics of terraces or steps,
made to run according to the inequality of the
ground, so that there is an innumerable num-
Der Of walks and views, as varied as the most
eaprieiOuS would require. Oak Hill Cemetery
Is one os the sights OF the Metropolis.
Coon FRIDAY-To day is Good Friday, or
as il is termed in French, Holy Friday SO
called from being the anniversary of the da5
on which Jesus Christ suffered on the cross
Among the Roman Catholics, it is ve-J strictly
observed as day of fasting ap1 prayer, out
in general, lie not much obse- ID BY the Pro
testant sccts. In Englar :, :. s. IegsI nolv-
dsy; that is to say, tn bile ofic.s are closed
and the churche~ e STATE religion 'EVIs
cOpaD are or. IN .hr steer 7oiag is ,p-
tionai W. rHe IlaIs-e~ . .Le church, who
ofici~ n Z. ~-As Lay su'' .. aelination.
IT. -ecyie &c crate u, y eating buns
.- liked nth a ~ - o. .op, and from the
frsf aresk g 10y ur.,. night, the streets of
.ae cites ies7u 18th the cry of {: hot cross
buns. ir2m . dealers in this yious luxury.
tn e .,ainly a not very intellectual MAJ
celebrating the day, and reminds US of
.ne manner IN which many celebrate Thanks
giving day, which is public fast, but most
often private feast
We observe, however, from the PHILADELPHIA
papers, that the day will be celebrated in tina
city, as all the public schools and a portion of
the public offices will be closed; and in our
own, some of our Protestant seets, as we'll as
the Roman Catholics, will celebrate the day in
religious manner with prayer
Tax LATE TRIALs.-The result of the late
indictments, by which the keepers Of several
houses OF I'LL fame were tried, found guilty, and
sentenced to be punished. has had salutary
enect IN keeping the remainder much more
quiet than was the case some time back 1t
was rather laughable to observe the consterna-
ton that was ible among the owne rs Of these
places, on finding out that the indictments
we're IN earnest. The appearance of a hawk
sweeping down from aloft on a poultry yard
could not have excited more apprehension and
terror among its clucking inmates, than did
the news of Madame this being sentenced to
lall and of old Mother that being sent off to
quOd- Many of these houses, which ha.i been
open in the most shameless manner, braving
public opinion, and outraging public deceney,
were immediately shut up as close as could be,
With shutters and doors secured as if the in
terror was convent, and the inmates an as
semblage of pious nuns. We strongly opine,
That the police constable after all, is q more
efectual reformer of morals than the minister
Of the Gospel, and that a summons to appear
on Indictment before the Criminal Court, is a
isr more convincing appeal to the conscience,
taan all the eloquence Of the pulpit There
Is only one thing to be observed in this respect,
lei the sentence of the court, whatever it NAV
De, be carried out, fairly and equitably. and
let no difference be shown to offenders whether
poor or rich, the latter have no right to expect
more leniency than the former, and even if
they have fine furniture, that is no reason that
1t should follow them to jail
YESTERDAYS SALE-The sale at Senator
twin yesterday, was very largely attended,
the ladies, however, decidedly forming the
nalOrlty, and a spirited competition was
evinced among the purchasers. Mrs. Maury,
me mayors lady, bought the splendid gilt
.aole ornaments, forming a candelebra, &c. 8,
Tor 500; the pair Of handsome pier glasses in
one OF the drawing rooms were knocked down
70 Mrs. g. Parker for $500. The furniture
brought high prices one wardrobe sold for
sllU, and the French bedsteads of mahogany
and rosewood sold from S57 to $50 each, the
lair mattresses at 40 cents per pound. The
proceeds OF the sale amount to between five