The Yazoo City weekly Whig. (Yazoo City, Miss.) 18??-1855, 1854-05-19


We have been requested to call the e
tention ofour citizens to the subject Of i'm
proving the grounds Of Tue Geometry By
having lie weeds and underground kept
down so that people can walk about among
the graves. Several handsome Tombs and
Monuments have been erected there. and
the private yards are kept IN order, but
there is neglect somewhere in allowing the
graves Of the stranger and those who left no
survivors to honor the place where repose
their mortal remains, 70 be desecrated BY
swine and other animals that get under the
lenee Il has be 4 proposed that the Ia
dies Of the town should take This matter
il hand and have the grave yard kept il or
der. There are some that died during the
fearful epidemic, that should be remembered
Poor General r. r. Williamson! lie was
a martyr in the cause Of humanity. He
could have gone away, but he staid and
nursed the sick and buried the dead, till
the fell destroyer struck him down. There
he lies. that giant frame and big heart like
stalwart oak cut down in its ealiy prime,
mouldering nway. and the passer by
Steps over bis unhonered grave and signs
perhaps, that one so full of life and hope
should so soon be nothing. For aught we
know steps have been taken to erect q
suitable memorial over his grave, If there
have not, we trust somethingwill be done.
Our merchants and citizens generally, we
are sure, would contribute literally for such
purpose. if some one Of his friends will
call on them.
The hurry Of gain and the love Of pleas
ure, should not smother in US, the followed
memories Of those that once trod the rough
paths of the world BY our side'-nOr should
we allow the spot that contains all that is
mortal Of them, to be one SO repulsive. that
the living turn away from death as hide
Gus spectre. There is in US all an inher
lance dread of death-it is planted in our
physical nature andnothing tends more to
aggravate that feeling than the contempla.
lion Of sleeping till che morn Of the resur
rection. in place stunned and neglected. By
the living. The oustomof beautifging De
grave. is of The most ancient origin. The
ancient Greeks and Romans, strewed flow
ers and evergreens over the dust Oft lost
aud burned continued incense upon their
graves. Travellers tell us that the ceme-
teries Of the Turks, and in all Mahometan
are the most attractive places Of
the young and happy d the
Wild pursuit ofpleasure, can look upon the
beautifully embelished palaces of the dead,
without the loathing that is felt in some
christian countries when he sees how the
onces busy actor Of the place he now occn-
pies himself, is neglected and knows that
o this complexion be must come at last
We hope our citizens viii reflect on this
important subject and act too. Death Is
lot repulsire, but WIN it is made so by
he living. 1T IS Tie end Of al flesh, p.and
hould be looked to and prepared for as q
necessity Of our immortal nature. Few
nut have lived long enough, and tasted suf-
icienty Of bitter experience, to consider
Ieath boon. When Wesee our best friends
,orne away from US to their rest, and feel 10 |
az with WaIlsnsteip.
'Whate'er success attends ny future life,
Fhe beautiful hath vanished ilat returns not
consoles US 70 know and % say still fussher
With him
10 omnibus hour
knoclss at hfs q ~ with tidings 81 nishap.
paf lie beyond desire and fear.
70 more submitted % the change and chance
If the unsteady p'anete 3, 'tis well
With him. Bot who hncws what the coming
hour
Teiledin thick darkness, bring sOusl'
OF with Spencer h
He there does now eniay sternalFest,
unhappy case, which Che dost want and ,
crave s
nd furthel ton i dailg wanderestl il
What Il some little pain The passage haYea &
hatmases frail q ,ah 8 fear the bittsr waya Ii
notshort pain vel borne that brings long d
rest 4
IA lays The ! 81 o sleep n quiet ses b
leep after toll, port alter stormy sees. 81
ase siter val F life, doth greatly Il
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