The Bedford gazette. [volume] (Bedford, Pa.) 1805-current, 1855-07-27
E'hc Cemetery, No. =.

Mr.. EDlroG:-In my communication Of last week.
! urged the proprieiy and necessity OF new burial
ground from the fact, that present places OF in
teFmeuf in such a neglected and deiapdated
diton and so exposed to depredatious OF every kind
that there Is little ia aitempt the part OF
individual citizens 10 bestow that the resting
place OF The departed, which decency reqnires-thoSe
tributes oil aiectonate remembrance alike beautiful
in themselves, and consoius and purifying to the
heart OF det siolc>in assert what IL will, to
the confrary.) There are those who hesitate 10
say that il Is useless, unavalling and waste OF time
and money, 10 deck the grave with MARBLE and ever
green and flowers. The dead say they s'are not
OF the care beSinwedare msen> bic 10 the
iacense and pute Offering affection hrings-hey feel
it moi" Pelh0Ps a. f 0lia Jryhoy,> n - fot.-
Pc,hapS the spirits Of the departed do witness the
tears OF the stricken mouFHer, do MT heir
rows aud the tributes their broken hearts bring 1t
is ours now 10 strive with unavailing effort, TO
solve the mystery which a Wise and Good God has
thrown around the giavc-Hot ours TO lift the veil
and see
''if friends so dear, are hoying near
To welcome 10 Heaven"
Neither is it ours to show how holy and pure oFi-
rendered the dead, benefit and bless the living.
They whose experience las not taught them THIS
will not be convinced by argument. fhev who have
proven the truth of the position will need arsu-
meat 10 enforce the duty. We as before intnated
ask for another place of nerueRt, That osteuta-
lions grief may better have opportunity 10 lis
gorgeous column, nor yet nlone that humble
may be induced to erect its modest memorial, But
tbpk The ashes OF the dead should, beyond posSlbiI
y bc free from desecIaiion and because under exiS-
ling circumstances this cannot be the case, we are
clad other arrangements are being made. Were the
open. exposed state of our grave wards the only OBJ
lection had TO them, IT could be remrdied by
little energy, but they Tor of them at easi)
now filled and he only guarantee Surviving friends
have. that very the ashes of the dead will be
scattered by the spade OF the sexton IS 70 wall them
in with brick stone, provide expensive Iron
railing as their guard. a Cemetery property man
AGED. as the one contemplation will be Will ubViate
all difficulty Each VIII have their own spelate
ground with good deed and though no monument
may mark he grave, By the terms oi the Charter and
provisions of the Constitution of the corporation, il
will be perpefually protected. But oi this here
after. We have spoken OF the neces>tv. The prac-
cabity Of the enterprise will demand our attention
at another lime. II.
A BolD FALsEHoop.- olthe resolutions
of the knowNothing convention at Phiadel-
pha opens as follows;
"Resolred, That the American party, having
arisen upon the ruins aud in spite Of the ofpo-
sition of the WING aud democratic parties" &c.
And yet the only party that the Know Moth
ings rail at and abuse, the only one that has
defied and is bound 10 destroy them. the only
one their speakers and papers dread, is the
Democratic party.
Richmond Enquirer.
A BURGLAR Snor- BUPrALo, JunY lS.-We
learn from Erie that store in that place was