Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1858-09-18
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Il ~ New ORLEANS, Septembers2 :
+ The yellow fever has been specially yirGient
and tatal, andH some; who were thought to be
! long since acclimated have been attacked and
1soAe of.them. have fallen victims. We hope.it
has reached its climax aud will now steadily
decllne1th We know, not the end. Some.
tour hundred died last week. Thissounds aar-y
ming, but it isisrndll as compared with 1858
when three hundred died ina single day.
Your readers will inquire what we siosSSith all
these .de9ds where do we bury them? There
are in theycitY and its;enVifons fourteen cefie.
teries Some fyeEof these areI inythe midst of7
the city, surrounded by closely built and dense
| lyHpopulated streets Owing to theopeculiaritye
ofsour soil, these burial places are peculiar. ~
FIVE cannot dig more than two three feet be.
low the surtace without coming to.water; sottfIat
most ofthe dead are buried above ground -:
These grounds are regularly laid off in,souares
the walks raised and covered with shells Tho
squares are built upQfsyaults and monuments, :.
many Of them very splendid and very expansive
costing Thousands of dollars. There is q gfeat
variety ofmodels and devices, many of tllemsof Z
rare and cSqpisite beauty Arou9d these t6H,bs
are beautiful evergreens interInixed. with fairT
and fragrant flowers; which grow vie 81. much
uxuriance in our rich soil and sunny cline + = :
The cemeteries below Canal, and above Espla-3R
made street, called the French burying grounds,
are regarded as the.mosts Interesting as exhibi.
tlonS!ot sculpture where griefiIec0Eds, ,its,woe
or pride in imperishable marble si9t sea
Around these cemeteries are walls ten. feet
high and, eight OF ten feet thick. These arefft
pierced with three or four rows of tonibs about
two and halffeet square, rising sfn. tiers sone
above the other, and has the appearance of the q
pigeon holes Tor lettersln the post Office though
on a much larger Scalea These are perfectly
closed with slabs and air tight cement, EXCEPT 9:
atone end. This is open for the insertion Of the
coffin. 'at so f5s.si7 Z Fas
/ The burial service atsthe grave is performed.
thus: The procession moves tromsthe hearse to
the wall, where certain one of the vaults has
been previously selected-say No. 25O, (they are,
all nnmbered) The coffin is about two thirds
inserted, and the service, " wlateRer may be its
character is then attended to; this over, the
cofinfi is pushed in-then the mason, wi tH his :
brick and mortar, trowels and hammers begins
his work. The family and friends stand uncoy-
e,eduutil the masonis dope, when-thesdate and
name are writteni in the Smooth soft plaster
spread over the brick, and the Company de6art9
and leave the sleeper TO his last and lonely 3Bedl
One gets used to scenes like this, but at first
ut seems so business like and.mechauical; solike
any otlier labor, any other piece of frn5Sonry; n
and contrasts strongly with 1.-THE burial son. the
hill side, where the turf is green and the old a
trees spread their broad green boughs and the A
little birds IN summer time. sing requiems, and
the low. winds in winter time 5murmnrs solemn
dirges DER the dead. The city authorities are,
crowded portions OF the CITY, Some three miles
from the city, about midway from theiriyer to-
the Lake, thereis q, low ridge of land known as
the Mietaire Ridge. Here the City Authorities
are laying outs among the live oaks appblic Park
and here there is afamous race lcourse-and
here most foul city's dead are to sleep their
last sleepl w That Strange uses! s =. ~. 9
There are quite number of Cemeteries laid