New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1860-11-02
NUMBER 2O7.
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tiona Union side Of the present political triangle,
drew large crowd Of people, notwithstanding
the ehilliness of the weather.
The meeting was one of the impromptu kfsd
not announced at all as a prepared and dGiy
arranged mass meeting.
| Col. Olivier, being duly int odueed as the first
speaker, had to apologize for ~ hoarseness and
| Weakness resulting from his lt'te labors IN the
country, and which were apparen, to his hearers,
much to their regret He spoke e ten or fifteen
minutes, however; just enough to how his audit
orr that he would have pleased ther much more
had he been in better condition.
The Hon. John e. King, Of ST. Landi y, was the
| next speaker. He made one of the mos eloquent
and fiery yet lucid, argumentative and q 'nvincing
speeches yet heard by the Bell and Eyel EFT men
in New Orleans. We much regretted that he had
not been able earlier to address the masses in this
| city.
When he concluded the meeting adjourned, and
the crowd escorted him to the st. Charles I'll, otel
with their band of music, and serenaded him.
| ALE SAINTS DAy.-W ednesday was drizzl Y
| and muddy day-was worse and quite cold at night
and people found that the time-honored Catholic
custom of visiting and decorating the silent homes
of the dead would be interfered with by bad
weather yesterday.
oas ySohSiNeJ1 1AieN NNi't ''"S - S4S-A
and lovely day IN other respects. Peopie just pns
on their warmer clothes, and turned out the same
as ever. The old Catholic cemeteries in the Sc
eond District, St. Vincent de Paurs in the Third
District, st. Patrick's at the Metarie Ridge, all
these were lavishly decorated and visited by thou
sands including all classes Of the population. The
scene in all these cemeteries was beautiful, and
most impressive.
j The Protestant cemeteries were quite as beauti-
fully decorated and largely attended SO touching
and appealing is this custom of not forgetting the
dead and Of visiting the cold and silent mansions
4 which hold the Wondering forms late inhabited by
warm and loving hearts and ties of keenest earthly
affection, and by bright eyes and smiling faces,
the reflex of kind and good and sweet souls, now
at home in the eternal world of their Maker; that
bright and happy world the existence of which we
all feel but glimpses into which stsrny forbid
den by the grim door. keeper Death, whose black
gate has for thousands Of years resisted the sighs
and sobs of souls in the flesh for just one little
glimpse at the happy ones beyond.
There are few OF the permanent population who
have not some particular spot in the cemeteries,
, where the earthly remains of one or more loved
ones are forever at rest. So yesterday, in the
principal cemeteries, there were few graves which
were not decorated according to the taste and
means of the remembering ones who visited and
= thronged around them.
We never saw the cemeteries more tastefully
or splendidly decorated, or more universally
thronged by the resident and transient population
The society tombs in the different cemeteries were
e as usual, the most beautifully decorated and tn
most extensively visited The splendid famil
e tombs OF the wealthy were decorated IN the usua
r rich and exquisite style. fhe humble wall-tomb
OF the poor though they had only the cheap deco
rations OF simple wreath Or fresh bunch OF now
h ers, yet feeiing marks OF the remembrance
er the living for the dead.
a q me tombs OF the numerous religious and benevt
Is lent socieues were never better attended. IN
,g orphans ana the lnoigent aged people IN the car
I, OF the peheVoient soeleues, received handsom
contributions at the gates and at the society tomb
INSIDE.
is we visited the tombs Of many who, like us
le went around and visited the tombs on the prevou
~ ~ All SAINTS Day. we need not mention our visit
to the graves of the old and young of our acquan
e, ance, who departed by the natural order {
n things, within the past year; but we may allude
atew, whose death shocked not only their families
g but the whole community
3 The family tomb in which the remains Of til
e e Hon. ). Il. hamothe were at rest, was beautiful
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d members OF that company.
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