New Orleans daily crescent., 1861-07-19
gtu Orleans laiIg Creseert.
FRIDAY MORNING. JULY -, 1861.
&otJI SuttEEMfpte.


mendous masses of excitabIe looking clouds, which,
threatening deluge every few hours, every time
8immered down with slight sprinkle; tie tenn
peratuIe meantime being sultry enough.
The health of the city is matter Of eratuiation
to all. We are now past the middle Of July, and
there is yet no rumor Of yellow fever or other de-
popuatng disease the weekly mortality lists were
never smaller Some people think that the block
adc is keeping ont tile fever but we do not envy
those people any sense of security that they may
derive from such source. If we cag't keep the
fever out we don't wish the Yankees to do for US.
The unusunl healthiunesg Of the season, so far,
was demonstrated to US yesterday, in an uneT-
pected and rather forcibe manner. Ia company
with bis bosom friend and irscpaTabe companion,
the Ensign Of The Sumter Greys this reporter yes
terday morning took a ride in the cars ont to
the Bayou Bridge, with the vaw Of taking Il fur
thcr ride on one Of the new harges, down Tie
bayou 10 the lake. The twain were too early: the
argts were not yet running, So they took
socable stroll around the vicinity, and finally con
| cluded to visit the new st. Louis Cemetery; tie
| entrance of which is Immediately opposite the
rear Of the layou car-Do0ses.
| They entered tie cemetery, and spent gone time
| examining the beautiful new family tornbs iu-t
within the gates. and then ranb!ed on, to read tl.e
| mosac-wCrk Of the vaults in tiers at the far enc.
Passing gate still beyond these, they found N.eIG
selves in the rear portion Of the cemetery, where
the poor are buried-actuallY buried in the earth,
| after the ancient fashi0n-the graves surrounded
! with little paling fences, and wooden headboards,
aud little wooden crosses; nearly ell Icing covered
with rudely painted inscriptions in German. Bat
few Of these graves were visible, On account Of the
| tremendous growth of weeds. dense rank. and
| from eight TO twelve feet high
The two explorers, following a zigzag path tIst
led out among the weeds, found some graves from
| which the weeds had bean cut away: but y FAY
| the greater uumber were in perfect ambush. 1her
| broke open . pathway through the weed-forcst,
| and were astonished to End SO mary graves thus
c0uIpIetely hidden from the vew Of those who
never take the trouble to force their way through
| the weeds. On the marble slabs and heaGboards
| Of many Of these graves, (not visible six feet of,
and not shone upon by the sun, so dense and tai!
are the weeds) they discovered costly inmortelles
| and other ornaments, which had evidently heen
placed there on last AL Saints Day, when there
were no weeds. In some places, the rank growth
had displaced the imnlogtees, some being flung to
the ground, and others resting more upon the
weeds than on the tombstones which those weeds
were SO completely sn2othering,
~ This all goes 10 show" said the Reporter, as
with his friend he struck another path to get out
from hanoatb the green nall Of weeds, "bow soon
tbo dead oro forrot+an., t..Ho,. ,,s,varo5 the
Fosign :, # opIv shows how sr,a Of the dead are
| foro0ttan He was Drobably thinking of his old
frinnds Iouis !. Hnard Charley Dreax, and others
whom he knew to he cnton1bs,l in the more public
and strljsA mart of the cemetery. The two rroped
on till they cot out of the weeds, when thev were
met nv another surprise, Tley came to a Mace
toward the c.trnme rear of the ceueterT-neatly
a mile from the front gate-YLere the weeds lat
latterIv been cut down and ratetl avav. and where
amid a fresh Young upstaring of weeds and grass
g hrayaJ the tnrf in many a rnouldering heap.
| There were long rows or Strings Of graves to al
aupcarance Of tic same are. and that & voruc age
for +lie I,nos Of tn,f were as vet uncovered wit
grass and Al! looked rrerise!v alike eor.e of the
rows of fres1ool;iDr luri.le2os were 50 short a3j
small, that it became ev,t,e!t tiki babies y-sr.
butied to themselves in certain allotted parts,
The two friends be.ug equally sUrprised con
yersed, have d. seen anrtliae like this sal
the Peportcr since the SC cues Of the St Patrick
and Charity Hospital burying crol nfs in '5JsS Is, ;
{. Nor D." said the Ensign. Reporter--" Strange
isn't it," Ensign-" Very. R. There has
been no yellow fever cholera, OF anvthiur of thu
l. ID this Sumlnpr,'' E,--.' Not that | know of.
- Well vhaf ,in vor .hfn1, ra7, he tln meaning
of this acre Of fresh craves!" E-"IIl swear
can't tell R--'' And don't sec arv crosses, o1
sticks OF any thing of tie kind, 10 mark Tx
graves" f." Odd." r." tut as the .>extor
KNOWS every grave perhaps II = 1S'' u .'i'h l(
h'dtN '''' NJ T. ,D'"I'' ,.,.
Nero tHc hepoLte', MS CURIOSITY pFll'!' l's"
eAciCeo' s'aF'eo out pe'"ee" 1--WE O! tie Ln9S Q
graves, "heh s0ooenIy he aHep9eaFe" amos
from S'Ght' III P0aII "mch the o'eiAanginf
grass and weeds hao collcealea from his view Ink
te' he hn"sn s as M he 5eped v % h o scrab m g m "p
tha bo,a NAV ba I,ottar ir,acioaa f1,n dcscr;14 !
Thofr alarm HAVING suhs;Ga5 tbav 1annhe,. an,
then srain thev conyersed
Penortor g V-hv it's q gravel, I7nsie-, {. :,
itis,, r." And what we took far Graves y-cr
,,orn,, tle niles of drf ,ratnc to IN tha orox,,s
: Il {. If snems AZ E"N ell the ea,tor INNS
bovo ,ool-od far bir cron ts s,,,nn,c, clsa !,
,-orl5 nerar beva o,ne to tbe trorI1n of n7o,rin
down en- MANY wends and nrnrarnc 81 man
raady ,nada crovaa " + <, d,nh+ ofitu u
{, rboso o.xtnne,r EuEvorv +o l;s fro do
;P+,,o so,,o, doo,t all tbaoo bo1as fiji, roor b.