, 1864-07-11
OUR Cemeteries
L VISIT TO ROkEHILLIE5L LOCAL.
1I1kS, mONUMENTS AND
SCENBkT,

disposition Of her dead in the reverence for thejr
asies, Or the respect for the feelings survivors,
e evlnceu N locstion, eitcumstanreor accessory.
She commenced bnt a very lew years ago, with
one cemetery near the then city umita. she nov
claims nine, most Of them large and commodious,
i Ts seas e.. The old
tenE1on O the city past Its borders rendering 1t
tnadx1esble TO continue to inter bodies there, Be-
lore this deteIminas!on was arrived at other ceme-
teF1es hAd been founded. and are now aouriehIpr,
In addition to the Old cemetery VIC now boast the
following. all north Of the city center, and lying
along a fhe Green BY road: Boeehlll, uH miles
tAnt. catholic. near North :arenue: Calyarys ID
miles distant: Ansle Mayrey. i mfIe norft, ri
limits; .Beuay Sholam, ~ miles nortn; Hebrcw v
beneFo,ent, Adjoining; and Chedra Kadlsha, tao
Oftheea. the RoHehill Cemetery ia the oldest.
having been chartered February 18th, 1852, and
asale.ted s;as on re !a Of July following con
are now fenced in, and the remaladee viii be com
Peted dn:ing the present ascn. It IL beautifully
slt9aieo being IN re midst Of quantity Of wood.
lald: md on the HIGHEST plot Of ground in the
uctehbo'hood Of CLicseo. The bi:hest point is
forty feet above the lake level. aud the lowest
more than thirty feet aboye. In consequence the
being equally at for walking and fos burial. The
dtcusting sight OF cotans floating In two OF three
tect Of water. is neyer there met with The East
to Evanston, and the t1acx Of the Milwautee rosa
Rms through the ground. just in front Of the pres.
ent he ns g,y g99d tseifes for travel By
ded for BY special trains daily. in addition to the
REGULAR trains which stop III re. The Cemetery is
wsM Improved being properly laid out with walks
with raised sods, many oi which haye monaments
il Is of II tie % iss} feature we would specially
speak-;he artistic PASSION rnling strong even ia
death Few who have not paid 4 yiait fne1e can
form ATTY idea Of the sculptuEal ability which has
d,tplayea itaelt there with 50 lavish hand. ANY
BY TIfit thither, and walk ol an hour alons The
shady walkx which eucirc!e thoae monuments
wonld be Of henedt 10 any bnt the most ignorant
boor. even to him who has no hope Of immortality
peyona the grave. True we do not NEE: there
with the ruined urn, the crumbllng slab, the In
scIapaen, M almost completely defaesd By the rasa
eat men of @ ny e,es1 I On te
ol that elaboration Of design into the oyerwronght
ornan.nt Q. OF prsite into tuisome tattery, which
n ma{ Be me- net Nith abroad. Yet We arc not left
thcir bones in Rosehil the great IN commerce, law
and patriotic devotion to their country lie there
reduced to ons e common dast yet sepaFately pre-
Propriately wrought marble: There stands the
maidstone which marks the grave OF VIII
s9 DpvG 81 fos. saas5 la9s o d he 1rsys9os
whose heroic struggles the cauge Of liberty
will In nli future ycars stand indebted How read
1y do the thoughts run hack to the wars of iormer
gard tic eisns OF siamherlng herolam. lnvolun.
tarily We turn to the times th1t tried mems
sonls," and institute comparisons between them
enits ar 20 far not SSi1ke Tng1 W. fo r. mnnnas
where IN tho same inc1osuse sleep three hnodfed
brave and tue men, who hare lost their AVes in
Tnion, isF Vh,eh se 1sfed e
lbs Ill. Shades Of the mighty leadi How pale
H. ,nT,6 anG ~ mcrrenarr b,
lutte by the eide Of these giants aeem The ptCmtes
whom men 70 often call greati Noble men are
Eren now their memories ara rn1s1med ~ the
EesIts of n pratefni neonle. and bye ana hve when
he fruits Of their sutsrtns sha haye been sather
I'd in the extirmtinn nj SLAYER, nnd secessfGn rn,
temnnrapeousiF from onr soi,. the ,msns n v;rtn.
rin1;s ;netn@ shsi snni inft the nrsisa tScss
heroes to The ends of earth, and ra!se for Il them %
hTtlitant A. he noondsy enm an cndnana as a,c2
n,tr '14S t' N'4e A4~'' 9ND' "A'" enoaAn al e'e''
Int Ee vander rom the sobiect. vanaerinz i.
Here il Beautiful tf1hnte to ssFen 1it,ie nnea a. a.
censed Seren children f1oTn to the sfsrrv Sa,an,s
onr only len hehind vshn io,na hands lin he,
the,n Innt ~ 1hnse fn-na ,,,aat ~ ~ T.
aVn-ess,on ia t-neei,nn e1.i+n5a ~ 5sxnt;a,.i
1rs;"nn,inn ainirshly Tenercd and the fse}s1 liz.
sss 4; arac ssJraae & ~ ~ ~ aaGt IN
eaments y eaaes aa 49, VIII aae aeeans ~;
srouna ne ;,t.1 fha fa.rov ~ ~ ana p.aeeo
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Their arms .T1ned lovingly together IN mute testi
mon7 too q ~. me nenet We snau oe no 9ofe sepsfa
tas monamso. 9 .so1 u oue ~ GIeAL mesat, enq
ber. Of orr cty and rebounds highly to his credit
- m aHist. ine lot on Wnlca t1AnGs tn1s cnel
49NtTe r tenAn1ea % Tue Mmlly o. Wlutam hfos3
1ou neSa nos aasel 70 Easope e see me e, gIana
a. Aosennl; eauai n conception and e1ecst'o1
roms pa0ooSnon ~ % o. tne 'aaa o. aseamy eon2 sna
tolaPtno4e aAJs take step ol WY 70 Ae Wesl'
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theepectator: Under that slab repoee al that NOR
T., a., Of tht s;a r. Capt shspey 1 Iinois oss.
anc belt are CARED ont OF the solid marble, faith
fal as in the reality. Immediately behind this Il
aen1 hs 1T 1qsd ed
Of Fred. Tutt1e, On which stands Corirthfan pill
lar, OF dne execution. Southwest Of this is the
ncble faulty monument OF William Briggs, thirty
ieet hiEh, plain shait. but we'll proportioned
Near this ID vsry neat monument erected 10.
Noah and just behiud that IA one ratsed
oyef eolld Of Alfred CoWies. eHbodytnc betuti.
iql iaeaIan ar empty cEadle With bud aync away
Of the fsm Of Nunson 3 Bsadie1 has pretty little
monument, recently finished BY Voik d Moore
Cove lsine rom thet OF a globe, and two angel
nanus tletcosd nom aooFe 10 feeelSe IL Near oJ
y re erase q Lieut.. James, son ct ou1 worthy
ffoFost nasshal a neat monument Ia here sur
mounted ~ an eagie resting On shield. The mon.
s, ner1 o. Gnas'es aern1a Is . x.eI5 soeSesnye-the
= nssket o. noWef6 apase, Win 4 olfd nestttng
1nong tteM: near tols 1s the monument raised hy
hosaho y; Stone, 70 ne memory OF nus wife. Il
rem.sincer II as aasing ocenpled ior some time
hosiuon on INC sonta border oi the old cemetery
y y VIE lemosGu aoout TWO years ago 70 lt8 present
P*aeeahly With her baoe on her arms. It is re:
M M5 Asn!5 la1tni0! wors. every hhe y e1p:esged
@ noa oa,f WILL s4aet Eecnaulcal penectlon nut win
st Essce1o. pssqt5; Il Is stonp upon winch one
ay gaze hof aoo1s Ana W not pe content 10 tnfn
4sauys, ,a.h's peslecus "tou2he IN tne pufest
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