The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1867-05-03
nouat Weed Cemetery.

S.va,al meetings of gentlemen inter
->r,d in Mount Wood Cemetery have
b.on held within the past few
weeks. They will mcet again IN
;h, Court House basement on to-
.rarrow evening, al - o'clock. The
object "a these parties has been,
md stili il, tho adoption Of some
measures TO amend the present
,,fctched condition Of the cemetery; TO
r"pair the roads leading t" it, rebuild
.hc fences around it, and make snch
,ihrr improvements a. decent respect
,or the ashes of the dead may demand.
We have not deemed Il necessary here
tofpre 70 make editorial reference to
this matter. We had hoped that sense
of the high duty which the living owe
IN the memories of the departed, would
,mpri out, citizens 10. sneh steps
a. might be requisite to place and keep
in proper order the grounds set apart as
rhe Gnal resting place OF those OF our
friends and neighbors whose spirits
have. hy.lI ralled hence. But since the
.-rer,l Indications. and especially the
:rragr- attendance al the meetings re-
,,.yred 10. have shown how little actual
,rtpre,f is fcls in matter so solemn,
wp ave deemed il proper to give pub
iic expression to onr regret that, IN
view of duties 80 sacred, an apathy 40
sppr"achful should prevail.
II is gloomy. comment npon our
christianity, il we believe all our dnties
10 our dead Ia b. fully discharged when
their clav cold corpses nre huddled out
of sight. That mans life must have
he.u useless indeed, whose, ashes can
aul claim from y community so much
stt.utinn a. may be needed To preserve
them from exposure and desecration,
and thar people must he shame
iRlly lost 10 rhe,, best g. impulses
y oar nl;nt,. whose charity Il too
eold and whose philanthropy is too
narrow TO minister unto the saddest
and latest necessities OF our common
humanity. Barbarism itself does not
,iways deny to the sleeping dust the
care and veurration that make the.
gtssa a hallowed spot. Degraded, in
Iced must h that public sentiment
Which even in the midst of civilization
IAN consign the tombs of the honored
aHa the loved to prcfanation and de-
cay.
Ii tue duty at the living to the de-
paitetl i, moi sufficient incentive to
promp, onr citizens 60 do the right IN
providing for their dead, it is scarcely
possible that any other.considcrations
will aronsa them from their dull indf-
f.ssnee. Nevertheless, it would seem,
tina, simply as matter of local pride,
or perhaps from motives Of gratitude,
somethinc should be done TO save
Monnt Wood from the ruin into Shich
u is fss: falling.
II has been the fsvOrite burial place
VI thls community for many years.
1t has given repose and shelter 70 the ne
ashes OF nnmssJs whose memories arc
cherished and revssed for their nnblem-
ished ERyss aud for aebla record OF
good deeds that -7"
Like the ssiions Of The just,
smep svsst srd blossom in thsda
Old and honored citizens. whose names
ore Identified with every important en-
.erprise that has marked our eonimuni-
~, progress, have there found rest FROM
their labors. Professional men, whose
careers have been glorious illastration'
Of the giant power of gs'ius; mer
Of business, whose native energy
and spotless integrity were the
means wherewith' they. won snsc.. snsc.
cess and reputation brorzed ano
hardy soas of toll, Nwhose 'owH right
arms upbuilt substantial evidences ol
our city's prosperity, have all passed
from the scenes of their usefulness, and
mingled their dust in thia Jlesolated
dwelling -plses ofthe dad. Tters too
lie those who Were conSpicuoas in AfAf
different sphere Of Ijfs, apd the pisui-
CRY Of wbSse actions ssaSot SSbdhsd
with their bones. These arc They vhose