Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1867-08-03
,pcrsV CITY CIRCULATION.
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-. % lot nv readers know tnn'
gAnAious ~ M famous Golgotha,
nave VS. t;cset from the proper au,
procure and in company with seVera'
American gentlemen, repa, anca at The
nrday TO the principa' emu H. va pre.
oid HBarriere d'Enier' he's sgs.ed
o on,od our pass, and found eongI To- md
sbont two hundred persons, nla,neo a
So u mostly French. Inc Eae"' twice
r" nnlv opened for exhibition eco
arc ouh and the anxiety ~ @
IN Is so great that the aG ;lI'n,o "a
theh a limited number oil ucne's'
lssue o" a crowd. Placing ourselves v
preVss:hn.s. ,bo voters on election day o'nS
line IKE tne 1s,oaS Of singly, each o, US
III eoJ With the half OF sperm e"' we
costing three sous, to Ign' Uu, chanel.
beoan 10 descend into the vas, e niety
house The downward Sta'r "a a the
.sons ,eemed TO be endless Su" an
1seps are the noislestt, thousm~id
rrenVI The poltest, people IN tue wrrH
pale" r,d;cuious laughter anu 49,
tnelt .oemed hideous mockeries ~
cries ;noJ ears When we reachS ~
untraineu go fonnd ourselves at u oe.
last step we series Of gallerie cut
g lnn,S The solid earth, like the gaSS, IT,
!nrou s Galleries. and supported, pmis
stone pillars or abutments' Imam
onr cuide, we passed through Snnlly
Oai,erv for at least a mile, annne tbe
sama 10 the octngonal vest'pu' ,duced
cane ~ This vGstibule lnpuuo oof
ca' ;N,o rooms lined from hooro rS SU
us NV. ~. homes Of three millloI U. nJ
win INC nee Us The arm, leg, 81 thlgn
an pe. peru ~ front, as closely = regu-
fes are :" together as thest ma,
s6,arrahgeo n ,TE being r'ieyed
, ts rows of skulls .;u AZ as med
.!aanne'gS,he skulls somehm@ avs TING
.ne Z; cue tfof crosses, and ave; ave- hons
as n ~ lieve the other" .or foess
% M hO.es yoBehind this tus olIer bes'
At rnems Or he center OF and sne I Frb
inscriptions on Ste marble slAOT !. e
from Livy, some ~ the Bible.
minding the spectacle the end OF
and the folly of ALTON. AS
entered an upon this revolEr company
tn.a s;lent-the silly FrelS, men cei
W., w. cat.calls, dog barking%nd la
tnen the nriests, who like the sIdiers
Ga everywhere in France, crt
elves with many whisperA
and the women huddled 70 .ne 9 :,
their protectors with prrete1se Oh
II WAS a sight we'll calculated 10 te
The inter folly of selfishness' lai'
and oppression, and the pricei .hs
ae r;yipg our best efforts to the
of Snmanity, justice and freedom
u u, Ia gravest questions in such !
u, VIZ - the burial Of the dead. !
L; o Gro il was a great trouble
nonnlous and powerful eras OF tn
man Empire and 1t Is feLateu ny W
historian that even AFTER tloy lesG
burning the corpses and preservll
ashes. they had not space 70 stor'
The urns in which these ashes W.
served. These receptacles Tor the
If the dead of Paris originated II
in consequence of decree for the
mo of one of the chief cemeteries
city. and, from that time, as ID
sc of improvement, and the o
OF new n; ats. made space es'
other burial grou%S- have been
and their human debris carefully
cred into these caverns. motto
let's upon which are deeply cary
cemetery from which the closely
and grimly decorated bones had /
moved, several of these bearing
years date. Nspoleon's in
ments stop at mo impedi
He destroys the tenements of the
to open new streets, to widen old
and otherwise to beautify the cit
be does not hesitate to invade the
tuaries of the grave.-PariS Cor.
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