Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1868-05-25
O0SsRosA4ION.
An Impressive, solemn and
deeply Interesting De-
casion.

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mony Of eonsscraiing place OF burial
in accordance with the time-honored Gus.
tom of the Roman Catholic Church was
performed last evening 10 the outskirts
Of Memphis by the Right Rev. Bishop
Feehan, Of this diocese, in the presence
Of dense and solumn concourse Of spec
tators. The beautiful grounds thus dedi-
Gated to the repose Of the departed are
situated on the fernando road, about
three miles south Of the city, and will be
hereafter known as Calvary cemetery.
Hther from St. Peters church, on
Adams street. the Bishop, accompanied
by the various secular and religious
associations forming the Catholic com
munity Of Memphis, repaired in process
sion about one o'clock in the afternoon.
In the procession, each decked with their
distinctive regalias and insignias, we're
the St. Patricks Benevolent Society, the
Hibernian Temperance and Relief Soci-
ETY. and the Sodality of the B. V. M. On
reaching the cemetery, the thronz of
those forming the procession, and those
who had accompanied or preceded them
out from the city, repaired to the center
Of the grounds, where suitable stand
had been erected under a pavilion
Of dense evergreen, and where the cere-
monies were at once inaugurated. Here,
at about halfaf,er two, the Rev. Father
rose amid silence which could not have
been more profound had only the dead
been present, and in fervid and impress
sive accents delivered an allocution be-
fitting the place, the occasion and its
solemn suggestions. The address con
cluded, the Bishop was robcd, and at
stroke of the bell the procession was again
formed, and the reverend prelates, the
attendant priests and choristers, with
swinging censors ofincense, took up their
march through the grounds, sprink-
ling the earth with holy water as
they went, the pearly drops Of which
fell among the grass blades and
there glistsned in the sunlight like
sparks of liquid fire. Then repair
ing to crucifx erected near at hand,
the procession halted and the Litany was
sung with impressive effect Then other
walks were traversed and the holy water
again sprinkled on every sod where the
pious hand of the priest could scatter it,
and this concluded, the ceremonies were
brought to close and the concourse re-
turned to the city. The occasion will
not soon be forgotten by any who were
spectators thereof. The cemetery, which
is located as above stated, is beautiful
plat of rolling ground of remarkably
varied contour and susceptible of great
ornamentation with works OF art.
Though as yet unshaded, the trees re
Gently set out in tasteful arrangement
along every walk will ere many years
put forth their broad branches and de.
velop into forest proportions, and then
Calvary Cemetery will be as lovely and
sacred spot as "love ere dedicated to
its lost ones"
The LATE SUICIDE ON THE CRY OF
CAIRo.-Information received by US from
St. Louis throws some light on the mys-
terious affair, which occurred on the
steamer City of Cairo as that boat was
showing out from the New Madrid land
ing, on the morning of the 18th instant
1t transpires that the demented individual
who attempted to drown himself, and on
being rescued from the river, cut his
throat with a pocket knife, in state.
room of the boat, was named William
Jones, citizen of ST. Louis, and at
one time a merchant in good standing
and afluent circumstances in that city.
During the war, in which his sympathies
we're enlisted in the cause of Southern
independence, he lost, with thousands of
others, the property he had accumulated
through years of industry and hard labor
before; and when the conflict was over,
found himself penniless and with no
means of earning livelihood for himself |
aud his family who were dependent on
him. To render his condition still |
worse, he then took to drinking,
with the vain hope of drowning
his troubles in the intoxicating cup, |
and from that moment be became more |
and more involved in difficulties until
finally, it would seem, he rsshly snapped |
with his own hand the brittle cord which |
bound him to life of wretchedness and |
despair His family, consisting of
wife and two interesting children, still
reside in St Louis, and are left in a state
of utter helplessness and dependence.
How sad chapter from the history Of
the rash and wretched
New dress trimmings just received |
most desirable colors-at l.. Kre-
mer's. II
The RECENT 0RAToRIo.-It has been
suggested that the recent 0ratorio in st.
Peters, for the benefit Of he orphan fund
Of the church, be repeated aud that the
admission be reduced from one dollar to