New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-11-02
ALL SAINTS
THE CEMETERIES YESTERDAY

among tne people Vi NC" OIicails, tHelS
is no day occurring throughout the year
that takes SO strong a hold of public feel
ing-that seems SO deeply impressed upon
the public heart-as AL Saints Day. AL
though it is Catholic in its origin, and con-
tinues Catholic in its associations and its
surroundings, yet there are few among us,
of any other sect, or Of no sect at all, who
do not, for a portion OF the day, at least,
lay aside thoughts of business, and suffer
the implements Of industry to rest, while
they join in the universal tribute of sad re-
membrance dedicated to those who have
gone before to the silent land Of death,
whittier we are all Fastening.
And the reason why this day, thus dedi-
Gated to remembrances Of the departed,
originating as it does, in d church opposed
by so many antagonislns; the reason why
this day, Catholic as it is, finds such accept
ance in the hearts Of Protestants as well as
Catholics. must be because its purpose has
an echo in every human bosom. and aCcorGs
with the better instincts of ON nature.
Let anv of the thousands who have con
signed to the tomb some dear departed,
r;m anInou,eI"e , ,Ist tho dav on which
Jnr+ VS. oons;rned to Kindred inst had the
Ell fonI;nr nf ToIv Sohh,tb for il was hal.
lowed blythe purity Of grief.
And so it has come to pass that the day
which i'll bv-gone times. had been set apart
by the Catholic church for her communi
,hn 5eod hv relig;ous services has become
aocent,hJo to pro+cs,onts for thev foo
hoJJ +Ln;r dad in fond rem.,nhr,nca and
+hnr alec would testify nv outward s;rnif.
oat;'oms thot III rograt has NOT hnan ofl;ta-
ratnd hv fine the CONSIDER
A,nonr . LARGO ,,ronor+ion of o,rr nonula.
+;on the dnv annrdnchcs with elaborate Dre-
nar,t;ors Wnr,ninn wreaths and funeral
aanhlnn,s orn rroupht to decL tho -or,bs
w;tb tbe ;ns;gn;a of regrets. and fair hands
tnJ oncn,,at;nn for 1ays before
Wb.n +Ln Er.t nj. Novcmher cornec a+
| arv carIv hour neonIe tl,ronu 70 the yarious
on,,o,nr;.s and momantlv thc ti,ronu in
creases unt;i toward the approach of even
| mo the mass of human beings can hardly
naSs each other in the avenues
II ia .monr tba only visitors IN the .omh
| .ba+ tbe nr;cf.str;clScn and the sad are to
| lao fnund These come in ,l,e n,nrnine. so
| ,bot hcfore the throno becomes too dense
| tb.v can offer nraver and induIqe sad mem
ories in comnarat;ye soli-ude
II is natnral to sunnose. TOO. that All
| Saints, day is regarded with different feel
| mos nv ditierenf phases of human nature ::
and While to some il is fraurht with sad
and na;nf,l remembrances. TO others il is
merely ., halliday and an opnortunitv of see
inG what can not he seen in anv other place.
for while in , few Southern c;ties. Mobile
| for ;nstance there ia q partial RECOGNITION.
| nowhere hut in New Orleans is there such
| - full and thorourl, observance
Yesterday added one more to these ami
| versories Of tender memories We do not
| ,t+e1nnt amy ,ninu,e M elaborate descriu.
| ZION of the funeral adornments. for there is
| EttIe variation of one wear from another
An observer will find the chief interest 10
| ,rise from noticino tbc incidents con-
| nncted with those Who comes TO the So
m,lchre to mourn their dead. Seldom. in
| decd can any demonstration of Grief be
| seen These mourners mourn not as those
| witEout hone. aud the prevailing feeling
! seems to he that of tender regret. not
nn,ninolcd with the satisfaction at
| 1he idea that the occasion brings
| the survivor once more nearer 10 the loved
| and lost. A mother could he seen kneeling
| before a tomb. absorbed by one single feel.
| mo for on the tomb before which she knecls
| can he read the name of her boy. cut off in
early manhood. not many wears ago. 1t NAV
| be that she is recalling to memory scenes of
| former time. long before the catastrophe.
when he was full of promise and she Of
| hone. OF all this there is naught but
| memory left-sad. sad. indeed. but not IN
| mingled with comfort, for when her time
| comes to Law her mortal frame beside the
| mortality she so loved when in life, once
| more her soul will held sweet communion
| with the reeenerated spirit that now awaits
| her coming. then never 10 be parted more.
| Before a tiny grave another mother
| kncels. btu she is not alone. for by her side
are other olive braucbes-brothers and sis
| ters of the little one who occupies the tiny
grave, She finds mothers comfort in the
| Fright bows and the fair-haired girls that
| are with her. but not for one moment has
| she forgotten the little one that was taken
| from her; and it seems to her grieved
| mothers heart that the one who has gone
was the nearest and dearest of all. But SO
| she would have thought had it been either
| of the other instead.
Again could he seen the most touchin. !.
sight of all. Two little girls. with innocent
| faces, rich in all the prettincss Of child
was no name unon this depostorv of NOR
| talty. just as the plaster had been spread
mon the bricks that hid the lone coffin
| from sight. so it remained. for no loving
| hand had contributed commemorative
| tablet. A solitary wreath hung before the
| burial place. its scanty adornment be
| tokcned no ample means, and it comported
with the humble garments of the little
watchers before the tomb. An elderly
colored woman complcted the prOup: and
| she smoke TO her little charges of mamma. -
! Where was the father, Ii might be miles
| away. toiling for the future of his mother
| h.re,red GIRLS II mioht he that he. too.
had found a premature grave in mid-ocean,