The New York herald., 1871-11-05

1t should be understood ehat q full lot IN Green
sions Of u Caivary are 10 BY l6 quarter lOI
IN Greenwood feet by 10 feet inches; third OF
81 Y y 70 sss na T 70
which sl26 is charged Is feet BY feet; that for
which sl5o is charged Is feet BY IL feet ana that
There are those, no doubt. who believe that the
management Of the cemetery is as good az can be
power. but tnat Is no argument whatever to prove
that the existing state OF affairs cannot be remedied
The causes OF complaint are 80 grave ana so
various that II would only be work OF superer0ga-
ton to 70 into greater details after calling the atten.
ton OF the Catholic public to the facts given aOove
but OF good taste who would expend the moneys re-
celved from the various sources OF income or the
cemetery toward cmbclishing and Deautlfyng it,
40 that al least the look OF
A BARREN WILDERNESS,
which 1t now wears would be made 10 disappear.
the part OF good Catholics, judging from what the
HERALD commissioner observed, is that the funerals
attend them as occasions Tor de6ouch. even riot lot
sometimes, ana considerable drunkenness always.
The return home y marked by long stops at every
tavern on the roadside ana even women who enter
the cemetery crying bitterly and joining In the
wall OF the relatives Of the dead gone reach the
ferries on their way back overcome with liquor and
adding their yels to the hOwls OF their companions
OF the stronger sex. For all this the cemetery
authorities cannot be held responsIblc but they can
Of hackmen inside the gates, and 70 the scenes OF
disorder and confusion which are daily occurrences
church. Why are there not attendants about
% see that everything Is done properly, and why
Ii 1t that 1t Oftenilmes happens that when the
services over the corpse are at an end the friends
OF the deceased have to look about them for many
minutes together to fnd some person who can
TELL THEM WHERE THE GRAVE 1872
In the majority Of cases where an attendant is
found he B nlnatured, sury and overbearing;
treats the mOurners as II they were so many buyers
come to market, who had got AL they were entitied
TO once the church services had been performed,
and VINO were uespasslng upon time and
est question afterwards Then, as to the
manner Of burying the dead. The HERALD commits
si0ner stood by while several bodies were lowered
to their last resting place, and noticed how the
grave diggers went about their work with no
greater degree OF reverence than could be expected
men shOvelled and shOvclled as ir they mad just q
gwen time to 40 the work In, and amused them
selves at times, WHINE yet the weeping relatives
were In their hearing. by joking and laughing ana
''pOktDg funH NJ one another.
THE REPORT AS OF OLD.
There Is one thing about this cemetery matter
which many Catholics are rather lnquisitive about
1t was the custom when Archbishop Hughes ruled
the diocese for report to be made ut stated
PERIODS concerning the condition OF the
and how they had been expended since the previous
report; what improvements had been made Ii any
and how much they had cost. For some reason or
other this custom has fallen into disuse or late
ably II IL were revived and every provision OF the
act OF Incorporation by which the trustees hold their
power faithfully carried out there would be az
little chance for the trustees or their employees to
snrk there duty there would be for the Catholics
Interested IN making the cemetery second to none
wanted 10, Just what would be necessary TO correct
all abuses,