New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1872-11-02
ALI SAINTS DAY,

L lEt udH Dl All CdtuLS CLDSCu tCSICA
having witnessed a universal pouring out
of the population to pay respect to the
dead. In the hours of the afternoon the
slight shower served to reduce the attend
ance at the various resting places of the
| dead, but as night came on the number who
visited the various grounds grew more nu-
merous than at any hour in the day. The
Ridge cemeteries al the foot of Canal street
were tlrOnged.
A wide street through which the cars
continually pass, crowded; az one end g
low rooted building, behind which IS 3
| bridge, on either side fences, the paiings Of
which are glitteriEg white; at the other end
the white and lofty gate pillars of the Fire
| mems cemetery; On the other side brown
wall Of brick, and the whole relieved by a
| plentiful sprinkling of trees, presents q
view Of Canal street from the New canal
to the bend At the bend, where the street
takes d direction straight to the river, are
placed on one side the cemeteries called
| Firemen's Burying Ground, or Cypress
Grove No j and on tbs other Odd Fellows.
| Rest, adjoining which is one portion of st.
Patrick's Cemetery, known as the Bish-
ops, and opposite this last is the st.
Patrick's Cemetery proper, and at the
New canal end is Greenwood Cemetery. 4
constant stream OF family groups pour
in and out the several gates, and the CON
tributions received by th0se who sit at the
gates are large. In Greenwood, the tomb
Of the Typographical Union is decorated
in festoons and oVergreons that are looped
on its front from the top to the bottom.
Here the new tomb Of the Peterson family
strikes universal attention, being new and
bearing on its stone the inscription "The
last of his name" nos soul Of the family
surviving. The tomb built as receptacle
for the Confederate dead looms up a con-
spicuous feature Of the grounds, and family
houses Of the dead, some of which are like
a temple, so rich and ta5tefu! in the design,
are seen upon all sides.
IN Cypress Grove. the first OF the ridge
cemeteries established, the behoider tarries
in admiration before the magnificent tombs
Of Shark, designed. the one after Roman
and the other after @ Gothic temple, and
both being chaste in form and execution
The other tombs are simply the landmarks
SO well known and remembered. and the
crowds who sweep along the passages show
the same general features exhibited at all
the graveyards The combs of the Bishops
and the St. Patrick, as vel! as those of
Odd Fellows Rest. were decorated in all
the numerous shapes that affection gives q
:nementoes and tokens of the heart 3uc
in St. Patrick's was the greatest crowd, Tie
current pouring througi. the old gateway
from noon until the depth Of night. Here
are the burials in mother earth, in most
eases the only mark 0s grave consisting
III the headboard. the omnipresent wooden
cross and the swelling sod beneath the
feet.
In the cemeteries of St. Louis or Clai.
borne street one found the religious cere-
mony attached to the day. and jostIed at
the gateways the priest with all his insignia
as wei as those who wished to pay respect
to the dead. The tombs of the various So
ceties. secular and religious, the private
family tombs-~al6 were 5u!f of ornaments
and decorations. The vaults that in long
lines walled in the entire city, were pro
fuseiy decorated, each one containing in
brief and simple language the notices. Ito
my husband" ITO my brother, . or ITO nv
daughter" or some other missed and unf0r-
gotten member OF the family. Occasionally
the passer by saw the survivor on bended
knees before the vault; and in among the
numerous houses g: :he dead. the walks
strewn with shells and planted with fresh
Tose bushes. one mingled with the entire
French Creole population, scarce family
among which division failed to have a rep
resentatiVe within the grounds. In the St.
Louis cemeteries. on Basin street. were the
same characteristics as those on Claiborne.
and At night Gime the entire extcp: was
ahlaze with Illumination.
In she Washington street cemeteries.
those out near Douglas square were found
a numerous throng Of visitors, who came 70
pay their annual pilgrimage. The cod was
stgewn with the rarest flowers, and the
deadboards and aeadstones were univev-
sally renovated.
In the cemetery on Prytania and Wash.
ington streets, principally devoted TO our
Protestant dead, we found not the profuse
decorations OF the Catholic burying-
grounds, but tasteful arrangement gratio
flying to the tastes of the visitors.
On first entering the Girod Street Gene
terry a close observer viii perceive on right
and left hand sides several tombs. most of
them not more than eighteen inches high.
They are Of brick, substantially construct.
ed, and as but one or two of them have
been cleaned or touched for years. it is
natural TO suppose that time has carried off
the friends or relatives of those whose
ashes rest there so securely. Most of them
are old, and we're the first Inferred in this
cemetery. 4 single one has an inscription
on it, thus:
Captain T. Eyer7ned, twenty-eight years
old, a native of England. Died in Octo.
Der, 1921.
His character was noble iignifed and brave
Still lives, monument Of future praise
Others in that vicinity are older, and the
thought will come up: ''Where and who
are the descendants Of those who lie ena
tombed within
Coal Dealers Meeting.
The Cincinnati and Terre Haute Rail
road Company proposed to the Cincinnati |
CITY Council to furnish Indiana "block' |