The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1872-04-13

not In excavated graves. but In tombs built of
stone or brick upon tho surface. In some of
these may be deposited the remains of one, in
Others many. There are hundreds of these tombs
lasting and we'll built in uniform style of archi.
lecture, some more elaborate and expensive than
others. They are in double rows, back to back,
with broad plats between those facing each other,
in which are roses or beds of flowers, and imme-
diately IN front of tie tombe are Gag walks.
Although there may be exceptions, these tombs
are not private property. but are rented out to
those who have dead to bury. There mortality
is allowed to remain for twenty years, when it
is supposed to have turned to dust, which 10
then taken out and burned, and 80 room 10 made
for another. 1t is said that over eighty thoss-
and thus have been disposed of in this one eeme-
terry.
Mr.. Knickerbocker led the way directly to tho
narrow house which contained the mains of tho
idol of the volunteers of Cuba. that We might 50
blotted out, sad number of othere still lauguish
in chains, and wear out the dreary days "a hard
est toll under tropical sun. Oh, what must be
the anguish Of those boyS parents whs bat too
tenderly neared them, denied al the comforts
and luxuries which wealth could procure aud
affection provide; when they lay down to sleep
and when they awaken in the morning, il iadesd
they eau even sleep. and think of tho situst.oo
OF those they 60 much love? Think Of it. yos
who know the yearnings Of parental love,
and ysu will not withhold your sy.psthy.
1.-THE blood had bo,ied With indignation when
contemplating the scene Of the bloody tragedy, va
we're fairly struck dumb when We saw before us
the offsuae for which the boys had suffered. They
had died for desscrsting tomb, and We expect.
ed to see some real outrsge-some demolition
which must shock the feelings Of the living, aud
tend to bring reproscb upon the memory
OF the dead. New al was rev ,.lsd. aud before
our eyes. Three scratches ur-a piece Of plate
glass about twenty by tweaty -four inches in s;za
One scratch was about fifteen inches LONG ia
slightly curved vertical line, with short loop
at the bottom. Another ten inches long, con.
msrcing nesr the top of the fret and descsudine
In carved line at an angle of forty five degrees
and the third, fve inches leag. projected from
the upper side OF the second and about three
inches from its upper end. This was also q curv.
cd line in nearly horizontal direction, and this
was all! There was 40 design, 20 idea in these
marks Their form and extent show that thew
were nicely for the purpose of marking and
nothing more 1t - said, however, that ia sddi.
ton to this some filth or dirt was put upon the
walls Of the tomb. This 10 the full ex tent of the
offending, and for this the boys were shot
They were students in a college close by.
While it was an act to be severely censored, no
matter whose remains might have there reposed,
in no other country since the dawn of civilzs-
ton, would it have been considered worthy OF
death, and yet met one man, who spoke the En-.
glish languege-I shame that he ever learned it
without protesting to justify or palliate the
bloody deed, showed in his heart desire to do 90
"Why,' said he, Suppose the same utrsge was
perpetrated upon the tomb Of Mr.. Lincoln, whose
memory you love, snd whose virtues you revere'
would not your whole nation cry out for ven.
gence, and not be appea.ed until the blood Of the
offender hid atoned for the dissertation ?" told
him l thought not. That We should feel our
sensibilitics outraged, no doubt, and should
think it The duty of their teachers or parents to
punish the boys, and that perhaps severely, but
that not an individual could be found through.
out the whole nation who would not be ready Ia
rise up in arms to prevent the shedding Of their
blood for such an ofense, which after all appear.
ed to be rather thoaghtlessness than malicious
outrage. "Besides," said l, "sftsr they had been
tried and acquitted iu civil court, they were
again seized by the volunteers, dragged before q
drum-hesd court marital of volunteer officers,
where they we're tried, convicted and con.
demned IN defiance Of all legal forms, while
at most they were guilty of but civil offence,
if guilty vt all, OF which the civil tribunals alone
had csynizsncc, and whose Judgment of acquit-
tai should have been conclusive"
THAT all may be true said he. "but then
there are offenses for which the public sentiment
requires the forms of civil law to be dispensed
WITH and u tribunal resorted to which is not
tied down by legal technicslities. Whether this
DO such case Or not, we will not now discuss,
but that there may be such cases may refer you
to the trial and execution of Mrs. Surrat and her
associates" made no reply.
For = long time We looked sadly and silently
upon these slight marks which had served a. the
signature of the death warrant, the execution Of
which 80 soon followed, nor could we refrain
from picturing to ourselves the snguish of the
mother Of the youth whose haad had traced tho
m"rks with diamond in . riag which she had