The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, 1878-04-26
TALMAGE ON THE SOUTH.

turned to his home in Brooklyn from his re
cent jaunt through the South, and on tn
evening of the 22d ultimo gave one of hi.
peculiar Friday night Talks" to his con
gregation. He said:
Speaking to you every Friday night OF
the secular affairs of the week, from reli
glous standpoint, have thought it might
DC appropriate to talk to you to night abou
what l have seen and enjoyed at the South
On bend of the Mississippi River, ono
hundred miles from the mouth, sits the
Crescent City. Put down as the eighth OF
ninth city of the Union, New Orleans is
second to mono in graceful lattraosivcucys.---
There are ten public squares, statued with
the forms of Henry Clay, Andrew jackson
and other public favorites. Her she'll roads
for fast teams G-clatter and airing with the
hoofs and tires Of gay cquipagc. Her Espla-
made and Rampant, and Claiborne and Canal
stcects,two hundred feet wide, lined by trees
thatalmost intcrlock their branches overhead
The Customhousc, granite and pilarcd-
Her st. Charles Hotel, with rotunda world
removed, and Cornthian pillars, between
which S. S. Prcntiss, the impassioncd ora.
tor of the Southwest, thundered against
Mississippi reputation. Elaborated and
majestic st. Louis Cathedral, ST. John the
Baptist and St. Alphonsus, of the Catho.
lies; the Temple Sinai of the Isracitcs,
with its tinted cupolas the Trinity of the
Episcopalians, and DR.. Palmcr's magnificent
church of the Prcsbytcrians. The eleven
thousand hydrants pouring their refresh.
mcnt into the lips of the city. The i'm
mcnse shipping, making her the first cotton
marx kct of the land, with an ever widening
commercial prospect. A city of extraordi,
nary, salubrity Notwithstanding its fcbrilc
reputation the bill of mortality, inclusive
OF yellow fever cases, smaller than in most
of the northern cities of the same sizc.-
But the arch enemy does large work there
sometimes, and thirty three cemeteries tell
the story of his achievements. Yet the
dead sleep more beautifully than anywhere
L know of. Each ccmctry is white with
the palaces of the dead The departed arc
buried above ground ON account of the fact
that the spade at SO shallow depth opens
tRe. vein, of the waters. l like to sec Death
as far aRsuspessibc cheated of his prey
an pm fd ysibatHy: r atH eaod
to part with our friends under the most
Christian circumstances, and il is we'll when
their beloved forms can be placed amid
bright surroundings; it makes no difference
to them, but makes great difference to us
who survive. The marble cannot be too
white, nor the trees too outrageous, nor the
flowers too witchinsly rcdolent. Set the
fountains atoss. Deck the spot with i'm
Let the willows weep, and the
oil ho hnsr
cl the monument with all the graccs of
it will be a solace to those
that tarry here bcrcft, and give added glo-
rics to the resurrection, [ should like to
see the snowdritt of the crumbling' slabs on
the morning of the archangcls trumpet.
Into that city, brilliant with the living
and solemn with the dead, I dropped by the
rail train from Cincinnati, week before last
1t was at the close of the Mardi Gras.-
Once year, on Shrovc Tuesday, the city
rises into scene Of hilarity not cquallcd
OH the continent. The law rclaxes during
that day, and the city is put upon its honor,
and the whole jubilant population do as
they please, and for the most part do right
n gentleman, who is a close observer, said,
during all that day and all that night, he
saw not one case of drunkenness or of i'm
propricty. | wish We had something like
that hcrc-onc great holiday, fifty Fourth
of Julys sounding in one salvo, fifty Thanks
giving Days stuffed into one turkey
[Laughtcr.] Life is hcavey for multitudcs
Of our people, and they need more frequent
let up. Here fun is clcvating and cduca-
tional. am always afraid of man who
cannot laugh. lie is sure to steal some
thing. laughtcr.] The most solemn
looking man ever knew borrowed of me
twenty five dollars, and through pure deli
cacy of feeling never mentioned the subject
again [ Laughter. The world wants not
so much broader smiles as deeper laughter
Would to God that one great Mardi Gras
might march through all the earth, until
the downcast arc compelled to look up, and
the shawlcd sick shall gaze jubiant out of
the window, aud the misanthropc that
growls and groans over the world simper.
tcctions shall explode into uncomfortable
guffaw at the worlds mcrrimcnt. We have
the best OF books for authority: ga merry
heart docth good like mcdiciuc," and it is
high time that people understand that there
is no war between the Gospel Of Jesus
Thirst and boncSt bcorfo1 ninth