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Cincinnati Orphan Asylum and theMethodist and Baptist Grave-Yards, . Catharine Street.Edjtous Gazette:—The charitable public in-torestcMn the welfare of our orphans are not perhaps advised that the Trustees »«d Managers of the Cincinnati Orphan Asylum are actually negotiating fbr the purchase of these two gravc-yards, on Cathariue street, at fiftoen thousand dollars. The success of the negnciation would be a calamity hi all concerned. The gravc-yards in question are located on low ground in the West end of the pity; and are not adapted to any snch purpose as the rearing of oi-phans, unless no regard is to be paid to the liealth of their bodies and the development of their minds. The bills of mortality tbere( will be probably double those in any healthy locality; and those children who survive will not behalf as interesting and cheerful, and intelligent as if the poor things had had a fair chance to breathe good air, drink wholesome water, and look about them upon the ever inspiring face of Nature. If it be argu? 1 that because the old Orphan Asylum Stood on Potter’s Field, therefore the new one should favor a similar place, we say that the ground was sold out for that reason among others, and well sold out, because it was unsuitable to the purpose. 'It may be said that three acres of ground on Catherine street, for $16,000, is quite a speculation. B»»t, we ask, at whose expense? The orphans will certainly sutler, and what is to become lt;£ the grave lot holders, and of many of our beet citizens, w hose feeling* have already b«en harrowed by the purchase or the Twelfth street Cemetery for a Park, and who never have forgiven, and nevei will forgive, the parties to that desecration? We haTC just passed through that most exciting scene among our townsmen, and shall our townswomen nr 'coed forthwith to do the very same thiiyrf It is hardly creditable; but if they should, the locality will be abandoned in a short time by the successors orthe present managers; the house they build be fora down, the ground cut up and gold nut, while the orphans who shall not die, will be taken bv wiser heads and more fricndlv hearts, to a properly selected place. And after all this is done, what lie conies of the Speculation? It is noting but a serious mistake to enter into it. MPhe managers, grave lot owners and the general charitable public, nave all an interest to keep the orphans out of this impending error, and all its dm istrous consequences.Who are to raise the dead before their time? Will the lady managers go near the spot during Out odwus proceeding? Will they see the graves of rtfo, buried dead violated: or incur the iodigna-Bon or the lot owners? Why, one of the hundred deadly wrangles which took place last summer at Twelfth Street Ceaaatery, would be enough to dis-Est anybody with the very idea of disturbing the it repose of the tenants of these cemeteries, for the construction of an Orphan Asylum.Ami it must be observed by the public, that the parties to this business have $160,000 in their bands. What under the sun takes them into a grave yard speculation? We hope they will not think of such a thing a second time; but buy a good lot and build a suitable bouse elsewhere.Ajoccs.
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Cincinnati Daily Gazette
Cincinnati, Ohio, US
Tue, Dec 14, 1858
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