Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1838-02-15

the said harranguc so far rs relates to my
self. a malignant falsehood prepared for a
special purpose. Yours, with respect.
SAML. STEVENSON.
In consequence Of the above, fumor was
rife, that u regular set too, or pitched bat
tie, was TO be fought at the State House,
this morning, between the two above named
members of the Union and Harmony"
party, from the county of Philadelphia but
nothing transpired until alter the adjourn
ment Of the House, when as they were
going out, MIR. Samuel Il. Reed accostcd
his colleague, Mr.. Stevenson, in the p0rtico
and su!ting action to the word, gave him u
blow. A clincll, land some blows followed,
in which Mr.. Reed appears to have come
out the better man but they were immc-
diaiely parted by the interference of DIR.
Pennyman, aud Mr.. Hayes, of the House,
and some others Of the crowd. before there
principal damage done was the sore rent of
Mr.. Reeds coat.
More PACKED BODIEs.--Anothcr at
tempt to send off human corpscs. packed III
barrels, was discovered and frustrated yes
terday, and il resulted III something SO near
ly approaching TO an implication on the
part of Il certain department connected
with our city economy, as 10 give those dis
posed n fair opportunity for rumoring SUR
misses and possibility of character not very
crcditable to those whose departments are
concerned. The case was this. During
Tuesday night. unknown to any person be-
longing to the vessel, u barrel marked
'Small Il Masters, Portland was put on
board the Portland schooner Alfred, lying
ut Comics slip, where it was found in the
morning; besides Which another barrel,
similarly marked, was found standing by
the side of the schooner, on the middle pier
of the slip. The acting mate of the vessel
who said he knew the names of every firm
i'll Portland, told the captain that lie had
never heard of such a house as that TO
which the barrels were directed which fact
connected with the irregular manner in
which the barrels had been placed there,
and the recollection of the "Suuthcrn
Pork cases Of recent occurrence, induced
the suspicion that this might be Il shipment
of similar character. In consequence of
this suspicion the barrel was opened, and
one was found To contain The bodies Of two
white females. one quite old and the other
about thirty five, and the other contained
the corpse of Il white man who had attain
ed to middle age. Information of the dis
covcry was sent to the police office, and the
coroner had tic barrel and contents con-
veyed up to the Leaf house, in the aims
house yard, in which the corpscs were
removed from The casks and placed on the
floor for exhibition.
The coroner then summoned Il Jury and
proceeded" hold an inquest on the bodies:
:"" from their extremely cmaciatcd APP
pcarance, and the absence Of any appear
nnrnS nI Iinlnncp th, t,r,- ,,,,, - ~, 49,,
cluSiou that in each case dealt, had result
cd from disease, and they rendered "a YER
dict accordingly.
Besides the cornner's jury, 4 number of
individuals, and among them several otli-
GERS attached 10 the United States, and po-
llIC coui.H Iiothpt.d ~ ,u,in,;.y, .isit.L
the dead house to take Il look at the bodies:
and i'll the face of the dead female, several
OF them recognized the countcnance of an
old woman who last summer was Il paupcr
and was III 80 habit Of soliciting aims in
the Park, and about the courts and Offices
of the city hall. None, however, were ac-
quaintcd with her name but the rcasoma-
bic suppnsiiion that sickness or the cold
weather had driven her from begging in the
Park, TO permanent quarters at the Belle
vue aims house. was pretty generally enter
tanned. On the body of the man, TOO, was
~ fN."hh Sthht, SUN us arc
kept for use at the bellevue lunatic cstab-
%lishnlcnt, and, in short the belief was soon
current, that these bodies at least if not also
those of the blacks recently found under
similar circumstances had come from the
city establishment at Bellevue. Whether
they could have been brought from there
for the purpose of shipment, without the
knowledge and concurrence of those who
have charge of the prison and hospital Is.
Establishments, is Il question which was l,u-
silly mouthcd, but We have no knowl-
edge Of particulars relative to <tc govern
nicnt of those establishment thai enables
us 10 answer.