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

Mr.. Reeds coat.
MORE PACKED BoDlEs.--Auotl,cr at
tempt TO send off human corrses, packed III
barrels, was discovered and frustrated yes
terday, and il resulted in something 50 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
crcdltable to those whose departments are
concerned. The case was this. During
Tuesday night. unknown to any person be-
longing to the vessel, n barrel marked
"Small q Masters, Portland" was put OH
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 hy
tho 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 he 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 "Southcrn
Pork cases Of recent occurrence, induced
'"e 'h'o W DS a SiltbtI1SIll
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
ell to middle age. Information of the dis
covcry was sent to the police office, and the
coroner had the barrel and contents con-
veyed up TO the dead house, in the aims
house yard, in which the corpscs were
removed from the casks and placed on the
floor Tor exhibition.
The coroner then summoned Il Jury and
procccdcdio hold an inquest on the bodies.
49,! from their extremely cmaciatcd APP
prarance, and the absence Of any appear
anccs of violence, the jury came to the con
clusiou that in each case death had result
ed from disease, and they rendered "A YER
dict accordingly.
Besides the cornner's jury. Il number of
individuals, and among them several otli-
GERS attached TO the United States, and DO
nc coui'' IrouiP"Ld Ly ,"Ii"s;.y, .isi,.d
the dead house to take n look at the bodies:
and i'll the face of the dead female, several
of them recognized the countcnancc of an
OLD woman who last summer was Il pauprr
and was in the habit Of soliciting aims in
'hN L "'N, ait hopVt tHc courts ana DItlccS
of the city ball. None. however, were ac-
quaintcd with her name but the rcasona-
bic suprosition 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
timed. On the body of the man. TOO, was
found Il very peculiar shirt, such as are
kept for use at the Bellevue lunatic cstab-
lishmcnt, 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 ON 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 cs.
Establishments, is Il question which was hu-
silly moutlled, but VIC have no knowl-
edge of particulars relative to %hc govern
mrnt of those establishments that enables
us 10 answer.