The State guard., 1848-04-04
NEW ORLEANS March 25, ls4s.

NEW ORLEAN3, MarCn %, lo4o.
 Friend Hardy: trouble you with the pcrusal of these few lines, to oinform you of a circumstance which has taken place here between myself and the Captain of the regular running steamer, called, believe, the Z. 4. Ogden-at all events, it is the Ogden that I kaom-whch 1 justly con- ceive to be, in these liberal and enlighten- ed times, the height of ignorance and in- humanity, on the part of said captain.-- The circumstances are as follows
 The son of Mir. Patrick Norris, an old and esteemed citizen of Autauga county, Alabama, has been here, during the past winter, attending the Medical Lectures, and unfortunately took sick, and, after a lingering illness, died this morning. Be- l fore he died his request was, should he die here, that his body should be taken home to his parents. Therefore, according to his last wishes, and he dying this morning, Saturday, the regular day of the Wetump- ka boat leaving New Orleans, l enquired of Mir. W. T. Hatchett if there would be any difficulty in transmitting the body, se- cureIy packed up, by said boat. He told me he supposed there would not be any, and that he would see to it. Under these impressions, 1 hurried on the Undertaken to get it all fixed in time for the boat, and had it carried to the wharf, l went my self and saw the captain, who hatly reli- scd to take it on board, after had posi- tive,y assured him that the body had moi died of any contagious disease, and that il was entirely air-tght, enclosed in leaden coffin. soldcrcd down, this in another wood. en one, and the whole enclosed in long square packing case so that no one but those who knew of it, would suspect but that It was box of merchandise. lwen1 the second time, and begged of him, fol the sake of his parents, whom l knew would be greatly gratified by his consent ing to take the body direct to Wetumpka
 I also told him that any charge of freigh on the same would be no consideration 1T the case, to charge what he would consid
 CT proper. But no; he refused to take i } at all, and would not, nor could not, assigr any other reason for his refusal, than tha
 no amount of money, one hundred dollars
 aye, or more, would induce him to take {
 corpse on board his boat. These were his very words. and more, but owing t' my feelings being so much upset at hi brutal conduct, paid but little attention t' , them.
 These are the true facts, and I hav'
 plenty of respectable witnesses to tn same, and consider it but justice to hu manity and an enlightened community t [ make public statement of them, so tha
 they may be exposed, and such character
 as the captain of said boat be held up t the just scorn and odium of the world , H DAVID STEBER. N. B. In justice to MT. Hatchett, 1 ex onerate him from all blame or neglect i this case, as l found, on enquiry, that h
 had endeavored to sec the captain abo, : it, but did not succeed. He howeve J spoke to the clerk, who could give him n i. definite answer upon the subject and ha, j. ling been so occupied myself in seeing t . getting itready in time for the boat, ha
 no opportunity of seeing Mir. H. to as : certain anything to the contrary but ths t there would be no difficulty in getting it o s board the boat. But that by no mean ,, lessens the superstitious ignorance of sai captain, s.9, ~8'fa lsnfs D. s.