Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1851-06-14
A MOST DISTRESSING PICTURE, WITH VERY
VALUABLE SUGGESTION.

81 FROM THE ST. LOUIS REPUBLICAN,.
Emigrants and Returning Californians on the
Neto Orleans Boats.
Nearly every boat that arrives from New Orleans at this
season brings returning Cafornans well emil
grants from foreign countries The former although often
travelling on Deck are in many in possession, upon
their bodies in their baggage, Of money II,
however, they taken sick deck W is not in the
cabn they too frequently left to the tender mecies Of
their travelling companions and when they dead, and
the officers bound to bury them all that remains is the
dead body Goods money, and effects all missing and
the place Of residence destination the deceased
unknown. We have to believe that many hundreds
hare been buried the banks Of the Mississippi, ithn
property entirely unknown to the officers Of the boat
and they bad any money passed into the keep
ing Of those harpes who follow the returning Californian and
foreign emigrants as the shark does its prey
There should be, either By LaU Of Congress other
,0se, provision made enrol register the names of
the deck passengers Boats ought to be compelled to keeps
register Of these poor people, well Of those who travel in
the cabin. We frequently hear Of the blowing up Of
boiler or the burning Of boat and Of muttudes deck pas
sengers killed. lost injured but is seldom that, except
BY the labor Of editors reporters Of newspapers the public
ever ascertain the name locality Of any deck passenger
prsing and thrifty Of citizens prefer travelling the
deck but they, with many Others 60 down to oblivion and
their friends never know how they have peshed Their
estates remain unsettled for years. and great injury and
pense sustained which might easily be avoided, II there
was ssw requiring every boat to keep register Of the deck
as we'll cabin passengers Important Lawsuits and ques
tons will out Of this neglect Of which, this time,
cannot see the end effect How the evil shall be correct
ed. 4 question do oretpnd aolvs
erna navigation Of the country, although csfris
souls more property, and involves interests sn all the
ships that float the Atlantic from the United States, isef
to its results and the direction and contsol which the
mercenay other motives Of those may give.
Az illustrative Of the importance Of the above suggestion
of the Republican, we add the following mournfal account
Of late trip made by steamer from New Orleans to 81.
Louis, as furnished BY the officers OF the boat:
"The Grand Turk left New toIlesns, having on board
nearly three hundred German deck passengers and about
one hundred ca"n ct whom seventy return
cd Caiiensns. The 6r death that occurred was Ger
man, who buried be24ih u,imo At Palmetto Point
On the 25h there were iee bufss 1t Biz Black ON the
Goth four The head Of Pawpaw Isand of whom one was
Mr. E. Morgan reformed Californian. whose former resi-
dence in Paimyn, Missouri He left 5000 r. rod 10
be RENTED at bis Instructions, with Mr. Foser Raw OF
Hannibal On the seine day other Germans were buried
Island 95 the 9Th were buried =, Walnut Poio,
and five at Scrub Grass Bayou on the 2s,h two At Big
Prarie; the 18th at an IN. aoh threc
opposite Island Is and two Caio on the 3ls one near
the point; on the LIST three ct Ohio Civ of whom
mn. l.. Ford returned Californian on the Sd
two at Msy's River and, finally, on the Is, instant one
Mr. Alien, also returned Californian at Chester Illinois
Mr. Allen had $4,000 with him. which he directed "a, be
placed in the hands Of the public administrator Ia ali thirty
two deaths, BY cholers, occurred during the p None Of
the officers taken seriously ill., though ,bey er al in
cons,ant contact with the sick and dying