New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1853-08-18
THE PEsTILENCE Ar NEW.ORLEANs


CoEfespOndeu nee Of The N Y Tribune
EEW-ORLEANs. Tuesday Augas D. 1874
wrote to you last evening, giving you ga account d
the 10 be witnessed IN Cemeteries and Hos
pitfalls Yon no doubt will think il strange that such
things should occur, and II is tHdeed straHge. Ihrs
never could have been ans accumulation Of bodies
buried, if the authorities had done their duty and tho
course Of some Of papers in giving the authorities
credit for haUtHg tJtTftd emsettSs DM praiseU0yse
"htny' is certainly beyond my comprehension VOID
like 10 give the definition Of the word aeioty fses
stubborn things and will give you lew more o.
them.
On Sunday morning It was well known that 40 bodies
were exposed to tie sum- unburied, at the Laaysfis
Cemetery, and The excitement great The AsJf
received numerous letters aud the street COnmssoo
received early notice-at that time plenty Of men
could be had for gJy cents an hour, and all The Doaes
could have been bIed ~ hour ii prompt action hS
been TAKEN IL not until Sunday gtisrnoo" tna' 90
chain gang sent up it appears BY the ta'smsa
Of the Chairman Of tie Cemetery COmuttee Oh ,~
Board Of Health that be visited the Cemetery S0gH
"dark" found the chain gang about leaving, but BY pro-
mises Of giving them supper snd plenty OF hlno',
dnced them 20 remain II going 20 A Cemetery aS0S
dGgk 10 remedy the evil after the whole city see ef
cited and the BODIES had been exposed all dag "a Pfs
worthy activity, then say deliFerus from such Aaa"
activity.
Tie number Of unbuSed at dark had iaereas4
EiQhfv and the Chairman Of the Cemetery COIon'1ses
then at the eern hour. N the presence Of the ies ~
sons in the burial ground offered five dollars az nyai
men 10 work Now, 10 prove that there are psnpe
men ho would BE- glad 70 get fifty cents an hour d"
only 10 state the qc that there were men digging gs',
ye'ferday IN the very same burial ground, at Gfy ee1
grave which il only tcsny fee cents an h0aT a. t''
two hours 10 Gig grave. n
informed YOU Yesterday Of the manner which %
bodies were bured-if digging trenches, and ball eag
inc them can be called burial snail qlsntig Of op
was thrown upon the collins and pr0miss msde By "1
one that three hundred cart lOads Of earth should Be so
cd =; shsf little bad been thrown oyer Up % IL 0cO
toda, nothing had been done and heavy shower ctw
I'd al that time ard continued until 3 O'Clock. No dcsr
III the earth has been WISHED from the to)s Of sne 81
fms. The Mayor Of the CtyEas at the burial grOcsa
SUNDAY but, STANCE 10 ssy did not vsi, It sgsia ~
last evening. If be bad gone there in the morninsS
see how the work progressed, aod had pat soPeE
wing the bodies only fourteen nches deep, b. So9a
osip haze coNs has dug but ssved toe Cig tue e1P,I
Of csrtiDg dirt 20 cover the bodies which tbey NJ
at great expense. DO not think possible % 49,
coTfF md get the dirt for less than three doifs
aEd len Tie expense OF line Vii be yei sea'y -
The Mayor has gwen notice tina, the LaJisye1S 70
etery vi. be closed for the present-and the srss -
Der oil bodies which the Street Commissioner VIZ -.
to day. are al 10 90 10 Potters field Now THIS o''o a.
given yesterday morning. and il gas RESPONSIVE w.,
peet that there would be az leas. eighty bodies sem
to-dsy. Yet although they have had twentyioaf -
ro,i,e. no nrepars.ion had been made last NIGH
ceiye even one body When / left the ground 80
last pight not grave had been dug-this - -
specimen of the praiseworthy activity OF me sar
tea" which our papers speak Of could feiax a
Gus facts 10 shov how very praiseworfhy me aid
the authorities is but have given you enough Ire
however, do justice to our Aldermen. They nv he
an they could 90 and although they acted he TAe
dav vet they did not wait for the eleventh hVli ar1
nave done more han aDy oshef Couneu s'ei 49,