Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1853-08-31
SCENES AT THE NEW YORK DEAD HOUSE

The stencil arising from The New York deat
house, in consequence of the great mortality u
that city last week. is exciting the fears of those
in the vicinity that it may breed some kind oil
epidemic, and the matter has very properly been
| brought to the attention Of the authorizes. On
Tuesday there were more than one hundred
bodies in the dead-house, and only eighty.six
were removed to Wards Island, two loads being
as many rs could betaken away. Some horrible
details were disclosed in IL communication ad-
dressed to the Board of Ten Governors bysSIr.
DAILY, warden of the Bellevue hospital, whot STA
ted that during Sunday and Monday last there
had been as many as fifty bodies exposed in and
about thesp place. The louse could; only contnin
Eabopt halgth punlt
l:eXposed 10 the sum- The friends of many of the
deceased having required to see the bodies, the
hospital men were Obliged to be continually mo-.
win. them. The floor of the dead-house was
covered with decomposed matter an inch thick !:
while outside, bodies were piled six or seven
Thigh. From :hese proceeded pestilentiasva-
por that filled the surrounding atmosphere, and
sickcned all within IFS influence. A sight more
revolving could not be imagined. To add to
the contuaionof the place. collins could not be
got for The dead bodies, and some remained un
.cofined NJ to yesterday, awaiting the coroner's
inQucsts. Imagine place about Ten feet square,
as the only receptacle for the dead in this city;
in sickly times. like the past week, and think
whether such dcplorable state of things ought
to be allowed to continue, to the. great danger
of the people, and the disgrace Of the city of
New York. The present condition Of the place
would be fit subject for presentation by any
grand jury in the faithful discharge of its duty.'
The writer implored the board to see to it i'm
mediately,an suggested that they should ap-
pont,a committee 10 devise some plan whereby
the coroners could have more than one place 10!
send dead bodies, while awaiting the inquest, in|
order that great number might not accumulate
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The GARDINER MINEs-The usually reliablGi
Washington correspondent of the, New York.
Courier and Enquirer telegraphs 10 that paper
as follows:
"Major Mordecai, Gardiner Commissioner,
returns tomorrow. Mr.. Bowes, Interpreter to
the commission, returned to-day. The testimo-
ny of the previous commission is'contirmed, and
the pon.existence OF mine in tho siafd
of San Louis Potosi is established beyond the
possibility of doubt. The mines as described
by, Gardiner were found in the State of Querc-
taro." -:
The NEXT Cong NGREss.-So far there have
been l42 Democrats, &c Wings and 8 Abolition
lists elected TO the next Congress. Maryland,
Georgia, Mississippi, and Louisiana, entitled to
% members have yet to hold elections.
IMPORTANT FROM MExrco.-Private advices
received at Washington from Mexico, report
that much excitement existed in consequence of
Santa Anna having re.established direct tax,
and ordered an army of $4,000 men to be
raised, on the pretence of waging war with the
United States, but in reality to strengthen
himself in power. He also proposes to raise
loan of $l50O0OOO, at 3 per cent. interest, by
mortgaging the church property, TO be paid
back in animal instalments of Sl,000,000. The
clergy, it is supposed, would resist it.
The order for the return of the Jesuits has
finally passed.