Hannibal journal. (Hannibal, Mo.) 1853-1853, 1853-08-18
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B. W. S. B.


The Nee Orleans Crescent Of Tuesday, th'
9th inst, brings us the following account Of tn,
rrightul state Of things in that city growing Ou'
Of the great mortality from the Yellow Fever
On Sunday afternoon information was sent e
tho Mayor that numerous dead bodies were ly,
ing on the ground in the Lafayette Cemetery
unburied, Tor the want Of force TO perform the
work Of scpulture. The Chairman OF the Com
mittce on Cemeteries, Mr.. KurShedt appointed
BY the Board of Health, repaired 10 the spot a,
bout dark. Near there he found the "chair
gang" which had been employed from early in
the afternoon in the work Of burial, coming q.
way, having been unable to inter all the bodies
He prevailed on them, by promises Of CAtra pay
and a supper, to 60 back and resume the work
On arriving at the Cemetery, he found seventy,
one bSdieS laying piled on the ground, swC.. Ter
and bursting their collins, and enVcoptd il
swarmI Of flies. The chain gang was set I,
work burying them, and by hslG-past tire,
o'clock yesterday they were all inferred. Or.
ders were given, we have been informed, BY
the competent authority, that no more bodie,
Should be sent TO the Cemetery yesterday. On,
cause Of the pressure on this Cemetery was, as
we have been informed, the impossible state Of
Louisa street, leading 10 the burying ground oil
st. Vincent de Paul, where there are sixty
graves dug, and left unemployed, in consequence
Of the difficulty of getting 10 them. 1t is als'
reported that the reason why burial could no
be procured in tho Lafayette Cemetery, was be-
cause the Sexton refused to pay more thar
twenty cents each for ti...r- he graves. Thi,
official gets dollar from 80 Cryror. ion fol
each body buried, ard Il from, D. q. .tgj motive
he failed 10 have the grave dag, ,ompc, the re-
quirementS OF the times, he deserves the mos
unreserved censure Of the community.
The burisls have heretofore been made in thi
Cemetery in such careless manner az alone 4
produce pcslience. The tops Of the coffin,
have been sunk no lower than 10 a level will
the surface of iheground, and then covered owe
in the manner Of potato ridges. In this situa
ton they were subject 10 be exposed TO III,
washings OF heavy rains, and the sun acting oil
the putril corpSeS within, they were liable 4
swell and uUgst the collins, thus tainting the at
mOsphere with Nusy,s-sacc sufficient alone {
generate plague
This was the e o. tal2gS when severa
persons in the sigAOOrA0od, inhsling the ranl
effluvia, informed the Mayor Of the fact, VIII
Immediately took active measures for havin
the graves covered with eighteen inches Of ad
ditiOnal earth. Orders have also been issue
to the Street Commissioner to send bodies {
Potter's Geld, or to ST. Vincent de Paul, an
the gates of the Lafayette Cemetery Ne. 2 hav
been closed for the present, except to bodie
coming from the Fourth District,
The Mayor, we understand, has taken III
responsibility Of applying remedies to meet tn
sxigencies Of the times.
The City Council has done nothing eommemsu
rate with its power to alleviate the present prs.
sing necessities brought about by the epidemic
but have left all 10 be done by private charity
This, however, is attributable more to iRnoranc
Of their duties on the part of its members, an
not to criminal inattentiOn. Too much cred
cannot be conceded TO the numerous association
which have undertaken the task Of alleviatin
the present distressing state Of facts, and N
Mayor, who has taken such energetic action i
this regard.
Sra JoHN FRANKLIN FsUND.-The follsv;D
has appeared in the Freeman's Journal; and II
sincerely 10 be hoped that this is not another Z
he many heartlsss hoNxes in which the relative
and friends Of the gallant commander have for !
long a time been subjected:
"a letter has been received in Ireland fro,
Mr., Drydall, midshipman on board the BIRTHS
surveying vessel at San Francisco, stating DO,
itively that Sir John Franklin had arrived SsI
Rat sirabids, in California"
TIME second year Of the Hannibal FemaI
l. Seminary, will commence August 22d, i
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