The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1853-07-03
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enquiries III 1t6I5PVi III ll6 IAlpH
Rouge Gasette Of the 25th, / as an
other citizen, will give all tie informas
ton OF Which am il, possession III
Tho commencement Of the year 1850,
The ladies' Of Bhton Rouge started the
prUeot Of enclosing The old Cemetery
by subscription and Fair. They col
leeted seven hundred and thirty-itine
dollars, and t,inety-hve cents, and q
subscription list Of algj still uneollee
ted making The amount collected aud
Subscribed, 1876 D5. The reason
why the balance Of the subscription
WIS ttet collected wis tllat ai,nnexpeet
ed difficulty arose-the ground belonged
| to tlleU siatas, and hnd been Used as i.
burial ground by the u. &. Troops, nj
The Garrison IN common with the cit
liens Of Baton Rouge, and the Ladies'
were advised by the officers 1T the
Garrison that it would ba necessary to
obtain the consent Of tbs Government
before they could proceed to enclose
the Cemetery. They waited upon
Col WEBSTER then IN command aud
requested him 10 write 10 the iseetefug
Of War upon the subject, Which ] bea
llese he did, not getting M answer
very promptly If ut MI, tliey obtained
through the Kindness Of Mr.. WHlu
a survey aud map Of Ile Cemetery,
also letter from the commanding
| officer, NJ the Garrison. and ono from
the Governor Of iho State they re-
1uested n elii1en If ljaton Rouge wls
wins going to Washington, to present
them and to endeayor to obtain from
the Secretary Of War, II promise toen-
close The ground or permit the citizens
10 do if. In aeeorlauee with this rs
glest, this citizen presented The plan
ii tie Grave Yard, together with the
letters to the Secretary Of War, he
said The best plan would be 10 eall
Upon Dol. Davis then Chairman Of tic
Committee on Military Allnirs, he did
81, and Col. navis said h. would see
the Secretary Of War. and endeavor
to make an appropriation to enclose IT
Ill Was not done. The ladics then
called Upon senator Downs and stated
The mattef to him, he promised 10 give
them MI tie MD in his power--two
-
Sessions have pissed away, and moth
ing 80 FIR llas been done. This com
prisea all The action ! believe, tltat has
been taken, they have waited with |
patience the lime when their way |
would be clear to enclose tho COME.
terry according to tie original intcn-
ton.
The ladies nj HE commencement. I
appointed Mrs. Francis Gayle, as pfesi-
dent, and Mrs. Clara j.. Albums as
Treasurer, and ut ille elose Of tho fair,
the Treasurer received the funds, and
immediately plneed them at interest
She has now on hand, two notes, one
for 5000, dated February Z, 1850, md
one fof $1,000, dated July II, 1860,
both drawing the highest conventional +
interest /; indeed the 5000 note draws
loper ccnt.-~alld subscription list
uneolleeted, but every dollar good,
amounting to $136. The drawer Of
the notes il one Of tho wealtlliost eiti-
zens Of Batm Rouge, md has boon
reatly, wiling and anxious to pay the
notes, md the only reason why be has
NOT, long before this paid them, and
stopped SO high II rate Of interest, was
that II was for the benefit Of the AZ
sociaIion, he considering the extra in
terest ~ an ADDITIONAL donation. Git
zen will perceive that he or she, has
greatly ovcrrated the amount; it ia but
little over $500 instead Of $4,000.
Citizen says that ii slas ever since
been in the hands Of same bWlY, andI
whether it draws interest or not il q
question that we the people are ignor-
ant Off | thought that Ialqtho had
kept the Citizens pretty well advised
upon the subject, for she has made q
call through the newspaper as often
rs once il six months, and she has AZ
often been answered--how me hel
l'eoplc can be ignorant rs to who has
the control of the funds and whether
it is drawing interest after being SO re
peatedly informed, is passing stranger.
With regard to the last part of the
communication of Citizen, the gentle
men COMPOSING the committee can an