New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1854-01-18
Wem.3I,orIs Dalip Gribu,ne
PUBLIC MEETINGS.
EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE DEAD.

EXCITEMENT ABOUT THE DEAD.
For several days the popular elements have been in
more or less commo,ion az the Firt It, Methodist Epsco
pal Buryng Ground, corner Of Firstst and Second ay
Yesterday the excitement led 20 the call Of indignation
meeting at the Grave yard At the appointed hour Y PM
IN attempt orgarizcton made by calling DR. Lyman
were on hand in largo force under Cap: Hart and for
bade any proceedings beyond the appointment OF Com
mitee to select other place Of meeting Ths inter
ference seemed to fan the fame of excitement 10 some eI
tent But tie people, who collected in quite large
numbers restrained their feelings within reasonable
bounds, and the COMMITTEE was appointed IL consisted
of Dr. Lyman and nessrs. Baxter, Hicks ana WeStiaXe'
These gentlemen conferred for bort time and then re-
ported that they had secured Hermitage Han coTne. OF
forsyh and Allan sts and that meeting WOMB oe nela
there in the evening, at o'clock This proposal wac un
animousy sanctioned by the meeting and thereupon the
crowd generally dispersed ,,.,.
The graveyard presented an aspect wen eaeuaaea 70
have found sleeping places therein. The public yaus
being of the old fashioned sort and constructed oil "ood
IN considerable extent caved in about year ago. pre-
,stine severel ranks Of collins Of all sizes into rag
heap decayed boards and bones for the greater
part and rendering identification impossible IN many
cases Those unclaimed have already been removed 10
rome extent lot purchased IN Cypress Hill CenetaTy
for the purpose preparatory to which they were gathered
in wooden boxes while the identied bodies have been
placed each in box by itself and deposited in she'd to
iwait the order of surviving friends Among the crowd
there number Of females searching for the collins
Of their fathers husbands brothers, and children Their
feelings seemed much narrowed by the sight of what they
regarded desocrafed bones and many OF them were
weeping correspondngly. Some of these had horrhc
stories tell Of the in which the workmen en-
ployod by the Trustees OF the yard had driven their
pades uneenely into the skulls OF the dead aud strewn
their bones around" The men were mostly quite mode
rate in their manifestations of feeling One of them how
ever found expression for bic indignation in the decara
ton OF bis belief that those who had ordered the removal
of the dead "in ihat manner would sell the bones Of
Jesus Christi The Captain Of Police severely reprI
handed him forhis language, and he became more mod
crate.
From an Office opened on the ground and other sources
,In fol Inuin hisfn
The graveyard about fifty years old We noticed one
MAJ bic slab with this inscription: Sacred to the memory
of Hester DunIet. wife of Captain Mathew Dunnet who
f victim TO the epidemic fever, August ~ lsO5 in The
2ih year Of her age The ground held jointly in trust
by the Trustees OF five Churches viz. the Willett For
syth, Allen Second and Seventh st Churches numbering
forty five Trustees in all These had procured decree
for the removal # the dead and sale Of the premises
which they have disposed Of for thirty thousand dollars Of
which ten thousand will have 10 be for clearing the
ground, according TO the estimate The original cost OF
The ground twenty eight hundred dollars Hence one
Of the charges made against them by some Of the d'sats
fed of Specializing in the bones of the dead seems
the proceedings have been legal thus far but the alleged
moral grounds of complaint are that the Trustees nave
commenced operations without sufficient nOtice-only
some six or eight weeks publication having been made
and that sufficient is not taken to ascertain and pre
ferve the personal identity of the dead An Injunction
against the Trustees was threatened unless they suspend
cd operations and Voluntarily awaited review OF the 10
gel proceedings already had al the instance othe Church
EVENING MEETING.
meeting was held during the evening at Hermitage
all of Houston and Allen ss for the purpose OF
devne means 10 prevent the further Dissertation of the
graves ard vaults in the buryDg ground above mentioned
Mr. Smith Hicks called TO the Chair and Mr. Powers
was elected Secretary Mr. Fisk then stated the object
of the meeting and suggested the prOpety OF commit
tee being appointed to draught series of resolutions suit
able the occasion, which com nttee was appointed
retired, and draughed the following resolutions;
Cxpedieu by the certain
ownership he ground OF first
other unknown
have ievey engaged In dinerTs and
without 10 the nights OF
the fiieDds OF those there in buIisd . -.
Ees That ioDds relatives OF the therein
do the by sad parties seas
just md IN compatible with common bumsoity.
ResoItd That taking consideration the facts ABOVE
incumbent to take ssch action in the mater
hs ONLY legal rshu shall visit the Just
community the actors In this M
holy des,craion of tacred rights
Resod appointed whose duty shall be 20
leta for the fuhsrance Of the
objects above stated.
The resolutions unanimously adopted and Com
meo appointed for purposes as stated in the last resou
ton.
vote ofthanks then proposed and carried unan-
mous the reporters Of the press there present for their
presence and kind attention
The meeting then adjourned, notion to meet at the
place Thursday evening, Jan. l9, 1854, at u
o'clock.