Staunton vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1860-1896, 1871-09-08

When our last issue went to press the bodies
of the two unfortunate men, buried in the we'll
on Gospel Hill, had not been recovered, as none
had been found, willing to risk the hazardous
undertaking. BY the persistent efforts of Chief
of Police, J. T. Parent, two colored men under
took the job for seventy five dollars, as guaran-
teed by several members of the City Council
About O. clock on Thursday evening they sue
ceeded in recovering the body of Dorsey, but
were unable that evening to reach the body OF
Steele. On Friday morning. still continuing
their labor, and after removing more of the
earth another large mass of which had fallen
in on Thursday night, they succeeded in finding
and recovering the body of Steele. The remains
of Dorsey and Steele were conveyed to and i'm
tered in the Cemetery, on Friday evening, at
tended by large concourse of sympathizers in
their sad fate.
Dorsey leaves wife and three small children,
who will doubtless be the recipients of sympa-
thizing charity at the hands Of our people. s
The efforts of Curtis Grayson, to succor, at the
hazard of his life, tue unfortunate Steele, while
living and almost covered with mile at the bot
tom of the we'll, induced a donation from many,
and we mention this here, SO that others, who
desire to do so, may make similar acknowl-
edgment of the noble and unselfsh conduct of
Curtis, on the night Of the terrible accident.
In this connection, we also call attention to
the following action of the eelored people of
Staunton:
STANTON, VA, Sept. LIST, 1871.
A meeting was held in the African Methodist
E. Church, to take into consideration the action
of the Council, and the community in general,
in rescning the remains of the men who were
buried in the WELL at which time the following
preamble and resolutions were offered by Rev.
W. B. Derrick. which were received and adopted
by rising vote
Whereas, Our peaceful community has been
called upon to mourn the loss of two OF the cltl-
zens of color, whilst in the performance OF their
duty, in the capacity of common laborers; the
stroke of Death was felt BY the falling of an EN-
bankment of earth, buIying two of our fellow
townsmen beneath its awful pressure. And
whereas, all efforts made by the friends in rescu-
ing the unfortunates from their perilops condi-
ton pro ved to accomplish nothing-the munic-
ipal authorities came promptly to our AID, ex-
hibiting the spirit of philanthroplsts IN Offering
SIS for the recovery Of the victims whe were be-
meath said embankment; and, whereas, the
white citizens in general seem TO symPhathlze
with us in our bereavement, rr,s
Resolved, That we bow in humble submission
to the decree of an Allwise Being in thus re-
moving from our midst two of our felloW-towns-
men by the stroke of Death.
Resolved, That we tender our sincere thanks
to the members of the City Council for the inn
partial manner in which the sum of $75 was Of
fered alse the spirit that was manifested by all
the members that were present for the recovery
OF the remains of the victims also to the Town
Sergeant for his untiring effort in securing de-
cent burial of the deceased, and to the commu-
nifty of whites in general ,..r,..
RESOLVED, That we as colored citizens are con-
strained to believe that from the spirit manifested
by the citizens in general there is an esteem for
US as people in this community, that cannot
be surpassed in any portion of our beloved
State-&n esteem of friendliness-and that we
will return the sanas pot in gold, but by an ad-
herence to the laws Of the LAND, which will make
peaceful and respectable citizens.
RESOLVED, That we tender our heartfelt svmpa-
thy to the bereaved relatives, together with the
assurance that we sorrow with them in this sad
dispensation of Providence.
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