Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1820-11-28
THE YELLOW FEVER.


NEW ORLEANS, October 26.-We have
the satisfaction OF announcing at length
that IhIs maiaty has entirely ceased lis
ravages III our city. No case of a decided
ly malignant character has appeared du
rlng The last fortnight and accordingly
the most eminent physicians have given
II as Their opinion that those who have
re'red 10 The coaniry may return 10 their
homes wills perfect safety. The CollecA
tor oil HE port, we are informed, no lon
ger declines granting clean bills Of health
10 vessels outward bound and in word.
il MAY be asserted that Tie inhabitants of
New Orleans are now as generally healthy
as they were al the same season of any
prevIHns year. This Unexpected ameli
oraiiUn Of The public health may, we
think, be attributed 10 The cool weather
which has steadily prevailed for the last
fileen day and which III several instances
proGuce;i a slight lioar frost,
ii Is singular peculiarly in the his
tory of the malady of this year. that the
towns and villages on The Mississippi.
above New Orleans, have uniformly es
capped it's ravagcs, while the Bav OF ST.
Louis, hitherto considered as one of the
most salubrlUus spots in the lower coun.
Try, has been afflicted in a manner that
'biVnS ib tut Sbdut INT scenes OF ui~ ITeSC
which we have Witnessed In our own civ.
A; that place The disease has been fatal be.
You'd example, and counts among It's vic
inns some OF the most amiable and csIi.
mabic persons OF whom This quarter Of
the union can boast. Among The deaths
which have occurred there, we record.
with the deepest regret, those Of
Mrs RIPLEY, Mrs WILKINS
Mrs. oDDiE. Lieut. LYMAN
Mrs EULER, Mr. p. RoBERTSoN,s
Mrs. FARRiR, Col. r. BUTLER.
mORd 1900
Thanks 10 tile spirited exerticn of AN entar.
piisiGg citizen OF New OTleans-we have now
what for many year, had become a dpsideta,
tum vessel propelled by steam on the Ca
rumdeIet The Neptune, Il new steam boat is
now running between this CITY, CovinRton
aud Madsonvilie. We are assured tllat her
machinery worked extremely well and the
hoat made good headway although the wealth.
rr was temPesluoUS la lake PonchaTtTaip
during her inst voyage IN those waters. The
hnccesS OF ih!s experiment renders al once
easy and certain the growing Intercourse he.
tween oar city and The country OH the other
side Of the lake. The planter and the mer.
chant, III those paris, az also the traveller
may now almost calculate TO d certainty The
time TO be consumed in their VOYAGES
Lou. Gag
NEW YORK. November 2O.-Capiain
Center, from Cape lie Verbs, has brought
dispatches trom Capt. Tfenchard, OF the
u. 5. ship Cyanc. She arrived there on
lhf 28'h Sept. from rruize among the
ls!suds; and on the Sd October sailed
down The coast, intending TO return soon
to The United STATES
The u. S. ship John Adams, CAPTAIN
WadsHorllI, and Hornet. Captain Read.
sailed on cruize the I'd Septembcr.
A irigale with 10 ports each side, under
Amcrican col0rs. passed S.. Jagn on The
Oh Sept. supposed 10 be The -rriere
Ephraim Baiomau, John Linn, George
Cassidy, Samuel Swan, Geo. Hol -ombe.
snd James Mdtlack, are elected Repre-.
seofaiiyes from New Jersey in tie next
CoDgTess. These gentlemen comprised
What was called The Republican Ticket,
which was formed by invention OF de-
Irgates from The several counties 1T thai
state
John Reed, formerly, for some years, a
KeprescniailYc ~ Congress. is elected to
Congress from ,he district in Msssacbn
sells now represented by Walter Folger,
Jr. Mr.. Reed is q Fedefallst,
Joshua CUsbman aud Euoch Lincoln
are reelected To Congress from the same
DISTRICTS IN tie State OI Maine which afe
represented by them in the present Con
gross.
Marx Lspgdon Hill is said 10 be also