Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1828-10-10
Brecon, Aug. 10.

From the article which we insert. b,,v
from the Rochester, ". Y. ENQUIRER. If S
TENDER 80, it would seem that the inn ,h,.'f
Of The country adjoining Lake Ontario A.,
duced TO a most miserable condition h. :"
prevailing ~fevers. In many parts of on; w. W.
nrighborhood, the epidemic has sp,ead -,
Alarming extent, but its effects have been hv.
means comparable to those here related !,
NV York ci'y paper says that no sickness j.
remembered so general and SO fatal ,s H."
which prevails 10 New York, both in III. yiri
nifty ofthe city and at a distance. The civ !,
self is remarkably healthy.-PhR Crou.
"Our citizens were engaged the Who'll. NJ
turday in a |" labor Of love-" The exr,em, M
hralthiness Of the people residing near =.
shore of The Lake, mad reduced many of ,bsm
10 a condition upon which humanity c,pnn,
look bot wlttrcompassion. A village mee,ins
was called on Friday evening, by which ac,i,Ss
receiving and distributing committees were an.
pointed. The appeal for relief wa. an,wersr5
by immediate and abundant donations. We.
on loads OF nourishment and provisions STARED
off early on Saturday. We accompanied on.
of these "messengrrs Of charity" and saw, Gu.
ing the day, relief administered to more ,h,,
hundreds nj helpless, and, in some instance,
furnishing sufferers. Whole families were tou,!
not only sick, but destitute of medicinr, foodO,
attendance. A few instances will give SON.
idea Of the misery TO be found prevailing all a..
long the lake shore. In one family nine we.
down, one had died, and the only person 10 IL
sist the sick was a daughter who had the apu.
every other day. AT one house The mother had
died, leaving eight small children, mos, all sick.
10 the sole care Of the father. At a house con.
tanning two families, NO, an individual could
rise from their beds, but an old man 70 yean
of age, who had gone three miles 10 work To-,
provisions, o. which they were entirely dcs,i.
tute. An old mar. whose family were al sick
and destitute, had been TO Rochester e miri
win a load Of green slaves, which he could 10.
sell. Just after he rtlurneG5 with a heavy hear
and weary limbs, without help or hope, 10 bis
perishing family. the well stored wagon Of ogr
Observation-Disclosures drove up to his hous! BE
tween a father and molber, confined to the sam.
bed with a burning fever, was an infant, WHOSE
sources Of nourishment had dried up! On tn.
aoor, under the same roof, lay a boy, by whose
head was a crust Of dry bread and q cabbage,
n"Hvs' EhAsfihh hh be masss'i ss1sfSHtlemau who wen, int,
'he norm part or Brighton, that the condition
there, was. if possible, even worse than Greco.
Sixteen families, principally Swiss emierspsl
most OF whom were as wretehed as po,rr and
sickness could make them, were relieved On.
woman died on Saturday in child. bed, wi,hOu.
medical aid, or even the necessary assistance Of
her owE sex. These evidences of di,,r.,, A..
deemed sufficient TO justify The step. which
been !akrn 10 relieve the suff.refs. II,
10 be regretted that the wants Of ,ho,e propl.
nac not been scorer made known 10 our chi,
rms. Rochester never gives with a s,intet o.,
hand. Ample supolirs are ready 10,
VI within reach; and The visits to our unhappy
elbow citizens will hereafter be neither "tT
'or far between"
A medical gentleman, who generously i,
rnd"d the committee, rendered every as,,.
nee to those who required his aid. FouL
read, meat. fish, wine, coffee, tea, sugar, bur
n, &c. &c. were furnished. Many famirs..
'ough sick, refused aid, but urged the com.
'it,ee to seek out those who were more in
erd. The sickness is generally confined 10
w settlers, most oil whom are in r eDarrd 70
rovid- for themselves