Virginia advocate. [volume] (Charlottesville, Va.) 1827-1860, 1829-09-11

TIE PLAGUE vt NEw-ORLEANs. 1t appen,s
by the following article copied from Ncw-Ot.
leans paper, that the yellow fever, the plague Of
that climate, is making appalling ravages in tina,
|city. Nor does the paper present the worst side
of the melancholy picture, if private letter,
from thence do not 5eceive,us. In ono Of tho
morning papers we find a letter stating that tn.
deaths range from sixty to seventy per day
At this rate, unless the Inhabitants fly from tho
pestilence with one accord, Now Orleans wH,
soon become literally city of the dead
YELLOW FEVER. From all tho informatio,
that we are able to procure, we learn that this
| usual and dangerous visitant of the city, pre-
| walls to an alarming extent. IF the statement,
I've true, for few days past, from thirty to i,v
have died each day, and those who it is reported
constituted the greatest number of the subjects.
| were those Spaniards, that adopted this city, a.
a temporary asylum from the extravaganza of
Mexican democracy. To find mult,udes Of fel.
low beings falling before us into the grave, few
moments after they have shown the liveliost and
healthiest aspect, and when we are or hope 70
secure, is astonishing and lamentable. The
youthful, the aged, the powerful and tho weak.
yielding themselves prey to its rapidly devas
tating force. Although disposed to weep with
the mourncrs, who may be spread ovsr the
world, and who will anxiously look toward,
| New-Orcans for the communication Of the
news OF life or death, we will, in opposition To-
the usual course prescribed, advise those who
are unacclimated to remain in the city. That
the disease prevails, there is no doubt and that
the method Of treatment, the advantages of at.
tendance, and the necessasies of the patient are
more abundanty procured here than elsewhere
are truths selt-cvident. There is at least eop,l
liability to the infection by the disease in LEAVING
the city at this time, and double danger from
the inexperience of medical attendants, Those
who are untouched by the searching opcration
OF the yellow fever, have now to stand and tes,
their strength with its deso.ating powers.
Although each year announce the multitudes
OF deaths here by the Yellow Fever; and nj.
though each town in the U,lon NAV mourn for
the loss ofparent. child, or relative, swept off bv
the rapid march OF disease, yet the news of the
most extensive destruction will whet the ardor
OF commercial speculation and even in the re-
mote parts of Europe, the healthy inhabitants
Will be calculating npon the profits of a resi-
dence in this city, and assuming as a. basis. the
decrease of population by the yellow fever. So
soon as the healthful season has come, one will
hear the stranger, newly arrived, when exam
ining the dimensions and capabilities of this ci-
~, eJaculate his astonishmont at the populous-
ness OF the inhabitants, and The difference be.
tween the notion he had formed of the " city Of
the Dead and the life and number Of its inhab
itants. Thus i. is however the effect which tba
news of the destructive prevalence of the vel
| low fever has abroad is the increasing determ;.
ton on those who hear, to become hazardous
visners. AS managers of public print, it is a
duty to announce the supposed facts of the dis
lease, to state our opinions, and to leave onr
crude notions to the examination and reflections
OF those who may read, or dread, or weep at tho
fatal march of the enemy to sons of man-the
yellow fever.