The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-11-28
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NEW ORLEANS.


s,;an Of ita: truly all cited CITY
i" The cighfh vial of the wrath of God
ems 10 have been poured over our ili-siarret
ETY..
The fatal rava.-es of our aniumnql pest, vel
! " fever have been OF unusually malignant
. laractrr. added Ia which the deyasi aiinns al
inl;.ra are Of ne most appalling mortality -
/ / the rate. thus far, which has marked the re
niirss career of the king %! terrnrs, since the
n ,mhincd powers Of the Two epidenIics have
en- Mt work il ,vuuid take bat OHe gcar total
to drpopula'c the City Of New Orleans :!
On which ever side We turn our eyes the
iuuphs Of the = last enemy meet our vieN
u lie reality Of The city of lho plague stands
,lirs' III all its horrors The result, indcpen-
ii mt of the destruction Of human life, wiI he Of
NJ fatal tendency Ia the welfare oi tins city. and
g fear great commercial as well as physical
.f.ring viii rnsuc.
u For the no.mcu; the excitement Of political
d j pprIzIn pnlernics yleiI, to the aIl-absorb.
= subject. which Involves the Ire and dcaIr
the c minnu:ly"
NEW OELEAHs, NV. 5.
TIE Cholera ar Cold Plague, together with
4 eiiow Fever il raginI to So great an extent.
Il al cuins cannot be made fast enough to put
h e dead into The Yellow Fever is very bad,
I'd persons are taken off With Cholera in t3cO
'u5S-vcry few live over that time. Business
E completely Frustrated, stores shut up, and
4 nc hal. of the people have fed from town
asst night upwards of seventy Collins were at
g grave ward aud none TO bury them, and in
nScquence had 10 remain over night. The
ave yards are now full, aud they $40 burying
rm outside of the yards. last week there
ere it7O MISUNDERSTANDING lao. Almost
4 'ery hour you can see hearses with SiL cofias
IA -. -. I. al
He'd, and some Of our most respectable ciii-
rs have fallen victims.
Ten thousand pounds of powder were shot
4 + an Saturday to purify The air, and tar burned
different parts of the city.
4 The bakers have discontinued baking, and
is with difficulty that we can get bread
h rough 10 eut There have been great mum
r Of cases where persons have dropped dead
i the streets. without having any premonltory
'mpinms The grave yards are filled wjtll
hurried corpscs. From ten to twenty are
I irlrd in n grave"
4 The destruction among the blacks is very
-ea, particularly in the baking establishments,
some of which they have lost eight to len
+ inds Owners Of slaves refuse to allow them
work. which causes much embarrassment
\ 4 letter published in Mobile paper states
lat during the week ending Nov LIST, 1910
,aths occurred. Another letter. received at
/ harlesion. dated the Sd inst, holds this lam
/ uaae " Death and destruction are staring as
the face a. every step. | feel like man in
dark pathway flied with pits and snarcs. and
knows not but every ste he axes will launch
i'm into one. The public prints give you no
lea OF the distress that prevails here | write
,riciy within bounds when mention that 1900
ersons have been buried from Sunday morn
i,.,t At. L., :,
cen computed by many, that 1t has averaged
% per day This statement. believe me, is
rue. From the great number Of collins need.
4, some are merely square sugar boxes Isaw
N Thursday in three trenches, about 100 cof-
ms not yet covered was there for half an
hour, and in that time think there were at
east ~ collins brought in, some on drays, carts,
nd some even borne on the shoulders Of four
Individuals"
A letter, dated Nov. 8th, says: "Thcre
ave been but Two burals in the Protestant
,urying ground this morning The people arc
imazcd at the sudden disappearance Of the
|iickness.'
Another letter of the same date, says: The
Cholera has aba;ed very much, and is now
more mild, and reduced to 80 or 60 cases yes
erday What it is day have not heard
ul few new cases The weather is very cold,
md think the yellow fever will now disap-
pear, with its friend the Cholera-two happy
-idances''
The following letter appears in the journal
Of Commerce =
! have no doubt the worst has passed by 1t
may be termed perfect Sirocco,--a sweeper
of the plain. The division has been about equal
between the yellow fever, cold plague, aud
cholera. This morning | witnessed the ceie-
mony Of burning seventeen dead bodies They
had remained SO long that they could not be e-
ved,-it had bcen resolved to burn the hos
pital The accounts of this horrid haspita are
truly awful. Ofcourse we shall have a full ex-
position hereafter.
A New Orleans letter mentions family by
the name Of Moore, consisting of the man, his
wife, FIVE children and five slaves, twelve in all,
who were all carried IF within three days.
The sickness is said to be very bad on the plan
ialcns around New Orleans
Letters to tie lllh inst stale, that the cholera
had greatly subsidized, the nterments in the last
two or three days having been reduced to about
50, 40, and 25 or 30 Fross had occurred for
two or three successive nights, and put an end
to he yellow fever.
A letter of the 10th SAYS" Il affords us sat.
isfac;ion to state, that the cholera. which has
for the last two weeks been so destructive of
human life in this city, ard consequently such
check 10 business Of every description. has
ceaSed rs Suddeniy as ii btg0n. The disorder
is not SO viruent on the plantations as to en-
danger The crops Of Cotton and Sugar, which
will prove very abundant"