Martinsburg gazette. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1833-1855, 1841-11-04
New OnLxANs.-Duriug the "a hour

nj NJ IN the PAD ultnlo, al NOM, iher,
were IL d-a'hs by yelluw G.ver. Tae
New Otlrsns Bulletin Of the % | ult. saws
the recent cool weather seems Ia
have had but hula influence, as yet III
checking the epid mic. Cnnsid, ring the.
small numb OF subjects, III. mortality ~
AZ great now almost as in the mouth 81
September. Exp Renee, We b-li.ve, has
proved that mere change IN the ten,prra
IRE is not sufficient Ia free the atno,pht r.
from tnr taint or inf,.eilon. Ii IS the iros,
tint kills the piras of th- yellow plague,
and M either remedy can be r, lied on as
fF.riuul. As yet We have had M irust
and until the occurrrnc. al one II may be
expected that The epidemic will continue.
Fl, m the stat,. Of the weather, an,lcipa,
tions are indulg. d of an early visit from
the hstb'ngrr OF winter. In a few days,
perhaps, our wishes on this point my b.
gratlf ID. In The mranwh lie, those wh"
u re- on the eve ct visiting our city, hah
b ST take counsel of their fears AMI txer-
rise pitienca u short tim. tinger. The
delay 81 u few DAYS can make but lnte
,ilifrtt nee as regards their business while
too grcat precipitation my be alttnde
with s. rious jeopardy TO liE.."
NEw ORLEANS. The New Orlenns
Bee of the 18th ult.. says TIL" p, s,i-
hence is slowly but certainly diminishing
A few weeks more and we nlay b. ena.
bird 10 bid our nbsrDtres r. turn IN f.ty.
li,ose who iisk a premature return are
guilty OF wl!ul nnprudenre, md can q"
se5ss so sympathy ssnul,l lhcy BE- s'rirE
by the epidemic. Al tie ra;c 1T d
rlrnsion now bsefvnbl,', we think. lhai
by the Isl Of November, the dis'aso viii
have total y subsi1ei. The number "i
intrrments repaired 10 the Board of tlenlth
for the "a hours ending the l4lh ult,, ~,
noon. WIS IL; Of which IL were OF yel.
low fever.
NEw ORLEASs.-The deaths ut New
Orleans "n the e0ih were %. Of which e
were of yellow fever. The Bee SINS:
Another cool spell has come upon us
hui the misfortune is. it is not half cod
enough. We shall not be- satisfi' d until
our citizens are pinched BY the nippng
grasp of winter. Nothing but the ln1u
nee if a frost can put an ex'inguisher on
the epidemic. II r, s'sts such changes IN
the weather MS We now experience, and
leaving those who have braved it's terrurs
during the past sumner and ARE still
unscalhed, II seiZss with remo's less s.
verify, thu returning iruanis who have in
cautiously ventured within the sphere ~
it's power, under the delusive i,nprrssion
that all danger is past. IL the number OF
It's victims are less, skill unrl science have
not shorn it 81 its malgnity.
Tmn RAvAGEs or THE YELLow FEVER.
in II charity sermon preached in New
Orleans, by the Rev. M. C arp, lie said !:
That he had resided twenty years,
wanting only few months. in New Or
leans. aud during that time hnd Witnessed
eleven epidemic yellow fvrr years, and
two cholria-each Epidemic carrying toa
su iden grave never less than three thou
sand human b ings, and often five thou
sand. Within that space Of twenty
years. one hundred th,us md human b.,
ings had found grave in New Orleans.
and of thtt immense host, twenty five
thousand were young men between the
ages of eighteen and twenty years. e"ch
one the repre- sentative of sumo distant
family, with whose fate that family was
connect d, rising when he rose, and with
his fall sinking hopcltssly forever"