Baton-Rouge gazette. [volume] (Baton-Rouge, La.) 1819-1856, 1847-09-04

TnH YBbbuw FEvHn.-We are under
the painful necessity Of staiing that The cpl
aemie continues to increase In extent and
malighity. In relation thereto, ws take the
following from the Beei
The epidemic sill putsusz its fflghtf1l
career, sowing death and desGlHli6n along
liz track. We deeply regret The necessity
Of announcing that not the slightest mani.
~festatioh Of a decline In the disease Is APP
parent. On The contrary, within Tho last
three Of four days It's m~alignity has alarm
ingly increased. Previously confined to
persons In humble life, It's faYages could
scarcely be appreciated BY he great body
Df our citizens, but now the pestiledee
spares neither class nor condition, while its
type seems to have suddenly assumed
more fatal character. The mortality among
many Of ottr most respected citizens has
been most affecting. On Sunday last, no
less than five gpntlemsn-well known ta
The community, aud having strong titles to
public esteem and regard, fell victims to The
seouFEe, and were consigned to their earth.
" resting place, We do not pretend 10 nc.
count for the rapidly with which the Fever
appears u hive commenced I'll. fHthges
among those who Ind bee hitherto almost
completely spared W. rah hardly iHiag-
Inc that n deatth Of material exists N the
poorer classes, since thgfs are doubtless
many thousands Of unacClitnated persons
still in Our city. Probably the epidemic IL
If d more ihsidibtis nature when developing
itself III the system Of individuals wltB. from
their circumstances, afs enabled 10 avail
themselves Of all the precautionary means
usually recommended, and fingers long ere
II breaks forth openly and oyetpowefingly'
be this as il may, the feet ID iHdnbitable
that for several days The Fever has e4tends
ed It's maligu Influence, aud that neither
rich nor poor can claim exemption.
A striking feature in the present epidam.
10, and one watch deepehs Ifs horrors. Is
That persons are not unlrequently attacked
who, In consequence Of protFaoted resi-
dahce ofsit, eight or len years, had acquired
aiantied immunity from the Fever. Sew
eral such cases have come under Our person
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al observation. Among its most interest.
ing victims are maeelimaied children, who
this season, appear strangely subject to the
disease. We have even heard Of Creole
children having been attacked, aud several
distinguished physicians have expressed the
belief that when the distenper ]attains il
certain degree Of intensity, native children
whose CONSTITUTE Hs have NOT, 80 to speak,,
been Injured to the climate by ten or twelve
years Of uninterrupted residence not rnu
sually suffer from n disorder which in al
its symptoms, resembles yellow Fever. 1t
has been occasionally remarked by mBdt.
col observers, that during the prevalence Of
very malignant epiiemies, ]naiiges are now
and then attacked, and we presume that
the cases referred to are Illustrations Of the
fact.
with so much sickness In every dtree.
ton, and with n City deserted by all whose.
means or occupations enable thum TO seek
a healthier spot, the disfant raider tnay
readily imagine that New Orleans presents
n sad and gloomy aspect. The streets are
almost Holttudes, business IL almost entirely
suspended, and people meet 10 eonyarsa on
scarcely any othertopie than the yisitati0ns
Of the epidemic. Meanwhile it Ia c]onsola .
tory 10 reflect that charity, as we'll public
as private, is making active aud unremit'
ting exerttons in behalf Of the unfortunate.
| Few, even Of the poorest die neglected or
forlorn. Few suceumbtot ho diacase with.
out having been placed under proper mcdi-
cal advisemcnt, and having received every
care and comfort that eanmitigate the panga
Of dissolution.