The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-10-03
NOrthern Correspondence.

NEw York, Sept q. 1913.
We all glad to see. in this mornings Geographic
from your city that agreeable little sentence The
yellow fever gradually decreasing Although the terri
bic reputation of the fever much of it fancul STILL there
quite enough Of bad about it, to make dreaded vsite
1t is singular however, how much alarm there is in
Thousands Of persons have been kept away and hundreds
have been frightened away of late from New York, be-
the yellow fever existed in the limited name
Staten ISsnd, eight miles off At the time, and
particularly for months previous deadly and malig
dysenery and that fghtfu maady the ship feve-n
both of which the deaths numerous, in proportion
the attacked than in the yellow ve-raged the
city, and in the neghborhOod for many miles around Both
paHook of endemic character and probably
contagious than the yellow fever Compared with the latter
two, both tedious and far painful Yet the
of yellow fever seemed to be spell conure up
every thing dreadful and repusive
Indeed what earthly matter there where people
show weak judgment. than in bodily illnesses and
their relative danger and cure2 We the North have
great malady in variety of pulmonary FORMS centsrng in
the vampire consumption. And while every body knows
this well enough, the habits $50 favonbs de-
velopment of the dease) pursued the pre-
cautions avoided and the danger rushed into with the vic
TINS eyes wide open And still the immense stream OF
quackey rolls putting money in the purses of the pill,
potion, and lotion manufacturers and weakening the bode
and spirits of the deuded who trust their ills these
specifics Truly the sensible physician knows, there
hardly specifics, properly called, in medicine No
cases in any amen exactly alike because the cir
eumsances constitutions and detailed habits in all paTicu
lars and forms, of no two persons the Yet the
modest pimakeB sometimes give list Of fifty diseases in
THEN wide the poles asunder for which their little
globules are a sure cure"
We have had tsste-ju the slightest taste the world
of fall weather since my last After good hearty rain the
nights and mornings for the last three days have besn cool
enough for blankets At the clothing along Maiden
Lane, Park Row. and William and Fulton Streets (nOt for
getting Isaetsh friends of Chatham street may area
dy be ali the varieties of coaks Overcoas and wooen
garments and here and there Summer goods selling off
BELOW COST ~ And the shops for and metal ware be
gin lumber up the passages with stoves of all Sorts pr
and sizes the Cook comfort " the Peoples CHOICE
the for housekeepen and Others with the like
attractive titles.
No general local. of interest have to furnish
you with to-day. Onr military small portion Of them,
joined with those of Brooklyn three days ago.
dering military funeral to Lieut. Kline killed in Mexico.
This probably the last ceremony of the that will be
called upon here to hold. Lent K buried in Green.
wood Cemetery that oveet of the Places of the Dead
the procession return about O'Clock, music playing
and forth contrary to the usual practice they played the
most paintive marches and held solemn demesnOr.
It is not probable that Mr. Cays letter. declining
cOuntenance the enthusiastic whigs'' of this CITY, in
their separate movement for him. will have the effect of
really calming the troubled waters The hearts of the wings
Of this city and Of this State devoted Clay the
only support they give Cen Taylor is because the latter ha
received the regular nomination. Nor will dsaecLOn bum
lees intensely because makes open show The flames
be smothered but they there STILL Party organs Con
bO side) not reliable, now, thsr statements
because, before the old landmarks SO utterly
broken up. You tel where dlsaecton exists but you
can't tel where the Unaffected will go or indeed.
whether they will vote for body at all This pretty
state of things is mt itl
We have three candidates in the field for Governor Mr.
Fish for he Whigs-Chancelor Wawohh, for the Demo-
cats, aud JOHN A Dix, for the BarnbuneTs. Dix is
ct great ama5ity and considerable talent he will get
support, nut is likely TO run behind his ticket.
The stranger who peRmbulates around New York will
notice the large number of buildings in pro-
Of construction. Many Of these, particularly town,
of remarkable beauty and amplitude all through for
private residences The architectural taste Of the New
Workers has undergone very happy improvement during
the years Both here and in Brooklyn, the visitef
will behold many buildings of true proportion and
noble appearance. There is it true left for
reformation. But that reformation will come. doubtless.
Towards hotel on Broadway, Chambers street
attracts good deal of attention and praise The arrange.
indeed made grand SCALE and the laurie,
make think of palace the furniture of of the
rooms go geOus beyond example. Fenchs Hotel,
of Chatham and FaBkfO-on the where the
old groggees and co shops used ciuser-dOn you
collect that middngsized specialized Jew, with the ire
mendous book and the slouehed down behind D.
Frenchs new place being enclosed. The workmen
up to the third story. 1t will be the same plan as Tam
many Hail. with lodging rOoms, refectOry, &c. place
where the Million enjoy all the comforts and many
uxuries at half the expense of the Broadway houses.
William street it building up from Chatham street where it
now opens inward; the ubbh not yet cleared away but
when Is the living viii pour there mornings and
OFT evenings, tall and plentiful scale. The widening
and repavng of William street. ha: ed Chow, do not
know) TO raising the grade of Frankfort street, and to the
repaviug Of that ancient thoroughiae also This,
will readily imagine, has created sort of suberraneanizng
(here word foI long breath , of many OF the old shan
lies in Frankfort street. which were not much higher than
| the former pavement Of course the old tumbledown,
! must soon give place to more substantial places
Thus the progress of improvement goes on In year or
two, no doubt they will grand wide thoroughfae
straight down from Broadway Chatham street. eating into
the heart of the Five Points and lighting up at night
That EEI be an iSVsyation, indeed MkEEATEAN.