Staunton spectator, and general advertiser. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 183?-1849, 1849-06-13

HE EFFECT OF rHL OVERFLOW AT New Or
| LEANs.-Ihe New Orleans Bee of the 2Sth ut.
after speaking Of the numerous minor inconvenien
cies experienced by the citizens of New Orlean:
IN Consequence Of the overflow, continues.
The water for the last week has been steadil,
thoueh slowly rising, and in its progress has inva
ded the yards of most of the residents i'm the bach
par OF the city lying in many ofthem to the deptl
OF foot or lS inches There is little motion i'm The
sluggish mass and II soon becomes stagnant its sur
FACE man'ied with slime and lillh emitting moi
some and disgusting odor. Thea penetrating pow
or OF the element has enabled it To force its way in
TO the ctoace, and these receptacles have in somt
instances, bursted and scattered their infectious con
tents IN all directions while in others the water
becomes thoroughly inpregnated with faculent mat
Ter, and sends forth horrible stencil
In the meanwhile the yards being submerged AMI
the water gradually encroaching upon the interio,
OF the dwellings, all domestic en-. poyment is ci,he,
suspended or very impcrfccily Performed Cook.
ing can hardly be go, ,e,rouSh ~tltas well i'm con
sequence OF inundated Kitchens as on account of the
extreme difficulty of procuring wood. II is absolute
~ dangerous too, for servants to move about the
yards, unless their limbs protested by caoutcho,ic
overalfs, since n6Xio,is reptiles abound and veno
nous snakes are frequently seen CHANGING among
the waters.
That such a condition of things must be eminent
lypern!cous TO health needs no elaborate argument
toProve. The atmosphere is constantly charged
with moisture; the hot rays of the sun acting upon
the decaying vegetation which encrusts the waters
in the submerged yards, must be prolific of pestien-
tlal malaria. The vile odors which assail Tie nos
trils and which proceed fouthe causes a,iverted ia
| above, must aid in generating an atmosphere alto
gcther Incompatible with healthy existence.
The Bulletin en,er,ains an entirely different o.
pinion in regard TO the influence which the overflow
slikely 10 exert on thegenea health ofhe city. The
editor that n apprphppSiOnc Eatt by he
citizens ON that subject, as in each instance where
previous overows have taken place the seasons that
followed have been healthy ones.
| Our only fear was, continues the Bulletin that
the population which might be driven from the sub
merged districts into the other portions of the CITY
might, from being unusually crowded together pro-
duce ote or less disease, particularly as some cases
of the cholera were still lingering among us, but
thus far nothing of the kind has occurred, and from
inquiry among our physicians, we hear very favor
able reports as 10 the general health of the city
|
BLACK AND WHITE DoupIass ON
The Death cf Gen Worth.-'rhc speeches al the
meetings of the New England anti-slavery society
at Boston, last week, of the usual eXtravagan
and violent character of the Garrison and Wendell
Phillips school. On Thursday, the following took
place:
rs. S. Foster had good deal mere to say agains,
| the American church and clergy, whom he charac
terlzed as the most immoral body in the universe
He charged them being guilty of the highest
crimes ever committed by mortal man, and said he
could prove it, His argument was based upon the
indifference of the church on the subject of Ameri-
can slavery, which he said was the sum OF human
vanies.
The meeting {says the Traveller) was passing
of IN quiet manner, very pleasing by the contrast
presented 10 tile stormy session Of the afternoon and
Douglass was about concluding his speech, when a
voice from the crowd asked, 'IIow about General
| Worth = and III moment that audience became
most turbuIentiy agitaed. Douglass, as soon as his
voice could be heard, replied that he supposed the
question had reference TO some remarks which n CITY
paper had reported him to have said against the late
Gen. Worth.
| lie would reiterate what he was charged with
saying. When Major Gen Worth died, there was
'nne legalized murderer gone from among u.s. and
he would add That he should have no tears 10 shed il
the news should come Tomorrow, that every pro-
moter of an n"hoy war, and every oppressor of his
fellow, had been taken from the earth and denti-
he'd as he was with his brethren who are in bond
| age at the South, he would welcome the in,elli.
gence, that an insurreciion had broken out among
them, Spreading Death and devastation through the
land if by such their liberty could be obtain
ed" Great sensation.