Oxford Democrat. [volume] (Paris, Me.) 1833-1933, 1850-04-02
LETTER No. v.
FErEnuEs. Nc. AnriI. 1850.

and boys, sailors, dmymen, clerks, shipmai-
tiers, It ctHs homo, wen, from this hslI-hoie or
dance house, jusi sp,Lcn Of, 20 the Charity
/ Hospital, know not but the records OF the
dead give fearful testimony that hundreds,
/ # not thousands Of men and women, went
out Of the world from New Orleans, by the
/ Cholera, while they were Cutting themselves
with every species of low dcpTa'iiy, aRd the
villainous compound Of salfpctc, logwcod,
hcnbanc. alcohol and water, ooiorcd 10 Hni
and called Peach Brandy, Pale Brandy, Gin,
/ Whisky. &c, sold in New Orleans at mig
ger grog shops, some Cafes, and these who're
I dances, kills more pcvplo than Cholera, Vel
low Fever, Small poS, Ship Fever, and every
/ other disease known To the annals Of medicine,
Take away this means of ',lf-d,'iruci'oH, and
/ New Orleans would bc, as It in fac, j., the
garden spot Of America; the very hcalihlcsi
city in the country, can prove this TO be 80,
and will do il before quit this series Of let.
\ ten.
The next DAY after W.. fully satisfied !
hal go, a fair irh Of IN, H,ph~-f," and
learned how II happened the women about
the Parish prison, had N much sympathy for
the prisoners, who were thieves, burglars,
robbers, rSwdics, disrurb-rs of the Pcacr,-
committed To prisop zoe SONS ktnd Of dcyiltry
--ard leasu.,i with ,hc s'rumPcis-Sho, now
their fancy men were IN limbo, were doing
/ the pathetic, To- exciting pity for their broth
ers or hasbdndJ This j. a curious world,
any how, and il takes a bad, bawd woman, To
7 lead Captive a whole Shool Of the silly, IDLE
droncs who run after these harlots, like sheep
after salt To such h'adway In the devil
/ Passing the newt day aloug the lsr'~', at
the foot Of Custom llossc ST, ] went on
board the steamer called the Mary Toby,
having been informed by friend, there was
a SICK gentleman aud lady IN board, who
had come down from Louisville to sec some
relations living IN New Orleans, and on their
arrival found their friends sick, dying OF dead,
and here they were now, sick themselves, on
hoarl a steamboat, among strangers, and four
little children with them, and the youngest
no, wcancd fur | soeu learned this gentle
man and lady were man and wife and ihesc
lilllc ones, their chlldr,s, the oldest not over
: ~ : years The youngest was little girl,
and as the little darling lay asleep, ulrImg
hsr thumb asked the colori nursr Il the
child vas wsanrd She SAID, No, slr"'
| Nas talking 10 the nurSc, and wishing by
some means or other Ia make myself lgrrca-
be and useful Ia these sick strangers, and
the nursc having laid the baby down IA an
adjoining State room, ! told her to ask her
mistress Il there were any friends mp town
she would like TO have informed uf her ',tua-
ton, and II could do anything Ia aid her ]
would chccrfully do H. | did no, know the
wife and mother heard mc but the nun"
opened the door opposite where stool, and
withou, ut,cring word the lady said, " So
phil. tell the gentleman am greatly Obliged
90 him. want fpr nothing, for my Hoqr,riy
\ PaiEsr - Nth ~, - II an angel from hca-
ven had that moment APPEARED IN that cabin
,nl srokrn 10 me. could not have been haP-
picr than thcse kind, trusting, oOniidlng words
made me feel thus 40 pleasantly uttered by
this SICK baby, wife and mother Two DAYS
afterwards I was pleased Ia lean that she,
with her good husband, who was a doctor,
embarked with the children, on hand the
steamer Bo.iona for Louisville, bound home
| regret exceedingly, Odd not sec this lady
though talked fcr an hour or more with her
husband. never knew the name II either
But the captain Of the Mary FOLEY, probably
can tell. for remember speaking with him
before made my inquiries Of the nursc, and
he told me this gentleman and lady, though
unknown 10 him, Wcr- wealthy and we'll cd
ueatcd, he was informed, and the wllc'' re-
ply to me is perfectly satisfactory, for 81, had
don, that good part which could not, now
tha, she vas in distress--bc taken away from
her.
Passing up the LcVec, went on board the
steamer Griffin Yeaunan, a, the foot Of Poy-
dias IT. went iothc bar, took big drink
Of brandy and port wine, mixed about half
and half,-and "a, down on the guards, look
ing at the cruwd' Of people, who, like ants
around a molc.hil, were threading their way
about, busily engaged, going to and lro,
abou, the steamboat landing. Suddenly !
heard woman's voice uticring the widest
shricks, and every body ran TO sec and hear
wha, vas the cause Of H. and with the
rest.
q, Gcd how can describe this scene -
/ The author Of DIARY Of Physician
ough, To have been there to see and hear the
cries and lamentations Of poor Irish emf.
grant girl, about IL or IL, whose dear good
mother had fell dead a, her feet, by villa, was
called a stroke of the sun To sce that
daughter hll On her mother, call to her, Wet
her hands, kiss her, weep and moan, and
scream or distress was terrible, solemn,
and yet it vas good. o, i, done me good to
sec the poor daymcn, and apple women, try
to soo,hc and Pacfy and comfort this now or
phan girl; whose father had died but two
weeks before Of ship fever, in the Charity
Hospital; and she, poor child, with her wild
owed mother, had gone down To the steam.
boats to seek passage on some boat, intend
ing to leave that very day when, by Gods
hand, the mother, too, was taken suddenly
/ from her. Poor child. tits lucky that most
Irishnsn, however poor they are, have big
| hearts and no women on earth are truer and