Sunbury American. [volume] (Sunbury, Pa.) 1848-1879, 1853-08-20
LETTER FROM THE EDITOR DATED


stroke. In New York ninety cases OF this
kind occurred on Sunday and sixty the day
before, almost all resulting in death. The
year 1853, and especially the present season,
will be remembered as a remarkable Que, in
the records Of deaths doings," from acci.
dents, epidemics and other causes. The
frequent and appalling accidents that have
lately occurred on some Of our principal rail
roads, have shocked the whole country, and
terrified, not only the limid, but the bold
and stout hearted. These accidents are near
ly all the result of carelessness gross and neg
ligence. The lives of a whole train of cars,
freighied with human beings, is often left
10 depend upon the direction of an engineer
or conductor, who looks upon his load as so
much freight. The principal danger of rail
road travelling is the collision of cars from
opposite directions. This is one of the evils
OF single track. Had there been double
track on the Camden and Amboy road, and
on the Worcester road, no such accidents
would have occurred, aud it is really aston
ishing that roads, so much travelled, and
yielding such large revenues, should rely on
single track. A clause should be inserted
in every rail road chatter restricting all single
track rail roads 10 six per cent, until an ad-
dilional track is laid. Over the Camden and
Amboy road between Philadelphia and New
York, the travelling is immense, there being
no less than fourteen passenger trains daily
passing over the road. The cars on the
Camden road, at the late accident, were driv-
en- into each other friend who was in
the New York train, with his wife and two
childfen, one in his arms, and the other on
the lap of his wife, were pushed forward by
the entering car, two thirds of its length,
carrying him and his boy TO the top on the
crushed timbers, while his wife and child
were forced ont al the bottom, all escaping
any serious injury. JAS. Mccormick, ESQ,
OF Harrisburg, with his wife and daughter
an Miss A ricks and Miss Beuhler, were in
the same car. AT the request of Mr.. Nc
Cormick, Miss Aricks exchanged seats with
an old lady. Ten minutes after the old
lady was crushed 10 death, and all near her.
on that side. How true ii is that in ethe
midst Of life we are in death!n
The ravages of the yellow fever in New
Orleans are terrible. The deaths for the
week ending on the 9th inst amounts to
l,l94, of these 947 are by yellow fever
Truly we should be thankful iha, our ot was
cast in more healthy climate.
The following extracts which have taken
from the New Orleans papers tell a tale of
woe and suffering that makes humanity
shudder.
[From the Delta, August1l
Considering the class of persons attacked
by the malady, the mortality is about the
most frghtful we have ever seen on record
Generally speaking, the fever has assaied
only unacclimaed persons These NAV be
set down as (at The most) about one-lhird of
The inhabitants OF New Orleans Now the
present population is certainly not over 90.
ooo souls, and consequently our unaccIimaled
people are about 80, 000 OF that 10000
l,666 would die each week, counting as
above; and about the end Of the yellow fever
season, which will have lasted, perhaps
about fifteen weeks, we have "a 999 of orr
This is certainly no, very encouraging, bu,
as il might be thought we acted trescher.
Gus part did we longer speak lightly of our
present pest, or plague, or what You will, we
think II but right and proper to warn all on
the outside OF our city, that they had better
remain there than come in our midst For
all now IN our city, we would say, Judge for
yourselves, as we do ourself, being determi-
ned though no, acclmaIed, 10 remain where
we are, as we do believe that every billet
has lis bullet and that 'rhe hairs of our head
are rumbeIed, and without Him no one can
fall.n
IFrom the Bee, August 81
Those who have never visited the INDECENT
sick can form no proper conception of their
horrible deslllulon and awful sufferings.-
Imagine woman lying on dillapdated
pallet, IN building which Aatlery could
hardly dignity with The name of howell
without solitary friend TO assist hcr-in the
most dangerous crisis of The fever scarcely
notwithstanding wildly on her wretched
couch, burning with that insupporlable thirst
which seems unq2enchable by oceans and
without drop of water BY her bedside
Imagine this woman TO be the mother of two
chlldren-one OF whom is just old enough 10
comprehend the terror of The scene. but, as
yet incapable Of helping her parent, while
the other, an infant, hangs on her mothers
breast, striving TO draw nOurishment from an
exhausted fountain. Reader this is no fancy
sketch II has been Witnessed within forty-
| eight hours by members of The Howard AS
soclatlon. We believe it TO be fully match
ed IN all lis snpernumery horrors, by scenes
| which that Association in the discharge of
IT'S sel-lmposed duty, is daily compelled to
look upon
from the Delta, August 8
| The levee presents scene of awful desc
! lailon. The hustle on the wharis is hushed.
the animated crowd has departed, and no
man knows whittier. The ships are all gone.
and only solitary steamer, whose Struggling
passengers seem almost afraid 10 land, finds
an ample berth at the deserted wharf. No
cabmen there to importune you for a fare
for their calls are now in the grave. Sick
| dying-dead These are the words on every
! lip. Opera, music, dance, seem sacrileaious
| now.
The peach season here is nearly al its
heighlh, that is, in abundance. Jersey sends
them in by cart loads. | have not YET how
ever been fortunate enough 10 get hold of a
rich and well favored peach. The peaches
are many of them large and fine looking, bu,
nearly all extremely acid and when not acid
inclined to bitter The time for the bes,
peaches, il is said, has not arrived. Tha,
will be in a few weeks. The peaches OF
our own state, are superior in favor TO Della.