The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-09
NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS.


As the fever is the all pervadiog topic, shall bc par
dened for recurring to II more frequently than We gene
diseate has unquesonaoy extended beyond the limited
boundaries which appsared at first to hedge in Its
ges After desoatiUg the small hometeads aud squsd
novels OF the Fourth and upper part of the First district
it has spread below these points We hear o. fatal
in the lower part of the First district in Poydras street.
near the market In Carondelet, Baronne., and other
streets Below Canal street. the number Of ts victims
is yet Uncomfortable. Intelligent physicians In fine
he 'ns euds% aud hs tss
Third suffers but little in comparison with the First and
Fourth, Why this should be- Is problem will not
dess break out in the dirlsst sections Of city,
where habitations are crowded together, aud where
muttudes of perfons dwell beneath tho same roof. In
such localities these disorders find abradant material
for their propagation Poor people seldom particu
constitutions and impair their strength by haptual in
dul9ence IN spirtuous liquors. Theee arc amony the
earliest subjects =, Of ,; an Epidemic and they contribute
TO adopt the theory of filth being the generator of
yellow fever to account for It's appearance in these
residents predposed to the disease.
Let the cause Of the epidemic be what II may, they
the first to feel its power.
curious fact about the fever this year is that Il seems
thus far almost confined to European immigrants of the
lowest classes During previous vistations scarcely
psrsanent resident CT our city but could mention the
Of friend friends who had fallen victims 10
the pesience This Is not the az present Every
body admits the exstence OF the feverthe daily and
weekly bulletins Of death record the friehfu devasta
tion tits commiting-yet there are few indeed who
individual examples OF occurring
amidst their own circles The sufferers mostly ob
cute and unknown. This should not, of course, abae
ot Of sympathy, diminish the efforts Of ths oonimu
nifty in their behalf On the contrary, they friend
less helpless and poverishei their claims the be-
pevoence Of the public are ia reality IA greater than
they fortunately situated. Ths rich take
of themseveshey lack ocous servitors and
eager medical attendance but the poor " neglected
must perish, They can command aid and are forcsd
To rely the charity OF kind hearted and dIsinteresed
citjzeps We are merely, no sever, recording fact Of
which the moral is sufficiently obvious. :,
flnala uhl oho,ln hat tba
ere long, fssten its grippe upon meny who deem the
selves from its ravsges II would be uupreceaent
Doubtless when IL has exhausted all the anient "
find snorg the poor will discover victims elsewhere.
o,I @ @ ro ths ssssrcs ~ evans;ohtbe af
these who uracclinated. We have such
veritable stampede as the epidemic has oocssioned
Thousands who had lived among us for ak or eight years
who had passed unscathed through the fever Of 1871
ard who won't to consider themselves proof against
its attacks, have taken TIE alarm, aud pered say
with the most commepdablc stentou to their safety.
We do not think New Orleans has been completely
deserted by her merchants and profssons as she Is
hasty trip to Of the watering places across
the lake enables to form approxmtiye idea Of the
extent OF this abenteeism There PROBABLY twenty
thousand rstidents OF New Orleans the lake shores.
Al the Bay OF ST. Louis, Pass Chrstian, Mississippi City,
Biloxi &c., the hotels are throngcd, while private
dwellings are In the greatest possible demand Add TO
This the incslouable number who have left for the
North and West and 1t win not be difficult to under.
stsrd why the fever carries of 50 few OF what termed
main will doubt In due time have TO stand the bEunt
OF It's assaults.
The physicans say the type OF the sfesss Is some-
what less malignant than at first and that they
mage it yhen taken in time. We pre- sumo that yellow
fever ia durable as other disorders medical assist
suce be imre edatey procured. During the first week or
two Of epidsmc most Of the csses terminate fatally
btcause they among those who are ignorant OF the
etmptous Of be disorder and averse claiming the at
tnton Of the faculty until the disease has fully deye
loped itse Unfortunately ia then, in majority OF
instarcss too late Hospital practice is the worst
possible teat Of the type OF the epidemic Twothrds OF
those sho enter the hospital think Of going there
until they are past recovery. Many, ss we learn, are
islen 10 The hospital In dying condition. But In pr
vate prs sctice with proper ard attendance yellow
fever will not be found moro naf rant. and the per
osnspe OF mortality win rot be greater this year, than
during previous visiiations At least say several en-