The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-15

week enoiig at mtonght on FRIDAY July ", was $40
the total of deaths 2ls and total Of deaths By yellow
fever 2o7.
Thes,hariiy Hospital reports for the two weeks, com
psr.d present the following table =
Wed ending Admissions Deaths Yeo,g Fever.
ErSs sy Aug AGEO st S...s.o S $s s sSI
Frieay last If 100 deaths, and 100 by yellow fever
owe the week ending at midnight on Friday, the 2sth
ultino.
The each week OK the three since the reports
were first made public has been STEADY and fo the III
eighths. This cannot last long sod it is generally be-
ieytd by tee old and experienced physicians tia. the
endemic viii cease its by the close Of this month
The fever will Dger with no sever, until late In Sep
ten bsr and it would be i@prudent for strangers
accima'ed reson to venture here before that time.
In the meantime citizens active their efforts
TO relieve and the INDECENT scs and /. may bs
truly sd that if the angel of death ia midst the
angel Of CHARITY follows close in his footsteps The HoS
ARD Association that and mob society whose
hi tory is 10 intimately Connected with that of seasons
like hs present in New Orleans is in perfect oganiza
and tsnce to the the sick the dying the dead
in all parts OF the cy. The other benev lent societies
are as active in behalf of their respective me mbers.
The weather has been exceedingly variable. ard
sequeny has rendered material assistance to the cpl
demic.
should be stated that several of our Oldest aud most
experienced and able physicians find in the fever this
yea- eatuxe OF nalgnancy which exceed their recol
lectiors Of what they call 'yelog fever They
yellow fever should he ieated as 'scoage stive.n
That type Of fever is well known In the West and Ia
considered than the yellow fever and mere rapid
in its effects
from the Delta, August u
Considering the class Of persons attacked BY the
malsdy the mortality is about the most fightful
have ever seen record Generally speaking the fever
set down Iat the most) about third Of the in.
habiants of New Orleans Now the present population
is not over 90 600 souls and copsea gsn, our
166e would die each week counting sbove and about
the end of the yellow fever season. which viii have lasted
perhaps, about fifteen weeks have "a 900 Of
acclimated people carried of
This is certainly not very encouraging bat rs 1t might
be thought acted treacherou. lpart did we longer
sfeak lightly of our present pest plague VII at va
will think it but right and proper to all "a
outside Of city. that they had better remain there
would say judge for yourselves do ourse being
dsteru ined though rot sccmated to remain whore
that the hairs of our head are numbered and without
HIM no che can fall"
From the Bee, August 5
Those who have Fever visited the inagent sick
cZ proper conception of their ho rioe restitution
ard aNfoi suferines Imagine woman lying
ciiayida.e Cd pallet, II bcdiug .hich fattery could
hardly dignity with the of hovelwi.hout a solitary
friend 20 assist herin the most dangerous crisis Of the
fever-tcncey conscious tossing wildly her wfstched
feens unquenchabe by oceans, aud without dtop Of
mother Of tao cti5en-o1 Of whom is lust old enouzh
TO comprehend the tenor Of the scene but as vet
inca cable Of helgirg her parent while the other, an
ibfart. hsngs on her Others beast sIiyipS draw
LourshmeDt frcm an exhausted fountain Reader this
/. 20 fancy sketch 1t has been witnessed within forty
we believe 1t to be fully matched in all ia super
pur eey horgors. oy which that 10
the charge of its sefimrosec day, is daily compelled
to lo1k uIor.
Though the pestienoe may have invaded to some ex
tent bs cIce OF the better clEsses thoe who ome
rs victims still Sslopg to tbs humbs and the poor
While he Protestant and Catholic cemeteries scarcely re-
oeva corpse, Po.ter's ella ths Lafayette burial
g-ouId, the eerss OF The Charity Ho oital Of s..
Pstics ard st Vincent de Paul are gutted with the
tentents Of the grave Thi feature n the prevailing
eIioeIie Edmi however, of plausible planat.on.
The nuu Der OF tbs unaccnc ted IN city amoug per
stns 20 possess the Of getting away Is very rs
considerable and hepce in this particular class yeo
fever subjects Yet fe OF th,e escape aa
attack, though timely attsIton aided By temperance
and CLEANLINESS. contribute doubtess 20 fayoIabls issue
in OF them
From tie Delts, August
Tie leyee presents fcene cf a9fol desoation The
bufte the wharf is hushed the animated crowd has
departed, and 70 man sno whittier. The shps are all
gore aud only solitary steamer whose struggling paa-
sergers seem almost afraid to land uds ample berth
st the deserted wharf No cAbmen thsre TO perfume
You for fare for their calls now in th gra 70.
sick-dyipg-deadi These the words on e.eey lip.
ofesa, music, dance, seem sacrileg ious now.
1NQrEsTs IN NEW ORLEASs.-An INQUEST was
held Yesterday on the body Of white mao. named