New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-09-17
Yellow Fever in Mississippi.

PoRT GIBsoN.-The Herald and Correspond
ent, OF the 9th instant, speaking of the existence
| of the epidemic in that place, says:
little more than three weeks since, q case
of yellow fever was brought here from New Or
leans, with the disease fully developed and so
far advanced as to defy medical skill The pa
tient died. In about week or ten days there
after, some four or five persons in the house
where the above mentioned one had died, were
taken sick and were pronounced by their ply
stefan as having the same disease. One other
physician agreed with him, and five or six were
OF different opinion. But on Friday last case
of black vomit occurred, which convinced all as
to the character of the disease Since the COM
mencement of the unusual sickness in town,
some eight deaths have occurred from the epi-
demic OF these, four have been brought about
by relapse, caused by imprudence
1t is now fifty years since this town was found
ed, and never before has yellow fever occurred
| here as an epidemic. In 1928 case was brought
| here. which was followed by four others, and
then the disease spread no further.
VIsKsBuRG.-We perceive with regret that
the yellow fever is very malignant and fatal at
Vicksburg, The Wing, of the 18th, says
We feel that high public and social duty
makes it necessary for us to urge, in the most
earnest manner, upon those of our citizens alb
sent from the city, not to return or visit il I'M
less compelled to do so, until they have full in
formation as to the abatement of the endemic
The fever has been, within the last week, not
only an epidemic, but it is becoming, if it has
not already become so, pestilence of most
fearful character. 1t is now more general and
fatal than it was in 1941 It selects its victims
without distinction. The old and the young,
the rich and the poor man in the fullness of his
strength, and woman in the pride of youth,
beauty and loneliness, are alike its victims 1t
spares no ages, sexes or conditions not even the
negroes, who have heretofore escaped.
The mortality for the last few days has been
fearful for the size of our present population,
and the number of patients under treatment
and convalescent much larger than ever known
before. When it first made its appearance in
our city, 1t was supposed that it could not as
the town was clean, become epidemic and after
IL maze lts appearance more generally, it was
for several weeks mild in its character, and
yielded readily to skillful treatment But
change has taken place within some days past
what to attribute this change to, to bad
weather, more malignant disease or a more
impure atmosphere, we can not tell
The sections report from the 9th to noon on
the Eth, states that there were four deaths
from the disease on the 9th, five on the 10th,
SIX on the 18th and seven on the 18th
NATcHEz.-The Mirror says
taking into account the present almost de-
populated condition of the city, the bills of NOR
tality exceed those of any former period The
greatest number of interments on any one day
was seventeen
During the week ending on the 10th ult.
there were ten deaths in that city from yellow
fever; during that ending on the 23d, sixteen,
besides two not reported from the oath to noon
on the 10Th, forty one, besides three deaths of
infant children from causes not stated from
the 18th to noon on the LIST inst, twenty-five
from noon on the LIST to IL A. NJ on the 10th,
sixty. mine, besides several not stated or given
as unknown On the 9th, and morning Of the
loth' none are reported. On the 9Th there
were ten, on the It'll thirteen