The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1853-08-16

From the New Orleans Bss, August
The comp'ets returns o. tbs nterments for the past
wea furnish aggregate Of mortality indicating - we
would f&in hope that the epidemic has reached its eli
max Of intensity and must hsnceorth decline 1; seems
to us almost that th. fearful long
continue The material must dimioish So many tnou
iapds have bssD attached 80 many hundeos nave
ed tina the lack Of uIaccmated subjects, not tue
mitgsed virul<nce Of the scou'ge must produce An
abatement In fact II ia difficult even Dos 10 uuder-
stand where tbs fever finds its victims Our streets
are eessr,ed-tbe pavement echoes the foot fall Of
the casual ~syfarer- glo' M silence and desolston
ovrrspre.d the city More than half tue rssidsnt popu
OF New Orleans have fled fom the oestlsucs aad
of those xho remain q very large proportion have
he, passed through the e'dea OF the epidemic or are
seasoned ag.Dst its attacks no doubt sever, taAs
in rhe rocure quarters Of the city-remots the
cerne o. business little known and explored uodar
ocirary circumstances, there stl throuxs of the
aborirg ella in whose squald seipgs loves
70 hDger and who furnish hecatombs glus the oesi
isuce IL is coehy among the poor ard destitute tast
the fever RACES rnet swell the record o. .notality-
they pay fearful daiy tribute TO the king of
Although from tine to time, hear OF the death Of
well known citizen tina peculiarly which has marked
this visitation from ths commencement. rsmsins
CHANGED Nineteen tsenteths Of the a' cs-ss &C ir
among the humber classes Th iDdispntahly proved
b. the eports of the Board Of Health. To tue cens
teries detired to receive the OF the freud
aid de tu'e huncIed are consigned while other burial
places comparatively tepaD tsss. A. hsvs
than occe stated is OF the leading Of
this difference About the hardest thing 10 osture Is TO
indoce labor Ing man to suspend his 40 take q his
bed ard seDd for medical assistance xneu he first
nsrces the Iremooisery symptoms Of the disease.
Unwilling to sacrifice hi, tune and disinciiaed TO
heve himself seriously iii re-sts the encroach-
ments 81 the fever, until sitter the period when
iudic rres,meat wouio baye cut 1t short The ply
stefan Ia called on when he do little tuau
CHI the progress OF dissolution. One of the faculty
who enjoys very extensive practice hat
snbeced TO active treatment within the treuty -four
hours following ildispositou yelos fever FAR
easily manageable than othec varieties Of fevec,
ybicn not idered dangerous Tae essential diff
ere, &C. be seen yellow and her fevsrs Is the endsacy
OF the former To its with ghral rayidtry.
If rot checked i9 the early stage Of attacs
malignant and msrtal character that battles al the
efforts OF science. Hence it is that the poor
perishes, While his m,se careful acd better provided
Rhoor, Who can afford TO few days 10 idlsuess
hss bis medical attendant Mt the bedside the hs
is taken, and passes through the fever ia safety.
There are other auxiliary which the i'm
oisproportion have referred to such rs the
derer ce in personal habits in the mode of living and
IN nun but these are really .econaary The same
filthy dens and oeud novels In the vicinity of the Fourth
ofric hundreds have recovered who had applied for
meoica aid before allowing the disorder to invade mate
rally the .ystem We cannot often repest that is
desy which kills tbs patient So stold and intr ctable
the gratutous services Ct the Ho yard Association until
life and death ale struggling for mastery. This
know 20 be fact Ia 1t marvellous then that the fever
sweeps away such multitudess
From the New Orleans Bulletin, Augusta
We WISH We could truthIu'y utter words of promise
ane cheer But we es tia. We cannot TIE weather.
continues any thing but favorable and there must be
permanent change before can indulge hope. And
even then some of the most exseeucsd say that thu
malignant of which there well fousded hopes but
large abatement in cases need be peced foe some
Or, 6r.
crease in the number OF deaths We urei that
disease il becoming dec dedly ole bedes
the peope!Ars beginning to undersaId better which
Is great desideratum We all to be careful pru
dent ard avi expo much possible both the
sun and night air. and above all things
hIst symptoms appear, 60 to bed and send for pnyi
can and nurse. When this is DONE and pable ply
ician and good brought in in nineteen
prudence on the part Of the patient may be oded In
the meantime Geo help us all.
We nave heard complaints for some dsJs past of the
nf fp,r ro~,
dreadful condition d thinss exists at the lafayette
Cemetery, the particulars of which abstain from
publishing fer the honor AID credit of the city, although
them however, to be true, and We merely say
now that what can DO there day is revolving
to moral ths ous zig Ivas fssa and
tentop OF those il authority to this h ameful Of
Official derelictcn If the sexton is necsat, unable
to do his duty let him bs displaced, furnished with
the proper assistance any and all events, toe dead
should be buried with. the least possible delry.
THE LATEST.
During the week ending NJ A. N on the 18th inst
the total number Of inte- in New ORLEANS was re-
ported to BE- SIS Of which 1871 were from yellow
fever. For tie twenty four hours ending ct Ga NJ on
Saturday the 18th inst, the total mortality was Ia
l55 from yellow fever.
Ala for the New Orleans Sufferers from New
YORK.
TO THE EDITOR OF THE HERALD.
Dir. Editor-Ws herewith annex and hacd you state.
ment oil donations received since last for the Howard
Association, New Orleans, which please publish. we
also hand you corrected list Of the don atoms sent
the Rev. Dr. Hawks up to the 18th inst covering the
uns contributed, which he desires you would publish
a separate column. We attach statements of the full
amount contributed, and how the same has been dis
posed Of Yours truly,
s sn ssSf ! l Es $s$SA
DoyATfoNs THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION, RECEIVED
l3TH INST.
THROUGH R.
William Newton Mer. A friend a. On