The Yazoo Democrat., 1853-09-14
- It becomes our painful task 70

Us IL becomes our painful TASK 10
u friends abroad that the yellow feverMAsA
become epidemic in this place--and is doing
its work of devastation all around US. On
Monday night we had three Deaths Mr. John w.
Fuqaa, sheriff. whose loss to his family
and the public is irretreayable; Mr.aPrimm, the
carriage manufacturer aarnaso leMlAs large
family and many irienda sn oun his loss; and
Of the hands on thsssteaner Alton which
i now lying up at~this piadeA There were
three deaths ON Sunday night slsp:~
There many Others sick; some Of whom
we learn improving.
Among the sick is Dr.. Kidd. one of our most
eminent and active physicians. He is quite
sick now, Tuesday morning.
The disease is proving very fatal. There are
some thirty or more cases now in town
The authorities of the town burning tar
and spreahns lime all the city-in fact
doing all in their power TO stay its ravages.
Nearly al the families have left town. y
IEAGe we Yellow Fever among Vgl
q 'Our Tfetla-1own thrown into quite stfeTer
P1h. yellow OF couTse-the other day, by AFreport
IL m that nan had died among us" OF yeIldy fever
All the citizens of town the
~ same day, and the tide of emmgration TO the
I'D country has not yet fully eubsided. The question
S~F Of whether we have yellow fever among us or not
Is anxouSly asked by erybody meets. We
believe it is ascerained and fully believed,
that there IS not now, and has not been a single
case IN town. On the contrary. the place is as
healthy as it ever has been at this season of the
year. Oar citizens who have +" marched up the
HILL" will only have to take a short stick in hand
and march down again" We hope their coun-
Try friends Will bear with them and not think
them too tin1id 10 live and too wicked to die be-
cause they get frightened so easily! We serious
Is hope they will OF them contract the
swamp fever and bring it back to and
and spread ii among us poor hard-worklng peo-
pie that have stay and attend TO our business,
while they eat chickens and turkeys III the coun-
try. The nt-get-al1ay Club" has fund sub
scrlbed to pay their expenses as long as they Wish
than
TO scare the Old women and children into fits by
their cr0aking."
c. We regret to have to notice the above alb
surd article which appeared in Whig of Friday
last Indeed should pass it by as unworthy
of notice, had it not indirectly attacked the Ply
sicans whose names we took the liberty to use
in oar article of the Wednesday previous. AS
1t is, we feel it our duty say to the public that
the above article was not only uncalled for, but
SO lar as 1t refers to the yellow fever in town.
unsasained by TRUTH even by report. What
the physicians said first they have always said.
The Wing well knew that it nerer had been as
certained' that there was not then and had not
been a single in town." There was "a
case IN town" at the time tn at article was penn
ed and which proved fatal We are indeed
sorry that the hand that should be the last to pen
such ridiculous article, and that should be
ever careful to pbserve.truth and thus set an ex-
ample wora d her sex-has from some invid-
ious or unholy motive, thrown off the mantle of
female veracity, and given vent to old spleen
and smothered revenge.
We feel confident, however, that neither the
high and merited reputation of those physicians.
or the character of the Democrat ior truth and
veracity, will suffer any diminution from this
underhanded attack of the Waig.
T. y 10 those who did not see our article
flast week, would say, that upon the au-
thonty of two of our eminent physicians
we reported two deaths from yellow fever
which originated here, and another :nan sick
with the same disease