New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1853-10-04
LookIyvc Up--eNWaRp,

1s LOQkkFG QP-ONWAAD.
The ~ weather 4 NE last isw dsys drov,
- yelles fever almost entirely ont q town
nd on Sunday there was but one osss reported
Yesterday morning this Goodness Of the stmos-
lphers gave place to dedded chilliness, and II
the time Ne write the wind ie blowing from the
North, giving promise Of the apPlAzSaseof frost
before the paper for which "A witt shall haSe
gone to press By this tins. n ~ = netr eld
Boreas has tIsottlsd i" Yelled nd ths
groanins city n1y congsatl ~ lb15lz On being
delivered from tho greet1rl sslazzity of.the age
The gradual subuiasnos = Id stysr during the
past isw days Ess Co. place under. eircum-
ssancss showing thst ~ htslshful condition Of
tho city Il permanent There has beea no lack
Of subjects, Sar many persons alarmed BY the
sickness 1t the watering places have returned
ID. their homes, and our present population can
bs>but little hort 6f whatsit WATSON the first
| breaking ont Of the epidemic. Every day We
greet new faces anfonx streets bsgin b present
that active. bustliss sppssranes attendant on
the presence Of . full pops1stion.- -
Hope has sprung out of-the chsos Of misery
that has for 90 long time @yelcped us, ana We
begin to breathe freely, like men relieved from
the spPression Of ; weary load. In thssfaces
heretofore so.long 6nd lueubrious, We begin %
discoyer trsits Of animstiony and the blood be-
ginsto cousssiu purple currents through checks
that for weary months have hsen palidswith
Edssmir. %%
Businals begins TO look up. Drays and car.
riages rattle along the streets, where 50 long
han csspt4 slpw whaals ofdsath carriages |;
and where funeral professions marched to mea-
sgeed music. We xitpem the. quick step Of hur-
sying crowds, an1s hear the merry laugh Of
heartsf Relieved from ssororw! Verify, the rood
tims bsesds through the pall.ef misery that has
SO long eayeloped Us! Pesns ID praise of the
merry winds that have hurled away the psti-
lential fogs, bzinging in their place red health
and gladness! Peans to the laughing messen-
gers ever ut ps sing! Sun day as weshsa
yesteraayEas enough to ooppensate for months
Of wsariness. swsltering and vexation and that
all tbjoyed itwas evidenced in their more rapid
step. in qeickened pulses, and in increased ap-
petites.
Thcre is good time at hand; things are
looking up, and the ~ is :" onward /" onward
to season Of gayety, gladness. hustle and COM
mereial prosperity. A new borX activity is
visible in every member q the social corpora
ton. and in every department Of trade. Land
lords, heretofore lugubrious and with length
ened aspects, treading the streets like spectres,
lamenting their lessened rent-rolls, pegin to
look up under the prospect Of ! general army of
solvent tenants Sorrowfully, and in crowds,
through the long sultry summer had they la.
mented for their deserted tenements, making
themselves miserable with the thought that me
peatilence had created permanent depopula.
tien of the town, and that henceforth their fair
possessions would be given over 70 the inhabi-
fancy Of the spider and the bat. Events Of
few days have dispelled this illusion and re-
moved the fln from their speculative eyes.
People have Jun to crowd back to the stricken
city, and for every pale corpse that lays
shrouded in its mould, there comes health
snlivened body, rudy with the life princisle and
prepared to dig and delve. houses are getting
'carce, and the Shylocks that own them become
sxacting in their demands. All the Sexton
'uilds fast, but let him ply his mattock with |
'lacrity eser 80 great, he cannot shovel out the
mould with greater rapidly than will flock |
ere living bellies, to be tumbled in their turn
ato the bitches which he digs! There will be
; many new faces in our streets as we have
I'D fresh dug graves, and, in this metropolis Of
asst recuperative energies, while the tomb has
. tenants the landlord will have his. People
ill fock whore sweat is to be. exchanged for
old, and not d the face of the broad continent |
kthere wider field for enterprise than here.
'roakers abroad tell us that people will be |
fraid 70 visit our plagussstricken city. They
RI, and utter the words Of foolishness, for the
old hearts are numberless that have no fear of
estruction when led by the destinations of
lory or gain. Population will flock where en-
srprise leads, and here in our late solemn
treets the last Standardization Of the last fu.
eral bell is drowned by the clatter Of hurryinr
et.
The present business season bids fair to be
le OF the most active that we have had this
any years Neither will trade be tardy in its
announcement from present appearances. A
neral opinion prevails that our city is at
resent more healthy than the interior towns or
ke shore watering places, and this fact is evil
need by the swarms Of our arrant population
turning. Every appearance is favorable to
, early opening Of the business season. Things
e looking up. Onward L
HE Delta AND THE EPIDEMIC