The Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1837-1867, 1853-09-03
From tie y. .. Courier lie II Louisiana
The Petilence at New Orleans.

diversity INC sdu SpcCtdClt, Will WHICH our
ewes are saddened; not one bright color to
relieve the da-k back ground not a lay of
the sun TO brighten the scene of desolaton
The deserted city wears the appearance
ola CITY OF death. Nc more fine c,IuipagcS
make the ravcmcnts rc-ccho, and deposit be
fore the brilliant shops and elegant stores
thronr- al women, voun@. CAV, and adorned,
breathing happiness and health. Alass hap
pime,S. raictv, trrS!lncss and youth nave fled
far from n<. Misery and di>ease-ihc-c are
all that are before Us. Instead Of brilliant
cquipagcs, We Sec moving slowly towards the
field of rest, the dead carts and gloomy schi-
Cics which are 10 longer escorted even bv
ministers ct religion or hy friends. People
die without noise AMI in silence. without the
crowd knowing who has been cut of from
the living: the dead have not even names,
only a number Is made in adding to the death
list published every dav.
Far from wearying itself by it, frequent
blows, the Scourge seems every day TO acquire
new strength. The figure of the deaths re-
mains the same, but the proportion between
the fi"ure and the population has increased,
Departures, death, and the experience of the
ma!cdv hv great number have contracted
the circle in which the terrible monster
which dc,olateS our city NAV move But ev-
cry lay he makes his usual feast. and the I'M
moIations will cease only when the victims
shall fail.
In presence Of such calamiticS man finds a
sort OF consolation in contemplating the no
Die acts of charity which it gives birth to-
Among all the associations which have ex-
hihtcd. since the epidemic BEGAN. all that i
sublime in humanity and religion. the How
ard Association must be mentioned. We
have followed some OF the members of this
SocIctv, and by them We have formed an
opinion Of the others One must see the
miserable dcuS where these heroes of charity
penetrate: must see the misery and wretch
clne>> from which they rescue hundreds of
unfortunate creatures TO transport them TO
the hospitals they have provided: must fol-
low them To the horrible holes where men
die without physicians. nurse or medicine.
without glass OF water TO appea>r dcvour-
iu- thirst: must have zone with them in
their piou> vi>itation> in order to understand.
that however disastrous the epidemic i, 1t
would commit still greater rava"c>. but for
the zeal. the cOuragc, the indctatiuable con-
Stanrv of these SamarItans.
Men for the most part hahituatcl 70 life
otca>e. they have @iven up their homes and
the comforts OF their domestic circle. to take.
their post at the pillow of sufirrinr-and
what suffering The most rcpu-nant duties
the most ahicct lator> check them not in
their HOLY mission. At the corner of Victor
and Marignv streets, there i house whirh
the pa>>"rhv looks al with a >adIrncd eve.
and from which are constantly heard cries
and croan> OF a4ouv. Before this house. ev-
> cry morning. stands death cart. which ncv-
or returns c::prv. The loaI which it hri.lu>
i the dead OF thu day. The house * one Of
the hospitals established by this society in
our CITY.
There, two men who have families and
: business 10 care for. hut whom We shall not
name. tor fear OF woun,!inG the sacred modes
~ which always surrounds true charity. have
fixed their posts. The pc>iilcnt atmosphere
Of the house Of death Is the only air they
breathe. Gr"anS. complaints and cries ara.
the only sounds they hear: gricf and
+ agony. the most terrible. the only sights
their accu>tomr! ewes have seen for
month. In the midst of this they live
night and dav. and we know that since the
2l>t OF last month. these two men have not
slept one whole ni@ht-not indeed four hours
under their own roof. Nirht before las;
the nurses and servants. worn out with ia
ti"ur. had. for the most part left their ,o>.< ::
but these men went bravelv 10 work: run
nln@ from one IL another they were every
where relieving the >uflcrinm> OF each. Ney
,.TIy ~. pf Lrri,,- /
more Gentle. Then when it was necessary
To carry new victims down to the CHAMBER
of the dead, II was they who bore them thith-
cr in their arms.
We have spoken OF these two men because
We know them more particularly. and have
witnessed their prai>cworthv devotion: but
We know. at the same time. that they repre-
sent only the general spirit that animates the
Whole society; We know that. in other parts
o. the city. tins association exhibits Ike prod
lglrs OF charity, Besides the hospitals which
1t has furnished. ii has raised an establish
mcnt which will he a touching proof of It's
proVldent care. Succor was necessary not
only for the sick, but for other unior.unates.
For every father. every mother hat died.
there were left two or three orphans. depriy
: W. w wv HiSt NditS WHICH lleir ace and
weakness claim. The Howard Association
has provided for them. An Orphan ASYLUM
has been, by their care. established in the
FIRST District. In proportion as Death fnrn-
i>hc> the hospitals, the asylum fills up. and
today 1t contains siXtv-two children made or
phanS by the yellow fever.
PROSPECTS OF TIE WIG PARry.-Tbe
Virginia Advocate, in an article upon this
subject remarks as follows:
In tins state of things relative to the preS-
cnt and the future of modern democracy. il
may not be out of place TO here give rumor
which have heard several times repeated on
the street, namely that Mr. John c. Rives
late of the firm of Blair & Rivcs WHO'S known
and famed for being a very shrewd political
progno>tcator. has declared his firm conyic-
ton that the Wings will elect the next pres;-
dent OF the United States. If the rumor is
correct. Mr. Rives will be quite willing to saw
so. If 1t be correct, it shows that the man
who bet and won his thousands of dollars on
Folks beating Clay in 1914, but who wouid
not bet a single dollar that Cass would
beat Taylor in 1913, has his ewes open in re-
gard to the result of the Presidential election
III 1876"
ea5 An exchange paper SAYS: Gen. Pierce
has made n 1.,i1n1 i,ppr,ce;r.,, ,,.-.-. Il