Spirit of the age. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1849-1865, 1853-08-17
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New ORLEANS, August7.-The fever shows
not the slightest abatement-On the contrary,
it is increasing every hour. Hundreds rcleav-
ing the city daily, and there is almost a total
suspension Of business. The official report Of
deaths during the week ending on Friday, the
9th instant, as published in the Picayune, exhi-
bits the frightful number of one thousand and
ffy, of which eight hundred and seventy-nine
were from yellow fever, showing an Increase
over the report ofthe previous week of one
hundred dRdeighty-Seren. Duringthe twenty
four hours ending at 6 o'clock yesterday, A.
NJ, there were in all 238 deaths; I84 of which
were from yellow fever. The total number Of
deaths from fever alone for eight days ending
yesterday were 1913.
TAnother dispatch says: The epidemic in
extent amounts to q plague. The number Of
deaths in "a hours, ending at midnight on the
9Th, is 238, ofwhich 208 were of fever, and one
cemetery to hear from. Deaths ofthe present
week will exceed one thousand, from yellow
fever alone. The highest number of deaths in
1917, in one day, was but 81, making the pre-
sent number of deaths an increase OF 800 per
cent. The city bears truly a sad and desolat-
inc appearance. Will not the citizens ofthe
North take immediate measures for the relief
of our suffering, dying inhabitants On the
18th instant, there were 1872 deaths.
SECOND DESPATCH
The ravages Of the yellow fever are terrible.
The wholenumber ofdeaths forth lasttwenty-
four hours have beer 40, of which 1875 were
from yellow fever.
THIRD DISPATCH.
New ORLEANS, August 8--The deaths for
the week endinesyesterday amounted to 1 80,
including $50 from yellow fever.
The total number of deaths yesterday were
$50, of which 2o4 were from yellow fever.
LOUISVILLE, Aug. 9.-Private intelligence
from Nashville states that both parties CON
cede the election of johnson, democrat, for
Governor. The legislative returns show a
prospect of the wings having a majority.
In the 5th district, Chas. Ready, whig, is
elected to Congress, and in the 9th, G. w.
Jones, democrat, ColloA wing, is probably
defeated in the in the 4th district. In
the Memphis district, Stanton, democrat,
is beaten by about q votes. ChurchwcIl,
dem, is reelected in the Knoxville district.
Thus far the wings have gained one Con-
gresham.
ALABAMA Observation-Disclosures from the
first district are unexpectedly favorable to
LOCKWOOD, Wing, and it is now believed thai
he is elected to Congress. The wings claim
} three members, Messrs. LOCKWOOD, Aber-
| crombie and Hale, and concede the other -four
I to the democrats. The Legislature is demo.
cratic.
KENTUCKY ELECTIoN.-Itis now ascertain
ed to a certainty that Messrs. Linn BOYD
Chrisman, Elliott, Breckenridge and Stan
: ton, democrats, and Messrs. Grey, Hill, Pres
: ton, Ewing and Cox, wings, are elected t.
? Congress, making the delegation stand as il
the last Congress. The wings have a larg
: majority in the Legislature.
A horrible railroad accident occurred OF
the Camden and Amboy Railroad on Tues
. day afternoon, in consequence of a collision
: between the afternoon trains between New
York and Philadelphia. which had left thos
cities simultaneously. The collision occurre
/ at a place called Old Bridge, about ten mile
q beyond Amboy, when three passenger and
! child were instantly killed, and fifteen o
. twenty more bruised and otherwise injured
d TRAVELLING BY THE BAY LINE. This lin
of steamers is now dong an excellent bus
C ness. Between seventy and eighty passen
d gers arrived at Portsmouth, Va, on Monda,
n evening, by the express train from Weldon
n N. c., most of whom came through iron
III Charleston, and took the steamer North Can
At olina for Baltimore. Southern passengers
i it is said, speak in the highest terms of til
Of comforts and expedition of this route, an
n give it a decided preference over any other
to Bait. San.
The SENAToRIALCoNvERT.-A announce
v ment that an American Senator, soiournin
in Rome, has been received as a convert int
The Roman Church, and the subsequent SUI
= mise that this means Senator Douglas, /
thought by a New York Journal to be a
~ error, and that the Hon. Joseph R. Chandle'
e. of Philadelphia, a well known Catholic, no
in Europe, must have been mistaken for
I'd Senator.