The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-08-25
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yellow FEVER IL NEw ORLEASs.-ThG
PicOyune Of the 7lh inst, says:
The increase each week since the renort,
were first made public have been steady
and for the internents by yellow fever al
ratio Of about ihree-eights. This cannot
last long, and il Is generally believed by
the old and experienced physicians that the
epidemic will cease its ravages by the close
OF this month The fever will linger with
US, however, until late in September and il
would be imprndent for strangers or unac.
climated persons 70 venture here before that
time.
| In the meantime our citizens are active
in their efforts to eleve and succor the in
digent sick, and II may be truly said that II
the Angel of death be In our midst, the A n.
gel of Charity follows close in his footsteos.
The Howard Association, that numerous
and noble society whose history Is so init.
mately connected with that of seasons Ike
the present in New Orleans, Is in perfec,
organization, and extends its understandable
and inestimable cases and assistance 10 the
poor, the sick, the dying, the dead in ali
parts oftbe city. The other benevolent so.
cieties are as active 10 behalf of their re.
spectve members.
The weather has been exceedingly vari.
able, and consequently has rendered mate.
rial assistance to the epidemic.
| Ii should be stated that several OF ou- old
est and most experienced and able physi.
clans find in the fever this year features OF
malignuncy which exceed their recollec-
tions Of what they call yellow fever They
are inclined to believe that very many OF
the cases treated as yellow fever should be
treated as 'congestive.' That type Of fever
/ is wellknown in the West, and is consider
ed worse than the yellow fever and more rap
id in its effects.
The Delta, of the 9TH inst, says:
The returns from the Board of Health for
this day are such as to surprise, if not alarm,
every person. The interments reported by
the board for the twenty -four hours preyi-
Gus to six.o'clock, A. NJ. Yesterday, were
23S, of which 1874 were ofyellow fever.
| Considering the class of persons attacked
4 by the malady, the mortality is about the
most frightful we have ever seen on record.
Generally speaking, the fever has assailed
only unacclimated persons. These may be
set down as Cat the most) about one-third OF
the inhabitants of New Orleans. Nov the
present population is certainly not over 60 :
900 souls, and consequently our unacclimat-
ed people are about $4,000. OF that 30, :
900, 1866 would die each week, counting as
above, and about the end of the yellow fc-
yer season, which will have lnsted, perhaps,
about fifteen weeks, we have 1890 of our
unaccimated people carried off!
This is certaily not very encouraging, but
as it might be thought we acted very
treacherous part, did we longer speak light
ly of our present pest, or plague, or what
you will, we think it but right and proper to
warn all on the outside Of our city, that they
had better remain there than come in our
midst. For all now in our city, we would
say, judge for yourselves, as we do ourself,
being determined, though not acclimated, to
remain where are, as we do believe that
every billet has its bulet.and that "the hairs
of our head are numbered, and without Him
not one can fallp
The latest telegruphc report does not
show any abatement of the scourge, rather
an increase.