Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1853-11-18

The city He came 10 direct from Liverpool lie was
clear case Of yeIow fever with black vomii imported lIo
Liverpool, iTmporcd at ALL Thee days afterwards, bt'
men contributed case in the person oil Gcfhatt H. noe.
sailor Seven elapsed when Gland contributed "ot
Michac Niahony-from Liverpool The same d'y ila, n,
men offered up another sacce-Herman Branz -Ins r0,
that city. Three days afterwards, the l0h Jnre VI
England contributed case in The person OF Thona ila
from Liverpool The day New England, mol tobc 0u
done, brought in sacrifice under The black vom ilas I'm
same day that England unurltd The flag 10 the brcz" III
ship Eyansenc, from jamaica came ulo port with 'e sam
flag flying from her h9ad. Fifteen days Afterwards
viz: The 25th June the bark Mary II. Kimbal tonl kI
de Janeiro, came into port under The same flag |anas
and Rio have each been accused Of giving New Oans M
yellow lever. II They did, Ireland Bremen and risah
should not be held suiess they all ahead OF ID
maica and Rio, in beginning The mischief Even New Eng
land had victim dying with tho ci vomo though nol eca
when The first Of The vessels arrived. Rio howeve,
has been accused of sending contagious kInH hIt
when The Mary H. kinha arrived from Rio on thf -nth et
june the yellow fever already had here was saduay
spreading in every direction around the black vom slanl.
ard that Ireland Bremen, Old England and New England
had previously hosed the heads Of That vus army Of
engranls quar,eed n The vicinity OF the rlangma
ngs. BY referring The July number Of the ljhouish
Review, for lSb2 il will be that lhc Rio yellow eer,
II ever so contagious here, was not contagious mere pc'
cause II did not spread TO The citizens Of The nshoong
Of Perscpos although The sick from Rio vac carried
there with the Rio yellow fever There was NJ cmgtaa
army in Persopois mould The abstraction, caed conta
gon, into substantial form, as there was in Mes otans
with detachmens In Mobile, Baton Rouge, NatotZ fand
Gulf Port Gibson, Vicksburg and other place During
the month of June 4G deaths from the disease ocuried
continued TO spread like fire. gradually around lis original
focus Al other parts of The city were entirely rec Iom IT,
except focus subsequently, formed in the lowe extremity
OF the city, containing numbers Of poor Gsue per
sons Even up 10 the middle o July, month Ha nall al.
e! its first appearance il had made litti progress in
coming down town. that the radii from the uprF FOCUS had
not reached Poydas street. and those from hower focus
had not crossed EsFanado street, leaving seyn'ecn lner
vening Streets untouched. Sc entirely tempt were
those intervening streets from any tant II the inlcc
on up the middle OF July. that wrote an esteemed
friend whose lady Pass Chri islian whe he and The
Ihu t1nntlul
could meet together in perfect safety tho Charles flo
te-Intotming them that the fever in t&n among the
emisranls but not in that Part of the CITY, ne family met
together al The ST. Charles Hotel, the 5h july and
none OF them took the disease Up TO tbs irl oil august il
was strictly confined 10 The emiganle newly arrived
unacclmated persons within the infected dist who had
visited those pas OF Town. that could har OF no deulhs
among the citizens proper or among the n!ro population
The editor r the Delta will remember that requested him.
during the first week in August 10 advetIis 10 ascertain
such had occurred, although upward two thousand
Of the stranger population had already an. But The
quest TO advertise had scarcely been made hen the disease
clothed eel! in all lis errors striking dow every one who
came in its way-sparng neither man, woman nor child
who had not had it BEFORE been here than six years
as soon passed from the emigrant 10 the Citizens
rapidly spread over The whole cy-nppnrny leaving m
touched or touching very lightly The occnan's c l last
row oil buildings next 10 the swamp. Yeti spread, N my
the river hrue miles above CIrotonwere
had seven In family all Of when recovered and
while people wondering ii il could be he yellow ever
away there four cases occurred in neihhong iaay
nothing done-no danger apprtlcndeG dis
ease not being suspected unt the third da when Nigh
Dor visited Tho house and found three Of the four lying lead
in their beds"
In the article Dr.. e. elaboalry ani ably discusses
The propety Of rigid and potraccd quaranoes hicl H. de-
nounccs as harrlssing commerce. in former times With
hose Vexatous, expensive useless and perncous cstnls
which, indnc,ive truth derived from progressive 6cace,
ooking back upon The thousands OF experiments aady
made, declares had more effect in walns out tyIiuu
:holera ycow fever than in excluding cao.c, mana
ism, or electricity" i
He shows that Qnarannes, nike every thing else witch
,5sructs commerce. and enhances the price OF the cnn1on
comforts and necessa.ies Of fc have tendency 10 bed
sease umong the aboring poor. Typus hc demonslrrrs
ood In proof he cites the lApfda gGhens
md in these views the Delta remarks DR.. g. agrees lh
Thomas JeersDn Dir. Mitchell, Benlmn Rush ana Gher
Americans, who maintained and cAp,rssed them:
until recently it the practice 10 y from those arls
If city where typhus made its appearance. Bat "bsiva
ion has proved that i, less expensive 10 eradicate THAN
AWAY. BY giving the pour fuel blankets and 10Th
ng keep warm enabling them TO let The flesh Al INTO
heir dwellings,, plenty OF wholesome fool 10 cal! soap
keep Clean yphus is quickly craGicatcd "y
led the general atmosphere OF The ciiy be pure But tina
BE foul all classes are liable to H. and IN some seams
sweeps through and country, following the lines ira
ie In every direction 1t falls upon those places whe It's
pre- dsposng and occasional causes mostly ab0und ohosc
which ore protected by quarantine as well as ,hGs that
.re not In close and confined places il is cOrunl
cable from another Eut II cannot propIga'iiac
either by he sick themselves, the clothing lhf have
lions havo proved that quuranncs, sanitary cordrs und
The greatest cleanliness and ccumspec'ion have nefbe
suIiccn, shut it out from any cy ol The old world,
where bread is dear. fuel scarce the winter cdi and
wages low. lf a rigid quarantine system cou. make
provisions cheap, feed The poor and prevent ID vital
gcs from being overasked by toll in The pier,ns cold
,r under burning SUM- il 1t could only give abun-
liant supply Of water but afford facilities for runn! i in
uh alter i, has fulfilled its hygicnic MISSION o!
,bu,ion. without permitting it to reman mommt TO de-
oosit the the organic matter has taen up lhereb emov-
ng entirely all those impurities which c0nlarninaa The al
nosphcrei if it could establish public baths bull! houses
with thicker walls better ventilated with verand extend
ng over the sidewalks protect The citizens aud strangers
rom the weather and the scorchns sun when viking out
breathing the fresh air OF the Streets lsy If could de
throne that yrannca king-he last of the race Of yrans
daring 10 maintain foot hold in tits republican ud-who
annually curres into captivity ecater number Of sturdy
republican reenen, in the bloom life and nsencss by
their wills with his ethyl BREATH than would be
sufficient found another Republican State or TO hew
down the largest army OF any des,ot of in
deed would The rigid quarantine stem be worthy OF adop
on as the most certain, safe and method Of guarding
against pcslence by cradcat1g its causes Experience
however has proved that genfalcs within the city II
pretended To protect muro peslIlcre than keeps OUT
For The Enquirer.