The Woodville Republican, and Wilkinson advertiser., 1853-08-23

NS"SSu hulltl huu Hlehus, VINO, IN tncr mis-
erable, woe-begone coun.enances, exhibited
real distress.
But themost moving Of all sights was that
Of the corporation carts, driven by rough cart.
men, in some cases by boys, hearing, general.
", three grim black cofFins, upon one end Of
which sat the driver. There were the cotIins
of the de titute, the forlorn poor, who had no
friends to mourn for them. AID who were con.
sgned to the horrible buri,d Of the corpora.
ton. But even they Sometime have their
mourners. There, at least, was one. which we
confess drew tears 10 the ewes of many he.
holder In one Of the corporation carts was
a solitary coffin il was driven by a boy, who
endeavoaed to accelerate thep ogress Of a lazy
horse by blows and oaths; behind the
cart, in the blazing sun, walked a girl, nearly
grown, clad in an old mourning dress, and lead
ing by tue hand little boy, teu or twelve
years of age They were left of family,
which, last week, numbered some half doz-s
IN members; this vas their father, they were
accompanying to the grave
Poor creatures they were inconsclable;
und all we could say to dissuade them from
their weary journey of more than two miles,
through the hot sun, to the Lafayette cemete.
ry, only elected the pantive cry: Mon
pdagrs persl mon pDuUre pere " They were
immigrants, who had arrived but a few months
ago from France
Such incidents, and Others equally distress.
ing, met our eye in every direction. They
proclaimed what, alas is too apparent in
hundred other forms, ahat Few Orleans is now
groaning under ene Of the most awful pesti-
lence that ever scourged a community.
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REMEDY FOR THE yellow FEvER.-The
newspapers of British Guiana contain accounts
of the valuable discovery of remedy
for that scourge of tropical America, the yeI.
low fever The discovery was made at An
gostura, in Venezuela, or as the city Is now
called, Cindad Bolivar. The remedy is the
plant oerbdia or re,beaa, which grows abun-
dainty in that region. The expressed juice Of
the leaves, given in small doses three times a
day, with an enema Of the same every two
hours, is stated to be a perfect cure for the
yellow fever and black vornit, even in their
most threatening stages. All the physicians
Of Angostura have adopted this treatment Of
the disease and they state that hardly any
deaths occur under its influence. This infor-
nation is furnished by Mr. Mathison, the Brit
ish Vice Consul at the above place.
The varieties Of the verbena growing in the
warm and temperate regions Of the Western
world are numerous. The particular species
referr>d to above is that known to botansts
by the name of vcrbena jamaieenSis. 1t is a
native Of the West India Islands, as we'll as
Of the continent There are two kinds Of it
the male and the female the latter is the one
used as above Il was been known to the
creole population Of Spanish America for its
medical virtues. They have used it as a feb
rifuge and nm unfailing specific in cases oi
dysentery. 1t is generally given to children
as a tea, mixed with sugar and milk, and is by
no means a disagreeabe beverage. The ey-
pressed juice Of the plant forms cooling purge
for children in chill and fevers. The yer.
balm is likewise remedy Of particular note
in suHdry maladies that defy ordinary medi-
cises. Sloane says that decoction of 1t cures
tdfopsies Hughes that IL Is a powerful deo =
4 stuent; according TO Barham, it is likewise
an excellent vermifuge. And, having now
been discover d as a cure for yellow fever, the
shrub must IN future rank as still more val
liable addition TO the pbarmacopua.
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THE FEvER-The bills of mortality tel
their own story--and frlghtful one it is.--
When we remember that half the unaccllma
ted have left the city, and that this class Of oui
population is reluced to probably less than
\ iifv thousand souls daily record Of over tive
hundred deaths is fearful thing 10 contem
plate. We take il that lhe scioists in med
cine. and about words, will now cease then
meaningless discussion touching the existence
Of the fever as an epidemic. When disease
carries off more than one per cent. per weeh
Of the population subject to 1t, we shonld i'm
aaine that its rayages might reasonably b'
termed epidemic and that without ans
curious display Of stymoloQcaI science in IN
vesdgating he precise derivation Of the term
but taking it in its ordinary and well-under
stood acceptation.
From the evidence before US, we conclude
that the Fever is gradually widening rs area
II ia now to be encountered wherever the un
accimated abound, though still mosto Of the "a
ta eases occur in the Third and Fourth Dis
tricts. Il cannot continue mach longer at ih'
pitch Of intensity which now marks it. Eve
ry day witnesses the departure Of hundreds
in terror, at the unparalleled mortality
In few days all who are not seasoned 70 th'
climate, and who can possibly quit city
will have left. The pestience must thei
abate for want Of fuel. There IS anothe
change for us. Epidemics invariably run
certain course. They have their periods o
commencement, increase, climax, and gradua
decline and disappearance. They last from
six to nine weeks. Already the fever has beer
amongst US since the beginning Of july
not earlier: we therefore feel moderate con
fidence that It will leave US By the end Of Au
gust New Orieans Bee.
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