The Camden weekly journal. [volume] (Camden, South-Carolina) 1853-1861, 1853-08-16
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The Fever iii New.Orleans.

The Fever III NeW.OFteans. ~
We notice in the Newly oIk HeroM of. the
5th letter from conmittees appointed by tha.
Howard Association, charitable society IL
New. Orleans, appointed fof-the pu :p4seeof SD
Letting subscriptions in behalf Of their 'institn-
tion. The letter says the fever, has become
epidemic, and is more malignant il type than
ever before known, the deaths being fully sew.
enty per cent Of all that are attacked. The
members of this association are most active in
their personal exertions to relieve the suffering
and the dying, 6ut:their means are becoming
exhausted. Tie sum appropriated by the City.
Council is already gone, and they now rely
upon the charitable to aid them in, their. noble
work =, -.
Accompanying the above, is letter received
by the Rev. DR.. Hawks which gives vivii
picture of the sickness, distress and suffering
in that community which We subjoin. n
Extract Of letter to DR. Hawks, from one
of the Episcopal clergy in New Orleans, dated
July ri, 1858:
" Ere this, no doubt, you have received mo-
tice of a'resoluton passed by the Howard As
socatoh, requesting your help r feel conf
dent that you will do all you ean;7 and there
fore shall notirge you, bnt~MiT give yol tho
true state and condition of affairs. Others,
may endeavor to make people abroad believe
there is no, danger, while thereis really at this
moment raging one OF. the most fearful eeIi.
denies that was ever known. Tie fevefcis Of,
q frightfuI type, nearly every case black Soniit
n'e;gl,t or ten hours fer tie attack, and tie
morlality.is Unprecedented. : DR.. L, who, yons
know, is one Of the most eminent Of our physi.
clans, told me, this day, that iheresweres more
deaths. than he ever knew al, at,aliyzother period,
aud the suffering exceeds anything have. ever
persons sick with the fever, and by 60. morrow
do not expect to find ten Of them alive. Lam
going from honse to.housc, from one scene of
The most appalling @retcLedness only to. see.
another worse, if that be possible, than Fthet
last Death is all around me, in 4hisemost
lrigbtful form yet my duty isa plain one, not
only to preach the gospel, but to help bodily
tie poor sufferer who has no friend. My. dear
friend, for Gods sake ehelp:us. ,Get what You
can, and remit it to me for the Ho@Hfd Asso-.
citation, (you know all aboutsit, ,.for you arc a
nember) and the poor will bless You. I'liis
morning went to lonely little hut, ,and there
found the father dead, the mother hugging her
babe, only four2days old. to her breasts stfiying
to nurse it, while the black von,it was actually
streaming from her mouth. Such are the obs
jects for which ! plead The mother is 5sireey
dead, the babe is alive I took it and got a
black woman to be its mother; not one cent !,
had these people. My friend, Icould give you :,
great many similar cases of suffering, but 1
forbear: you will, 1 know, help US to help these
poor dying creatures" -.
As very large number Of the Pensioners
of the Calvary Church, are now absent from
tt,7,rrsr n sJu1u r1s ther eye, mat they
would remit to him such sums as, their benes-s
olrnce may prompt them to bestow, to be.sent
without delay to the Howard Association Of
New Orleans. =
The New Orleans Picayune saysit is. fre-
ouently asked, in what consists the duty ofas
member of the Howard Association and in
what manner the relief,.is applied to applicants
1t is briefly this the members are detailed
for duty in their respective districts. tits the
duty of member to patrol his district and
search out the. sick, by entering every hovei
where disease is likely to be found, and by giyxe
ins timely relief to stay its progress. II the,
patient can be removed with safety, he is put
into cab and sent to the hospital; ifpot the
physician is called, a nurse, if required, rs fur.s
nnished and the prescriptions sPr6cured and aI'-;
piled BY the member, who visits, the patient t! at
least twice day. Sould the patient have. .
flmily, and have his home and, nothing ftonnE
its locality TO prejudice a recovery, he is per-
milted to remain and when, as is most fire;
quently the case his daily labor is their sup
port and mantainanee, his family are supplied
with provisions until he is restored to useful.
ness. -