Thibodaux minerva. [volume] (Thibodaux, La.) 18??-1858, 1853-08-20
New Orleans Correspondence.

New Orleans Correspondence.
new ORLEANS, August 18th, 1858.
DIVINE PA1IAs: u long while since my illusions
graced" your columns should have said the columns
of YOUR valuable and estimabe Journal Editors ought to
know the value of puery and they to COM
municatons written for their valuable sheet. The city at
the present time looks somewhat desoate, but cannot
realize that the fever is here. meet the old faces at
the cornesaces peculiar to the corner ofCommon ana ST.
Charles streetsfaces never forgotten wherever
you 20 the conversation the epdemc some assert
that it is not yellow fever because the patients do not turn
that they change color until after death
here you find knot arguing very earnesy-one says the
fever is both and that II Is III
tious but conagousa third that neither the one
NOR the other Hyou wish know the number Of inter-
ents per day ask the unacclmated man. and you viii ind
him well posted upa walking bulletin OF sections reports
You meet him walking homeyer early nthe evening, ana
if you shout shallo @ haven't got the fever YETI!
he changes color in Instant gives you gru
Not" and quckens his step to bring on prespration, ee
ing imaginary pains in every limb.
On my return home from your place. found three mem
beers OF my fathers family just recovering seems to me
that everybody that is has been SICK but none
dead The disease faken time, is difficult to manage.
The NJ d. generally have trouble with the patient than
the fever will relate few instances and you will wonder
with me that the mortality great and terrible is il not
even more 80.
Dr. B. called in zee sick and prescrbes for him
The apothecary viii give you twelve pills" he says to the
mans wife. Give your husband you get them
and the other sx hours afterwards In the q
the evening he called again and found his patient in quite
different state from what he anticipated Did you give your
husband thepis ?" /" oh yes SIR" DIR. B. examines his
patient again. fare you you gave him the pills?
Share an did, your honor. elbow did you give thems
1.-Two as come back, two in two hours, an two in
two hours nore' And the other six" An' shure your
honor they bad to take that IAadat Ae heart
gieee,p atdH, dtaN ~ "Then madam your husband will
be dead before night said the indignant Dr. D. leaving the
house. And he J., who has just recovered from
attack, and is allowed nothing butg food is also told
to remain in his day two. Feeling strong and
ceengy hungry he walks to Dryades market and eats
quantity ofapples and peaches. About three O'Clock in the
morning. feeling hot and eversh he gets up and sits upon
empty box in front Of his door until five o'clock He
buried that evening Bridget makes quite outcry because
she is permitted her husband whois sick in
of the nrmaries othe Howard Association She at length
admitted and is detected slipping bottle Of whiskey under
the sick mans pillow! Whiskey for with the yellow
fever! Catharnes dear friend, Judy is getting we'll but
complains bitterly of the Doctor and he is starving her.
c. goes the grocery and purchases pound Of cheese
and some crackers which she gives w. The morning
the physician calls expecting to find his patient able to sit
up but she is dead could fill every column of your paper
with such nstances-not newspaper items but that
all round dwelling and those ofmy friends Husband
wife and children occupying the (and such
room and breathing the atmospheric dozen
cupying miserable hovernkng and exposure to the
night arneglecng the doctors advice and throwing his
medicines of the door because they sweet and
therefore "bad takeeating food enough for well
when only allowed to te gruel-are for the
malgnancy of the disease.
Business very brisk are closing g.
Iis likely to become general Itook long walk in the
fourth district with friend this afternoon, and stopped
the way sick friends Passing up Nayaes street.
stopped at Apothecars shop to how the fever
getting along There need of asking questions
People constantly coming medicines and
chloride Of lime. -'
No one knows how he may take the fever I met
friend the day after returned who blaming for coming
back He creole of the coast though resident of this
city He went out fire about two O'Clock this morning
and hour afterwards attacked But enough of this
Any easily frightened of temperament had
better keep away from this city until FROST place for
unacclimated persons.
Kendall Voc Co.'S store, the of Graver and
Tchoupoulas streets burned down last night Our store
(adjoning ther) slightly injured; part Of the roof
stove in and the doors broken with axes The fire
the result Of misplaced confidence Mr. X. has Tor rather
had anegro in whom he placed implicit confidence This
slept in the store by himself and it had three
negro friends of his to keep him company. On Saturday
night the wchan heard several negroes talking very loudly
in the store just before the fire broke out They had been
gambling and drunk that they unable escape
and persisted in the ames with the exception Of Mr.. KS
negro, who staggered out burnt in the most shocking
He driven off to the hospital in cab but died in
few hours Upon getting into the cab he said there
three other negroes in the building yet K Y Co. had
large and very valuable stock Of groceries hand nothing
saved. have managed to fill four pages Of foolscap
without saying pleasant thing-how do otherwise
when there is but topic of the day-and that disagree
able one? Yours truly THORPE GoosEQUIL.