The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1854-10-01
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be said Of the health Of our city,
There Is goodly quantity Of sickness
here, md the deaths from yellowfe
yer alone, averaged nearly fifty pei
day, for the week ending with the lasl
Saturday evening There Is u hope
indeed, may say there i. evidence
already. Of u decline SO far this week
in the number Of deaths, though there
are still very large number Of cases
taken TO The Hospitals, and in private
practice there il every appearance Of
raging epidemic. The cool aud dry
weather this week, SO far, is favorable
for decline In The fever, and If { ore
were not ST many new stran-
gers unaeclimated aud fresh from a
higher latitude---for TIE fever TO feed
upon, we should have comparatively
little of it this senson.
Our city has enjoyod an extraordi-
nary degree Of quiet ard repose, dn-
ring the past ten days, from all riotihg
and rowdyism, which | hope for Its
credit will long continue.
We were somewhat startled the 9TH
er morning, by n report that the Resi-
voir Of the water works, had been
drained. and u half dozen corpses in
different stages Of decomposition found
therein. This story, however. was
soon found to be without any other
foundation, than The fact that some
dead bodies Of horses, hogs sheep,
dogs, DC, were laying upon the river
bank, just above, and near the supply
pipe Of the water works. The bad
taste of the water, for some time back,
had led many to suspect The water in
The Reservoir had been vitiated Some
way or other, but thorough exann.
alton Of the works, discovered moth
ing to give foundation 10 suel, m opin-
ion, though professor Riddell seems
TO think that the water in the Basin
might become 40, from causes apart
from the presence Of any active pois-
onous substance. My opinion is, that
smaller PARTICLES Of the rotting caroas-
ses above and in the vacinity Of the
supply pipe, in the river, ms Il ey float
by, are taken up and carried through
he pipe into the Basin, and there, I'M
der the operation Of the extreme heat,
are transformed into those minute an
discovered and described by
HE learned Professor.
The editor of the Bullitin is, think,
,f the same opinion. and hence, il The
proper authorities would take efFeotual
to keep The river, above the
supply pipe, free from otal, dead
logs, cats, and other animal carcasses,
hey will do more good to the city,
md for the health Of It's population,
han all the obiii,aytp and maggot-
ORR, Chats the Delta's property that
,ould be written in n century. The
)pelousas Railroad has so far compile
ed towards the Iafourchc, that travel
Q and from that region has com
nonced and is rapidly increasing.
A short gap is yet incomplete, but
yill in n few days be closed up and
he iron link between the Mississippi
ind the Lafourche will then be com
'leted, when the company very justly
anticipate u very large freight bust.
less over their road. The track of
he Opelousas road, IL SO far as is laid,
he best in the souti--that Of the
Jackson road bearing no compari.
on with il, whatever.
The trains upon the latter make
fifteen miles per hour with difficulty
nd attended with great danger, from
he liabilaty of the track to sink or
proad, whereas upon the former road
heir trains will make their fAy.four
niles with as little danger in one hour
$ in two. While upon this subject Of
railroads ] can't help observing that
be anticipations Of our citizens rola-
i've to an increased supply Of market.
bio articles, from tho country along
hese roads, are not fulfilled, and I
ave never before known time Of
carcity Of marketing as We are now
experiencing. Eggs are sixty cents
'er dozen, potatoes three for q dime,
the potatoes and the dime being Of
quail diameter), chickens from forty
a m rnt,ts. G..x. oania N x,.a.a AL Ill