New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-09-19
sFW-ORL Fans AND ITS UNWHOLE-
sC,IEgESS.

II birth and marriage be considered the most
Important events in ones life, certainly next ia
order, when emigration takes place, is the
choice of a locality who're healthfaln ,ss is IN
doubted. so that the trouble Of being born and
married may not be 10 vain. This rule holds pro-
po1tionoly good if one is simply born and not
yet married. Now, the claims to health OF some
p aces may be generally good aid specially bad;
such, for example, as sea instead OF mountain
ar, or the presence Of lime-water-these and
other things being injurious to some coasdtu-
tions. But apart from specialtes, miasmatic
REGIONS are properly and unqualifedly consid-
cred Unhealthy by the world at large, not~lth-
standing certain constitutions hered,tsrily hard
ened flourish there with the tenacity OF alliga-
tors ard the lveliHess Of muskesOes. In the
list Of the unqualfedly sickly places, Ne"-Of-
leans takes the chief rank of aay city ia the
Union (,s population co2sidered); a word,
therefore on the causes OF that insalubcity, with
a warning TO tn )se VINO seek i; as place where
Ia to acquire fortune and retain ghat renders
life worth possessing, nay be valuable, espe-
cially q. this season, w1en the breath OF pesti-
lence is abroad.
That New. Orleans, then, 10 unhealthy sh ,uld
be conceded, not only this season but all sea-
scDs, aud the inquiry /, legitimate, Why II is So
ard wbet her the evil can eves be remediei, or
whether NOrtherDerS or Europeans can ever
hope 10 dwell there with impunity. That they
DO make the attempt is evident from the in
crosse Of population which in 1853 vas over
$4,000, about 90, 600 Of which we're slaves, in-
clud'Dg q few free negroes. 1t would be inter
estiDg 70 know what portion Of the whites were
creOles-g bich term. be it remembered, does
Dot mean blacks, but natives Of the soil
Tor il seeis that the old French aud Span
18Th settlers and their descendants are about
as healthy in New.Orleans 81 the native
b, ru cjtzeus 10 New-lork. But not so is it
with the AZ, lo.SaXon race. Still, thither
they &C, and some escape, become finally sccli-
matec, and remain daring the scar, aud then
they sound the cry: GLOW New Orleans is
"slsndered! 1t is as healthy as any other city
Except for foreign immigrants who are care
"icss Of health. Look at Us; we are never
"sickiy."
We bsve often heard such expressions, and
no doubt persons from abroad acc tempted to
settle there, though all but the wealthy portion
81 ihc citizens Of any town must ROMAN, At
whatever risk of life. throughout the year. IL
Ia this class, 80 nailed down 90 city houses.
which fun fishes subjects for tho yellow fcycr.
or my ether sweeping epidemic. prevailing At
New Orleans no ofon ovory second yoar
That ihuTo 10 local cauao lut Tho sick uoaa FROM
tun Ia limo carrying oil ca many thousands of
those who have attempted residence thete ca
enc who will evei leave Ia moral, certain
Tho causes OF ihs reatlential visitation mar
10 properly considered E,erI foot Of earth
upon which tho oily stands. and eveiI loot
within in,is than hunitei miles az ani la al
iha lives 10 subject To- ura,hpr but 90 tho isVeo.
Which 10 an cath lAm e,teriips from hafea
Hsues. 10 n.iies stare, 10 ths snI of tho bead