Burlington free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1827-1865, 1855-10-26


with cotton, and the return il lara, a..
county OF Madison is said 70 be tho ricbcs, in II
state railroad is nearly finished from Con,,n IN
jackson, Is miles south which is one of thu iirL.
Tue New Orleans and Mississippi Central rood
mas always been noted for its henlthfulness
wv years ago the yellow fever nearly depopulated
'''ASon' ana several inland towns last year the
same places we're subjected to the scourgo cholera
was frequent vistant. During all this Canton
was place of refuge. No ad nitted case Of
cholera, or anything like yellow fever ever an.
peared there. This fanoiei security has been
doomed TO cruel disappointment. About the first
week Of september, few cases Of bilious fever were
in town. 1t had been very dry through the pre-.
vious months, and healthy, but now it was rather
wet and began to be sickiv. young man die
suddenly with alarming symptoms the doctors
called it bilious fever another week passed and
MONDAY thore were forty cases Of chill aud fever
reported os attacked on Sunday. Some of these
cases were mild some proved fatal.
Panic seized every one, as it pronounced
rnahgnan y'ilou ftver. Every one left town u DO
was able, some for tho piny county, others ior
their plantations Unfortunately many families
were detained By sickness, had no place to Co.
or Ineans Of leaving others were constrained BE-
duty to remain.
At the end of the woek thoro had boon thitty
deaths. The New Orleans Howard Association
nobly responded to telegraphio dispatch, aud
sent three loctors and twelve nurses AMI oppor.
tuncly did thoy arrive, for doctor in tho place
but down with the fever. The clergyman and
many others who hal horocly staij, and sui-
posed to be accmated, died.
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of yellow fever, and out Of three hundred people
left, hundred and forty sick, and fifty have
died
All business is stopped only the two druggist
shops remain open. one Of the druggists. an
Unable youn; mn, dej in two day. after being
taken. The other druggists nre down with the
fever. Tho stage has stopped running for want Of
drivers, several OF whom have the fever. The post
Office is uutouded. Whole families have died. Illus
bands deliriousy calling for their wives, who
in the adjoining rooms either dead or in the
last stages OF fever. Parents returned to con.
scjousness, to find all their children in the grave
yard. 1t is awful to think of-worse to realize. Six
funerals in q day not unfrequcnt. The fever
stiil continues twenty new cases reported daily
and many deaths. Many who escaped to the coun-
try bore tho infection with them and have died
'"c''' Inc rover r'haihS IN tue system se'ciai
'FS anu II III tue country 'he patient 10 sure 10 ue
of want Vi caro- anu neuclne' SO that IL Is saler 10
stay III town II any he'p can DC procured
You have accounts Of the suffering in Norfolk
anu io''sou'h' II quite nc oau IN Uahtoh'oh'y II
is village and they cities
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""' "'' ooe' any paoe' '"A' h'u ''io icN'f'
SH' It, II oioAe ou' simultaneously 'ne'o '"'
watering P'aee oe'o" 'Achs"H b"
maintained quarantine nut mas tue e'ef' Na'e"e]
pr ,hibited any person or thing from coming into
the city, yet the fever is there. Several inland
towns below here have the fever ; while Jackson,
where it has rcged for several years previously has
had thus far only two cases, and those imported.
The local about Canton were, some large
pools Of stasnant water, out of the village, and the
bricks and lime Of the old court house which was re-
moved from the square for the purpose OF rebuild
ing For day OF two before the fever broke out
damp south cast wind blew, and seemed to be
laden with bad odor. 1t seemed to to he re-
gular miasmatic vapor, and preceded the fever.
The symptoms of the " VDmi2," az Spaniards call
al nj all al 4 chill :