New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1855-10-06
DAILY CRESCENT.
fever y MssIssrrpI.- The Natchez Free
Trader Of Wednesday last SAYS. s,,..-.-. :

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Trader Of Wednesday last says, a..ss.,.+.
| Another issue Of ourpsper must appear with
OUT our being able to record any Favorable
tchange in the heaith Of eur. city. The fevel
eontinues to spread, and, attacks indiscrimi
nasely. all classes of our citizens We think i
has something Of its original malignity, though
on the eastern suburb, Of aur city "a short dig
| tance beyond the railroad machine shop, it ap.
pears unusually virulent.
The American Banner, published IN Yazoe
City, states that the report Of yellow fever hay
ing originated in that place is without founda.
tion' Gases, and deaths from the disease had
occurred, but they were imported ones. =
According to tho Handsboro Reforrner, that
Town must be q healthy one. The Refofmer
says: s'tsr2 e'.9@ Ts'e ~
The health of our town is remarkably eood
There has not been q case of sickness in 40 long
Ame that the mere mention Of one would be
an item Of news snficientto interest our c;ti.
zens for weeks; We do not think there has been
more than two deaths in the place during The
Two past years. ~ bss.1fss5 t 4 .s5sl 4s5
SINGULAR 1.-The Gloucester Telegraph SAYS
that the schooner Shooting Star, of that nart.
vas taken upon the smariHe railway. last week
for the purpose Of. discovering leak in her bot
tom. Upon examnation,a place about one fooot
IN length and eight inches in width, nassdfsea4
svered to be worn nearly to the. thinness gf,t A
wafer On taking off the plank two pebble
stones. each q little larger than hens egg,
were found, and their constant rolling, caused
by the motion of the vessel, had worn the PLANK
Whichswas upwards Of two inches thick, nearly
.hrough. 1t is supposed they were dropped
INSIDE OF the ceiling while the vessel vas build.
Ing, and there remained. Had the vessel gone
to sea again Withouts discovering thissfeak, she
might suddenly have filled, and no cause conld
have been assigned for il. -
DISTURBANCE AT PRIspE EDWARD IsraSp.s-
The eharlcttetown q. 3. L} Examiner Of the
tl7th inst. says. 81 Y ~ = = ),
We regret to learn that a serious row
TOOK place at Georgetown on Friday last, be-
tween party Of American fishermen who had
just put in there, and humber of Georgetown
men who we're occupied In digging q drain.
ihe row was occasionsd BY some insultingsex-
pressions being used on beth sides. as the Ameri-
cans we're proceeding Up the town from their
vessels. Sticks, stones and shoyels were freely
used On the occasion, by which several persons
were considerably hurt, and one man had his
thigh broken with . shot fired fromsa revolver.
hy one Of the Americans. An investigation Of
the whole affair was to take place before the
magistrates of Georgetown on Saturday last.
YELLOW FEVER IN TRINITTs--We learn by a
private letter, from Trinity, under date of Sept
23d, that the yellow fever is raging to asconsids
cradle extent in that place, and ii is feared the
dlsease will extend to the surrounding country
a perfect panic is said 70 exist among thesin-
ha5itants of the place, which is greatly In.
creased from want of confidence in the treat
ment of the disease by the resident ph ysieians.
who have had no practical experience in the
management of such eases. IBaton Ro,tpe Ga
Hzette. Sd. :