The Weekly comet. [volume] (Baton Rouge, La.) 1853-1855, 1855-05-13
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That, standing ponds and stagnant
pools, poison The atmosphere, ~ one
now pretenJs to deny indeed To such
perfection has the microscope been
brought, by modern science, TINT The
aig~ Of standing marshes, has been
shown "a vast labratory generating
all manner Of animal o,,inutcaia, . 50
infinitely ssinall, as to be beyond the
ken Of The most powerful lense. Il is
not a modern hypothesis to say, that
these atoms are transported from
point to point, aiding # they are not
the chief cause Of devastating epidein-
les, De this as it may; The punt is
settled beyond controversy [Dr. Me
Farlanl u the contrary uutvithstand-
ing) that standing and stagnant VA
tel. is deleterious ID health and this
position has the experience and Oh
serv'tion oF mankind II support Of 1t !;
which Il better than AL the mere the.
oty ever advanced. Such being the
fact, 1t does seem to us, that If one
half the iaoney which has been ex-
pended ffs,n time to time hy the
State toestablish quarantine, and get
mp 'Sanitry reports 'satllat If one
half The atnennt had been placed In
the hands of scientific men To discover
the changes that certainly do take
place In the elements abbut ,,s that
the world would not now be III the de-
plurable state Of ignorance II il, as to
the cause Of epidenical diseases.
However, this II not what we are
after. The fact IL stareing Us iii the
face, that Unless we do svmething to
cheek the course Of the terrible pesti-
lenee which has swept over the land
the past two seasops, that this fair
portion Of creation, must ceme to a
stand still IN its prosperity, as the
natives Of the soil alone, will be able
to endure The climate
II affords lis pleasure 10 see that al
length one msa at leaat has been
found whc Il resolved to present the
facts In reference To the senative con
ditiob Of this city N their true light |
Our tellow.ritisen, Capt II. y. lrAv. |
nor, has prepared A report to present
to the R~aHl of Selectmen, which ifI
acted On N Tie proper spirit, cannot
fail To prcduce The most desirable re-
suits Al Capt /. is 4 member Of
the Board, and one Of a committee
whose duty IL is TO recommend neces-
sary work we feel satisfied that the
Board will give the matter Its serious
attention, The swamp land attached
to the IT, s. government grounds
should be drained; and we think that
when the government Is apprised of
The fact that ID is mainly owing to that
swamp. that fever prevails there at
ssickly season with mwe sirlence than
IN town; that the government will af- |
ford 4 small outlay for The work The
'eifectof the stsenant pond near the
Jesuit College on Nbrth street, il 80
we'll known that il looks like cr;m;. |
nal negligence to let II stand AZ Il il
whilst ID might be drained at 70 little
cost. Capt sFAvRor refers In his 10.
port to the condition Of the drain, near
the Penitentiary which skirts the east.
ern border Of tewn, and empties in
TO Bayou Fountain; aud also to the
condition Of Bayou Fountain itself.
which requires much work In order
70 let off the waters which accumu.
late on the southern skirt Of town,
iu the vicinity Of the Deaf and Dumb
srlun, As that stream drains the