New-York daily tribune., 1856-09-02

reap,rg rich harvest in the general terrsr. u was
propo,,d 20 the Board Of Health 10 lombard 'ne
infected dstrio. with blank cartridges IL was n','
Sowe,.r mt tho 2ist that ntermens were i' ~
den in tic Trinity cbalchyard. The next uv 'l5 i"
feeton ached Liberty street on 'no Nv, ".,ao.
ahe esd Il entered Broadway thIoosn -
and slso by piercing the o,ooN -. 90
the yards Of the horses N i1",. -. ",
.bo vs,ds Of the Broadway houses' 'I"n
.,;. -, one column moved on eastward
- yyou stroot another crept slowly up Broad
to,ra,d Courtlandt, while a third wheeled
..n1I, down upon the owing reen. Post Office
.nd Cn.tom House. banks, and contingencies, all
were scattered pell-moll; clerks, merchants aud
brkers all placed Canal street between themselves
and the destroyer and many not satisfied uotil
good mile and half separated them from the infected
district Three dsys after Broadway infected.
TIE Frtnirg Pest, then in William street, moved into
temporary building in Broadway, between Spring
and Prince other papers had preceded it. Every day
added to the extent Of the contsgiou Or the Goth
the eastetn column reached No. 70 Wall street.
and On the a7th the southern met con-
federate column mounting Beaverlane, Broad
way was new attacked through al the coss streets
from Dey to the Iattery. Most Of The inhabitants
remained in The belief that as it had never appeared
shefe teSre the street was too broad and airy for the
Has no.. There was a emigration, and The Erea-
ing Poet Of September let, contained list of thou
sand banks and firms which had been driven from their
places of business. A servant girl az the New York
hotel in Ccutlandt street, taken sick the
evening Of the seth Of August. Her master and his
family moved away ne x morning, aud in the Of
the deg leT brother and sis. John aGd Mary
to nurse hey. Ga the 9Th of September they sud the
girls stress weIe attacked. John died on the sh
the mistress on the llth and Mary the 18th; the
girl recovered. In this rapid way the conagion went
on. During the second week in September il passed
down Liberty 10 Nassau, where il attacked the sugar
house, mekiIg FIVE victims. On the 10th it reached
Dey street on the north and the Bowling Green the
south. Here only few persons wefe left to take
charge Of the fire dwelling houses which were the
pride of this part Of the cit. On the 18th i had de-
scended Maiden lane to William street on its way TO
The East River and reached Fulton street toward the
north. Two days aferward it poured down into
Broad street from Wall and the 18th it crossed the
Bowling Green and made its appearance at White
hall.
But rext day three cases were reported az No. 4
Lombady street now Monroe. This new center of in
fection created great alarm. People had supposed the
whole city above Fulton street tn he perfectly safe,
and Lcre was new infected district at least half
mile rorth of that line. Within week number of
new cases occurred in the space between Madison and
Cherry Catharine and Market streets and the Board
of Heath recommended that it be abandoned The
facts Of the origin of this center o contagon
out slowly. On the tn Of August, Samuel Ward had
been attacked in Lumber street. His fathers family,
who lived in Cheepsde, came often 70 see him; some
of them constantly with hrl Ten days after his
attack he had 50 fr recovered that he was carried to
bis fathers house, from whence he set out for the
country next day. But he brought with him from the
infected district some clothing which had been washed
and died in that pestlental air. Five days after he
left tbe city his brother aud sister had G. !
sGght attack. Soon another daughter taken and
in few days more the elder Mr.. Ward and another |
son sckened srd dtd. AZ this date Bancker street
was one of the dr:ies in the city. The houses
crowded. the apartments damp aud uuyentilated, and
The Ihstitauts Incorporate and dcprlved those
OF Church street now But at the time that
the cleony neglboihcod of the Bowling Green and |
Broadway were suffering so severely, Barcker street.
the fltlies in the city, had but seven cases, AMI all
these could be traced directly to Cheap Side and |
LOmbsidy streets. The disease refused TO extend in
this proletaran street, and while the contagion was
Spreading in this rorthern region, and the minds
of those who had not left the city distracted be-
tween these two fatal Districts punder added its hor
rors to pe-t nee. thorough examination OF the |
deserted house, made for sanitary purposes, dis
closcd the fearful feet that half of them
had been broken open and pillaged In some cases
even il reemed thous personal haired had prompt
ed the crime for in more than instance pier glasses
cabinet and china wave bloken when they could
not be carried away. strong watch was placed ID
that part Of TIE city, and the generous City Government
voted the men composing it al extra quarter ci DOL
lar ptr uclt Meantime the disease nad reached the
East River; a case bad occurred at Old slip, on the
18th Of September; at Fly Market Slip foot OF
Maiden lane on the 2Oth ard soon the whole CITY De-
low Fulton street was saturated with the cohta9"h.
Rumo;s Of hishtlu ravages came from Caoz ana
Barceloa they eagerly read, wh'ie tue successes
OF Gen Bolivar in South America awakened no ieehhe
of erthusiasm The p,ople were discussing the queS-
ton Of removing by force those who would not othcr
wise leave the infected district and they
gathered resolution for this from the H.
rreasng lis. Of cases every day. II crime improved
its opportunity, cruelty was rot wanting. we nave
seen how servant girl was left alone in the first Stage
of the csesse Another servant g'ri fho had neeh
prevaIeG upon by over. persuasion TO remain with
family il The infected district, was att acked Shs
was lef for whole day without medical assist
anCe snd On the second day gent home, four shInss
being deducted from her wages to pay the hack
hire.
Abou. the first Of October the disease abated SO
much that the Board of Health thought 1t
necousry TO caution people against returning
hou,: but on the 10Th Of that month We
End Ten uew cases and seven deaths. Ga the 2lst,
the Assistants Of TIE Bosrd report house No. lsl
WasA.pctou street, as a nuisance. I" 1t is u Sro5
"sAop q TIE lowcs. order and kept by au allen whose
"wie ood On the l9t Of yellow fever He then tuued
children nj of Soars and w resuS6s 20 have the