New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1858-10-20
AtFert M IncI,Ient.

The Courier Of spnday morning relates the fol
lowing affecting incidtnt "0n Monday last gentle
man coming into the 4ity from 0syka, found himself
sitting uls-apts with company Of strangers il
whom Be became interested. On inquiry, he found
the party consisted of four youths from Kentucky
going @ New 0reana to seek their fortune, care
yoa not afraid Of the feYerP said our friend awe
did not knew the danger when we started 2 was the
reply aIadyise you, said our friend, ITO take the
return cars for Jackso on you will doubtless soon be
occupants Of our grave yard" 1--WE had rather die
than go back, was tie answer They came, Our
friend followed them to their boarding house, and
watched theirfate. Three Of them have been buried
The fourth cannot surv|ye.n
incidents Hike the foegoing are not unfortunately,
rare They occur during every epidemic, and will,
we suppose occur during every succeeding epidemic
for all time to come, Even sadder incidents are fire.
queatg brought to the attention Of the actively phi
ian11fope and benevolent. Married people with their
enlldren, wholly raw and unaccmated, from the
North and West often come here during the heighth
q epldemlas Ior the prpose OF lettering their for
Ianes-at least we cap imagine no other motive.
Ihe iatner takes sick hnd dies. The mother takes
slek arg dies. Ihe children take sick also, and
perhaps enc 81 them ffcogers, and becomes desti-
taIe orphan ~ strange land to be consigned, if not
claimed Dy distant relatives, to some of our many
eAeeAenE phianthrope Institutions, or to take the
preeafions and demoialzing chances of the streets
Sometimes the father dies, and leaves a helpless
WIDOW ana large family Of children to buffet against
tne storms q 9 hard World Sometimes all die. Not
long SINCE married c4upe and two children arrived
from tne west In tour days all were taken and al.
though every attention was paid them, not week
elapsed before az wer carried to the cold and silent
! tolap ~ plying STRANGERS What eason-what
commentary ths ought to be-
Still these lessons arb without effect In vain does
tae aaily press beg thh wholly unacelimated to stay
away. N vain does the Associated Press telegraph
al oyer lhe Union warning strangers 10 remain
where they are until III lie danger has passed. IN von
I'VE tae Reward Association telegraph again and
ssalA @ me same puHpoft. Hundreds and hundreds
hase come hundreds have died and hundreds and
nunoteas Wli Come, to share the same fate, only to
" saeeasasa py reckless thousands. But for the in
slsss v iaulltaaes Hke these the fever would have
soAseu V ~ epldeml9 Two weeks ago. and those ac-
euseoasea to se cur pate from this and the adjacent
States could have ' sited us with entire IMMUNITY
AS long, however, arg until heavy frosts and freezes
a. we eold North any bleak West continue to supply
fresh subjects ~ abundance, we need not look lor
haa subsistence Of thR epidemic. We ought to have
quarantine ia compel the absence OF fresh healtbv
unaeelmated strangers. They nonlish the fever.
stop business and put our people to the labor and
expense Of nursing Ind bnrying them. Instead Of
dong any good they kill themselves and injure u.s.