Lynchburg daily Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1852-1861, 1858-10-11
Yellow Fever at New Orleans.

The Crescent of Monday 4ih inst says:
For the twenty-four hours ending Friday noon,
the total deaths by yellow fever thru hout the
city, as reported Nv the Board of Health were SO
An Increase Of IL over the previous day, and for
tho twenty four hours ending Saturday noon, the
number was Gs--an increase Of 10 over Friday.-
In the early part Of the week the fever decrea.ed
now in the last part Of the week, il shows an in
crease. This. however. regard Us one of the
fluctuations which the fever always show, going
up and coming down by notches. The fever,
though il shows AN increase in the latter part
over the middle part Of the week. is still declining
on an average. The deaths of the previous week
were 444. For this last week. they will bardl,
exceed 1876. Yesterday. all the returns of the
Board Of Health received. with the exception
of two small cemeteries, and the total was 3S3-
The returns Of the two cemeteries unheari
from will not swell this number any thing to
speak Of.
The same paper Of same day in an editorial on
the Weather; Health and Prospects" Of the city
says:
As to the health Of the metropolis, We freely
express our well-matured convictions. found on
tolrrnby thorough Investigation and long expert
ence that it is regularly safely and surely impro,-
ing. We calculate will have no fever here
worth speaking Of in two weeks. Indeed, had il
not been for the unwise and pernicious advent Of
new Corners the fever would have ceased being
epidemic ten days ago. OF this, there can he, nor
is there the slighlcs, doubt. The rush Of unaccl-
mated persons has fed the fever just NJ the pling
on If fuel feeds fire in II steamboat furnace, and
will continue to feed it, as it has already fed it.
long after it has run its accustomed round. But
this will he epidemic. 1t will be a natural re-
suit following II natural cnusc. Our regular, per
mnncnt ctizcns--those who have passed summers
and summers in the city-may. in our opinion,
return with safety, perfect safety but those who
haze not, we advise to stay away ten or twelve
do well to consult the counsels Of prudence
aud remain where they are until after frost,
There is use for them here, anyhow
nor will there be for four Of five who
may rccklessly come to New Orleans in the
expectation of at once obtaining good situa-
lions. The idea that every summers season
makes thousands Of now and lucrative situa-
lions is wholly fallacious, at least, almost
wholly fnllacious. Our regularly born and rais-
el city supply us usually adequate to meet the
most extra ordinary demand that may arise, aud
II stranger. unless hc comes wonderfully well
credited, has to wait his turn. Don't come, we
TIN CLRr,lxrr OF PrNBnMENT.--Thc New
York Times. in noticing the conviction and sen
tence oi young Rodgers for the unproyoked muir,
der of John Swanson. after eight months litign-
ton and the Of legal subtlcticS, makes some
udicious remarks upon the public propensity to
excuse crimes committed under the influence Of
lituxlrntIpn. 1t saws: I'VE are rp1uced at the
issuc of the lplgcr. trial, not because it brings
the wrctchc young man to the Old. but be-
cause il establishes the doctrine once for all, that
youth and intoxicntion nrc not legal pnlliations
Of wnnton murder. Law and common sense are
both strained III these days t" shield currits. lut
If these excuses have been allowed to hive weight
the whole community would hnye literally been at
tho mercy Of the worst class of the popnlnton;io for
nearly all our criminals nrc young mrn---in any
other country they would he called boys--nnd
nearly nil are IN the habit of drinking more or
i"rH every evening. Every Young scamp will now
know that II Il" rhooSes t. arm himself, leave his
parents house and get tp>y, and in his drunken
passion should chance To kill pcaccable man, he
will he very likely to stand in due time where
Rodgers now stands 1t il terrible, no doubt
that such m example should he needed to prevent
mere boys from drinking and killing their ne gh-
b,rs, butw have had surrowiEl experience that
such il the Something Of the sort seemed
positively necessary to convince parents, too. in
the class of life to which Rodgers belonged. that
they cannot suffer their children to break loose
from control and roam the streets Ivy night, and
connect themselves with gangs # rnwdics. with
IMMUNITY. The law sleeps smrtmcs--ouly too
often in New iork-hut it sometimes wakes up
with yenSeancc' 1t truly remarks tIat if
"runlshmrnt were generally sure, and offenders
sr"c,ally sht,t might not he necessary to hang
such youth II, Eudsers'