The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1866-07-26

HEALTH or THR CTTT.-lt - mattcT oi
very great qualification, and should DC one
of profound gratitude to Providence, that
this city is perhaps as healthy as it was ever
known to be at this season Of the year. Old
persons say they never knew it 50 healthy.
Tue physicians, to use provernal saying,
regard 1t "distressingly so." When we
consider what term of severe heat We
have Just gone through, it is really won.
dcrful that so little sickness exists. "'l'
One cause Of the freedom from disease
even the ordinary fevers Of the season--is
the vigilance with which the Committee
on Health and the Board of Health went
to work early in the season to see that tho
city was properly policed, and nuissnccs
and every species Of accumulation that
could generate disease were removed. The
city has in this way been put in good Or
der, and the health Of the citizens pre-
served. Some complaint, as was to be
expected, has been INDUCED in by some
people who were subjected to temporary
inconvenience by the operation Of cleaning
up the city. Some of the officers who
merely discharged most responsible
duty-since it involved the health and
well-being of the COMMUNICATIVE been
most unjustly assailed for discharging
that duty. There could be nothing
more illibsral-nothing more unwiSe.
Suppose these active sanitary steps
had not been taken, and the city had not
been cleaned-and suppose that with bad
atmosphere, from offensive and reeking
cutters aud acc ccumulated filth every where,
fatal epidemic had been engendered,
whas would have been said then Why,
an afflicted and sorrowing community,
with patient in every house, and the fu-
neral pageant ever passing through tho
streets, would have uttered complaints the
most bitter against these very officers
whose fidelity has prevented these aftiic-
tions and sad scenes. Any man should be
ashamed to utter one word Of complaint
ON this subject. We never saw the city SO
healthy at this season and while we can
not be too grateful to that overruling
Providence, at whose mercy We enjoy all
things, the forecast and energy of the
Council, and its committees and officers,
deserves the public appreciation and
thanks. .
If VIC but maintain the vigilance that
has been exerted for month or two
longer we shall have passed through the
period of epidcmics, and our city, which
has seen so much trouble, will have been
spared the dread scenes and serious conse-
quenccs of an epidemic.
To THE SPRrNGs.-There seems TO be
quite number Of our citizens seeking re-
fuge at this time in the mountain regions
OF Virginia, Judging from the crowded con-
dition of the Central cars each morning.
The scenes at the depot now remind one
somewhat Of old times. The hacks roll
down Broad street loaded as Of old. In
some are the palc-faced and languid- look
ing invalid, who seeks in the all.healing
waters of Virginia to find cure for his
ills; while in others are youth and beauty,
who seek enjoyment at those meccas OF
pleasure. seekers, or in the mountains
to add tho bright glow Of health to the
cheek that has faded from the dissipations
of the winter. The enormous "dOg-
house " trunks, which have lain mostly
empty for so long time, have been once
again replenished, and railroad porters
bless "de ladies whar wears so many and
sich heavy close" as heartily Us IN good
old. days gone by. There are still left,
thank heavens despite the influences OF
the Frcedmcn's Bureau, some of those nice,
clean-looking negro servants, who follow
their masters or mistresscs with their we'll
packed satchels or neatly-covered baskets,
which have q commissary kind OF look
about them, with as much respect as ever /;
and there are yet some who retain those
signs of good breeding always so charac-
teristic OF the Virginia servants.
The traveller enters the same clean-look- =
ing cars as he was formerly used to, and
meets tho same polite conductors who col.
lccted his fare six years ago. The cars
start and travel almost at an ante betua
rate and when one reaches Gordonsville
he hears the old cries of "Fried chickens,
ladies and gemmen." "Here's your
chicken fixins and -four doins."
1t is rather cheering to see that some
body is able to 60 to the mountains. We
sincerely trust that all other things may
be as they were of old and that next
summer everybody may be able to take .
trip to the beautiful mountain resorts with
which our dear old State, thank God is
so abundantly blessed.