New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1870-10-12
YELLOW FEVER IN ST. LANDRY.
We copy this from the Opelousas J0ur,s.

We copy this from the OpelOuS3S Journal:
The following report was furnished by J.
o. Trainor, president of Relief Association
of Washington, to +. A. King, president
Opelousas Howard Association. giving num-
Der of deaths from yellow fever. in and
about Washington. up to the second instant:
Whites: Mrs. Mark Budden, Mrs. De
I.aforce. Miss Anna Pitre. Mrs. Joseph Hen
nelly, James Noles, daughter of F. l.. Pitre
(near Washington, Mrs. Euphemia Dubuis-
SON. Mrs. Onez LebGuf, John Saunders,
Mrs. Monillieu, Miss Coreil, William Smith,
three children of Mr.. Smith, Pierre Ie-
compte. John ROusette. child of II. Mills
Foard, Mrs. Alfred Reed fin MOundville),
child of W. Gibson, Mrs. Claude, Mrs. 0.
Veillon. NJ Dacier, child of NJ. Dacier,
Oliver Lee. Miss Powers lat Powers planta-
tiOn), Mr.. Smith, Celestin VancinneauX,
child of u. Bordelon, DR.. j. Leigh George
Allen. Gilbert Outlet tnear Washington),
James BarlOw-S.
Colored: Child of Charles Keller, Miss
Motto, Richard Hardy, JohnN.
DIR. j. l.. Eslorge wrote in Opelousas. the
third instant, to the President of the Ope-
lO,lsas Howard Association:
DEAR SIR: You have had published under
nv signature in the journal of last Satur-
day, a report on the sanitary condition at
Barres Landing To the few lines had
briefly sketched at your office, an erroneous
addition has been made, from which it ap
pears that nineteen deaths have occurred at
that place, including the whole number of
colored persons who had the yellow fever
whilst really ten persons died, all white
The disease has proved. as usual, very mild
on the cOlOred persons, and not one of them
has died.
Iwould. therefore. respectfully ask of you
to have this error corrected, by publishing
the report that l gave you exactly as |
wrote it down at your office, that is in the
following terms:
There have been forty-eight cases of
yellow fever at Barres Landing. up to this
day. twenty-ninth of September. Out of
that number ten have died, four of which
received medical attention too late that is.
during the twentT four hours preceding
death: and one lat Closes MILL never saw
Il physician. The two last cases under
treatment are now out of danger Out of
the forty-el@ht cases, nine were cOlOred 1.-TWO
mulatOcs and seven ncgrOesl. Black vomit
has been noted in eleven cases. ten Of which
died. and one is now perfectly well.
Dead: Alexis Lagiie, his two eldest sons
and two daughters: Mrs. Joseph Dubour-
dine Miss Lucille Dcjean lat DeshoteTs).
Giles Dejean tat Deshotels). Napoleon
LeSer, Felix Young Il nephew of Francois
Louis COulon (at Closes mill.
The Opelousas Co,t''ier says Of the yellow
fever:
This terrible disease seems to have left
Washington and Barry's Landing where it
attacked nearly everybody who had never
had it before). to begin its ravages in Vile
Plate, where three persons have already
yielded to its attacks. Indeed, Washington
and Barry's Landing are now nearly free
from the disease. and We have not heard of
IA single death at either place this week.
The few who still have it are now conva-
lcscent.
At Vile Plate several deaths have oc-
CURED this week. Mr.. Onezime Tate and his
wife being among the number. One child
is all that is left of the family.
Mrs. Prosper Daire. of the same town, is
also among the victims.
We of Opelousas can fortunately still con
gratulatc ourselves upon being exempt from
the disease.