The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1878-09-13

Progress of the Yellow Fever ScOurge-
Tales Almost too Horrible for Belief.
New ORLEANS. Aug. pa deluging
rain, accompanied by thunder and chilly
north wind, which commenced at 8
O'Clock and continued one hour, bodies
evil to the sick, and increased mortality
il predicted for tomorrow. From II
O'Clock until 4, 20 deaths were reported,
increasing the number announced at II
m TO So. Interviews with tie Sanitary
Inspector elicit the statement that there
are not so many cases to-day as on Tues
day, but all admit that not one-half are
reported. DR.. j. G.. Beard, City Ply
stefan, has treated LAG and reported only
40. Every house on Franklin Street, for
two squares above Roydras, contains a
yellow fever patient. One square on
Euterpe Street between st Charles and
Carondelet Streets is in the same condi-
ton. The intersecting streets have been
barricaded to prevent the passage of
vehicles, and milkman who undertook
TO force his horse through was driven
away with loaded revolver. This
afternoon an hour or two passed at the
Office Of the Recorder of Deaths devel-
oped several strange sights The office
is on the ground floor Of the St. Louis
Hotel, corner OF Royal and St. Louis
Streets. While sitting there one of the
charity wagons containing two dead
bodies in rough, implanted pine collins
drove up for burial permit One, con-
tanning a woman, was piled upon the
top of the other, and surmounting the
CHASTITY heap sat faithful dog and the
woman's husband, who accompanied her
TO the Potter's-field TO note he spot where
they laid her. Empty collins had
been brought from the Work-house
and driven round to the scenes Of death
IS one might drive around and gather
up 50 much garbage. The driver start
ed on a round through the rain, and af-
ter about an hour returned with two
other bodies for two other permits. The
clerk on duty said that this was his fifth
visit, and three other wagons perform
the same Office. Ii is Of course under
stood that these instances are exclusive
ly confined to the miserably poor. They
have indeed suffered terribly, and the
nation will rejoice to leaf n that q miti-
cation Of their agony has at length
come. Within q week their abodes have
been metamorphosed from pest-houses
into hospitals. Thanks to the Towards
and the Young Mems Christian Associ-
alton, the scum Of the city, black and
white, are receiving as careful attention
as could be given In the best regular
hospitals. Instances do sometimes oc-
cur which are extremely sad. A little
girl Of II was so unfortunate as to be at
tackled in the house of a cousin on Mag
azine Street, where two children died
and two were sick. The evening she
expired another Of the household was
attacked and the unfortunate girls body
lay in an undertaker's warehouse dur
ing the night and was not buried till the
next day. No one pretends to conceal
the fact that the disease is destined to
increase, but there is every hope in the
ability Of physicians to reduce the per-
centage Of mortality.
At meeting Of the Board OF Health
last night the origin Of the epidemic was
discussed, and from the data furnished, |
Il was plausibly argued that 1t could be |
traced TO the ship Souder. The Board
discussed the progress Of the epidemic,
and the members were unanimous in the
belief that Il was beyond human control,
and would have to run its course. I'm
less some great and rare meteorological
change takes place the probability Is
strong that the city will he swept
throughout. A strange feature was
brought TO light yesterday by the CON-
parative statistics Of the convalescent
and fatal cases. II Is seen that the
mortality among the negroes attacked il
nearly so per cent. 50 fatal indeed Is
the disease that when full-blooded ne
gro y seized he abandons hope at once.
II illustration Of the extreme nervous
prostration during the stage OF conva-
lescence, one man, already able 10 move
about the house, and who was consider
ed totally out Of danger, was severely