Iowa News

YELLOW FEVER IN NEW ORLEANS.

The Commercial Bulletin of the 5th says: This epidemic continues raging with unabated violence, and is certainly at present more malignant than it has been for many years past. A person in the habit of visiting our courts in the fall, should be aware that the disease which ends seldom [states?] before the [courts?] recommence; and in its zenith constantly directed [that?] persons arriving seize in the fall before the commencement so the disease to advisory dictate so us advises. We most advise all who are absent to defer their return until the latest period consistent with their business, as the acclimating process necessarily when attended with considerable mortality. Ladies has proofs. When it is considered that nearly the whites calculating not more than one third of a population consider themselves subject to the disease, and that of those men the deaths have been upwards of one hundred and eighty per week, persons at a distance will probably be able to arrive at as correct an estimate regarding its effects. The general hue of death such through the city has badly paralyzing and nearly worn out. We are obliged as compilers to the amount that hence sympathy comes before the press of the commons many and the conductors of public journals; but statement of facts is necessary in order to account for the meagre appearance of our paper. Besides having been cramped unusually ever since the prevalence of the epidemic, on Sunday last we had the mortifying intelligence brought us that our editor had again been seized with a violent attack of the fever. It one doctor board who had been previously ill of fever, had relapsed; and yesterday morning one of the active partners descended bedridden. We men at present unscathed but most sick had: and no other course remains to us but to curtail our matter, publish hurriedly, or suspend entirely. Of the three evils we deemed it least to give our subscribers a paper every day, though it should be detected of half its contents; and even this arrangement we do not know how long we shall be able to continue, as (having resided here for years) we have little reason to flatter ourselves that we are excess in a disease which has not spared the native citizens of New Orleans in its progress. The fever, so far as we heard, is daily becoming more fatal, and its mortality is aggravated by the boisterous arrival of strangers, who, it would almost appear, come here for the express purpose of contributing both to the scourge. It is in truth a season of dread. Every man considers that he holds life by a feeble tenure. Under all these circumstances, we trust our subscribers will extend to us, for a few days, their indulgence; and we pledge ourselves to restore our paper to its former appearance, the first moment it shall be in our power to do so.

HEALTH OF THE CITY.

We gather the following paragraphs from the True American of the 12th: We made every exertion yesterday to procure the list of interments, but without success. At the grave yards we were directed to call at the mayor's office; we went there and found it closed. Of one thing, however, we are certain, both from our own observation and information of several physicians—the sickness has increased and the deaths cannot for the last three days be less than three hundred. The weather continues the same, hot sun, dry, cool breeze. We cannot reasonably hope for any amelioration until we have a good frost, which is not likely to happen before the end of October. Since our paper last appeared, we have had the misfortune to lose our foreman, Mr P. C. M. Andrews. We were unable to publish our paper on Saturday, as all the hands in our office were taken down with the prevailing epidemic, but one, who is himself complaining. One of our carriers died on Friday, and the others are all down. We have made an effort, and have collected together a new hands, but how long we shall be permitted to keep them, God only knows. Sickness in our family, among our friends, whom we are obliged to attend to, our employers and their families, prevents us from bestowing any attention upon our paper; our subscribers will receive it for a few days with indulgence. Late arrivals have brought into our afflicted city near five hundred strangers, and no provision whatever has been made for their safety. They may be easily distinguished walking the streets, or the yellow fever, of which they are sure to become the victims, if they remain here but a few days.