The Wilmingtonian, And Delaware Register

YELLOW FEVER AT NEW ORLEANS.—From
New Orleans papers of the 2d and 4th ult.,
we gather that this formidable destroyer of
human life is making ravages in that city.
As it is well known (says the paper of the
2d) that cases of the Yellow Fever occur
daily in the Upper, or Anglo-American part
of the city and suburbs—do not prudence
and humanity require that all communications should cease between said wards, and
those that are happily exempt from the pestilence?—[Why so, if the disease is not contagious?]
Death is in the breeze, (says the same
paper of the 4th) to the stranger, who exposes himself incautiously. How many have
fell victims to a stoppage of transpiration, a
chill or cold! How many heated, by a hearty supper, or strong drink, retire to bed,
where they lay exposed to the coolness
which, at this season, precedes the approach
of day?—How many are tempted to swallow too much animal food, at breakfast, for
the stomach subsequently to digest during
the heat? How many, after a course in the
mid-day sun, seek relief for their fatigue, in
inebriation?—But although the above acknowledgement of the existence of the disease is made, we can find nothing in those
papers which will give us an adequate idea
of the extent of the evil.—N. Y. Com. Advertiser.