Of these, 28 died, 38 recovered and
10 are still under treatment, most qf
the latter being in a state of convales
cence. Of the 28 who died, 14 were
adults, but few of them protected by
vaccination. A number of the adults
were vaccinated many years ago but
the protective influence of the inocu
lation had died out and should have
been renewed by revaccination. Those
who recovered were nearly all pro
tected by vaccination. A majority of
the cases of the disease and a major
ity of the deaths have been among
the- colored people. In two weeks
from this time probably all traces of
the disease, except the pock-marked
faces of recovered patients, will have
disappeared from among us. However,
let our citizens not relax their sanitary
precautions until we are well rid of the
fearful pest. ,
POLICE JURY.-A special session
of the Police Jury was held at the
Court-House Tuesday. The Comit
tee on Claims appointed by the Pres
ident of the Jury, on January 27th
was revvied, the President being
added as a member thereof, and also
as a member of the Finance Commit
tee; the Sheriff was authorized to
prqcure a building to be used as a
small-pox hospital, to employ a nurse
therefor, and to have all persons who
die therein buried at the expense of
the parish; the appointment of a sn
perintendent of the New River lane
was provided for, whose duty will be
to keep the lane and bridges in good
repair--salary not stated; an appro
priation of one hundred dollars was
made to defray the expenses' of the
Parish Attorney to New Orleans, who
is directed to proceed thither and en
deavor to procure immediate action
by the Supreme Court upon the mat
ter of the appeal of the plaintiffs in
the case of V. Maurin et als. vs. Chas.
