Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1831-10-03
IyII. WRIT.

EUROPE.--We have conversed with an intell
gent American gentleman who is Just returned
if"ia Inc continent Of Europe, through which he
passed as TAR ms Berlin He says that the great sub
lect OF interest and anxiety at present is the Che
lera Morbus. 1t had reached the frontiers of Silc
STA, ana was making its way steadily, but SLOWLY
INTO the heart of Europe. The public authoritios
OF the various towns and cities were taking every
Precautlon to guard against it, and to obviate as
much as possible its fatal effects In some pnccs
1t has been excluded by the extreme care of the
ponce, ana the strlctness with which non-nter-
course has been enforced; in Others notwithstand
ing every prccaution, it has penetrated into the
to"hs In st. PctcrsbuIgh, especially, this has
occurred where the most vigorous measures were
ADOPTED, but where lis ravages have proved exces-
SNe' Enough the official reports endeayor to les
sen tne huhper OF cases, they have not been fewer
Than fifteen thousand. No remedies generally
successful have been devised: those which proved
so IN some places failed totally in others The sen
ar is said to have produced favorable effects in Sc
Verai Instances, and this encourages the hope that
Inc pcstilcncc may not cross the Atlantic but its
slow, sullen, and fatal progress which is now, view,
ed with deep anxiety in Europe, should warn the
public health officers along the whole of our coast
Our informant thinks that the cause of the Poles
Is comparatively prosperous; and that the opera
tlohs Oh inc Russians are not pushed with yipor
good fortune, ready resources that were Mt first
expected TO attend their arms. There does not
appear, however, to be any probability of the war
ike interference oil other nations of Il general
SiNu"IiOh VI Inc people east oil the Rn!nc
is such, that their governments would become ex-
cessively unpopular by suhiecting them to the
sce1rge of war, while they threatened with the
approaching pestilcnce. After an absence of ten
Years, no change for the better is observed among
them Some OF She governments, especially that
OF frusso, have introduced partial reforms into the
laws, but none into the national economy. Of Il
revenue of about fifty millions of dollars raised in
that kingdom, one half is applied the mantan-
anee On the army, and is drawn from population
little exceeding eleven millions The poorer classes
are all DESTROYS to emigrate. but they want the
means to do so. In England, at present, every
thing appears quiet, but it is evident that there is
great distress among the poorer classes; while in
ireland at no period has il appeared more dreadful
we give these as the observations of an intclli-
gent eyewitness. The picture of distress may
seem tohim more darby colored, from the contrast
1t presents to our country; but it cannot be
doubted that the situation of Europe is one offer
Ing many gloomy reflections 10 n phiIanthropist as
well as republican. We do not ourselves apprc-
bend that the Cholera Morbuc will cross the allan
TIC; and we think that general war is likely to
happen indeed, we cannot conceive how the great
strife OF principles and interests can be much lon
ger deferred. There may he partial changes, SEEM
Ingly favorable in the political horizon OF Europe
but the common aspect portends violent storms and
convulsions.--lfdt. Gaze