Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-07-24

Aloance Of the CAofera and star, orv ".
Every mail brings accounts of tho increased g. :,
creasing progress of tho Cholera i'm the C;,v e NJ.
York! Eighty thousand inhabtants are comput.a >,
nave eft the city all the prcservatves which
e"ce suggested, or money could supply, have beer
provided ny tho wise lberality of the Corpo,,,s
authorities; but still the pestience increases in
frequency and malignity. Thursday 2O2 cases. 80
doaths-Friday 226 cases and 100 deaths. We
nave from the first. esteemed tho small and ineon
siderable beginning, and the slow but regular and
steady advance of the Cholera in New York, more
alarming than where the onset furious. Grea,
as /" the number of cases, they doubt few
i"deed' compared to what they would have been
ou' Tor the salutary lin this respccD dread inspired
~ 'he disease, and the consequent precaution. A
gentleman from New ork informs us, that ia.
oicieu' physician in that city, estimated the num-
ocr' iaooring under premonitory Diarrhra at one
.'me' to be $4,000! most Of whom wcre probably
Indebted tor their lives to precautionary and prompt
measures Let warning be taken.
~ sort OF desperation seems to have been Great.
Gu oy tho dreaded dangers of tho Cholera. The
courier and Enquirer of Friday Observes
n. ,infemperdnee--The gradual increase of the
Snoiera appears to create gradual increase of in
temperance, folly and dissipation among certain
classes of society. In the evening the little ryoo
shops ana taverns about town appear to be filed
with revelry and mirth. There Is not SO much rid
'"s OUT OF town, because those who amused them.
serves IN that way have very generally left the
city. But among the young men in the middling.
ower' ana oven higher stations of life there il lii
tic cessation from the habits Of dissipation. This
Iool-hardiness must of itself increase the number
Oh victims TO the pcstilence--and accorjinulv vve
sec II 10 increased. There must he n general 70
FORM In the habits of society-esbriety and pru
aence must take tho place of dissipation and folly
or no one can calculate the results. This has
.cierende not to intemperanco in drinking alone
ihtsmperanco in eating is as dangerous as that of
any other kind" -. 70
Wc have reason to think from all we hear. that
IN this quarter. the anticipated visit of the Cholera
has induced already great degree of circumspeo,
ton.
Dreadful, We may readily imagine, has been the
effect OF the Cholera upon the business of New
ark. The suspension of business and fight of
So,ooO inhabitants from the city, cannot but be
most caiamitous upon those who depend for bread
upon their daily employment. Accordinply, the
ruoiic frints furnish evidence of great suffering
among the poor, and those generous citizens who
nave remained at their posts to meet the conss
quonces and are now devoting themselves to alleyi
ate tho distress of the afflicted, deserve an immor
taiity OF renown. One such hero; hero who
races appalling danger in private. for the sake of
mitigating human misery, is worth every cut throat
hero from Macedonia's mailman to the Swede -
The conduct of the u. S. Bank in this emerpen
cy' is entitled to the applause of the country. 1t
has come forward and offered the loan of mil.
lion of dolurs at per cent. to the CITY Banks. to
enable them to alleviate the injury which the Cho
iera has brought upon the business of New York.
The Courier and Enquirer says
THE MONEY MARKETING necessity of
the Bank Of the United States providing for rurR
TEEN MILLIONS of tho National Debt to be paid in
October, added TO the Veto of the President upon
the bill recharterng that institution have render
cd 1t impossible for it to extend to our merchants
It's usual relief in times of distress like these: vet
we learn from an evening paper that the President
and Directors of the Bank, 'anxious to extend
every possible facility the merchants of the CITY
IN the present emergency, which could be done
consistently with its own safety, the Branch YES
terday offered to loan the several Banks ONE
MILLION OF DOLLARS, at tfue per cent. in
suH1s proportioned to the capitals of the Cty
Banks respectively, until the first of October ia.
king the post notes Of the Bank as securitv Sc.
verai of the Banks, learn, have acceded to the
proposition; and should all come into the measure.
, very sensible relief to the money market will be |
The consequence"