Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-08-13
CHOLERA INTELLIGENCE.

Der report to-day shows an extensive increase of
this spreading scourgc i'll the taadstr4cts.
During It's prevalence, there will doubtless b., as
there have already been, uuoundcl reports OF its
existence in al. cities and towns. Already VIC
have heard several runors that it had made its APP
pcaraace in Richmond, which subsequent better
uiosnation corrected And We have reason to be-
icyc tnai the surrounding country full of rumors
ua.as. We pledge ourselves to report the first and
every case OF the land which occurs in this place
should We unfortunately be visited by the Pcftj-
lcnce-tni We assure our readers, that unless they
sre thus notified of It's appearance anon 1t us,
they nay disregard al the ramors they may hear
as the idIe tales Of ,lmid mischeflovipg gosJys
The following summary embraces all the lnfor
nation wc have received Of the progress Of the
" Destroying Angel" IN other sections OF country
Aorfolt--On the 5;h Of August, the Board Of
Health reported death of the cases Of Cholera cX
sting previously to It's former Report, az announc
ed IN tn last Nlrgi ian and for The IS hours en-
dim on the 9th, at l. o'clock, 81 new ca5es, Of
which Ii dlcd-A cDlor"d persons On tn 9th
of August, the Board Of Health reported 81 new
cases for the u hours ending at II o'cock on TINT
day, Of which 7 had died, and deaths Of the
previously rcpored-l2 Deaths IN all, Of which 3
were white and colorcd psrsons-The Norfolk
Herald remarks, that a. yet the terrible epidemic
has been confined almost exclusively to the color
Cd population among whom 1t Is making fearful
havoc particularly among those who lodge in
cellars or on ground floors
P0rtSm0uth.--Of the cases heretofore reported
as existing have died New cases from Aug %
to Aug. 9Th, 3 o'clock p NJ. IS, of which II died.
New cases III the p hours ending at ) p. NJ. on
the Oh Of August, lG, Of which & died
4 number leases had appeared among the
crew Of the L. 5. schr. Fairi ID, at G9sport-
There lad been 5 deaths on board , on the 81, 3
on the ith and on the 5tH inst All the sick
on board nave been removed to the Navy Hospl-
lul.
Sa69,t, Gin Nansemond county "A Letter to
the Norfolk Herald, mentions / deaths IN the VII
aSe of Suffolk by malignant cholera. " he ca
ses were uncommonly severe, terminating n or
10 hours from the commencement OF the attack
-Four other cases existed, to which the writer anti
cipaled fatal termination. Mr. r. w Oliver
Wa tlt only white person ofthe number
Batinturc.-T HE Board of Health, under date of
Aug. T. in reference to a rImor that three cases OF
Cholera had made their appearance IN that place,
say =" The casts alluded 10 are known 20 the
Board Of Health, and, IN then opinion there Is no
thing in them calculated 10 alarm the citizens.
The first one was discovered on Saturday morning,
having been intoxicated AID exposed to the night
air two nichts before he was Immediately remov-
ed to the Hospital, and is ina far way of re
coycry. The second was an old man OF 81 years
Of age, who had been i'll with the prcmontory
symptoms for some time; he was taken i'll dt e o.
clock, p. NJ. and his situation WAS unknown until
the next morning, during which time he had no ct
tendance whatever; he consequently died that day
Ihe thlrd and last was that Of woman who
was taken i'll some lime during Saturday ihsht,
and expired on Sunday night, in about l6 hours,
In this case however, upon Il past nsortem exam-
uation ii was asccrtained that she had received a
blow or kick upon her left side, which might have
pro.!4cel Lca.. I'D ;hc.o -eeL u ot.cg ,44-a III