Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1830-1846, 1832-08-09

noticing that scurrilous article AS fully as we in
the notoriously vile character that
ourn al sustans, must be at once sufficient con-
vince every render that their libelous statements
in the article alluded to, need but little contradic
ton where the paper is known.
tCT@ We this day take occasion to fulfil The
promise made some time since, TO publish the able
and eloquent speech Of the Hon. ASKER Ron
BINS, Senator in Congress from this State, dev-
cred in the Senate at the last session, on the sub
ject of the protecting System. 1t is considered TO
he ono ofMr. Robbins best productions, and will
be read with interest and pleasure by the suppor-
ters Of the American System wherever they nay
be found.
In republshing the following COM
lnunication extracted from the Newport
Mercury of last week, from DIR. William.
Turner, of this town, to DR.. J. G. War
rem, of Boston, we are requested by the
author to correct few Typographical
errors that occurred IN its first publica-
ton.
NEWPORT, August 3, 1882.
Dear Su:-At the same time that l
gratefully acknowledge the receipt of the
two interesting pamphlets you were so
kind as to send to me, (Mr. Sullivap's
discourse on Temperance, and the re-
port on spasmodic cholera, prepared un-
der the direction of the Massachusetts
Medical Society l will allow myself to
make brief but circumstantial state
ment Of the only cases 1.-TWO in number)
which have existed in this town. AIN
the more willing to do so, in considcra-
ton of the erroneous rumors and state
ments, that have been circulated upon
the occasion, abroad, as we'll as amongst
ourselves; some of which l find have
created corresponding apprehension
respecting the safety of two members Of
your family, at present on visit here
Having avaiIed myself Of ample means
of acquiring satisfactory knowledge Of
the most important circumstances con-
nected with these cases, the correctness
of the following history may be relied
upon.
Two unmarried females, Of about 38
and AZ years OF age respectively, were
the unhappy subjects-both Of them per-
sons of ordinarily good constitutions
They left Montgomery county, 40 miles
above Albany, where they had been
spending several weeks Oh a visit, about
the 10Th of July, in perfect health; took
water passage to Albany, where they re-
mained d hours on board steamboat,
in which they arrived at New York after
an ordinary passage; landed and passed
immediately over to the east side, through
the upper part of the city; went directly
on board the packet Hero lying there
as passengers, for Newport, and remain.
|. ed on board during the days previous to
her sailing on the morning Of Tuesday
the nth, with 35 other passengers. Al
ter passage of "a hours, arrived IN our
harbor the next day about noon, where
the vessel was Immediately quarantined
near Rose Island; all the passengers
but or 10 taking up their quarters a
the Y. S. Barracks at that Island, fittee
up for quarantine purposes: the two
! cholera patients above mentioned, were
amongst the small number that remainee
on board the vessel. All the passen'
gers remaining well on the evening o.
the Gath, they were by an order of the
I Board of Health, released from quaran'
tine at sunrise next morning, unior
tunately without the health-otficer's as
certaining that serious illness had occur
! red on board the vessel, in these two in
stances, in the course of the night. J
Two hours after, these patients, with the
other passengers, landed in the town &
the head of Bannister's wharf-and were
conveyed in a carriage to'the house OF I
! relative in Spring street. AT 8 o'clocl
an urgent application was made for m'
= to visit them as soon as possible, but be
ing engaged in circle OF business Which
carried me out of town, did not return
in season to visit them until about noon
=, when found Drs. Dunn and Hazar'
! with them, who had preceded me abou
! an hour, earnestly and anxiously EN-
ployed in administering the most appro
pirate internal and external remedies to
their relief We were mutually OF opIn
ion, that they were strongly marked
cases ofrnalignant or spasmodic Cholera
and agreed upon the propriety OF lhel
being Immediately reported as such t
the Board of Health. Miss Horswcll
! the patient first attacked, seemed to u
in the state of irrecoverable collapse =
, Miss Peckham, (attacked few hour
later) although her case was extreme an
strong marked, was perfectly rational
and capable for five hours, OF answering
nteligently to any question put to her
Her statement was, that they dned o
: honrd tho vcssel the afternoon previous