Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-07-26
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..m,,o. incumbent on our feliow.citizens strictly
~ observe the precautionary measures heretofore
advised. u.,.-;.;..,f
,hs c,ty and Districts freely to continue the use
'sth. Schu,lkill water, through all the streets,
Lanes. and alleys, and thoroughly to cleanse the
gntters, and keep them in pure state-to tne
essn,tory and block committees strict inquiry
;n,o all nuisances-and to our felow-clt'zens per.
fsct attention to cleanliness 10 their persons ana
b,b;,ations, to avoid all excesses--by an observ.
.0cs of these precautions, it is hoped that, should
me pestilence reach US, il will be IN mitgated
form. BY order,
WM. A. MARTIN, Clerk.
latter TO the Editors of the National LatelHgsn-
Ger from DR.. SepaH. Of Washington.
New YonK CRY, July 90, 1850.
Nessrs GALES 4 SEAToN:
Gentlemen-Your solicitude to aliay untound-
ed anxiety upon the subject OF Cho'era'
snreadiuy facts before your readers, together
with the excitement prevailing among our citi-
,sns uoon this subject, induces me TO furnish
YOU the following note.
Having visited, since came to New YORK,
.hs four great receptacles OF Cholera patients,
y;.,sthe Park, the Greenwich. the Crosby street.
,o,lthe Bellevue hospitals, and having examined
ths na,ents in each Of those institutions, and also
having conversed freely with Drs. Mott, Ste
phsps. Rhinelauder, De Kay, and other leading
physicians of the city, l am satisfied that there
far less cause for alarm among our citizens &C.
nsrally than is imagined; for, while the Cholera,
ID il has prevailed in New York, is admitted -
All 10 have been strongly marked, severe, and
fatal, it has been astonishingly discriminating IN
the selection Of its subjects.
Out Of 2O4 patients which have been admitted
into the Park hospital since the commencement
uf the disease, Dr.. Howard, the physician oil the
institution. informs me, that only SIX OF the mum
Der were temperate persons. All the temperate
persons recovered, while lac OF the others dleu.
The other hospitals give nearly the same result
All citizens Of good habits, aud who 1--we care
fully, are considered as secure from The attack
of the disease. Wherever exceptions to this
rule have occurred, 1t has been owing TO some
powerful exciting cause; and while the citizens oil
New York generally feel the atmosphere 'nnu'
ence sensibly, none but the irregular suffer Sc
yerely from 1T.
Ii is the opinion Of the profession, here. that
the disease has arrived at its acme, and is at pre-
sent on the decline. Though the number OF new
cases has not diminished, they are more mild and
durable This is the case both in the hospital
aud private practice. At the Greenwich hospi-
tai, out Of about so patients, for the last four
DAYS they have lost but one each day. In Bal
timore, as passed through upon the 10th, was
informed By the physicians that the city was un-
usually healthy foe the season. In Philadelphia,
I was informed by Drs. Chapman and Jackson,
that some four or SIX cases OF the Asiatic cholera
had occurred. Some OF the cases, however,
were of doubtful character, and the disease did
not seem disposed to spread and become epide-
mic. Otherwise the city was healthy. Very re-
spectfu!ly, yours, THOS. SEWALL.
Ertraei TO the Editor of the Penn. Inquirer.
DErRoIr, July Is, 1882
Dear Sir.-The cholera has almost entirely
disappeared from among us. An occasional case
only has occurred for the last day or two; and
the previously sick are convalescent. We hope
that the excitement and alarm will also die away.
and that our retreatiug population will return and
resume their usual avscations.
A death has this day occurred from fever,
which has cast deep gloom over the town.
ELIzABErH CAss, the eldest daughter OF the Sc
cretary Of War, has paid the premature debt oil
naturee She spent the winter at Washington.
Her health is believed to have received shock
in returning home early this Spring. But the
sickness of which she died, has been of but few
DAYS Duration Young. intelligent, accomplish
ed, the pride and hope Of her family, the orna-
meut Of society, her decease has left blank
which can never be easily filled, and produced a
sorrow among all who knew her. seldom so deep
is felt; rarely so lasting as it will prove to be-
10 her father, of whom she vas the peculiar IA
yorite, but who is absent at Washington, this
will be sad visitation. The melancholy event,
amidst the other pervading suferings Of this COM
munity, has produced a strikingy gloomy im..
preston. aud fresh and strong admontion OF
the uncertainty of human life. Neither wealth
nor poverty, age nor youth, can be considered
safe for a moment.
"And love, and hope, and besuty's bloom,
Are blossoms gathering for the tomb
Yours truly,
JOHN NORvELL.
ROBERT MoRaIs, Esq. Editor of the Inquirer.
A letter from Moses Hart. supposed Intend-