The Massachusetts spy. [volume] (Worcester [Mass.]) 1831-1858, 1832-06-20
From tie y. !. Commercial .idrertiSer.
AFFLICTING INTELLIGENCE!

AFFECTING INTELLIGENCE!
1t is our painful duty to an oNnee the
Attaining fact, that the lHdlaSpestllence
which IN It's progress westward has clad
Europe IN mourning, :!as at length distinct
y appeared IN America. Ihc CHOLER.I
has broken o,i 65fk in Quebec and .iOntreGt
having been brought to those cities by
The emlgrants from Ireland
We have received several letters fIom
Montreal, from which we make the follow
ing eXtracts:-
MONTREAL, juno 9. We regret to say
that one vessel froa Dublin, with Il full
number Of enigrnnts, has lost ~ persons
during her voyage Icy an unknown disease,
as is reported; although the remainder o.
the passengers and crew are said to be now
perfectly healthy. The vessel lies ut the
quarantine ground, below Quebec. An in
ves,lgaton is going on by the physicians, 10
ascertain and report the character Of the
disease. Some little alarm was excited, by
the suppostion that it was the cholera, but
the public mind is more at ease within
day or two.
MONTREAL, June IL. We refer to ours
OF the 9th list. and regret to say, that the
unknown disease alluded to, as having
!
hoard the Carricks, from Dublin, proves to
be the CHOLERA, and the disease is now
ollcialiy asceltaned as existing in Quebec.
where 10 Gases were reported on the 9th
inst, and several deaths. And we further
regret to say, that there is little deubt but
two or three deaths in this place, Yesterday
and to-day, were decided cases of Cholero.
| we, MS well as others, are very naturally
| al "a mo Al al
becomes known abroad that this dreadful
disease exists here, it must operate much
to the disadvantage Of business generally.
and ours IN partcular-yet we consider it
the duty of every one to state facts as near
ly as they can he collected, and not sup
press the information l.erely because it
may njurousIy affect their business and in
terest.
The foregoing extracts are from the high
ly respectable house Of Messrs. II. Gates Il
Co.
The influx of emigrants into the Canadas
the present season, is enormously great,
and altogether beyond precedent in any
former year.
On the 9Th instant, Ike stea nhoat JOHN
Nelson arrived at Montreal with $50 steer
page passengers, and the Hercules with 740.
The smaller boats were crowded. having
from $50 TO 400 on board. The small terry-
boat Lady Amyef, which plies across the
river, was chartered, and carried from Que
bee to Montreal $50.
We learn from the Quebec papers that
the streets in what is called the Lower
Town, resemble fair day, from the crowds
of emigrants whirh are hourly landed from
the shipping. 1t is added that the three .
steamers, John Bull, British America undN
ChambIy departed from that city with $500
emigrants, bound to the Upper Province.
The following is from the Quebec Mer-
curry Of the 9th
1t is our painful duty to apprize the pub
lie that this disorder has actually appeared
in this city. Since yesterday morning
cases have occurred which by ii ofthe fac
ulty are declared to have all the symptoms
Of spasmodc cholera. Three deaths had
occurred previous TO noon this day, and
there were 9 others whose lives were des-
paired OF. This disease first appeared in ii
boarding house in plain-street, kept by
a person named Roach. The patients are
emigrants.
Iioo o'clock We Just heard, from I'M
doubted authority, that fifteen cases of
cholera have appeared since yesterday
morning, and that seven have terminated
fatally.
The Quebec Gazette of the l1th inst. con-
talns an officia communication from the
Board of Health, which says" 1t becomes
the painful duty of the Board of Health 10
announce the existence Of the Asiatic Chol-
era IN our city and nelghborhood The
decision is founded. after mature de-
liberation, upon the unanimous opinion of
the medical gentlemen of the city. Thirty
tour deaths have occurred within the last
AZ hours" The Gazette says there has
been 30 deaths at the Emigrant Hospital
The gentleman who brought this informa-
ton to Albany from Montreal, states that
on board the steam boat in which he start
ed from Montreal, one death occurred he
fore she left the wharf; four persons were
attacked soon after they got under way;
one person died and was thrown overheard,
before reaching Sore!, where the authori-
ties of Montreal stopped the boat, and
where cases had already broken OUT
Another gentleman direct from Montreal
who arrived at Albany on Thursday morn
ing informs that there had been Is cases
and deaths at that place and that the
disease had broken out at st. Johns and
Laprarie. The Cholera at Quebec is not
confined to emigrants, but attacks citizens
and strangers indiscrimnately.