Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-01-06


mure regularly what occurs:
The shipowners AID merchants are IN sac up
roar, and are about applyingto Government ~
have the restrictions removed. There Is snip
of war in the roads to prevent the craft from com
municatipg with the adjacent coast. 'esseis
from here are subject to fifteen days quarantine.
'0"' ''' J. BROWN.
A letter dated Newcastle upon Tyne, Nov.
tI2, saws, 81 fear the Cholera has reached New
castle. We have death to-day differing in no
respect from the worst Sunderland cases"
The following particulars IAN illustration OF the
nature of the disease) are given Of the sickness
and death of man named Rottenbursh, shoe
maker by trade, aged So:
He had dined and supped on pork, but not
to excess, neither had he taken any fermented IL
ouor; at midnight he was attacked with vomiting
and purging, Uhe fluid elected resembling water
cruel y with cramp in almost every part o! the
BODY. more especially in the fingers aud toes. -
The skin was cold and ivld the pulse almost
limpercep,ibe, the voIc. whisper. The vacua-
tions were very abundant. The medicines adj
ministered were laudanum, ether, and brandy
At nine O'clock the next morning. October 81,
the spasms fcramp) had quite ceased, the skin
| continued cold. and vas covered with cla.nmy
sweat. The patient complained only ct pain IN
the region of the heart. Al IL O'Clock, on being
raised up, he instantly expired"
The Morning Herald, from which we have al
ready quoted, in another article upon this subject.
| says:
"An opinion is becoming very prevalent in
| the city, that certain conductors of newspapers
are suffering themselves to be made the dupes OF
the wretches who are endeavoring to extort mo-
ney from the fears and mseries Of their fellow
creatures, If the harpies who are specializing in
drugs can be said to have any thing in common
with mankind IN general. We have not the least
doubt that most of the alarming reports about the
| Cholera-reports which have caused more suffer.
ing, perhaps, than the disease itself would have
done had il actually been in the country, and
which have certainly been as injurious to trade
aid commerce-we have no doubt, we repeat,
that these reports emanateftrsm rascalIy guacks,
and the more rascally spectators in drugs. 1t
is most devoutly to be wished that these fellows
may be disappointed of their prey. This would
certainly be the case, if the editors OF newspapers
would refrain from stufiing their pages with aar-
ming details, which can be Of no service to the
community, but, on the contrary, must be highly
detrimental. -
A Singular Crcumsfance.-By very late let
tiers from Berlin, it is stated that 1000 persons
have died there of tie Cholera since its com
mencement, and that there has not been one Jew
amongst them, owing to their abstemious way of
| living.
In Prussia and Russia the Cholera has spared
all persons employed in the manufactures of to-
bacco Tor snuff, the tan Yards. and medical labo
ratories. The smoke of tobacco seems to neu-
| tralze most animal miasmata, and II Is generally
considered as preservative against the Cholera.
Accordingly the Prussisn, Austrian, and Rus
sian magistrates have given permission to smoke
in the streets.
From careful view of all the publications in
the London papers respecting this disease,
there are several close columns, we are inclin-
ed to the opinion that the causes of the alarm
have been greatly exaggerated, and that the in
quietude was rapidly subsiding. The French 60
vernment, however, had established quarantine
regulations in the ports opposite the English
coast-a regulation, as the London papers say,
that was entirely uncaIIed for.
| The Bristol Riofs.-The amount Of property
destroyed during the riots at Bristol, is said to
have been greatly over-stated-the loss, for in.
stance, of Messrs. Buckley & Co. which has been
stated as being immense, will not exceed 1000
pounds.
The Bishop of Exeter was burnt in efisy on
the 9th of November, in the Cathedral yard near
the palace. Troops were stationed i'll the resi-
dence of the Prelats during the night, in conse.
quence of which no damage was done to the spa.
cious building.
The Bristol Mercury says: " Masons, carpen-
tiers, and smiths, are already actively employed
in repairing the gaol, and rebuilding the COVER
nor's house." The same paper estimates the
amount of damage by the late riots at only PI0O,-
600, and adds. While writing these remarks,
the following calculation was sent US by CORES.
pendent:
AZ houses, at $500, 433.6OO
Deduct value of site in fee 10000
Furniture in AZ houses, average 800 each $4,000
| Toll houses 400
New Prison 5000
! The Palace Sc 5000