Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-06-19
sng,h distinctly appeared in America.


The enigrants from Ireland.
We have received several let,~r- from Montreal,
from which we make the following extracts:
MoSrREAi, June =.
WIN fall number ct cmisr.n,s, has lest ~ per-
Hens unrinR her voyage, by an unknown disease,
MS reported; although the remainder of the pass
sehxefs aud crow are said TO be now perfectly heal
h! lhe vessel lies at tho quaraDt ne ground he.
low Quebec. An investigation is going on by the
rhysicians, to ascertain and report the character
OF the disease. Some little alarm excited, by
the suPunsition tina. il Was IT,, Chsrra. but the
PnbI,c mind j, at within a day or two"
MONTREAL, June IL.
1--WE refer to ours Of the 9Th inst. and regret to
! say, thai, the unknown disease alluded to, as hav-
| ing swept off ~ of tho -migrant passengers on
board the Carricks from Dublin, proves to be the
CHOLERA, and the disease Is now officially ascer-
! tanned a. existing in Quebec, where Is cases werc
| reported tho DIN inst. AID several deaths. And
further regret to say, that there s little doubt
but two three deaths in r,is place yesterday and
to-day, were decided cases of Cholera. wo, ne
veil az others, arc very naturally ALARM od-and
are aware that when it becomes known abroad that
,hs dreadful disease exits horc, it must operate
mnch to tho disadvantage of bnsinass generally,
and ours in pNrtcuaryet We consider it the duty of
every to state facts nearly AZ they he col
scted, and surprc,s the information mer, " be-
cause it may njur ously aIce' their business and in
tsrest."
| The foregoing -1trets are from the highly re.
spectsblo house of Messrs. II. Gates e. Co. The
| following letter from another correspondent, con.
tans all the information, upon this painful subject,
official and unofficial, which had tyanspired Mt tho
| last advice
Mossr.L, MosnAS MossrNo, June IL.
| In order that you may have tho Most correct in
formation rstive to the appearance of the Cholera
| in this Province. hasten to transmit TO you the
following particulars:
| 1T having been reported that the Cholera had
mado ITS appearance at tho Quebec Quarantine
station, lGr"sso Isle DIR. Morrn the Health Com.
nNl4
Boarn Of Health. proceeded TO the station, and
turned on Thursday evening last"
The following is a copy Of the official notice is.
! sued by tho Board:
- Board of Health. Quebec, 9th June, 1882.
Various reports having circulated that e vessel
had arrived a. Crosse fslo in which there
vcral persons i'll Of the Asiatc cholera, public nu.
tics 10 hereby given that the Health
having proceeded to tho Crosse Isle by order of
Board has reported that the brig Carricks james
Hudson, NJ ,stcr, from Dui,. arrived at tho quar-
antinc station the ID instant that there wcr.
on board at tho time Of her arrival hundred
and thirty-threo passengers, nll Of whom have
been landed. and in the Emgran, shed that
vessel 10 undergoing the usual processes OF disin.
fection; and that at the time of his departure on
tho evening Of the 7th instant, there was not eaee
| Of Asis:ic cholera tho Island.
BY order Of tho Board,
1T. A. YouNa, Secretary"
The Mercury Of Saturday U.ie s,h) however con-
tains the following extract;
Sh0LSRh--kI 10 our pliniui tiCly eppTlxc inc
public that ths disorder has actually appeared in
this city. Since yesterday morning eight cases
have occurred which by eleven of the faculty are
declared to have all the symptoms of Spasmodc
Cholera Three deaths had occurred previous 10
noon this day and there two othcrS whose
lives were dispaired of. This disease first appear
ed IN boarding house in Champltn street, lept
/ by person named Roach The patients are emf
grants, and are said to be some CT those W no were
relanded on Thursday evening from the Steam
| Boat Voyageur. One Canadian has been seized
with the disorder, he had boon Working board a
chip, and woman is said to have been seized with
1t at Cape Blanc Every prccaut"n which the CIR
cumstence calls for has been taken by the Board of
Health, and Cholera Hospital will be immediate.
| ~ established in the Lower Town, authority hav-
ing been given to engage suitable bu lding in an
airy Htua'isn, for that purpose. Much alarm pre-
walls, particularly amongst tho lower classes, aud
the greatest activity is displayed by the Medical
| gentlemen, who W tn their usual humanity render
! tho most prompt assistance.
! THREE e'cLocx.-We have just heard rom und"uht-
ed authority, that Is cases of Choci have sppea
cd since yesterday morning, and that nave termi-
mated fatally.
"You will, however. notice that this has no con-
| nection with tho Board of Health, but is Il par =.
graph proceeding from the Editor, and founded,
no doubt, upon the various rumomrs which are
always IN circulation IN times uf agitation and "a
larm.
"Too much reliance ought not to be put in its
contents. The steamboat VoyLgsur, already allu-
ded to, arrived here Saturday evening, very
much crowded with oinigrants and luggage. Sne
had sailed on Thursday nigh with number of e.
migrants on board, and barge in tow. Af.cr nav
ing proceeded about nine miles, the passengers ap
pear to have got alarmed at tho rolling of the
boat, which al times, from tho vessel being deer
IN the water, permitted part of the waves to get
into the vessel. The alarm increasing, The passcn.
gers by throwing themselves sometimes to one side
and then tn tho other, made the danger real. Tier
captain put hack TO Quebec, and arrived IN safety
about midnight. The Voyugeur gin lied on
| Friday morning, after dIsembarking about 200 of
| her passengers. case of Cholera was reported
to have occurred en- bo'rd daring the passage, and
tho man diad after his arrival here. His widow
states him to have been sicky, consumpiive
man, subject to the gravel, and totally unaccus-
TONED to fatigue, and attributed his death to tho
anxiety to which he had been exposed in getting
his baggage on board, and other matters. Another
man who came UP passenger in the V"y igcur, war
attacked yesterday morning. and this morning ied.
He had all the symptoms of the Cholera He was
lately from Cork. Tho former patient had some
Of the symptoms OF the Cholera, but slightly--he
emigrant from the North of Irclind.-
Another death il reported to have taken place of a
mechanic, named Andrews, who had been among
the passengers BY the Voyagsur.
Our Board of Health meet to-day at 3 and
shsl keep this back as to give you their bulletin
or their opinion OF these cases. The Health Com.
nnissionsrs have, in tho moan time, issued orders
that no steamboat come within one hundred yards
Of the whsrf, until alter il nae been visited by the
Health ORicer.
THRKE o'cLocK, p. n.
1.-THE BosrA have net yet closed their gittings,
nor any report issued. The symptoms here, how
ever, approach very nearly to ihuse of tho Asiatic
Cholera. bat whether they originated from the
crowded state Of the passengers ip the VoyaEeur,
have been caused by nnr lats ehangeAbs wox-
thsr, remains yet to be seem"