Phenix gazette. [volume] (Alexandria [D.C.]) 1825-1833, 1832-06-26

boats but found they had ceased running. We
there took stage nine miles to Longui, where we
hired small batteau, aud arrived at Montreal
about 10 o'clock.
The yiruIepce Of the disease here is awful
am told this morning, {Monday, 18th,) that79
bodies were buried Yesterday, bye O'Clock, P.
NJ, in the French burial ground.
Still there are many exaggerated accounts in
circulation A gentleman with whom dined
Yesterday, told nue. that on Saturday, boy ran
through the streets, telling people of six persons
who had fallen down dead; only one Of whom
had actually died.
The following is an extract from letter from
Mr. VIM. Hedge to his partner, DR.. Lyman, now
in this CITY: il is dated Montreal, June H.
The whole number Of cases up to
this day is 1855
Deaths, sig
During the last "a hours,
New Cases. Ash
Deaths. %
O,r .,,y;cos from Ouebec are two tlays later.
md so,os,rh,t NOR, Favorable. On the 18th.
,hsre wera 6s admissions INFO the -hospitals, II
oonn,,ascon, 0 discbaraed cured. and az deaths.
I'm the 10Th the number of new cases admitted
IN the bospi,als. was o6; discharged cured, S;
convalescent. so: died sc, (bsng one less than
the nrecedinc dawn The total number of admis.
sions into the hospitals from the 9Th to the 9th,
inclusive was s57: tbs 1877 1t must De borne in
lmind, however that these accounts do not include
the caves in private houses, not taken TO the hos.
pitals But the Physician believed that the dis
ease WAS abatips in its maigntv, and the Board
of Health have announced the fact in the follow.
| inc words.-
1.The BoarJ have some consolation under the
| nresent aH]ctino circumstances. in being able to
rsnor thar there would seem To he some mitigation
IN the violence of the epidemic: the deaths have
! been somewhat fewer than they we're Yesterday
| in the Uospital. aud the report of some private
| prac titioners coincide with the same.''
! The editor of the Quebec Mercury of the 9th,
likewise says:-
| sit il obvious that the disease is diminishing
| in vrulence. There have been discharged cur
ed two perscus. and the cony alescent are seven.
teen. MANY persons in town who had been at
| Hcted with the fest systoms of the disease reco-
veeed by the application of the usual remedies
ard we have ma doubt that The recoveries will much
increase A medical gentleman OF extensive
practice informed us this forenoon, that the al.
ticks were much less indignant, and that threei
fourth, OF the cases IN private. practice might be
exuected To recover"
The Old Quebec Gazette remarks:-
1.-The extraordinary alarm which has taken
possession ~ our CITIZENS Is scarcely pdTuohau'e'
Almost all the cases can be traced either to IN
temperate habits, or pre- existing disease chang
| ing to cioera, to excess Of exercise ut work to
actual fright, "r a constant living in impure air.
unios ali spe ces of Infection All these causes
enfeeble the health.-have frequently depressed
5, much the system, as to cause state OF ethar-
~. aud any di.ease-typhas. cholera, or any
other would necessarily supervene. Let every
one attend to his ordinary business, have his pre-.
misses well aired and clean, his person warmly