Constitutional Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1824-1832, 1832-07-24
BOARD OFHEALTII. ALBANY,
Monday, July l6-4 p. NJ.
CIV cases %; Of which lU are scycrc: dnnfh,

New %; of which l0 are severe; deaths Z.
NEwaRx.-The Newark Daily Advertiser Of
Tuesday evening, says, that case of Cho.
lera had been heard of in the morning. The two
persons mentioned, as having been removed TO the
poor house, had died. Eleven cases and nine deaths
had occurred in the whole.
Extract Of letter from Somerset county, N. Jersey
We have had more to alarm tho past week
than ut any former time since tho commencement
of tho excitement. 1t (the Cholcra) has roachcd
tho country, and six have already died within a
few miles of Summervillc, and number Mt Plain
field: one young lady who was well at 8, and
corps at 3. We arc informed by DIR. that
disorders of the bowels very common through
out the country.
TIE ARnr-We have been favored with letter
from an officer belonging to the detachment on
board the steamboat Henry Clay, dated.
"NEAR FoRr GRArror, 7,h July,
''On the evening before arrived at Detroit 5th
July, soldier Of Company E. of 5th Reg. Artille.
ry, taken with violent cramps and spasms ac
ompanied with diarrlioea and vomiting. He diod
at O'Clock the sume night, after an illness Of
hours Yesterday morning another soldier of the
same company was attacked-in the course of the
forenoon two others, and at O'Clock p NJ fftb
In the course Of the night there was another case
and ono death. fhe last was colourcd cook be-
longing to the boat, and Of very Incorporate habits
The othors were likswise alfintcmporate men. Ono
now case the next day, 7th. On that day the whole
detachment were landed ono mile below Fort Ora
| tiot, on dry and elevated ground. Not one Of the
officers has been attacked. There are two pItysi-
clans with the troops and we are now very confor-
tably provided for.
"P' $. july 10 A. M.-There have been thus
far five deaths, and 8 cases remain. No now cases
since early last night."-Jour. Com.
The Detroit Journa! Of tho l1th, states that one
| of the officers, Lieutenant Clay, had died of the
Cholera. 1t adds, "'The other officers, we Learn,
are yet in health. So great is the alarm which pre-
walls among the troops, that $50 recruits, who
posed a part of the detachment, have deserted and
dispersed in every direction. We hear that no sick
ness has yet occurred among tho troops within the
| fort."--b.
Extract of letter from an officer in the 2nd U
| 5. Infantry.
troit from Fort Gratio, and hence proceed by land
to Chicago with our two companies. We did not
dare to go by steamboat, the Cholera is in all
the boats.
Col. Twiggs' detachment, which had to land and
encamp. The number of men in this detachment
was $40, out of which perhaps 900 have deserted
iron fear of the Cholera and 90 or 80 have died
AS we marched down, there were four men living
dead at different points the road of Cholera in
distance of IL miles. A detachment of our re.
glment OF two companies from Fort Niagara has
lost III or IL men by death, and has many sick
very few recover We have been spured-not one
OF our men has been attacked.
Dr. Everett, Surgeon, very low when left
Fort Gratiot, and Lieut.. Clay, of the 9TH had died
A letter from the respectable house of Gates g.
20. of Montreal. under date of 18th instant, ad.
dressed to the editors of the Albany Argus says
"We notice that it is going the rounds Of your
papers, as an extraordinary circumstance, that not
one black has been attacked with the Cholera oil
Their in Quebec hore. We believe however
that one has been attacked and dicd but the won.
der will cease when we tell you that we believe
there are not two dozen blacks in Quebec and here
We have had most extraordinary weather the week
past. Changes in the tenpeture of the weather,
20 to 26 degrees within the % hours. These
changes have been frequent; and when it changes
so suddenly from heat to cold, the cholera cases
are increased in number and viruence. We have
more OF it yet about us than could wish.
In reference to the liability of tho coloured popu-
lation to take the Cholera, the New York Journal
| of Commerce remarks
1--WE have taken some notice of the matter here
In New York, where there 1000 colored per.
sons, and the result is that blacks are as liable to
cholera as whites, and that as many die in proper
ton to their number"
! Only five cases Of cholera remained in Liverpool
| IN thc NJ I,,.