Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 182?-183?, 1832-06-29
THE CHOLERA.

information derived from three gentle
men, Zone of them resident Of this ci-
ty at from rs to 1870. No official
statement Of the disease had been pub
Ished since Wednesday afternoon-the
one then printed, announced that from
Sunday 10 Tuesday night there had
been % cases in the Hospital, % deaths,
and II remaining. Subsequent official
publications had been expected at Mon
treal with much anxiety, but none had
appeared in their absence the ravages
committed by the disease must be con-
jectured, but our informant states that
these are fully equal to any thing that
can be imagined From one of them we
learn, that on Thursday morning from
the time Of his rising until midday he
sd,o forty-fiye persons buried in the Cath
Ollie Cemetery, and the other states, that
the estimate Of deaths were said to b.
founded on the burials. DR.. Caldwell
an eminent physician in Montreal, stated
TO our informants, that on Thursday he
was sent for by at least 500 persons
Two persons died on that day at the
door of his house, and three others fell
down on the sidewalk near his house
while endeavorng 10 get there for the
purpose of obtaining advice from him.
The disease prevailed almos! entirely
amongst the emigrants and Canadians
who work on or along the river. But
few females were attacked, and death
generally ensued, when it did prove ia
tai, with great rapidity. A hearse dri-
yer in Montreal who conveyed the
corpse OF baker to the grave, was seiz
ed with the disorder and died before he
could be taken home. The wives and
children Of the soldiers Of the 18th Reg.
stationed at Montreal had been sent to
the barracks at Laprairie. The garri-
son at Quebec it was also understood at
Montreal, had partly left the former
place and were marching to more heal
thy quarters. Three deaths had occur
red among the soldiers at Montreal.-
The Americans who were on business
at Montreal had mostly left there on
"Wednesday as well as many families re-
siding there. Almost every individual
carried about him medical preparation
TO take, in case o(an attack. If the dis
ease did not moderate, the merchants of
Montreal contemplated packing up their
goods and stopping all business on Mon
day (to.day.
OF the state OF Quebec we have been
able to learn nothing further definite
y person from thence at Montreal sta
ted that, when Standing in the streets of
Quebec, the Yellow Flag, signal ofthe
existence of cholera, could be seen from
very many of the houses.
At Laprairie there had been three
deaths of cholera, Canadians. At St.
Johns one case; but the attack was very
slight, and the person recovered. At
Plattsburg there had been one case, sup
posed atsfirst to be Asiatic cholera, but
II afterwards proved merely q case Of
common cholera. The death at White
hall there is every reason to believe, was
not cholera.
II is worthy Of remark that the Cdrricks.
the vessel which il was supposed brought
the disorder 10 Quebec, although she had SO
deaths in the first part Of her voyage, had
none for month previous TO her arrival,
nnd then the Health officer at Quebec, re-
ported there was no disease on board. That
the disorder first appeared among the emf
grants IN that place, there can be no doubt :;
but it is far from certain that it first exhibit
ed itself among the passengers by that YES
sci. 1t is very certain that il was taken 10
Montreal by the emigrants who left Que
bee in The steam boat Voyageur. The bat
teaux men at Montreal, refused 10 carry any
more enigrants from that place to Upper
Canada, and the hands on board the steam
boal John Bull, which plies between Mon
treai and Quebec, refused TO work that YES
sci TO the latter place.
Since writing the above, we have learned
that passenger from Quebec states the
whole number Of cases which have occurred
there, up 10 Wednesday night, was two
hundred and fifty,
From the Montreal vndicator, ofJupe I2h.
The Cholera in Quebec and MOntreaI-
We have no reason now 10 doubt the exis-
teDce of this terrible disease in both these
cities. Wehave seen letter from medi-
cal gentleman in Quebec, who mentions il
thus:
Saturday 10 o'clock, p. m.
~ am just come from seeing a case Of
Cholera.--The woman's name il Prender-
gast--she was quit well this morning at g.
was seized with purging, vomiting and
spasms OF both eXtremities, and now the
pulse is mperceptible-the face sunken and
cadaverous--Ihe skin, nails, tongue and lips
blus aud cold, but yet the senses quit per-
feet. Whether The disease is imported or
generated is for future investigation. An
ether woman was seized, last night, in the
came house, with similar symptoms, and
have just been told by altboriiy, that he
disease is IN the Emigrant Hospital Go,a