Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1832-10-18
CHOLERA REPORTS


81 W. learn tina, rumors again Circulating,
in various sections of,be country tina, the Cholera
is raging ia this place. His mt tHc. The only
foundation FOX such rumor Is an cquiyocal case
ola young man, whose disease exhibited some Of
the characteristics OF tho Cholera, on Monday neht
last. lie is, however, on tho recovery, and no
case has since occurred, otn similar character, up
10 this time. We repeat, Therefore that the Chol-
efa Las nlver existed here an epldene.-'
Pledged, as We were to give notice oftha first
case which occurred, We rcpor. the above east
from perhaps top punet'lous regafd for that
pledge; as, although HERE were some Of the symp-
toms Of ,ha, disease attending it, YET !, is believed
generally tina, II was not the Cholera.
In Rtehmoad. for the "a hour5 onlns at IL o.
clock Oh Friday the l2th inst there were only 3
nermcnts reported 3 Of which we're coloreG per-
sons. For the same space of time, ending at the
saue hour, on Saturday the 18th inst. s mterments
were reported, of which were colored persons
Vhc disease has evidently spent It's fury IN Rich
mVd and is now passing away, as ii has done
IN other places,
The Richmond Compiler of Saturday, contains
"A letter from Northumberland county, dated 81 Of
October, giving information that the Cholera in u
very na.isnan, form, has made It's appearance in
that punty-We make the following extracts
About eighteen days ago man, (whte, aged
ahou; y, was attacked with Cholera, attended
with spasns During the Summer he had had
several attacks OF the common cholera 81 his health
&is generally tad. he has recovered. In a fsw
daysn young woman living in the family, having a
pulmonary disease, was attacked she died in two
OF three days Both ofthcse cases had medical and.
The next was blnek man, On the same family J
apparently of excellent constitution and / believe.
good habits he died IN two or three days from the
attack
con the 9th September, in the same neighbor
hood and very near. man by the nnn1e Of Wood
was attacked in the morEngahou clock, with y,o-
lent spasms, vomiting pursns. lie died about sun
set One Of his children, n boy, e or years old, died
in few hours after his father. The boy had been III
bad health for some time he did not complain
than usual ; he went to bed, and in an hour or two
was discovered to be dead. The wife ofthe decea-
scd man was attacked us her husband, with spasms,
&c on the same evening. Another OF the children
In day or two the thir1 and last child was taken
and died. The wou'an had medical aid two or three
days after her attack she died on the OOH In six
days has the family of w God, consisting of five per
sons, been entirely swcp; off by the cholcra.
There was family Of bucks, Give persons,)
on the same premises. Two Of them died about
the eth Sept, and third was taken on the Both,
and died on the next day all young and healthy
making in the whole eight deaths, in eight or
nine days, out Of ten persons There can be no
doubt bu, ,hc family must have suffered for medi-
oa aid, having received but one visit from physl-
elan during the time, and that after the death OF
the three first.
Where there is such an extraordinary mortali-
" an enquiry for some exciting cause naturally
follows. Both Of the situations referred to are con-
sidercd unhealthy, being on the head of a creek,
where there is great deal of mud, and that expo
sed, on low tide, TO the action of the sun. Woods
family, generally, was in bad health, having, or
had had, the Fail disease that is common to such
situations. The family was extremely poor, .her
diet being of the most unhealthy kind, (crabs, fish
add oys,ers) |, is generally believed in the neigh
borl,ood, that their mode ofivng was the exciting
CAUSE