Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1832-09-06

By the official report of New York CITY In
spector, it appears that the interments IN
this city, in the week ending on Saturday,
were 80 Of which hlmber, i7s we're deaths
by cholera. In the proceeding week the in.
ter,neBts were 4a4 of cholera 222 - The
dimlnution OF interments IN The last week was
therefore, 53-ne rly all OF which are sub
stfacted from the cholera account Avhen il
Is taken into consideration that the pepnIa
ton Of the city has been increased within the
last ten or twelve days from 90 to 80 per
cent, this eporof inteFnents exhibits sth
more encouraging proofs that the disease
which has prevailed, is rapidly declining
The Dublin papers contain an account,
"ir0m an authentic, source of.the' death of
large masiltf, from eli 1l.rA. lie was attack
ed with violent spasm his frothy tongue
lolcd out The medical gentlemen examn-
ed the animal, and instantly pro nonnced the
case to be one of decided Indian spasmndic
cholera. The dog died within half an our
after he was alta. k d.!
The Philadelphia .NaiiOlial Gazette srus.-
"N e learn thai the five cases of fatal cholera
which occurred the day before Yesterday at
GcImantown, were of lahoureFs on the rail
road; who made a dinner of .waterneions.
cucunIhers, and whiskey-thc most approved
reeet for prompt DISSOLUTION
Cholera among The FIsh,-A letter from
ConstantIa. published 10 the Evening Post.
says:-"On the morning Of the 25th inst this
shore, north Of the Oneida Lake, was disco
vered to be lined with dead fish. principally
Pike and Perch. | had the curiosity to go
down Oh the shore myself and in the short
distance Oh "A lew rods, counted upwards OF
two hundred.
A Paris paper Of June 90, Substituting
several days great quantity Of eels and
other fish in the river at Hafflc ur. and in the
dItches at Havre which admit the tide. have
been observed to leep on the shore and there
expire. Sentlncls have been stationed to pre-
vent persons from araillng themselves Of this
easy out probably unwholesome supply"
Distressing Doylestown Democrat
has the following: understand that
some person while passing along the Della
ware, on the Jersey side few miles above
Trenton, happening to look into one Of the
fishing houses, which abound along the shore
and about this season Of the year are unuccu.
pied, discovered three dead bodies and on
gong on a little further, found the corpse of
a woman lie went ia serch of some of the
neighbours, who, when they bad collected
togeather, succeeded after some difficulty IN
getting the body of the woman carried into
the house with the others A physician was
$ eht dor, 10 make an examination, who we
learn, gave IT his opinion that they had died
OF the Cholera. The bodies were IN com
plete state fpetrefactioo, and nobody could
be found to bury them II was then deemed |
TO fire the building, which was done
and the bodies consumed 10 it, They were
from the Raritan canal.
We have perused letter from a gentle
man at Liverpool, by the MontezHina which
states that, IN cases Of death by cholera in
England, ii has heen generally found neces
saTy TO inter the body vitain few hours, as
decomposition takes plare almost immediate
~ The climate OF Great Britain admits, in
most cases. OF keeping the body from tise to
len days; and that is the period which cus
.om has prescribed Saturday Gatetia, |