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PROGRESS OF TIE CHoI.rp


Ceorgstosc~, Ky.-The same paper mcn,o,,
that the rasages Of the cholera had been ,,r,
severe IN Georgetown, but that IL had muri
abated there, also, within the last or3c,v.
The whole number Of deaths there 4, s,s,..
ut p 90 30. Among tie dead. are Mr. IcF
man Stehee, Mrs. Tomliusou, Mrs. Evan Sic.
yenson, John Branham, Esq, Ta,,nor Il.
Branham, Mrs. Stong, Thomas r. Burns. NIrS
John Smith, DIR. W. l.. Richards, Wan. spill.
man, and Miss Lavina X. Story.
Several fatal eases Of cholera had occurred
ut Winchester, ~. The inhabitants had, 4,
consequence, fed.
Frankfort, Ky.-Up to the Io,h. no case Of
cholera had occurred at Frankfort, but the
Observer mentions n report OF three fatal
cases there on the following day.
IL FIemingsbwg and vicinity, there had
been upwards Of ~ deaths in the week end
Ing on the 18TH Ia Quo family OF fourteen
persons, there had been twelve deaths.
.niLersearg, Ky.--The disease appeared at
MiiIersburg on the evening ct the l1th, ari
next doy there were 3 deaths and or add
tionai cases. A letter states, that the phys
clans were paralyzed with fear, and recon-
mendci instant flight TO tho oi,izers. Tto
advice was followed, and by noon Of that
day, the dead and dying were deserted. tbs
letter coD;inues-"TLe result was as might
III
recovered. Had our physicians stood firm
as was their duty, the result might have been
different. They left us in the hour Of dan
ger, and led like poltroons, without striking
a blow" The disease, which made so terri.
be an onset in Millersburg. soon spent Us fu.
~ there. On the 18th and 10th there had
been but one fatal case.
.Hassriiie, ky.-The Eagle Of the ooh saws
the disease still continues in that place, but F.,
good deal Of its violence has abated. From
the 18th to the Goth, there had been ten
deaths. Several new cases were reported on
the 10Th, bat none OF violent character
IGassriise, Ohio.-The Zancsyillc Republi-
can Of the 22d says, the health Of that town
continues good.
GaWPoiis, 0hio.-Repor;s lad reached Gin
cInnatl, on the 22d, that the cholera was com
hitting terrible ravages at Gallipolis-it was
Tuniorcd that there had been l deaths In ono
day.
.sasariiie, Transferring tho 18th and I6ts
there were two de aths by cholera in NASH
vile, aud one at the penhentiary. Tho Ban
ner Of the 18th ,ays-"At present, the usual
good health Of the city is nearly restored. A
few cases only OF cholera exist, and scarcely
any are violent and fatal. We have no rea-
son, however, To repose in security. Tho
march of the disease Is mysterious and meal
culablc."
III Puimyra, in the same State, the disease
had ragged with great violence, but was sab
siding At the last accounts, which are TO the
18th. Up TO that period, there had been, in
That village alone, between 20 AMI so dsaihs.
Among the deaths, Is that OF Richard W..
Chandler, merchant, Of that place.
.Nahrilis, Tsnn.-Thcrc were J deaths by
cholera, in Nashvilie-all colored persons
ca Monday the l'ih juno, and S fatal eases
at the penitentiary.
Pihsburg.--A coIorcd man " no kept shop
in Pitisburg, died Of Cholera ut his dwelling
in Arihursyiile, on Sunday last The Pitts.
burg Gazette Of Tuesday mentions no other
case Of the disease, since that.
We subjon extracts Of private h,ters.
which exhbR this disease with features more
malignant than We have ever heretofore seen
il in:
Er,rae. Of letter
MOBILE, June H.
81 was in New Orleans a few days but
the cholera was so bad there, that was mot
happy to make my escape from it. The dis
case - quite as malignant as il ~as last fall
Few Of those who are attacked, live moro
than twelve hours. Many are carried OF in
half the time and What is most alarming.
the respectable part Of the community, who
were last year considered almost exempt, ar.
now most frequently attacked by the disease"
From aHetktr Ltfttr.
MOSTLY, JUxH II.
The cholera IL raging in New Orleans.
and IS attended with mere maIiguancy and
fatality than II ever was, In any known part
Of the Globe, not even he Jungies Of India.
No Premonitory symptoms attend the disease.
The first warning n man has, who nav be in
perfect health, is, that he is dS ing man, a
lew days since, actually died standing NJ:
nc lett faint and unwell. Tesehed a fence.
winch be graspcd, and then died, his haa.I.
ersmPed 10 tie rails, which held him up AZ
ter death.
1--WE have IL here, but not az an epidemic.
Five cases occurred yesterday, among tho
whites, four OF which were fatal"
LrViSGIos, KY. JrxE o.
he thottra.-We have the pleasure 90 ir-
TORN our friends at home, - we'll rs those o.
broad, that after raging for two weeks. with
Sioiouce and fatality without perbapso soli
iary parallel in the history Of the ma.ady
since ITS hrst appearance in America. the eho.
ltra has 30 far abaied as to afford cheering
prospect Of its shortly leaving our Inflated
city entirely.
SINCE saturday morning We have had com
parative'y but few new eases most Of tho
deaths since that time having been from oil
OF relaFsed cases. u Is supposed by those
Who have taken some pans 10 ascertain tho
number Bs near % It could DC done amidst g. g
gloom, anxiety, and mourning that have per
Vadsd al classes. that the number of deaths
within the city limits will not fall short ii
300. BY others, u Is thought that $50 would
not be too high an estimate. ObsstreT.
RE-" ~ H'ger'foua Torch light II Tlsgssile.
\ few eases of cholera have occurred. dur
ing The last week along the line Of the ca
mol above and below Williamsport. We
nave heard % three confirmed cases, uhich
resulted fatally and others have been re-
ported, Nhsther upon good ground, or NOT Ne
are unable to ssy.
OuT iovn enjoys its usual good health. no.
case having Jet occurred amongst ~ dar.
ING tho present season