Vandalia Whig and Illinois intelligencer. [volume] (Vandalia, Ill.) 1832-183?, 1833-08-07
VANDALIA:
WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1888.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1888.
CHOLERA AT Jacksonville, we learn the
disease is assuming more the character of an
epidemic, and becoming more viruent in its
attacks. New cases were frequent and the
alarm general-the exercises at the college
had been discontinued, and the students, as
we'll rs some of the citizens. were leaving
the place. At Quincy there had been, pre-
vious to 23d ult. between 80 and 40 Deaths
the disease was subsiding. At Carrollton,
there are, at present, no indication of cholera
1t has wholly subsidized At Alton the dis
cnse has also abated. There have been a
few cases, but no deaths at Kaskaskia. In
Kentucky the disease appears to be abating,
and at the same time spreading through the
country in Tennessee At Cincinnatit has
Of late proved alarmingly fatal. Report
says the number of deaths were, about the
25th ult. from 20 to 80 daily. In the south
part Of Indiana the disease still PREVAILS
Such IS the latest intelligence about cholera
from the surrounding country. Here, we as
yet have no indications of 1.-THE health Of
the town and country was never better.
The Illinois Journal, in reference to a
communication which appeared in the Wing
a short time ago, makes use of language,
which, if it may not be called scurrilous, is
at least not very conciliating. The writer
Of the communication SO severely comment
ed on, is perhaps among the Journals best
friends; he has patronized the establishment
and would delight to see it prosper and real
Use the highest expectations of its proprie-
tors. He was actuated, we are sure, by no
personal motive; private feelings did not
prompt him, and if in his piece there may
have occurred some expressions which seem
rather harsh, the general tenor of the whole
ought to have excused them, or at least
screened the writer from needless shower of
billingsgate. The article was inserted with
out comment We did not, nor do we now
intend 10 make any portion, either of the
sentiment or language, ours; nor shall we
be provoked. in defence of cur correspondent,
into an unnecessary quarrel with our new
brethren of the Journal. AT present we
have other matters to attend TO. The Jour
nal will therefore, we hope treat this subject
Ms question exclusively between himself
and our correspondent "R I've assure the
editor is dealing with person capable of
his own card.
BLACK HAwK.-The people of Michigan
it would seem, are extremely hostile to the
General and his companions. On his arri-
val at Detroit, "the sable chief'' was burnt
in ef5gy by the citizens, Tor mob,) of the
town; and it was thought necessary to en-
ploy guard to protect him from insult. The
guard accompanies him on his way to Chi
cago. That many of the people of Michi-
gan have suffered much from Indian depre-
dations is doubtless true, and that some feel
ings Of hostility should be excited at the ap-
PcoIduCc VI tue dutiloTS vi tnetr SulIeTlH1S
is not strange; but Black Hawk is now a
fallen foe-it is unmanly to tread too harsh
ly upon him.
The Examiner, paper recently establish
ed at Washington City, by Mr.. Davis, of S.
Carolina, will advocate the claims of Daniel
Webster as a candidate for the next presi-
dent. As to the probability of Mr.. w. be-
coming candidate, the Examiner holds the
following language:-
"However anxious some of his friends
may be to withhold his name for while
from the public as candidate for the Presi-
-dency, yet it cannot be disguised that the
people have already announced him as their
candidate, and it is to them alone he will
look for tina. rational support which is every
where expressed and every where increas-
ing"
Patriot;sm and Chipalry Of the South
A correspondent of the National Intelligent
Ger furnishes the following comparative
statement OF the number of soldiers furnish
ed by the different states during the revolu-
Aionary war.
By New-England, 1l7,44l
By the Middle States, 56,571
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