Martinsburg gazette and public advertiser. [volume] (Martinsburg, Va. [W. Va.]) 1826-1833, 1833-07-04
Cholera Intelligence.

We insert the annexed extracts oil let
ters from New Orleans, published IN ID,
National Intelligencer, which give mos
appalling account Of the ravages OF thi
disease in New Orleans.
Extract Of a letter from Mobile dated June / 4
81 was III New Orleans few days; bu
the Cholera was so bad there that wa
most happy to make my escape from il
The disease is quite as malignant as il wal
last Fall Few Of those who are attacked
live more than twelve hours. Many are
carried off in half the time; and, what &:
most alarming, the respectable part OF tht
community, who last year were consider
ed almost exempt are now mostfrequently
attacked by the disease"
From another letter.
MOBILE, June ii.
"T'he Cholera is raging in New Orlean
and is attended with more mslignanc,
and faulty than il ever was, in any know
part Of the Globe, not even excepting tn
Jungles of India No premonilory symp
toms attend the disease. The first warn
ing man has. who may be in periec
health. is, that he is dying man, few
days since, actually died standing up-ht
felt faint and unwell reached fence
which he grasped. and then died, hl'
hands cramped to the rails which held hin
mp after death.
1--WE have it here, but not as an cpl
demic. Five cases occurred yesterday, a
mong the whites, four OF which were ia
tai
The Bnlerrn OF June 18th publishes the
following:
iaterments lniernents on Tuesday a
tbe Catholic Cemetery A. aud at the Pro
testant l3-total 80. There is an evident
decline IN the number Of deaths. and il /.
iondly hoped that 10 moFrow's report vii
show much greater decline. as we be
lieve that ii has its regular increase, unit
the 10Th or 10Th day, and as quickly sub
sides.
Some Of The missing New Orleans pa
pers have come 10 hand. among them thu
Courier Of the l0th instant, containing tn,
following:
The Chstcra hss been on the increas,
in our i'll iated city for several weeks pas
1t spares neither old nor young, ricl
nor poor-alnost all fell victims to it,
rapacity thief III the night it at
tacks, and generally succeeds IN carrying
of IFS vIctims-and medical aid is almos
tried in VAN The number OF the inter
ments in the Catholic and Protestant Blu
rying Grounds for the last two days are
as follows:
Catholic. Protestant.
sth June 81 s,h June 9.
9th June So oh June 1.
The same paper contains the followln.
list of recent deaths
Died, Madame widow Won. sister of j
c de St Romes, Editor Of the Louisiana
Courier.
Madame widow Faurie
Edward Bajoilere. aged 81.
A. M COLES, Of the firm Of COLES 8
Hearsey, aged 30 years.
Miss Marj Pendegrast.
Mrs. i,ethia Fellows, native OF Bos
ton.
James McKenny, President of the Me
cbanics' Society.
Mr. Andrew Fonde, and his wife Sarah
both OLD and respectable inhabitants OF
this city
On the 0th inst at Baton Rogue, of a
short but painful illness, Robert Kane
hlorriss, OF New York, aged % wears
MOBILE, June IA.
There has been no change in the gen
sral health of this city since our last no
tlce From a reference to the Sexton's
Report IN another column. we learn, that
OF the ten deaths that have occurred du
rIng the week, three only were of cholera.
The weather remarkably pleasant, and
The atmosphere, TO all appearance, pure
andhealthy The Thermometer ranges at
this moment q, p NJ at Sc deg.
The Board of Health Of the town oil
Montgomery have published report in
the Planters Gazette of the 9th inst an
nounclng the occurrence Of seven cases oil
Cholera in that place and its vicinity
Fhe disease was confined exclusively to
the black population.
The following, which we copy from the Frank
fort Commonwealth, gives the hcaruending pic
ture Of its progress in Kentucky.
10 Maysville, according 10 an extra
Nom or OF the 18th inst, there bad been,
in all forty deaths. This place was ahan
dened by great portion of its inhabi
tants, and the absent are advised that ii
is not safe, as yet. for them 20 return
10 Paris, the W estern Citizen Of the
I4th instant says, that they have been
most Unexpectedly spared, there having
been but one death. and that one stage
driver, who had neglected the premouito
~ symptoms. In the county OF Bourbon
there had been many cases
In Flemingsburgh and the county of
Fleming, we are informed by gentle
man just from there, that The ravages OF
the disease are awful In town and coun
Try il was raging 10 an almost extermina
ting degree in one family, twelve out of
fourteen had died in twenty four hours, in
another ten out of fourteen. Two of the
Physicians in Flemingshurgh were already
dead and the remaining two were not ex
pecied 10 live In the village Of Eliza, 10
Flemming county. where there are near
one hundred houses, there was not liv
lnp soul 10 he found apd fhraa IaaI hn