Lynchburg Virginian. [volume] (Lynchburg [Va.]) 1829-185?, 1833-07-04
PROGRESS OF TIE CHOLERA.

PROGRESS OF Tue CHOLERA.
Frederieksbare If the folio wing articl i. which
we copy from the Richmond Wing be wei. founded
/, will be seen that the cholera has reached Vlrgi
MIA, and attacked one of the towns which last sum
mcr escaped its ravages
Died, in Fredericksburg, on the evening of juno
23h OF Cholera, John w. Scld,n, Esq, in the
blst year OF his age.
| We make the following extract in relation to
| his death from n letter " Il vas without doubt
case of Asta'ic Chole,a. lie was taken Sunday
! night with llsordered bow els, which continued so
slight ilroug hout Monday us not TO induce MN to
| use any remedy. On Tuesday morning Mt sun
rise, found him perfectly PROSTATE and just re-
covered from tanning brought on 10y copous cvuc
uati9ns from tie stomach, othc rice wetcr chorac.
| ter, Characteristic oil Cholera. He was also at.
tackled with violent cramps. lie had mcdlca and
Immediately, but lie too nr gone to recover
| His body assumed the indlgo-siain sppearsnoc
&c. common 10 the disease One ortwo caseS
had occurred previously OF suspicious character
! 81 Sine the foregoing in type, later nc
counts have been received from Fredericksburg, by
which we learn that there have been several cases
Of Choe'a in that place. No ALARM however, was
manifested.
GaOipoiis (OA'o)--A Letter feom Gen, New
som, Of Ohio, to his friend near Lynchburg, dated
JANE H. seys -
"Our town during last week was visited by
Cholera and Two deaths occurred after a short i'll
ness. One was negro, who arrived with his
family fiom n. Carolina, was unwell "ncn cross
ing the river and died in day or two, The other
was q citizen Of our town, of temperate habits.
After eating healthy of cherries, and drinking
cup of new made cider, (trom green fruit, he SICK
ened aud died in five hours. Two new cases are
reported THIS morning and dootts are entertained
of their recovery The fears of the citizens are
much excited. Some are cxhorting 10 temperance,
while Others are recommending the free use OF srdent
spirits Let others udopi such courses as may best
SUI, them, but as for me aud my fumly we will
(as we have always donc) bst,in from spiltuous
lquors.
A few days will decide our fate We cannot
me Were we disposed TO ~ we know moi
| " here 10 go for il seems that Cholera, rs pesi
lrn,iI r,asna. iniects the whole western region,
and ltis inhaled wrh every breath We draw, ready
| TO b. cxcitcd INTO action any moment
June 2D--Sn'e wrtIng the ebovc, one other per
son has died, and another rs expected every minute
to die. md we have four Or five new cases.-Far',
wcll--.perhaps forever"
N,1o orleans, dc-Our last newspaper &c
counts tom New Orleans of date the l3tn ult
at winch tine the cholera continued to be vey vlo
lent lie, cr, however, his been received III
| I.ynchburg ofda,e the Eth ult. from which We
| learn, that, at that time, the epidemic had almost
entirely ceased It's ,avsgcs.-A letter '-,n New
O'leans Of the l2h wnch VIC find in tho Bal.
! ,imorc American, SAYS
4 This city has not alone suffered by tho cholera
i, has been felt all along the Mississippi md r. Il
| Rlves In the Parish OF Rapidcs, on tue latter,
| tn mortality has been great The inhabitants Of
Alexandra, struck with panic have lej from their
town and bc,aken themselves 10 the plne woods
some OF the planters, after having osl mnnY II
a.. r Slaves and o'bcrs thcir wIvcs aud ohci mem
| D IS OF their fnes have Afterwards deserted
| lheIr houses, first tearing down then tnees that
lhcr cattle might not suffer for food or water The
treatment of the disease has been much "a hereto
fore except thct bleeding rs mJre rcsored 10. Du
rlng the month Of lay the deaths IN New Orleans
were 1875 From he Isl TO The llth OF the p esent
month, inclusive. they are 35o
Lezingt0n, (Ken. The Lexington Reporter of
June D. is filled with the melancholy details OF the
effects of the cholera in that city II contains lsi
of the dead, as far as had been practlcablc to us
cc,,an their names, amounting TO 375-whites is6
blacks lG4-lunatics in the asylum at that place
d Amony the deaths, 40 noilce The name Of
Mons J. A. Xaupi, we known in this section o.
country. On the 22d, the disease still fingered IN
Lexington, but with abacd violence. We make
he subioired cytract from an interesting letter from
a gentleman in Lexington, To tic Editor OF the Phil
adclphia National Gazette
"On Sunday, the 81 instant, that awful sconrgc
of God the Che lcra broke out IN Lexington, and
us rayse cs have been dreadful and desolaline, be-
vond exampe-not excepting even New Orleans
IL is the opinion OF the best informed, that not far
short of 400 have fallen victims IN about II days
and this too with greatly reduced population
More than one half probably wo''hIrds illd soon
after its commencement. Not the ntemperate not
the dlssontc not the wretchcd and poverty -sirick
en- alone hays fuen, ou, many our best cltlzons-
men of wealth. OF character, of sobriey, OF religion
Ma less than ten or twelve COMMITMENTS IN our
church, and presume proportional Number IN all
the rest Three physicians DDS b'swrh, Chal
len, and S,cele,> II number Of merchants and me
charics;J fowler, Casacr U 5. Bank VIM. /.
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