New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1847-07-12
Annals of Misery-The Typhus Fever In
(anada.

The British Government are waking up to the
dreadful condition Of Cnsda subjected I, TO sys
tenn of emigration from Ireland the result of sad mis-
rule In that oppressed country Earl Grey has AZ length
instructed Lord Elgin provide every possible accom-
modsuon for the miserable victims of European land
monopoly and draw thu British Treasury for the
expense Ten ,housandtens have aso been ordered to
the quarantine station below Quebec.
The conduct OF the Catholic Clergy, and especially
of the Gray Nuns /. beyond ell praise. These pious
women fesrless of death pressed on IN their Ch-'--
errsnd performing the most naie OInces In the midst
of disease and death those whom society had deemed
outcssts The Montreal PHO, Of the sth says:
There are At present - nuns sick from exposure,
fatigue and the attacks of dsssse All the Gray Nuns in
atte enhance two of the Sisters OF Charity. i've physi
cians and eight students lie sick 10 which gloomy
and sickenng record must add the number OF $50
persons of all sges and sexes lingering on beds of
Wretchdness and corruption 10 mAny cases without
attendant afford drop OF water 70 attend 70
those decent iormslites which the sad soemnues of
death require The living and the dead mingled In
groups together and present spectacle where Death
regns 10 bis most terrible Infections aud where op-
pressed humanity has assembled 10 pay him tribute.
Among the large and helpless, families thus thrown
upon ne of them subjects of those diseases
consequent on long voyages aud close confinement On
their arrival separation generally takes place the
healthy portion being sent away 10 their ultimate point
of desn AtiOn while the sicky members are obliged 10
remain and take their temporary abode In the sheds
Young women separated from their parents. unirsm-
meed by the restraints imposed By social endearments
are often thrown upon the chances Of precsrous EN-
plOyment, and We fear IN many cases made, through
utter restitution the unwilling though certain victims
Of the heartess and unprncPled"
The Montreal Herald relates the following anec.
dOte
"A medical friend found poor sick girl of some gh.
teen years of seated the doorstep snd although
able walk suffering under the effects OF feverhe IN.
terrogsted her and, in few words she told her sad
storyher parents had diedon her arrival at Montreal
che obtained sdmittsnce into a lodging house-on Mon
day she taken H. and turned out OF dOOrs-she sp
piled for and refused, admission 10 the Hospital
the night of Monday she spent 10 vacant house and
knew not where 20 lay her head for the night Our
friend directed her 70 90 10 the Hospital at the Shedths
She refused 10 do-urging. and we wonder AZ it
her conviction that she would only 70 there TO die -
Having large family, friend although most IN vii
hngy did not feel that he would be ushed in Offering
her asylum In MS own house for the night-he
left her-snd saw her no more. This, greatly fear
is by no means Asolitsry case.
There now every appearance OF the fever establish
ing itself in Montreal az Epidemic II is spreading
the inhabitants Cases scattered in every quarter
among the poor and II Is only too true that IL mas In
several instances found It's way into the aoodes OF the
upper classes The mmi grafton from al accounts. will
be nmense, and continued the close Of navigation
when nlventilsted hospitals and teeming lod ging
houses, with doors and windows shut keep out the
cold will carry the force OF the disease TO its IN
Inc pet VIII tnen PROBABLY modify The general atmOs
phere IN such manner % Obiruds into fsmilie .
where the keenest research cannot convict a single
member OF having exposed himself 70 direct infection
and will then be entitled 10 It's name Of Epidemic
The arrivals Of emigrsnts from Europe ct Quebec OF
the 9th were 1858 Rev John Hawthorn of Armagh
Co ireland, who was for q years covenantDg Presby
terrain Minister and his son Hutchinson, sged - year
died Of fever near Crosse Island. and buried IL
the same coffin Mrs H. and their other children ar
triendless 10 and Of strangers