The daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1848-1851, 1848-12-21
The Cholera in New York-Gold Fever-Doings in
General

RKw YoRK, Saturday. Dec. 3.
Eds. Crescent-YouF friends hereand yOu may be salts
fed you have some in these dggDgs-are delighted at
behOdng such evidence of prosperity the advent Of
yOu large and beautiful Weekly-which submitted this
morning. the inspection of knot Of craft and Of
journalists who all pronounced it model newspaper
hope you viii keep the character of oarisy which
peas in and which much the spice Of newspaper
as of life. YOn need MT blush when tell you that among
good judges here the Crescent is considered be the best
Daily in the southwest Moreover you know print people
not overload of prasng their contemporaries; and
do II do it without strong cause
The great topic of interest here nce the election eted)
to proceed from the existence of the cholera which
has arrived at last enough Thus far has been kept
at the Quarantine station Staten Island about
miles below the city, Some three four cases landed
from the Liverpool liner New York, week ago; they
were bedded in large where there several other
sick persons. As Others landed they went in the
But many hours elapsed before Of the other
sick persons exhibited symptoms of cholera too. The doc
tors however, CwhO class, the most sefOpinoned
under the SUM- would separate the original pa
en till the spread of the diEease threatened alarming con-
sequences. They did separate them, though last and
put tie cholera patients isolated place. by themselves
Since that me the disease has spread little none From
the best information there have been about twenty cases
and hall OF these have resulted fatally 1t must be borne
mind, at the time, that of these cases were
sons who were in all likelihood debtaed by disease dis
spaOn and their systems sank under the exhausng drain
Of cholera The weather. too has been remarkably bad for
health For the last three days-durng Wednesday Thus
day and Fndaythe air has been filled with heavy, stag
naed foggy wetness, and the streets with mud and filth
and every object covered with cammy moisture OfcouIse
nearly every disease now through the popular ALARM
converted into cholera.
We shall soon how all this will change when there
dry. keen fTost know the cry is that weather
makes great difference in the spread OF the dreaded dis
ease but that When the OF the atmos-
phere completely changed and exhaatons are not de-
veOped it looks likely that the same effects will ensue as
from totally different
(1urV in br,+
golden realities of California and there talk of fitting out
ships, and much people going in Them hoe up the gold
What splendid visions and how much more reliable, too
than splendid visions usually are ag MT you felt calP
toward those shores which so
Pour down their golden sands"
that people gather them by the tin cup-fu must say
should have sort of objection to go if mt tied
down." III New York Let us hope that the yellow tide
will have to set this way, Through New Orleans Q coSe)
and that editors and printers and newspaper correspondents
mag get some Of 1t, with the rest.
As the river continues naygable and the canals ditto
produce OF all kinds remains price and plentiful in
quantity Tire latter part of yesterday afternoon was Op-
preyey 5aTu-and this the 9Th of December One of
the papers witty says the Telegraph has brought dis
patch OF Southern weather. The Simpson benefit very
largely attended on Thursday night / am informed it will
yield si40O $l5C1 profit The play and performances
generally well sustained. Exhibitions of various
ndspctaes and other works of among the est-aTe
now well patronized in New York The projectors of
nearly all these places making money 1t every way
likely the plan Of the Battery enlargement will be ia
voraby decided upon before long You won't know the
Old spot, then it will be so much bigger.
Brooklyn, where it was burnt up-and that was about
five of its best parts being rapidly rebuilt again.
with wider streets, and more substantial houses.
MANHATTAN.