New-York daily tribune., 1849-05-15
The Cholera in the y. %. Mining and Trading
Company.
A New Orleans paper copies the following let
ter addressed 20 { e Wilcts Esq. there IL Is from
a member Of the above Mining Company

A New Orleans paper copies the following let
ter addressed TO c G Wllcts Esq. there. 1t Is from
member OF the above Mining Company
FoRr SMITH April lo l-iP
Ny DEAR SIR. We had scarcely left NewOrlcans
before hc cholera found on board End ono oi me
hands died since which we have lo-i hve others me
TWO Pilots and our poor old Doctor Dr. Miord OF Ne"
Orleans. and President Incurd livery one oi u-, ]
believe. nli touch myself not exempted ana Tor
several days expected io have shared the iae oi others
around ne
The boat The Robert Morris took board At Nieks
burg a company 4 Mississippans, II n number
bound our wav. and the cabins were full fOrtunal'y
or %. who remained on board. they took .HMP'Af
..,, of their men being -ck and determined 10 land
and proceed 20 Fort smith rs land hta th4- N',
heau the cas. Heaven only knows where desih "ouin
have stopped The country I'll about me AissI'-itP
aud fer considerable distance up the Arkansas i'''
Wa overlooked the consequently very lmpuit
ln case YOU or your friends should take the choiefa
give YOU our course oi treatment Directly aAi nea
comes on look out watch your Diet ear nothing caicu
sfed % prove iudsestbie take pills made u fopllm
camphor and Cayenne peppcrl the pam IN l> stvih
sch i bad Qaudanum) II 70 increases ana ien".n.t
cramp apply mustard pouliice- 70 NE 'olss VI vac
eet c8ves oi the les- wrap up warmly ~ eS'it' tr-
pfauon and after The attack Is over you cannot be 100
cautious We lost more from relapse tnAn from ne
fret attack they imprld,nily nnding themselves weak
f.e % strengthen them The is fatal error Hitfte
yourssif Tor sevsral DAYS and keep warm until the
stomach has tone thcn eat moderately AMI Only H-ni
ioCl avoid drinking water
The second Pilot and our poor o.d Doctor heh lI-t
hsfor, w. rca, he'd Little Rock. - ~hcn pl'c L't
were buried Ihsv being Nss1n- III Lodge there un
srfo0k the ,-ultfion of their funeral "t- ftaiiN
tn imposing -.ht and hall the place turned OUT % -,'
r The procession met ai the steamer s.out - CLOCK
a Military Band hf-f followed by tne N--on- ~ UNI
form then The Bodies. followed hy nrctnef u me
Plot and the Engineers and Clers- q fhe boat our
Company followed. headed hy Nnsnt and my-ei
,ben c.,ua the Captain and rev and some civilians
friend. of the decea-ei Pilot believe IN carriages and
On horseback The ceremony At the burial ground va
truly imposing The Clergyman Of ne place aitef"aTh
offered up = PRAYER. Nothing coud nave n"en more
sl-isf-tofv 20 the friends o the dead or % our Com
panv than the respect and attention we received and
the sympathy excited by our ni,iorIunes
Wright and one OF our men lAhlel agoul ~ i'l-,. .
from For, smith proceed By land Tor the purpose OF
purchasing mules there beng some douot ~ 10 the
probability Of our procuring them there
We have been csmped out three or four days. nut
.hal start tomorrow The LIE = o ne new one,
but plenty OF exercise Aes ~ eat Ike troopers les
ferdsy two or three OF rode Olt 70 pfaTie - see
the proceedings and the roads Inefe arc hot many
encsnpef about here now-they have moved 70 Llrue
River 10 which spot are bound immediately Our
teams vii be oxen and mules and ponies % nde
Many Companies have broken up; some that hsd &C.
tnsIIv startei have returned The Mississippi Com.
many above spoken Of i broken up The choera si-
n-eS among them Immediately after they landed Of
which disess. three OF their number died Three or
tosr intended % 70 onothrs have returned home Dis
| hearted Your truly IhOHA1 Ami A1L'
syLYDsrExsE-The Montreal correspondence OF
tho ye- York R--ald OF Monday after describing the
st,eup, 70 destroy Tstu. Hotel and those N H. BY
.Dle mob saws that the persons asssiled hre pistols
and then hints that Me-srs Hineks aud DFumrnonG may
have fred them and that = ihis rum0r spTedds tn
hs4 b,-r not remain IA M0Hsool nHeA OEg0" 30, then
il laules. band Of drunken ruans ssza British sub
act. IN their houses or hotels. and il be rorsa that
so,,e one Of them defended himself he must 60 into
ssfbauishnaent b. assassnated 1nis Was not ihe
tsror place doctrine. last week II the writer o. u'
and some other letters n the HTad had oeen ois.
OF the mob % onc 0i ils pF0mpte.s ne eoal bv' va
| SD more Infamous th.ca.s --CcansEtaaisa.