The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1849-01-04
The Cholera ia the south and West.
lErOm thu Boston Journal Ian l

The Cholera In the South and West.
From the Boston Journal, Jsa
The following is an extract OF letter from New
Orleans, To gentleman in this city, dated Deem
Der ~, lS4S:-
You will by the papers before this reaches YOU
that the cholera made its appearances here on Friday
latt. Many of the accounts you will ,ee will no doubt
be much exaggerated in regard to the numbers Of
deaths &c those ports coming from the Mobile and
Western papers 1t is bad enough assure you, but
st not What it represented to be by many who
made its appearance, the alarm was very great.
never such Q general panic among all classes of
people as there was during that day Cholera was ia
every ones mouth and tho whole topic OF convsrsa-
ton; every who could get swsy from the CITY COM
m+pced packing up; all the boats wers completely
loaded with people eeRg from the cholera On sunday
the alarm suhsded what but still the people
not tranquil and by no means satisfied to stay here II
they could make 1t convenient to leave. Since that
time the disc has been the increase; the deaths
for the last three four DAYS have heen from fifty to
seventy five per day and with such weather as
now having there will probably be an increase
The disease thus far has been very fatal; those at
tackled dying in from two to ten hours One gentle
man in this botel (the st Charles) was taken unwe
yesterday lat night he a dead man-it Mr..
Jackson merchant of New York Que If the walters
told me at dinner yesterday, that this tables looksd
like summer time" not than third filled;
last week every place FULL people will not
here without they actually compelled to- The best
joke of the season is that nearly all the medical stu
dents In the place put out for dryer place
as they heard the cholera was In town.
The grestett excitement prevails in Cincinnati, in
in that city the 2oth ut The following is the re.
port Of the Board of Health Of the cath =
1.-THE only two recent de aths in the city, known to
the Board as connected, In the public mind with the
Asisfic cholera occurred on tbs 26th inst, Ia the
Commercial Hospital under the of the town
ship trustees and the Professors Of the Medical Col
lege OF Ohio The first OF these prou
By the medical attendants, and the conductors Of the
subsequent post as0riem examination, to have bsen
not one Of epidemic cholera, but Of Inflammation of
the bowels. The other patient young man from
| the Cincinnati and Madison pack et Wsconsiu Hs
Inst lava nj nD MI hal
several members of tho Board of Health aud medi
cal professors and although some Of the sympto of
fpatmodic cholera were observed the medical gentle.
present conscious that 1t only an agra
waited cafe of cholera morbus.
although these investigations have resulted In the
conviction that the dreaded epidemic il not upon
u.s. the Board avail themse of this opportunity of
acknowledging the acceptable appropriation by the
City Council OF $1,000 to aid them carrying into
effect the leading objects Of their appointments; and
invoke an early attention to the various and impor-
tant suggested In their report of the 9Th
net, In relation TO their eevera powers and duties"
Police Intelligence.
Charge OF Matnting Officers hadbolt and Walling,
Of the lower police, arrested yesterday man by the
name Of Alexander Dsvoe, on a warrant issued by
maimine Mr. Walter Adams Of No los JoSs str rsn
ny biting on his LIT ear appears from ths facts in
the care that Adams and Devos were IN public house
New Years night, when some alteration took place
and Adams struck Devoe, which resulted in clinch
together, and rough and tumble fxht ensued, and
when teparated Adams found himself short of ear,
and alleges that Devoe bit 1t or The left Of MIR.
Ads%s was produced in Court preserved In liquor as
though be had In hand. Upon this state of facts,
the magistrate detained the accused until further
heariI g is bad In the matter.
| Charge Of Stealing Watch.-A woman, by the name
Of Csthsrins Graham, Was arrested yesterday, on a
charge Of .tsslins silver watch and gold chain She
Conrey.d Back for T'ial..Ofhoer Stephens, Of the
lover police, will convey this forenoon, James Mo-
Gerry to Orange county, for trial, where he stands
| charged with obtaining goods by false pretenoes.
a Singular Case for the PoLce.-A policeman, just
court, at the Tombs, Q decsntiy dressed ooored
man, lying on the fat Of her back cart. An APP
pcation was then made to the magistrate for COM
ess
snd stood up perfectly erect, without even bend Of
fra drunken woman, another examination given,
and TO- and behold you, the woman was dead, aud
to have bs.n drunk placed
there the aO d to the % but
weather, the body Was frozen stiff MIR stewart, the
clerk of police on being informed Of the prisoners
DEATH sent for of the corporation cous deposited
and large hammer secured the lid least the old
man, during the night might thsw out aud raise
musS In the station house.
Dongs before Jue McGrath polIoe court on Sunday
about f". divided colo, q
& acSnd up with white hSndis,chsG through which lad
pretty but ddeS by Spson sas g. hs
:d. kind Of Oomca looking Chinese with fs wool
slsf Exactly d.
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name q Richard Johnson. ~
1bis woman tsr. as wss standing the corner
tsn ss, s s;su he key @ & f
~ Ss sss : .Sss
s the be-. a as my she
burn me on both cheeks and my lip and all my vest and
ar, very :ssssSs: aid bad
suppose his eye sight you would have nard
him r life shall certainly lake great Of you and put
RIA sasIs s Committed
in The sste Sing Ssis years
Court of General Sessions.
Before Recorder Tallmadge, Aldermen Crolus and
Dodge; Jehn MoKeon, Esq District Attorney
we're sworn n a. the sitting Of tho
Skdmore, Foreman Joseph NJ. Bell, Charles Crane,
Lewis M; De Camp: Henry Jones' George Peck, John
SaJres, John b. Wasted, Mathew Armstrong, Samuel
Msycock. Isaac C. Taylor, Andrew Nelson A. B. Rol-
Inns, 8. NJ Cans Philip Kelly and Robert Stead-after
His Honor the REcoRDEH delivered his opening
charge to lbe Grand jury before denssy crowded
Inappropriate to the OCCASION II he avsed himself
Of the opportunity afforded him, to return his sincere
thanks to his friends and fellow citizens for the re-
n,wsd expression Of confidence and respect which
they had extended to him and In reconme ncing his
duties he trusted that his sincerity would not be ques
toned, when he stated, that he entered upon them
with extreme anxiety and great diidonce. From tho
experience which he bad heretofore, In reference to
the duties connected with the court, and when he
recolected that 1t took cognzapoe Of every descrp
ton Of offence, they would not doubt his sincerity,
when he said that he entered upon tbs duties con-
nected with It with exceeding distrust to his own
capacity The court Of the highest impor-
lance involving the lbertirs of the people, and not
their property. There no Glass Of cases, that
aroused more suspicion In tho public mind than those