The daily national Whig. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1847-1849, 1849-05-19

This dissolution Of the Chambers was followed, Tie
~, by the publication Of an imporiah state document
refusal ofih imperial by the King Of prpesa This
agemmeni which y Of great length is addressed to u
power bsars he date x ss April and I The ssnaire
~ Count Brandenburg NJ Comphausen is requested 40
nakei's eeaisnta Known % ihe National Assembly.
The following notice issued Berlin at six o'clock
Aer the dissolution OF the Secon Chamber
q te lower classes Of he people took place in the vicinity
Z, we ,ouss ana y ,s adjoining streets when w my
Their firearms, whereby six persons killed aud 81
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THE CHOLERA.
We dislike TO strike the tocsn We loathe the
dreadful word and yet we suspect The cholera Is
coming, and we ongat TO be prepared against the in
sidous foe. Its destructive power has been felt on
the mississippi, and II is ascending The Ohio and
striking Its victims on both sides of the rverninch
exaggerated, no doubt as il Is said 10 have been at
81. Louis, but IL is nevertheless an enemy far TOO
strong be despised We lay before our readers, in
another column, some Of The accounts we have re-
eeivcd from the West. The ST. Louis Republican,
OF me SIN instant, says II prevails In particular To-
caliiies-and whyf Simply because The proyoea-
lives OF the disease oil found there in the offensive
state Of the yards The Streets and the alleys and the
unhealthy condition OF the houses and the number
OF persons crowded into ihern. These nuisanccs
ought 10 be abaed, and the people should take a
hand In IT, The streets and alleys are bad enough
but the interior of tho premises of many OF our ci
zens is quite us bad and contributes as essentially 10
k.he unusual mortality which Is acknowledged 10
exist" II accordingly calls the attention Of every
householder In st. Louis "to his own premises-to
the necessity for a thorough examination Of every
part, and thorough removal Of all filth and offensive
mater-lo the frequent and copious Of lime, the
clorde Of lime and other disiniectng age Is If the
people viii only set apart one day The performance Of
this duty and thus assist the board of health and the
city authorities, more good viii be done than can be
accomplished by croaking and grumbling.h
where telpnraDhic nj mo r1e hoy
ing occurred In New York. And certainly, whether
II has come or not, II is probable that it may visit
there's and il is cetun that the only way to abale lis
ravages is TO adopt effective sanitary regulations
remove the means Of lis extension. With view of
assisting In this goody work. and Of rousing up the
people Of Washington, and all other towns und vii
lagos 70 which this paper may reach, we lay before
them the following article from the New York En-
| press of Wednesday last: #f
| The cholera Is making rapid progress in the wes-
tern country. The telegraph mud The mails every
day tells us Of It's rayages. AZ New Orleans, for
months past, it has visited, and is now visiting most
Of the cities and towns bordering the Mississippi.
The passengers on steamboats, up and down, suffer
severely from It. However, IL is fact very gencr-
ally commented upon by the press, that there is
less alarm, less apprehension, less panic attending
| the progress OF the scourge, than was ever known
to distinguish Its presence among us in former years
Business goes on az brsklcy as ever, md mems
minds are now seemingly convinced that the enemy
Is not to be elllded by senseless Stampede. There
nre nationality and moral courage in conduct
| like this we cannot help commanding and adniirine
because the past dealings we have had with the chol.
era abnndanily demonstrate that fear contributes
powerfully 70 facilitate lis fatal progress, and helps ii
| TO seek out new victims
| There is possibility that we may have the dis
case in New York II completes the circuit il has
been running all over the world the twelyelne NH
past kind Providence drove II from our doors
when ii menacod us last fall, and Providence may
vouchsaie MS a like mercy again but If there is no
exemption for us this Tine let us learn 10 look upon
II as our countrymen elsewhere are doing, like men
and like Christians.
| Meanwhile II is gratifying 10 know that our wlig
municipal government is doing all il can 10 cleanse
md purify the city before The heat of summer sets ia
upon us. The mayor, we Understand, has given or
ders TO all the health wardens 10 institute close in
specon OF their respective LOCALITIES and the various
street contractors notified that nothing less ihun
| prompt compliance with he stpulations they have
made with the common council will satisfy the al-
thorities, to whom the people are looking for re-
dress OF the grievous abuses which. in matter OF
street cleaning, contributed so powerfully TO brine
The last city administration into deserved dIs.e-
pute.
Were II not employing an understandable ffiyoliiy
upon so serious subject, we might be excused the
explanatory command of The Thane of Cawdor--
"Scoun all the country round
Hang those who talk of fear;
as truthiuliy md pilhily embodying better Pre-.
sciiption Tor keeping away the cholera than all The
drugs and medicines in Manhattan. Courage and
cleanliness, individually and collectively, and we
indulge In no approximations, come how or when
II mny sss
We are the more strongly induced 10 give these
that the sort Of climate we now have il very much
like the state OF the atmosphere which accompnni-
ed the last cholera In the United States Union Of
yesterday.