The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1849-07-24
ST.. LOUIS, Missouri, July Is, ls49

The destroying angel reaxes but little in the daily
number Of victims that traces his march throughout
our city. The deaths from cholera still exceed a
hundred day, mortality, considering the reduced
numbers of our population, unexampled in the his
tory of the disease in America. Six of our physi-
clans have already fallen, among whom ! regret to
name Doctor Hardage Lane, one Of the most emf
nent of the profession in the West and who victim
Ized himself in effort and exertoD alleviate
the sufferings and preserve the lives Of others. No
member Of society could have been taken from US
by the stroke Of death, whose loss will be more
universally felt and acknowledged than will that Of
Hardage Lane. Few there are in st. Louis, who,
from great experience and the highest medical skill,
had II in their power to be of great public benefit
as him whose loss we all deplore. He had, how
ever lived out his allotted time, and at the bidding
Of the great Captain Of his salvation, he fell with
his harness on his back.
At the towns of Florisaut and Carondeet, in this
neighborhood, in the surrounding country, and at
Alton and Bellville Illinois, the epidemic is raging,
and with fatality almost great proportonally as
that which rests upon us. People now can no
longer seek safety in fight, for whithersoever they
turn their footsteps for refuge the pestlence has
preceded them, and all is dismay and terror.
THIS mornings mail brought us the gratifying in
teligence Of the removal Of r. Gsult esq, from the
office of United States district attorney, Of this dis
trict, and the appointment in bis stead OF Judge
obnoxious To the friends Of the Administration by
bis indecorous and unbecoming sspersions upon
General Taylor pending the canvass, and his re-
tenuon has thvs far been eyesore TO all those who
are really the friends Of the Administration. Mr..
Cooks is a good appointment, and a popular one
His egnl abilities to discharge the duties Of the
office cannot be questioned and his claims upon our
political friends as great as those that could be
presented by any other applicant There are still
9th yho he IF tho
dent and his cabinet, and who are using all the
power and patronage OF their respective Offices to
embarrnss and defeat the Administration. Among
those who should be first removed, for the above
and other good reasons, are the surveyor Of the
port, the hemp AGENT, postmaster, and one Of the
land officers in this city. These are all violent and
vndicive pertisans andw spare no efforts neither
private nor public, to keep down the Wing party in
this city and State forever. The Government pa
trunage they possess is hercuesn club in the hand
Of each 10 destroy and break down those by whose
clemency they are retained in places they do not
deserve to hold. This at least is the opinion Of
twenty-nine out Of thirty Of all reliable Admins
tration men in this city and section.
You will doubtless have noticed that there are
great and ncessant complaints about the irregularity
OF the reception OF the great eastern paper mail in
this city. Let me mention few facts in connexion
with this subject, that will enable deserving and
estimable postmaster general to remedy the evil,
think. The disarrangement is entirely between
Cincinnati and Louisville, and St LOUIS Both.
Cincinnati and Louisville, scarcely, If ever, have
any occasion to complain while there is scarcely one
day out Of a week that receive full paper mail
in schedule time. The difficulty am satisfied, ex-
lists between the contractors on the Terre Haute
route, and those on the Vinccnnes and Louisville
route. The contractor this latter route insists,
that paper mail matter which the Terre Haute con-
tractor is bound TO carry is sent down upon him,
and that frequently he cannot carry it all at time
The result is in this disagreement between contract
ors Of different routes the public most shamefuly
suffer by being deprived Of their just mail facilities
have no doubt Mr. Coamcr, with his conceded
business promptness and energy, will see that this
wrong upon this entire section Of the country is
speedily remedied, and the rights Of the public from
mail contractors secured to them.
There is still no Improvement in business what
ever, and most Of those who keep open would do
Just as well to close their doors The press have
even found so much difficulty in getting out their
daily issues in this city, that the publishers have
had il in contemplation to issue but every other day
instead now, daily, until the sickness subsidized at
least. The fire and pcstilcncc combined will make
this rather a sad and expensive year for the St.
Louis press,