New-York daily tribune., 1849-04-24
The Cholera on The Rio Grundc.
Mr. J. +. Duryage writes as follows 10 VI

Mr. J. +. Daryage writes follows to the
Nor orleans Piclyune
MIrn Mexico, friday March a. 1870
You will doubtless be- surprised thal pushing ne
party OF three persons should have progressed bu,
mile. from Roma since my la-t but such s the m9lan-
chOiy fact and oil owing 10 most unIOTard and uniOr-
tunate accident We seem 10 have been partlculafy y
unfortunate ia following In the wake ot that dread al
disorder tire cholera Fhch has made frigLi rayagra
In ,his part OF the country upon TIE banks o the j.
Grande Some small places have been almost entirely
depopulated by the iri. destroyer
Tho little town If Roma nss tntercd most severe y,
the disorder raging tdere with gho utmost yruence
carrying oil all H a;iac ked with lne or two exceptions
Out of whole population which cannot nave exc II
forty souls there had been about twelve deatas
and learned this morning that several oher persons
were down with Il. Among the deceased were Capt
shpmtn Of Biloxi and New Oreonr, who was n8rchan'
dzing IN Roma and Mr K B White, i6~-ersys New.
Orleans. lt .s sad that upward ct two hundred aud
fly have died OF the disease In Csmsrgo We have
scarcely anything but suhsdF and death.
Yesterday afternoon arrived 1t this place, which
has yet not beon visited by the Cholera and soon
alter w. arrived witnessed religious ceremony gosup
10 prop.liate TIE Deity and sOcis exemption from
tho Cholera in favor OF Mier The doors and wudows
Of nearly All the houses Tie mas pid-l wcre dreafed
vita cacO CT gay cOlOrs ~ win white muslin and the
church was brilliantly Illuminated Children BY d.
ems cr rather By the gross assembled m ifOnt OF the
cathedral bearing little hsgs or hantkerchcis upon
siicks while scores Of WOmen, yJgng and Old hocket
20 the cathedral. where lss was sad Oy the priests
IN foil robes and the sosan chants Of the worshippefs
At that altar reverberatei in m impressive manner from
tie arches AMI slsOyes 0i tue old Cathedral.
Anon the solemn pe'ls Of the ors.a we're heard, the
bells OF iae edhcs rung audihe priesis preceded
by altar boys bearing burning candles and followed by
a string oi old men tiO bearing cantes sailed from
the sscrsd edfce and passed through the Children who
were kneeng ia 'front.' IN two rows. one carried m"
host others burning cens1rs. aud, chanting 40 they
went they proceeded % the fret corner OF toe plaza
where table spread upon which we're burning
candles. There the procession stopped priests mep,
women and children .neli. snd prayer wss said. IN
this way they passed around the plaza, kEeeng md
praying Ut every ouetrOckets In the mean while BE-
Ing projected and bursting IN the air With - explosion
Ike a pistol shot nerc were ~ least hye hundred
persons In the procession. Heaven grant that Iheif
prayers may avail them.
Here let give word Of advice 10 al parties com
Ing By this route Do not f0rm parties 10 exceed - IN
nurn5sr as s will BE- difficult 70 procure subsistence
and forage m rOlfs tor larger ones And above all do
not cucumber yourselves with unnecessary oa2gags.
No mans baggage. OF all descriptions ought % exceed
$50 pounds sud h Is folly to bring soy amount o. pro.
yi.ons. A eW cooking utensils are necesssry, and
also ssd3es AID brfss As esarcS pack saddles Tor
the males. the American ones failure, ubess you
have iesthern psDoers or some method ci sTnginS
YOUR oscks low The Mexican mode Of packing is 81
peculiar inst their oEu packs or pa1s AniNsr So''f