Arkansas intelligencer., 1849-07-14
From the Arkansas Democrat.
THE CHOLERA.

4 II
'nrred and of other diseases 76. The eFlera
/ %ss,ppearng from the upper Missouri, b. it is
/, n aging on the Usage.
4 Lus 2O.-Tho intermenls yesterday.t nine
.,o,sries were 80, Of which 81 were holera.
= disease is fcarfully on the increa,. The
a.,ber is very hot. Business is proslrab. Tho
(Icr is still rising.
there is much sickness on the Misouri river.
! !. ,owu of ST. Joseph has suffered pcatly from
effects of high water.
The total number of deaths from noiera. dur
be week ending the 25th was'S9. Whole
fs,sr of interments 763.
Tho following items are fromshe St. Louis
,or Of ths 29;h ult.:
"a, Ckolera.-We have not !ord of consola-
70 offer our readers to-day, upon the subject
ba ureyaiIing epidemic; on. .hc contrary, the
,,ds end the appearance ofour streets show
,be disease is yet with us in all its frIghtful
rquiy. II will be found tat tho annexed re-
eouals in point of nurpers, probably, any
has preceded it, SO far s 1t goes.
fcv 25 interments ia Ill, 20 of the deaths
bv cholera; German Protestant, 20, 16 Of
bra: St. Vincent, l6, 2 of cholera; Lutheran,
sbv cholera; Christ Gurch. 3. 2 of cholera
Al 2. of cholera; Wesleyan, 2, i Of cholera.
4. hare here IS inerments in Z cemeteries,
Tben we take into consideration the fac. that
.,s one-lhird of or population has either died
N the CITY, we perceive that there is little
for hope, tht we arc speedily TO be re-
from the terprs of this fatal malady.-
mr CITY busiess is stagnant, our streets arc
deserted. Most of them present the quiet,
ba, hoe
sssine in tim on the Sabbath; none Scarcely
!. bGse and activity heretofore SO charac.e-
Of this hsy mart, is perceived.
.siag e Business, for CAolera.-We saw q
ntion Yesterday to which many signatures
sDe,ta,e merchants were appended, TO close
nds o. business, throughout our city, until
ebOIer; might abate. 1t seems that the sick
puuerons. that the time of those well should,
IRE. be occupied in nursing them,. and ale-
% ii, horrors of the disease. We know not
70 sy about the proprieiy of this Suggestion,
re icned to believe it might prove useful.
Fsuaure.- Yesterday morning Mr.. Schne.
Iylg near the corner of Carondelet avenue
afayeiie street, it was thought died Of cho-
Las, evening he was taken 10 one OF the
s.iss for burial, but just as the coffin was
o be lowered into the grave, the friends
knocking against the lid of the coffin. The
Immediately removed, and Mr.. Schneider
nj alive. He was taken home, and will
\ sJ recover. :.
n in connection with the instance of The
EOman in the western part of tho city,
(, Ee mentioned few days since, shows the
e lnce of being perfectly assured that the
re IS deceased before the body is taken to the
Tor iniermeni.
h Is been suggested by some person as a test
~ laci, 10 burn some portion of the body with
y .on, and if life is no, extinct, it is said q
z will rise, but if thnra is no Life :harn Viii
at .isIs1 1900
= lie some idea Of the number of persons
h. lhs city on account of the prevailing epi-
.v We viii mention that last evening the
or Illinois, one of our first class boats, left
n New Orleans, SO crowded with passen-
Al al she had TO refuse a large number of aP-
,tr passage. ... ,-. .-.
Ilcnnati on lhe l9lh June, there were 50
= fum Choera.
mc zyxl1I, June D, s p. M.-Thero were So
der lls of cholera yesterday, and Ii Of other
nj s. One cemetery did not report.
70 we're 81 interments Of cholera in the
yh our hours ending at noon to-day, and I6
ud diseases. One cemetery has not reported.
ch G's is assuming moro general form.
no hulsylIe on the 20th ult., there were nine
pm cholera.
LxiDgton Observer Of the Goth says:
our paper Of Saturday, tho cholera has
q both in the number and violence of its
Isl aour city, and OF Saturday, Sunday, and
alea PARTICULARLY, il seemed to have acquired
lcaui p force and ragged with far moro intensity
Isl 1y than it had before.
he aIhs from cholera that have occurred In
rl'd nee Saturday morning are 10 in number,
BY Fng, with the five deaths heretofore no.
4 "a ''HIy-four in all since the first fatal case
the u IN Lexington.
Deaths were reported at Maysvil!e from
vern 10 the 18th uIt.
n IN AemPhis on the 1st and 22d uTt., there
ole 'elths of cholera. The Eagle says:
). nOtceable feature in the local history of
/. 2mic is IFS fatality among women and
IAN Upon all it does its work briefly, and
D eare and attention cannot be given to
1reu S-se precautions and seasonable pre-.
go there were G deaths. On the 26lh
u Un the 9th, 2, and one only on the 2Slh.
Is sa'llle The cholera had entirely subsided,
- oh and 9th uIt.
,mpd i1slaOly Record-The Nashville Gazeite
Sc the death of JAMES HAMILTON, ESQ.,,
appe Of Mathematics in the University of
r oil At The same time the Gazette notes
ming tie fourth victim 10 The cholera in the
DO 10 auy-ihree sisters having preceded him
the @ge 10 the silent cities of the dead.
wa io'k, on the 18th and 10Th ult., there
@ses and 81 deaths of cholera. Or the
J, Isl cases and IA deaths.
rio! @.ePhIa, on the 2lst uIt., there were 10
cont deaths.
vas Iy 0O to June II, there were thirty five
.aOera In Richmond, (Va.); seventeen
nkil1 :" sshteen blacks.
SAID