Herald of the times. [volume] (Newport, R.I.) 1849-1856, 1849-06-28
GuesSan, 1Nnc GG.

Lawrence, (lOTIneTly LeiunglnP 10 ti'ls Ioll, J
Capt Bower arrived at Newport Yesterday
afternoon 60 days from Liverpool, hound 70
| New York. She started hom Liverpool
with l79 passengers, 10 Of whom have since
died either of the cholera or slipD,er, the
last Of which Was buritd in the. Cocoon of
4 Point Judith. The Captain now Nes at the
p0,nt Of death. The port pl ysiclan, Dr.
Turner, was di'paiched on heard 10 ascertain
The diSea e, ard his report had not been re.
ceiyed when the l'ery lef. II was supposed
that the passengers wGuld lie transferred 10
the u. :. Baracks-Pioy. Trans 20h.
il is astonishing What faculty some people
have fui manufacturing the smallest ,unes into
the most formidable matters this fact is sin.
gularly illustrated N the above romrous an
nouucemeni The facts ia the case are Just
these. The 81. Lawrence, email sized ship,
- Liverpool with 10 half starved emierants
on board, whose systems were shattered and
pre- disposed 10 disease in consequence Of
their suffering condt OF in the old world I;
they were closely slowed on board the ship,
became filthy and careless in their habits, and
the result was thai several of them werI at
tackled with severe Billions fever. They had
passage of six,y-sx days from Liverp' ol,
no medical attendant on board, and but liue
medicine with NJ one wlo knew how TO ad-
minister what ll;ile they had. The result
was that this severe bilious fever swept OF
some Of them on the passage, - and others,
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the ship, breathing the miasna created there
by filth and sickness, also became affected.
/ The emigranls found their own proyis ors,
and, Of course, took oily enough for an ordi-
nary voyage these were exhausted long
since, and they were on very short allowance,
which only helped to bring on fever and the
consequences attendant on starvation.
\ When thu ship arrived here IL Of the pas
scneers were very sick DR.. Oliver {. Turn
er went on board aud prescribed for them,
duriag the two days they were in this
port, Of them nearly recovered, Q remained
about the same, and . died the Captain en-
trcly covered, and the ship has gone 10
New York. Now this is the sum and sub
stance and the whole truth in regard TO this
matter about which the scrber ol the Trans
cript makes such hue ard cry. ]. is all
, fudge We suppos, TIA, the above windy
paragraph was published for the purpose Of
making Tie paper sci and also to acquire
nstcriety ar enterprise i" this lariculai in
stance, the Transcript is not only in Advance
"f other papers. br, IS broadly IN advance OF
the trnlh.
When the Transcript j. short Of items
again, and is anxious to get Up some li."|
matters &C news, we trust that Il will corline
is rom1rcing to Providence and not come
d,wn here Cor materials We can aticni &C.
the affairs of Newport, and we always give q
fui and faithful record Of everything. of 10
cal nature, rs soon as it tIansp res end had
.hers been any malgnan, disease here, We
suoa.i ,.yo announced il at once, and not
conc aled the fact.
Newport was never more healthy in the.
word than otthe present time our phy>ic
ians all say that even in nil winter, they
rave rarely Known period when ,her ser
vices ere so Iitlle led for.
| THIS paragraph has been copied Gar sdt
vide ty al The gertrs, 10 the serious iujnr,
of Newport and lis inhahi;anis We caution
Our brethren or the press c's,whcrc 70 hr.
guarded how they cory articles FROM the,
Providence Transcript pretending to give lo-
cal information, particularly IN gardto New
po',, for it has no responsible editor, ard IL
wou.d puzzle Philadelphia lawyer To tel.
who the reiab man is, or where to GnG The
right ore to chasise for any injury donh.-I
There are some sheets which can only live
by manufacturing horrible stories almost out
of whcle cloth, and spreading them forth to
the wcr d, TO the terror Of those who are east
ly frightened, AMI who have no mears Of ob.
,ainiag correct information. Such dpra,ilyI
and wholcsae wickcdness is objectionable.
ILPDuring the las, four days The L. 5 Cir
cut Court has been engaged in the trial Of
the case OF harishornc IS Bourne, Brown, &
Co., for an infringement of Patent right to-
TO manufacture various articles of India
rubber Judge Woodbury. does not ST on the
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