New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-10-18
The Plague In the Canary ISLANDS.
Frum the n o. Picayuns

Our Havana Correspondent, under dlu
Of the ID inst, says " | send you a statement o.
terrific epidemic, the plague, at the Canary lsllne
They got fishing on the coast of Africa, where II
fishermen repor! that the dead bodies were a n
merous as the sand Of the sea" IL Is feared thai ~
negro traders will bring Il To Havana The folos'
ing is our translation OF the statement referred "
The year 1851 opened under the most favorable AZ
plces for the Canary Islands, their increase IN cen
merce and population being well known. The Ms
arts also fOurshed But the destiny which for
ment seemed To rest from the persecution OF thee
islands which had dated from the time when they TOOK
the name of the Unfortunate again fell upon then
with more fury than ever. Before Its terrible aIs
thema commerce was psTaly red, the theaters ~es
closed CONSERVATION seized every mind the inhahG.
ants hid themselves or retired to the country AL
soon stupor sadness, and almost despair, REPLACED
the hours of felicity of those once happy people
On the 9th June, 1851, the official journal Of in
province contained the following " rhe board o.
Health the District Of Las PamaS IN the tansres
has informed the Superior Of the Province, under
date Of the 9Th INST thai IN the tdrrtO of Jose n
the city of the same name, some cases oi epdemlc
cholera morbus have appeared" Ia consequence
this, precautionary measures were ordered 10 q
taken.
For some months this Inirnl,y has been prevailni
IN the city Of Las Palmas.dsplayng Itself ia ISOLATED
cases. The faculty, through ignorance or malcs
classed II as malignant quincy. But the aithonies
ascertanng that many persons were dy ing, that IN
show ed black spots and were horribly Cishgufet
ordered the Board Of Health OF the Island under he
stnciest responsibility 70 declare the nature Of the
epidemic. Then. with general terror the announce
ment We have alluded 10 vas received
History does not record anything so sd as the
spectacle which the Island OF Grand canary hs
presented and still presents. The best directed pen
attempts IN vain To- relate such misfortune, and hof
fors, and words would not be sufficient 10 depn
their intensity.
The epidemic now ragged with such fury that the
lDhabl tants IN CONSERVATION, abandOncd The iowa.
without caring FOR any thing but their persons 70 sucl
an extent that they even forgot the ties % blood
Death surprised them Ia the midst OF their fight,
that roads were covered with corpses over which
not tear OF trendshp or OF hIa or iraterDal lo's
was shed, because terror had smo,hered every senu
me nj except that 81 selfpreseryatOn. vas to 10
expected, the fngllyes, carrying with tn The iaId
germ, injected the country which becam, me lheaId
vi the nost horrible scenes.
The beasts, abandoned IA the city, p.rishsd fof
want Of food and the decomposition OF Inca, bodies
together with That IT the human cOrpsts Nhcn re-
NAMED unouHed m the streets, yltIafe i1e atmos-
phefe 70 SUCH All extent that ANY unfprinse person
VINO might return 10 the CITY fell dead ala Il sOOa
a. ne entered house. However. tins 81. v c0Htr,-
temps was stopped soon as possible D, The ener-
getic measures taken BY the worthy M.ht,ry Cover.
nor and by The humanity Of the secoai liclafe o.
the tonegldOr, and various young nen many u
whom fell victims % their heroism.
A. last the suppOsltiOn confirmed Iai the epi,
Genie was not the cholera but the teTr1r plague OIL
hc SOOfss u having Deen dsceftdlned TIA. I, was IN
hodueed INTO the Island Of Grand Can.ry by tbs
nshng vessels which frequent the ~estefn coasts OF
Ainca. The persons IN the island dc,oted TO thII
nafhc numbering ABOUT 500. have al4osl all per
ished a. there remain only enough % mao q single
vessel According 10 the declarations oi the mas
ters OF The sand yess els, all the Cstsrn shores oil
Arica there reigns ceathly pest who carries Oh
'he Inhabitants Tie mortality being great That the
corpses are suewed upon the earth ~ Incredible
numbers, ana Their decomposition augil ents the IN.
nuence Of the corrupted atmosphere.
rs soon as the COnmAndant Genera ~ toe Pro
vince learned the abandonment Of the 'lty OF La
ralmas he sent portion ofthe garrison ~ the capt
Ia 70 oury the cead, but the greater portion Of The
so!cieTS we're atticaed by the epldemir az died. In
shofl IN ofcer 10 give an idea Of the azss Of the
pest ~ Is only necessary 10 state that ID months
oVcO persons DIED IN the City OF Las Ptlmas, and
IoJCOn the whole island. Up 20 the lat dates the
plague had spared lie towns OF Agatee aad Fe eda.
ne Bishop i one Of the persons IN Gf nd Canary
who have contributed NOS, 10 the alleyIalOh OF Suf
ierine humanity. This holy prelate ana worthy pas.
tOr win A resignation truly evangelical displayed
tie utmost charity, zeal and interest IN sshaf Of tas
unhappy people. He was, and still Is. uDtnng IN
raVersing the streets, opening his purse living splf
hudl con ISOLATION, establishing hospital his own
palace. and IN mnstering 70 the unhar 0y victims
With ms own HANDS The Brothers Of LnsrIty and
TIE youths OF the a0spico, Initiating "a nero, who
las acquired eternal glory and who app 4rs mes
senger ofthe Mcs: High, lent all their ecGs assIs
the afflicted.
At the last dates August H. the epidenic abated
considerably IN the city, though i. st ragged the
country.