New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1851-06-24
NETWORK TRIBUNE.
CINCINNATI.
Choiera-ship Fcver-Exposare o. - ~
C,xcrsSArI wednesday, June -
IT, IN. Editor If The Tribaff:

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C,xc,SSArI, "Wednesday, June -
TO the Editor of The TT5"rf:
GENTLEMEN desire to cal your a''c'-
mo-, ~ a s,,b,ec, Of some moment mesa 40" ~
,o,o,,sc s,,aerng AID less OF life 20 immigrants '
:, New-0rleaas, asd seeking thcI way % -
Io,is. or Cincinnati. By our steamers
Cholera and shipfever prevail % iar greater ex-
,eni than had supposed, am The alarm thai these
diseases vii spread very general all along lhe
Western Reserves The fact is. ;hriy and Tory of-
e,nets are burned OUT OF every steamer having i1"
load.
Tho climate Is against these s;ranfcrs. RS 'c'}
great change % come from Northern Europe VIA
nsbracIng .eeze and pure ar 20 TIE hot region anu
pobeaIthfni atmosphere Of Louisiana, ana those
making Il will suffer But TINS ~ my opinion = ho
one cause OF the deaths Of 50 many Of these ihM-
grants That arises wholly, manly from the Tact
thaf thu are sfored aag Ike kogs 5efr''a dfoF' ~
sisameys and Loe M atHoSphcre bad e@o'e" u s'"
,rqte 5agaant aisCases. ch0lcrq, Or UtD' HD 10 G"y
eLnaie-in that Of Louisiana, sure 10 crea'e a'eis
QeStilence. 20, C
There is no describing steamer full Of imml-
grants 1. IS 0aihInc looks and tAf very essence
Of nth IN fact The stencil Is awful Ihefc j. nell
Their pure ar nor pure water. nor g0dd lOou' nor
SINGLE comfort for the poor strangers ana thcy ce-
de BIZ scOres-5rceiine pestlence as me- Pd9S
awav-cOefug fish cities. that Will nos lOoh 10 tit>t
sad evils and seek 10 remedy them, hundreds o.
thousands OF dollars by curtalllng their business ana
really affecting the value OF their property Il I'm
cinnat and 81 Louis had sem hy physicians 10 new
Orleans and made u their spec al DUTY 70 "a'h >e
immigrants 10 see mat they had necessary comforts
10 DuTlfythc water and give them good ar ana ""'-
er and prevent excessive crowdine and hdd mere
by as would have been The cSSe cnecsed me reports
Of The spread Of cholera, BY checking me spread OF
disease l,sef-evon II the outlay had oecn large
they would have saved largely by the operation mon
Cy-Wlsc.
! feel. gentlemen. as If something should DC done
for these moor Immigrants and THINK every hu-
mane man on the Atlantic sesbOdrd every Consul
rcpresentinc the country from winch they come,
every naturalzcd citizen wnO remembers mas ldther,
land and would help ms brothers and sisters should
urge these immigrants HeCer 10 sfek the NesfDy me
route Of Neir OrieaRs II cannG be done N nine
months of the year, without a sacrifice OF NE al
once enormous and startling. ! know OF no other
remedy at hand but tins. The sea voyage r. bad
enough The lnhumamty of the scene, snip crowd
ed between decks IN a Northern climate, where the
comforts and cOnvonCnceS Of life are neglected, is
hard enough and fatal enough but, m a Southern
latitude Il is really horrible, and should Dc prevent
ed, # possible.
trust YOU viii consider tins sub eci. and say soWe-
thing to awaken public attention 10 ITS importance
Do something, little though II may be. 10 save the
lives OF poor strangers coming TO live among Us.
Yours, THOMPSON.