New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-28

on This ground That presume 70 aculers ~ "
Iodjpg This letter for the inhabitants OF Ne" farA arc
r;ng up 10 a pTecipice, nay more, they are dong u
calmly tey are doing il knowingly, or they seen ralS -
lie ander tie Influence Of mssnersm or some an e-e'
b bian. their natural faculties and they bid far not
10 awake until the terrible shock occurs ~hen prp
INTO tic abyss Of the precpie, fr scarcely o,.e ,'
,eo, L. endowed with fair share Of God best GIT
cerrn sense-wh pas; experience for their gliei ean
ceuiy uaiieutiy and alphabetically await the col9i 'e
a.iofic Iesilence which viii a. surely invaae s s;s ~
lie surinr e. he VIII rise 70 morrow wtnoni
ftotr against il. Nav more that this people not oAly
await il. advent but they preparing TO wec9ms u 70
ereowsge it, 70 foster IL to care Tor ss mn ;l' r"sv
he cherished ard devoiing hickly PcPuated streets 70 us
particular and entertainment =.
In order 10 explain myself faly allow NJ 10 give
vou tort account Of visit paid last saturday to Belle
we Hc-tel After going round the s1rgiral wards Wa
informed With oheTs that the attending Pnyscan h.l s
cese I'll Agetic Cholera below we wonL IKE 70 % a1a
see H. Upon doing We found en- elderi! maa eFisaoy
In moribund condition from the disease i' pul.e was
ku ratidlv his extremte- were becoming cold Gnd
he kn that blue or eaien color oharasters
tic Of tle disease il particularly srikng IN me ice
htrcs and feet the skin also drunken aud III .asc
80 that when pinched into folds Il dd not resume rs ireT
safe the eyts doeI sunk in their sockets ana were
rounded with lvii mark the hands and ieoi were
shlivetd and wnked If long soaked IN wier eni tle
nails were OF a color almost amounting 20 -aEk ufpe
s an case of Asiaiic Cholera in state OF
colstse and have doubt the poor man died the same
sv1,iuo G1r when saw him il appeared inpossibty
for him 70 recover After left the hospital hed occa
sion N 90 to the east SIDE Of the city IA the ne-looEnooi
of ILa It, and Avenue d. and nOw, Sir comes the whole
iia letter. II snOud be borne II inlLu tUt a1
ust len ease Of pure Asiatc Cholera-a d-eass wnicn
encouraged by unceanlDess, and which always nxes is
tbode in he npurest and dhiest part of city. Il were
10 attempt 10 give you any idea OF the reeAng mass o hh
re.s pa with on my road to nv destination | should
utterly fail. Without any exception, every street was
chok cd up with dirt ws indeed hot bed for cholera
and every other poscnta disease ihs streets were a1so
tely reeliDg with dccayed animal AMI vegetable matter
every breath Of air aden with miasmatlc and TYPHOID
poison. end Gods own atmosphere poiiaiea "ith QUOTE
! Which NUT Prove aboninlon in hs sight -
/ have been a resident both in London and Perls Il
know he condition Of those two cities intimately Te anu
tufh couues me declare that in the lowest and nosI
Gernded PORTION OF those cities there nothing to be
cofrared 10 the accumulated mass OF corruption tnat n
many Of Inc streets Of Newlork wouli h.Te ask tEo
queiioas Is there any provision made Tor cleaning hc
I stIe1tsi II 70. WY is il MT Cnforcedl
Lei me for one moment refer to the history OF cholera
to Prove that il VIII certainly reppesr shortly IN th-
In lsl7 the disease first began to show disposition to
cu its usual Indian boundaries and 10 lose lie eJiemc
character and take on thai ci an epdsne In la: !es
II prevaed with severity in Bengal and choosing that a.
roni Il redsied AID encTcled the whole world Aver
ravorsing Asia it entered Europe in ls3l and attacked IN
s tom hoscow s. PeieFsoars ar.a"' DlnI.c, Delui
and Hamburg. In thu course Oi ns progress reacHSI
Paris and London in 1892 Quebec, Sun June Montreal
lOth June and NcwYoT 24th June oi the same yel-
We heard no more Of the cholera until lsi when we
lfnrntd il had commenced new course OF desoiauon
Before the close OF that year had again entered Europe.
threaded Aaosn in July 1857, aqd Moscow before the
cioe Of the year Ii suspended there by i.e winter
bpt in the spring Of lsls advanced westward, reaching
St Petersburg in June Bcllin in August Hamburg IN
Serteub ber and Great Britain in October would now
rafitulay direct attoLton 70 It's oOur-e 0s bHg eracy
noloeous TO that nor taken b. a. ship left Havre on
the 3D. Nov 1919, bound for New Oreans aIter beng
out days cholera made its appearance on board and u
was car 10 New Orleans, where the ship arrived the
nth Dec Isolated occurred in the city, and
rBidy multiplied II extended from New Ofeans TO Texas
ard un the Alissss sipu reaching Memphis the 22d Dec,
sweeping the valley of that great stream with re-
mmkahe rapidy. 1t did not however surmount the Al
ehariCs aid with the exception Of few cases in the
hsrbor Of New York, the Atlantic States remained free
from the disCHse during the winter The epidemic was
however pursuing rs regular course across the Atlantic
and s the previous occasion reached these shores in
the season following that of its appearance Is Western
Europe Ii broke out in New York in the beginning OF
May, ls49
Duiing the present year s53D it has pursued much the
sane coufe Ii is in Great Britain and few $50
lated cese have occurred in New York but as before it
will be stayed by the winter and its regular visitation
viii take place in the spring of 1854
With these stern facts staring in the face the question
naturally aries prepared for II Have we buckied
on our srmor meet tie enemy Let the crowded and
filthy fostering wh thousand denominations, an
swer the question.
cholera had there opportunity OF observing that It
preferred low, damp places and always attacked the most
fltby and crowded portion Of the ciythat oil ages and
conditions exposed to its assaults although as gene.
rel III g. it selects lis victims from those already pressed
down by priyation and want and leaves the rich to their
fears.
/ Thave now done Sir and conclude by asking ques
ton VIII the inhabitants of New York calmly await the
invasion of the petence will they bestir themselves
and make preparations manfuy to fight the enemy II
they do they may count upon easy victory; but II
they remain alphabetically quiet, the whole City may be
decmnted-
ih''' the honor to BE- ' your JOHN WILLIAMS
Ke,s. Io,t Dee a. 1852 No 14s East Twenty shlrd't