New-York daily tribune., 1853-12-16
THE CHOLERA 1T NEWORLE4NS.

From Our Own Correspondent
NEw -ORIEA Thursday, Dec. $, 1888.
The arrival oftwo California steamers as. ening with
large runber of passengers has made streets look lively
and cur hotels have received addition 70 their list Of
boardrs which very much wanted them they have
been suffering for the last weeks for want Of patron
age The reports of deaths by Cholera have been very
mrch exaggerated account Of the silence Il the press
AL the pepers now received from Texas aud the country
have accounts Of Of Cholera here which the facts
do not prove but in the absence CT any notice by the
press If orr city, Of the sickness the conductors OF coln
try papers no doubt believe TIE accounts which are
ported TO their
M PicqzVne hes been "sarDrfscf" on rsediug the
account ofte cholera given in your paper They do
not pretend to deny the facts given by but they do
uot consider that the cholera has commenced It's raya
qef As 10 the correctness of mv prediction the large
numt OF deaths officially reported by tho BOhd OF Health
is coed proof and 20 the disease being very magnant
the statistics of the Hospital fully prove. an ss much
interested in the welfare Of New Orleans as the editor OF
Tie PcGgERe yet know that interest," have not been
promoted by the silence Of the press The Pic9yr never
any aluson to the report OF the Board OF Health
until the Sunday after lis appearance in tho Data,
and the reports made by the Board OF Health OF the I'm
mense Of the number Of deaths in onr City has
never received passing notice from thar paper
and the assertion in The PicayUne of this morning
that our CITY NRHsuahg kety, tho Official statistics
of the Board of Health show 37 deaths last week against
only 10 weeks prevousan increase of 20 per cent
In The mosiy ofour City in The short space Of two weeks,
certainly does prove the correctness of IhePc7Znae
bold assertion. That there Is any alarm nor existing
among our citizens, do pretend to assert, know
that the publication in hepapers The Piaya eycoptei
of the true state Of the sickness has aayed all alarm, but
at the time my frs, letter written from this City, there
was grof alarm and excitement the best proof OF which,
would refer you leading editorial in The Bee at that
time in which the editor states that one halt Of the popga
foR of the City wearing copper belts to protect
them from the cholera There must be some cause OF
alarm when 10000 people reported by newspaper as
wearing copper belts 10 protect them from disease And
The Pee 1ne doubt of fact known - every
one that on the date Of my letter one of the largest
slave dealers left the city with stock OF hun
dred negroes for up the ryer-and, any doubt
that such movement of large number Of slaves
steamer would attract great attention in all the river
towns and plantations when coast boat stops AMI no
yeksburg packet ever makes trip without having 10
make landing nearly all the plantations the river
above Bayou Sara. No doubt the trip OF the steamer
with caused the most exaggerated reports to
be put circulation the negroes plantations
perfect of news and the must have spread
through Mississippi quicker than any express could have
taken IT, few statistics published in The Picaypae at
the time. would have prevented such rumors obtaining
any credit.
Our Aldermen last evening passed resolutions request
inc the Mayor to tender to John Mitchell the hOspalites
of our City public meeting of the friends Of John
Michel il is sad, will be held next week.
The weather il very cold and wind is blowing almost
gale The health Of the city is much improved the last
two days and there fears Of much sickness
Tie next report of the Board of Health viii show very
favorable state Of health when compared with the report
of las, week L.