Richmond daily Whig. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1842-1861, 1854-09-28


quite IN iennent about the Cholera but 7 A., ;..,.
70 oeiieve that much Of the excitement resp,,.
earnest iaoors OF the new Government Ro,,, as II'
10 driving at the root Of pollution and dise,ss
oS laying bare tue tuih Of the case. Than f,,,,
'uai large increase IN the number of casas w
now that every cholera death and c,so :; c.;,.e'n'
made public. We know also of the d.,,,. -
causes. Within the last two days the Bo,,d b,v.
any stopped the traffic OF numerous s,,ae,s IT.;
carrying things with high hand The os;.., ' ~ 70
'holough cleaning and purficst,on oT exstinor
60 naiherons and disgusting in these
o'ieioea iocsies as TO make their beinu closed nm
necessoos Of course the shopk.epers in r.. ~
irehzed but all know tha, I,ss oS arc
'haeh IN making them assist in cleaning. The had
tame also attached To all tabooed quarters "a oa
centive 10 avoid the dread den,ncia,,or e,a'u N
streets stopped up Is the celebrated WaId,nr-s,,.a,
wheten coDgregate the vendors of all so,,s of ;:'
es m and pretended antiquities, dealers in pieces If The
G'' teelh o aPs'ies and martyrs. and such like
nie hese worthless are In perfect dismay The
noaid OF Health report shows large incre,s. No, Co.
tainiy To be wondeied at, looking at wb,t 4 &C., r
am tod however, by physicians in the great nnb,;c
,ho ,nal or every enc patient who has died of
enect oil panic seems peculiarly well established in r
caro- 10 Cholera Then, again. the innulnerabe inf,I
ole specifics winch have of late been pressed uno, %
oe PUBIC 10 the public prints and by private circu-
Iaon from hand to hand, in themselves enongI n,
account ur large incTe in the weekly mo,,aI;,,,
even though there had been no epidemic in The c
IL has been truly said that nav category of d;se,s
IF .n ~ JG in ~ 's Registrars returns "Died
now much more so does il TO New York where onacI
medicines are In rampant ascendency. All The old yyo
men IN London believe that the plague is ao,in ,mono
US No'h'ns o1t The plague, direfaIy chroniced bY
Defoe, can inPel the necessity Of blocking nm nnb:;
horoughiares At The end of the streets So banned hv
lawfol authority, You may all day long see crnwds n
people gaping with CONSERVATION and from the ooks f
many Is mol unreasonable To expect that they must be
Choeta subjects ere many hours Panic is written on
their faces. -.-'.- ''eA ="
GERMAN BRIpEs--Mr. James Brooks. of the Maui
i'iN Erpres'' who Is now in Europe. recent letter
Gays:
The Germans. by the way, have queer v,v os
making Brides" and uf dong surne o,hs, ,h;.S -
Ihe couting and marrying way which miy interest Won
perhaps: When maiden Is betroihed she is called
BRIDE" and so continues. I'LL she becomes "wife. y
,i 'he "niie she Is engaged she is Bride" The
lovers Immediately upon the betrohal exchange nlain
eou rngs, which are worn afterwards till death
la'ts tnem ne woman wears hers on he third fin.
ger oi the left hand, and the man his on his-.-h,nd
When the BRIDE" becomts ''we her ring Is transfers
red 10 The third finger Of the right hand md ther 4,
remains The husband always wears his rinu ins, "a
the wife wears hers, that il you look uopn mans
hand, you can tell whether he is morlgaaed or NOT
mere IS no cheating Tor him ever aer-no coqaeirin
with 'he girls. as II he an unmarried man. e., li
Inc whole story rs told by his finger ring Viennesa
married lady was much amused when told her that in
our country we only "ring' the women, but let the
hIsoands run at large unmarked Oh that is dread-
fol J" said she, than shocked "'rbnk there i.
Frederick, my husband-only 2i-so young, so hand
some-and all The girls would be taking him for an un
married man, and be making love to him,n .Ob il i
dreadful" ''Is it nOt7" '.They would never know
he was married" GLOW can you do 50 in your coun.
Hy 81 would not live there with Ffedeaick for the
world" Thinking over the reasoning Of my fair Wen
nese could not b"t come to ihe conclusion with her
that IN her country there security for the vita.
snd that, therefore her custom was better than ours
pu' would not there be rebellion among the men in
Amerca il the wives there thus to pu, public sIomn or
proPery" upon their husbands every step they took1
The Germans have other agreeable customs in their sill
eer weddlhss (seLbsTae hael=iD (he twenty five
years Of welded fe) and their golden weddings (goi
dsne hoet=e) t5O years) but Of ihess 50 lnnch has
been written, that can probably writs you nothing
now. u ever get time, | will cons crate whole
chapter To you un German cOurtships aud German
wedd'd lfe-but this letter is jrst nov medley
enough.