The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-18

Pssgress or tAs CAslse~-
The mother d Mr.. 6ohaxtx, tho axthateCt, oAme
TO this city day or two since ftsm Chicago, and
died on Sunday with cholera. Mr.. 8. was greatly
shocksd, and was taken sok and died Of cholera
yesterday morning; His child died q tae Same az
lying very low Last evening Nssss, Jy
Tho b. Paul fMinuesota) 7sms.. o. the 7th last,
has he following paragraph I'VE ere panied .
record The death Of - Fetcher, stranger. who
has besn engaged buying real estate Il oar Territory
for few weeks past II appears that b rode in
the hot sun some eight or ten miles On Wednesday.
end on arriving ct the American House, whore he
died on Wednesday evening at l0o'oiock. We learn
that he was gentleman Of middle age, possessed
OF wealth, and has friends In Boston, whittier his
remains win be conveyed for intArment
There were sixty nine deaths from cholera ct Phil
adelphia according TO the Board Of Health returns.
during the last week There were eighty deaths
from cholera infantum during the same time.
We learn that four members Of family, at Bur-
Iington, New Jersey, who breakfasted on Saturday
ON fish, partook Of no dinner, but had IN early
supper consisting Of cucumbefs and hlaokberries
aad milk, died In few hours after. Of cholera.
The Health Committee reported yesterday eleven
cases Of cholera and two deaths, being principally
in Golden, Academy. Newark and Summit streets
These were marked cases, part OF them being
children. Several cases Of aggravated cholera NOR
bus also came to their wledge.-Nncark Nev-
curry, July H.
There were four deaths from cholera in Boston,
on Saturday and Sunday.
We have known for some time that cholera was
raging with fearful virulence in Quebec and Mon.
trea but strict silence being kept by the press, We
had no accurate accounts OF the extent Of its "a
wages. We were informed, however. by telegraph
from Montreal last evening" that the deaths in that
and that since the cath Of June the whole number
Of deaths 52l The disease is now stated TO be
on the decrease. In Quebec, also, It 10 said the
malady is not now destructive, and we trust the
worst is over. In Hamilton too, hear that there
| have been great many deaths In our own city
| we have had q considerable number Of Gases, but
they have generally occurred to sicky persons, and
we have heard of no deaths since Sunday last. We
impossible to prevent the fact being known when
such visitant cholera is near and the publica-
ton Of accurate statements is far better than vague
| feports.-Ior0nto Globe, July l5.
Hamilton, Ca, from the LIST to the 10th inst The
| Spectator says that very few Of the deaths have
occurred among the citizens; but that the disease
is confined principally to poor emigrants, whose
physical powers had been quite prostrated by pre-.
vious starvation and the fatigues Of the voyage.
The New Orleans Pscay,sne of the 18th inst,
states that the cholera had entirely disappeared
| from that city.
Two cases Of cholera. the Tazewa Adrocase
statee have occurred in Wythevie, Va, one prov.
| ing fatal in few hours.
The Lynchburg Republican learns that on the
10Th negro man named Peter died there Of cholera
about the time Of the arrival Of the packet boat
from Richmond The negro man was cook on the
boat, and was taken on the trip.
We learn from the Milwaukee Sentinel Of the 18th
inst, that man named Kinney, with his wife and
three children, left there on Tuesday afternoon on
the propeller Michigan, bound down the lakes. He
was somewhat i'll when he went aboard and was
seized with cholera and died on the passage between
there and Milwaukee. Two Of the children also
died. and the other was not expected to live
Wednesday afternoon. The wife, who alone sur.
vived Of the family, is the daughter of miller in
or near Cleveland, and is going on to that city.
cHotEFA AND !Es rEsEysSTIyE EEFAvxEsT.
As the possession Of health has always been con.
siddeled of the greatest Of blessings 80 the loss
OF it has equally been regarded ~ one OF the great
est Of misf0r tunes. This is true OF communities a.
member Of community isterrupts his business op.
erations, general prevalence Of disease must also
seriously Affect the business relations Of that com
munity, and by it's reaction again, each one Of its
sons, moro directly related to the disagreeabe and
personal cognizance Of disease, apart from any
mercantile considerations. there Is no subject
at all times, exhibited moro lively interest
than that which relates to the measures necessary
to be adopted for preservation Of health It seems
to be quite immaterial whether the advice given
for this purpose be good or badwhethert the means
advised be reasonable and wen adapted to the end
proposed otherwise, if the promise Of relief is
but made momentarily brilliant by the ignis atuus
Of emperical deception, az by the less aashy. but
more enduring light Of truth.
Upon the outbreak or recurrence Of any epidemic
disease whether it be contagious not, this always
existing interest becomes 80 much intensified and
exagsersted that there is some danger certainly
and that, in our too active endeavors to avoid an
imaginary .6cyila, we may be untowardly wrecked
upon a real Charyhdis.
these occasions Its mysterious advent in the east
the eccentricity Of its m0vements-its rapidly
fatal character, its apparent disregard Of the asce
tanned laws which limit, or conclude, other epidem
cessary Accomplishments Of all unmeasured and in.
visible dangers. And although the familiarity Of
repeated visits, the general professional disbelief in
its contagi0usness, and the ascertainment Of the
have done much to allay unreasonable fears, yet
there still seems to be sufficient reason for reetating
in plain form the principal facts which are ascer
tanned in relation to this disease aud where this
OF the ultimate origin and essential nature Of
cholera, we know absolutely nothing. Of the theo-
ries which attribute to il an electric, teuric or
atmospheric origin we can only say that they. are,
proved.
OF the conditions necessary for its Development
in the human body, we know enough to be able to
say that some Of them are removable and that others
can be avoided.
What are these conditions,
l. An epidemic tendency or influence OF which we
know only that it exists.
2. An active local cause. such a. the presence Of
filth, overcrowding Of tcnements, Dad drainage,
&C., &c.
3. Personal predisposition, or state Of prepare.
ton, induced by exposure TO the second class Of
causes. irregularity Of habits. incautious diet or
any other facilitating agencies.
Without the concurrence Of these conditions,
cholera cannot be developed; so that, IL we cannot
understand or remove the epidemic influence, we
may often render it innoxious by the removal Of
those which are personal. The city government,