The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-27

Mxxroo, Friday. lar. 1, .sSl
In your journal Of the 2sth ane and 18th u
are published two letters nom Mexico, IN vi
you announce the d1plorsble deaths Of Mlds
sontae and n. Poxsolni. Having visited Md
EontaR and NJ. Pozzolini, in company via D.. Ell
debr and, during ths last hours OF her illuesi, I
having attended n. PoEzolioi from the csmneI
meDt TO the end Of his attack, am enabled to II
form You of what passed, more exactly thai VI
regular correspondent.
Toward the middle Of the month Of Mach
being rumored that some cases Of choien
broken ous in one OF the quarters OF the dty
Aexic0-as member Of the municipal govenn
WAS empowered ~ find out what truth thee
in the rumor. Unhsppily there was no deu,t
several persons Of the lower orders were atfacl
with this pest. Since then, the malady, .hss
slowly, has not ceased to spread IN differ ent q
ters of the city; but what was certain fact Tor
the physicians Accustomed 70 see cholera ataa
was stOuty denis by persons ignorant Of medic
They attljbuted--as In shown by your corresl
dent--to the heat the sudden and frequent dee
caused BY the veritable Asiatic cholera, aud VT
were Immediately augmented when the rains
commenced TO refreshen the atmosphere.
To the 4t1 Of June, the malady, with some
ceptioDs, had attacked the poor orders; bat 81
that epoch the better classes began to be victi
and for this reason: The fetes celebrated in the
laee Of st. Augustine, four leagues from Mex
drew a great crowd OF persons. The cholt
favored by the olso ders which accompany this {
OF fetes, al by 50 large crowd, broke out v
frightful violence so much 30 that al those pres
were attacked. Mad. Sontag, spite of hensen, ,
drawn to see this fete, and there she caught
gem Of the malady, as dio also n. Poxx0lint,
Spanish Consul, the Secretary Of the British LIE
ton, the French MinIser, and several other
tinguished persons in Mexico.
On the llth oil June the celebrated artist fell
and DR.. Vanderii0den being called In haste to v
her, pronounced it IN attack of cholera. the n
day DR.. Hildebraod, her physiciau-in or iinafy, I
nOunced 1t the same malady. Remedies which
10 much use3 to cure It in Europe aud Amer
were employed, and no Que can be accused Of b
ing poisoned Mad. SOntag and caused her def
On the 18th, having visited her in company v
Ter physician aud DIR. MAJ tinez del Rio, was !
suaded that 1t was case of cholera. which,
withstanding all the remedies employed, and
devoted attention of Dr. Hideb and, would ter
nate unhsppily by death.
some days after, M. Pozzolini, convalescept n
an Inflammation of the liver. was also attacked
the same cruel disease, aud died In typhoid 81
conse, utive TO the 0lera, Is has been stated by
and by Dr.. Jourdannet, who during eight days
with me in attending him. l am persuaded,
Editor, that after what you have read, you win
terrain no doubt a. TO the cause Of the death
Madame Sontsg and n. Pozzolioi, and you will
desvor, for your part, to dissipste the atroCi
calumnies, the offspring of ign0ble passions,
which will increase the grief and despair Of tf
who have already suffered by the deaths Of n
lamented artists. At least, unless they can say
three thousand persons have been poisoned
Mexico during the last few months, they cannot
30 Of Madame Sontsg and N. Pozzolini. Your b
BILE servant, LOUIS GARoM