Daily evening star. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1852-1854, 1854-07-17
PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA.


The record of deaths doings in our large
cities for the week which has just closed, is
calculated to excite the most lively apprehen-
sions. Throughout the Northern, Eastern.
Western, and Middle States, the cholera pre-
walls to al extent which calls for the adop-
non, by the public authorities, of promptly
vigorous sanitary measures while too much
caution cannot be exercised by the community
ut large in reference to their diet, and such
exposure as is calculated, even in ordinary
times, to produce weakness or p.ostration Of
the body When We speak of diet we do not
mean to recommend to those who have bee,
long accustomed to the substsntialities of a
generous table, to have immediate recourse to
bran bread and cold water. In seasons OF
general sickness, sudden changes of all kinds
are 20 be deprecated. Eat and drink mode
rately Of those things which experience tells
You will agree with, you; baihe frequently !:
avoid exposure to the midday sun 90 to bed
early ard, by all means, eschew such abomi-
nations as soft crabs, clans, lobster salad.
cucunbers. and drugged liquors.
Tire number Of deaths in New York last
week, reached the fearful sum total of sl7-iL-
Guiding l37 from cholera The deaths Of
children from cholera infantUm are unpIece-
dentei Is 20 numbers.
In Philadelphia, during the same time, here
were os deaths from cholera and SIS deaths
rag Gsess5a, infringe. deaths IN ALL, t,or.,
cholera.
The Chicago Democratic Press, of the 18th,
says: The deaths By cholera yesterday num-
bered D. On Thursday the interments from
ali diseases were II :"
In ST. Louis, for the week ending July TO-
there we're 2l6 deaths from cholera.
The cholera Is said to be raging badly il
quebec. DR.. Mccullough, celebrated physi
elan there, has fallen a victim TO it.
The Washington telegraphic corresponds Mt
Of the - Associated Press sends the following
dispatch TO his employers in Baltimore, PhilI-
dephia. New York aud Boston.
EAsHISGroS. July 1.-THE cholera in
:his city IL ginning 10 cause some alarm. and
i, increasing. though the numb er of fatal cases
Il very light 1he members Of Cong eSs are
quite ANXIOUS for tbs arrival OF the iIh OF
u,ust, the day OF ADJOURNMENT and are des
patching business with commendable energy "
Here, in Washingt. N, We need hardly state
that there is not one word OF truth in the
abo7e dispatch. From the beginning to The
endiDg, it is pure, unauthorized fiction. The
,elegraphie columns Of our contemporaries
abroad nay be adorned with all the silly
twa,,Ie Of all the news- mongers of the fedora.
capital. They pay handsomely, no doubt f1r
these bogus reports, and have the right, con
fer-ed by purchase, 10 use the spurious article
I'd nQaseam; but We do protest against theis
giving publicity to false reports, which bear
some outward evidence of malicious mischief
The city Of Washington was never in more
healthy state than il is at the present time.
20 feve7s-no cholera-no epi1emic Of any
kind. come two weeks ago, gentleman Of
his city died very suddenly, and 1t Was snp-
EOS. d at the time that his disease was cholerI
Th:si. the only case " cholera that has fallen
under the observation or treatment Of our
physicians
:, far from members Of Congress feeling
4 very large number Of them have expressed
themselves in private in favor of extending
the zine fixed for adjournment 10 9Th Of
September.
AS an evidence Of the good healtL ,.-sh
inyton, we might state that on Saturd4, last
only sir prescriptions were put up at one OF
the mos, extensive drug establishments Oh tie
Avenue.
CHARLES LEVERS LAsr.-Joe Shilling on