The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-07-15
PROGRESS OF THE CHOLERA


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Oar Chicago rssEA.ntence.
CHICAGO. July IL, 1854.
The Ch~era-TAe Wealher--P,lee If the Neu
York Herald.
The choleva has been raging in shis city with tht
greatest viole ucc Tor the past two three weeks
and people uavs en- dying Of like sheep. From
the Sd TO the 9th VI shis month the deaths BY chole
ra have averaged over one hundred per day. and the
carts seug the dead to their Lest resting place
have been traversiug the e4reets day and night foz
the last two weeks, of them cont ainiog three
and four b, les. great many are buried before
they have Ieen dead half an hour. The emigrants
appear to have suffered most. The nunber of deaths
has been 80 great that the undsrt were unable
:" furnish ccffins, and great numbers Of the dead
booies were put la rough boxes, hastily cons truct
ed, ana SO buried ln&eed. IL became bad at one
time thai great many were only wrapped up in
the sheets on whic1 they lay, or We.e buriudia tue
c'otnes t'ey nad on them. A you may suppose,
every one whore business has not kept him here
has ned the city. aud very few of the strangers
VINO Do arrive, stay any length OF time. II seems
0 lalne spst.
Tie weather for the last two weeks hes been ths
hoitest--to continue for two weeks--that [ nave
ever experienced. On Saturday tic e was a change
III Tie weather. since which time It has been much
cooler. With the change In the weathsr came a
change in the cholera cases, ami the number Of
deaths has considerably decreased.
After leaving New York. the price Of the HERALD
advances the farther you go West. II ii sold in
Chicago at i've cents per copy g. @. A.
Reports OF TN. Newspapers.
There were 207 deaths from cholera at st. Lou is
last week
Thirteen negroes and an overseer have died OF
cholera on the plantation of Gen. Pillow, near Hello
na Aik. Two more negroes were not expected to
live.
During The month Of June there were ten deaths
from cholera at heeng Va. Three fatal cases
have occurred at Scottsvie, ard the Charlottesville
ddrOcaie states that tie disease has made its ap-
peaIance In Columbia. Several cases have occurred
in Richmond.
In Sheppardsville, KY, and vicinity there have
been fiftv-twO deaths. The disease was abating.
Some cases have occurred ut Louisville.
During the month of June the deaths from cholera
at Chicago, ILL.,, were l42. On Sunday last, it is re-
ported, tbat there were l30 ueaths.
The Natchez (Sliss) Courier of the 2lst of June
states that the cholera is raging badly upon the
plantation of Mr.. LambdD, in Louisana, some ak
negroes had died there within few days.
The Toledo (Ohio) Blade complains bitterly Of
exaggerated runners concerning the existence OF
the cholera in that city. publishes the official re-
port OF the Board Of Health, which shows only two
deaths from cholera for the tweuty.four hours end
ing at noon on Saturday. At Eutaw village, op-
posife Toledo, ont of population Of two hundred,
tweDtyOne died Of cholera ia twent P-lour hours At
The Beloit (Ms.) journal say nat the cholera
cases in that village last week. werc confined to the
party OF Norwegian immigrants, among whom the
disease first appeared, and that tho general health
OF the town is excellent.
The Boston Journal learns that the cholera ia
creating quite panic in Richmond, Me. Since tho
4th instant, twentysix deaths have occurred six in
one lrsh family from ship fever, and the rest from
cholera. The population Of the place il two or three
thousand. Many Of the inhabitants were leaving
town, and business was generally suspended.
There have been quite number Of cases Of cl,o-
lera among some Norwegian and Swedish cmigrants
at Detroit and Chicago. In party Of two hundred
at Detroit on the I'd instant, eighteen attack
ed. OF one hundred at Chicago, seven died, and
twenty moro were pf0stratcd on the LIST inst.
Seven fatal cases of cholera wcro reported in Bos-
ton ON Tuesday, and two or three are reported as
having occurred in Charlestown within day or two.
Another case occurred at Abingdon on Sunday.
The number Of deaths from cholera at Buffalo, for
The week ending on the sth inst were sixteen, ten
Of whom were foreigners.
The Troy Hhig states that some ten or a dozen
fatal cases of cholera have occurred in that city, the
superinducng circumstances Of which have been
filth, or excess Of eating or drinking.
Quite number OF deaths from cholera occurred
in Albany on Tuesday. Some imprudence could be
traced in nearly every instance.
The Paterson, On. J.,) Guardian says that there
have been half dozen Cases OF cholera in that city
within week.
Reports from Montreal, Ca, represent the rava.
ges OF the disease In that city fearful, from &C.
venty five to ono hundred deaths having occurred
In O single day.
Cholera I'm the West Indies.
ITS APPEARANCE AND PROGRESS IN BABBADoEs--
TWO HUNDRED FUNERALS IN ONE DAy-HEALTH
or TIE OUT PARrsHE5-MORTALITY AMONG ST TIT
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES FACT REGARDING THE
WEATHER.
lFron The West Indian, (Bridgetown Paper) June 81
For the Information OF our readers we give an
nf flnn nurrnn NJ ftxn nhrIn - H.
steps taken to relieve the suferings of the poor,
and TO check its fatal effects II first appeared on
the 14th of last month, in wooden howell in street
running into Bay street not far from the Hospital
A black woman died there from il after few hours
illness, and two other deaths within three days.
II has been said that It was brought to Barbadocs
from Jamaica where IL is prevailing in the Dcrwent
that some seamen on board Of her died of 1t on the
passage, and the clothes Of two of them belonging
to this place were brought here and given to the
person to be washed, in whose 'use I: first broke
cut. But the truth Of tho statement has not been
ascertaDed. On the occurrence OF the first cases,
the symptoms were not considered by the medical
men 10 be thosesof Asiatic cholera II was thought
to be only an aggravated form Of common diarrhGa
"a disease frequent in Bsrbsdoes However, the
Health Commissioners lost no time In cautioning
the inhabitants against anything likely to bring on
complaints Of the bowels, and recommended the
adoption Of means for the prevention Of the spread
Of the disease.
Opinions differed about the character of the
disease, which soon, however, showed that IL was
epidemic. in the first week. The number Of cases
ard deaths increased, and they were mostly found
among the black people, and in tho filthiest and
closest part OF the town. From the Bay the disease
spread into the close lanes in White Park and about
81. Mary's. meeting Of the Board Of Health &As
again held and the fearful truth could no longer be
disguised or jenyed, that Asiatic or ut any rate,
most fatal type Of cholera, prevailed in Brdgctown-
The remedy found most cffcscious camphor.
We seem as ignorant. indeed, Of the treatment OF
the disease In its full development Of Its origin
and Dature.
At the end Of the second week the eyes Of the
public opened TO the reality aud extent Of the
danger, when they saw the numerous corpses car
ried through the Streets five or six in the same
hcaTse, with no funeral procession, like 30 much
merchandise, under the care Of the undertaken
too numerous 10 be admitted into the church, and
to have the funeral services performed over them.
Their interment was left 10 be provided for by the