Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1852-1859, 1854-07-19
Prosress Of the Cholera.

NillV lVaN OluCSt uleu OF CnOieIh Nv ShIVubN v
days ago, He visited Illinois to purchase farm
on which 10 locale, and having effected the puF'
chase, was on hiSIelurn, when he was dIlcken
down. His widowed mother and fsmlly from ma
rylsnd had Just reached Louisville. Dr.. snyder'
of Pittsburgh, had also fallen victim 70 cno'e'a
a, Chicago, and likewise four sisters oil chailly'
including The Mother Superior Of the oTdet Again.
miss o'Bren,) formerly OF Pittsburgh.
The 81. Paul tMinnessota) Herald, Of jane 2Sth,
meniions seyeial fatal cssss Of choleia IN That
civ. hosniial wos preparing for sick emlBTun's
i'he Hernando (hisS.) Advocate seys the chole'
m Inns made havoc near hIkaOuteT, IN that cuuh'
~. Thilteen persons had died, six OF whom
were IN the family Of a Baptist minister named
Blown. u,,
The cholera has disappeared from Bowling
Green, KY, and equalization Of The standard
newspapers has been r,sumed.
Al ShepheIdsyille, KY" there have been o.
cholera deaths, bnt the disease was now nOa'ed'
The epidemic yeIy fatal OF Montreal, lhtIe pe'
ing So deaths on The 10Th inst.
A physician attached 10 one OF The hospitals IN
New Fork, sa St
As 10 the comparative fatality Of cholera In our
city this season, II Is undoubtedly guile as great
in proportion 10 its extent, as in any previous sea.
son. Its peculiar tendency, at this time, 10 result
D
In many cases OF The hospital, whete The disease
seemed 10 lie fast giving away befoIe the power OF
medicine, congesve fever has Stated up and dis
appointed hope.
AT Chicago the disease is ubating, although there
were IA deaths there IN Tuesday last. letter
from that city, dated The l2th inst, says;
From the Sd 10 the 9th Of this month, the deaths
by oholeTa have averaged over one hundred per
day, and the carts conveyed The dead TO their Lust
resting place, have been TayeTslng the streets day
aud night for The lost two weeks, some Of them
containing three or four bodies. A great many
ale buried before they have been d, ad half an
hour. The emigTants appear TO have suffered
most. The number Of deaths has been so grent
that The uuderlakeB were unable TO FURNISH cot.
fms, and great numbers Of the dead bodies were
put in rough boxes hastily constructed, and 50
buried. Indeed, II became so bad OF one time,
that great many were only wrapped up in The
sheets on which they lay, or were buried IN tile
clothes they had on them. as you may suppose,
every one whose business has not kept him here
hos fed the cItyj aud very few Of the strangers
who do arrive stay any length Of time. II seems
plague spot. The weather for the last 10 weeks
has been the NOTES.-The continue IOr two weeks
that hayo ever experienced. On Saturday there
was q change in Tue weather, since which time, II
has been much cooler. With the change in the
weather, came change In the cholera cOsss, aud
he number Of deaths has considerably decreased.
The Toronto Patriot Of Wednesday has the fol.
lowing sad account OF the rayages Of the cholera
among The immigrants on The Great Western Rail.
road:
Lest Sunday, $50 Swedish emignnis, among
whom the cholera was prevailing feuriully were
landed on The TNiroad platform al Windsor, (op-
poSile DettoitO On the following morning four
coIpses, (oue Ind been buried the previous night
were lying there, ths victims OF cholera In ilS
most malignant form. Five more were dead that
evening, and each day aud each night has, since
that tune, added two or three 10 The numb-r OF its
victims. Nor have the TaVuges Of the disease
been confined 10 them. On Tuesday is o peIsonS
were seized and died before evening. One had
been jutynlAn al The COTOneT's inquest which
was held on the bodies Of Hose who FIRST diedj
the other had herped 10 dig their graves. Nester-
day added four more 10 tie fatal list MI. Dec,
man, a highly respectable citizen Of Windsor, went
10 Sandwich 10 make arrangements for tie fuue.
raj Of one Of the number. This morning he TOO
was dead
Henry K. Holly, cashier OF the State Bank at
MpniSOn, N. V, died Of choleTn on tile 9Th lust,
while on a visit 10 Lyons, N. Y Mt. Mitchell,
cf Boston, on Thursday last received intelligence
Of the death OF bIolheT and sister in New, York,
Uf cholera, aud in "a few hours n(leT he aud lis
child fell victims 10 the disease. Ills vile Ohd
another child were also tuien ill.,
A man named Whittier, died in Lowell Mass
IN Wednesday, from cholefn. This is said 10 be
the. first case in that city for years.
Pierce G. Grace, Esq, prominent member Of
the st. LOUIS BAR died OF cholera OIL the lllhnst.
The Cleveland Leader says
The Asiatlc cholera is producing greet consltr-
nation in Chicago, People are fleeing Into The
country by thousands, teHor.stTicken. Several Of
the most prominent merchants and business mEn
Of the city have been suddenly stricken down.
Business is in great measure suspended The
cars arrive empty, and leave full of passengers
going out oil The city. The cool weather Of The
last few days has caused decline in The NOR
inlily.