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

calsmity. 1t hes been thought necessary to make
arrangements TO, thinning the occupants OF houses
In which i appea~s. BY pitching tents for them,
and procuring accommodation otherwise. ALI has
! been done at the pu1iSc expense. and to be pro-
vided for by the Health Commissioners. There Is
no calculating the cost at the present moment, bat
IT cannot fail to be very great. The new burial
ground alone cost 81, 400, a.H like sum we may
put down for the cost Of the cns, the conveyance,
aid the interment Of those who have been already
buried But ths Is net the time to couutthe cost
Let Is be thankful that the sland treasury is able
~ meet it.
very handsome subscription of nearly 81 900
Ias been raised by private contributions ut fse sng
geetloD OF the officers Of H. n. tr0ps ~ St. AIMS,
Y, which the gentlemen Of the Colonial Bank, and
ths merchants Of the city, very literally Gssisted.
The deaths in comparison to tue number of casas
by the police have not exceeded 60per cent
Up to yesterday morning l,470 cases we're report-
ca, and 746 deaths. rbe mortality amongst the
prisoners in the jail in eridgetowA has been m,st
hightfal. The cholerA has proved general jail
delivery. There we're 15S prisoners of all deser,p-
'on, confined there. The number Was rejucetsby
eehe,ng s.iae 9. them away to the otner places Of
COZ huemeLt III the rural DISTRICTS. Some ID remained
Lshud. Of these 40 have already died, and the re-
mliDiug is are on the sick ist.
AT the garrison men Of the st. W. 7. regiment
nave dlsd, and women, ANA Ii military aborers,
the lat tr oderhes, waiting upon tic stun officers
and ying mostly at their quarters ia the suburbs of
TIE towp, These men are all Africans, ana 8oon
as they are seized they obstirately refuse to Ahe
any meoicinebeing quite content to die, and 60 re
turn, IS they say, to their own coun,ry.
IN the out parishes tho disease has not been at-
tended with equally fate! effects. Ii has appeared in
most OF them, if not in all but With few deaths. Ia
81. Joeephs IN the vicinity Of Bathsheba, coneder-
I'd one OF the healtnest parts of the island strange
to say, the disease has been more prevalent and
more fatal than elsewhere in the country. 90 cases
and y d. aths have occurred there.
Among the deaths at st. Joseph is that of
Mr. 4. Mayors proprietor of Dacres estate. at the
yer, advanced age 0! So, Another aged victim is,
we regret 10 say Mr.. Cnckett, the euitor and pro-
piietor OF the ba'tddian newspaper He was ( ken
III on Tuesday evening, and ded the following day, !
Commercial Hall, the same day he was taken. He,
TOO, Was an octogenarian, ana has lett widow and
four children
As far us we can learn there have been up TO to-
day., 2 O'Clock, l,l30 intermebts at st. Leonard's
and Indian River, since the commencement Of the
epidemic; ALL with not moro taan two or three ex-
ceptions, black or cOl0red persons. The whites have
been buried ut the Cathe dra, and the colored ut St.
Mary.s. There have not been more than so deaths
OF whites throughout the island that is less than
five per cent OF the total number Of deaths.
Strange to say, the weather has been cooler than
usual At this season Of the year; tie sky clear and
the wind hgh-weather that one would expect to
he anything but pestllentiaL Yesterday thcre was
q change. It came on to rain; the wind felt, and
there was good deal of thunder aud lightning
What the effects Of this change will be the epidc
mic remains to be seen; We trust 1t will be TO
diminish its strength; we understand the medical
men say that the disease has assumed mildcr type
than at its first appearance.