Republican vindicator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1857, 1854-11-06
The Plague in London.

! We copy the following from the Lon.
sfscor., of. the Home Journal. 1t seems
as though the statement must be greatly
Exaggerated, fcs we have met with ,no.h-
ling in the foreign files. or in the letters of
the various correspondence to confirm The.
tale Of horror The Journal foarhes for
THE crcdibility Of its informant, but the,
news is so terrible iye cannot but hope it
will be found-to be greatly magnfied:
Cone hundred ard ffty years since
more or less the infection of the plague
was brougktlo this city from AlexaDdria,
in a chest -of selSihes. Half Of London
perished with thi~fearlul contagicn. The
bodies. were Carried out and buried in deep
pits in those fields which now lie Under
Argyle street and its immediate neig libor-
hood. This .plagu., s.ifis said, has now
been tarnedap- b. tire spade and has be-
gun, to rasage Loadsn .sImpossible as.tlis
may seem, the surgeons and physicians
say positively that London is ROT suffering
smuch.from the cholera that it lsa conlagi-
GUS disea Sc hfet HAS bYoken 6ut in this
neigllbori,ood, and thati it israpidly spread
-
. Il would apPeer ethat il cutting sewer
through Argyle street, it was. carried rath-
er deeper than ordinary, and that bones Of
the old victims ofthis fearful disease were
turfed up BY the linen, many of whom
were takea j and died; suddenly Chill
dren, also, who had come and played with
these bones, sickenttl and persisted -
Moreover, twas noticed that Those who
came in contact with either The workmen
or children sickenee and died ms most
eases within q lew hours. The disease
increased. Clever physicians said thai it
was decide div not the cholera.
'l'he disease now spreads rapidly, and
IN week from the time at which il broke
out, it had completely raya9cd the streets
IN Soho and its immediate vicinity. anG at
the present moment Poland street, Argyle
street, and others, are closed against all
rassers Half the shops in Regent street
are shut up. The remainder. are rapidly
closing. 1t two o'clock in the dav.
scarcely dozen persons may be met with
lii that great tho!oughfare. s. In those
streets which the disease is most speedily
The. dead bodies are placed
in the open air Immediately, that. life has
departed from them, so great is the fear Of
eontagion. | have seen, in two instances, 81
hall dozen bodies being carried off in
black sacks IKE bales Of goods, for burial,
yon will easily Judge how great fright
this has created Every one who is able
10 dose has fed. London. generally at
this time just cmptyiug. is now half de-
ryPu'ated. fh.ec ,iays since, william
Vincent Wallace ran away. He is not
man easily frightened. Ask him and he
will confederate what have told YOU, as
ne must now be in New York Business
s at a complete stand still. Nothing is
being done. Amrsements 60. the time
have completely closed.
I Physicians say that this is undoubtedly
the plague. The symptoms occasionally
vary from those shich are reported TO
have accompanied It when il. in the reign
Of Charles H., swep, Of one half Of Lon
don. No medical means have as vet
availed to stop it. tits propagated BY
'ontagion, and is siuguIarly speedy in lis
fleets; surprising even the speed which
ne cholera on lis frst. Appearance slew its
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