The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-28

pftely worse. to htoHcattoD, Or drfnkinx edul
tersted liquors. Il ID important to nstice. IN
the progress Of tbs dis ease, that il is graaually
w airing elf eut-that esch succeeding Wait to
this count y l. ss fatal In Its consequences
than the last and that we may expect to see It
ere long completely under the control Of science
1t is very graz flying to observe that the
City Inrpso'or's re'urn for hat week shows
! o decrease Of ninety one deaths. The great
est number of deaths in one week from
cholera this summer, was -302, and that number
has now been reduced to nearly q third. But
leaving the figure at 302, it could scarcely be
said, even then, that the disease was epidemic
| The average of weekly deaths, taking the
| highest figure, was at the rate Of one for every
two thous and citizens, including foreigners, who,
| it Is admitted, were the prineipal sufferers
When we compare the mortality of New York
| with that Of other large towns, we can come to
| no other conclusion than that it is remarkably
| healthy city. To the north, south and east Of
| Ms the returns Of deaths from cholera have far
| exceeded ours. Even in Canada, where cooler
atmosphere is supposed to engender health,
| the scourge has visited all the principal cities
| Of the province with much greater severity
| than it has visited US. There have been ten
or o dozen deaths in Quebec and Montreal
| Tor livery one in New York; aud yet many
| of our citizens left for Canada, in order
to escape from the pestilence. But for our
salvation we are neither indebted to the
blessings.of cleanliness. nor yet to any parti-
cular vieor displayed by the Board Of Health 10
the exercise Of its important duties Oh the
contrary, we believe that If proper energy had
been manifested by tie authorities at the com
meDcement Of the season, many lives would have
been saved. To Providence and healthy stu
alton our thanks in this particular are espe-
cial]y due.
When the disease first broke out we endea-
vored to persuade our fellow-citizens Of the
foolishness Of leaving the city. Many were too
much occupied by their own fears at the time
to heed our advice. But we are glad to per
ceive, now that the most timorous have ven
tured to return, they are even persuaded that
they left abealthy for an unhealthy locality,
and thereby incurred risk from which they
| might have been spared by remaining at home.
Our hotels are once more full, proving that the
exaggerated reports 90 carefully circulated by
Philadelphia about the prevailing sickness here,
have received very little credit The publication
Of the last official notice by the Health Commits
sioners, announcing the disappearance Of the
epidemic will, We trust, remove all fears on the
subject. Business we are happy to say, has at
length been resumed
TRAVEL ON THE HuDsoN-ThE ACCIDENT TO
THE HENDRIX HuDsoN-Another cause OF COM
plant against the captains Of the Hudson
river steamboats, is disclosed in the proceedings
OF meetings held on board the Troy and Hen
dirk Hudson on Saturday, which we have been
requested to publish. 1t seems that crank pin
on board the latter vessel had been broken pre-
vious to her departure from Albany; and one
Of her wheels Was thus disabled. TIL. captain
expressed his fears that she would not be able
to reach New York with one wheel; but STILL
carefully concealing the fact from his passen-
gers, be started from the wharf at Albany as
though all was right. A short time afterwards,
as we understand the story, she came into col
lision with o schooner, and it became obvious
that she could not proceed on her Journey.
After lying to, the steamer Troy, also pas
seneer boat bound for New York, came in sight,
and Immediately took the Hendrix Hudson in
tow, and proceeded on her journey at the rate
OF four or five miles an hour. The passengers
OF the Hendrix Hudson requested to be put on
shore, or transferred to the Troy those on
board the latter vessel, indignant af being de-
tanned while the boat was towing the Hendrix
Hudson, made similar request. But both
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mother suffer their passengers to go ashore, nor
cast of the towline. In fact the imposition
was aggravated, according to the passengers
statement, throughout by the grossest rude
ness on the part Of the two captains All
the passengers demanded was to be put on
shore SO as to take the Hudson River RAILROAD
to New York: no rcquest-however reasonable
and just it weuld have been-wss made for the
return of the passage money: and yet, bo.h
captains refused to comply with the wishes
Of the passengers.
The boats reached the city at 4 ?. NJ. on Sa-
turday, instead of A. M. Independently of
the annoying loss Of time suffered by all, the |
delay was in some cases peculiarly grievous.
One passenger was going to be married. The |
wedding guests were assembled, waiting for |
him, while he was chatting at his detention on
board the Troy. Another had note coming |
due for several thousand dollars on Saturday: |
il was protested, and be must now do what~he |
can to repair the blow given to his credit. A |
third had paid hie passage money on board the |
Union steamer, which left for Havre on Satur-
day OF noon. These are only few cases which
have come to our knowledge; out of some four
hundred passengers detained by the captains
Of the two steamers, several others have doubt
less been as seriously aggrieved.
We learn, however, that the matter Is not
going to rest here. The indignant pas
sengcrs have called meeting to be held
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