The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-27
The Death Of ssntag and Poszsnu.
Correspondence Of the New Orleans b.
uxxIoo. Friday. 80 4 "a

fC0xTespeudopee OF the New Orleans b.
MxxIoo, Friday. lag. 1, s5t
In yuur journal Of the 2Sth !.ane aud 13sh J,
are published two letters mem MEXICO, IN VT /
jon announce the d4plorable deaths OF MIds|
sontae and y. Poxsolni. Having visited Nod
RODtaR and N. Pozzolini, In COMPANY With r.
debraDd, during The last hours Of her iluess, II
having attended n. PoEzolini from the cemneT|
ment TO the end OF his attack, ! am enabled to
form you of what passed, more exactly thai VI,
regular correspondent.
Toward the middle of the month of Mach
being rumored that some cases Of ch0iea 1
broken out In one OF the quarters OF the dty
Mexico--ss a member Of the municipal govenn
was empowered 70 find out what truth thee
in the ramor. Unhsppily there was no dou,t
several persons Of the lover orders we're axacl
with this pest. Since then, the maiady, her
slowly, las not ceased to spread In differ ent az
tiers Of the city; but what was certain fact Tor
the physicians accustomed to see cholera attas
vas stouty denif by persons ignorant OF medic
They attljeuied--as IL shown by yOur corTssl
dent--to the heat the sudden and frequent des
caused By the vesitable Asiatic cholera, and VT
were immediately augme nted when the rains
commenced 70 refreshen the atmosphere.
To the 4t1 OF June, the malady, with some
ceptioDs, had attacked the poor orders; but 81
that epoch the better classes began to be victi
and for this reason: The fetes celebrated in the
iaee Of st. Augustine, four leagues from Mex
! drew o great crowd OF persons. The cholt
| favored by the oiso ders which accompany this
/ OF fetes, al by 80 large = crowd, broke out v
frightfui violence so much 30 that Ill those pres
were attacked. Mad SoDtag, spite of herself,
| drawn to see this fete, and there she caught
I gem of the malady, as dio also n. P0zzOlint,
! Spanish Consul, the Secretary Of the British Ii
ton, the French Minlser, and several other
tinguished persons IN Mexico.
| On the l1th OF June the celebrated artist fell
and DR.. vabderii0dea being called In haste to '
her, pronounced it IN attack Of cnolcra. The .
day Dr.. Hildebraod, her physicisuin or iinafy,
nopDced 1t tie same maiady. Remedies which
30 much usei to cure II In Europe aud Ame
| were employed, and no one can be accused Of
ing poisoned Mad. SoDtag and caused her de
On the 18th, having visited her in company '
Ter ply and DIR. aitinez del Rio, was
/ suaded thst 1t was case of cholera, which,
| withstaBding all the remedies employed, and
| devoted att DtioD Of Dr.. Hidebl and, would ter
nate unhsppily by death.
/ some days after, M. Pozzolipi, convalescept \
an Inflammation OF the liver, was also attacked
the same cruel disease, aud died In . typhoid q
c0nses utive 70 the 0lera, Is has been stated by
and by Dr.. JourdanDet, who during eight days
J with me in attending him. / am persuaded,
| Editor, that after what you have read, you win
I terrain NO doubt a. to the cause Of the death
Madame Sontsg and II. Pozzolini, and you will
deavor, for your part, to dissipate the atroc
calumnies, the offspring Of ignOble passions,
! which viii increase the grief and despair Of Il
| who have already suffered by the deaths Of Il
lamented artists. At least, unless they can say
three thousand persons have been poisoned
Mexico during the last few months, they cannot
! 30 Of Madame Sontag and N. PoRxolini. Your
bic servant, LOUIS GARoM