The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-08-18


Cur BsHAlo CsrrespssSesss.
BvyyAIo, New YoRH, Angus 10Th, 1854.
IseSSe stsd Cholera R,psrfs-1he Disease
- BvFole-R FNssy Sesnss at Pstts-
Asyr-Sir H'illiam Don Kissed Meatses, !
re-, &c. 2f s7eq~I
Totally regardless Of the high pressure ssate
q every Fahrenheit In the Unitsd States, dame
Runor, dear old lady, has been more than
Hually active and busting this snmmer, 10 the
"a lest extent exempHfying the old aasg "give
her an inch and she win take ard, y nay, per-
Aaps simplifying it ahundred fold. 1t therefore
bshoyes your correspondents, Mr.. Editor, to
meet her amiabls lyings and INVESTIGATIONS
- due amount Of vigilance, 80 Is to keep
ION au e0araat with the event Of the day
- they really are In those localities IN which
We may be wandering, thus also enabling your
readers to draw tomething like just conclusions
@ 10 the various reports that are tying round
The country reports not based upon truth, but
salculated to injure the interests Of Iargespor-
don of the community. I allude more par
ttcularly at this moment TO the exaggerated nc
ssants shat have been sent up and reported In
many papers regaI ding the ravages Of that arch
. mon cholera, and which accounts have fer the
time partially depopulated some Of the cities Of
- lakes, put complete stop to business and
travel, and almost scared the timid Into the srrns
sf the destroyer. This place has been my
retid, nee for six weeks, and ss an epidemic, [
ke assured the disease has never during that
period paid lsa visit although thstprise Of poPa
hr fe. ling regarding travel-the registers OF she
h. tsls,-indicates that the public mind has been
alarmed, and Buffalo has felt the effects Of fy-
ing and inaccurate reports, while 10 truth
there has not been q healthier or a cooler 50
iOurn for the summer pleasure seeker than It's
clean broad streets, fsnned with continued
freezes from the lake which half encircles them.
Whatever sickness has been, either in this
neighborhood or at Niagara, has, however, most
positively and completely disappeared, and
Gan unbesitatingly give this district clean bin
81 b. alth. Indeed, within the laat week there
has been much more hustle than ordinary per-
eeptible at the American, that ne plus ultra
al comfortable hotel, where you Can have
every thing just az yoa require lt. Hodges
never lalks about "our rules of orr hOtcl;"
~ Knows no rules that oAn curtaii the comfort
q his guests and you can live in public or In
privsse, rs the humOr seizes you, your appe-
ute cared for by chef de cuisine of no Ordi-
nary pretensions Il would be just az we'll il
SEINE hotel keepers could name would follow the
! xssd txample Of the Hodges. BY the by, talk
ing OF living as you like at hotel, l began to
1ess, the other day, that orr liberty Of action
Wss ut an end, and that Our much Wanted hide
pendence was to be cribbed, confined, by the
will of majority even should IL choose to inter-
fere with our domestic arrangements. The mat
Ter, however, ended In much amusement, as you
hall hear. A few weeks since business took me on
afying visit to Pittsburg. Whilst there, the re-
ported eccentricities of the tall Scotch baronet,
6r William Don, induced me to stroll, late IN
the evening. into the theatre. On entering,
storm Of hisees greeted my somewhat astonished
carr, which found were directed towards Sir
William, who was vainly endeavoring - pbsain
3 hearing. At last, however, orGe.' having
been sOmew hat restored, he addressed the audi!
snee, as FAR az can recollect in thoes words:--
have been In this country, ladies AMI gentle non,
1osr years, and never before, in my theatrical ca
0HH, ave received mark OF ds.appSohatipn. !
WdeIssand sm charged in this city WIT tho clrae
Of bsipg an siistp rat, simply becagsc sc 70 ex
osisc tEat liberty you have taught me du nag my
sidence In the United States, and selected 10 dino in
BY own room M preference to suffering tae sutso
s.sipg atmosphere of the dining room OF the City
HUtsi, already monopoh1ed BY flies, and where, in
aefesepse to tho otacr guests, could not .'ea
w ont my coat. Now, ladies and gentlemen, II yol
call il 81 isiocrs for man 80 dine In his own ROM
vita bis shirt sleeves turned mp, upon cold mutton
and potatces, must politely ak you what you call
dsmoe,rcy. bave ala1,ys endesyorcd 20 svoid Of
FINDING any one Ii. on the p' esent occasion, have
dore so, WY, can enly say, ] am soTy foe is.
Hc then hoN a, retired, and will DO Il A..
iegbeDy boys the justice 10 say, they soeneG to
spereciato Bis blpnf explanation Tie Kisses
we've chsBg.d into cheers; and nm told they
Supported LIN Literally throughout an escallent
engage ment.
This part Of the wor.i has, indeed, beea quite
teeming with theatrical celebrities. sat OPP
petite julio Dean ana William War toe
other day, at the dinner table OF TAG a.. s ean.
Mira Barrow (nfe Julia Bennetp has also been
staying with Us for 8 month, recruidoes hex
health; but she Is now on the wing for the new
Boston theatre, where | understand, she il GU
gagged. ] have glimpesd Eliza Loyal the
stars resides here. TacAJ.