Richmond enquirer. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1815-1867, 1854-08-08
CITY AND STATE NEWS.
EPIDEMIC. OR NOT EPIDEMIC This

tun under i>crr-iu sualc weeks ago. il ubout 20 ~
renewed. Thc Eu!lctn, oi Saturday enters tho li,s,
and maintain, that IL Physriun ia the lat num-
be. OF the S;cthoscolc i, mistaken III hi views "l
what constitutes an epidemic. The Bulletin says
"Au ,Di.i,mir as ever body know. is "a lisc'l>c
generally prevalent, but mi dependent upon any local
nnr;ii,' r;,,l~" ana af confined tu amy scnsun. eli
uni. r,.,r,. r C.Ii'Niry.' Now. with all due deter
cnrr. i; ecrn> Ia L. i!in hn"wi'"gc {" n':cinc l.
nO; al un,r essential :" enable an Intelligent 'nan
10 advance au opinion /" the Existence or noErc-
val,irr Of an epidemic. III" ciItor "i the 'Sicii"-
scope first attempts t" show that the existence ="
cholera in this city i owing I" III" existence at i"ca
uurtic CalS,S, and then states that /: cannot exist
without becoming an epidemic. The editor m"P berur.
rect in his conclusions but wc@pin" ne W iliu many
intelligent members of the medical faculty here who
viii not agree with him III opinion. IN" when Doc
Jys differ, Nh" shall decide!
IIr arr not Doctor; re have expressed no opinion
on the subject: and of c"ut-c sho'; not din. c.ii"r
with Doctors nr Editors tbs Jet. We "nlF know
la; cliocrn has cXisic"i here As /" its "?ilcmica
;,nlcncirs we leave "ih,rs. NOR" competent than our
.elvcs, To decide. 4 Physician, who writes over The
Signature "c H., in the >icihrsc"rc, says:
~ discussion has ben going on in "rr city ms Il"
whether cholera is 'p|cl5.r here, and II. uSrai, III"
most po-;:ivr opinions advanced iy those totally
;rlar; .t Of m",;ici.l.. While these persons wnul
consider il the highest pace Of presumption and folly
IL pronounce al "lIn"n IN regard I" II dlhcnii HnS-
ar: IN hn!any grnn1r nr astronomy, "r ANY other
s,icrcr nf whrl they may i" ignorant. t;!"y do NJ"
hesitate to express ul,irnn- with the i,;!n's;
idrncc .ui thr most a'Istrnse questions III m"l
rimr. and dcnounce aml Willy physicians who
mas differ from Them. For ihc'r grannic6 IN
pr.iiroats we can feel pity, but towards those
IN lrrr hes We f,'! disgust ainl cont mpi II l. >nh
Glen, for us ~ -ra:r here, iha; without ;hr cp'!c""
cy>c III A-intir cholera II" r;S" "i AStiic cholera
can oc,ur Expusgr" and niIudcncr m"nc cra:r'
produce ii. lry inay and always h;'Fr produced
ii:.rr,. ,lyscn;crv AMI cholera mar rhus bu; they IL"
no, produc, l-iat cholera, unless III" cause Of As'
TIC cholera ac suycra'Id"d.
THETIDE-WAVER CoNNECTlnN.-1hc Nor
foil, Argus. altulug /" III" contamination Of this
grra: work, says:
Tie connection must. ''i course, be "l imncAs"
benefit ln the producer, the Cnnal ana 10 Norfolk.
The canal boats will lhr puss through with their
GOES direct Ia or, port. The cost ul hravagc from
the Basin "A. Richmond Ia Rockets or the dock, has
been estimated al $S0,0OO per annum. This great
work of internal Improvement will ultimately con.
meet the custrru and western waters ni the State, and
command the trade uf the valley between the blue
Ridge and the AIcghanlca. the ONO and kanawha
and the extensive region contiguous l" lhchi' irnil
coa lead cnppcr and other minerals abound, and
lmncnSc QUANTITIES. at gram are Prou"'t". La':r
quantities OF flour, bacon, lumber. &c., Ne,
come down the canal nnd II uur merchants
are only true 10 their interests, an ample share
of the heavy canal trade will come to Norfolk
We must be ready with our steam tugs To receive her
lnrrcs nj the end of The can where trade Will pnr
sur IFS lcr;.i,nu;c course and city become the
seaport and the only seaport, oi The State Nor VIII
this iniurr Richmond 0r Petersburg; the difference
will be- that instead Of nddrg ;o the wealth and pow
cr OF cities beyond our borders MS the present course
of trade docs they will trade through Norfolk and in
turn experience the benefits Of her prosperity and nd
vanccucnt We have been rivals WHEN wc should
have been tricuds-cac and all have their peculiar
ADVANTAGES aus, Gun aid one another without dctTi-
to themselves, unless we couid carry hampton
Roads up to them ur bring the falls of the .\ppoma-
fox nud The James tO our vicinity. They have the
iruu coal and water power for manuiuc;rcs aud the
corn and wheat o feed tic operatives, while we nave
the hurbOr and the ruadread To receive the laDrS oi
their industry aud exchange them with speed, ccnno-
my and facility with other sections VI the country
PETERSBURG AND JERUSALEM PLANK
ROAD.-Thc Petersburg Express states that the con-
slructiun of this rva Is being pushed forward with
extraordinary energy. Eighteen miles OF thc road
have been completed, commencing at point kii"wl
n, Sturdiysut's Prince George. and extcmiing TO-
wards Jerusalem. The entire length OF the road,
when finished from Petersburg to Jerusalem, will be
iG miles, Ibrty-eght miles are now under contract,
and i, is thought will be completed by the hrsi OF Jun
uary next.
ORANGE SIIEEP.-Mr. George \. Sleet, of Or
allse county, slicarcd the presen; season, buck
about fifteen months old, the lcece Of which wcishe,
fifteen pounds, and eve, about the same age, the
fleece OF which weighed fifteen and half pounds
both of the Mcrino breed. The sheep, we learn from
the Culpepcr Observer, were raised. by Mr. Oliver
Terrell of Orange.
EXPLANATIoN.-Itw wus Mr.. JoHs Il. BLAND,
OF King & Queen county, who committed suicide at
tho Red Sulphur Springs, few Days ago. 1t was
heretofore announced "Mr. Bland" leaving doubts
as TO the person.