New-York daily tribune., 1854-07-18
AT CHICAGO.
CorresIondence Of The n. Y. Tribune.
CHICAGO ThursdaI July Is, le5l

Correuondenoe Of The n Y. Tribune.
CHICAGO, Thursday, July 13, 1854.
Our CITY has been s0rely visited with the scourge
of God" At first the sickness confined to emf
grants but about the 4h it made its way into the
ranks of the citizens and since then many have fallen
Among the most known were James IA. Collins Esq,
the leader of bar and the great champion OF free
dom and human rights +. d. Ety. South Wster-st.
merchant; DR.. Graves, homeopathic physicians
Cowper land agent; +. l.. Clark, lumber mer-
chant: Rev. Mr. ClarksOn, highly esteemed and use
full minister of the Methodist Episcopal Church; aud
Dr. r. N Snyder young ply of great promise.
And besides these many of the wives and children of
our first citizens. Many who were attacked recov-
cred Since the weather changed last Saturday the
disease has gradually abaed, and we confidently look
for IFS entire departure n few days On Thursday,
Friday and the following days. the average number OF
deaths must have been forty or fifty per day Since
then from twenty five to thirtyfve. The whole num-
Der of nerments for the first eight days OF July was
242 of all diseases. About l75 it is thought were Of
cholera. -
Tile Nerark (N. j. Daily Adrertiser Of yesterday
says:
NV Cholera were repor to the Board of Health Two
children were sick with il in Coldens one OF whom died.
Also two girls in the house OF Bishop bay one
of whom was buried to-day and the other is not expected
10 live woman in the old church building corner oi
Academy and Washington SITS. was seized with It, Also,
Mrs. Grogan, in Newark'st. ana chlld al no. 20 sum
itst Several of these persons were alive this mornlng
To-day four have been reported none OF whch nave
yet been fatal. A.. .o,.o. ....
from Richmond 10 Lynchburg, died about the time OF the
arrival of the boat at the latter place on Wednesday st
The Republican states that ms disease was cnolera'
Side Democrat states that negro man died AT the
Marine HOSPITAL at City Point, Wednesday OF choiera
He was in The employment of the Richmond low bSdl
Company and his case presented al Ihose 1I Iana
baraeteIcs which mark this fearful and fatai disease
The deaths in ST. Louis for the week ending July 10
oro ,o5o16 bv cholera. Tie 81. Louis IsteiigeHoer
of the llth inst. says:
square adjoining the Park MIL near Marker sns
becapSn Sunday and by noon yesterday fourteen deaths
bo6 cccnrred Among them was woman ana her TWO
children. who died within few hours OF each Diner
In Rosop tbrty-one deaths by cholera were reported 10
the City Registers office, during the week ending Sataf
day noon. Nearly all the deaths from choiera '' sea'0
are persons of foreign birth
TJe oufreal gazette of the llh inst. gives the fol-
lowing rs the number of cholera cases and deaths ior inc
dos named July 5, 80 cases II Deaths oh oo cases.
ne dea,hs 7tb 80 cases. q deaths eh, 80 cases, ~
deaths 9th % cases deaths lOth "A cases 20 deaths
The Montreal Herald says there were 81 deaths IN lla
y durnc the tweRty-four hours ending at noon on inc
mn inst of which Sc said to have been oil choera
TIE Ta.eveH VA AdrOcate states that TWO cases o
blera occurred in Wytheyie, Of which proved ia'a
in a few hours. ....
:; ho C;tv Cemetery from the Is. of Nay to the 10Th
I was o03-ss by cholera. There was but one inter-
mont in the City Cemetery for the twentyour hours emu
; t o'clock ON the llh inst, and that not OF choera
It,, T6, Union of the 18th inst. says;
1neso interments include all the deaths whoa nave
- IN Nashville South Nashville and Their susuIos
@ r ,bree miles with population OF 70 OOo eAcept
lo te,neuts in the Catholic cemetery, list Oh ~nIeu
49, moi obtained. Of the S cholera cases, IA =.
We "o;. have been negroes and children vi pTuuuehs
% nersons residing in Nashville Proper; thele
sou W. w., eTv few if any, deaths by cholera ana IneIe
has consequently been no alarm mere sNioo '"o Mss WIN
or two OF the disease 81. vy1,esaav states that the
& h made its appearance IN thst ne
cno among the laborins classes on h. raiv'ao nv @
NOR h co1rse of formation IL further sls'e .a' @ -,
NO" hs sections on the Hemphed k4roao m tns
ohS tY W Of Washington eight working men Oh
| fell victims 10 1t. . .h ,,h instant there had
hson four cases three of which proved Iasa a. Nm
country eight or ten miles west OF Town, nee sbhor
twsnty6ye cases and seventeen deaths. In ns Tbe
hood of Big Spring there had been iouf 49, s sst
total number Of deaths in the county IRON 1 ssSv
mated at between thirty and thrty-nve. .h -th Mi
made its appearance in Springfield, ky ON le
Il has since then taken of twenty three persons 80;
10 the town. In one family consisting OF n.e Ej in
members six died. About the same number 'na 80 .,
,ovn died in the country, mostly in the southern
The county There had been no case IN town ios "" 1871
eight days.