The Washington union., 1857-05-23
THE NATIoNAL-HoTEL MYSTERY.
letter from. an occasional correspondent
NEw Yong. Mny u. 1851

NEW iOEk, hliy II, 1901.
MY WORTHY FRIEND: This has been called q mysterious
world and wise have rendered it more mysterious
by attempting explain its mysteries But be this it
may the world perhaps, more abounded in mys-
teres than present in spite Of the benevolent efforts
the correspondents of the London Times and other Euro
pean journals who scattered throughout this mun-
dane sphere from Washington to Constantnope whose
capacity to penetrate into mstonos Is undoubed whose
imagination amounts almost to inspiration and whose
invention is without bounds But notwithstanding the
unweared abors of these benevolent scribes il is very
provoking that there many taking place
every day above ground mysterious to battle
the sagacity Lieut. Maury who has brought the winds
and currents into such excellent order and penetrated to
the very bottom of the ocean, which longer faith
onless notwithstanding what the lying poets have said
Of it. We have mysterious dsappeaances of absconding
debtors and gentlemen who mistake other peoples money
for their mysterious murders that prove the old
proverb not without its exceptions such those of Dr.
Burde and the nameless young wflose body was
found Newburg the Other day ard lastly the mys
terry of all mysteries mysterious malady Of the Ma
tiona Hotel.
With regard to this last many Of the ppoplo with
whom in the habit Of daily associatpg to think
the most mysterious circumstance connected with it is
the apparent indifference Of your city fathers and indeed
your citizens generally, to affair which has been at
tended with such fatal consequences and attracted the
attention Of the whee people OF the United States with
the exception of those Of Washington. The public senti-
ment in this quarter clearly indicates impression that
the police magistrates of your city haye not taken tc
proper for thorough and complete inYestiga-
ton into this mysterious tragedy Day after day VIC see
announced in the public journals the death Of some dis
tingL4... oi'iDs i' ' soi's "oi pieoSeiy the same
symptoms with those tia, -. 'NtViS nun, ana oi
Others stall saeripg similar infections, all of whnoo II
traced to And yet what has been done to as
certain the cause Of this extensive calamity myst
rous visitation which carries with it at least grounds f
suspicion that demand thorough investigation Two
or three physicians of whom speak with the utmost re-
spect have been employed to examine the sewers nys
gae the copper kettles and auccpans and report ON
the sanitary state of the kitchen.
A barber and two three walters were examined II
don't understand whether under oath or not who stated
that the hotel offensive IL not at all times M It
frequently, to make it necessary TO keen the ,rind
open for the admission Of pure arand this too IN Tho
month of February Yet, notwithstanding this Che IN
mates to the number perhaps Of hundreds sti contn
ued TO reside in the hotel and breathe this M
mospherc Docs not this Seem TO the last degree hnpos
sible But let that pass The physicians n their
opinion that the the source of the disease
and the mystery, are TO presume was unrayeed tn
the satisfaction Of all parties living or dead.
Now, my good friend the people about me think this
was not the proper way Of going to work There were
many just causes Of suspicion which rendered this case