Evansville daily journal. (Evansville, Ind.) 1863-1866, 1865-11-01

10Th ult., one Of the brAvest Of women
bads adieu 10 life. We refer to Grace
Daring, 'ths Maid Of the Isles. The
pretty name she bore and fbeheroic
achievement by which she became eele'
bra.sd, will serve for centuries 70 keep
her name alive. She was twensy-two
years old when by her exertions num-
ber on the crew and passengers were
saved from the wreck Of The steamer
Foariarshirs during q fsArfulsiorm which
appalled, the stout hearts, Of rough boat
men Of the Farns Islands. When the
mus.sr roll Of noble women is called,
GfAes Darling nust never bs omitted
French 0fncial Report on the
- Ch0lera.
The French Minister of Foreign AT.
fairs and Minister Of AErlcpltare, have
made arepsrs on die cholera, its causes
and modes of prs ssption. They say:
Tepfessrvp ous population and the
wheIe Of Europe from periodical attacks
Of Eha cholers, 10 seems that we ought
RAISER 20 seek % stife the evil in its
birth than 70 Impede il upon the roats
II 10 not su iieient 20 impose 10 II, upon
each Of the stages "a ftraEerses, obstacles
which infict real injury upon com.
msrcs, end only offer to the publie health
guarsnfies too often powerlesss il is above
sill necessary 10 organize At the point Of
departure system Of preventive meas
nres coaneeted with the territorial su-
shorifiss By means Of international ar
rangaments. M
The Information gathered by the con
sular agents, and confirmed BY the
unsnfmsus reporss OF the physicians,
manifestIy proves that the epidemic has
bsen imported into Egypt by pilgrims
Hretnrning from Mecca and Djsddah.
Thua Il IL alleged that the cholera exists
every yaar among the carevaps OF Mas.
sulman9 arriving 10 thsse holy cities, af-
ter fatignes and privations OF every kind,
which render them more liabID to che
malady. This predisposi ion u singular-
ly favored by the state in which these
multitudes live--camping in the open
air, exposed 10 q torrid heat, and to the
influences Of the peatiIential miasma Civ.
On forth by heaps Of impurity, and the
putreiied remains of animals offered in
the propitiatory sacrifice. Those per-
manent causes Of infection have beAn
still more active this year, bysEeason OF
certain facts which may again ocear,
and which we sconsider We ought 60
point out to your Majesty's attention.
These circumstances call for a aurvesls
lance and control over the operations OF
embarkation and transport Of The pill.
grims, which seem 10 have been hitherto
Allogether insufficient. IL 10 intelligible
of what high importance 1t Is chat the
sanitary condition on board these pack
cts should not be disguised either by the
commanders Of those vessels or BY the
authorities which pronounce their admis-
sion to free pratiqne. IL 10 permitted 20
hope that II system Of observation
and surveillance had existed at the
point Of departure, and II exact reports
upon cases Of illness arising during
the passages had attracted the vigilance
OF the local sanitary authorities in time,
they would have been akls 10 sxtisguish
OF ieoiafe the centers of inspection, the
influence Of which has aucceaaiveIy ex-
| tended to Syria, 10 the coasts Of Asia
| hiin5r, aud TO a portion Of Sontbern
Europe
!, From all tho faeta we have jnat men
| toned, we are led Go deduce che conolu-
sion that the present time 10 truly oppor.
tune to bring about the meeting At an
early date, Of diplomatic conference,
in. which should be represented The pow.
ers Interested, like ourselves, in the re-
forms demanded By the present organi-
cation OF the sanitary service In the
East, aud which, after having studied
the questions 10 which we have the hon.
or TO solicit your Majesty's attention,
ahopld propoaa practical remedies. The
msmbsfs ef this cohlefenee would have
especially to examine whether II wogId
not be necessary TO establish, nj thF
points Of departure and arrival Of pi..
grims returning from Mecca-that is Il
say, at Dieddah aud Susz--sanitars
Administrations having M internationa
character, which ahonld secure their in
dependence, and give TO their manage
ment all possible guarantees Of loyal I'm
partiality. We may reckon upon activI
corporation on the part Of the Casters
Governments, whose States in the, pro
| gress of tleae epidemica are iha first h
suffer from the ravages Of the soonrgl
and from the heinterFnption of commercia
relations