The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1865-04-22

Ihe English Tapers rocc we'd by the last steam
en- tavs = great deal 20 say concerning the
PLAGUE" which hss made It's appearance IN Rus
ia. II has been discussed In the inst ParilA-
menL whoro cir GElEGs Gasr stated that the
Health authorize, wero adopting all tho prscau.
honary measures necessary 10 proven, It's intro
duction into England. II has also created alarm
In PrussiN Austri. sFoleu, Denmark, the Ge--
man States, France, and other continental nston,,
whore strict quhranlin. has heen orderol araisst
oil vessels and travellers coming from Russia.
Under the circumstances, cause for alarm exists
on this side of the Atlantic, which may a. any mo-
ment BE- visited by this row disease.
We extract from the Liverpool Posr the follow
Ing article concerning 40 character Of the dis
eAss.
An epidemic resembling in its fatality the AnAtc
cholera has for some months devastated the into
nor OF Rpsya, Apparently taking its or gin IN ST.
beris, u has gradually swept down southwark,
spreading more widely on either side ~ ID AL
vsnces. A. yet II has completely bsffied the skill
Of the Russian physicians and o. those professors
o medicine who have proceed od from Germany to
stui ITS symptoms. In many eases this epidemic
resembles the celebrated plague Of Athens, which
decms,ed h.tica IN the second aud third years Of
the Pelopounesian war. Like IT, the epc,liuic be-
longs 70 tho class Of er,ipuve typhoid disordor.
Tho person .eiZci Immediately despalrs OF rocov.
| cry 10 loses memory and hope together Like
H. TOO tho siberian fever Ia accompanied generally
| by honrse cough and violent rotching, ard the
| victim seldom survives bevond the ninth day
| There Is some difficulty In obtsniug re.hlc ne
count OF tho disease for the Russian officials
very communicative, have cndeavorel 10 con-
cesl the existence Of tie disease. but il has
touched one or two towns IN Austria and Prussia,
and ages At St + tersburE. The deaths IN ,he
laIter city are acknowledged g. amount n eighty
o. ono hundred Per day, tHt il Is suspected they
arc fVe tines numerous The disease A SAID %
Ia o assumed mitgaio1 form In Germany, but
Vei. great AArm prevails throughout the cong-
nen'. Men hoped thai with the ANAuc cholera,
the last Great sour'c OF tho human race, had passed
away, but they suddenly hnd themselves confrunt-
| Ing = Iesti'cuoe which advances as rapidly as .
prairie contlagrstiou, hostiug on the riy,r snd
| borne on the air. Apprete nsion, TOO, a. IN tho
case OF the Asiatc choers, predisposes 10 the dis
ease. plague Of this description raging in ~.
| Petersburg cannot be long absent from other En-
ropes, capitals. It marches steadily and sure y.
ALREADY its route is traced by death ami mourning,
aud It's future track has been pointed out. In such
case quarantine regulations are nearly useless
| NopIagno Was ever yet Eep. away from our shores
| by delaying q sAip from an Injected port 1t
distance from the hartor. Tho fcvcr may
10 conveyed in letter. a Dslo OF goods,
wall or stray rom tho ship waited TO
The shorer II may he taken up by The wind
passing over tie occk and be borne rysteri-
ously' ur.pite OF all precautions 10 tie crowded
h~h' fhvsici.ns may dispute whether Aus in.
iet"ouS or contAgiou+ Such d. ,cus.,ous mnv te
, nc to the professor, but the truth
~ 'n"' whether lAguo he Conveyed hy sic air
| e.Vso o anv land vhicn II may he The will ~ Pro.
80. to visit with such scourse. We have /,
power, however, greatly 60 mitigate q e
'lrulerco, and almost to change the character Of
the disease Ii Is true, Nla that what We have To- do
10 meet this disorder should 10 done even II no
plaque terrified us Into seton Dirt, Equalur, iu-
Sufficient AMI improper fool, viiated ar, and de.
fCrtye drainage these are the allies and spreader.
1 Of homes a. an YsHus ara
IroycrhiHlv hlsiv TIE ai.luent have their splen
did palaces, in which All that meets the eve og Tie
yisi, r is scrupulvpsly clean but the ars Of tho
nohlest manAlons are full Of nbom nAtous, and ,ht
air from these hoihcis of mslaris Kills the sleep
ers In their gorgeous Nels above. Nowhere al,
sanitary laws less observed than IN the Russi4r
towns, and IL has boeu oh'cryel ia
{ where these laws have been most ne,l ct
81, there the pestence has heen most mt-l
This Ia the universe Law, for though occASonAll,
the pestlcncc smos down It's victims where thcs,
laws have teen observed, there tho innocent sufre
for the guty-the cecil" Of poison has teci
brought from some locality .eeklng with corrup
ton. The prevAlen of fever aud other 6issas 4
prryeniitle by ordinary care anG c'c.u ness
ell public atento on some mouths since W tie fear
iul condition o. many Of the byc-Ways - tn
density populated borough. Much has teen don
to remove the causes Of epdemics, and TO IuduD
habits Of cleanliness among tie 30 lcr classes. n
much rema us 60 DO lone. an Ii is not W en- thi
pesn cnce may be upon us that We SHOULD sprl
, dlAse"lly to counters, u, Stronger me ,surc g.
any &c. adopted should 10 taken now. Tltr
should b. general a..d 3! s.tIu.'!c e-us pg a
the lanes and courts o! tho borough, uranls
should be rapidly eicc,ed, and everything cUlcl
] rcl TO vsiato tue AIR should lie removed Yl,hou
. delay. II II iile 70 count the 81 W. 81 .
l. have to pay teuiod should tho plague VS.
: va lot only IN tie shape OF rates but in uneSs
ue,s q m.nd-whioh 10 luss-in the paralys
Of business and In the deaths II nen whom II
city could afford To- lose. The sanitary measure
already effected have had q sensible effect IN d,mil
n ish'nt the rate OF sickness and death amous IN
humble This Is al encOuI Agement to proceed vi,
: oTou4y while We have tho opportunity. Ii T.
i pestence be STAYED, and break rot with The wave
o upon these island shores " shall nave additions
| cause for thanktu ness. Even then we shall hAy
but accomplished what Is was our bouuden duty
do and we shall experience the benefit al It In d.
greater strength aud checrhilness Of the artisan,
hospitals comparatively empty, in ,he health OF d
children Of the poor, in tie eon.snI aud well .bein