, 1865-08-08
THE CHOLERA IN EGYPT.
InteF~stlrK Dispatch Eom Consul
General s1Ale- -t@c1A1 account Of the
RFoEress Of the m1iady.

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Progress OF the maIady.
The accompanying official dispatch t. the
Secretary OF State, from Mr., Hale, Agent and
Consul Gereral Of the United states at Al.
e1ardris, Egypt, gives vivid picture Of the
1Avages Of the cholera at that place:
AGENCY AND CONSULATE 0EsEaA1 Or rHr}
CNlTEp 8TATBe or AMLH1oA,
ALEXANDRA, Eggpt, July Z. 1855.
Hon #. Il. Seward, Secretary Of suie:.
61R-1 have the honor to report that the
number Of deaths from cholera IN Alexandfis,
according 70 the official reports per each day,
lows:
June p. IA Junees, eo9; Jape g. 1877 i;
Jure 50, 184; July ], 1876; july 2 o22S: july
5, 176; July 4, 118 July S, 132; July Q, l42.
i Will be observed that the greatest NOR
tally occurred on the ID, when the number
| Of deaths was 225, but that two days altar
Sard the number was reduced to 1ls-near-
II one-hAlf. This favorable change Is due to
| strong north wind, Which has p.esailed
| during The week, and which It fs earnestly
| hoped may continue. Moreover, the begin
n'ng Of the rise Of the Nle has oeeo report
| favorable effect Is expected when the wave
sha5i reach 1be Delta now in about twelve
| dsyg. by covering with water the low and
From lie iu:ericr ne continue to hea. tho
NEST distressing reports. AZ Cairo the NOR
fality Is very great, as many as 457 deaths
having occurred tn single day, while prl-
Tntc reports, perhaps exaggerated, estimate
| fhc deaths al 200 daily. At Tant2. at Z.-
| ear,g, at Damletta, Roseella and other placea,
| Tic dtaths are triehttully numerous. At
| mcst of these places there are no physsc1ans
It il estimated tina: more than &, ,O03 peo-
pie have left Aexaudria since the m alady
appeared on the 111h ult. It's ascertaincd
| that is, GOO passports have been granted If
| II be assumed that An average Of two persons
travel under ca h 1assport, ,thenumb:r Of de-
| partures has been s., COO
For three wetks' after the outbreak OF the
malady the American community was happs
/ ly spared b1t 1t is my painful duty to re-
port the death yesterday morning Of Mr. A.
C. PapeelaE, citizen Of the United Safes,
by naturalization. His father, I believe,
was tne Ct the victims Of the massacre at
scIo. The orphan boy Was brought to the
employed in the Greek depa1 tment at the
University press In Cambridge, near Bos,
ton. Afhr several ytara' residence in
America be returned TO the East, neycr
forgetting, however, his adopted nationality.
At Smyrna, In the yea: 1886, be published a
little book Of lessons designed to facilitate
the ftudy Of the English language By for.
eicnus. For at least ten years past be has
betn a resident of Ale1ndr3a, where hts
mild manners ard b1Amelees ch1tacter have
cupt,astcd him fAvo1ably with some Others
Of the came nativity who haye sought to
lire here under the American tag, HIS age
was ff+y. I should mention that 1t Is said,
by the physicians. that the diecase Of which
he d!ed was congestion of The brain, not
cholera; but as I met hin in perfect health
thtrty-slx hours before the sudden Illness
which, in two days more, ended w1'h b..
death, am still inclined to regard him ~
ore Of the victims Of the existing unhealthy
state Of the atmosphere
The present il the sixth time that EgSpI
has been visited By the cho' ho'er2-reucwing IL
dctt.uctlyeness the moF: alEty OF the ancient
plague. The first outbre ak Of the ch,ltfs
9as in 1881 the next, iu 1883 the third, il
1e4o; the fourth, III 1880; the fifth, in 1855
The period Of exemption has never exceeded
ten years, the term between the preceding
and the present visitation.
Twin be readily understood that in timc
Ike these, no fcstivity Was appropriate o.
the 4th Of July, but may report that -oi
that day their E1cellencies, ChcsifT Pach,
Minister OF Foreign AHiirs, and Mours,
Pacha, Gov. rnor rofAlexRndriA- Etthsand
!. itg their severe duties and auxIeties-di
MT fail to visit me officially, and offere
tbetr cong atulAtions on the happy reca,
renee Of our national anniversary, aud thei
best " shes for the prosperity Of the Unfor
But one American vessel remains in por1
Al d she c1tars Tomorrow for Enelaud.
hare the honor to be, sir, very respect
fully, your obsdient servant,
CHARLES hale.
P. Sat the moment Of closing this di.
patch receive the sad tIdings of the deatF
IT. Cairo, on the 5th Inst, Of the wife Of til
Rev. Gulian Lansing, American mlssIonar,