The Charleston daily news. [volume] (Charleston, S.C.) 1865-1873, 1865-09-13
The Cholera in Turkey.

CoNSTANT1NorRE, August 1.-Thcrc il no longer
is ravag:ng this metropolis and its ncighborins
villages Cholera in its worst form is rayin.e
carrying of daily, with scarcely any warning, is
hundreds of victims, unt such is the panic among
the residents that it is fearful to contemplate the
consequences if it continues mach longer. Busi
ness of all kinds is almost entirely suspended,
hundreds arc flying in all directions; and it is c3
tmatcd that az many as 600 persons have left
Gonstantinople, principally hGn.ats tpostcrs) and
DOMESTIC servants It is chietly cmnng the poorer
classes that this dreadful scourge has, up TO the
present time, committed such havoc. III tie
crowded and filthy habitations of the Jews, ancms
ters of Starboul, they nrc dying faster than they
can bury thom. Nor can the hitherto considered
salubrious villages of the Bssphorus escape; one
after another they are swept by the postifcrous
malady. Therapa, tho summer residence of the
elite OF 0ar society, las been particularly afct-
ed that it il now quite deserted; many who have
to be again driven forth, one after another the
different villages become infected. In fact, such
cowardy panic exists that were it not 80 serious in
it's consequences it would be ridiculous. At Thera-
pla the dead and dying were left by their affrghcd
friends, who fed as soon tho poor creatures
were attacked; and the noble courage displayed
by some OF the gentlemen of tho English EN-
bassy, who, amid the panic, searched out and
attended the dying and the dead, is beyond all
praise, ministering with their own hands to the
wants of tho dying ones, and searching out tkoso
left unburied. AS many ns fifty bodies were
found thus deserted In some cases the doctors
have refused to visit the patients afflicted with
cholera, but must give the rest credit for the
noble devotion they have displayed in this trying
emergency. Many have succumbed to the disease
and the fatigue entailed upon them. To the gov
ernment, also, great praise is due for the streru
Gus efforts it is making to arrest the malaty and
assist the afflicted; i'll some cases nobly supported
by public charity-the Free Masons especially
having, ut their own expense, established ambu-
lnnces, hospitals, and free dispensaries; but with
all these efforts many districts entirely without
medical assistance Of any sort. In the crowded
haunts of Scutar they arc dying in hundreds, en-
tirely uncared for, with no medicines, and no
doctors to help them. Among our small English
community we have to deplore the loss of many
aforementioned face, which il not surprising.
considering the place most of the engineers in
habit IA dirty village near the Arsenal and Cas-
sim Paasha in which place the disease first dc
All the Government works are suspended and
disorganized. The arsenal, Tophana, &c, are
quite deserted. The public offices are also almost
entirely closed, the custom house being only open
two hours day. In fact, such is the scarcity of
labor caused by the destruction of the ha1sais
tporters) that ships have great difficulty in
loading and taking in cargoes; The onco busy
streets Of Galata arc quite deserted, shops and of
fees closed, and business OF all kinds quite sus-
pended have no doubt the epidemic has been
much aggravated by the abject fear of the in
habitants, combined with the too free use of
ardent spirits (of the worst description) which
many indulge i'll at the present time, and the
unusual heat which now prevails. At Smyrna,
the malady still continues its rayagcs, and, if
possible, the disorganization of that place is
worse than Constantinopls. At Beyrout, also,
and most of the towns in the Levant, the disease
is committing fearful ravages in fact to such an
extent that the whole Of the empire is perfectly
demoralized. In Wallachia and Moldavia the pan
ic is spreading, although hy the last accounts tho
disease had not declared itself; the inhabitants
were all ready for bolt on its first appearance.
At Soulna u, few cases havo occurred, entirely
shutting up oil business; ships are detained wait
ing for their cargoes which the lighters refuse to
bring down the river. With all this excitemont
you will readily understand that very little atten-
ton is paid 70 politics or speculatons. The noisy
Bourse, with its crowd Of eager gamesters, is
quite deserted; even the conversion scheme is
postponed sine die. am happy to say. there has
last two days, and it is hoped that we have seen
the worst of this terrible affliction.