Daily national Republican. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1862-1866, 1865-09-22

be oyer-estimatod; for without ID, my efforts
the public authorities may adopt will prove
| abOrtiye.
| J.. S. Since the above was written we learn
that the State Department has received the
following dispatch from the United States
Consul at Smyrna: H ...
USrrrp STATES CossrtArE,
sNrRSA, August 10, 1855
Hon. William n Sstodrd,
Sscrttdry gf State, Washington:
SlR: l regret to inform you that on the
oath Of June last the Asiatc cholera broke
out in the quarantine Of this city, amongst
the passengers who had arrived from AleXan-
drin. Several isolated cases occurred in town
few dnys later, but it was not until about
| five weeks ngo that the progress of the dis
ease became alarming. Since that period Its
rnyages have unfortunately become consider
able, and the mortality has been steadily on
the increase.
On the first appearance of this fearful epi-
demic, which in few days had caused the
greatest ravages in Alexandria, Cairo, and
other parts of Egypt, the wealthy and middle
classes, both native and foreign, fed to the
neighboriug islands and surrounding villages.
These latter, situated at the heighth of sew
cral hundred feet above the town, have hith-
erto afforded safe refuge from the attacks
of the disease The panic has taken such
proportions that business is almost COM
pletely suspended the shops are closed and
the streets deserted-the number of inhabi-
tants who have left, comprising all the NOR
chants and greater part of the traders, be-
ing estimated at so. 900.
The greatest distress prevails among the
lnboring classos, and the active sympathy of
the rich has been called into immediate re-
QUESTION, to keep them from starvation.
A meeting of the foreign Consuls was con-
vened by H. Raschia Pacha, the Governor
General, for the purpose of forming COM
mittee for the relief of the distressed, and
subscriptions were Immediately set on foot
by the Consuls, headed by each one re-
spectively.
The infected and crowded quarters of the
town were cleared out, and the inhabitants
have been provided with tents supplied by
the local authorities. Soup and bread are
being daily distributed in public.
1t is highly gratifying to me TO be able to
say that our small community responded to
my call for aid most cheerfully, and eXer-
cised charity with liberality unsurpassed
by any other. The generous conduct of Mr..
Leon Side, the Second dragoman of this
This gentleman has not only taken liberal
part in many of the public subscriptions, but
Is known to have distributed considerable
sum in private. 1t is expected and hoped
that the stringent sanitary measures which
are being adopted will in short time sue
coed in banishng this dread scOurge from
our city. ! have the honor to be, sir, will
the highest respect,
Your most Ubelient servant
JONI GRIFFITH.
The United States Consul at Barcelona
under cover of September ., 1865, inform
the State Department that from August 24tl
to the 3lst the number Of deaths by choler
in that city have averaged about 81 person
per day. On the day previous to which tn
dispatch is dated, the number was ~ in hi
division. ........-
The Consul at Port Mahon informs tn
State Department in dispatch dated Au
gust 81 1865, that the quarantine was beiDI
rgidIy enforced at that port. A steamer whicl
left with the Arabs, reports that 12O dice
within Is days.
The authorities give information with
great reluctance
The cholera has appeared in Mpjorn il
this province.
The Sandal prefer to attribute the death
among the Arabs to their miserable Condi
tion rather than to the cholera.
That the scourge is still advancing west
ward there is no doubt.