, 1865-09-21

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cossrAsT1HoP1z, Aug. -, 1861
Con.ta1tincple las thri:e before been yls-
tied by the Asiatic chp1era, but the former
yisjtations have been Of ANAL Importance. In
comparison with the present.
Fifty days have passed since its first authcn-
ticate.i appearance in tho city, and not less
than tfty Thousand persons havc been swept
into eternity BY its rayagcs. IT reached Its
height about August 9Th, when 1t is supposed
TINT the t1csths were not less than three thou
sand d day tor several days.
The published report If deaths In the city
has never reached this point, but it Il known
to all that to prevent general and uucon.
trolablc panic these reports hare been DELHI
cratcly talsifcd. hare made careful Investi-
cations uron this point, and am able to speak
without fear Of contraoiction. Take single
day fer example, ence the decline has COM
mtnced. On August II the Official report, as
published, represented the deaths for that
day at ~ The official re.u rs, as actnn1ly
made to TIC Grand tizicr Gnl as registered In
lis o!.ce, SLOW thc Deaths on That day to have
been l.GS9! SIX times the number" reported In
the published bulletins.
nrn1heI of Deaths onlg about 15,0n. At the
rate Of August II, this would gtvc q, 900 as
the real nnnlbcr Of deaths, but this estimate
is too 1arge. Since the number Of deaths has
fallen below Thousand day, the ratfo' Aas
FHy thousand 1s a fair estimate, including
oil quarters Of The citS-the military garrison
anu tue naTa1 contingent. More than one
hundred thousand Persons besides have fed
from the city. THIS number Of deaths, in ad-
diion to those who hare fled, IN population
G. million, llas changed the city from busy
Whole iamll!cs bare been swept oil in day,
ant hundreds Of houses left tcnantlcss- /
know several English families where the iAtt-
er and all the children hare died within q
week: ! know family which consisted Of
grandfather. his son, his sons wife and four
children. No cholera had Appeared In their
quarter OF the city but suddenly It casne, and
in two days left the old grandfather the sole
living representative Of tile family. Certain
quarters have suffered 50 severely that the sur
yiying Inhabitants have left their houses,
their unburied dead-cverything not easily
beyond the city.
At certain points dead bodies, In some cascs
uncofBned and naked, hare bean litcrally
piled up By scores waiting transportation to
the burial places. One Of the chole1a hospI-
tails on the old city wall next the sea had 8
slide arranged down which the dead bodies
were shot into boats to be buried In the sea.
Two weeks ago ono could not go into tho
streets without meeting dead bodies hnrriea
Oft to hn1lal, and Iltters with those struck
down In lhc streets at every turn. Even the
Golden HON was covered with boats, carry
Ing each rom one 10 Q11F ueaQ 00dle5. 1G0Se
were dreadful days--almost enough to oyer
whclm the caImest and most fearless alan.
The very sight Of all the mourning and ter.
rur-of all tile dead and dying, for whom yon
could do go little-was enough to crush the
heart. Things arc better now. The deaths
do not probably exceed op0 day, and men
arc once more beginning to breathe ffeely-to
look about them and sec who isgone and who
Only enc death has occurred In the little
American colony here, Tie Youngest eop OF
the Rev. Mr.. WasAburne died two weeks ago
afler few hours Illness.
The American missionart:s have dcvotcd
among the poorer classes, and under their
Treatment hundreds OF lives nave been safcd.