The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1865-09-20
The Progress OF the Cholera.

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| From the London Times, Aup. 23.] e.
I The present visitation Of, cholera, as re-
lported to us from the countries afflicted il
characterized by particular feature, dis
tingaishing it broadly from the epideuics
| of former times. Hitherto this disease has
always advanced in q certain track presu.
mably from ladia; toward the regions Of
Wcstern Europe. We could mark its pro.
1gress stage by stage, not always ii a direct
lime or without many capricious deviations
and jumps, ,hut. still generally, from the
Southeast to the Northwest. It was
heard offin Persia, Asia Minor and Turkey;
then reported from Vienna. from Prague,
| from Warsaw, from Berlin aud from North
ern Germany, till it got to Belgium and
Parts.E After that came our own tiirn.
The. epidemic, wave struck us at last, and we
sllifered ID proportion to the severity Of the
attack as measured against our organized
delences. That is the sketch which would
serve generally for the yisitations of 1882,
lS49 and 1884. li3ssii Esi'.i7al
AT the present time, not one Of these
characteristics is discernible.. We heard
nothing whatever of the cholera as on its
route from India 1t was first reported
quite abruptly, from Alexandria, where it
ragM terribly, spreading along the coast to
Damletta, aud running up the Nile to Cal
70. Then we heard of it at Smyrna III the
Isle of Cyprus, at Constantinople, and in
the villages on the Bosphorus. Presently it
is reported from Ancona, from Gibraltar
and Malta, from MarseiIles, from Barcelona,
and from Valencia. But in no one of these
instances has it advanced from the sea-
coast into the interior, for the case of Cairo
can hardly be considered an exception. Ii
has not spread beyond Ancona, though The
disease in that town was very intense.
Once there was q story of its appearance in
Milan, but that was not confirmed. 1t has
not advanced beyond Marseilles, or beyond
any OF the infected ports on the east coast
Of Spain.
Southern italy has been attacked, but on
~ under similar conditions. Cholera is
last reported from San Nicandro and San
Severo-the formers town close upon the
coast, the latter little beyond. These are
the results of a survey Of the case up to the;
present moment. The only exct ption is a.
report Of the cholera in Hanover, but this
in professional statements is reduced to-
(" cho!erine,' and is apparently only such a.
disorder as occurs most autumns in London.
In short, upon summary Of the evidence,
we come to this, not that aa Asatic pesti-
fence is advancing upon US across Europe,
but that there has been an extraordinary
outbreak of cholera ia the basin Of the
Mediterranean. 4oif
This marked and special limitation of the
epidemic may not nnieasonably sug gest to
US some hopes Of immunity. Withm the
basiu of the Mediterranean no shore has
escaped; beyond itno cholera has appeared.
The latest intelligence reports panic from
Waiaehia and Moadavia, but the disease
had not yet declared itself in these .proYia.
ces. though it is obviously probable thatit
might creep into the Black Sea and make
the circuit of those coasts also. Neverthe-
less, though we place these facts before the
public, aud leave them to impart such assn
rance as they may be thought to convey,
we are. far from wishing TO inspire anyl
undue confidence Threatening symptoms
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