Belmont chronicle. [volume] (St. Clairsville, Ohio) 1855-1973, 1865-11-09
The Cholera in New York,

FVy TO Siry Gases on Board the Stem,
ship ATLANTA Fifteen Deaths Action oj
the Board Of Health of Me,o York.
New York; Nov. 8.
Dr. Burdett, Quarantine Surgeon, re.
ports that 10 deaths by eholera out of so OF
60 cases on board the steamef IAtlanta, oc.
CURED on the passage froms 6rest, There
are also few cases Of small BOX on boa1d
the steamer. ~ = = :
Or the scourge on board the Atlanta, the
Commercial says:
Though the disease has been imported ia
our shores. at this time we do not think
tSst any special alarm need be felt. It be.
hooves us to prepare Immediately for the
reception Of this scourge; not dsy is to be
lost.
A special meeting of the Health Commits.
sioners was held at noon to-day, in conse.
quence of the reported presence Of the cho-
era. The committee appointed at the last
meeting to draft memorial petitioning the
ieneral Government for the use of la nds at
Sandy Hook for quarantine, and represent
lng, the necessity of rigid quarantine in sew.
eral OF the ports of the country to guard
against the introduction of cholera; that
tho authorities Of New York are without
proper places to establish quarantine to
meet any anticipated emergency in this
dilemma; they earnestly request the Gener.
al Government to grant for temp srary quar-
antine ground, so much of the land az shall
be necessary. Drs. s. Layn and Erson.
and Mayor Cleveland were appointed com
Nittee to proceed to Washington and lay the
matter before the government. -
The ship Rhine from London, had no
cases Of chslera. 'N Nv
LATER ACCOUNTS FROM THE CHOLERA.
The Capt, ofthe Atlanta states the ps,sen.
gers Of the Atlanta numbered $50 and were
principally Germans, and excepting the
cabin passengers, who numbered forty weight.
nearly all the latter came on board Al Lon.
don and part Of the stsersge passsnxers, but
she stopped at Hsvre, where moro passen.
gers were received.
The passengers who brought the cholora
on board came from Havrs. On the first
day after the Atlantis put TO sea, one of
these q child, ives attacked and died on the
following day Others became sick, but the
disease was oonfaed entirely 10 the steeraxe.
None ofthe cabin passengers we're in the
least degree afectedby Il. The cases of
sickness numbered. as reported elsewhere.
from so to 60, and there were IS deaths.
Ibe steerage Passengers on the Atlanta
did not know till they arrived ut this port
that the disease was the cholera. Some
OF the most intelligent among them suspect.
ed but the physician carefully withheld
positive information from them, fearing the
enect Of excitement 1t is thought that
this accounts for the fact that only Is OF the
300 persons who were exposed to the disease
died Of il. The passengers manifested yerv
little anxiety. They did not seem to bs
much alarmed even after they Learned tbs
nature of the epidemic of which thew we're
suffering. The dead were buried seon after
they had breathed their last. They wsrs
not In any case kept more than an bsur
The assistant health officer was conducted
to the steerage Of the Atlanta, between nine
and ten O'Clock last evening. There Was ne
light except that which came from the Ian.
tern, and only one Of the passengers could
be seen at time. They were not separa.
ted but were in their berths as thsy had
bees placed when taking passage. Nine or
ten were sick. Two Of the number were In
. state of convalesence and others were iu |
the irst stages Of cholera. There were no
unusual sights, but a few persons were groan-
ing. This afternoon the assistant health |
oiicer ordered the Atlanta to the lower bay |
whore she now lies, about Is miles from this |
city.
The hospital ship, known as the Eorsnce
has been ordered to her old
station and the patients will bs removed to |
her aud treated on board.
LATER. a.,
From DR.. Walker, who has charge Of the
patients on the Atlanta, We learn that the
number Of deaths up to three O'Clock this
afternooH is nineteen. The number Of casss
on board ct that hour was moro than tventv.