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The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1866-10-24

OUR NEW HAVEN CORRESPONDENCE.

still Another Searcls-The New Havenitcs
i.aborinS Under Pecuniary Excitement
Connecticut Supposed To be the Field
Where the Pirate Buried Iia Geld.
New HAVEN Conn, Oct. %, 1895
The venerable Captain Kidd who, a certain obscure
poet once insisted, remarked conHdeptiay, In rhy me-
:lat le-
Murdered William More
As sailed, as sailed,
About forty rods from shore :
As sailed"
has again, point of memory, became an OBJECT of in.
terest II appears that several enthusiastic Gentlemen
many Of them influential citizens OF IL is city have de-
tcrmned to form company for the purpose Of prospect
ing for the reebootcrs treasure which it is supposed he
quietly covered with turf on Thimbe Island, STU.
aied in Long Island Sound, about fifteen miles
from New Haven The project is not new,
as for many years credulous people have entertained
suspicious concerning the exact locality where Captain
Kidd buried his gold and most OF them have given Thin
blc Island the preference all other localities In
fact IL has not unfreqreny been the that within
the past twenty the excitement has become ripe
that many private companies have been secretly organ.
ized, and during the summer months have prospected
With considerable vigor.
cnti,e theory rs far as Captain K,dds exploits in
tue vicinity OF Thrnbo Island concerned rests
certain circumstances respecting his return To America
after his piratical career II seems to be well
under the lee OF Thimble Island or rather Thin
hla Islands tthere being two sianos OF the same
vessel was completes hidden from The cruisers
then searching for him. II Is also well known thai tn"
hCcbooter and hS crew frequently landed the larger
Of the fhimbe Islands, ana that they unin'erruptcdy
held their midnight orges there time. One Of
the principal objects OF curiosity teisand is captain
kidd's punch bowl, a large excavation ~ the
rocks near the shore, perfectly syinme rcal in ~ propof
items: and although quite ponderor, IN appearance Is
very exactly fJ med % suit the supsrsttious nov1 of
vIstants Who believe IL 20 be the work or The
Next spring q Is proposed to regularly incorporate Tho
company privately At work, win view 10 moro
systematic action As the HRAiD has air ADJ Informed
tho public Of the existence Of two companies. ore in
Nova scotia, The ether ia South Coventry Connecticut.
Of
II sfortGnc hunters LEFT. and that sal phe soc
~. ar
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Statement Of tho Registrar Of Health Re-
cords-Tbe Mortality of tho Past Week
Causes OF DeaIh-Flattering Condition Of
the Public Health, Sc.
Tbs following statement Of the Registrar OF Records
exhibits very favorable condition OF the public health
compared with thu reports OF several weeks previous
There were but Eve deaths from cholera las. week.;
fy.st s "a ya Oct @ 1856
The total u,mber of deaths in New York last week was
a az Ss T. mo All
70 an 81 ~ ~ &
Popaaon by osnsusin Brooklyn and Of 81 ~ per ooo
The sy%o,lc infections caused only a7 cen, Of he
sAsssd srs
'ss g s EN- as
this class ;1s total has four weeks decreased ffon s
ami
and Of New york; BrooEyn does YET
majority Of her iphaoaps snosasns masses H y
There Of for.yssven deaths in Neg York
additional Deaths and disease the lungs and
as the shut
sSr.es many 9 snosra ID summer YET there
M Il: All isssis sssnss s:s @ssass %sss
and dysenery gives chart Of these localities which every
infectious epidemic socks. u
The ratio of infant mortality continues 70 decrease the
trs year OF Infancy giving nm cent ana the fst Eve
years asa cent or the total list In New York. while In
Brocklyn where from this ratio does not fall
rapidly the first year 20 the first i've years
6l 10 per cent Of the mortality.
EahrenSss The average humidity was g. complete sstars.
ton being By 100 The weather favorable
week which cholera ceased there gea increase Of
has been smiten rs cholera OF virnlent type that
Ue
when visited the premises others were dy3 aud more
were fatally affected. Il. HARRIS. \
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The foregoing table shows chat although the disease
not destructive IN 1892 and 1882 retained its
foothold the city with great tcnacity. Indeed the
official reports at the time proved that II entirely
disappear untTi the latter part Of December.
TBk gpIpsMic ysAR-
The arrival of tire steamship Aalana the % OF No
vember OF last year With fifteen cholera patients
the first warning 10 Tho people ef New York Of the APP
proach OF cholera IN the spring OF the present year
several other steamships reached this hsrbor with
cholera patients amcng The crowded etigrans they
contained and the gsrm OF tie disease being transmit.
ted to the city, the c or cholera reported in New
York occurred on the I'd day OF June, ia house in
Broome street, Fcssyth street THIS case proved
fatal and after followed by another in the per
son Of woman who b,d washed thc soed cisthing OF
the deceased The chofsra continued to find victims,
but Theses few and far between That notice
taken OF the existence Of she dser until the 10th
Of the month, when six doaths- during eek
ending on that day were officially reported For the
next three weeks, however but i've deaths look place;
bat NJ the expiration OF that time from tie second week
In July, IT obtained foothcd in the tv
THE NUMBEi
To the present time the Gu yeTa has TAX of
thousand persons during the present year. viii he
in the following table &c deaths from the disease,
reported by the Registrar az Vital SiatiNics:--
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Having resd various articles showing up tina
diticn IN which some Of seagoing steamers sent
TO seA will you permit me, old traveller 10 say
word or two Persons travelling tho diepsnt Inca
cannot fail to that steamers Of ten do nos
have the means Of saving half Of tho persons
board H. by accident, the steamer goes down.
A. an instance Of the reckless manner In which steam
ers are sent TO sea- that OF the steamer Santiago dc
Cuba Witch came 20 ucn going down, deserves mes
ton with over Ave hundred persons board she dsd
not have the means II saving two hundred Of them;
d the boats NJ the steamer Evening star small
that oil Of them could mot carry hundred ana any
PERSONS What We want and what the travelling public
ought 70 demand, "a. law compelling all steamers 70
carry fecoats os other appliances the carrying capa-
city OF wheh should be equal IN the numbss IL passen-
gers on berd and not scccrAg 70 he tonnage OF the
vessel. - ahs Law now reada And learn u fro.
quest occaFvsnce sitsr steamer IL Iaspectsd 70 re-
move part OF the nfsboats 10 supply some other
stesmes, thsreby saving the owners few dollars ARD
depuvfng the passsngerS u the Of safety H.
time this The owners q steamship lines shoeM b
oompslisA 70 have some regard for the lives a. tho
gassenger - thsv Arc obliged 70 10 % the English
llnss u bt>amsr a
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Il will be observed that the number deaths In
creased about i've hundred per cent during the week
ending August A. This FROM thesuddcn outbreak
or the cIcien among the inmates OF the Workhouse
Bisek~ei's Island. Here IL ragged IN an epidemic FORM
carrying IA within few days onesourih OF the rcpu-
IstioB, tSom the Morkhouse IL spread 10 the other
pai IN utuons, and those during the entire noaih Of
August furnished majority OF the deaths reported in
tiis brostaary report
OUT CHOLERA.
L. s gcaeronv believed that but for the energetic
nee nre taken s'amp ouf the disease thsre would
have been much arser number OF dcaths. Iha The
cholerR of the prcsant year OF ms.Dsu eharac
Ter, tho saptdity with which killed wonld appear 10
prove. Il was, however prevented from spreading or
obtaining iootbold ia any locality by tho vlgor-
ous systosA Of distinction pursued. Whenever
appeared, the premises IN which the
patient lived promptly clcansed md fumeaed, aud
the germ Of the disease stiled were, before IL
reached maturity The success attending the efforts of
the Board of Health In this respect has pro- that the
cholera be controlled II precautions take In ad
vance OF It's appearance And In view OF tho possible
chance Of return OF the disease spring, such
measures were taken last o. cleanse the city
should 10 vigorously pursued during the coming winter
REHABILITATION
Tic following table will show tho number Of victims
that New York has furnished the cholera from its
FIRST appearance In 1882 TO the week ending October H.
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Letter from n Fenian In the Mexican scr.
vSrc-Thc General situation Of the Republic

vWe-Th0 fstHfFHf SfFHWff0W RrpuhIfr,
HEADQUARTERS ARrILLrRY BRoAnxl
MArAnoRos, Mexico, Sept. 20 1896
We have In Lower California an American auxiliary
force Of two thousand Mszailsn 10 biockaded by
ono wing OF Corons's army while the other thrsa,ens
Topic ono Of the mpesst sronsholds in the State Of
Jasco In Guerrero, Alvarez has confined the French
strictly 10 tho occupation OF tho port Of Acapulco with
ooe column o. bis forces while With smother he hlmsst
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Movements Of Mciir- Regiments En- Route for
France Ordered Back. skc.

VCNs IVVV'
private letter from Mexico dated October q is pub
lished in the nmsa i states tia, Meja has orders 10
retake Matamoros Ho gets 1900 mcn shout Z, 900 "
which cavalry and artillery Regiments arc leaving
daily TO retakc and occupy places but lately abandoned
Macmillan IL nj Cucrnavaira The regiments which
were route for France have been ordered back
Later advices say hca started On suddenly
The herscan T,s asserts that Carotta has been fully
siccessful In France
The French corvette Phegethoru, From, Vera Cruz
arrived the bar this morning with dispatches FOR tue
Dou al hcro
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over thirteen thousands Of persons have fallen victims
10 tho choesa IN this city alone and Although this
Tor might appear comparatively small, when the NOR
AU fom tire same cause In other places Is remembered
10 shows how terrible Is the disease II be hoped
however that the rayages Of chosrs, epidemic
disease, era draelg to slore Exp rcnce has taught
the world ths, thc and formidable enemy
II " Cleanliness, add n tho people OF New York will
only hoas tb frrt In mind they need never feel tho
slightest arpUscnaou OF Asatic cholera
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Capture Of an Imperial Courier with
Dispatches.
INTERESTING DISCLOSURES

The steamship Alliance, Captain Perkins, from Vera
Cruz the l4h inst. has arrived at New Orleans We
are indebted tho puser for promptly forwarding
dispatches.
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ESTIMATED.
From the above table il will DO that the cholera
reached It's the week ending the 21st day OF
July, there being TIA deaths then reported II was
sing ar coincidence that the dayJuly 2f--in
1882 the disease also carried oa the greatest number oil
victims.
7r rflE fouhJR ErIDEsnG
This visitation took place IN 1854 aud although il was
comparison with those OF 1882 and 1S48, but slight
epidemic wave it possessed features quite different from
any OF the othes Like all previous yisitaoss, tho
cholera broke out in the hy quarters Of the city, but
II gradually spread, and when II reached lie cleaner
portions il obtained foohold which retained until
rs final disappearance This fact somewhat weakeped the
generally accepted theory that choera only lives IL The
midst Of Nth In this nsance IL did not prove itself to
DO .oniy the disease o, filth and wfetchedness" In
comparison with the numbers Of both classes the pro
portion OF deaths from tie disease among the higher
classes oi society much larger tan tst o. the lower
cassef and this fnct noticed IN editorial article
In the HkRALp at tue lime. What explanation has ever
been gwen for this Singular freak OF lhe cholera is
known.
3Gl u fett MORTALITY IN 1854
From The Official reports OF the City Inspector the fol-
lowing table shows the number Of deaths each week
from the disense Tie total number OF deaths in tho
city during the stay Of the cholera officially reported
ha;o ~ N
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-10-27

PROFESSOR Blot creates Il great deal of excite
ment among newspaper men. This is what one
Of them says about him and his CLASSES
The following, We understand, are "a few of
the applicants to Professor Blot for private in
structionS:
The bas'ful man who wishes to learn the best
method of tUasting the ladies.
The man whose blood boiled with indigna-
ton to learn how to simmer down.
y young scapegrace to know how to sauce
the old man without getting Il busting himself.
The Spectator who has been 'done brown to
know how to dip in without burning his fingers.
The Fenians. tendering the latest style of an
Irish stey, and asking how to get along without
making Il mess of it.
The man who has no reputation at steak how
10 get one.
\ raw recruit to know what is the right
dress and that if, when mustered into the army,
he ought at once to pepper the enemy or await
the assault.
\ hungry individual, who dislikes loafng, how
to become IA wcll-brcd man.
4 man who has needed much in this liGe-to
know if drinking yeast will make him rise any
faster.
Country editors-to learn how to rehash an
old article.
The intelligent public would be glad to know
of the Professor
Whether Friar Tuck was a professional cook ?
What is the correct mode of Harding the lean
earth p
Can Il outlet be cooked from a false calf?
In IL bill of fare. should horse-mcat steaks
come under the head of Horse d'Euvre?
How he sets Il table of contents?
Whether anything should be well done when n
rare opportunity occurs?
- Has Professor Blot any family? If so, he
must be Blot (helow) pa (r).
John Rogers might have learned something
from Professor Blot the careless fellow let his
steak burn while lie was cooking himself That's
what's the martyr"
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Sheriff's Sale.
State of Kansas.
Doniphan County.
Christian Dubach
VS..
Antoine Tamber,
Caroline Tambor,
Trace Tambor,
Charlotte Stembaugh,
Caroline Tambor, Jr.,
Ann Tambor, and
Pauline Tambor.
MOI ICE is hereby given, that will offer
Y for sale, at public auction, at the Court
House door, in Troy, Doniphan County, Kan
sas, on Monday. the first day of January, A. D.
1866, between the hours of nine O'Clock A. NJ.
and four O'Clock P. M. of said dav, the follow.
ing described real estate, to wit: The south
west quarter of section nine, g, in township
three t3) south, of range twenty two, (22) sit
uate in Doniphan County, Kansas; taken as
the property of Antoine Tambor ct al, and Of
fered for sale to satisfy the judgment and costs
of said action.
Given under my hand, this 25th day of No.
yenber, A. D. 1865. E. G. CRkBB,
Sheriff of Dcniphan County, Kansas.
November 30. ls65-5w. PRS fee, 50.