Delaware Republican. (Wilmington, Del.) 1843-1874, 1866-04-23

The steamship Virginia, Of the National
Steam NAVIGATION Company's line arrived at
New York on Wednesday afternoon, with chol-
era on board, aud was boarded at the quaran-
tine or upper landing Of the Island by the
health officer. After a careful examination of
the vessel, aud OF the pas ssengers-thirty sew
en- of whom had previously died, and another
| a ing while the officer were on board-tbe d.
sease WAS pro, need mtrked Asisiic cholera.
The vessel was then ordered 10 the lower
quarantine. near Sandy HOOK but 1t had be
come l,te, and the pilot took the responsible.
iiy of remang till morning. Ataquarter past
eleven O'Clock in the forenoon she went down
the bay Her presence within three. quarters
of a mile Of Staten lsRpd shore created
much excitement among the inhabitants, No
Communication whatever was allowed between
the vessel and the shore. Arrangements are
: making to remove all the passengers from the
ship tomorrow morning. There is said to be
/ no immediate danger that the disease Will
0 reach his city fror, the vessel.
, rHR VIRGINIA Asp HxR PASSENGERS.
The steamship Virginia Ia q new propeller o.
2,s76 tons burden, and ia one OF the finest yes
8 sells Of the line to which she belongs. The
y passengers mum bered about one thousand anG
,r eighty when she sailed from Europe; aud &C
c rdlug to her register ii is reported her com
~ tnander, Captain Prowse, was authorized Il
receive one or two hundred more. She was
l. however, well crowded, the steerage passeu.
of gers comprising all but fourteen) occupyiu,
Two tiers or decks. fhey are in cleanly c, n
80 dition.
> Garmap; it /, supposed they brought the cho
IA lera on board. and the mortality Inns bee
greater.
ORIGIN OF THR DIssAsE.
The Virginia sailed from Liverpool on tn
4 | instAni. M q holern ia known 4 ther
The German passengers had, it is said, bee
." vt that port only n day or two previous 10 the
he ombarka'ion mud DEPARTURE aud there was M
nd sickness that WAS noticed among them. A
CIV QueenstoN n, ireland, more passengers wer
=. received, making the whole number reported
10 1t did not appear that there was cholera o
" board until the 13th instant, when the vess,
ri was eight day0 out trsm Liverpool, On tina
,rs day a man who had had darrh9a suddenl
H., grew worse and died. II is said the diarrbe
Wy had existed without any symptoms that WEI
IL regarded as alarming from the day of the d.
Gil psrture of the vessel. When tho man die
,t the ships surgeon doubted whether the diseas
L., was cholera; but on the same day two oth'
~ p tssesgers we're attacked.
he Afterwards the epidemic extended and {
nd the passage the numbar OF the sick WAS ov,
il Que hundred-exactly how many however
=. not reported by the ships officers. They 81
ny the whole number ia certainly less than ts
rita hundred.
ity It is mentioned al singular cireumstan
,,r that the cholero broke out on the Virginia
" about the same place on the OCEAN at VIII Oh 4
passengers OF the steamship England, nnoth
IVY OF the National Steam Navigation Oompan,
ro- vessels afterwards detained at Halifax we
and attacked. This is important, as it tends
a RIM confirm the theory advanced by few perso'
that certain states Of the stmosp here, son
NJ time found in belts, are peculiarly adapt
al:h Tor the development of cholera
care Al present there are twenty-one or twent
,,id two OF the s,eerage passengers (the discs
hiss not reached the cabin pssseugers) pr
50 u trated with cholera Eleven OF them ma
irt- cd doubtful cases, ami three or four
ait. these are III state of collapse. Nearly all
No other passengers are reported convalesc,
NV though there are indications that more OF
OF passengers will be attacked. The mortal
hol- it will be seen, has not Deen heavy.
There ia no panic on the Virginia, and
fear whatever is manifested. The steer,
,bo passengers, whe are of the ordinary elsss
,;s emigrants, are quite cheerful. they have gu
70 attendance, and it is not expected that ma
AZ, more of them will die.