The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-08-15
LATEST BY MAIL.
The Cholera.

cholera were reported to the Board of Health
on Monday, for the twenty-four hours ending
lat noon, twentysix Of which were fatal.
The steamer Continental, with detach-
ment of colored troops, arrived from the
South at noon and anchored in mdstream !
Her captain reported fifty one deaths by
cholera since leaving Cai;o, and twenty-six
clses now on board, 4.f5 ,.s4
9 The steamer Henry Dives, also from the
South, had seven cases and two deaths. The
Board of Health have taken active measures
to meet the spread Of the disease District
,phhsicians have been appointed for gratui-
tous attention to the poor, and depots estab-
lished where medicines can be had free.
Memphis.
Z During the past forty eight hours there
have been five deaths from cholera ~
The physicians had meeting on Monday
night and appointed a committee to wait on
the Governor and ask for the establishment of
a quarantine on the river, and that the ne
cessary steps be taken to meet the scourge.
laa1a Il ~ New York. dlia V5 n.
But seven cases of cholera We're reported at
the office Of the Health Board on Monday.
BY the maps at the Registrars office it APP
peared that during the past week the COM
mercial and respectable portions of the city
were thoroughly cleared Of cholera and other
dlarrheal diseases The reports from the
public institutions on Blackwells Island
showed continued decrease in the number of
cholera cases. In Brooklyn there was de-
clded abatement of the epidemic, only twelve
new cases having been reported ..t ST
New Orleans aH
The mortality is increasing at the rate Of
ho oh s.
forty-five hours, ending at six o'clock Mon
day morning, amounted to fifty. ss.q
Cholera Among Colored Troops.
The steamer Continental, which passed
Sunday night with detachment of the 2eth
Colered Infantry, had sixty cases Of cholera,
induced by the eating of raw Cuba sugar.
Slxtdeaths had occurred. Only those who
ate the sugar We're sick. io3oh e9l7aHiA ,hoas
b8 The Cholera at Chicago.
The papers report about twenty cases of
Cholera, Of which four were fatal, in Chicago
since Friday last ~" ~, ,t'' 'ii :. = =
eiua Cholera at St. Paul. a9ss5s i
Three fatal cases of cholera occurred on
the steamer Canada, of the Northern packet
line, from st. Louis. sgF yuGHy g.s7yY J.
Direct Trade with England from Cali
ifornia Market News.
An iron company has been incorporated in,
Oregon with capital of $50O,0O0. 6s ....
Eight ships are loading in San Francisco
with wheat for England F1Hai aipe
The brig JEANNE, from Kanagawa, Japan,
brings s, 225 packages Of tea. .,,,.g.s.. +, 81
The market for the past week has closed
frmer for dividend stock. 7,
The bark Cap Sin Loom, for Hong Kong,
carries $66 900 in treasure.
The steamer Del Norte, from Crescent CITY,
brings 6, 800 in treasure la iil eas mis-
Los Angeles dispatch of Monday says
two small detachments have left for Camp
Cady, the scene Of the late Indian fights.
The Indians on the Colorado are reported
as troublesome. h.. .-t.
The grape crop is abundant, and the oil
prospects in the vicinity of Los Angeles are
aattering
The contributions from the Western coast
will be given about eight hundred square feet
at the Paris Exposition. The collection of
minerals is large, and embraces specimens
from all the Pacific States. and Territories.
The Elevated Railway Bill Vetoed
Arrest of a Defaulter-Raiiwry Col
lision. ,d,,.5 .e5i i.+ss - -sr
New York, August 18.-Gold closed this
evening at l494. % '5iAe ii4i Is
Mayor Hoffman has vetoed the bills allow
ing the erection of elevated railways.
"A member OF the Irish Republican Broth
efnood IN this city has issued an appeal to the
citizens for employment. -
George McKellop, arrested in Washington
for the embezzlement of So, 500 from his late
employers, Van Wurt & Mccoy, importers of
Beekman street, has been brought here for
trial. Half Of the money was recovered b1sI
A collision Of two coal trains on the Cen
trail Railroad of New Jersey occurred near
Westfeld, to-day, Several cars ran off the
track, but no person was injured a'id "
.ils4i Indian DepredatiOns. ,,
Thomas Helmess train of Idaho emigrants
was attacked by Indians on the Missouri river
n nd, se veral WARE kilIad a.. -r.r '7f7 IT