The day book. [volume] (Norfolk, Va.) 1857-1867, 1866-06-01
THE DAY BOOK.

LsuToN A ENNERsoN. Auctioneers, No. 40 CraW-
ford street, Portsmouth,.
I'll. WEEKLY DAY Book ,OiU be mailed to Country
S.bscr;5srs at the small sum of ONE DOLLAR, IN
odvaace. II piH contain Editortdls, full d.
os,t of Netos, Book Notices, and stems of Com
yysye,al and Agricultural intelligence. No pains
or expense tciH BE- spared IN making It a de'ird-
N. companion fer the country fire eide: and
from its Increasing patronage, It commends If
ssH as a good medium Of country Advertising
to the community.
All Communications for the DAY Book must be
authenticated by the names Of the Writsrs.
The Cholera.
We learn from the Tribune that the cholera
has again made its appearance at quarantine
The New York Board of Health, 1t seems
have not made sufficient preparations ior 'ns
disease. No place has been PROVIDED 70 iSno
those passengers who have not taAe -. w, H.
ease. and no quarters except on ooaro the
Falcon have been prepared for the patients;
I'D there is no immediate prospect Of better
recommendations for those who are arriving
sson, infacted parts. The steamship Union,
Nth four hundred and ,hirty-four passengers,
fron Liverpool, lost thirty-one by cholera
1.-Two the massage, and two of the crew. She
had fifteen cases on her arrival on the 29th
instant On her arrival, the hospital ship
was half filled with convalescents from the
Virginia. ,,,
Co.. Tho sick on board the Union. The treat
roant Of the disease on board Of hulks, is said
to be attended with danger, and the deaths
are always greater than when the patients are
rao,oved to the shore. When the England
a.n;,,ad at Halifax, these who were taken
a'ha.a ware soon disinfected. Out Of one
S 1 and seventy three patients who were
ro,noved to hulk for treatment of the dis
case only five remain. 1t is, therefore, most
in, nortant to the lives of the sick, that some
nlace should be provided on shore, where the
Sick NAV be treated and properly cared for.
Letters from the hospital ship Falcon to DIR.
Swinburne, and to the Deputy Health officer,
confirm the foregoing statements.
letter from the citizens OF Gravesend and
Coney Island was read before the Metropoli-
tan Board of Health, which stated that a few
days ago, the dead body of woman had been
found on the shore of the island and four
others had been picked up in the same vicin-
ity. The bodies were sewed up in sacks, and
had, to all appearances, been in the water for
al long time. The impression was, that they
had been thrown overheard from the hospital
ship in the Lower Bay. DR.. Swinburne stated
that as the vessels neared the station, the bed
ding, soiled linen, and dead bodies. were
thrown overheard. The former, he said, were
poisonous and dangerous, but it was well
known that there was no danger from the
body Of person who had died of cholera.
The citizens had threatened to mob the Of
6cers if they attempted to bring the dead
bodies to the island, and the buildings were
burned in the hope Of driving the quarantine
officers away There was really no place in
the Lower Bay where the dead could be bu-
ried, and while the fears of the residents were
so great, he had no doubt, the things of
which they complained would continue. We
had no idea Of such state of things under
the management of the Metropolitan Board Of
Health, and had supposed that the authority
with which its officers was clothed, would
have enabled them to make ample provisions,
which would have precluded the difficulties OF
accommodating the patients and burying the
dead, which seem to exist.