The tri-weekly standard. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1866-1868, 1866-04-24
LATEST NEWS.
The Cholera, ON Board the ship Virginia, near
New York.

The Ch0lefa>tOn bOafu the snip virginia, near
New York.
There is no doubt that the cholera is in
the vicinity of New York. The steamship
Virginia, having on board a number of emil
grants, left Liverpool for New York on the
4th April. Her passengers numbered more
than 1000 On the fifth day the cholea
made its appearance, and some forty deaths
occurred before the vessel reached quarantine
near New York. The following is the state
ment of the health officer, DIR. Swinburnc:
ssIThe steamer Virginia arrived at the lower
Quarantine about o'c.ock on Wednesday
evening She was at once boarded and cE-
amined by DR.. Burdett, who, after making
the usual medical examination, found TWEEN
ty-eight Of the passengers in the steerage
living sick of cholera. The doctor immcdi-
ately made communication of the fact TO
me, and went on board, and found the sick
suffering from Asiatic cholera. They had all
the positive symptoms of the disease. Their
faces were of dusky color, their eyes were
sunken and they had the purgings incident
to the disease. Their hands and body were
shrunl and they had also all the other symp-
TOMS The surgeons assistant had been
stricken with it, and his place had to be SUI
piled I immediately ordered Dr. Bissel to
have the Virginia sent down to thelower bav
and not to permit the passengers to land un-
der any circumstances. In addition to those
who were lying sick, l found ten or twelve
others who were laboring under the disease
in its incipient form. The passengers who
had escaped the disease were full Of apprc-
hensfon lest their continuance on boar
might be the means of their taking it. AMI
they were anxious to leave the ship | found
that three persons had died willie the vess
was coming to the lower bay. After maxim :
the requisite examination | left the steamer
and made the necessary arrangements to have
the sick attended and the disease limi-
ted to the vessel on which it broke OUT
Finanriai Effects of tie Cholera.
The financial article Of the New York Pot
of Thursday evening says:
"Thc reports OF the deaths by cholera on
board the Virginia have produced litt!a
scare in Wall street. and the bears this morn
ing have awaited themselves Of the opportu-
nifty to depress the quotations of the lead
ing stocks.
- In two or three hours however, even the
most tinlii began to take courage, and the
rumors that were put III circulation as to tin
malignity OF the disease, the number of til"
sufferers, and the certainty that cverybod,
would hasten out of town, and flee immrCli-
ately from the face OF the destroyer, Were
pronounced to be either exaggerated OF
untrue"
The New York Commercial Adce,9iser o.
the same day says
The stock market suffered this morning
from Il slight attacl, Of cholera, the result o :
sympathy with the reported sickness on
board the quarautinetl steamer Virginia.
The street is very sensitive upon the proba-
bilities of the scourme breaking out in this
country; and. Judging from the tone Of opin-
ion, the event would be attended with an i'm
I,Ortant decline in securities
Immense Eeveuncs---Gver Eve hundred a.;Ticas.
WASTIINGToN, April Gothic receipts
from customs internal revenue and misceIla-
ncous sources, for the present fiscal year, viii
be over five hundred millions OF dollars, OF
nearly one hundred and scvcnty-nnc millions
and IL halt more than those of the previous
year.
C0aGTeSsicla!.
WASHINGTON. April 20.-'T.ie Senate pass
ed the bill amendatory to the h,sI,tus cnl;,t,
act. This grants immunity to army officers
for acts committed in aid OF the suppression
OF the rebellion and excerpts them from liza
hllitv to civil courts for such acts
During the discussion of the above bill
Mr.. Salisbury remarked that if lie were 4
judge, he would pay attention to it. be-
iicvinc il to he Unconstitutional which led
to some sharp, personal language between
that Senator and Mr.. Clark, who said in the
course Of his remarks that ii tue spirit OF
the rebellion had c.c,t into the Senate. there
was more necessity for the passage Of the
liH. The personal discussion was Of some
length.
The House was engaged in the further con-
sidcration OF the army peace establish
ment bill.
Gen. Bragg's Confi3caied Estate.
The case of the United States IS. the
Greenwood plantation OF Bra Xton Bragg was
MP before the /. ). District Court ut New
Orleans on 10th. Alter hearing. the Court
,iyoreed that after dcducting costs and taxes,
amounting to $i,50I -. and the Judgment
in tayor OF Il. Augusta for $500, there be
paid to J. r. Maurau $28.763 -, and TO
Pierre Lored <;t4.G31 IS, amounting in all TO
over - : 600, the price at which the plant;s-
ton was sold
The Late Judge BargEas.
The corner stone of the monument to be
erected over the grave OF Stephen \. Doug
las will he laid some time during the month
of May or June {; and the Trustees having the
matter in charge have invited William II.
Seward. Secretary OF State to be the orator
of the occasion. IL reply, Secretary Seward
writes: Il may inform you that l should
consider it an agreeable duty to accept this
invitation which docs not eNaggerate the
regard III winch L hold tie memory OF Ste
phen \. Douglas. The last Of his days in
Washington We're employed in consultation
with President Lincoln and myself in organ
ling the resistance TO disunion.''
Gen. Meade at Ea>tpert---Fhe FeniaIs f'S lie
Checked.
ToRoNTo, CANADA April 20.-The Fcnian
prisoners at Cornwall were remanded until
Wednesday next, the government awaiting
important evidence.
a special despatch to the G1obe, from Last
port, Me, says General Meade announces bis
determination to line the coast with fifty
thousand men if necessary, to prevent fenl=
an mischief
The meeting of Parliament has been post
pOnCd until June.
From Mexico.
New YORK, April 2O.-Passellgnrs who
left San Francisco on the 30th ultlnio, give
further particulars of the collision between
the Liberals and the French at Mazatlan:-
The French troops marched out OF the city
to give the Liberals battle. The lighting
was very severe, no prisoners being taken on
either side. The officer in command OF the