, 1866-03-09

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twelve days afer II WAS prevalent among the
shipping, and On board OF steamboats, depart
lrg from New, Orleans.
Here the disease was slight, presenting only
the form of dlsrrhea, excepting occasional
casee, until about the first Of May, when It A.
81 M The more aggravated form, from when
time mill h July It prevailed. and In juno,
With great mort saAty, the deaths up to August
Ahent tie 1ath Of May cases of the dissase
brgan to be reported along the Lille Miami
81 Mad River Railroad, upon which the travel
geneally goes from Cincinnati to New fork.
The disease soon made Its appearance at dE-
tcrent points along this great thoroughfare OF
travel: On June 7th i've cases hsd occurred
at Bntalo, three Of which were attacked on:
board OF Vessels, and were from Chicago and
when they left. In the meantime It was car.
ried up the Ohio River aud broke out at rari-
Gus points, thus travelling the great thor
ouahlarc to the Easlein citics-
IT REACHES ST. LOUIS
Boats arrived at st: Louis with cholera on
board on the 9TH of December. On the eSth
tho Amaranth, with thirty cascs on board,
landed there On the 1ss Of January 1t had
become epidemic in rather mild form. The
following from the 81. Louis .MtdiaE; Journal
for March, Etrcs the general facts Of its intro
ducti9n Into that city: =:
Since ne 1ssof t tsaa1aEy np to ths Present lime
from cholera. Of these, at leasi cne haI weru ger
cons VINO contracted the disease in New Orleans. OF
on thels way from That cily to this and Who wezo
naming cases have been Of local origin. During
the pame period foEfyseIen cases have been alnIt-
ted tnfo the 81. Louis Hospital. Of which twenty
nave oiea ard tHent59esen recovered. Of !hs
tMsniy ls@' easef. iatgy VA NV, ~sts somit1sd
e,,1 n aa q, q somSee eo.ns pss ,st. q M
as Ss' ',mpossabIe to aponss ;bem 4''' "n'ea IL
The tI,ease almost anh,;ded. on1v an occ,:
e,GnaI case occnrr,n~ no that In Feb,narv sha
c;tv raj thonrht ~ ha cIear ~ n - IA
sar1v NH nf Arm ftNentr-s1r "a sas N ths
lOthl the d1seasa increased: the. warc
Weather * eened to aerTnyafe tho cases anI
favor tho development Of the specific poison on !:
IN edd,tinn In wkich. he ;ncreaset3 infnT ~
10 its snread. it Increased. untii Il, Jnns
The mortality was a., rreat ~ has been
lie fafe of onr American city. The deaths
have reached the numher Of f80 in nno 5,v,
IN q nnnniatInn at thot time Of nhnnt 4) nj
Seventeen nract,t1oners Of medicine f+lj' III.
Tins 10 The fliseass' just hefore tha iiiseasa
subsided: a ri9id ouarantine stopped the eui.
rrants from 1ondIn~ in fhe c1ty. Rv Ar intei.
Eaent gentlemen : citf1~n ~ 1t Tonia 1sho
recentfy passed fhrnnrl, this r1orf flnm fherr
I Ilearned Thai fhe preate.t mnrialitv wns In
The hishest and most pleasantIy s,tu;ted nart
Of the city.
ON THE urrEn RIVERS.
From st:Eouis 1t extended up the Missouri
River, and broke out snloug the emisrants to
California, at their rendezvous at 81. Joseph,
great numbers of whom had passed through
and started from ST.. Louis during the
months Of March and April. The sacra-
mento arrived at St. Joseph with one case
Of cholera on board on the a1st Of
ed that baats continnc9 n oyrre Via cpo1s
"a IN hoard rlna vesse1 fhe Ma had hrrjaJ
thfrtv.siT na,senoers IN ber roa3 ~ s f.o,n a.
Tnnjs sn1 the dfsea "a w,s s.55 !, K o. ns.s;s
in to an aIatn~ evtent 'u anonn. ~ " ibs ~,
10y. ~ ~ ~ Tt.a 1.a. at,a6 eus attons tue Gmt-
gtaht gvtn; Due I'VE olssase aso ,spleao ap me MIS-
he%I ansi - nS Se n, "eia teVt1EA 70
Wes;.sinni - ~ ~ Ny On taa upPer
atsss4 *. ~ ,ae osn y Mal a. eaena.
. auoa. tue -. nuue tms o. ApI! ING n1at gases &C.
=! ~ ltsamhna+ 'nar 3nn zane w sne :' oss'sp
al IN lae lasn T. Oh Aalsn ne illinois Nyer
o%psnGu % ~ u ~, sssa1nnoa. ~, tfaon commenSeo.
Apous tne ~ ~ ap!if t"o cases o. cnoiera
W. Mo1e 5epottG1 " Ieos1a, ealo 70 nave come up
nc tts I'll, luz ~ naa oesn uonc o. II psevi.
h oIs ~ ttls ~ soon a'ies Il al
oLnsi rs. on7,1 " tus .n e.. n,,.,r.,
ran " rans "as u oaaa We INV, hat aa lG1 aa3s
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pass tuuna, ana n ~ Ine a. span'Satio1 i g
tha nas EIaRtGsS H a1o 1e Lon' through aud
ta1 1uhots nn!e Mt'e.' ~ GaG1so.
W .nD - ~, r. n1a inc sa1aooat La .yuua
IT" ~ iat a1tp 80 ness ~ smeoI VIII nu,aDss
9tra4 ~ Eaa ~ p1s1Ss ~ u a wg Wle
savsrst " xhn 49, : ~ WY h,5t u athos ~ =
sTtSiA u NaGn Nets scA, o1L "nGtneI ~. o4
eholeia OF not cannot aSGef1an; Ihcg IN,
meaaately 4e15 lhE poat' lne capta9 ol sad
ooat, 4ll- v. 1euoletous wsa saAen hlcA on Tue
same Gay. he "4s - seen oy DTS Myefs, stew-
afI anu oIEers. 1ne ulsease soou run INTO INC
collapse siage @ o1 cholera, ana ne dlea Oh the
night Of the soth.
At CHICAGO.
But the Introduction OF the disease into the
country around Chicago furnishes the best
evidence Of Its communication that has yet
been Afforded.
:, The city Is situated so that on the east lies
On the:west Is a wet prairie, almost uninhablsed
for ten miles; and On the north and south the
sandy lake shore Is so closely bqrdered by the
extension Of this wet prairie that the country Is
very thlnly settled-an occasional tavern for
the accommodation Of travellers constituting
tho principal hsbitations. Thus 1t will be
seen That the city is almost 1solsted on ali
sides.
When the cholera became prevalent, the In
tercourse with the country was. almost sus-
pended. Those who live here, however, WIN
and frequently ii ID possible direcsionsI, 80 50
that there could be scarcely be said to he any
" cholera atn.ospsere.'' ~
A circumstance at my Office enables me to
say positively, that during the months OF Stay
md June the winds were from the east to tho
west considerable part Of the time. OF this
a stoye-piPe, little distance from my east