The Hillsborough recorder. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1820-1879, 1873-06-25
CHOLERA IN TIE VEST

There is 10 longer any doubt that the
Cholera prevailsas an epidemic in the MIS-
sissippi valley Notwithstanding tue effort o.
tho press to divert the fears Of the public
by giving a lessformidable name to the dis
ease. Ia Memphis the fatality is conside-
rable, amounting to 10, and as high as % a
day. In Nashville, it is more prevalent
as many as 40 having died in one day. and
the panic has increased. It has appeared
in Gleenyille, Tenn. not far from the wes-
tern boundary Of this State, and several
prominent citizens have died. Some fatal
cases have appeared in Cincinnati, and
there is hardly adoubt that the whole wes-
tern country will soon feel the scourge.
We do not think the disease will visit
North Carolinaas an epidemic. Ithas ne
yer yet done 50. The epidemic Of 1882,
the first year Of It's appearance on this CON
tinent, and its most fatal visitation, entire
ly overleaped this State. The same was
the case in the year lSls-49, and 1854.
There is something in the atmosphere and
the water. which is hostile to the disease,
and which prevents its getting foot hold.
There may be something, too. in the tbco-
ny that the disease follows the sweep Of the
equatorial current Of moist South west and
Southeast winds. This might account for
its rapid spread through the Mississippi
valley. where such are the prevailing winds.
Yet there can be no question, that there
are other atmospheric agencies at work in
tEat valley, which coupled with the charac-
ter Of the water used. and the use Of fruits
and vegetables, which invite the disease and
aid IN its progress.
We have said that we DO not believe the
disease will ever appear as an epidemic a.
mong US. Yet that belief would not justi-
~ our people in disregarding sanitary rules
and precautions. II il always observable
IN Cholera years, that there is every where
marked tendency to enteric diseases. II
is therefore as necessary for us to observe
prudence in diet and living, as if we were
il infected districts. and to use the safe
guards Of temperate living. and scrupa-
lous cleanliness in buildings, lots, streets,
--..ary- other place which might become
the abode OF discHsc, ma !, ..a.,o ae -
thence .a
Let. the town authorities every where
have every place rigidly policed, establish
ments thoroughly clearsed, use wbitewash
freely. and apply discnfectan,s in all places
emitting offensive olorS. and with us there
will be no cause Of apprehension. while a
neglect of these may be the cause of much
aggrayatiDg sickness.
BEN BUTLER FOR GOVERNOR.
Alas how are the mighty fallen! The
land Of Hancock. Of Ames. of Adams. of
Webster. of Cbou;e, Of that array of intel
lcst and worth which once elevated Massa-
chusetts to such commanding height in
the eyes of The world. is trodden in the
dust, bes.ridden by rogues, and mental
dwarfs, driven to shame and ruin BIZ such
men as Ben butler, and Oak Ames. But
Massachusetts, is reaping retributive justice.
She is gathering what she has sown. She
scorned the counsel Of Daniel Webster. She
repudiated Choa to. She discarded Adams,
and sic look up Ben Butler. Now, But
Ter, once irmlyin his seat, is MOI going to
come down. ilc cant be kicked down.
lie wont be pulled down. Like the old
man ofthc Sea, he has bis legs irmlyelasred
around the neck of his unwilling bearer,
and is bent upon taking her wherever he
wills. 1t is her own doing. aud We have
no sympathies to waste on Massachusetts,.
We may mock at her calamities, and
laugh when her fear comelh,'