National Republican., 1873-06-23
CHOLERA HERE AT LAST.
NO IMMEDIATE CAUSE OF ALARM.

r>r.,h .f Juliu sssaii~sed, Cei.red-Five
or SIS O,hsr Cases Repertea-Prevs-
Ieuce Of py.esu,o and Cs.,er-ie s,mp-
ts-,.-Aetieu Of the Health On,eer-in-
struetIsns to In.pectsr-.
We have the following important information
from the health ofioers There Ia no Immediate
cause Of alarm from the existence Of cholsra In
this vicinity. There have been some ave OF six
cases having the typical sJmptoms Of cholera,
put which yielded readily to proper treatment
with exception Of the case Of Julia smallwood,
colored, reported on saturday, which proved
fatal. the physician who examined the premises,
iiss sixteenth street, where the case occurred,
found nlih{ st,snsnt pond a. the re, rssr & o. me m
nB lse EUslRa ~ OF q Health Sas no % power 10 rsmedy
ne ss but ,ss serssSsy ,c.y ,sss sS,.'Ss ,Ss
nuisance abated At IL own expense. Tue houses
In helocallty are all below grade, water stand
ing under the Door OF the house infected. MT.
smailwood vas attached with the characteristic
symptoms Of cholera on Tuesday last, soon after
eating cucumbefs. sue became rapidly worse,
and on Friday called physician who fO1nd her
A. and Ia ded Al SATURDAY evening. Inc alleys, Ic., in
the vicinity have been thoroughly dlsinfectcd BY
the board. r...... ...--
III Ia OOtlco0 Oy fne pnySltlMnA OF tne tltN Nnht
there is q general tendency 70 dysenteric and
choleralc symptoma among all classes IN the
district. me health onicer Is satisned that u
the citizens generally will Cooperate with hlm
In efforts TO suppress nuisances and use dlsln-
fectsnts judiciousiy about their premises the
| dreaded scourge will not enter our bor,iera, cx'
eept perhaps, Tn sporadic cases, such as We
The following order was yesterday is,ue,l tc
the sanitary inspectors BY the health or,cer;
DisrhIcr or ootuNpiA, BoARn or HEALInl
OfFfon os Tisn hOAhp or HEALru, I
ORpER; The inspectors viii supply themselves
with special report bla uks and proceed 70 ln.pec
their several districts, designating on their &c
ports the gutters, alleys and vacant lots Nhef'
disinfectants should be Distributed, and yards
privies and dwellings OF the poor where dlsln
i report the same 10 this once, together witt
nsines and localities OF all poor persons who's
dwelllnss require white vushinE without delay
slack lime, sna directed 10 whitswssh thsi
premises where required.
great care should be exercised BY inspector
70 perform their WORK thorourhiy and proinpii,
so as TO place the cities In ! beTfoot sanitaf
condition at the earliest possible moment
ID. W. BLISS, n. d., Health Ofioer.
Choitrr-Iis sfedo Of Prssre.. Threus
tho Ceustry.
WASHINGTON, June n.
10 "a. Editor Of ne Naiioaai RspsbifosH'
SIR: On last evening met with Hon. willlaT
Cutnhneld, Of Chsttanooga, o. the BJbitt hous,
and ID my anxious inquiries In referencc 10 u
rayages Of cholera In Tennessee itny home, ,fror
which have been absent several weeks) Mr.. {
gave me the results OF his observations as to IN
cause and progress OF that disease, which, a
though little. yet are so reasonable and sens
BILE thai give them 70 the public. lie starts on
Ss. sSoss % .ns
! for water, not so much, however, TO mingie wit
! the water as to settle close 70 It's surface, an
sa, M ySlSTs s, s Tspay .ssmea.sa ns 20, sy
. cholera air usually follows streams Of water u
, ward, never downward, and that when depa
,afs from The stream m 9Ssaf ,ss s,. wasn an
fencinR the channel 10 reached; ami then, to
that the forward course Of the foul air Is In hA
mony with the prevailing atmosphere current
among RAILROAD operatives constructing the tut
mel OF the Nashville and Chattanooga road, ice
4 ton west Of the mountain, near CoNan station
I, In 1884. The mounatin formed barrier 10
| now Of the mlAsm east until the uassy cave d
preston was reached. Theu u posed ttIrUur
A he lnslsts, and Loudon and Rockville, comii
Now, Nj. {. theory is, that from Nashyil
: the now'is up the Cumberland river, and that q
= most nAtnrpi outlets through the mountains a
,Sc s1sn pona 1ss ,on,h N ~ rr
Il Vile, East Tennessee, At which place about o.
\ hundred cases Of cholera have occurred duril
h the past seven days, resulting in number
!, deaths and Tho dispersion Of large part Of .
i lnhAbitAnta. ~. ..T--- ..t
4 According to the theory stated the wautsu
e river wiz, proosbly. form The outlet and kic
! mond, Petersburg, and Norfolk, Va, will fall
!. the hne, and thence mp the Potomac. -r-
d Mt. c.s IDEAS Are entitled, q least, 70 the %
II sideration OF the scientific and medical frateri
u ties. He says, although Chattanooga has mo
:, nourishment 10 feed cholera air than alm6
any other city, yet he has no fears OF the adye
Of the plague there until u tt 4 should) INST
4 pears At Huntsville or Selma, Ala p