Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1883-08-24
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/ The deyss5atioss Of cholera IN the fer east
and It's Near approach TO American shores,
hiss already created co1s,5srable interest IN
the subject Of cholera. A short time ago s
/ brisf history was given Of the uaigsations Of
this disease from it, earliest history to the
present time Below Is given short sketch
OF the visitation Of the disease to this city in
1850. It is an extract from history of Sac.
rawsnto publiahe5 in 1858 snd written by
DE. J. +. BIorss. It is az follows:
Early il the morning Of ths 18Th Of Ocso-
Der ths booming notes Of 8 rapidly lrs3 eau
non upon the legss walked the citizens Of Sac.
TEmeaso Eith tie Understood and emphatic
/ ASSURANCES Of admission. The sun rose that
morning upon 3 Community Of people 20
elat5d with joyful intelligence, 80 intoxicated
with the dissipation Of Ga oppressive gus.
penss, that every memory from that tsrribie
past aeeued to be bl0t1ed IRON their reUallee.
ton. Ii addition to the agreeable and ex-
citing information, there were q great many
of cur citizens returning By tbs steamer that
brought Che 1sgs.
But alas, ths exuOeFsnoe Of spirit thua en-
kindl2l. the Joyous and bu0yaut feelings thus
excited, were but the illusiYe precedepts cf
one Of the most appalling caIami.ies that had
ever yet set its seal OF distress upon the des-
tiny Of ths valley city. Associated with the
glorious intelligence Of our admission into
Che great confederation Of States, was The sad
assurance that most malignant cholera Was
sweeping On towards Californis, and that the
passengers on the very steamer that brought
The news had rnsry Of them fallen victims 20
this terrific seourge.
Every successive day brought intelligence
from tho bay that the newly-aTTived psssen-
gers we've still dying OF cholera. These egi.
dsnces Of its appearance upon tbs shores Of
California, and tia hsast.rsn6iug sccouats
OF the diseaBe as i was visiting Rochester
Sandusky End st. Louis, crested such q dread
Of It's approach, such al inexpressible fssr of
the destruction which marked its progress, ef
TIE malignant and hopeless rapi6itg with
Which burriedits victims into agernity thst
the people watched It's manifestations with
an sxci5abilitY Of mind that can seldom be
induced by any scene ct earth. II IS doubt
FIJI whether in the records Of the world there
could be found q pasSlssl OF che destructive
panic which followed this appearance Of
cholera in oar midst, Previous difficulties
from Waioh our citizens had but just escaped,
and which were sufficient 90 crush any ordi.
nary energy, and the short interval afforded
them for recuperstiDg made them the essy
prey Of disease ana death.
In the iegsrish stats Of mind that existed
in the community there was no hope Of e.
cape. This alone. win the direction then
given to sssTs was sufficient to cOsFce the
disease with 2 terrific development IL
scarcely required so imported case 30 ssfsb.
hsh panic, more to be dreaded than its
cause.-The cholera. But we believe the first
Case that occurred was . storage immigrant
of the steamer which brought the disease.
Early on the morning Of The Gosh Of October
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lapse stage of this formidable nalady. Med. 1,
icel aid vas administered, but the disease
had Esken too deep hold of It's vic |
tim. We saw him at sunrise he %as !
then expiring from the effects Of the disease. /
The indications presented by his desth we're |
not calculated TO abridge the depressing fears !
Of the community. TIE cholera was now /
indeed IN our city, and from mouth to mouth /
the story was communicated, SO improved il |
al ths features OF horrible description as to |
dsrken the city with the very pail of death in /
q few hours. Time and mortality, discover.
ing the advantages conceded to them by the /
panic-stFickeu community, did not lose the I
opportunity Of commencing She york Of ds- /
struction. The next day eyeraI fatal cases I
were duly chronicled, and as duly circulated /
through the nagnifying minds Of thousands /
Ct individuals whose fesr of che disease made /
them the almost oet5ain subjects OF It, With |
such assistance any disease Of COMMON
severity might have decimated the city, and !
hence It was not At all singular that cholera
should have become a terrible destroyer.
IN sax days from the time Of It's inception
e was making such progress that regular
5Ucisls were but slightly attended TO- aud
nursing anG attention were not unfcs quensly
.uuC,iona OF society thst were overlooked.
Money could scarcely buy the offiCea Of cum
non kindness, and ahEotiohs were 80 neutral.
zad by the conflicting elements Of self shaess,
hat but little could be done TO arrest the
.ourse OF the disease.
Ia fey days many OF cur most sub5tap-
iai citizsns were numbered among the VIC
iros 20 the sweeping epidemic. It was re-
'orted that $50 cases occurred in s single
.sT hut Buca was taa confusion and the pos.
hiye de.iriuua Of the community that no
repsr records were made, nor csn any sccu-
ate data row be found in respect TO this epi-
emic OF 1850. As soon, however, as the
aliy mortality oecsme So great IS to keep
zen ccnstsEtly employed 10 carrying away
hs dead, TIE citizens began to leave the town
4 every direction and IL such Numbers As
o soon diminish the population to
robably not more than oae-ffth Of
b ordinary standard. In this pestilsn 5iai
sien o. terror AID disnay the most dreadful
of relatives and friends took
asca. There we're fsH men, - there al
Jays viii be, whose warm hearts throbbed
Nth an uncomfortable anxiety to convey relief
Q the distressed and The dying; men wbo
ugsrsd around tbs dasth scenes Of the epi.
smic, 50 spsl.bounl By sympathy that they
injured anythicg and every hing as long 30
here remsined a solitary hope Of even palii-
ting the agony Of d.ssolying nature 8
oautlful euiogy Is here pronounced on the
5ysieians OF the city. lor their uniting en-
rgy in slayipg the suttarin2s Of tie dying
esulting IN seventeen Of THEM number Being
sp0sited IN the City Cemetery, victims &C the
isesse. Yhis awful calamity lasted in
3 malignant form but about twenty
ays. but by the unsyste matte records Of the
ims5 the number Of destb5 cannot be asosr.
aimed, Besides thoce who died ia the city
aany we're oFertNksn by death IN other
lecas, and upon ths road. in The desperate
forts Of our citizsns 70 escape by running |
rom the enemy. Ia tae latter part az the !
pidsmic the authorities, that had from the ,
rst beea most constant in their efforts at re-
ef, procured the use Of a large frame build
e on j street, where the destitute cholera
1bjeess wera taken ard well provided for !
ne abatement Of the disease was much
,uger than It's period Of inception and In
,ease. and commere ed just rs soon as the
-equeucy OF death had faa.iiiarizsd people !
'ith tbs fdghtful scenes around them, ard
sadsred them less oefeaseIess FROM q parslyz-
g fear.
Police Court The Police Court vestsr. /