New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1892-09-15
CHOLERA IN THE CITY.

Tho Messengers of the Normannia being safe
l., housod and cared for on Fire Island, public
concern was yesterday excited by the rePor'
of the local Board Of Health that there had
boen six deaths from cholera in the city wlthln
tbe last eight DAYS The fact is deploraoie' ou'
not terrifying. 1t might have been the course
Of wisdom on the part of our health authorizes
70 announce the probable cause of death when
tho first and each subsequent case occurred.
We do not believe that the people OF New
yor, would have become panicstricken be-
cause of such intelligence for the reason that
they are confident in the efficiency of the meas
ures that have been adopted for their protec-
ton and are accustomed to beng conIroh.cu
with facts great deal OF vigorous ana rlgn'-
cons criticism has been launched against the
municipal officials of Hamburg because OF their
long concealment of the real state OF the case
IN that afflicted city-a concealment wh'ch EN-
abed the ship surgeon on board the huea
70 assert that when that steamer left Ham
burg on August 81 nothing was known there
&c cholera endemic Europeans are accus-
toned to be told when and what they may
think on subjects which concern the state, but
on this side of the water individual intelligence
has greater privileges and more exact rights.
Still. il is to be urged in behalf of the Board
of Health that unlike the authorities OF Ham
burg. they took care that the silence maintained
bv them should not be preiudicial to the gen
eral health While there was doubt as to the
cause of the deaths now reported, no efforts
were spared to prevent infection in case the
meteorological investigations, promptly under
taken. should disclose the presence of the dis
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certain that the fact Of the presence OF the
plague in the Bay can be in any wise connected
with the deaths of the six persons who are
now said to have been victims OF the disease.
This circumstance must be looked upon as re-
assuring At least New-York has no reason to
distrust the present strength and efficacy OF the
barriers that have been raised between it and
the pestilcnce at its doors.
Though this is SO, however, it will be well
if the occurrences which the newspapers have
chronicled within the last few days are kept
in mind. Concerning the misguided men OF
lslip township, and the Judge who permitted
himself TO be their instrument, we have already
spoken. 1t seems, however, that the list OF
those who deserve the reprobation of the public
must be extended The lawyer who was In
restraining order in behalf Of his selfish and in
considerate clients has a congenih colleague
who has sought to break Quarantine by similar
methods. 1t is scarcely worth while TO discuss
the merits of the singular writ obtained from
Judge Barnard on Tuesday evening. A writ OF
habeas corpus which valves the characteristic
element of that process may safely be left to
the wits of the Bar Association for definition
Moreover, the indications are that long before
the writ is vacated in due course the Norman
MAS passengers will have been released from
the restraints which they have been obliged to
endure for the common good. But what shall
be said of the lawyer who, without authorize
ton of the man in whose behalf he presumed
to make application for the writ, attempted to
curtail the power of the health authorities in a
crisis like that in which we are living? 1t may
be sufficient to recall the fact that he is the
same man who for an equally mischievous pur-
pose attempted two years ago to prevent the
execution of the law against the murderer
Kemmler.
Cholera is in New-York, but there is good
reason TO believe that it will not spread, and
no excuse whatever for a panic or occasion for
dismay. 1t is the duty Of every citizen, Tor
his own sake and for the sake of all, to be
prudent, cheerful and resolute.