Year: 1865

More Gases on the Atlanta-Despatch from


the Secretary of the Treasury.


The New York Evening Express of the 9th,
says:


cholera have broken out on board the Atalan-
ia, and the sufferers are now under treatment
This fact, however, need not create any alarm,
the disease is still confined TO the steamer in
the Lower Bay. Tha efforts now making 10
prevent the epidemic appearing in this city, it
is believed will be successful. As the season
intercepted by the approaching frost, as by the
sanitary regulations now being made TO keep
ii away.


The Evening Post Of yesterday says:


The Secretary of the Treasury sent a tele-
gram TO Senator f. ID. Morgan, in this city to-
day, directing that if the Health Commissioners
charge of Commodore Bell, of the Brooklyn
Navy Yard, should be placed at their dispo-
sal for the purpose Of taking on board persons
who come TO this port in any vessel or vessels
that may bring cases of cholera. Mayor Gun
ther, to whom the subject was referred, has
written an order to the commander of the
Navy Yard, and a vessel is TO be despatched
to the lower quarantine as soon as possible.
The passengers of the steamship Atalanta, who
have not yet been attacked by cholera, will be
taken on board this vessel. The cholera pa
tients are already, il is understood, on the
floating hospital, the Falcon; and any persons
amongst the number are given quarters on the
blockade-runner, and those who become sick
will also go on board the hospital ship. The
Atalanta will then remain in charge of the
Health authorities; her baggage and her cargo
will be fumigated, and the time when she will
be allowed 10 come to the city, if at all, is yet
10 be decided. The passengers who have been
exposed to the epidemic will be detained at
quarantine, until more than seventeen days
the time allowed for the development Of chole-
ia after exposure-shall have elapsed.


The passengers Of the steamship Europe,
who have so urgently protested against their
confinement at q quarantine, are to be permitted
to come TO this city to- night under the orders
OF the Mayor, given after consultation with the
health officer and resident physician. They
have been more than seventeen days on the
way from Hayre, and no cases OF disease have
occurred on board.


The vessel will then be fumigated, so that
the baggage, which was packed in Paris, will
contain none Of the infection of cholera, and
the vessel will come to this city tomorrow.


DR.. r.Walser made a report yesterday in regard
TO the cholera patients of the Atalanta under his
charge. There had been eleven more cases, and
one person had died.


The physician also wrote to Howland Il
Aspinwall, the consignees of the Atalanta
saying he thought all had been done for the
unfortunate passengers that circumstances ad-
mitted Of He added that the disease was of q
mild type, though the present state of the
weather might affect it's character unfavor-
ably.


The subject Of the approach Of cholera has
engaged the attention OF the national authori-
ties. The acting Surgeon General wrote to the
Secretary of State In October, recommending
that he call the attention of the Governors OF
the respective States TO the spread Of the chol-
era in Europe, with a view of preventing the
introduction of the disease into this country
Some Of the Governors Of seaboard States TO
whom the intelligence sent hither by our con-
suls from the Mediterranean ports was COM
munIcated, took early action by recommending
sanitary reforms, and special measures for
preventing the ravages OF the disease.