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jay morning file carta again appeared (atw a j v ‘j ceg
ilia disease is greatly mitigated in
that city: from Quebec we have no
in the streets, some beorirg two cof-j^ A i eltor f r0fn ^<‘3. Gilbert, mer-
finsg others with coffin* of a rude con-1 clia|jt of OadolisbUrgh, under date of
«tjj|jetiou and lid*unfastened, and hi ihd^d, sluTeH, that there had been
some liirtahcos lne> eorjises were
borne along without coffins, covered
only with a sheet of clotji. A great
number became indisposed from uteri-
tal agonies, and it is the opinion of
several nsmlical gentlemen, that a
number of deaths were occasioned by
fear alone. ■ . a
The mortalityJias fallen iyitlflts
greatest rigor on the otlier classes
of the Canadi&hs of French descent;
among them ileatfir is maklrig terrific
work, and it is worthy, of favorable
notice that this class of our citizens
endure this heavy dispensation of!
Providence with resignation and cour
se, which reflect the highest honor
on character Yesterday eve
ning the Board of Health issued its
second Bulletin, as follows;—
Montreal, Board of Health, 4
Half past 2, P* M. >
June 15. 1833' )
The BiJard of Health have been at
great pains to ascertain the progress
of Cholera nmoust emigrants, and na
tives or residents in the city and ban-
lieu of Montreal, from the uncertain
period of its coiniuencewflt; but
thQt;,regret, to statu they are still
unable tcrigiye an extict Repttrt of tile
number of cases and their results.
As far as has been ascertained,
the number oi cases or Oliulum, spas
modic or severe, as well ns of milder
attacks previously known ii. tho coun
try V l £
Amount to, ';*♦ 1204
The number. oMfcalhs, .230
about iliirty cases at Prescott, and
neaily half that number of deaths.
A letter from Mr. Hart, of Three
Rivers, mentions, that the disease
bad been removed from that town by
the burning of about 200 lbs of brim
stone with a quantity of rosin.
“Montreal, 4 June 81st.
“I wrote you at some length yes
terday, detailing some particulars a-
bojt the chojera. The present is to
assure you of our continued good
health, and also to announce the
pleasing intclligeiipe'of a very great
and sensible diminution in sickness
and mortality.
“The docloi s have very littrp
called upon to-day and' last night.
Some have bad no cases. Yestey-
<f.»y afterrio Vs ^ bulletin made out
eighty eignt deaths during the prece
ding twontv-filur Ifouis: that of the
one hundred anil
previous day was
forty nine. The total number
deaths cannot be less, at the present l how
ing creek which runs through every
part of our town, and which has been
from time immentorial; the recepta
cle of filth Qf every.description.
“i scarcely can suppose that your
city can escape its ravages, but 1 sin
cerely hope that yoiftuiay be spared
(he devastations and ijRoflrid sights to
which this city hta| heeb a witness.
We truly have beW^fti ffity of death
and consternation. During its great
rage, carriages were driving about in
all directions, with medical men or
the .fiiniSfers of relfbn, \>hosb Ser
vices iver^oCftm called into exercise
together.' People were running
through 'the streets with medicines,
with »n*(ons , countenances—carts,
with two or three coffins, dot even
blacked or stained, nor in many cases
had a plane been us. d in their con
striction. The shops of the drug
gists crowded with people seeking
lor temedies—business nt a stolid —
country mi; rdiants, and even resi
dents, lleeiHg id ctery direction, sev
eral oi' whom have fallen victims to
the disease they flying from. \ com*
plcie distruest and avoidance of neigh
bors, and *a f«^ I'iul . agitation as to
yet to be-fti-
day«; Whihk i» a frightful mortality
for a popitlaffiori of thirty or this ty-five
thousand'. . , ,
W e wish we could say', in truth,
that nohe but the worlhlesS^hi our
community had fallen victims but
many families of tespectable stand
ing have to titourn the loss of fathers,
motheis, brothers, and sisters, whose
lives and habits were Didst regular
and temperate. A great many emi
grants and Canadians, though not of
the higher orders oi Society, yet re
gular in heir habits, but poor hard
working men, exposed and poorly
fud, have ^ied. **
The following official report of the
Modi real BuOtW of Health, was pub
lished on Wednesday, June 2(3.'-
New cases reported from Monday, 2
o’fclock, p. m- to Tuesday, 2 o’
27 4
149
at. to
*nl I Mow many lio irs were
tune; than eight hundIied, of .vliicii, j lotted, llicftiinearth. f
six hundred, i think, were among Extract of another.gutter froni the
the Canadians and Irish Catholics.
My opinion is, that, i n a great degree,
tho progress of tile disease is owing
to the food, artd wa.ter made use of
by those people: (rife latter is very
i-cinure, such as the unfillered water
clock, p M. ^
Deaths in the same period
From Tuesday, 2 o’clock,
Wednesday, 2<)ih, at
2 o’clock, p. M. new
ported
Deaths in same period
By order,,
J. Guthrie S
case^re-
1(55
83
Sec
Quebec—According to an official
.slat oment given in the Quebec Can-
same guptFenian, daled Friday alter-j adiaii there hud been 609 cases in.the
Recovered or remaining, 974ri 1 ;.
A more full and special repo rt will
be published tb-rttorro\V (Sdtiirday,
16tli) in the afternoon.
By order,
1 J. GUTHRIE SCOTT, Sec’ry.
Several of the Physician have not
given in reports, a id many 'cases
have n >t fallen under t! e observa-
ti ni of any M’db-'al man; and
we are of opinion. (bat the total cases
may be pufc pi 1500 ami 250 deaths.
Supposing tho disease to bavt: coin -
tnenced, its '-iiTu-boti at hall-past 2
O*felock pn Tuesday, we have a ratio
of five hundred caSeS, and S3 deaths
per day. Tlie average mortality ol
J il[!S COIllBUrilti DO<) iuIiuIjIiuu.o
tvas under three htiiidi eifaier day, con
sequently the mortality of. .Cholera
in lMoiitreat is about nine times greater
than in Paris, and about sixteen times
greater than in, London. The* Con
tinent of North America will Ini
struck^it#amazement at.this awful
destruction of human- life, and yet
wo believe our caUhilatrStiS ar,p toq.
Tow. It is, however, necessary to*
observe, that Cholera gcneially
•pends its 1 greatest virulence at its
first attack, and that a great dr.roinn
Jinn o’t the disease may be expected.
This we are happy to observe has al
ready begun to appear, during the
afternoon of yesterday the number df
recoveries, or we should rather sity
of persons who bavo become con
valescent, were much on the ifiewasc.-
te panic begin to subside, the citi-
gens look upon the scenes of death
hourly passing wooer their notice
noon, Juiic?22d:
lt l vvroto you at length yesterday.
It gives roe great pleasure to be able
to communicate the decrease ol the
. Ciudara. The board o( Heath yes-
of tite At. Laurence always is. They | tertlay reported one hundred and lliir-
drink, also, in large qiiiihtities, adul- j ty seven new .cases, and from, con-
fern ted spirits. To Ini sure, hi giro- salion which I'have had with several
era!, they are, to appearance, clean-j practitioners, the cases have been
ly in tbeiHioiiscs, inrt are not so in very mild.
their persons, or premises. Tlie | li The deaths during the last Iwen-
coinriinn prllt^iee of keeping fasts, j ly four hours, previous to the dale
as frequently^ as required by tho j of yesterday's report, u’ere 72. The
rules of the Church, t nds to'd’sor-j two days preceding they were 149 , another, 2 addition;)
•'auizc the bowels to a great degree, i and 8S. The iiumbet'of new caws > Kingston (J. C
The B s'inp however, has given per-
bii;. S. Amire3, i highly r;»pc C |J
and intelligent gent|euian, who|
Montreal on Friday evening,
22d, states that the disease liasy
ed almost all tho villages iaCJ
and that the subjcct*yf itsalUdJ
almost ettcldsiyciy Ca.iaduiuj I
Cliauibly, thertniad been 40 J t ,
and a great magy cases;
known. The number of death
Berlhier would avt)rage about 1}1
day. Hi Sorelle, 10 per day,]
Laprarie the disease has raged
unparalleled destruction, taking
almost 30 per day, blit Was suhji
wherf he left. In St. Johns, 7d«
L’Acaide, 2 deaths; NapervilU
csrtes. Mr. A. also states, ty
niong 4 or»5d0 efiitgrapts, lahorij
<he Chambiy canal, thqre had
hut one death, up to Friday
ing.
P. S. T'.e Canadian (Mnnlij
Conrant of the 23d, says, on Ty
dey (21st) the interments werei
and on Friday the intermert vvrre|
Our city begins to assome a cliei
aspect once more, and business to|
its torpor. The panic lias ceati
act on the minds of our citizens.j
rv face begins to assume its wot
cheerfulness, tlie camphor bag iJ
longer held up to tho nose. alHf
meet congratulate one anotheri
assuaging of the plague, and aftnj
pressing gratitude to God for spa
htw
two hospilabs from iHc 8th to the
21 si. of June, and 361 dehths. »
Lachine and Cateau dc Lac.— 1 The j t)imn aitfidsl his weighty judatci
cholera has appealed at Lachine, j their next topic of conversation'll
and among thA deaths arc those of almost incredible rapidity with
Mi: Michael Marik, of Williamsburg,
son ot Mr; Matnius Monk; trod Mr.
Whitney, tavern keeper, at Lachine.
It lias also broken out at Ca:eau de
Lac, and lias swept an ay several
emigrants and inhabitants.
Berlhier. A letter from a gentleman
at Berlhie r,announces 12 deaths,and
the malady has, disappeared!
tors and clergypibri had a day
ore yesterday, there being few
I rpq 'iringjbeir 5 bttendance.
offl
CfIR7lOKE13 PTKENIX.
NEW ECIIOTA, July 21, 1932.
A letter dated
reported during the two preceding j VValerTovvii, June 23, s ivs: Mr. (
mission for the non-observance of [ days were 27Ti.nl 165. Several of; Fairbanks, who rein.... <1 t. om
during* the prevalence of the j the deaths lepc.rted yesterday arc of j ton ‘his mdinlng, reports Mai. the
three or four days stall'd ing, from ex-J place is thrown into the great es 1
Ireme debility and chrin
rtient
lasts
CJiolcra.
“A very st i Snse beln^ has made his
appearance among us with’n a few
days, with av lo ig board, and attired
I in ranged and taffeiyd garments, foi-
! lowe^l bv three skeletons of horses,
laden with some bundles of rags. Be
lievo me, lliis man has absolutely
been performing wonders in all iying
public fear,which had complt lely la-
ken pirnn the notnlo V«pv irtnny who
had been attacked with the prevail
ing disease, barb been cured by (lie
prescription of this strange* individ
ual.' The recipe is two spoonfuls
tach of cha'Mponl pulverised, maple
sugar, and hogslard. If maple sugar
cannot be oljjained, refined loaf may
be used. They must, be mixed to
gether and ®iven tci thd patient, after
ittrliicli a lil'|le sugar to imrnove tho
Disagreeable^taste from ibe month,
j If this remains on the Steirrafh halt
There will lie an extra session
General Council of the natirn lKxti
omniencing on JWnndav, the 23d ini
“Ail the Doctors 1 have seen to
day, are df opinion ih.it the disease
is disiippcaring
11 uni r a- j i
treat Tfusion. Up lo yesterday afternoon
| there had been 11 cases of Spasni d-
Scveriil are w ithout
new cases, or,very, slight ones I lie
disease, I am, told, is turning into ly-
phiik.
rnpLKRvV IN.;GAN\I)\.
Now York^ne.^S, 1832.
k; Cholera, and tour deaths. Busi
ness ie.1t a stand. The public author
ities linvc uioured an armed brig just
out of that place, to fqrbid any t-mi
grant vessel to approach the place.
The cases were ail of them down by
the dock.’'
JViatrara, U C.—The Rochester
According lo the latest intelligence Daily advertiser ol Friday says:
from Montreal and Quebec, the num
ber of cases of 'cholera and the vir
ulence ol the disease, hhd. very ra
pidity diminished, and it wfo suppos
ed that iu a few days both ciries
would be eut irely f iec from (lie pes
tilence. its ravages, however,, had
been truly frightful. Messrs. Gates
ii Co- in a letter, dried Muiitredl,
the 21st iust. put dow n the death* in
that'(Tty, at an average oFone 1
an hour, tjje'■•patient' is' allowed to
drink a little 8|iru.ce hem*.* Ghpc-a-' <h’cd per day, fur’tlie ten days pr
late may be usedmiftef rehoyth’}' with ous, tna.kidfe on.e. thousandurcatlis,
dry bread. After hlf‘ibis lie recom- ing thal;ejioit period in a populatioi
mends good Ait bacon and beans — the. ot thirty or'53.ljrousah(k The death
patient, iidwever, to be very Proffer- 1 n ' 1 ' T “
crate at efeiy meal. The medical
practitioners admit that he has
cured iiiiie out of ten that he ha*
treated, where alarm has
cause of djsease, and where the pa-
'with tn'ore fortitude' and resignation,
;an§T " '* '* ’’ " '
nearly all tha .timid ha-ve rfed, and
' those remaining being qf firpirer nerve,
and having become more familiarized
with the mortality aroiimlLjItbiiif; look
WitH^ofic otrt the numerous cases of
convalescence, & express their thank
fulness to God for Jhe favorable
change which begins to befcome ap
parent.
The ravage? of Cholera in Mont re
nt seem to speak out alretfily for
Temperance', aifid most decidedly a-
for the day jeni
17^1, 2 ok !«cV-
sn'pef'sUtious to b proverb: they.look
upon this man as a Saint, and actual
ly bow <lo\vii todirm ajid toiicli the
hern of bis coat wi^Bfitlr in his pow
er. He ql^Bfges nothing, aii^l is kept
in constant employment, as. von may
imagine. No one know!* where he
comes from, and all wo cnfi learn of
him is, that his name is Stephen
AtREs—lie alledges himself to be a
graduate of medicine, from a college
h Da
ev i-
dur-
ion
s
ig Tuesday June
M according to
the^offieial statement, were 149.’. in
Quebec, the number- adi^jtted into
been the i$i« twp hospitals in 14 days ending
Tuesday., lUo l2th iust, was six-bun-
far tlw*
mortality in |niyaMftmow^sare not
informed) but proba&ly at least ail
equal number. Cases of Mvp disease
have been reported at' Lacliiue.-Tg
Bertlieir^-wid many gtlic villages ih
Lotver Canada, at l^ngslou-and sqgle
ot lifer pHiceS in upper Cumada, and at
Platsbiirgli in the Uuited^Sfates. Be
low ive' give all the details which are perate.
of
hen
Capt. Sutton, of the sclir. Roches
ter, arrived at the mouth of the river
yesterday, from Lewisiown, reports
that a vessel, tlie Massasauga Chief,
arrived at Niagtira, U. (5. on Tues
day,from Kiiigstson, loaded with cmi-
geiiiits, arid thabjLhere had been one
deittli on board, of the cholera. They
vere refused permission to land at
Niagara, and Were anchored in the
river when the, Rochester leit.
Plullsburgfi.-^fPhe Plalshurgh Rc-
pnhliean of the 23d inst. furnishes us
with the report of the Boffi-d ol
Health of Plattsburgh JLo the 23d, 9
a. m. No new cpses-sevcn had occur
red in nil, of whom six had died, the
remaining one convalescent. t
A Plattsburgh gent I etmnt in a letter
daled^?he33d inst. gives the following
CHOJ.F.RA.
Our arcoun1« this week trimut tli*
era are moie favorat’le. Tin* (bu'wl
surnt its rairo in Quebec and i
and was subsiding. From our |tappri|
leaim tfirre had horn but few casesi
in the limits of the United Siat s.l
seems hr.wrvnr, from another sou:c|
information, upon which we can
t]i;-1 it lia.l broke!' out in the Oly «
Yoi-k, and that (h'r Board oC H-*Vl
reported tnetve cases and
tienf caTi' Tie, induced ,j^i li^jre' coufi- deed aniline, of u liom 2fi^
jtjrtibe ill him. You well know tha How many tfrfe.to l^fafidfe
Gsinadiari^i ’ and yfetr 'knoVt -rihey iff
parlicukvT^>f , tlmt vil-
lagc: u 'L^#je’ek ive had lour cases
in a remote patt of this 'village, viz:
gainst rooclferste dfinkfers. The deaths , in Nmv JferSey; but that ho lms not
that have come Under oqr persbiial
knowledge are in n ffew cases .drunk
ards, (of. these we have not lieard^of
One fftcoverv) but almost all moder
ate drinkers. We some time ago
•aid that intemnerafftiie and moderate*
prinking woiUrfMnsefrihe their progress
a'mong us.Tnletters df Dfeatll. Let
the moderate drinkers and scotfers at
Temperance Societies now behold
ho v fearfully o<jr WoT^fis havfc" biff#h
▼erifiod.^ ^ ^
Front the Ntw York Spectator,
Cholera. —Onr attentive corres
pondent sf Moritreal haefavorfed fts.
with two .interesting I titers, frairi
which extfticfl will be foitnd^ below.
It affords us pleasure to leayn that
practiced during this century.
br.ivc*heard of but two members
offhe Temperence Society having
suff&ed by the direful disease. One
of those had long been a prey to se
vere consumption, the other is Hor
ace Dickinjson, Esq. an American of
great respectability amktinfeigired
benevolence, tlie owner of an immense
line, of Stages and stenin boats, be
tween Montre'al anil PresCffh. Mr.
D. had been in a feeble state of health
for some nfonlhs. ».
“A heedlessness, so far as the mind
is .concerned, is earnestly recommen
ded to-all. Miasma from stagnant
Water is Very dTmgerou*. A very
la?gq majority of our cases mnv be
graced to tho neighborhood of a stink-
in a letter dated Montreal June 21st
say s
We are happy tffsay tint the dis
ease is assuming a n&der character,
and the numbdr of attacks nfifch di-
minislied within the last two' tints.--
Indeed, tills dgy all-our pbysiciani a-
gree that the ttuinber of cases i9 sen
sibly dimifi’.shed, nntl yield more read-
ih to modi fear (real mAnt^t barf they did.
The truth probably is, that the vic
tims most susceptible of severe at
tack, (vve Die.j^o the drunkards and
tipplers, ufB* whom it almost invari
ably proves fafal.), have been swept
off; and the physicians, no doubt, un
derstand the disease better tl an, they
did. We presume to say, that we do
not ovenaie the deaths at an average
of one hundred per day for the last ten
ntate pari
at Deland’s Point, where are ahoui
12 or 14 houses, each occupied by
three or four Canadian families, who
live by fishing, v^c.—a more filthy
spot than anyqiart of youiLcily. One
person also was attacked on Tuesday
Of this weck( which* is the Iasi case.
All these persons were very intern-
Thrfce were stone mos.oqs
A CAU TION.
We would respect fu !v caution I
Uhorokfee friends against the nianvrpJ
which are circulating atiout certain !/l
anil certain persons. (This is no timetj
iir.pugnii’g each otlvr’s motives, & :
ing each other’s patriotism. We I
tne-e wilt be no attempt marie to cij
tlie idea that there is a faction formcll
forming, and by that means riestroyl
reputation of certain individuals,
know of no such faction—we say to at
national—look to the interest of the j
pie—iiothing -but the interest of the
1’LE.
icry -tv*v (toss joqvcs.
ajo-ir 1 ^ wws simv usz snar-iT.
any interest arranging un^r the*:Hylio hacKhecn laboring for me and
ads 6f tho diircriMitTo^ns. would sell their provisinijp for liquor.
JMontreui .—Messrs, Ga^ps & Co. The disease originated will) them at
disea^
the place. They died in Irom three
Iq^si^ hoursafler the attack. At
present 1 tliim; we shall have no more
cases. Tlie steamboats run from
Whitehall to Champlain, but do not
go to St. John’ov The alnrtn has
been so great for tlie last teii days, in
consequence of false reports, that we
liat-fe dope no business, and our Stores
iitf well ‘have been shut
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Laprarie --A (fetlfer'from Dr. Broiv
son. dated at laprarie, on Saturday,
says, ond^hysician flierc had had 24
casA of cholera and 20 deaths. There
have.probably been 60 cases in the
village.
Other villages iti Canada—We ffe-
gret to learn that (lie chnlefa is
spreading throughout (he country.-
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