Weekly Messenger, Volume 1, Number 43, Vevay, Switzerland County, 10 July 1832 — Page 4

TUB CHOLERA, .t besomet our painful duty fa announce to iur readers that this disease his made its appearance in Quebec and Montreal, prosably having been brought by emigrants from Ireland. It cftnnot be concealed that much alarm has been the consequence of this announcement to the north. In New-York city, Albany, Troy, and other places, preparations have been made io ward it off, and the excitement has been con siderably Hayed by the assurances of physi cians who have seen the disease in Europe and Asia, that its ravage were not likely to exceed i'heevsraje deaths br consumotion. Dr n

Kay ef N. York was attacked by the Cholar.i at'd5"'?1'00 to which we allude

ensiaritioopie, and the treatment he underwent, that of stimulating, he aay va? almost un vversally successful. In order to give our readers a? full and am pie an account of the origin and progress of the disease as our limits permit, we begin with the first announcement; and shall continue from day io day to add in as succinct a manner as possi b!e, all the details, requesting all whose fears are excited, to remain quiet, to refrain from strong drink, keep the body clean and the mind free from anxiety. We do not know by any means that it will com here it nay he coniiaed to its present location, and judging from it? prgres in other countries, it is quite as likely to appear in Charleston or New Orleans Srst, as at Philadelphia. At all events, we shall have the best experience of the Canada physi cian, and may rely on the skill and promptitude of our faculty as surpassed by none in the world. The first account of its appearance in Quebec was received here on Saturday last, after eur paper was distributed. It appears that a vessel arrived at the quarantine ground, called the Carrick?, From Dublin; that there were, on board one hundred and thirty three passengers, all of whom were landed and placed in the emigrant shed. They were there visited by the board of Health, and pronounced healthy on the 8th inst. On the 9th, the Qjebec Mereiry announced eight casts had occurred, which were pronounced by eleven of the faculty to have all the symptoms of spasmodic cholera. Three deaths occurred previous to noon on that day, and there were two others whose lives were despaired of. The disease first appeared a-

nong the emigrants in a house in Champlaia - A . a I a .

wed

a poitio:) 'A

iciane, he denies its contagious character; ou all such matters as in thoir discretion ii;ev may this noint we do not feel capable of deciding- Hm ritKf tk j T well

but agree with the editor of the commercial d.tional superintendents of the streets shoi,ld" be prU' '"'V , Advertiser, who says, In our view it is of no be appointed by the Mayor, at a salary of 40 T""y " "P'

............ ... iivi jci uiuitin. i ney are io divide the city into

wiitagiuus, vi iuicluuui. n is suHicieni inai u

s trausmissable, both br land and water, and is

communicable in a variety of ways. If it be contagious, it is certainly catching, as the peo

pie say in the country. We have already sta ted our aversion to the irresponsible publication of remedies. The following opinion, however, from Dr. l)e Kay. who was attacked with this

disease at Constantinople last year, is not of the

tov.5. ar.-l placed in

street. One Canadian, who had been working 5 ' , WU,U,J OI "n i9ewnere. J on board the shin, was seized by the disorder. PatnPh,et.wa published by order of the govern

A ch'-lera hospital was established immediate

ly, and every precaution taken by the proper authorities.

The crowded state of Quebec, and the filthy out the empire. ri i . a. .

condition of the lower town, are supposed to

nave aided the progress ot the disease. Tbe total number of emigrants arrived this season, amounts to the unprecedented number of 24,-

1. The cause of the disease I believe to be

unknown, but it is usually attributed to some pe

culiar state of the atmosphere. During my re

sidence at Constantinople, comprising a period six months, I keep a register of the weather, and could not discern that either the temperature or gravity of the air, or any particular winds, had any agency in producing or extending the disease. 2. The predisnosine cases were errors or ex

cess in diet; exposure io night air; irregularities

m regimen; tear, anxiety, sc.

3. 1 he essence of the-disease appears to

eight districts, and see that it is thoroughly pu-, A rf solution b:s been tiered to congress to rifled and cleansed. The commissioners nf;p''"e $50,000 Jit the disposal of the President

Southwark have appointed an aent whose du of ,he United States, to prctertc the people a

ly u is io wan every day through the streets, lanes and alleys of the district, for the purpose of inquiring into all matters and things which may be prejudicial to the health of the disrict

gainst the cholera.

Balloon Travelling. The great object of ii.e travelling community at the present iiay 11

i-u .u.v 10 me superintendent ol arced. The rapidity of steamboats has bep

.-,Mvt nuu .u.uc rieaiucnioi me Ijoard. 1 he wini:nllv inrreuMi.tr for ve:n;. hv.t if l,n8 r..,t

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Lommissioners have likewise directed all the

streets, lanes, and alleys, to be thoroue-hl v wash

ed and cleaned without delay, and the gutters

- Ill " univui - i-.il I iVJ 01 lilt U lllllto be washed three times a week. So that ev- ,y or fortv mies an hour. What contrivance erv nrprantinn Bsema in k.m u ... . .. .

ery precaution seems to have been taken, and

we must quietly wait the event. The New York Courier k F.nauirer savs.

" nearly all appear to have made up their minds that the pestilence will come." The National

Uazette remarks on this that " it certainly is not warranted by the history of the march of that

malady. Liverpool was in at least as much

danger frm Ireland, as New Yaik can be from

Canada, yet the great English commercial city

consist in an accumulation of blood in the veinsjhas escaped so far the great manufacturing

4. I he disease rarelv occurred in anv t! nrrininar nr nnansi.4 ik.i - . ...i:...

places under the same form l nor. Aft I ivab in. lahnntjl nrtovn il a mr tLA u i

- JUL r.v... muiwug mic 3JT UIUIIV VUUUSttUU formed by th oriental physicians, did it always emigrants who arrived at Quebec and Montreal

t m r f - " j appear under the same form for two eonsecu

tive seasons at the same Dlace. Th chief

characters bf the disease were, however, con

siant, ana the same medical means were em ployed. Smyrna, the most striking symptom was a discoloring of the hands, which at Constantinople I had never witnessed. 5. The mortality was greatest in low damp situations, and in the ficinity of fresh water streams. At Smyrna, which is built pon a marshy spot, the snortality wa9 very great, while at Constantinople the disease appeared in a milder form. 6. Cholera is not contagious. My own experience is confirmed by that of every oriental physicians with whom I contulted. It rarely attacked more than one in a family. The Turkish Government, at tbe suggestion of the med ical faculty, refused to establish quarantines against this disease, bit took other steps which

migni te worthy of imitation elsewhere. A

ment, giving a history ef this disease, the means .. r j .... '

oi guarding against it, end the best treatment to be employed. These tracti were gratuitously distributed in every town and village through

7. The ETeatPsf mnrfalifv

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muse waose moue ot living was particularly meagre and abstemious. Cholera made its first ai pearance among' the Jcwti of Smvmn tii

ring one of their fasts, and committed great ra

fouod highly serviceable during the prevalence

ui ma v noiera at Constantinople. I need hard

ij remarn that the habitually intemperate lose all tbe benefit of this remedy.

o. uvery thing in this disease depends upon prompt medical aid. When this was resorted

to at an early stage, Cholera became a mild and

easily manageaoie disease.

ir. De Kav, in comoanv with Dr. Rhmnlan-

der, has been deputed to proceed to Mon'.renl and Quebec, to make inquiries respecting the existence of the Cholera in Canada, and extend

their enauiries as to ik

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i he Quebec Uazette ot the 12th states that vages. It is far from my wish to recommend fifty nine eas$s and forty Ave dtaths had occuirec. intemnfrai.ro km i a v

- r ,1 . . i ' ' " nemiaie 10 stale, op to the evening ef the 10m. A gentleman that the occasional use of stimuli, in the shape and npAlltTllf In. r j n a r t n Vnai V z.l. J 1 i . i' ....

bed the disea-e as exceeding in maiigaity any previous accounts of its virulence either in Europe or Asia, and all who were attacked were considered hopele-s He witnessed its first syptoms upon fist emigrants standing upon the wharf, and before they culd be conveyed tJ the hospital, two of them died. A servant wo

man living in the house where he boarded, was seized with the disease and died within three

boars: and a crockery merchant of his acouaint

- - i ance, living in the epper town, was carried off

within six bours. 1 nree person were attack ed on board the steamboat iVi which he came

passenger to Montreal, and before they reach ed the next landing, oat of them, a resident. Can

adian, was a corpse the other two could not

have survived.

The alarm in New York was followed by prompt measures, a liberal appropriation hav

m a t T I ing been immediately made by the Common Council for providing hospital accommodations

lor the sick, should such a measure be eecessa

ry. At Albany the same precautions were in progress, the first step having been to stop the tide of emigrants from the infected ulaces in

Caaada. The city marshal proceeded to the second lock of the canal, a mile from the eitv.

, j , and stopped three boats, which were examined

oy tne neaun o nicer, but so determined were

tne passengers to proceed, that they jumped a shore and arrived ar Albany on foot. Thi

cranks were removed from the lock?, to detain

the boats The board of Health sent an officer to White

hall, Burlington and Plattfburgh, with discre

tionarv powers, but particularly to induce the

authorities of Whitehall to exercise the power vested in them by law, to prevent the landing of emigrants and passengers from all boats and vessels until examined, and to ohtain the same regulations at all other accessible poinis. They al?o sentsitnilar instructions to the steamboats on Lake Champlain. Reports of ccursc continued to distract the Citizens of Albay. A few of the emigrants stopped at variouspoints by the authorities ivere

said to have sickened and died. One died of!

the cholera on board the 6teamboat "Phoenix at Whitehall, and the officer tent out by the. board wrote that at Fort Miller several had sickened and two were dead the disease pronounced the common cholera of the country. Dr.'De Kay has published- a'well written and excellent communication, in the New York papers, which we insert, Likr almost all pby-

cities were scarcely touched. It is not at all

in the space of a week or twocoming from

infected parts of Ireland, and in a condition of

itself pestilential. They brought, loo, hundreds of cases of small pox to Quebec. Two or three respectable pfiysitians of New York, who have been conversant with cholera abroad, are a.

boot to proceed to Canada, to stHdy the type ef

me disease there.. Every sound precaution ought, doubtless to be taken in our cities. The

establishment of cholera hospitals, with paid

pnysicians to De always in attendance, is cei tainly one of the best measures that can be ad

opted. Such a calamity as the prevalence of

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sucn an epiaesaic. arlords plentiful scone for th

very noblest efforts ef the spirit of benevolence it. ... .

auu auaamiy, public and private.

"8,e The ptlm thst virtue yields! in scenes like tkese W trace bummnity, and bio with roan Related bf the kindred tease ef woe."

The Situation, habitf. and resnnrcpa of tk

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innaoiiants oi Miladelphia. wa ieDeat it. are

such as promise them, if tot total exemption, at

icasi, a comparatively slight visitation. AI though it cannot be foreseen where the chole

ra may or may not alight, tbe greater or less

uiiTiaiiiy oi ll If determined hv knnnn lnrol

txtratlfrom the popular instructitns at to the

Translated frm late Paria Mpen.l

Observe the strict cleanliness both in person and dwellings.

Avoid all changes of being chilled, and keep

f generous wine, brandy, or gin and water, wai ,ke bod7 warm, particularly tbe stomach, bow

els and feet.

Avoid placing the feet noon the cold floor

Workmen obliged to work in cold or damn

places would do well to wear wooden shoea r 1...

- II11CHI

ciogs

avoid the damp and cold of the niirht air

Avoid as much as possible excessive fatigue Whatever may be the weather of the season, do not go too Blightly clad. a a

ooDnety cannet be too strongly recomsnend

ures taken to avoid the disease as to the mode drkards and debauchees have been most ex C . n . - . . . . .. I . . I . I ... n . . .

ueaimenc oi tne srek and generally as to all thiuga which they may judge to be useful

and imooitant for

ed of in relation to that disease.

The N. Y. Commercial of Mondav tan

"We have just had an interview with a gentle

mau nuu ieu ajontreal on r rirlav it nn

Thursday night it was believed that the deaths I I a a

on mai nay Had been from 100 to 120. Sub

sequent accounts prove this an exaggerated statement. The number of new cases could not be estimated one chvsician said 300 to

460. The eae on board of Cant. Lathron's

ooai, our mtormant says was not cholera the man died of dissipation. There had been no case of Cholera at St. Johns, nor had anv raf

occurred on board a canal boat, as reported.

Uur inlormanl came to this city for medicines. Camphor has risen already, from one dollar t two and a half per lb."

The Medical Society of New York having appointed a committee to asrprtain lb rhnrar

ter of the disease in Canada, and report wheth

er it bat been transmitted from one person to another, their report is looked for with some anxiety. In o'ir owo city, these reports, unofficial as they have been, received with our characieris. tic firmness, and without the alarm an consternation pervading the Noith. On Monday eve ning, Councils met, and passed an ordinance to

raise g,5U,uuo to be employed as a " Sanitary Fund,1' and for no other purpose. They insti tuted a "Sanitary Board, consisting of three members of the select council., and five mem

bersof the Corrruaoo council, together with the mm K . ...

ayor and Kecorder ot the city, whose duty it it to direct all such measures towards the clean iirgf and purify ing tbe eity,!as they may think proper, and with power to prepare suirabU nla

cea for tbe reception of the sick, and to perl'rro

.i . .. iucj nrc Kaaea oe spous oi i ded consequently avoid all excesses of eating t9 be distributed amongst the coaqueror. and drinkiiir. far it ho. k... i i .

B, " - XEKH ICIUHIkCU illill

kept Pace with the public feeling. Rpsort wag

o then had to rail ways, and men were for u

hue content to be earned at the rate of thir-

s hnuld be adopted when even this should lar

behind the impatience and hurry of travellers.

was a question that might have puzzled wiser

eads than ours to sruess. But we are now

told, that an individual, a native of France, but . r . - . a i-

a resident or mis country, nas discovered a me thod of navigating balloons, so that in a short time it may very probably be the fashion tc take a sail in the air. This can hardlv fail tc

produce a thorough revolution in the practices 1 " I : I r " 1 l . i ...

wmcn now prevHii. nau-roaa siock win 0 down below par in a trice, for who will consent to be dragged behind a locomotive, when be can elide through the air like, "an arrow

from a bow." The superior advantages of bal

loon travelliug cannot fail speedily to supersede entirely tbe use of all the modes now in use. There will be no friction or jolting no tolls to pay no dust no mud. The only difficulty that we can see, is the danger of occasionally

running toul or a thunder cloud, which might produce something of a jar. However, this cannof fail to impart additional charms to it; for who loves to travel two or three hundred miles wi.thout running any risk or meeting with any marvellous accident! He who has been so nfortunate, is truly to be pited; he has waste hit time end money without bavin? pot anv

thine to tell of. This new mode promises to b

of great service in elevating men in the scale

oi oeing, and raising tbem "above the smoke and stir ef this dull spot which men call eartfi."

An Irishman who had commenced building' n.

wall round hit lot of rather uncommon dimen

sions, viz: four feet high and six feet thick, be. ing asked his reason for having it so thick, re. plied "To tave repairs, my honey. Don't you see that if it should evei fall down, it would be higher than it now is!" Changes in the times.- Formerly, sailors were cheeked shirts and gentlemen wore white; now the tables are turned. Formerly, servants drove their masters, now cuffy is a gentleman driven by bis master. Formerly, ladies paid afternoon visits to their friends early enough to return before sunset; now Iadiet go out to take tea, about the same time that their grand-mamas have retired to.

rest, and have had their first nap. Formerly, dress was worn as a protection a gainst the weather; now as a matter of orna-

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p . , I r vruicnj, ivffi cars- wtiv cuuiiuereu DO UlbKetnrnhome at an early hour, in order toLrace to an industrious house keeper; now they oid the damp and cold of tka niirKt air .,.., . r

w - - - . r are almost entirely suspended by playing ear

mnm vxruxng taras : Formeily, juWtc offices were considered pub. lie trusts, to be executed for the public benefit; now they are regarded as the spoils of victory .!-!". ..a

Formerly, speeches measured by the hour.

died with the hour; now a yardstick is the touch stone of the merit of most pablic speeches. Formerly, it was considered but little nhort

of treason, to speak of the dissolution of the

union; now it is spoken ef with as little concern as the dissolution of commercial co.partnership. U. S. Gazette.

posed to the attacks of the cholera

Let your food be principally meat and meat

uups; eai as little is possible of charcutrie and

omer sail meats, ana abstain entirely from

pasiry.

Abstain from undressed food of every descin

tion.

e il . .

ed are at - P" " The ' "fj """try village desired ed are at all times da.gerous. The water his clerk to give notice that there would be no used as a beterave onhl ia b r P;i,- . . . uu" "

j . . . . ""' v - service in me atternoon, as he was going to ofied water is better than any other, lastead of;ciate for mother clergyman. Thf clerk, imwTh tL TU,d r fe,,rr.t0 TiX U B,ediate ' the 8" "n ended, rising up, w,th two or three teaspoonful. of brandy or cried out, -I'm desired to give notice that there AsinlAa In a nmt WnU. i:kl- : I .:.t .... .

lightly mixed with

bsintht to a pint. Water

wine is equally rood.

The excessive use of strong liquors is very pernicious, and taking unmixed brandy when fasting is equally so. Persons who have con

traded the habit of doing so, should, at least,

eat a piece ol bread. The same objections

apply to drinking white wine fastiar.

All beer or cider of bad desciption ought to

re avoiaea. Every person who feels himself suddenly af

flicted with dull pains in the limb3. heavineaa

or giddiness of the head, a feeling of oppres

sion, eneasiness ol the chest, heart-buru, or cho lie. should immediately apply to a physitian. Pertont (hu3 affected should immediately go to bed, and take, quite hot, an infasioo of peppermint and flowers of lime tree, and heat him self by every possible means. Prepared chloric solutions being universally recommended as a useful precaution against infection of any kind, il may be desirable to give the following receipt for making them: Take one ounce of dry chlorate of lime, and one quart of water; pour a sufficient quantity on the powder to make it into paste, and then dilute it with the remain. Ipr- ir.m ir .u.

f ......an. j n 111 BU

lotion, and keep it ?n glass or earthcrn vessels him 5vepenn f.M

v will be no sarvice this afternoon, as Mr. L.

is goiog a fishing with another clergyman." Mr. L. of course, corrected the awkward yet amusing blunder. A gentleman travelling in America, had his attention arrested by a singular contest between a negro and the mule on which he vas mounted. The indocile animal had thought proper to take exception to the carriage of the gentleman, which preceded him, and evinced a decided disinclination to pass it; his rider, on thex other hand, was as resolute in his determination to effect a- chancre in the conduct of h!

beast. At length the gentleman heard blackey exelaim to the mule, Til bet you a fivepenny I make you go by this time' then nodding hie head, he added, "Do you be;!1' After which, by means of some very prcjir arprmpai nf

whip and spur, he succeeded in making the ani-

mai pass the carnage. 'I he gentleman, who had been hi'arhly amused with the scpn rUeA

to the negro,, and observed that, thono-h th ..

ver had been laid, he did not see how r..,,r,.o...

could be obtained from the mule. "Oh vcs.'

replied black; "massa give me tenpennv foi corn foi him: lie lose the hr. nnfi tm 0 Aft 1 . v? a a.