Canals and Rail Roads, No. II (Canal vs. Railroad Cost)
August 4, 2023Virginia; Cholera Along the Canal
August 4, 2023CHOLERA IN AMERICA
New York, Sept. 9. — In this city the deaths by cholera, during the week ending on Saturday, were 138, which is 40 less than occurred the preceding week, though the population of the city was increased in the latter period probably by 10 or 15,000 souls, and tho weather was considered quite unfavorable for the general health. Every day’s acounnts convince us, that the cholera is on its steady march, and that no place, however remote from populous cities, is exempt from the common scourge. We find by the Baltimore papers, that the cholera has appeared on the highest mountains in the State, and that, in one day, there were seven deaths of the disease at Harper’s Ferry.
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