Spread of The Cholera, Harpers Ferry, Winchester, Charlestown.

SPREAD OF THE CHOLERA.– Harper’s Ferry, Winchester, Charlestown, &c.– We regret to learn that the cholera, which appeared so suddenly and with considerable fatality at Harper’s Ferry, a short time since, not only continues there, but is extending itself in that section of Virginia. A dispatch in another column chronicles nine deaths at Harper’s Ferry by the scourge in the last two days, six at Winchester, and there are several also at Charlestown and vicinity. Among the victims at Harper’s Ferry, it will be seen, is our agent, Mr. Smallwood, and at Winchester, Mr. Langley, the efficient railroad superintendent at that place– the latter of whom was in this city only a few days since in fine health and spirits;

The Charlestown (Va.) Spirit of Jefferson, of yesterday, says:
The spread of this epidemic during the last week has cast a gloom over our whole community, and the truth is forcibly brought home to many, as to “what shadows we are, and what shadows we pursue.”

At Harper’s Ferry, in addition to the 15 or 16 deaths noticed before, we are pained to have the melancholy duty of recording the following:– On Friday and Saturday, Mr. Wm. Collins, Mrs. Holt, the wife of Mr. James Holt; Mr. Krout, (formerly of Shepherdstown, though believed to have died from old age,) and a negro woman, the property of Dr. Marmion. On yesterday (Monday) a son of Mr. Wm. Medlar. Other cases are reported to have proved fatal, but we do not feel authorized to give names until more authentic information is received.

As there are but some two or three new cases reported on yesterday, we hope our neighboring village has passed through its worst stages, and that a few days more may suffice to eradicate all seeds of disease. There has been the greatest consternation and alarm among the people during the week past, and the various physicians at the place have been completely broken down by the arduous labors devolved upon them.

In this town on Saturday morning, Mr. John H. Kinningham died after only a few hours illness, from the same terrible epidemic. Mr. K. was a resident of Harper’s Ferry, and as a matter of precaution sent his family to our place in the early part of the week– he remaining at Harper’s Ferry until Friday. On the evening of that day he came to town, wearied by attention to the sick and dying, considerably alarmed at the progress of disease at Harper’s Ferry, and being naturally a man of weak constitution, he was taken sick on Friday night, and died before day the following morning.

A negro man, Jim Parks, the property of Mr. Herr, of Harper’s Ferry, also died on Sunday night in this town of cholera. This case also was contracted at the Ferry, as the negro man was only a few days ago a waiter in Mr. Carroll’s hotel.

A little girl, the daughter of Mr. Messinger, died from cholera during the last week on the Shenandoah river, in this county. Several other members of this family were attacked, but, by taking the disease in its early stage, and using proper precautions, they have all recovered.

There are no other cases in this immediate neighborhood. The general health of our town was never better at this season of the year, save with some a slight predisposition to diarrhea– the streets, alleys, and all impure places have been thoroughly cleansed and limed, and these are great essentials in warding off the disease.

The Martinsburg Gazette, of yesterday, also says, that since the disease has broken out at Harper’s Ferry, there have been some 35 or 40 cases, about 25 of which proved fatal, and adds: “The health of our town and the county continues good, with no indications of the cholera or any epidemic disease. The passengers by both trains of the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad now dine at this place.

The cholera continues in various cities, towns, and villages, and other points in the Western States, in Ohio, Kentucky, Indiana, Missouri, Illinois, Tennessee, &c. So great is the number of places at which it appears, that it would be useless to attempt to keep a clear record. It is extending more and more on the Lakes.