very fatal on the southern plantations; one man, out of forty ,
lost thirty-nine. Many noted men have fallen this summer by the cholera,
among whom are President , General , , Col. Harding, Mrs.
. President has been attacked, but got better. The chol^-^
era is also raging at the present time, through , , and most
of . Many deaths are on most of the emigrant ships now landing at
. There has been but few deaths among the Saints, considering
the many who have been among it. Capt. and left
in February with a fleet of six ships, with about 1500 Saints. All land^-^
ed safe at , and went from there to in the
midst of the worst time of the cholera. There was about fifty deaths
out of the whole number, mostly on the . Jones and Spen-
cer are on their way to the . I do not know what success the
Saints will have this season in crossing the mountains, as I should not
think there would be grass enough through the for the animals
of the gold diggers alone to stand three tier deep upon. and have gone with companies to the valley. Elder
is left at the Bluffs, still printing the papers and counselling the
people. The Sa[i]nts at have escaped the cholera this
season, while it has been all around them. , Ohio, had a
population of 4,000, was entirely depopulated with the cholera, until
there was not 400 left; every doctor, lawyer and priest in the place,
with most of the population, died. There was none to attend to the sick
or bury the dead, and the last account, many remained in their houses un-
buried. There have been many calamities taking place in the States
since you left. A mob of some 20,000 gathered at the Astor Place The-
atre, broke in the doors and windows, was fired upon by the military, 25
killed, 50 wounded. Large mobs in once a month, more or
less killed. More than one half of the business part of the City of , Mo, is laid in ashes. It burned 600 ^six^ hundred stores and dwellings,
all the insurance offices, five banking houses, telegraph office, 25
steam boats, and a loss of six million ($6,000,000) dollars. They have
had another fire since; several steam boats and dwellings burned; a mob
raised; some lives lost; the cholera followed the fire, and laid its
thousands in the grave. The Levee at New Orleans has been under water
very fatal on the southern plantations; one man, out of forty ,
lost thirty-nine. Many noted men have fallen this summer by the cholera,
among whom are President , General , , Col. Harding, Mrs.
. President has been attacked, but got better. The cholera is also raging at the present time, through , , and most
of . Many deaths are on most of the emigrant ships now landing at
. There has been but few deaths among the Saints, considering
the many who have been among it. Capt. and left
in February with a fleet of six ships, with about 1500 Saints. All landed safe at , and went from there to in the
midst of the worst time of the cholera. There was about fifty deaths
out of the whole number, mostly on the . Jones and Spencer are on their way to the . I do not know what success the
Saints will have this season in crossing the mountains, as I should not
think there would be grass enough through the for the animals
of the gold diggers alone to stand three tier deep upon. and have gone with companies to the valley. Elder
is left at the Bluffs, still printing the papers and counselling the
people. The Saints at have escaped the cholera this
season, while it has been all around them. , Ohio, had a
population of 4,000, was entirely depopulated with the cholera, until
there was not 400 left; every doctor, lawyer and priest in the place,
with most of the population, died. There was none to attend to the sick
or bury the dead, and the last account, many remained in their houses unburied. There have been many calamities taking place in the States
since you left. A mob of some 20,000 gathered at the Astor Place Theatre, broke in the doors and windows, was fired upon by the military, 25
killed, 50 wounded. Large mobs in once a month, more or
less killed. More than one half of the business part of the City of , Mo, is laid in ashes. It burned six hundred stores and dwellings,
all the insurance offices, five banking houses, telegraph office, 25
steam boats, and a loss of six million ($6,000,000) dollars. They have
had another fire since; several steam boats and dwellings burned; a mob
raised; some lives lost; the cholera followed the fire, and laid its
thousands in the grave. The Levee at New Orleans