A disease resembling Asiatic cholera broke out recently in the vicinity of Huntsville, Ala. Colonel John Hume lost three of his Negroes, and a son about 17 years old, a most intelligent and promising youth. There were eight corpses on his premises at one time!
[The New York Times, 19 April 1852 - Submitted by Melissa Rodriguez]

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