Cholera at Columbia. _ Corxrwata, Sept. 13— Yesterday we had be• tweet' thirty and forty new cases of cholera, of . Which fifteen were fatal. The town presents a desolate appearance. Out of a population of nearly five thousand thete are not More than twelve or fifteen hundred remaining. All the ho tels and .stores are closed. It is impossible to give all the new cases and deaths daily on ac count of not having. aprt;perly orgaßized Marti of Health. The city authorities and several not ble hearted' Citizens Of Lancaster have generous ' ly stepped forward and extended their aid,. The Town Hall, and one or two other places have been operied as temporary hospitals, and all that medical skill can •dti Is being done, but nearly every case proves fatal. Tar is constant , ly burned is the streets, and all known means restored to Stay the progress of the epidemic.— rzbis Morning there appears to be an abatement in the disease. We have three of lour physi' liana here. We think they are doing all in their power to alleviate the sufferings of the sick. 'lt is the general opinion that the disease origi. nottd in this manner. The river is very low, and at the point where the water is drawn up .4 ivto the basin of the water 'works, two slaiighter Mouses empty their garbage. There beirig no Arhnt to early the filth of, the water became strongly impregnated with the poisonous matter, and was freely drank by our unsuspecting inhab iiants. • •I t is with great difficulty that nurses can be obtained to attend to the wants of the sick, and a cumber of them have died without the least at• tenlion Many poor people are among the victims, and several families are left in the most destitute cir. I= We are badly in want of good and wholesome food, the country people being afraid to come near the town. A ny aid that could be-e