Constitutional Whig

Instances of the most pure and exalted benevolence, and even heroism, have occurred in the Northern cities, since the prevalence of the Cholera.

One gentleman in Albany, a large property holder, has ordered his agent to be lenient in the collection of his rents, and even to remit in cases of necessity and hardship.

The Medical Faculty have, in many cases, distinguished themselves by a devotion to the cause of humanity, which at once elevates their own characters and the profession to which they belong.

A Roman Catholic Clergyman, in Philadelphia, has given up his own residence, with all its furniture and conveniences, as a hospital for the sick; and other citizens have accommodated the Board of Health with houses.

We read of men voluntarily 'going about to do good' among the afflicted, exposing themselves to the disease in its worst shapes.

While seeing all this, we are induced to ask with a cotemporary, what has the heroism of the battle field—we do not say to surpass, but to equal, such self-devotion as these simple narratives record? What has life, ignominiously saved by a dereliction of duties, to compensate for the unfading glories, and—can it be presumptuous to say—the certain and eternal rewards of death in such a cause?—Alexandria Gaz.