Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1862-11-20
THE WILMINGTON JOURNAL.
From the Daily Journal, Nov. 18th.

From the Daily Journal, Nov. 18th.
AFTER an enforced suspension of five weeks the regu
lar issue Of the Journal" Daily and Weekly is now
resumed.
The causes that prodsced our temporary suspension
too we'll known require more than brief refer
ence at this time. We are pleased to say that these
causes no longer exist sufficient force to oppose in
surmounta5e obstacles to the present resumption as
they did to the continuance of our regular issue from
and after the 18th day Of October after which day. for
want Of sufficient force we compelled to restrict
ourselves to brief bulletins for general convenience
home and public information abroad. These bulletins
we had only clerical force enough to send to our ex
changes and to the diff rent post Offices on the main
lines It was impossible for to send slips to cur
subscribers.
It may be some days before we are again perfectly
organized and in full operation, it must be long be-
fore our town can from the effects Of the destroy
ing pestience with which it has been visited We can
only say that no unnecessary delays want Of energy
on our part need be apprehended We trust that the
telegraph company will reestabsh its Office here at the
earliest possible moment. 1t is perfectly safe for
an operator to come here The fever has ceased, and
no single individual coming back to town since the frost
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we had hoped to have beer able to publish detail
ed statement of the whole number of persons dying here
from the middle of August to the middle of November
with their names, but find that we must at least post
pone if we are not forced to wholly abandon the
dertakng from the difficulty of obtaining correct and
reliable data owing to the death of Mr. Hyde, the Secre
tary of the Cemetery Association, andof Mr.. Qugley,
the Superintendent OF the grounds Mr. Hyde'S books
cannot lust now be obtained, and what memoranda
be got from the Cemetery will require time and labor to
classify and reduce to form calculated to give any intel
ligibe information to the public Under these circum'
stances we must content ourselves for the present. at
least with the weekly reports published in the Daily
Journal and subsequently in the slips issued from this
Office with such remarks may be necessary to prop
er understanding of the case.
Any citizen of Wilmington who was here for some
weeks before the existence of Yellow Fever pub
licky announced will easily recall to his mind the IN
easy state of feeling which existed owing to the greatly
increased mortality, and the sudden and mysterious
deaths Upon the medical question involved we DO not
pretend to speak We state The facts first that there
was largely increased mortality even prior to the end
of August. Secoud-That there was an uneasy feeling
not only about this mortality but about its cause and
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fore the medical faculty were sufficiently satisfied of the
character Of the disease to pronounce definitely upon it
Towards the close of tie second week in September
the feeling to which we have alluded assumed defnit
form and enquiries were instituted by the authorities
and on Saturday the 18th day OF September the pres
enee of Yellow Fever fact conceded By Cur medi
cal men The first public and official reference to tina
fact was made in the Journal of Tuesday Sept It'll
two months since when Dr. Dickson made the foIowin
statement -
To JOHN DAWSON, Esq Mayor Of Wilmington n G.
DEAR SR.-At your request herewith furnish 20
with report of such cases OF yellow fever have OK
Cured during this season within my knowledge.
Since Tuesday the 9th instant have five case
of the disease OF these have died. one discharge
as convaescent and two still under treatment Wit
doubtful prospects.
No new case has occurred under my cognizance sine
the 10th instant.
There would seem to be lul in the progress of III
diseese, and hope that the sanitary measures wbc
you have adopted may be successful in arresting il
progress.
Yours, very respectfully,
JAS. II. DICKSON, NJ. D.
There was one more case reported Monday, Il
18th, which did not come under DR.. Dicksons cogn
zance.
Up to Sept 18th; eight cases had been reported,
which six died We take this as a starting point.
CASES. DEATH