New Orleans daily crescent. [volume] ([New Orleans, La.]) 1851-1866, 1866-08-20
TeIesraphie Items.
We find the following telegrapbic items fa the
latest Western papers:

THE CHOLERA IN NEW ORLEANS.
4 WAsHIvGTON Aug. I4-Maior General Baird
telegraphed last evening to General Howard for
authority to employ five more physicians, giving
as his for the request that the cholera had
assumed serious aspect in New Orleans, and
| would probably grow more malignant The ne
| gr0es especially, the general says, will suffer for
| want Of medical attendance.
! General Howard has telegraphed the required
authority to employ additional physicians at the
| contract price allowed by law 800 per month. if
| eines at any rate.
THE REPoRTED DEsTITUTIoN IN ALABAMA AID
GEORGIA.
The commissioner Of the freedmen,s bureau haS
received an elaborate report from a special in
spector who was charged with the daty Of investf-
eating the reports Of destutfon received from
Alabama and Georgia. This officer visited, in the
course Of his inspection, Northern Alabama and
6eorgfa and tTaVeled tacog IN order the better to
reach the truth, amongst all classes. After giving
detailed report in reference to each county WIS.,
tied, he says his observations have convinced him
that therehas notbeensa single case of staTvatonn
either State; that the amount of desttution has been
largely exaggerated, and so located as to be in Z
| many cases unable to visit; that although some
destitution exists, and has existed it is not abso
lute, but consists mainly in confinement to some
one, or few, articles Of food of which, in nearly
all cases, there has been suieiency, and that ft
mas been ascrbed in great part, to dleness of the
people; that the issue of rations, as at present
conducted, IS producing great decentralization and
idleness among the people and that SO long as is
continued. the apparent necessity for it will exist:
that the crops, though small are amply sufficient,
with economy, to supply the people with the me-
cessarles OF ife tlli another crop is harvested.
| REDEMPTION.
| The secretary of the treasury has gives notice
to holders Of certificates of deposit Of the tenpo-
rary loan, other than those issued for clearing
house purposes, that the department il prepared
to redeem them on presentation at the Offices
where issued, with interest up to August 18th, at
which date interest will cease.
| CHOLERA IN ST. Louis.
| ST. LOUIS, Aug. 1.-THE cholera has increased
to-day to an extent that excites some alarm, but
SO far, i believe, nothing like panic exists. The
! number Of cases reported to the Board of Health
| from noon yesterday to noon to-day il eighty
| SEVEN of which tilfrtysix were fatal! Heretofore
the disease has been confined with here and there
| an exceptional case, to low damp, badly Eent-
lated houses, and among the ignorant, imprudent
and incorporate classes but to-day it made its
appearance among clean and careful people, and
in several instances, am told visiting the palatiaT
dwellings Of the wealthy, hut have heard of no
deaths in these quarters
at meeting of the Board Of Health last evening
twas decided to prohibit throughout the city the
sale of all kinds of melons and cucumbers and the
market masters were ordered to seize all stale
vegetables offered for sale. The mayor this
morning. established astringent quarantine below
the city where a steamer will be kept to take on
board all cases of sickness not proper to come to
the city Special police sergeants have been ap-
pointed to cooperate with the health officers and
stay the spread Of the disease has been put into
effect.
RUss1A-THg UNITED STATES soTrADRoN. -RFaEp.
TroS OF TTIE oFFIgERs I'7F' -TTZ
ST. PEFERsBTrRG Anrnst - THE TTuited Statas
naval officers made their official entry into ths
eity Yesterday. saturday AUGUST IIth and had
n Grand recepton. Fifty thonsard neonle tnrned
out to witness their entrance.
They ware welcomed Nv 4 rnaonifcett ovation
with music the dsIlav If asg and ti,cf1sans of
handkerohiefs waving in alE direetenss The
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