Baltimore daily commercial. [volume] (Baltimore, Md.) 1865-1867, 1866-05-14
THE KEARsARGE
AaEH$es of the Yellow Fever on Board
Deatih of Fourteen OF her Officers and
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| AN''si'sseS oa dne yellow Fever Board
Deatil of Fourteen Of hcr Officers aud
| Grew.
| MADRID, April 24.It was my sad and painful datv
to inform in my last letter of the appalling yisi
tation, from the yellow fever which the little com
munity on the United States corvette Kearsarge
commander s. D. Harrell, had been subjected To
during their brief but unfortunate cruise on the
OF Africa was not then in n position to give You
more than the general reports which had reached mo
from Lisbon concerning the sad affair."
am now in possession of some details, which re-
celved last night from our Consul in Lisbon Mr. q
A. Monroe who has been so kind and obliEinr as In
place before me all the information he had for the
the information Mr.. Monroe sends fortunately does
NOT pear out the somewhat exaggerated reports re-
are supplied to show that the cruise of the Kear
sarge was one that in every way furnishes accumn-
ed horrors enough to equal any that the records of
the navy can reveal Va
The hrst victim of the dread disease was the ame
pie, sklil9l and accomplished surgeon, Dr. Vreeland
! VINO expired after illness of five DAYS durin@
Whleh time he unable to prescribe for a sinale
iel0T sufferer. After this manning blow the disease
aG IGi range ana scope The last defense against
iCS InSSlolouS and deadly approach was swept away
ahq lne unfortunate ones who were struck down by
nao no mortal assistance to rely upon to ward off
Ihe horrors of such situation, under a tropical
sun, can better be imagined than described. They
Nefe Ucn as VIII never be forgotten by any one who
| passed safely through them -'
IN co sequence OF the Kearsarge being in rigorous
2uarahne at the date of my advices no further in
4oIHatloh haq been received than that which shall
give; and. unfortunately for the anxiety Of fianJs
ana relatives OF those on board the names Of fhe
dead are not embodied in tho news This informo
ton look for to morrow or next day as the shin
came out Of quarantine the day subseouent r.
NY s9ylceS ana as soon as she can be communicated
WIN MT. Monroe Will Tor yard mo the list which 7
snail at once send to you for the information of those
interested in the matter, - 'N0''
In regard to the details of the cruise cannot do
better than to give you an extract of letter from
Uantaln Howell announcing it, which gives the
:, The whole affair."" writes Commander Howell
can pc told In few words but the scenes on board
the vessel for the period OF ten or twelve days battle
description. Thefever made its appearance on hoard
on the 18th of March, Immediately after iaovTnr
HlerTs Leone Unhappily for us, our doctor (Vree-
land was the first person attacked, and was never
atter able to prescribe. He lived five days
continued my course down the coast for three
days when the fever continued to increase so rapidiv
una! una! Iound our only hope of safety hinged upon
seeLng 1ortn as speeaiIy as possible. Accordingly
seered directly for st. Vincent, where arrived with
three tons OF coal in my bunkerS.
In the meantime, that is to say within nine davs
we lost SIX ofhcers and seven men, the last death
which occurred on the 2Sth of March, making four
'On the 9th of March, in thirteen hours, We loat
nve. Until We reached the trade winds we had dead
Gans, with the therm9meter standing at ninety-six
deck; '1' '--'1o On
The fremen and coal beavers were struck down
Wlth the lever and were handed upon deck; Others
tainted from the excessive heat
These scenes, together with the insane rawlings of
Lne lus' NalhS calng 1or That assistance which it
was not IN our power to render, formed a spectacle
not easily forgotten.
when we fairly reached the trade winds. the fever
a6ated as rapidly as it had sprung into existence
The last case occurred the 25h of March and tbc
patient Is now entirely cOnvaleScent.
1he epidemic passed over us like a tornado sVent
all before 1t, but happily left none of its remains
behind - N -t-'
This is the captains graphic account of the vista
ton. Nothing could be added to it. He remarks in
conclusion that he has caused the ship to be broken
OUT belOW, omlttlDg no part of her, excepting the
magazne, thoroughly cleaned and whitewashed y and
the vessel.' " 49,
The Portuguese authorities placed a rigorous quar-
antlne OF ten days upon the vessel for observation
il ms term mas expired, and free pratque granted
Not single new case has been developed since
March 10Th. The health of the crew ia now
excellent and the vessel is undoubtedly entirely
lree from any seeds Of the epidemic.
IN her arrival IN port, Assistant Surgeon Iiland
o. the stoTeShlp ino, lying in port, proceeded on
board and has been doing his duty there ever since
IL is to be hoped that he will not have occasion to
exercise MS skill against the Yellow Jack. | shall
give you further particulars in my next and list of
the dead, but presume the latter has already been
sent TO the Navy Department.
sarge: ~
Commander-A D. HarrelI,
Lieut.. Commander-GeOrge Dewey
lieutenant-Edwin I. Woodward
SurgeOn-Benjamin Vreeand (dead).
Assistant Paymaster-Wm, N, Watmoueh
Acting Master-L. B. King.
Ensign-William A. Whiting
Acting Ensgn-C. j. Barclay,
Mates-C. j. Andrews, Samuel pavne AdoInb
Schauders Samuel A. Davis
Englneers-tlrst Assistant. Sidney Albert; Second
Assistants, Joel A. Bullard, Joseph Hooper and j &
ha1er; hlrd Assistants K. Edwards and Elisha r
Tyson; acting Third Assistants, J. A. Sleeper and
VIM. III. Platt - ~
Acting Boatswain-Wiliam L. Bond,
Gunner-Wilham Wilson.