The weekly Ottumwa courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1857-1872, 1866-04-26
Eanort Of Health Officer,


New York, april Fl.
The following report of DR.. Bissill, Dep
uty Health officer now in charge of Hos
pital ships Quarantine, came at 3 o'clock.
1t gives an account of the sick passengers
on the ship up to noon to-day.
The Hospital ship Lower Bay, April 2lst
arrived.
Steamship England, Grace, "a days from
Liverpool via Halifax arrived here this
morning with crew and l22 cabin passen-
gers. l6 Storage passengers died on the
passage to Halifax, so at Halifax, $50 last
night. "A infant died of whooping cough.
The passengers and crew are we'll. The
vessel quarantined in Lower Bay Hospi-
tai.
Thesship Falcon came here yesterday
morning. -Four deaths in the Hospital
Last night buried ten from the steamer;
81 are now ia the Hospital -s
(Signed) d: A. BIssELL, I'd
Deputy Health Officer,
1t is reported that three persons had died
| i'm. the Hospital ship this afternoon, but the
rumor could not he traced to authentic
source. ..nI
DR.. d. A. Bissell, Deputy Health officer
in charge of the hospital ship Falcon, in
| the lower bay, has made a report from the
lower quarantine. The hospital ship Fail
! con came here yesterday. Sheimmediate-
| ly boarded the steamship Virginia am
| chos ed here and removed the sick TO the
hospital, 67 in number, Five new eases
were received from the Virginia this morn
ing. There were four deaths in the hospi
tai last night; 10 from Liverpool were bu-
ried Yesterday; 6S Gases are now in the
hospital. OF the arrival of the steamer
England, Or. Bisselk r,
The steamer England, Capt Grace, from
/ Liverpool via Halifax arrived hereto-day.
She reports crew of I'D men with six
teen cabin passengers and 1902 in the steer
age. The number who died on the pas
sage to Halifax is so; at Halifax, l50, and
last night one infant died. Passengers
and crew are all well. She will be quar-
antIned in the lower bay. The.report was
made to Cyrus Curtis, President of the
, Quarantine Committee.
4 .'. " "l. ssa New York, April %.
: The Tribune's special says that the
statement telegraphed TO New York on
! Saturday evening. that the Reconstruction
, Committee had prepared various PROPOSE
) tions for report, is incorrect There was a
. meeting of the Committee held yesterday,
: and more fully attended than usual, and
f it is understood that various Constitutional
amendments and repartee measures OF
legislation were proposed and debated, but
/. that no comprehensive or complete propo-
sitions were discussed, and certainly moth.
ing definite was concluded upon to report
to the House. The COMMITTEES will meet
!, again at ten O'Clock tomorrow, when sep
arate propositions will be submitted by
6 Indifferent members, may be, embodied in a
= form preparatory to subsequent reports
! The Chairman will soon present the final
; report of the Committee, summing up the
results arrived at, it's investigations, and
q recommending some general policy Of res
toration. Ii is possible also that this re.
, port will be accompanied by bill or joint
resolution relative to the qualification ano
status of Federal oifice-holders in rebel
, lious States. which shall embody the idea
{, of prohibiting the political power of thai
, section from ever being controlled by
those whowere active in the rebeilion 90
], The Tribune's' special says that the Ju
f dietary Committee have agreedto repor
o against any modification of the test oatl,
: They will conclusively answer any objec
: ton raised, that its modification is requi
of competent Union residents TO iii every eve
e required Federal appointment. '"G'''h =
Gen. Grant, previous to his departure fol
Richmond, issued special order to Gen'l
Foster, for the protection of Union cti
zens of Florida, from cruelties and injus.
tice practiced upon them under cover Of
State laws. '''
| President Johnson is mem Der of the
Masonic fraternity, and has invited the
Supreme Council of the Southern Juris-
diction to visit him tomorrow. anil ~, ..
1t is reported that the President will soon
issue proclamation, setting apart the
seventeenth proximo as a day of fasting
and prayer in view of the anticipated visit
to this country Of cholera. ......,.'
The General Land Office has Just trans
mitted TO the Governor of Iowa, a certifi-
cate authorizing that State to locate nine
Thousand and forty-two acres OF public
domain as indemnity for that quantity OF
swamp land in Cass county, which had
been disposed of by the United States with
bounty lard warrant locations. .s..r.... %
New York, April %. g
The POSTS special says Mr. Seward has
sent important instruction to Mr.. Watley,
our Minister at Vienna, in reference to the
project OF sending Austrian troops to the
aid of Miximilian, and strong protest
against such action will be made. nuns
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