The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-03-31
BY TELEGRAPH.
WASHINGTON.

| WASHINGTON. March 30,-James Tiltop
Y nlted States Engineer, will resume work on
Oostenanfa and Cowattie rivers from Rome ia
CARERS Landing, via Lizarra early in April.
unoer the the appropriations from Congress.
| ior wnlct the section benefited is mainly in
debted to Gen. Young
| Col. Frobol, who is now at Atlanta mol;ro
report OF progress, will resume his survey Of
rivers along the proposed line of the Great
Western and Atlantic water route very soon.
Ills report will indicate singularly favor
able water communication, CONNECTING tha
Mississippi River with the Atlantic. conn
menclng at Cairo, ILL.,, and ending at Darien.
Ga. The entire distance is nearly 1000 miles
9oO OF which are navgable rivers. ONLY 100
mules OF artificial water ways are required.
which present no engineering difficulties.
WASHINGTON, March 30.-The President.
this morning, made the following appoint
ments: David I. Corbin, United States At
1orney for the District of South. Carolina;
Kldge Paschal, Collector of Customs for the
District of Corpus Christi, Texas: Frederick
VIM: Halliday, Commissioner to Centennial
Exhloitlon from Virginia; Ex-Gov. Parsons.
OF Alabama, Assistant District Judge, vice
white, who declined. Gov Parsons duty.
provided he accepted. will be to push prose-
cutlons under the Enforcement and Kn.Klnr
acts. AA
WASHINGTON, March 30. ~ The Northern
rivers are rising slowly. and it is thought the
Ice will pass off with but little damage.
WASHINGTON, March 3O.-The news tele-
graphed IN an earlier report, regarding the
distressing state OF affairs at Key West is
authentic. 1t is likely that the Supreme
Court, by the advice and consent of the conn
Gil, will withhold decision in United States
VS.. Crulkshanks ct al. until October.
Inc following goes North tonight to the
New York Herald: One week ago Capt. Rus
sell, the senior officer in command of the
United States steamer Plymouth, at Kew
West, telegraphed the Navy Department that
on that day there had been two fatal cases of
yellow fever on shipboard, and that he had
taken every precaution to prevent the disease
from spreading.
Incredible as it may appear, neither the
War nor the Treasury Department were adj
91sed OF the prevalence of the disease until
Today, when the engineer officer in charge of
ne government works at Forts Taylor and
Jefferson, te)egraphed the chief of the engi-
neer corps that the yellow fever had greatly
increased within a few days; that all the
naval vessels were quarantined, and the SOL
iiers garrisoning the forts would leave imme-
lately for colder quarters.
Following this came another telegram to an
'rmy ofhcer stating that the epidemic was
Spreading, which report was soon generally
Known In army and naval circles, and was
lot confined to the vessels of the navy. Init
hat deaths were occurring in Kew West.
The existence of the disease was unknown
Q the Treasury Department, but upon hear
ng the report the Supervising Surgeon in
barge OF the Marine Hospital directed that
Instructions be sent at once to the surgeons
t Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans and Gal
eston to be on the lookout for "Yellov
ack," and promptly report its appearance.
The United States steamer Dispatch, sent
D New Orleans to convey the Senatorial
arty to Mexico, was at Key West when the
aver broke out, increasing the solicitude felt
ere, not only for the naval officers, but for
ne prominent persons composing the excur-
on party.
This early appearance of the fever in so
Malignant form and the negligence Of the
nthortles IN not advising the Treasury De-
artment OF Its existence, causes serious sp-
rehenslons lest 1t may become suddenly
in its ravages.
1t will be remembered that on the 1lth of
ebruary, Senator McCreery introduced q
Ill promising that it had been reported in a
'sponslble medical journal of the United
tates, and that 1t had been announced in
exas papers that disease resembling
ioieia' WAS raging IN Mexico at no
feat distance from the frontier of
e United States and directing that there
re the Secretary of War detail a medical
hcer OF the army. under the direction of the
lrgeon General. to investigate carefully the
after OF said reports 1t is understood that
g Surgeon-General does not deem it advis-
lie to expend the appropriation on such evil
nee and declines to detail the medical
ficer.
The rapidity with which yellow fever is re-
'rted to have taken hold at Key West would
EN- to indicate a favorable condition of
mate for the spread of epidemic diseases,
d it is possible Surgeon General Barnes
II be induced to comply with the act
thorlzing the expenditure of two thousand
j ars before it is too late.