The New Orleans bulletin. [volume] (New Orleans [La.]) 1874-1876, 1875-06-25
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WASHINGTON NOTES.

WASHINGTON, June 24-The mails for til
Navy department from the South Atlanti.
Station have not yet arrived, though they ar,
hourly expected. Therefore, the Department
has no official advices of the existence o.
yellow fever on the United States vessels il
those waters.
private letter received here to-day by al
officer OF the navy from a brother officer a
Rio, dated May %, reports that the yellow
fever was raging at that place, and the mum.
Der OF deaths daily was from fifteen tc
twenty.
During the first half of March 1872 deaths
were reported. On the United States steamer
Lancaster there were several cases, Fleel
Surgeon DENLY and assistant Surgeon FsssiQ
have died; the former on the 81 of April. al
Bahia, Brazil, but the date of death of the
latter is not mentioned. There had beer
much sickness on board that vessel. On the
Brooklyn several cases of fever were reported
and two sailors died in April. She arrived al
Rio on the Goth May, and was then reported
by the surgeon In good sanitary condition.
There were few cases on the Monongahe.
la, but no deaths are mentioned. When she
left Rio several officers and seamen remain ed
in the hospital on shore, but all had recov
cred except Assistant Surgeon Waugh; il
was expected he would soon be able te
start.
At Georgetown College. to-day, awards
were delivered to the senior classes. Fol
rhetoric, gold medal to John Carroll Payne
OF Virginia. premium to John G.. Agar, Lou.
isiana; distinguished Clement Manly, NORTH
Car olina. English literature and composition
Premium to John g. Agar, Louisiana; distin-
guished J. Carroll Payne, Virginia; Clement
Manly, North Carolina; Philip NJ. Ruz, Cuba.
The Postmaster General will return here
tomorrow.
The Attorney General and Secretary of the
Treasury have returned.
Work on the public buildings at Chicago
has stopped on account of the unfavorabie
report of The committee regarding the founda-
ton and material
The Indian Bureau does not credit the re.
port that all the Sioux are on the war path.
They believe that neither Spotted Tail MOI
Red Clouds men are engaged in any warlike
demonstrations, and feel confident that if any
Sioux are mixed up with the lawless move
ments, that it is only a few roaming raiders,
who are not under the control of these chiefs,
and it would hardly be fair to hold the Sioux
as nation responsible for any Rids or depre-
dations committed by these lawless bands
Bishop Ames is member of the Sioux In
dian Commission.
F. A. Roe, commanding the Lancaster, re-
ports the arrival of that vessel at Bahia,
Brazil, the 9th of May, from Rio 22d April,
en- route home. The yellow fever broke out
on the 2Sih of April, Lieut.. Bolles being first
attacked. On the 2Sth, Master J. B. Burdock,
Medical Inspector E. R. Dinby, feet sur
geon. were reported down. Bolles died the
I'd Of May, and Dinby the 80 of May.
On the same day B. F. Fassig, Assistant
Surgeon of the Lancaster, was attacked, and
was removed to the hospital, where he died
on the 10th. No other cases had appeared on
the Lancaster, and it was believed she was
free from disease, having been thoroughly
fumigated and cleaned.
A later dispatch from Capt. Roe, dated May
Is, says since DR. Fassig was attacked no other
cases have appeared, and there are no symp-
toms at present
He expected to leave Bahia for the United
States on the Goth of May. The Monongahela
left Rio for the South May 2, for the health OF
the ships crew.
A private letter from Rio reports ten cases
and two deaths on the Brooklyn, and one
death on the Monongahela, that of S. NJ.
Coleman, secretary to Admiral Leroy.