New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1875-03-31
WASHINGTON.
The Ice.

rivers are rising slowly, and it is thought
the ice will pass off with but little damage
Mississippi RIVER to tho Atlantic.
Colonel FrObOl, who is now at Atlanta
making report of progress, will resume his
survey of rivers along the proposed line OF
the Great Western and Atlantic water
route very soon. His report will indicate a
singularly favorable water communication.
connecting the Mississippi river with the
ending at Darien, Georgia. The entire dis
tance is nearly 1000 miles, 900 of which are
navigable rivers. Only 100 miles of artiti-
cial water ways are required, which pre-
sent no engineering difficulties.
| Appointments.
| The President this morning made the fol-
lowing appointments:
David T. COrbin, United States attorney
for the district OF South Carolina; Ridge
| OF Corpus Christi, Texas; Frederick William
| Halliday, commissioner to the Centennial
| exhibition from Virginia; Ex-Governor Par
| sons, of Alabama, assistant district attorney,
vice White, who declined.
Governor Parsons duty, provided he &C.
| cepts, will be to push prosecutions under
| the enforcement and ku-Klux acts.
The President.
The President returns Saturday.
The vacant Judgeshlp.
There is no let up in the opinion that
Louisiana must remain without district
Judge until Congress meets The executive,
however. has no mandatory power over
Judge Woods, who, at his peril, may exer-
| else doubtful powers.
The Grant Parish Case in the Supreme
Court.
In the Supreme Court to-day the case of
the United States against Cruikshank and
others, charged with violation of the
enforcement act in Grant parish, Louisiana,
was taken up, and its argument will likely
consume 1.-THE remainder of the week. 1t
comes to this court by certificate Of division
from the Circuit Court for Louisiana. Judge
Bradley, of this court, was of the opinion
that the act of 1870, under which the indict-
ment is framed is unconstitutional and his
colleague at the circuit was of the reverse
opinion. The defendants are represented
by Reverdy johnson, David Dudley Field,
John A. Campbell, and Judge MARI, of
Louisiana.
1t is likely that the Supreme Court by
advice and consent OF counsel, will withhold
decision in United States vs.. Cruiksnank
ct al, until October.
Yellow Fever at Key West.
The following goes North tonight to the
New York Herald:
One week ago Captain Russell, the senior
officer in command of the United States
steamer Plymouth, at Key West, tele.
graphed 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
neither the War nor the Treasury Depart
ments were advised of the prevalence Of the
disease until to-day, when the engineer
officer in charge of the government works
at Forts Taylor and Jefferson telegraphed
the chief of the Engineer Corps that the
yellow fever had greatly increased within a
few days; that all the naval vessels were
quarantined, and the soldiers garrisoning
the forts would leave Immediately
for colder quarters. Following this
came another telegram to an army Off.
Ger stating that the epidemic was
spreading, which report was soon generally
known in army and naval circles, and was
not confined to the vessels of the navy, but |
that deaths were occurring in Key West |
The existence of the disease was unknown |
to the Treasury Department, but upon
in charge of the Marine Hospital directed !
that instructions be sent 1T once to the sur |
geons at Pensacola, Mobile, New Orleans |
and Galveston to be ON the lookout for |
Yellow Jack and promptly report its ap-
pearance.
Inc United StateS steamer Dispatch, sent |
to New Orleans to convey the senatorial
party to Mexico, was at Key West when
the fever broke out, increasing the solicitude |
felt here not only for the naval officers, but |
tor the prominent persons composing the
excursion party. This early appearance of
the fever in SO malignant form and the
negligence of the authorities in not advising
the Treasury Department of its existence,
causes serious apprehensions lest it may
become suddenly widespread in it's ravages.
1t will be remembered that on the eIev-
enth Of February Senator McCreery intro
duced bill promising that it had been re-
ported in responsible medical journal of
the United States, and that it had been
announced in Texas papers that disease
resembling cholera was raging in Mexico, at
40 great distance from the frontier OF the |
Cnited States, and directi1g that, therefore,
the Secretary of War detail medical officer
of the army, under the direction of the
Surgeon General to investigate carefully the
matter of said reports. 1t is understood
that the Surgeon General does not deem it
to expend the appropriation on
such evidence and declines to detail the
medical officer.
The rapidity with which yellow fever ia
reported to have taken hold at Key West
would seem to indicate . favorable condi.
ion of climate for the spread of epidemic
diseases, and it 10 possible SurpAom Hener.I |