The New York herald., 1876-09-23
THE EPIDEMIC.
Thity-One Deaths from Yellow Fever at
Savannah Yesterday.
THE DISEASE In CHARLESTON.
The TyphO-Malarial Fever Increasing
in Baltimore.

SAVANNAH, Ca, Sept %, 1876
Tho total number OF nterments to-day were thirty
five, Of which thirty lone were from yellow fever.
GREAT ALARM IN cHARLEsroN-TH DISEASE
sPREADING-TRAcISG IT TO THE BRITISH
BARK sYLPH-THREE sMUGoLERs CATCH
THE INFECTION AND DIE.
CHARLESTON, Sept %, 1876
Yellow fever is certainly epidemic here, and per-
feet stampede has resulted. The hrst OF the dis
has been traced to tho British bark Syph, which
came from ST. Thomas with a clean bill OF health, and
which was permitted TO come TO the city after ten
days quarantine Before tho vessel loft quarantine
board to smuggc cigars; three OF
them took the fever and all of them died. Two were
residents OF Sullivan's island. and died there The
Island had heretofore been thought exempt from fever
The nrst reported on the 18th Of September
but suppressed by the Health oaccr So lar there
have been abou, twelve cases, SIX OF which have died
SIX Sgw CASES
To-day half dozcnnew cases have been reported
The weather is exceedingly favorable for the spread OF
the plague. and leading physicians are advising ali
unaccimated persons TO leave the city. The steamers
which ply between this port and New YORK have been
notified that they will be quaranlined and refuse to
sell tickets to passengers. All steamers, however,
bring and carly full frcignts The tar ad
be escaped but the fatal type o disease and number Of
deaths in Savannah give very gloomy outlook.
BUSINESS.
Tho fall business of Charleston has been almost
tircIy ruined In less than week from the fever
will either develop into epidemic or be suppressed
STRICT QUARANTINE At wILMINGroN--PRE-
vEST1vE MEASURES AGAINST CoNrAGIoN BY
LAND-ACTIvITY OF THE HEALTH BOARD.
WILMINGTON, N. c., Sept %, 1876.
There has been yellow fever here SO lar this
season The city Is in very good sanitary condition
every precaution used to prevent the iniroduc
ton OF the disease strict quarantine ia in force
against all infected cities, both by land and YES
sells arriving here all points south of Cape Fear
arc not allowed to come to the city, communi-
cate with any ono except through the health officers;
but there quaVntine against vessels arriving
north OF this from Europe. strict precautions arc
used prevent arrivals by land from infected Cities
and careful and experienced health officers on
every from tho South. These trains not al
lowed here, but stopped three miles from
the city limits, where arrangements arc made for the
comfort o. the passengers. Disnfectants freely
used and the haah officers make daily rounds in the
city.
In 1862 the Arst interment resulting from yellow
fever August Il, and the epidemic disappeared
with tho frost. which did not that year until tho
first week in November. The official report deaths
that year was 446 This the second visitation.
The first was In tho summer of 1921.
TWO THOUSAND PERSONS FRUSTRATED AT sA-
vANNAH-EIGHT THOUSAND APPLYING FOR
RELIEF-A GREAT PANIC IN THE CITY.
ATLANTA, Ga, Sept % 1875
It is impossible find a correspondent Savannah
There is telling who is alive, and who is not, but
the following authentic, and made up from private
dispatches nnd from interviews with people from the
afflicted city refugees here. Reports to-day
show the heaviest mortality Of any day since the
fever in So great has been the fatality that the
best estimates put the deaths at ftysx and this
Der may be increased to sixty by later reports TINS
unusual fatality Is due the sudden coolness In tho
weather following the equnoctal storm. This
cool weather continues and an increased fatality may
be looked for three four days to come. The
death the highest known In savannah tho
greatest mortality known in the year 1854 boing ny.
The gloom and depression in tho city terrible.
But with this the exodus is small. Nearly every
family have some patient who needs careful nursing
and attention.
TWO THOUSAND CASES.
There 900 people sick with yellow fever at
present One hundred and eighty now Lave been
reported to-day Besides these there hall many
down with other maaral levers. 1t is estimated
that there only about 1000 whites and Il, 600
negroes in tho city present The fatality Is notably
among the weather. classes Iattery. The Reiei Com
mittee estimates tonight that tho daily expenses
tho week i'll To at least s3 900 per day and there
accrued funds to depend upon.
EIGHT THOUSAND RELIEF.
Over 5000 people applied for relief to-day, many of
them representing large families, and the desttution is
vyifh hnu ton nIr do
pendent the benevolent societcs, and are helped
equally with the whites.
FOR PHYSICIANS NURSES.
For the first time since the epidemic official calls
been made to-day upon othcr seaport cities
physicians and nurses, which will greatly increase tho
expenses
EXPECTED NOVEMBER
The epidemic 1854 ended with tho black frost on
November TO- and 1t expected the scourge Will hardly
end much this year. Contrary TO former
porence the fatality this year with prog
Of the epidemic.
SAVANNAH
Every city and township in Georgia has assisted
Savannah to the best of ther ability; but matters have
passed beyond local control, and tho State now
appeals the country for aid Reports received
here to-day state that there hundred yeI.
low fever cases in Brunswick, In the State which is
nearly half Of tie population of that All of the
above Is authorized and authentic
NO YELLOW FEVER AT MOBILE.
MOBILE Ala, Sept 90, 1876
There fourteen deaths, from all causes, for the
week ending at six O'Clock p. N. September 2l one
death due TO congestive fever, aud no
others from lover OF any Sort There has
been yellow fever here this season, and
but little sickness Of any kind The Board OF Health.
howe fbo INN of N
quarantine against injected ports order 10 endeavor
to keep the city In good sanitary condition.