New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-01
What Hooseeo Thloks of GalvoseoDa1
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Tha following In rum the Houston 1t1E.


The following h trum the Houston TIE.
graph of September "a:
Seldom have the people Of Houston been
moro surprised than they. were yeoses day
AFTERNOON BY tho rec~ipt Of the intellig nee
that quarantine against New Orleans had
been established 1t Galveston. 1t was ono
Of those phenome0al events which, like D
clap Of thunder in clear sky, take people
una wares, and which ere regarded - unac-
countable Conf. cture va rite % to the
cause. Not word Of advice % to the e.
istence OF yellow fever in New Orleans had
been received. not even the usual sensa'ion
lstion BY Idle mischief makers ~ ecare
the tlmid and n~rvoae ont Of their vita.
On the contrary, New Orleans has been
represented - morn than usually FREQ from
any sort of c"ntasioas disease, ard the hes
been sending to her sf1,ctsd sister cities.
her ekiilcd physicixns and nurses to allevi.
ate their suifsriDgs Her papers Of Sunday
and Monday morning ssy not word If
fever there, and private dispatches received
here y sterdsy say there is no sppreht n.
sion Of an epidemic there. o. hearing Of
the reported quarantine at Galveston, our
health Officer DR. Rutherford, t. legraphed
to the PRESIDENT OF Ihe New Orleans B .a,d
of Health, inquiripg the cause. and received
the following r~pls:
New ORLEANS. September 26, 1876.
To R. Rutherford. n. D.:
Five cases Of yellow fever now on hand.
n, new case in the last two days. Not .
Case near the sbIppiLG All cases o. iginxted
in aud arc confined t. . restricted locality
up town. Total number of Gases this a~s
son twenty six, If which sixteen died. Tho
fever 10 evidently on the decrease.
r. B. GAUDEr, n D.,
President Board of Health.
Scarcely year ps-ses with. moro or
there aro frequently moro than arc 70
ported in the sb,vo dispatch. without o..
citing apprehension of IN epidemic. With
ont s0me special inquiry or event attracting
attention to them. fhey pass unnoticsd, and
create NO slsrm None arc moro th0Fvushly
aware Of this fact than our coast physicians
Why then thu sudden tear OF possible dan
ger on the part Of the Galveston beslth IN
oerf We are ionth to believe that DR. Blunt
sible sources. sincs be investigator Of suoh
reports IN this city Lest week coaviueed
hi0 Of their unr~lishinty. We arc qu lily
l0oth TO believe, % sumo have suRRe ted,
that he has bpen InduenCed BY commercial
interests, h0Wever Dach the siogliuR out of
the AOrxaD stesmers and laying - embar.
70 upon them In advance Ut the establish-
uent and .pforos@-.t # 9a..rsntins may
lieve he would lend him.elf to such nefA-
ri0us scheme, pro<titate his uf3ce to the
service Ut rival iDterests, and derauxe the
business OF half the Ssato ON 20 fmsy .
pretext. Although our dispatch throws no
light upon it, and We have NO information
which would justify biz course, We are yet
10 believe that be has intelli-
gence, deemed by him reliable. which W
have not, aud We must therefore perfOrce
await developments.
The Houston Age concludes ito comments
~ follows:
The matter for Houston to consider 10, can
sn officer or citizen or any authority in
Galveston stop vessel csming to her pOrri
Can Galveston pre- vent . Morgan steamer
coming up tho bsyoui And further point
and . more important one is, can Houston
prevent = Morgan stesmpr coming 10 Gin.
Ton ! That is not Incorporated. 1t is the |
exclusive privsie property of the company
over which We bave no control. Can .
clear of the quarantine grounds OF G lives
ION, enter the bayou and land her freight |
md passengers st Clint0ni
But there 10 State law upon the case. /
Governor Coke has published . proclsma, |
i"n 10 AGO rdance thereto
Tne officers If the Morgan Line were in |
nch doubt snd confusion last ni.ht upon
he whole matter, that Woe President e. |
v. Cave went to Austin this morning for
he purp 80 Ut holding . cOnsultAtion with
nd getting the Governor Of Texas 70 give
i'm the exact meaning of the law, and t.
~ whether the M,rgsn steamers had or
ess OF he quarantine established yesterday
( GalvostAur