New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1876-10-13
Reports on Guarantee.

port inoculated themselves with a yellow
fever scare, they constructed quarantine
against New Orleans without first learning
if there existed reason for such q course.
Drs. Joseph Jones and j. T. Scott and Mr..
4. S. Hickey were authorized to visit those
cities, and make an effort to disabuse the
varied minds of our neighbors. These
gentlemen performed their task, and last
night addressed slim meeting at the
room of the Chamber of Commerce, giving
their experiences in detail. DR.. Hugh Ken
nedy was called to the chair, and informed
the audience the cause of the meeting
Ample notice had been published that the
meeting would take place, yet, strange to
say, not more than twenty-five gentlemen
attended.
Several days ago, soon after Galveston
and Shreveport placed so-called quaran-
tine barrier between themselves and this
city, in consequence of our neighbor's hav-
ing received terrible reports of the existence
of yellow fever in Louisiana, Drs. Joseph
Jones and j. T. Scott, and Mr.. r. G. Hickey
were duly appointed to visit our neighbors
fer the purpose Of making explanations and
50. king knowledge concerning the matter.
Those gentlemen first visited Memphis, and
informed the people OF the real situation
here, thence proceeded to Shreveport and
then pushed on to Houston and Galveston
Their arrival in the latter city was duly an
nouuced, and a meeting called to hear such
statements as they had to make.
DR.. Scott, an able physician, addressed
the assembly, a small one, and stated that
the few cases of yellow fever in New Or
leans really amounted to little, and not
likely to spread from a named locality. The
doctor stated that he had been informed by
Galvestonians that if their city had not
quarantined New Orleans Marshall would
have quarantined Galveston, and also
learned that terrible reports of the fever in
our city had been extensively spread in
Texas. The speaker alleged that Galveston
has NO good hospital, and lacks every ar
rsngement for quarantine arrangements.
physicians expressed themselves quite salts
fed, but at the same time said that their
people would not be. The authorities then
agreed to raise the quarantine on the fifth
instant, but have failed to keep their
promise. The doctor discovered an under
current existing which favored blockade,
but he was unable to find solution. He
also informed the meeting that the present
year is the healthiest one that New Orleans
has experienced in o long time.
DR.. Jones said that before starting on his
mission he had fortified himself with health
statistics under the seal of the Board of
of Health, which he showed to the Mem
phis authorities, and thinks that his figures
prevented that city from acting as foolishly
as did our Texas neighbOr. He pursued q
like course in Shreveport, meeting with like
success. He alleges that Galveston has no
board Of health; that the quarantine station
there is an insecure place, mentioning that
DR.. Peet and q portion of his family were
downed in that locality. A health officer
furnished DR.. Jones with written state
ment of the cause of the quarantine. After
the doctor had fully as possible explained
the situation in this city by using maps and
statistics, the Galveston physicians re.
solved that there no longer existed any
necessity tor quarantine. Calves
ton has no disinfecting apparatus,
and tabooed vessels must remain
at anchor miles out in the bay, in . dis
agreeable place, and stop there an unusual
number of days. A single case of yellow
fever reported as existing in New Orleans
is sufficient to frighten Texans to such q
degree that they will fee to the prairies
and instances are known where families
have actually left their dinner on the table
to seek safety in flight. Some such timid
persons met with a terrible fate at the
hands Of those who should have been
friendly; the latter, full of fear for the
dreadful disease, repelled the refugees with
loaded sh0tguns. 1t is we'll established
fact that several refugees died from expo.
sure and want of the necessaries of life.
The doctor told the Galvestonians that
their quarantine was sham; the very fact
that he and his confrere were there, having
proof, and he asked why Galveston did not
quarantine Houston as we'll as New Orleans.
Mr.. Hickey, merchant of this city, who
has but recently returned from Galveston,
stated that the Texas mind had been great
ly excited over bad reports from the Georgia
coast, and mere mention of yellow fever
made some residents of Texas tremble with
fear. While he was in Shreveport he was
reliably informed that many private letters
had been received from New Orleans alleg-
ing that the fever here was as virulent as
in Brunswick. He was cordially received
by business men generally, and could cot
learn that that class Of people had favored
the quarantine in either city. He expressed
belief that railroads would effeotually
break up this petty quarantine business.
The meeting gave the committee vote
Of thanks for the work performed.
Messrs. Bussey, Burwell and S-ndidge
made short speeches pertinent to this sub
ject, suggesting that our national Congress
should be appealed to to enact some Law
which shall govern quarantine; at least, do
something to prevent every little corpora
hon raising barrier to travel and COM
merce. If something is not done railroad
trains and river steamboats, may be tied up
at the pleasure of few irresponsible per-
sons.
The Temperature.
The thermometer at Louis Frigerios, No.
50 Chartres street, stood a. follows. %.
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