Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-06

toward u suffering people from day to
day. SO universal, so active, so unset.
fish, is this b~enevolence that it largely
increases our confidence in human ma
ture and the advancement OF mankind
toward Him who, though rich in all the
attributes of divinity, became poor that
we through his poverty might become
rich.
THE MORTALITY AT SAVANNAH.
Savannah News, of Monday.l
The mortuary report for the two days
past shows no increase in the mortality.
The interments on Saturday for the
t~wenty-tour hours ending at 6 o'clock
we're twenty-seven, of which eighteen
we're Of yellow fever. Yesterdays re-
port gives the total interments as
twenty-five, OF which seventeen were of
yellow fever. Elsewhere will be found
notices Of some Of the prominent vic
tins Of the disease. The weather has
changed suddenly cool, with a strong
wind from the northwest. The general
impression is that the changeis favorable.
AS showing the fatality Of the disease,
as compared with that of 1854, Mr.. Tor
lay has furnished us with a comparative
statement of the number of interments
in Laurel Grove Cemetery for the month
OF September this year, aud for the same
month in 1854, from which it appears
that during The past month there we're
asa buried in Laurel Grove, of which 268
we're of yellow fever cases. For the
same time in 1854 there we're 372 burials,
Of which 248 were Of yellow fever. Mr..
Torlay, after inquiries made, is satisfied
that several of the colored persons who
died of yellow fever lately were OF pure
African descent, with no mixture of
blood.
H HEALTH OF NEW ORLEANS.
New Orleans Picayune. 3d.
DR.. Gaudet, President Of the Board Of
Health, yesterday etelegraphed to Dr..
Rutherford, OF Houston, Texas, that only
one case of yellow fever has occurred
since the 18th OF September; hat since
then O change in the temperature had
taken place, which rendered it very i'm
probable that any more new cases would
turn up.
The occurrence Of frost on Monday
morning puts an end to the apprehen'
sions OF nervous people concerning vel.
low fever. which disease has not prevail.
ed to such an extent as fevers of other
descriptions common to all cities, espec.
tally to those of the North,
The mortusry report for the past week
shows that there were seventeen deaths
from all %fevers, including six from yellow
fever.
There were eleven more deaths from
common feavers than from yellow fever.
The month of S%eptemberis always the
most unhealthy in the year, yet the NOR
tuary report for the worst week of the
month shows only a mortality Of 1870 in
a population of 100000, or one death to
every 1900 persons.
The report shows that twenty.three
persons died OF consumption, and OF
these it is fair TO say that at least twelve
came from colder sections of the coun'
try.
On the whole the sanitary condition of
the city is Better than usual at this sea
son. There are no epidemic diseases
prevalent, yellow fever being about to
disappear and smallpox being at a low
figure. 1t must be borne 10 mind that a
dry spell, commencing about August LIST,
has endured to date; that excessively
warm weather was followed by hot days
and cool nights, and yet the health o.
the city at this time will compare favor
ably with that of any city in the United
Statea