The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-08-20

CONTRIBUTIONS TIC THE YELL0w-FEvER
FUSD-NORFOLK FREE OF ALL INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
+. ,. Especial telegram to the Dispatch.l
NORFOLK, August 19.-The contributions
so far in response to appeals from the fever
stricken sufferers OF Grenada amount to
S517. Canvassers will be at work in every
ward tomorrow. The Board OF Health
and the sanitary and street inspectors, Sc
conded by the Mayor and police, are at
work to-day in the right direction. Nor
folk is undergoing thorough overbauling,
and every lot, alley, and street will be placed
in healthy and Clearly condition at once.
The president of our Board Of Bealth au-
thorizes the newspapers to say that there is
not in the city Of Norfolk single case OF
infectious disease. The whole season has
been unusually healthy, and no fears are
entertained in the future.
ASSOCIATED Press Reports by telegraph to the Dis
patch.J
A PROTEST AGAINST INTERFERENCE WITH
MAILS.
NEW ORLEANS, August 19.-The presi-
ding officers OF the Cotton Exchange and
Chamber OF Commerce have addressed
communication to the Postmaster General
protesting against interference with the
mails by quarantine authorities IN towns
and cities Of Arkansas, Texas, Tennessee,
Louisiana, and Mississippi. They repre-
sent that great losses and inconvenience
have resulted to merchants and their clients
in the States named from the arbitrary &C.
ton Of such local authorities in preventing
any and all mail communications. They
appeal to the Postmaster-G General for relief
in view Of the illegality Of any interference
with the United States mails.
The Howard Association sent twelve more
fever-nurses to Grenada yesterday.
ONE HUNDRED AND TwENTY-NINE NEW CASES
AND FORTY-TWO DEATHS AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, August 19.-The new
cases Of fever to-day are reported at one
hundred and twenty-nne; deaths, forty
two. e..
THE DISEASE SPREADING AT MEMPHIS,
MEMPHIS, August 19.-Up to noon to-day
eight new cases were reported. OF these
six are within the infected district, one
near the Charleston depot, and one Henry
Schultz. In addition to the above one death
and one case are reported at Chelsea, an in
dication that the fever is spreading. The
citizens committee is actively employed
getting persons to move to Camp Joe Will
liams. south Of the city. and q train will
leave this evening with about 200 families.
Tents are being given to persons with fam
lilies who wish to flee from the plague, but
are unwilling to go into common encamp-
ment. These persons will camp along the
railroad.
NO FEVER AT SAVANNAH, GA.
SAVANNAH, August 19-It is officially an
nounced here that not q sing lie case OF yell
low-fever has been either at quarantine or
in the city. The health OF the city is I'M
precedentedly good.
NO QUARANTINE AT NASHVILLE.
NASHVILLE, August 19.-The City Colln-
ell to-day rejected the bill TO establish the
quarantine against southern cities proposed
by the Board OF Health.
PROM MOBILE.
MOBILE, August 19.-The health officers Of
this city and county announce that there is
not single case of yeloW-fevcr in Mobile.
Montgomery has raised the quarantine
against Mobile.
RIGID QUARANTINE AT CAIRO, ILL.
CAIRO, August 19.-The Board of Health
having ascerrained that passengers from
yellow-fever infected districts have landed
al points above and returned to Cairo by
south-bound steamers, have adopted reso-
luton prohibiting the landing at this point
of steamers from any direction, except by
special permission. There IS no fever here.
A SUPPOSED FEvER-CAsE IN BROOKLYN.
NEW YORK, August 19.-William Wosan,
OF Brooklyn, was taken sick to-day, it is
supposed with yellow-fever.
AID FOR TIE GRENADA SUFFERERS.
NEW YORK, August 19-Colonel Buffa-
loe, agent OF the Virginia and Tennessee
Airline, received contributions to-day for
the Grenada yeilow-feYer sufferers, amount
ing to $3.50.
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM BALTIMORE.
BALTIMORE, August 19.-The city police
force has sent S573 to aid the sufferers at
md do