The weekly clarion., 1878-10-16

Washington.

Washington
I Special to the ST Lonis Republican,
wAsHINGroN, Oct. 4.-Wken the yellow
! fever epidemic hal begun to paralyZe busi-
ness i'm the South and quarantine blocked
/ the highways of com merce, appeals were
/ made - the Secretary of War tor supplies
OF food for the suffering. Delegations came
"a Washington from New Orleans, Memphis,
/ Yicksburg and oil her places, and represen-
| ed the distressed condition of the poor. no
I had no money 10 buy food, and could not
/ have brought il had money been plenty.
Appeals were also made for tents i'll which
I refugees from the injected districts might
/ lodge. Although there was 10 law author
! iZiug the Secretary of War tn furnish such
reiief and in fact the law expressly prohib-
/ tied it, Secretary McCrary thought that
circumstances warranted such action, and
he readily furnished both rations and tents,
1 looking TO Congress TO indors. his action
The following is an official statement from
Gen. NJ {. Me9s, Quarterma>ter-Ge General
ot the army, showing the BumDef OF tents
furnished yellow fever sufferers in the South,
under direction OF the Secretary of War, to
date of October l:
To Memphis, Aug. 10 1000 common tents
| To Mem phis, Aug a. 300 common tents
To Vicksburg, Aug. 20 200 common tents
To Grenada, Aug 2l... 200 common tents
To NatcheZ. Aug. IL. % common tents
To Donaldsonv'le, Sep.2l l hospital tent
Total 70 tents
1t is not probable hat any of these tents
will ever be fiji for service again. and al
thou III they were furnished as u loan, there
was no expectation OF their ever being re-
turned. Some OF them, after inspection,
NAV be found serViceabie, but the whole can
be counted as dead loss to the army.
Gen. Robert McFeeaey, Com missary- Gen
eral OF substance, has forwarded TO ihe
Secretary OF War the following official
statement of supplies furnished:
MEMPHIS.
Sept 5-J. Il. Flippn. Mayor, Memphis ::
Bacon, 9.245 pounds; fresh beef, 2O,755
pounds; II ,ur, lis barrels corn IN zeal, 20 900
pounds; beans, 1850 pounds; rice, l.l36
pounds coffee, 800 pounds tea $50 pounds; /;
sugar, 6,3S3 pounds salt, $40 pounds.
Aug. 2I.-J. X. Flippu, Mayor. Memphis:
Bacon, 10000 pounds; -four. 230 barrels; ;
beans, 597 pounds rice l,163 pounds COT
fee, 3 555 pounds; Iea, 81 pounds; sugar,
5000 pounds; vinegar, 389 gallons; salt
16S0 pounds; pepper, 100 pounds
vICKsBURG.
On the 9th of August duplicate of the
above Hemphis invoice was sent to William
W ood, Vicksburg.
GRENADA.
Aug. 23.-Dr r. 5. Ringold, Grenada,
Miss: Pork, 400 pounds; bacon, 300
pounds flour, Is barrels; beans, $50 pounds;
coffee, 300 pounds; sugar, $50 pounds.
NEW ORLEANS.
Sept 4.-George l.. Smith, Collector of
Customs. New Orleans: Pork, 600 pounds;
-four % barrels; bread, LOO pounds; rice,
1000 pounds coffee, 3,057 pounds; tea, l42
pounds; sugar, 1850 pounds; salt, 225
pounds pepper, Is pounds.
Sept. 9.-To the same: Bacon, 15O0O
pounds; fresh beef, 4,250 pounds; flour, ll5
barrels corn meal, 10000 pounds; sugar,
3 366 pounds salt, $40 pounds.
BROWNSVILLE, TENN.
G. w. Ware. President of the Howard As
sociation, Brownsville Tenn. Bacon, 1875
pounds; frrsh beef, l S75 pounds; Hour, 10
barrels; corn meal, $500 pounds; beans, 375
pounds: rice, 247 pounds coffee. 255 pounds D.;
tea, 81 pounds; sugar, $50 pounds; salt, 100
pounds.
JACKSON, MISS.
RI. Saunders, President Howard Asso-
citation. jackson, Miss: Bacon 375S pounds ;
flour, % barrels; corn meal, 6,200 pounds !;
coffee, 400 pounds; tea, 75 pounds; sugar,
! ,705 pounds.
AT a later date another lot of supplies were
sent TO jackson, as follows: Bacon, 3,75S
pounds; corn meal, 200 pounds; coffee 80
pounds; tea, 10 pounds; sugar, l,705 pounds.
CANTON, MISS.
r. Powell, Mayor, Canton, Miss: Fresh
| beet, ! $50 pounds; -four, l5 barrels; corn
meal, 300 pounds; coffee, 266 pounds; tea,
40 pounds; sugar, 500 pounds; salt, 100
| pounds.
AT Iater date another lot of supplies were
| sent to Canton, as follows; Bacon, 1888
| pounds.
HOLLY SPRINGS, MISS.
W.. L. Holland, Mayor Holly Springs (:
| Bacon, 1875 pounds; flour, l5 pounds; corn
meal, 5000 pounds; coffee, 256 pounds; tea,
| 40 pounds; sugar, 9l9 pounds; salt 100
| pounds. At a later date 1928 pounds OF
! bacon were sent to Holly Springs.
1t is. difficult to state the exact value of
! these supplies but their market price could
not have been less than $4,000, and the cost
OF transportation would amount to about
| one-half more. The estimated value of sup
plies sent to New Orleans was over So 900 !;
| to Memphis, oyer $lI 900; to Vicksburg,
| over $4,000, without including the cost of
| transportation. These values are estimated,
not al the market prices of the supplies sent,
but at the contract prices at which they are
| furnished the army.
| Secretary McCrary will send a report OF
/ this matter to Congress as soon as it meets,
and ask the passage of a deficiency appro-
priaton bill of a sufficient amount to re-
| store these supplies to the use OF the army,
| from which they were diverted. The fol-
! lowing is a summary OF the total supplies
| furnished the different cities of the South as
| above:
Pork, 1000 pounds; bacon, 9S, ,267 pounos
beef, 80 755 pounds flour, 804 barrels; bread
| 1704 pounds; corn meal, 81 600 pounds
beans, 14,59S pounds; rice, 7,709 pounds
coffee, 1924 pounds; tea, SAT pounds; sugar,
| 81 POI pounds; vinegar. 77S gallons; salt,
5565 pounds; pepper, 2l5 pounds.
| Some days ago when appeals from New
| orleans, Memphis and other places, for
| ratiOns for yellow fever sufferers were re-
| ceived, Secretary McGrary declined to fur
nish any more as long as there was so much
money, which had been contributed by be-
/ nevolent persons in the North, remaining
! uncX pended. 1t appears that the Howard
| Association have surplus of funds, but as
| their organization is intended only 10 relieve
the sick, they refuse to divert them to any
| other purpose, and will not divide with
other organizations whose object is to re-
| lieve the destitute. Secretary McCraTy very
! properly insisted that the Howard Associa-
| liOn should surrender some OF their money,
| and refused to furnish rations as long as
| there rem aimed SO much money uneXpend-
| ed. An appeal was made to the President, t,
| and the matter was discussed at the cabinet
meeting to-day, the entire cabinet coincid
| ing with Seeretary's AcCrary's opinion, No
| will become question between the How
| ard Association and the destitute
President Hayes and ex-President Grant
| between them have given $3.50 to the yellow
fever sufferers. Grant gave $500 and Hayes
$50. DIR. E. Lloyd Howard, chief physician
| OF the Marine hospital OF Baltimore, who
has been appointe5 by Surgeon-General
! Woodwork as member of the commission
! to investigate the yellow fever epidemic in
the South. left tor New Orleans to-day. DR..
| Howard stated in conversation that the
| commission would aim at directly practical
| results, and did not intend furnishing a re-
| port which would simply be full of scien-
tific theories. The first duty would be to
| investigate the first case of yellow fever in
ted there or was imported, and thence trace
| the spread of the disease. and whether it