Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-08-27
Yellow EGyST.
NEv ORLEANS, Aug. 2G.-Iho Howard AS
soria,iop received the foI1HiDg dispatches -

nnrsss are worn out. I've C The mest eminent
nhv.;ciaus have Just bae1 taken down. Physl'
ri,ns are needed with lurses tu: cot Without
GRENADA, l2.l0p. m.-lour telegram has
inst baeu received. DR.. Neazle is net sick.
One of the New Orleans curses IS sick, but Is
waking about to Gay. We Deed all kiods OF
pourisbncn. fer the sick. Need tTe0ty.hEe
nurses more than anything else. The material
is not exhausted. The nurse Tor Holly crTi0ss
passed up.
For Gods sake send nurses ii yeu CAT; pay
s. per day. ~
GRENADA, 1926 p. m.--Trg and get DR..
Ma1ieviIIe to come back; il Get possible get
some other physician. OoIy two !oca! physicians
on duty. They will be down socp. Nurses or
help Of any kid wanted. Some families nave
rot we'll person 10 wait Oh them. E'ght deaths
last night, six whites and two blacks.
Ia response 10 the ab5vc kilograms tie How
ara Association sent co Stone With four purses
also supplies Of ale, champagne, fresh meats 10
ice, cracknelIs, &t., AID authorized those 10
charge at Grenada to draw co the Howard
Association, Of this city, Tor a needed supplies.
a special from jackson announces the death
Ct Judge Thomas Walton al Grenada OF lever.
MEMPHIS, Aug 2G.-Io dag the weather
has been cloudy aud gloomy Ia the extreme.
The fever has not oGiy Increased III the cisy,hue
has seemed 10 thWart the efforts 10 save Inc
lives Of many poor people who were moved out
If the city, by appearing III Two OF tho camps.
Ii is now definitely known that three deaths
occurred Yesterday from tic fever at Camp Joe
Williams, aud several Others OF the refugees
arc sick. 10 addition to these three woman
also died from heart disease. When found
this morning in her tent, her young babe was
discovered Oh it's dead mother 5 breast, seeking
its Wontcd 1ourishment. at the CAMP near
O7erton Station. On the Memphis aud Patucah
Railroad, Charles Pagan died this morning.
For the past tHcuiy.iour hours the Board Of
IIealth's records show 0nc hnntred new cases
and twenty six lnlcrGentS. DR.. Alex. EFSSihc
was taken down to- day; also Fathers NlcGaVeny
and Bokcl, Of ST. Peter ) Parish; two more o.!
the sisters of the LIZ Saictic Academy. -. ".
White, clerk of the Peabody liotoI. and Joseph
Russell, who has been actively at w0;k among
the sick of the Odd Fellow fraternity.
Thp disease to day has taken down MANY ne
erocs in some ncighb1rio5d2, sick Gn:s beng
found in every household. There Is great need
| for physicians and uGTsCs. Oar own phyaIeiaEs
have more than they can attend to, many OF tlc
sick har' Z to go for days without the attention
OF nurse. 4 ride through the districts where
| tue foyer is worst draws forth many anreaIs to
be directed where OF hpw il obtain The services
Of q physician. As result laaHy 10 GAt re-
cepc medical attention until ton !atc 10 save
life. The lloTards employ llTn rh}:ic' .n=, but
the sick calls are more than they c"i! attend 10.
Two of our praoticirg physicians Eage'!i%i With
the fever and i've others arc d@Wn.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. 6.--l'or!y io,iG ,!cat h8
aad l2j new cases have been reported here tor
the past twenty four hours. The Peayunc
l..,- :; hnI h..
fever at Pauucmina, lbcrgiEl Perish, his large
" incrcased, and the pco!io are sadly afflicted
They suffer chiefly from want 0i physicians end
nur;cg, and those who gro ia coati health are
mainly employed in taking care CT th'S" "lo
are down.
The Times says :-"lhn ajro1% SYMPATHY
shown to the afflicted cities OF the South ~
their more fortunate sisters OF the North Is
something not TO be easily forgotten. On t7or9
side we hear Of most n0bln ciiolts being msoe
to raise contributions ia ali ct the tnjctcd.
While the North with lavish liaGd ls soothing
tho icvercd brow Of Southern 9uiicrnE, she IS
building e monument to gratitude winch vii! Da
luminous forever.
o. V. Shearer, a naivc Of Alabama, and
lately city editor OF tho Times, died CT lever to-
day, eyed thirty. ore, The deaths to day H.
cudo fourteen children under eight years.
The mortuary report for the week cndlnE
Sunday evening, at six 7. H., shows the deaths
from all causes 403, OF which sos were Of yell
low fever. Ofthc deaths By fever 900 we're
white and IS colorcd. Sixty-nn died in Char.
ity Hospital, five in Hotel D!cu, aud six in
Tours Iniirmary. Tho Howard Association
to-day responded TO about seventy new appIl
cations for relief in this city. Though their
earlier cases arc colvaleGeing, tho Howard ere
lief list increases daily.
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 2G.--The two cases Of
yellow fever Which were discovered at "ol
South Eighth street on Saturday ar1nnw doing
we'll. They arc in the Municipal Hospital, to-
gcthcr W;h the other mcrIbGin nl lhr lhh!Iy,
who arc all from VIckhburg. No other caaeA
have been Icvcopcd There are Iumora Of
several others in town. but they cnnnnl be All
thGntIcatcd
James Crawford, nck with the yellow Fever
has arrived at ritteburp, having contracted INC
disease at Cincinnati. where he 'saH rnIIoycH
90 he river. II IL 4 very mid case, ana Tie
health officers anticipate 40 danger from It,;
New ORLEANS, Aug. E.--Iuuay yclo"
fever reports show l9l new cascn and ~ deaths.
New YOkK, Aug 27.--Thc New Ork Stock
Exchange has appointed committee to coi!ccs
subscriptions for yellow fever sufferers.
Secretary Sherman OH the Sfs:n:'e
Secretary Sherman delivered a speech at 10.
lcdo last night, a large part Of which WAS de-
voted to an exposition 81 lis veil known views
on The sui Jet OF Goanca aud an attempt TO
prove the inconsistency OF Senator lhurm1n 5
financial course. lie said that tho declaration
Of Judge Thurman that Mr., Hayes holds his
Office through the nrosse3t frauds is great 10
Justice, and that Judge i. will live to rrgrct
that be ever made it. lie spoke OF The attempt
to cheat tho republicans out OF the vote OF
Oregon aud dweIt at considerable length Oh
the fraud and Intimidation pracsIccd By the
democrats 10 Louisiana. lie said the demo
Gratis may here and there induee dIsaprolnt.
ed Office seeker Ike Anderson and Weber
to falsely their former oaths aud even prevail
upon poor negroes like Amy Mitchell and Mrs.
PiDkston TO Withdraw Their former dcpoiltloni
but the gcoros Of dead mcr killed ty tho rltlo
clubs speak from their graves, and tho men who
killed them and rode their nightly rides 81 terror
know now in their hearts that all that has been
said OF them is true. lie said there il