The Morning herald., 1878-09-05
TELEGRAMS.
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THE PLAGUE.
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A special despatch from New orleans,
September 8, says the official statement Oh
che Board Of Health for the past twenty
four hours is as follows:-Number of deaths
s3. decrease of s; number of new cases,
327, against zoe yesterday, making an in
crease of 11s. This very naturally e1cites
the deepest apprehension; but it is not all,
since this total does not include twenty
eight new cases reported by the Young
Mems Christian Association, and . daily
average of from 200 to 230 new cases report
ed by the Howard Association, go am in
formed by the secretaries Of thse associations
which are not reported to the Board OF
Health. OF course, this would swell the
cases to something oyer $50 for the past
twenty -four hours. 1,-..
This is certainly bad enough; but, taking
the total of deaths, which includes the Gem
eterIes. and Is therefore correct, the death
rate Is very small compared with other
places which have been visited by the dis
ease. Precisely the same fever has existed
in New Orleans, Memphis and Grenada.
This cannot be questioned. New Orleans
physicians and nurses attended the sick In
The two latter places, yet the death rate In
both has largely exceeded that In New Or
leans. It has been suggested by the secre-
A~.- - pHorI rs uaolfh hara th at Onr
thorough system of disinfection may account
for it. The subject is at least worth noticing
Out of 900 deaths reported since the fever
began, there have been 461 children under
eleven years Of age. The fever has Its &C.
centricities. Not single case has occurred
in the boys House of Refuge, notwtthstand-
ing It is located between the cemeteries and
almost In the swamps, and has been con-
demned by every Grand Jury for the past
five years. Administrator Diamond accounts
for the exemption from fever by the fact
that the boys have been regularly dosed with
quinine.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 3.
Governor Porter has received despatch
from Mayor Flippin, Of Memphis, saying,
eve win adopt your suggestion of trying to
disperse the contagious atmosphere by con-
cussion. Send on guns and 900 pounds OF
ammunition complete, as we have no guns
or cartridges here" Governor Porter re-
sponded, 1.-THE Memphis Light Artillery has
two twelve Founders; use them. The State
has no ammunition. You can have 1t pre-
pared. Can send two other guns If wanted" "
s2 VIcKsBURG, Miss, Sept. 3.
The situation here grows worse hourly.
It is no longer possible to get anything like
q correct list of new cases from the over
worked physicians. Indications point to a
slight decrease of cases, This deduce from
information gathered at the druggists as to
the number of new prescriptions filled. As
matters are now it is impossible for the few
physicians left to respond to the calls. When
ever one Is stopped there is rush for him
by those who line the streets In waiting for
physician.
DR.. Norris, of Chattanooga, who went to
work yesterday, reports having sixty new
cases, forty old ones on hand already and
more calls than he will attend to tonight
and has written over one hundred and sew
enty-five prescriptions to-day. He has found
found whole families down with the fever
without anything to eat or a single soul near
to give assistance some having been In that
condition for three days. II the terrible in
crease OF the past few days should continue
this place will discount the horrors of Gren-
ada, for there are few there that are not on
double duty, and the excitement attendant
on these awful times is wearing them out
daily by the scores.
DR.. Whiteband is past recovery tonight.
His noble wife, who refused to leave the
city when the fever was announced, saying
that her post was with her hus-
band, was first taken with fever,
and tonight she was brought to see
him passing away. They were placed on
the same couch, and 1t is probable that even
in death they will not be divided.
GRENADA LIKE DESERTED CITY.
In all Grenada there is not store open,
not Q market house, not a saloon. The
Towards (with the exception of Rev. Mr..
McCracken and DR.. Ringgold) are the only
people who are at work. Many Herald
readers, If they were in the late war, will re-
member similar state of things on the oc>
cupation Of one of the enemy's towns when
the victorious were 10 possession and the in
habitants had fed in panic from their homes
But here the situation is more appalling
This Is battlefield whereon few besides
moral heroes dare to stand-where death is
dared that other lives may remain.
OVER 500 LIVES LOST.