The New York herald., 1878-10-05

goes the wires toa.ghr coraially indorse the
GEokGE l.. SMITH. Collector.
BRIEF DISPATCHES FROM ruE couSRry
The following are the condensed reports to-day from
BiLoxL-Tweniy new cases; no deaths
BATON RouGE-Deaths, loi new cases, So. Fever
FRAsKLIx-Ths following despatch has been re-
cevec here from DR.. Wegntmans Mound panta-
tion 10 Samuel l. Tarietons:-
Two deaths-one chila from a relapse. and Mr.. T. Mar
lose The lever las made rs oa a
deaths. u The lever in instances j. very @alig
yielains REALLY 20 treatmsnl The disease 10 be
pPsas sssl aa to S' here rom friend
II 81 ios1s ,n @ sas 4. mSs re IN
81 Gabriel since Monday there have osen deaths
lion d the dsssss letter nsrs
have there since the 3oh ut and deaths
The disease is spreading rapidly through the parish
IHlBoDgA AUx.--Sixleen new cases.
BAY or IT LOUIS. e Eighteen new cases and
deaths yesterday. .
PoRr GiBsoN-l he fever ia still spreading in the
country.
CRYSTAL spRNGs.-Dr. Jesse r. Jones, President OF
the toward Association of Crystal Springs who has
molly volunteered TO render assistance 10 the Dry
Grove sufferers requests as TO forward 10 you lhe io
lowing despatch from that place.
Send tor general distribution 100 halt drachm vals OF
each beadonna aeons and erypna ai,o directions Tor
what t be done ana anxious TO do some
in reaard to nursing as we medication onejano
Of the q m sne. IN n Cases THIS
place has done nooy but now exhausted Can yon help
The above req u isition was filed Immediately. The
following In essagc comes from Elm CHAM, Lawrence
parish, OF Plaquemire:-
DR. BELps-P ease send to-day per steamer Alvin Sale.
instructions medicines for yeow fever patients
MORGAN Cry, La-New cases since September 2S,
IT. total cases, 300 under treatment, ll0; deaths,
So Among the sick are many OF our best families
Prosiaent b. =. Winchester, OF our ReiIci Commit.
tee. his wife and chd and others
BAYOU SARA La.-Piease send bv first boat a ply
harrison
sick night, aud there Is no physcian within reach.
IASGIPAHoA. Ls-Great distress here; Try 10 send
q doctor by the hrst tram.
OCEAN SPRINGS, Mss.-rhere is one serious case
OF yellow lever under treatment here.
MEMPHIS SHOWS NO DECREASE IN THE NUM-
BER OF NEW CAsEs-A WARMING TO REFU-
GEES WHO THINK OF RETURNING.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 4 1878
The weather Is turning again, and there is no
decrease in the number Of new cases reported From
noon yesterday until noon to-day thirty-fvs deaths
occurred; twenty -one of these were reported this
morning. Among those who have died since last
night are Sister Frances, matron In charge OF the
Home Orphan Asylum; Robert kinda Mrs J. d.
Kerr and her son Willie, +. r. Pritchett George NJ.
Woods and j. r. Henricie. Mrs. Kerr and family
refugees from this city, but returned last sun
day. As warning 10 others the following pubca.
Ithsvipg come knowledge that some parties who
had fed the city the outbreak Of the epidemic have re-
Of the Howard Association warn al refugees
ha TO & .1s ae a those nss e are m ~e here e"h
they come back to The city before the epidemic
rlsk with almost eert.inty Of having to
cations and wei hty we can carry and
without breaking dosa assume IS any
A. d. LANGsTArF resident Howard Association.
Howard physicians have been sent to Lagrange,
Tenn, ana Oakland MISS. The volunteer medical
corps OF Howard pnyscians organized last night
tnn aonsk I'm Hnu ard MaAe m
Memphis, +" ana elected the following ofcers:-Pres
dent, Granville Doweli, OF Galveston. Texas; First
dent, Easton Yonge, OF savannah, Ga recording |
Secretary, A. u. WenaeIi, OF Minneapolis.
OF Memphis. The object OF the organization will be
for discussion OF the Introduction OF yellow lever III
means !, nss spresd ihrouph ,hs country
quarantine; local and maritime disinfectant treat
inent; pathological effect of diet; instructions TO
nurses and recommendations to boards Of health.
THE BANK OF COMMERCE CLOSED.
Owing 10 sickness aud death among The attaches OF
the Bank OF Commerce that institution closed its
doors to-day. The Board OF Health reports lweutytwo
deaths IRON yellow lever for the twenty-iour hours
ending SIX O'Clock this evening. Nine additional
deaths, occurring outside the corporation line, are
reported by undertakers At meeting OF the
Howard Assoc,al to-day ex.Mayor John Johnson
was elected treasurer and X. PWarng Jr ana William
Fiunie active members j. s. Johnston, NJ. Proven
zaie ana y W. Buttingnams are among the new
reported. MI Casey Young, after an illness OF
three weeks, mp again assisting In caring Tor the
sick. Appeals have been made 10 him Tor aid from
Grand Junction, Moscow, Coliiervile and other
towns IN this district which nave been reached by
the fever, and he has sent Mayor Ely, OF New York
Mayor Fierce, OF Boston, and others the following
teiegram:-
Thanks the kindness of friends abroad the How
ard ard saa hi @ e
Of our people here until the epasnic SUBSIDIES 6u the
sna ,hessiore request th. part Of any iurtner
sections be sent for distribution tso.e other
Mr. Young speaks in the highest aud war,ness terms
oil colleagues In Congress from the Northern and
Western States tor the generous sympathy they have
expressed for our suuering people, ana their prompt
ana active efforts soIciting aud forvardng
money and supplies tor tneir relicf Promi-
nent among those WHO nave been foremost in
THIS nooie rank are Carter H. Harrison, William
Springer K ". rownsend William Lttnrop, r. NJ.
Knapp Thomas ]. Henderson, OF IIliuols; William
sapp, Joseph stone and Addison oliver. OF Iowa;
Thomas Ryan and w. A. Philips, OF Ksnsas; Thomas
Ewing. ono; ID. n. Lockwood, OF New York, ID. A.
Henry of Mary and; Frank Jones, New Hamp-
shire; Colonel q. +. huntington, Of New YORK, ana
Others
Tenn. He reports tnat the physicians OF that towD
unable 10 attend TO all Cases rcquirug Treatment
Twcniy-two Howard physicians report l29 new cases.
GgASp JuScrIoS.-one death snd two cases
have been reported Tor the twenty iour hours ended
ut SIX O'Clock tonight
La GRANGE -rhe fever has been epidemic' for
about week. There have been fifteen deaths, nnd
tnir,y csses are noS under treatment. Great suner-
ing from OF money and provisions pre-
walls. Memphis has provided the town with
nurses, physicians ana medicine. The cn
zsas have organized relief committee with
VI. r. Puliian, president; T. J. shelton,
secretary, and W. + MeNamee treasurer. The tele-
graph operator deserted nis post at the commence
meni of epidemic and kilograms have TO be for
warded by tram messenger to and from Grand
Junction, which Is three miies distant
UNAVOIDABLE WEATHER AT CHATTANOOGA.
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn Oct. 4, 1878.
The report OF Dir. vandeman, Registrar tor the
twenly-iour hours ending al four r. 81. to-day shows
that there were sixteen new cases Of yellow lever
aud deaths Fourteen OF the eases colorcd
persons. The outlook is decidedly unfavorabie the
warm days and cool nights very rapidly developing
the disease Most OF the cases reported the dis
trict first Injected.
NASHVILLE NOT TsFECTED.
NASHVILLE, Tenn. Oct. 4, 1873.
There Is no yellow lever nero save two or three
refugee convalescenls at the Inarmary, outside OF
the city. ne city vas never In such a healthy
dtion at present The weather is cool ana pleas
ant.