The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-06
ruM1aAr1sa THE SOUTHERN MAILS.

No case OF yellow lever mas occurred this year In
Pensacola or a. quarantine, and no death from fsvor
Of any kind during August
FUMIaATINa THE SOUTHERN MAILS.
WASHINGTON, Sept 5, 1873
Mails continue 10 b received from all parts OF the
South though from sections irregularly, In con-
sequence of the prevalence OF yellow fever Owing
seldom lbe mails received IN tho original pouches
Tho contents for the part are found DO fum-
gated or otherwise dealt with as preventative 10 The
extension Of the plague.
NEW YoRK's AID FOR THE SUFFERERS.
rho following contributions were received by the
HERALD yesterday Tor tho yellow fever sunerers:-
Lss: Dur, BI1 ss Ms9ips t:sps 81
b; yE u; 81; E.H: cSIn:i, Sc: aso%y%oa:.
sunday scaool, Bsllevi,ie T. sli 81: O. Ii r. is; JF
NJ x'';:" r.: ss% s:
.ioa box. $40 "a katie q Arsnu,w 81, ,nDloye. q
Of ). Never 4 Son. SIS. Total. s4ai H.
Mayor Ely received the following subseriptions:-
e. s s.ss a r.s % si s Cam
-. Gopi'ps lnsfssA :'S sS ~ 1om.
s9o e.gsss Waist.
s0 's;H ;.'' SIS A.. s.; 8. r.:s:
ss.'ss!s ns
3; j. l. T. g; s. O. H.; 81 ~ g., ~; NJ T.: -; Hon.
same $50 o.: Congregation 7o cash pool.
a.%a: j' NG~ s.r. Sr:' ssn
Tho Mayor yesterday sent S2l5 10 to b. T. Lameros,
Mayor vi Holly Springs, Miss.
Tho total amounts sent away by tho Mayor up to
,ne prcsen, are as iollows:-New Orleans 1850 ~;
81, $50 90; H.iIy Springs ssos 90 Total, sIsose 81.
Mayor Eiy's committee appointed to tako change Of
all entertainments volunteered 10 behalf OF yoliow
fever sufferers. held brief session yesterday in tho
office OF city Chamberlain rappan rhe following
officers were choseu:-Presidcni Frank =. Van De
yer. Treasurer J. Nelson Tappan; secretary, Ernest
r. Fellows resolution Was passed requesting the
pastors different churches 10 take MP
next Sunday. Mayor Ely was also requested 10
issue proc alton defining the duties OF tue CON-
mttce and calling upon the citizens 10 support them
In their Efforts la the afternoon Mayor Ely issued
proclamation defining Il TO DO tho duty OF the COM
to for distribution all funds for tho benefit
Of tho yellow tower sufferers.
The southern Rolief Committee OF tho Chamber OF
Commerce met al noon, Henry Hentx chairman, pro-
siding. Tho secretary announced that $4,000 had
been sent south on Wednesday, viz :--S20oo to the
Howard Association ut Memphis, aud 1000 TO the
Howard ASSOCIATION mt Yicssburg The committee
received dispatches yesterday from GreonvilIc add
Canton asking Tor aid, and sent 81 500 to Grecnvils
and $1,000 to Cantso Pisrpont Morgan, the treas
urcr Of tho committee, acknowledges tho receipt OF
Mr. wiiliam Alexander Smith, chairman Of tho
stock Exchange Relief Committee. received s226 ad-
At the Cicarisg House, Mr.. william A. Camp, the
Manager, reports tho receipt OF $i05
Mr.. A. 4. Orr, chairman OF the Produce Exchange
committee received $40. The committee sent 81 900
TO tho Howard Association at New Orleans 10 dis-
ributed ropg the sufferers NJ Grenada Canton, Pot
Gibson and Holly SptingA watch viii DO put up AZ
auction tor the hrd time tomorrow tor tho benefit Of
the sufferers IL has already brought &Is2
hessrs Lehman Brothers report $50 additional col
lected
Henry ogden acknowledges Lhe receipt OF $40 Tor
the lever sufferers Under charge OF the Rev. W. G.
McCrncxep, ut Grenaaa-
nqucr dealer in the Seventeenth precinct suggests
that AL the liquor dealers aud saloon keepers IA tho
precinct start yellow lever fund.- 10 be placed In the
custody OF Captain McCuagh. he onors TO start The
list with S.
Msssrs Jarrett & Palmer nave placed In tho hands
OF Mayer Ely, 1000 tickets good for an excursion up
tho Hudson TO West Point or Ncwbutg and return,
by the steamer ymouth Rock, on Friday or satur-
Gay They for sac NJ tho different police stations.
Isidora Martinez, prims donna soprano, formerly
OF Mr Strakoschs Italian opera company invites her
fellow artists aud singers TO cooperate with her IN
giving concert Tor tho benefit Of tho yellow fever
sufferers
THEATRICAL PERFORMANCE AT THE FIFTH
AVENUE THEATRE TOR THE BENEFIT or THE
sutFERERs.
ono Of The largest and most brilliant audiences
that has assembled IN Now York for q long timo
filled the auditorium OF tho Fifh Avenue The.
a,rc yesterday afternoon They did So not merely
because n charity called thcm thereto wit, tho ye-
low lover plague in tho South--but OF tho
nj .aa In IN