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sanitary Superintendent Day said yesterday there
occasioc whatever TOE aarm IN this city con.
ceraipg yellow fever Al oil times . strict watch 10
kept cases Of contagious disease and at INC pres
snt every suspicious case, or any ono about which
there 10 doubt Is thoroughly investigated The spread
Of tho dread disease, as reported by tho press u
closely Watched, and whonover any moro stringent
Tor tho protection of This city
they Will be takon When asked II thing had been
done to prevent Southern refugees from coming
Dr. Day repiiod that such step considered
cssary, bot should IL become there nothing 10
restrain the Health Commissioners In taking euch
ton us circumstances called Tor.
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characterizes the neighborhood. In justice
to the authorities of New Orleans it should
be said that the fairness of the ground and
the very slight elevation above tidewater
make the task of cleaning and draining one
of great difficulty. 1t has been demon
strated, however. that prompt and thorough
attention on the part of the city's officials
can prevent the spread of yellow fever in
spite of unfavorable location.
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These latter are always full Of water as
vile rs any in New York cutters and. the
population of the houses which bonier
these waters is generally of low Spanish,
French and Italian origin, without
the slightest idea of cleanliness The other
locality alluded to is the one to which
sailors principally resort, and.any'contagion
or infectious disease brought there finds
sympathetic reception from the filth which
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TENNESSEE REVENUE TROUBLES.


wAsHiSGros, Sept 2. 1sTA
Tho latest information received BY the comms
sisssr OF Inscrnsl Revenus from reunsssc h 10 enc
effect that many Of the iihoit discrs - that STATE
are anxious 10 eompromss with the eeversssens snA
TO conduct their business In a lawful manner rhese
are several hundred s7eL persons. Thcy are vilfsg
TO come intc court plead Ruiity asd be sent home
under sestesce but mel 20 disturbea usteos they
should be detected IN Illicit usnssesiosA Ths suessy
vita which they have bees pursust hss veoderol
khsir hssncss pfonusss aA1 alarmed them
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Since nine o'clock the death Of Adoph Thumei has
occurred.
ARREST OF xsCHEvoUs CoLoRED MEN
The fenrs oil trouble are Rilayed tonight some
negro ngitators have been talking to the coiored
people and attempting TO create trouble, but by tho
prompt action OF Major William Willis and other
inembsrs OF the Ciizens' Relief Committee they
arrested this afternoon aLd put In tho station
house. No ienrs OF further trouble are fclt.
MORE CARPENTERS NHEDKD
Great difficulty Is being experienced In getting car.
penters TO make collins and hands to dig graves for
the paupcr dead, but so far all the dead have bcen
burned promptly, except In cases whore persons have
died unattended In their sick and their corpses
only discovered through the efforts OF the hciaih
officer add assistants as has been tho ense In sew
cral Instances
n. ID. Nonken died this evening.
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BELp FROM OTHER CITIES.

aisyor Yates. of Newark, H. j., eel,eessa sal5.
HELp PROM OTHER cIrrEa
rsovDEScs, X. l., Sept. q le71
InesProvidrn<o Board OF Trade held spssasi msst
ing this afrerlsoon aai appointed a eoau.s.ss o.
which Amoa d. lockwood is chairman, 10 obtain IN.
formation nd take charge of collecting and dnbsrs-
Ing money Tor ibo relief Of yellow lever sufferers IN
the south.
- NEw LONDON Conn, Sept ., 1874
Now As.ndon sends $3.50 to vlcksburs for the bsss
NJ OF che sufferers from yellow lever
MoKRIsrowx, n. j., Sept 2, 1878
o. the Redecmcr, 81. Peters Eps copsl Church and
40 south street Presbyterian Church. Tor the benefit
OF tho sufferers by yellow lever. netting nearly $780,
. winch Will Do forwarded ut once.
wAsursGros, sept 2 1878
despatch dated Memphis, August g. from A. D..
langsian yic" President Of The HowA ard Asseciatou
| has been recsiycd saying: urses with yellow
lever expefience are ursenlly requested 10 come to
ALREADY volunteered their services ana viii savs nero
early bis week Saturday delegate IRON The Sol.
I'VE other soldiers OF tho homo who are p..sone "a 6y
the government 10 tho Howard AssocAtionat Msn.
PMS, 10 serve as witchn,cn, pJce nurses or In any
capacity without compensation.
SARATOGA, N. r. Sept q 1875
The Mario Roze concert on Saturday iast IN all Of
The yellow lever solsrers viii reaixc ABOUT $1,000
ROCHESTER, N. Y, Sept. . 1874
Rochester has forwarded $500 to yicksburg, $500 u
New Orleans and 5000 to Memphis 70 dAs.
AUGUSTA Ga sept. 2, ISIS
The City Council to day bscribcd $500 the 70
Iioi the yellow fever ssT.rsrs the c,t,zcn6
nave subscribed $500 This makes 81 900 IN all sab
scrbed Ia tnis rIty
WASHINGTON. Sept 2, 1874
Mr.. E.is, OF Lonisiaun, aud has applied "a
the Secretary OF War Tor retcr Tor TIN suner,ag
OF New Orleans. The Secretary requcSlod Mr. kns
To inform MN iuiiy the Of tho suffer-
ers, mud has promised relicL Thsro - law 10
authorize the issue OF rations such cases, but upon
the representations OF M Ellis hc Will assume
responsibility relying upon Congress TO snstAin h,s
action. Inc Secretary expressed tho warmest SYM
patty with the sufferers IN the South.
PBILADxLPniA, Sept. 2 1878
The subscriptions TO Tho southern reiSs fund
to-day amounted to 81. 4l6 Is. making total dale
$23.335 o. The Relief CommIttee to-day ordered tbs
distribution OF $780, as foll0ws:-$2 500 10 the
Howard Association OF New OracAns, ssggss-
lion that portion oe handed TO The Peabody Asswojs
ton tor supplies; 81 600 TO Memphis 81 800 vicgs
burg and ST. 900 10 Tho Howard Association OF Now
Orleans for use ut other points. Tho employees OF
telegraph companies oil this CITY have subscribed
Sl7o Tor the rcef OF teicgrsphsrs suffering from shs
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THE nARLHY CROP.

MINIATURES, Sept 2 ls7a
Wall 4 D,seiow. commission msrchss;s, OF this
city will issue circular tho barley crop
Of the states OF Wisconsin, Northern Ihsois. lovs.
Minnesota, Nebrasks asa Dakota Tnsy hsvs re-
ports from 26o points. which show the crop Of
No. z, or good mailing barley, TO be seriously In
Iurco. 1ho reports generally agree that there vii DO
no No, 2 barber this roar on secosnt OF The waa
weather during the harvest Tho acreage 10 reported
n fly per cent less than last year
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Mrs. NJ. A. Mitchell, 27yrs.

Mrs. N. A. Mitchell, 27yrs-
Maggie Dalton. SO years.
Edward Starrett, 5 years.
James A. starch, 3 pears
Lizzie II ughes. II yexr4
Edward Daitoo, Is ycsUe.
Mrs Jessie Moore, 35 yrs
Edward Denslukc, IL yrs.
Caroline Anderson.
NJ ID. Check, 80 years.
Mrs. M. Carroll, So years.
Maggie Campbell, 80 years
Florence Knox, 2 years.
Rev. g. G. Harris, 40years.
Mrs. Wilson, 80 years.
Martha Miller, Is years.
William futile. 40 years
Tommy Holt, 81 years.
Josephine Barou, SO years
Charles Bennett. 65 years.
Jef Florus, 35 years.
Annie johnson, 10 years.
Dick Alexander.
Ella Jackson.
En- ma steward.
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Mr.. BoSsER's pRrScELY GIFT.

Hr NoUcrt DouH"r ytsteFu"y stHt tuo IsH0WNhH
letter TO the Mayors pioe:
OvyicE or LvpcsRI
NV lOnk. sept. =. 1874,
Hon. WtLLfAn n. RosxRTs. Acting Mayor OF
Sr-I have received Jour note OF August ~ sktug
mittee Take charge the pro-
eeeJs benefit be for the relief Of sufferers
from yellow fcvot at the South. am going Of town
aud equohtly. have 70 request nothor
place Of mine On the vnmittec have aresay
toward tho reiio Of southern fsliow eit
the cariu scourgc appears to da incrc
have concluded 10 former contribution ard
herewith incoso check ~ for "a for
the relief Of those VITA whom heartily sympathiso
Very truly yours ROBERT BOSNEH.
The Mayor has appointed Mr.. Charles A. Dana Of the
Sun, Ia place OF MT Bonner upon shc committee.
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ter INDICATED by the lighter spots near the
river). Here there are comparatively few
residents, and, consequently, not many
deaths. 70 the south Of the business sec.
ton and between the latter and the more
aristocratic streets of the southern portion
of the city lie two noted plague spots-the
region of low hotels and solves, which is
near the river, and that Of the canals and
'sbasins," which lie more to the westward.
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MASONIC AID.

largo meeting OF the officers the Masonic fraser.
nity was held last nisht In the Grand lodge room OF
the Masonic Temple on Twenty third street. An APP
peal from the Grand Master, asking AID nor Soutbcsn
Mssops IN The yellow lever district, read,
calling Oh members OF the ordsr TO subscribe gcacr
ously sad promptly. rhs Holland Lodge rave 5000,
and tefore tho meeting adjcursed 1000 bar beea
handed IN.
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To THr EDITOR HERALD
I will give gra,unousiy 10 any regular physiciap
going TO Memphis a sure remedy (preparsd) for the
OF yellow lever, used successfully by the DR..
N W. Seat, u nativo oil Memphis, aud subsequently,
al MI the Hospital 10 Pine IN Paris rec.
OF which Is 10 DO found the Codex of city
with authority to uso the Same In any part Of tns
French Dominion during the CrimeAn war.
Mrs. n. A. SEAT, No. 1857 West Thirty -nsst street.
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Miss r.. Shaw, IL years.
Mrs. Perry. 3s years.
MISS Il. Thcrheld.
Mrs. II. p. Wallace. rs yrs.
Miss B. Coleman, 10 years.
Henry Pyle, 80 years.
Ada Keatley, Is years,
Mrs. y. Il. Starrctt, 81 yrs.
John Ssarrctt, SO years.
VIM. j. Starrett, IL yesrs.
Bernard Brown, IL year,.
Maggie Doherty, IL years.
J. Getzcndeuner.
LOUIS Arraja. 80 years.
Mrs. Arraia, 2S years.
Ida I.ohman, 4 years.
Emma Lonmau. 13 years.
Mary Lonman, Is years.
Mary johnson, % years.
Maggie Baron, 2 years.
Ellen Baron, is years.
Mary Hester, 40 years.
Mary J. Wood, 20 years.
Denis Jacobs, "a years
Willie Henry, Z years
0-ss.-s-A ft1f rE -
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We give this morning map which will
show our readers what parts and proportion
of New Orleans are afflicted by the yellow
fever scourge. To the north of Canal street.
which divides the city into nearly equal
portions and covering about square mile of
ground, lies the French quarter, which is
the most thickly settled and badly built por-
ton of the city On the southern side of
Canal street lies the principal business quar-
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City Hospital last week suffering from yellow fever
Her case II to-day considered very critical
A death from yellow lever Is reported NJ Franklin
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MEMPHIS MORE DISTRESSED -FFTY-THREE
DEATHS YESTERDAY HUNGRY NEGROES
CREATE EIor-oHE MAN sHoT--ARREsT OF
RINGLEADEns.

BIZ TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
sHtt fi~ MgxrHis, Tenn, Sept 2 1873.
While the deaths have not boon numerous to-day
as yesterday tho distress has becn greater During
tho past Tow days many families have been carried
OF and large portion OF tue coohsaded and Efficient
workers arc now pros,rated. Mr.. n. ID. Menken
died this evening. Among those whose condition is
regarded rs dangerous are Chief of Police Athey,
Postmaster Thompson and Fred. Brennan, the Appeal
reporter. Tho Iorco employed Ia bury tho dead mas
been inadequate, and to-day. at meeting OF tho
Citizens Relic. Committee, an additional force OF
forty men was organized for that purpose.
ALMOST MICRO RIOT.
There was great excitement at noon to-day on NC
count oil a negro guard shooting and badly woun ling
a disordcrly negro who had been arrested ana at
tempted Tho negroes about the com missary
department became very boisierous and threatening
but the negro military and police force behaved we'll
and soon restored order. There Ia a great deal Of
hostility to thon the part Of the worse portion Of
the black population who will not work express
Discrimination TO 1--we vol as long there are any
provisions in the city.
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Hannah q. Barry. August W0oTbrate.
C. T. Wizard. Henry D.Bro
Child Of Mrs. Bowman. Mrs. MarGnret Lopez
Margaret N. McGrath. AnthonyJ. Eagan.
Tne dsstlls yesterday iuclude tvensychudr under
reven ycaTs aud today n'nctecn
PLUCKy rELEGRAPH OPERATOR
The plucAy successor Of tho decensod Tom Marshall,
telegrapher. 1T Grenada, rs the veteran telegraph
David a., well
Is srroucour Mr.. Fissery has been ,dAntihed with
the telegraph New Orleans and elsewhere all bis
lie. and IN fever times has constituted himself
and personally cared many occasions for his
Ricn mond, Va. from which place he voluntarily
rendered his ssrvs o. wherever nesded, and he was
Tue total humber Of deaths from ever 70 cato Is
1901, including 46i children under eleven years OF
Tne new cases In cluds Willis X. wooli and Robert
Parsons, of the tshgrapn office, asd j. N. wapolc.
The Very Rev. Jos sph Mius. Vicar General OF the
Archdioceses OF New Orleans, died Of yellow fever
I'VE O'Clock this eve1ing
Tho following dcs1 itches wcrc.sent to the Secretary
10 ran Hox. SECRETARY OF VAR
Wewoud most res ,ectfuiy urge Issuinc OF Yntons
through the Peabody Relief ASSOCIATION The distress
Is terrible. Iminedian relief necessary. Contr,bu-
GEORGE L. Smith, Collector OF Customs
A. 5. BADGER, Postmaster
~. MARKS. Collector Internal Revenue
Il. +. FLANDERS, First Treasurer.
To tho Hon GEoRcs hcCRAxY, Secretary OF War,
We respectfully request that you will authorize tho
/ Subsistence Department OF the srmv here issue
rs.lons Sufficient to relieve tne present distress
J. MADISON WELLS.
THOMAS Z. ANDERSON.
BATON ROUGE AFYLrCIED-AID NEEpED-A
MASSAGE IRON THY MAYOR or TIRE TOWN.
NEW ORLEANS, Sept 2, 1878.
The following was received TODAY from Bs,oa
Rouge, LAT sr tn, tt ara.4
Eleven deaths from yellow fever have occurred
here, iour OF which were within the last twenty -four
hours. Many are down sick and all businses IS
stopped. oar hnancai resources are insufneient to
! relieve tho distress and compelled TO ask tho
country TO aid az. Our people arc meeting the situa-
| tion with great nrmnsss.
LEON SAsrRENsKl, Mayor
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THE DISEASE BREAKS OUT AT BROWNSVILLE,
rESS.--THE PEOPLE RUSHING PROM TIE
TOWN IN STATE OF PANIC.
[Dr rELEoEAPa TO TINE HERALD.
NASHVILLE, Tenn, Sept q 1878
special reports violent osses Of yellow fever at
Brownsville, Tcun., eighteen cases and tour deaths
being reported during the past twenty -four hours
People arc leaving by every manner OF conveyance
Sucn panic has never before beea known there.
nearly all The stores closed sDd bosucss s sus-
pcnded.
A HUNTSVILLE. Ala, special ssys two Memphis refu.
gccs wcro taken WITH fever to-day and sent TO mo
hospital.