Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1878-09-09
The Plague-Stficken South.

! WASHINGTON September 7. The Secretary o
War referred to the Quartermaster General III,
/ telegram OF Collector smith of New Orleans
urging the issue of blankets for the children a
! 81 Vincent's Orphans Asylum. The Quarter
master General has made favorable report. bn
says blankets can be supplied at no point neare
| than Font Lesvenworth
GRENADA, September T. Ninety six new case
and AZ deaths during the past week.
CANTON, Miss. September !. Daring the pas
two weeks, there have been l72 cases ana Z!
deaths, making in all 100 cases and 80 deaths
| One hundred very bad cases are under tres,me MT
OF which 10 were taken within the last twenty
four hours.
| The weather is cloudy and prospects yer,
gloomy. The refugees are taking the fever ia
the surrou ndiDg country. There IL cases Of the
| FEVER IA one house, seven mines east of here We
] have 900 persons in the corporate limits of the
| town, and over 1000 in the town and suburbs, un
der our care.
HOLLY SPRINGS. September T. The first case
| occurred here the Y OF August, resulting ii
death September Isl. Two deaths followed or
| tue -, and up to lsst night there was 100 cese.
| ana - deaths. More than one-half the popula
| ton lied between the 4th and 9Th insts. All the
members OF tho board Of health are sick.
MEMPHIS, September 7. In four weeks there
| nave been 329 deaths. The number of cases can
| not be obtained. During the week before the
1 u
| HICKMAN. KY, September I. The first case of
yellow fever was on Augu.t 9th. Sixty cases
! and "A deaths up to last night.
LOUISVILLE, September 7. For the week
there have been % cases and deaths, all refugee.
| aud river boatmen.
| ST. LOUIS September Z Diring the week
| there have been deaths. two refugees and one
| resident nurses. AT the quarantine below ST. Loui.
there were ten new cases admitted, and nine
deaths, all refugees but Que, the steward of
quarantine. All boats and trains from infested
regions are prohibited from entering the civ
Eight sisters of st. Mary left this evening, FIVE
| for Canton, Miss. and three for Memphis This
| makes twenty female nurses gone from here
Two priests of this diocese have also vountee red
their services.
PAsAcoGoULA, Miss, September From Au-
gust TO september Sd, three new cases and two
deaths among refugees.
BAT ST. LOUIS, Miss, September 7. One
refugee from New Orleans, August 6, with fever,
WAS sent back next day. No other cases. The
ely is healthy, and there has been no fever since
One death August LIST.
KEY WEST, September I. Two cases and one
death during the week.
HAVANA, September Z. Seventy -four deaths
from fever, and from small pox, during the
week ending August 81.
MATANzAs, Cuba, September 7. For two
weeks ending August Sth, no cases of fever in
the bay, and only few cases Shore
SAGUo La, September Z. Since the 10th of Au-
gust there have been tive deaths by fever. No
cases in the town or harbor since the 2SIh
NEW YORK, September 7. Specials report the
weather mud and clear at Vicksbarg, but the fe-
ver is increasing in mslignity among the whites.
There is but little fever among the blacks.
New Orleans specials say physicians look for
ward with apprehension to q fearful increase in
m a ia IN nf hat ~ 4
| month. Speedy seizure of oil unaccllmated per
sons the only prospect. The destituton is hour
! ly increa'ing. Many are applying for charity
, who were believed to be in good circumstances
supplies are giving out. Government rations
have been placed by Collector Smith in charge of
committees composed of presidents of all benevo-
lent societies. This action is warmly commend
cd.
Business is utterly at a standstill. Many large
houses will not resume before November. The
| sympathy of the North is keenly appreciated.
rhe bitterness Of the past has been changed to
such feeling as years of statesmanship could
never have brought about.
AT Grenada the AR is impregnated with a pecu-
liar and unmistsk able fever odor.
At Memphis there seems no longer any posi-
bility of checking the fever. The weather 10 un-
comfortably warm and moist.
Five cases are reported at Dresden, Tenn, and
on advice of physicians the whole population is
leaving town.
NlNNlNNAlls StpttlbDtT Inc CITY Is as
healthy and tree of the epidemic ever it was
The general health is extraordinarily good.
There is no yellow fever here, except an occa-
siossl among the refugees who bring the
disease 10 their systems.
NASHVILLE, September Z. The report of vel
low fever At Blounts Springs, Ala, is without
foundation. A resident ply stefan states that not
a single case, nor anv disease resembling it, has
occurred this season.
New ORLEANS, September Z The deaths in
cude 80 minors, sixteen being under years of
age. From uOon up to six o'clock this evening.
IS deaths have been reported to the board of
health. The steamboat City of Alton left this
evening, with DIR. Samuel Walker, DR. William
Weber. IA female and male nurses. for Green.
vile. AT Peabody, the subsistence association
news received from different parts OF the coun-
try, is very favorable. From all sides coRmun-
cations arrive rendering services and Offering
cont buttons and supplies.
During the week ending yesterday noon, there
were 1882 cases, and 526 deaths, making in all
4 500 cases, and 1876 deaths. During the TWEEN
ty-tour hours to noon yesterday. there were $50
new cases and 81 deaths.
Collector Smith telegraphs to the Secretary of
War, announcing the formation Of an executive
committee, to be styled the New Orleans central
relief committee, composed of seven persons,
who keep full record of the distributions of
supplies furnished by the government The col
lector ADDS: 81 will furnish volunteers to per-
form the work. am of the opinion that under
this arr angement, the supplies will be honestly
distributed for the benefit of real yellow fever
sufferers, and that the Presidents plan meets with
general approval. Eevry precauton viii be taken
10 protect the governments interest"
The following reply was received:
The arrangement Tor the distribution of sup
plies seem eminently proper, judcious. and sat
lsfactory to me. Geo. w. McCrsry,
Ssc'y Of War"
PoRT EADs, La, September 7. During the
week there has been one death, but no new cases.
MoRuAN CITY, La, September 7. During the
week ending yesterday noon, there were IA cases
and deaths.
MERIDIAN, Miss, September 7. There are 40
cases of yellow fever at Lake station, on the
Vicksburg & Meridian railroad, 40 miles west of
Me idian; and 20 cases ut Baltop, on the same
road, q miles east of vicksburg.
NEW YORK, September 7. The chamber Of
commerce of Southern relief committee received
$32l to day.
A Memphis despatch requests that the secretary
of war be asked to send additional rations, and
says the sick ness and destitution are on the IN
crease. Expenses are about three thousand dol
lars per day.
BROOKLYN, September 7. Subscriptions to
date are 81 1925. Park theatre benefit last night
netled 81 400.