The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-07-28

of which have already resulted fatally.
we are .s sndssyO.iDg diligently to trace the
Deotion with any foreign source. It is clear
that they have not n suited from the two GASES
! which were developed two months ago on the
steamer Emily B. Souder, immediately after
her arrival from Havana.
Carbolic acid disinfeotion 10 vigorously car
ried out ct all infected points, and We hope to
prevent the psstileuoe from assuming epidemic
proportions.
will keep yon advised in regard to the pro-
gress OF the fever, and 10 q few days give you
the determination of the Board of Health upon
Respectfully. your obedient servant,
SAML CHOPIN, II. d.
| President Board Of Health.
There has been something of q panic with
| reference to the yellow fever. A number of
families have left the city aLi others are pre-
paring~to go. That there is little cause for
this fear is proved by the fact that the fever
has actually made little progress since the
above letter of DR.. Choppin's was writer.
Up to Thursday night only t,centy- three cases in
all had been reported to the Board of Health,
thirteen of Which had proved fatal, tire
patients in ten others being now convalescsnt.
Meanwhile the Board Of Health and the city
authorities are Akipg all necessary tt,ps to
prevent spread of the fever. Disinfect tants
are being freely used. and the Administ rator of
Improvements, besides exercising increased
vigilance over the contractors who have the
street cleaning to do, is having the CUTTERS
flushed daily with water, from the river and
the old and new canals.
The CITY CoUNcIL.-The regular weekly
NEE ting of the Council last Tuesday was not
very int ting or important. The commit.
tee appointed t, invet tigste the House of Re-
fuge had not compile I'd it, lsbors and, conee.
quently, was nc ready to report On motion
of Capt ain James D. Edwards the same com-
mittse was instructed to invettigsts the In
read and laid over for considers ton next
Tuesday:
Whereas the i, srests of commerce demand
that the port in t 1e First District be subdiv.
ded in sucb manner as t. allow more accom-
modations to STEAMBOATS, and steamships be
it
Resolred, That i've hundred and wenty 6ys
feet of the barge landing from Girod ttceet to
abo We Notre Dame street be taken and added
to the ttsambot landing. making the said
two Thousand two hundred feet in front.
Be it further resolred. That the remainder Of
the actual barge landing from the new st sam-
boat landing to the Mobile Railroad wharf, o
front of 760 feet shall remain as part of the
barge landing, and that 525 feet Of t1e steam
ship and Bed River packet landing, iust above
the Mobile railroad wharf, be and the same are
balance Of said wharf, 400 feet in fro6t, re.
naming as o steamship wharf.
Be it further resolred, That all that por on of
the river front beginning in the centre of
Terpsichore street and extending to the upper
side of Robin street. be and the same is hereby
appropriated as steamship landing, being in
front 1880 feet.
Be itturther resolved, That chip wharves Nos.
81, 80 and 39, and the steamship wharves in
the Fourth District, be connected together.
and are hereby appropriated, as an extension
to the steamship landing Of the Fourth Dis
trict, front of 4s0 feet.
Be itJurther resolred. That all ordinances and
resolutions conflicting with the foregoing re.
solutions be and the same are hereby repealed.
Be it further resolred,, That the lessee of the
formity with the conditions Of his lease, to
construct all new whsrves necessary to carry
into effect the foregoing resolutions.
These are important resolutions and
should receive the attention of all parties in
tsrested before their adoption. The people of
this city are too careless of their own iDtsr
ests; although generally accorded ample time
and opport lnity to express their opinions on
subject, of vital importance, they rarely give
any indication that they care straw uE til
after decision is reached. When it is too late,
they try to mend matters by growing Cor, as
Eli Perkins says, "they cit down on their hind
legs and howlW
THE TEMPERATURE-Ther records of the local
signal Office show that the temperature of
New Orleans is much more favorable than that
of most American cities. This, course, is to
be attributed to the influence of the Gulf.
Maritime localities are never exposed to those
of heat and cold which are invariably
felt at places remote from the sea.
The reason of this is that in day time the
land is warmer than the Calf, the heat rare
fiss the air, and the consequence is that the
heavier and cooler air from the eea flows in
and prevents such extreme dry, baking heat
as has been reported during the current month
from Corsioana, Texas Shreveport, LIS Mem
phis and Nashville, Tenn Vicksburg, Miss;
st. Louis. Mo; Montgomery, Ala; and Augusta,
Ga; where the temperature frequently runs up