The Cincinnati daily star. [volume] ([Cincinnati, Ohio]) 1875-1880, 1878-09-06
Third Edition
THE LATEST.
YELLOW FEVER
Spreading Over the Sunny
South,
And Charity Triumphant in
the North.
National Associated Press to the Star.
LATEST FROM NEW ORLEANS.

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LATEST FROM NE" ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS sept. 6.-Ihe of1lclal state
ment of cases of yellow fever is reported as
follows: Deaths from 12 m, Yesterday to II
m. TODAY 61. new cases same time 2So
ruv s1r1- ,rIor AN ,r,,, onr r,rs
M 90. 60 We" cN1i" T'i I'll,
I'VE" ohhhAns' oepl, o'--ooilec'or 0nllIh
mas peen notlEed by the Commlssafy OF the
United States that forty thousand rations
for the sufferers are at his disposal.
The Ouartermaster General at Wasbino-
ton. d. G., has telegraphed the Relief Com
mittee of the Grand Army of the Republic
offering them the Use of an ambulance, to
be used in nlace of a hearse
AnnIicants for food Yesterday in shane of
Peabody rotions were not co greot ao on nre-
vioms dsvs which 70 a % certai5 deoree e is is pw-
ino to The fact that a LARGE number of the
deStit,,ta were sunn1ied for q weny
Mr. Thomas TaYton on on learning Of the
illness of Rishon Elder at VicksburS has 60
cured transnortation for Fatbar na ffn of
the Church IF tbe Immacnlate Concention
who volunteers to oo,to Vicksburo and snir.
itnallv minister IN tbe sick and d1ing
Mrs Iebords and Mrs Kelley fbe nurses
who so Faithfully discharged their duty at
Port Eads and throughout this citv. left for
HOllV SnrlnpS last evening
Yesterday mornino wbife LARGO crowd of
people were congregated at the depot of the
Peabody Subsistence Association, awaiting
their turn to receive rations, Robert Doyle
was very boisterous, and called on the crowd
to break open the depot and provide them
selves with supplies. He was promptly ar
rested, arraigned, and sent to prison in de-
fault of bail, for an attempt to incite riot.
Contrlbuuons Tor the rellet or the Cres-
cent Clty romeo heileI ASSOCIATION are com
ing IN ana are needed: as lhe clty owes
members ol lhe ponce lorce tnrGe hiolllns
pay, winch i. can 1 mo| neet as business ns
hf Hatls suspetueo "liu 'ie oi'iAeiiS are oii''-
oiG 3u 10 {T;y,ia Ray taAeS; ,o,.:,,o 1 . -
od M Miin,a ~ ~ rst noII 10 d IiI ta ~emf w.
ers there and u,as taLan down viii tho
fever on his return. is pronounced out of
danger,
From u m. to 6 D, m. 81 new cases of
fever were reported at the office of the
Board of Health and 10 deaths.
The Young Mems Christian Association
report IT. 80 new cases SINCE noon noe yesterday
ana ana ~ ~ IN thelr charge IN all since August
ga Ihey also report the tolal NUMBER ol
lalllll!es III lledr charge anu uesVllute up W
lasl hIgnI as 4o9, averaging say members
10 each family. lhey issue orders now only
10 thelf own SICK.
FROM CANTON, MISS.
A dispatch from Canton, Miss. says there
are sixteen new cases there and six deaths
in the past twenty-four hours, and adds:
"We want coored nurses; the suffering
among the blacks is terrible. We need ten
hundred cases are now under treatment"
DOCTORS DYING AT v1cKsBURG,
Another telaoram from Viclrsburo savs.
"nr p r Whitehead died today also Dr
A r Graan coIorad The saxton of the
cemetery had orders for thirtv-eigbt inter
ments to 70 m from IA m Cod knows
where il will ston Gen A Rurns Exnress
AGENT is diving )"
NO CHANGE AT GRENADA.
A dispatch from Grenada says there were
ten deaths in the last twen'y-four hours
No change in affairs Mr.. Burbank, of the
Picayune reported dead on Tuesday, is out
OF danger and doing well.
TERRIBLE DESPAIR AT MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 6:-We are in state OF
terrible despair. The relief committees
have dWlndled down to corporals guard.
The negroes have the fever but ina compar-
atlve mild form: or 81 deaths yesterday
5O went to potters field. The reports of new
cases give no idea OF the progress OF the
disease, as only 4 physicians have reported.
The printers have suffered badly and the
three city papers have not more than in
their combined forces.
MEMPHIS, Sept. 6.-lnterviews have been
had with several leading physicians in re-
gard to the progress of the disease, and all
expressed the opinion that it was growing
less virulent. They claim it is becoming
easier to manage They also agree in the
opinion that the accession of skilled nurses
has had great deal to do with the in
oIe"oeo ,iul,ioel VI paolentS cohNaleScllS
1llOSC WHO nave lldu lll6 disease are NOT eX-