The Portland daily press., 1878-10-05
THE SOUTHERN PLAGUE,
No Material Change in the Stu.
alton.
Appeal for Aid from New Orleans

|
until noon to-day, 35; deaths, 215O. People are
warned not 10 return to Memphis yet
! Owing to Sickness and death among the
alta OF the Bank of Commercs, il closed
| lis doors today.
The Board of Health report % deaths from
yellow fever during the "a hours ending at 6
O'Clock fought. Nine additional deaths. oc
curing outside of the corporation limits, ara
reported by uudertaker. Appeals have been
made Tor aid from Grand Junction, Lagrange.
| Moscow. Colliervile, and other towns which
have been reached by the fever
| NEW ORLEANS, Oct 4-(Noon)-A. W. Den.
| nett, telegrapher at Vlcksburg, and S. M Rem
| ningtop, telegraph train dispatcher, have died
OF yellow fever. The reports at the Board of
| Health show the fever ncre asing. In a ditios
| to the fever, an extremely sewers type of ma
larlal fever prevails in the parish of S.. Mar
| thus, chiefly among the children.
| The Gretna, Howard and Y. M. G. A. visiting
| committees report the total number of desti.
tnte as $3.50. To attend to these there are but
three phs sicians, who have SO patients each to
visit besides their regular practice. The dis
ease is spreading with friehtful rapidly,
| attacking both white and black alike.
| Three new cases at the Boys Asylum, ST.
Charles and Ddfuosset streets, two st the
House of the Good Shepherd, three at the
| St Orphas Asylum. four at the ST. Vincent
Infant Asylum, and five at ST. Joseph School,
Prytania street.
! NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4-The subcommittee
of the New Orleans relief committee make an
appeal to the people of the United States for
means to supply the destitute with focd. The
committee state that they represent 80 organ-
cations that for years have devoted themselves
| to doing good to their felowmen. They haze
united in . common effort in behalf of the des-
| titute, and will be pleased to receive and dis
| tribute all Contributions The appeal sets forth
| that there are 100000 people in New Orleans,
and among them many thousands are destitute
The fever of contagion has caused the outside
world to close its doors against us as against
lepers. Oar avenues of trade are closed and
strong men who would willingly work are CON-
PEELED to remain idle. The appeal concludes as
follows
"You who have already nobly responded to
calls OF Others for relief know only that the
city is filled with the plague, smitteu and dy-
ing, but another sf1iction, scarcely less to be
dreaded, follows the disease into many homes,
and smites the strong ard we'll Huuger and
want Claim many whom the pestilence epares
70 the sick is given medicines, to the dead
burial, and we appeal to the humane of our
country to save from starvation those who are
WE'LL"
New ORLEANS, Oct 4.-The following tele.
grams we're transmitted today:
WASHINGTON. Oct A, 1878.
10 the Collector of Customs, NeW Orleans:
report by telegram the actual conation of
suffering and want from yellow fever-the ex-
and extent of relief indispensable. Write also
fully.
(Sgned) JOHN SHERMAN, Sec'y.
NEW ORLEANS Oct. 4, 1878.
To Hon. John Sherman, Secretdry of TreQsuru.
Washington:
There is more need of aid than ever. The
wnarves are bare, industrial enterprises closed
ploy ment A meeting last Monday of all
charitable associations developed the tact that
with the exception of the Towards, funds
are neatly exhausted. The Howarts furnish
fafn e
consistent with their rules to do so. Provisions
are most needed, and iniuy opinion the Orleans
relief COMMITTEES Is best organized for such dis
tribution. They have reported the need of
6O,OOO ratlons in addition to what have been
issued. have no idea that will be enough.
Thirty charitable associations, through a Com
mlttee, have made an appeal to the country
which goes over the wires tonight. 1 cordially
endorse the representations made therein.
GEORGE l.. SMITH, Collector.
The physicians of the Howard medical
corps report 129 new cases.
GRAND JUNCTION, Oct One death and Q
new cases here.
AT Lagrange, Tennessee, the yellow fever has
been epidemic for about week. There has
been 10 deaths and the number of cases now
under tteatment is 30. There is great suffering
IRON want of money and provisions. Stricken
Memphis has come noby to the relief of the
town, sending nurses, physicians and medi-
cine. The citizens have organized relief COM
mittee.
BATON ROUGE, Oct A letter from Port
Hudson states that the fever 10 iucr easing,
there having been 20 deaths sinoe night before
lust.
MORGAN City, Oct Anew cases of fever
since last report, Sept. 18th, III; total csses,
300; under treatment, ITO; deaths, 80.
THiBoDEAUx, O,t. 4.-Seven new cases and
deaths, 2 blacks and l white. The fever is
rapidly increasing in the parish.
BATON ROUGE, Oct. 4-Daaths, Z; new
cases, Sc.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 4.-For the "a hours
ending at p m. there were no deaths from
yellow fever. There were 16 new cases, IA
being colored, and the outlook is decidedly un.
favorable, the warm days and cool nights 4
developing the disease very rapidly.
FRANKLIN. La Oct. 4.-There Is fever on
Thompson Plantation, aud whites and 20
blacks have it. In some instances it is malig-
nant, but among the blacks it is generally mild.
readily yielding to treatment.
At Ocean Springs only one serious case is on
hand.
At Bay ST. Louis there are IS new cases and
deaths.
At Port Gibson the fever is spreading in the
country.