The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-08-13

cred from the sGhtH thanks tu the Jpllfeb OUT
| rage; while the Cincinnati papers haye ceased
To discuss quarantine, dislnfegtants, etps, the
panic still RACES in Ill its pristine v1gor In
such small towns as Mobile, VicksburR and
Shreveport. Indeed, Iii these towns 1t has de-
veIoped into species Of mania and bigotry far
more Injurious to health than the yellow fever
itself. The following are few curious de-
gelopmsnts Of this mania:
| The associated press agent forgot to let
Natohe5 know exactly the number of new
cases here. the other day, whereupon that
| place Is frightened almost into cunvtlsions,
and the Democrat breaks out into the most
| lugubtious and melancholy meditatiors. con-
WINGED that "tle plague this word is very
popular In Mississippi just now-is fast
sweeping away the entire population Of this
city.
| The city Of Vieksburg is not In very healthy
financial condition. bit the Herald thinks
that 1t should bankrupt the town to buy dis
infeotants, The scare by-the-by, Is prov
Ing quite expensive to the paniostriGken.
towns. Natchez. for instance, has gone to the
expense OF building 800 quarantine station
although not case OF fever has occurred
there yet, and has employed a large and eK4
pensive health force. whose principal duty, to
Judge from the Democrat, Is to go fishing.
How much the embargo will cost Mobile 1t
| is too early yet to say. We understand that
| the railroad estimates Its damages at $40, 900 q
| week, which is considerably more than the town
makes by the 100 bales o. week 1t manages to
steal from NewOrleans. Mobile, by-the-by, has
| learned Of the railroads Intention to combat
| the embargo, and the Register breaks out into
| the Widest decentralization OF this as an outrage
an attempt to enianger the public health Of
| the city. The Netta is still more ferociUus
end calls upon the citizens Of Mobile to arm
themselves and resist the order Of the United
States Court should Judge Woods decide that
the Mobile embargo is unlawful.
Memphis. however. has outdone oil these
towns Ia military preparations, and has fur
nished its quarantine officers with o twelve
pound Parrott battery to cover the channel
This officer Is very valiant, and promises to
board all New Orleans boats. II necessary
he will use his cannon to bring them TO. No
boats however. are permitted to land even at
the quarantine
| Vieksbnrg organized Howard Association
last week. with Rev Dr. Price AS chairman
or president and VIM. A, Falrehild as secre-
| tary. This strikes us as rather premature II,
| as the Vicksbnrg papers say, there Is only
one case Of fever In that town and no cpl
de1nic IL anticipated. In the present panic.
for which Vickshurg is largely responsible,
| that town will find 1t impossible to persuade
the country around that al epidemic Is not
now raging In VickEburg. There Is q How
ard Association in New Orleans permanently
organized. but there Ia no likelihood of it's
being caileti on for duty this year,
OF course this panic is having d serious
effect on politics. We all know how near 1t
came to preventing otlr State Convention
Its effects Ia Mississippi are still more So
rio1s, and may defeat Gen. Chalmers for
Congress. The Sixth Congressional District
of Mississippi Is close district; it went Re-
publican at the last election, but Gen Chal-
mefs managed to carry il, thanks TO an earn
est aud energetic canvass. The Republicans
will run ex-senator AIoorn against him this
year. and will, we learn from the New York
| Tribune. make an earnest and expensive can
vass. 1T Is unfortunate, therefore, that Gen.
Chalmers has had 10 announce that, on aG-
count Of the quarantine and panic. he fluids
It impossible to travel over his district now,
and Is compelled to postpone his canvass to
| the fall.
! We give, from the Assumption Pioneer, the
following experience Of q near neighbor OF this
city. NapoIeonvile, in the matter Of uuaran-
| tine:
The town council. being apprehensve That
yellow fever might make Its appearances here.
has concluded not to quarantine the town.
| The past experience Of the council Is that this
disease has always prevailed to greater extent
and proved more fatal in cities and towns
| where quarantine regulations have been So
tablished This fact. We assert, Is stlsCepti-
bic Of irrefragahle proofs.
None Of the neghborng towns that have
refused to quarantine this city, Donaldson
Vile. NhpoleonvilIe. Bay st. Louis, Biloxi.
Pass Christian, etc. have yet had q single
case Of fever, which is more than ViCksburg
can say.
. We submit that this panic Is Il Disgrace to
Southern manhood. business Is interfHed
with, politics upset. and humanity is out
ragged on account of q senseless and absurd
panic, which. Instead Of being protection
against the fever, Is only too likely to pro-
duae and develop it.