Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-02
yqIIaW Fever,

bers of visiting committees report general
spread of the fever, and state that they uud 1t
encroaebjpy upon localities heretofore measure
abIy exempt. Mr.. Z. Il. Whitney, one of the
com mittee, reported tWeoty three ccw CASES N
his district, and related an incident tina: occur.
red at the corner Of Race aud st. Thomas SITS,
10 the upper part of tbs first district, which
serves toshoW the rapid spread OF fever 10 the
locality. As he approached the corner he saw
six or eight children standing there. They ap.
peared to recognize him as one OF the Towards,
and each appealed to him to 60 with them to
their respective homes to see the sick. TIC
went FIRST to the nearest house pointed out,
followed by the little ones then to tho next,
the procession getting one lesa at each house
visited, until every appeal had been answered.
Though the present situation is sad the gen.
cral impression seems to be that the worst has
not Jet come.
Among the deaths arc t. ". Barnes. man.
agcr of the Western Union Telegraph Co., Dr.
j. B5rne and Father &. j. Beechcr. Henry
EIaton, alias Lee, who killed Henry Nlurrhy
on the 25th ult., died in the parish prison, this
being tho first case 10 the prison. Three deaths
are reported at Hickman, ky.
| V1cKsBURa. Sept. blight physicians re-
ported ninety eight cases and twenty I've inter.
| ments Yesterday. Among tho new cases arc
Drs. Whitehead and Birchett, George Burns,
| southern oxpress agent, and W. j.. Trowbridgc,
! acting mayor. Further kilograms confirm re-
! ports about yellow fever at Greenville, Miss.
! Twenty cases arc reported.
MEMPHIS, Sept. New cases reported
yesterday, lO4; deaths from yellow fever. TG.
| Among the death list arc Capt. }. II. Miller,
w. w. White, clerk at the Peabody Hotel;
! Ed. J. Mapsford, of the Howard Association;
| George II. Hoist, undertaken; Sergeant VIM.
| NJ. McEroy, signal service officer; Sister Boo
| nahis. N. 3. Holt G. II. PIischke, Paul Ci.
cola, and wife of Hon. A. L. Lacey. Among
! the new cases arc DR.. VIM. Il. Hodges and
| DR.. r. i. Laski. n. D. Mcnkin is GONZALES.
cling. Uudcrtakers are pressed to bury the
dead, and at ElmWood Lot yesterday dozens of
| cofiucd dead were lying on the ground waiting
| for intermcnt, it being difficult matter to
procure even colored grave dggers. Informa
lion from Camp Joe Williams is 10 the effect
that six deaths occurred there of persons re-
Gently received into the camp hospital, contain.
Jog about fifteen sick. Reports from along the
line Of the Memphis ard louisville Railroad
state that there have been three deaths at
| Brownsville. ard there are seventeen cases
| there, at Milan twenty cases and Tour Deaths
| at Wihe ono case, and at Mason one death.
Several cases have been discovered where
patients have died entirely Unattended, and
their bodies remained unbured in houses shut
up. Father Erasmus orr is dead, and Fathers
Mcnamara and Riordan arc sick.
At Canton, Miss, 20 new CASES, One death
! at Jackson, Miss. At Port Gibson there have
been $50 cases and As deaths.
Grenada is without relief committee, and
| the whole charge is in the hands of the How.
| IlusiDaSs aDtir,lu md.
ed and checks or postal money orders cannot
| BE- used
Thomas Marshall and W. ". Reliiug, tcle.
graph operators there are dead
Two deaths arc reported at GrtenVIila, Miss
At Delhi, Louisiana, seven cases and two
deaths arc reported.
A fatal case CT yellow fever occurred at Mo
billie, on Saturday, and a case has been dis.
| covered in New York.
The postmaster at Little liock autographed
| the Postmaster General yesterday, that The
authorities had notified him thas upltss mails
from the fever Infected districts were prohibited,
| then all the mails should be refused entrances
into that city TIE Postmaster General ans.
| wercd, declining TO exclude the mails from
| Little Rock. and he does not think the auth0rl
| ties will take the responsibility.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 2.-Thn pIucky sue
| ccssor of the deceased Tom Marshall, telc-
grapher at Grenada, is the vltcran telegraph
superintendent. David lTanery, q gentleman
| vel! known and respected throughout the
South. ~ Memphis dispatch gives the name
"a fleming" which is erroneous. Mr.. Ian
cry has been Identified with the telegraph 10
New Orleans and elsewhere all bis lie, and ia
| fever times has constituted himself a purse and
personally cared on many occasions Tor his SICK
| J,,, Rncapfl, h. rntusH n
Richmond. Va, from which place he roluata.
| ,ily rendered his services wherever needed,
and ho was ordered to Grenada.
MoRNsTOWN. N. j., Sept. 2.-C6i!2ctiou5
| wcro taken up yesterday in the church Of the
| hedcemer, st. Peters Episcopal church, aud
! the South street Presbyterian church, for the
benefit of tho sufferers by yellow lever, netting
nearly $500, which will be forwarded at once.
Mr.. James Barbour On the Stare Debt,
In letter to Mr. j. c. Taylor, published
in the Montgomery Messenger, Mr.. James
Barbour says II entered the lest Legislature
with views expressed to my constituents before
my election, In CAUCUS ard Oh the floor ct the
House expressed thoseex EXPRESSIONS. have no
memory OF any conversation such ~ Mr.. Shell
burnc reports; doubtless held oae with him,
as I did with all who wished it, but ii l said
anything TO him ct varcnce WITH my repeated
public announcements it would be strange. My
positions were deliberately taken and carefully
maintained:
First. l thought the Stale ought 10 resume
her control over her own revenue, and exclude
her rivals, the holders OF coupon bonds.
Secondly. thought tho State ought to pro
vide for the msintaiuanec of the treo schools,
and her own government prior to any provi.
sions for the public debt.
Thirdly. thought her own auhoritiaa were
the proper judges Of what ought to be settle
ment Of the public debt. A conference, with
creditors, had congreaated influences at Rich.
mond that affected tho Funding bill. | wanted
noac such around the General Assembly last
winter.
18th. preferred that any plan of rcadust
ment should be ratified by the people in order
that it should be fuaI. and not subject to DOW
future agitation. This would protect tho peo-
pie against any improper influence of the fund
holders over their representatives, and would
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