Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-09-14
Yellow Fever.

,nosnhore Of the past two days have had 3
uost disastrous effect. The &c" cases Tor the
r,<s twenty four hours number thirty s!X ana
| tba dcstbs were four. Our doctcrs-oemnes'
Gaze aud Priesrl5-asgisted by Dr. Lyons OF
Nov Orleans ero hurrying from house to
howell, and our nurses lover SKY Ia number)
have more than they can manage. It's enough
| to crush the stoutcst heart. Du. We nope lot
divine aid and pray God to turn away from US
this awful aud consuming pcstlle1ce. Inc
thermometer this morning registers As.
HOLLY SPRINGS, Sept. 1.-Two doctors
| we're taken sick to day, and those lett arc
| worked down. We need s1rec more gocG
ones. Last night DR.. II. S. Scott, of Braid
wood, ILL.,, was arrested here, charged with
! malpractice. 1t is believed be Is not doctor.
| Seventy five Few cases and tour deaths ara
reported. 49,,
MEMPHIS, Sept. l5.-All the underiakera
but ono reported to night, the total deaths be
ing ninety three, OF which forty fcur were cos.
cred persons. Tic resident physlcan5 report
twenty nine new cases to the beard CT heaIth,
| Yesterday Howard physicians reported :!uj
new cases Tho disease is assuming mild!
form, AID yields moro readily TO treatment,
which Is attributed 10 the recent cool weather.
-Four moro Howard physicians have the lever,
viz: Dr. Bond, CT Brownsville; DR.. Armstrong.
of this city; DR.. McCreg0r, OF Upton c1uaty,
G;enp., and DR.. Mouccs. Of Nashville. DR.. S.
Il. Clarke aad wife arc sick; al so ". II.
Thompson. of Washington. and Eav. Mr..
Schuyler, Episcopal minister from lioboken,
| n. J. Captain VIM. hler died to day; aisu
II. NJ. Goewey, telegraph operator from Pitts
burg, and Major w. &. Stephenson, tho
Oldest priotcr in Memphis, who is tho tenth
member OF the typographical union wLo las
Gied. Eight more are doWa and five coITa
Iesoent. Six non union prlotcrs have died. 4
meeting CT tho Citizens Rclet Committed and
. Howard Association was hald al the Peabody
this afternoon, Which was presided over hg j.
NJ. Heating, Of the Appeal, al wlllci! it wss
resolved to issue no more ra;ioas 10 vel! per
sons except those IN camp, with view 60 COM
pel people to leave the CITY. 1t Wal ;lsn re-
solved to telegraph to New Orlcaua loS forty
young, active, acomatcd busntSj mcu to 81
sist the Towards, as the c!eri:.I lorIa has
been much reduced by lever.
New ORLEANS, Sept. Is. The dcalhs re-
ported to, day were but SIS, showing : great re-
duotion. There were 222S new casys reported
but so Of these occurred between tho Pin ult.
and Sth instant. q. W. Carr, tho operator
who came from St. Louis, has dci.
Father Laval, Catholic priest, and Philip
Machet, French pco Consul, arc both dowr
With fever, contracted while nursing The
sick. Bishop Elder is reported out Of dagger
Major Henry M. Fowler, Superintendent oI the
ChaImette Nationa! Cemat;ry, died yesterday.
Rev. Marx Moses, formerly ot Tie Hebrew
congregation, DOW at Providence, r. l., ha:
lost al his family except one chil3, which i
convaescent. Mrs. Moses died Oh Saturday
Samuel % Sunday, and Matilda On Thursday
The Howard Association CT this city tendc'
their most grateful thanks for the noble response
to their call for aid, and request no further col
lectiors be made, as those received, ard nos
coming forward, will be ample to meet all tn
wants of their association. DR. Chopin aEc
other we'll known physicians txnTcss tho opln,
ion that after this week there viii &c graara
decline in the death rate from yellow fever.
A dispatch from St. Louis announces thai
quarantine there against up river frclgh's rs:
been removed, in response to Suggestions made
in communications published in the city papers.
AS meaDs OF purifying the atmosphere and
destroying malaria fires were generally lighted
10 the streets throughout the city this evening.
! The Young Mems Christian Association report
pioety.siX pew cases.
Brownsville reports four deaths and fftce1
new cases. twenty five physicians OF tha
| Howard medical corps report 2G2 new cases
to day. The drug stores being ali closed exccp;
two, DIR. Mitchell, medical director, has Or
derod necessary drugs from St. Louis. and will
open dispepsary. TIE weather is cool.
Ia the asyluns 10 which qunue hes been
used IS preventative there have been 40 ycl-
low fever cases.
Among the deaths is that Of Dr. {. l., q.
| Herndop, native of kentucky, late surgeon
in the United States army, who expired ycster.
day evening. DR.. Herndon was splendid
representative of his name and State. One OF
the first to volunteer in the service OF tho Young
Mems Christian Association, he was for some
time one of only two physicians attached to this
glorious Association who batlcd EaapiulIy
against the yellow scourgc. He had uctcr
bis charge at the time Of bis death some eighty
cases. Though taken sick o. Saturday last. bo
still continued at the bedsides Of his patients,
and visited nearly twenty-five after he was
stricken with the pestilenca.
V1cKsByRG, Sept. 13.-Tho woathor is cool;
thermometer at p. M, 500, and eight p. IN. "a.
A light frost is reported IN Jefferson county tblS
morning. Some think there Wss q light frost
hero, but no one saw it, The cool weather for
the past few days has caused hopes of an early
frost and the slight increase in now cases yes
terdsy and the decrease in deaths caused overy
one TO feel moro hopeful, but to-day tho dosLh
list doubles that OF yesterday and tho new cases
greatly increase, but the nun Dor cannot ho given
as physicians do not report. Deaths yea:erdHy,
Is; to-day, 81
H1ckIAN, Ky, September l3.-0ur situation
is more deplorable than ever. Or. Blnn:on is
dead, Dr.. Calletto no better, and only two res
dent physicians are able for duty.
Henrietta Tobey, from MeInphs, died Il. Chi
cago yesterday.
At Baton Rouge, there were 50 CT GO now casea
sid deaths.
Thursday was observed rs day Of prayer a.
Cincinnati for the yellow fever sufferers AMI
business was generally suspended
H. Rombsst of New Orleans, died .: Gincin"
natl quarantine yesterday of yellow fever.
The rainy weather has had an ualavorahlo
effect upon the sick below Gallipol;s, c., who
are now Is in number.
Though tho fever still riots in its course and is
still spreading slowly, but surely, where it las
once taken hold, starting with ono meDber Of a
family, tho rest becomes Inevitable victims.
Very few escape especially tho young, who
now comprise the msjo-ity Of the new cases CT