Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-09-06

New OfleAns-Durlng the week endeo HrloAy Il
noon there we're III cases Of yellow fever and |
295 deaths, making in all 1878 cases and 5S4 /
vicksburg-At least 400 cases Of yellow fever |
from date Of commencement August II, 10 /
Friday evening, and sixty-nine deaths. DIR. |
Booth, in charge Of the Marine Hospital ser |
vice st Yicksburg, telegraphs =" am sick :
impossible to procure accurate data"
Memphis-One hundred and forty-four cases |
Of yellow fever aud fiftrthree deaths during |
six days to Friday evening
Canton, Miss.-Eighteen cases OF yellow
fever and forty-eight deaths from August to
Friday evening.
Port Gibson, Miss.-One hundred and eight |
cen cases Of yellow fever and nine deaths
from August to Friday morning.
Morgan City, LA.-One case Of yellow fever
August 81 patient from New Orleans.
Ocean Springs, Miss.-Three cases Of yellow
fever and one death; all imported.
st. Louis-Four refugees died Of yellow
fever at st. Louis during the past week.
Louisville-Four cases Of yellow feveri the
steamers John Porter, Sunhower, Belle and
Golden Crown, on the 18th and 18th inst.
Grenada--So many OF the remaining popu-
lation stricken with the fever that definite in
formation of the number Of cases and deaths
could not be obtained
Reports from other places indicate good
health.
Ing DdhII1hblcT hl NEtuduh nllbb.s hEObo W
Washington "You can never realize the
situation here. Nobody comes here. The
world has refused shelter to our unfortunate
refugees. Business houses banks and schools
all closed No signs of business except among
nurses, doctors and und rtakers Our white
population is generally /. 200 to 1,400, it now
numbers not more than 800, and there are the
sick nurses and doctors" He said that his
assistant was dead, but that he was willing to
stay there and perform every duty that the
department required. he was instructed to
run his Office so as best to meet the conven-
fence of the remaining inhabitants, and beyond
this not to attempt any distribution OF his
mail, but just to make it up and throw it on
the trains as they pass, leaving the work OF
distribution to be performed by the railway
postal clerks.
A Memphis dispatch Of the twenty-seventh
says the fever on that day was the worst thus
far, the deaths aggregating thirty-two and
number Of new cases ninety-six. Out of pop
ulaton OF over 40, 900 only about 6. 600 remained
in the place, the rest having fed. The follow
ing telegram was forwarded to President Hayes
by the mayor and other officials I'm behslf
Of the yellow fever stricken South, we respect
| fully request you to exercise your discretion
airy powers in the appointment of special
commission Of the ablest physicians and chem
lists in the country for the pHrpose Of scientifi-
cally investigating the causes, nature, treat
|
epidemic now raging. Congress will undoubt-
eddy make suitable appropriation to reward
the commission for services 30 valuable to the
country" Another Memphis dispatch says
SIT is estimated that nearly 600 persons are
down with the fever. Sixty additional nurses
have been telegraphed for to come from Sa-
vannah and Charleston, and number have
arrived from Mobile. Poverty and distress
prevail to an alarming extent, and many have
been sick for several days without being able
to secure the attendance of physician. Nearly
all the local physicians pass the nights beyond
the city limits and come in only during the day
Several have absented themselves, and do moi
come in at ALL"
At Vicksburg, Miss. advices on the twenty
seventh say the fever there was spreading witt
fearful rapidity. The following dispatch wal
received by Supervising Surgeon-GeneralW Wood
worth, at Washington, from G. Z. Bent, depu
ty collector Of customs at Vicksburg: Twenty
three deaths yesterday, six hundred case
under treatment and the plague spreading
with fearful rapidity. Great suffering anc
restitution among the poorer classes. See tn
United States authorities, and urge the impera
tive necessity for Government aid. Ration
required Immediately. Weather unfavorable.
Another dispatch from W. G. Paxton, gram
commander of Knights Templar, SAYS: "Diseas
and restitution walk hand in hand in this city
Eight hundred cases are under treatment. Tb
weather is very unfavorable. We need every
thing. Trains and steamboats, all stopped"
In New Orleans the yellow fever report o
the twenty-seventh showed one hundred an
ninety-four new cases and forty-nine deaths
Some hope was aroused by the successfr
treatment of patient in the last throes @
death by new method. The remedy cor
sisted in sprinkling the dying man with ic
water for two hours, when the fever disar
. peared and the patient fell into gentle sleeI
At Grenada, Miss, the situation of affair
on the twenty-seventh was somewhat bette
than before, number Of persons who ha
been Frustrated having recovered and as the
we're the first who had not succumbed to tn
dread disease, it was thought that a chang
for the better WAS coming. Physicians an
nurses from other cities continued to arrive
and all we're working hard to check the terri
, BILE plague.
A dispatch from Canton, Miss. says "Sen
us two nurses immedia ely fever increasing
| The New Orleans Tinles'S correspondent at Car
ton, Miss, under date of the 9th, says II al
rived here Sunday last. Pretty tough times
Not single business house open except tw
i now only seventy-five whites are to be foun
here. Mayor and family sick; and board 0
aldermen fed. Court house locked up, an
; officers gone to some safe place. Nothing bu
hearses and collins to be seen on the streets
, Some thirty-fve or forty cases of yellow feve
, here Many colored people have died the pa
few days. The few whites now here are scared
because not single case of yellow fever ha
been doctored successfully. No person a
tackled has recovered"
dispatch from Port Gibson, Miss, to til
' Howard Association, of New Orleans say
"Fever very fatal, and no abatement. Tw
. hundred and thirty cases and thirty-hve dealt
, to date. Ice is wanted more than anythin
I else Nurses doing we'll. Our expenses al
| U,r To- lyoo
t and Columbus are aiding. But one or two COZ
valesceDt persons SO far"
st. Louis dispatch of the twenty-eight
says: "St Louis is swarming with refugees
from the fever infected districts Of the Soutl
and every Southern train that arrives brine
fresh additions. No fears are felt that IL
= scourge will take hold here. st. Louis welcom,
= New Orleans was W. FL. Ke.ls a, promineT
and intelligent citizen of that city. In 8
: interview this afternoon he stated that wht
| he left New Orleans the streets we're almo
: deserted. People confined themselves to the
/ houses. seldom leaving them except wbe
Q absolutely necessary. Whole families wei
0 swept down by the scourge. Said he: TT
t worst ravages Of the fever are confined to tho
Q portions of the city where the lower class
:. live. The higher classes have not suffered
i much. The city undoubtedly brought Il
Q fever upon herself through not taking suffcieI
r sanitary precautions. The impression prevaleI
9 apparently all over the North, and even
s New Orleans, that the disease did not origina
0 in that city, is erroneous. 1t is commonly SUI
: posed that the germ of the fever was brougl
o to the city by ship from Havana" When Il
:. scourge began in New Orleans, the lower pc
n tons OF the city were reeking with filth.
: In Memphis the plague was still on tt
! increase, and it was feared the horrors
starvation would be added to the terrors of Il
= situation. The physicians and nurses wei
overworked and all were fleeing from the Gil
who could get away. Forty thousand ration
were sent by the Secretary of War to Wick
. burgh, and relief from all parts of the count1
!, came pouring into the afflicted cities.
g A Curious Sleep Awakener.