The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-09-03

| THE GOVERN MEM CALLED llON FOX hAIIoN
NEW ORLEANS, September 2.-The follow
ing kilograms were sent hence to-day:
| Ne,c Orleans. September 2.-Hon. Secre-
| tarY Of Var: We would most respectfully
urge the issuing OF rations through the
| Peabody RELIEF Association. The distress
Is terrible. Immediate felet is necessary.
The contributions thus far are inadequate.
TSigncd1 GEORGE l.. SMITH,
Collector OF Customs;
y. 5. BADGER,
Postmaster;
NJ. MARKS.
Collector Internal Revenue;
Il. +. FLANDERS,
First Treasurer.
Nep Orleans. September 2.--To Hon.
George Nc(;rdrH. Secretary Of war, wash
ip1t0n. u. &. We respectfully request you
will authorize the subsistence department
of the army here to issue rationS sufficient
to relieve present distress.
rSignedl j. MADISON WELLS,
THOMAS e. ANDERSON.
At BATON ROUGE.
New ORLEANS, September 2.-The fol-
lowing has just been received:
Luton Rouge, September 2.-Io 1gemQt
the Associated Press: Eleven deaths from
yellow-ieyer have occurred here; four in
the last twenty.four hours. Many are down
sick, and all business is stopped. Our imam
cial resources are insufficient to relieve the
distress. and we are compelled TO ask the
country TO aid us. Our people arc meeting
the situation with great 1irmness.
[Signed] LEON DESTREMENSKI.
Mayor.
AIRPORT GIBSON.
NEW ORLEANS, September 1.-The fol-
lowing has just been received:
Port Gibson, September 2.-I0 agent Of
associated Press Four hundred eases OF
fever and tifty-tiye deaths out OF $50 per-
sons remaining in town. About 1,2D0 have
fled. The distress is very great. The sick
are dying with no one to give them Il drink
Of water. Some nurses are on the way
from Chicago and New Orleans. Help and
funds are needed. JAMES \. GAGE,
President Howard Association.
40 ABATEMENT AT ENTHUSIASTICALLY WITH
RI0TUUs NEGROES.
MEMPHIS, September 2.-To-day opened
clear and warm, with the little force Of
workers nearly exhausted. The fever con-
t,nues without abatement, but it is impossi-
BILE to obtain the number OF new cases up to
noon, for the reason that physicians are not
required to report before ) Z. VI. The un-
dertakcrs report ioriy-cight fever inter
Incnts up to noon, and the indications are
that the death-li$t will be as large as ycstcr-
day.
y number OF negroes, some OF them
drunk, assembled before the com:ni>Sary
depot this morning, and becoming r;otou>
made rush for The doors. They were
kept back by the coOrcd militia on guard.
but second attempt being made the guards
fired on the mob, killing one negro. The
doors were then closed, and General Luke
+. Wright spoke to the crowd, restoring
quiet for the tmebcing. The committee
is doing all in its power to supply the pcG-
pie with food, bu some of the negroes are
dissatisfied with the manner in which the
ratons are issued, and further trouble is
feared.
ESecond DiSpatch.l
MEMPHIS, September 2.-The Board OF
Health records show ci.lty-four new caSes
and iifty-thrce deaths for the twenty-iour
hours ending ut Z. NJ.
All Watson, the negro shot by the guard
at the cCmmissary depot, and reported
killed, is rot dead, but badly wounded.
Fears OF trouble arc allayed tonight. Some
negro agitators have been talking to colored
people and attempting to create trouble,
but by the prompt action OF Major y. ".
Willis and other members OF the citizens
relief committee they were arrested this al
tcrnoon and put in the Station-house, and
DO fears OF further trouble are felt.
Great difficulty is being felt in getting
carpenters to make collins for the pauper
dead and dig graves, but so far all the dead
have been promptly buried except in cases
where persons have died unattended in
sickness, and corpScs were only discovered
through the efforts OF the health officer and
assistants, us has been the case in several
instances. \. D. Menken died this even
ing. r. ..-
THE RELIEF D-GENEROUS C0NTRIBC-
TI0NS.
New YORK. September 2.-The Southern
Relief Committee of the Chamber OF Com
merce met at noon TO-DAY. Up TO that hour
the subscriptions for to-day amounted TO
S2,965.35, among them being $500 from
William Ii. Vanderbilt, $500 from William
Astor, and 5000 from General G.. }. 3lngee.
This makes the total subscriptions to date
S44.G3712. The following amounts were
RENTED to-day by the treasurer to the
Howard Associations: At New Orleans.
$4,000; Grenada, $500; Ficksburg, $1,000;
Memphis, $1,000, and $1,000 to the Citi-
Zens' Relief Association at Memphis.
The collections by the police on Saturday
and Sunday through the ballot-boxes
amounted to s657.00.
The contributions OF the citizens OF
Brooklyn thus far amount to S2,l70.
PHILADELPHIA, September 2.-The sub
scriptions to the southern relief fund TO-DAY
amount to s2,416. Total to date, S2a, S35.
The following amounts were ordered to be
RENTED to-day: $500 to Howard Asso-
citation at New Orleans, with the suggestion
that portion be handed to the Peabody
Association for supplies; $4,000 TO Men,
phis; $1,000 to Vicksburg; $4,000 to How
ard Association ut New Orleans for use at
other points. The employees OF the tele-
graph companies OF this city have sub
scribed SII5 for tho relief Of the telegrapheJs
suffering from the fever. &
i PROVIDENCE, B, l., September a.-The