Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1878-10-08
Yellow Fever.

New ORLEANS, OFT. THE yellow Fever
Commission appointed by Surgeon General
Woodworth, consisting Of DR.. S. NJ. Bemis, OF
| New Orleans, chairman; Dr.. Jerome CoohFsn'
Of Mobile, and Professor f. Lloyd Howard, OF
| Baltimore, met to dag.
Mortuary report for the week ending Sunday,
at six D. ~: Total number Of deaths, 5O3-of
! which 323 were from yellow lever; from other
feyers, so; deaths in public institutions, 50;
deaths certified to By coroDers, 70
| J, W. Maders, secretary CT the Peabody As
ISOLATION, is convalcscng.
| Reports show the continued spreading OF
the fever in the third and sixth districts, lVt1y
member OF families in some cases bellg pros,
trated, and those 10 sifle0t circumstances Ind
! difficulty in securing competent nurses. lie the
fifth district (Algiers) there is 10 improve
ment. -. :.
Rev, Father Kra'z, Of Vaudeville. La. died
there Yesterday of yellow fever. Dr.. Kennedy,
volunteer physical frou GaStssoo, Texas,
was taken down with fever yesterday. The
Young Mems Benevolent Association OF Ascen
STOP Parish make 90 appeal Tor cid. The fever
is spreading in the parish of ST. John the Bap
tist, between Gold Miuc Plantation and ArnaDt
Place, distance CT about five miles. Fifteen
cases ana QTe uSatu5 SEC ICpJIlCI, L EC ICfSl
is principally confined to children.
MEMPHIS, Oot IA steamer from 81. Louis,
laden with supplies for infected points between
this civ and Vicksburg, arrived early this
morning. She leaves this afternoon, and viii
take all mail for points below her;.
The demand for purses at the Howard Asso.
citation headquarters to day has bcen 10 excess
of the supply. The present warm weather has
tended to favor the spreading OF the fever, and
reports from the interior give gloomy accouots
of the condition of affairs Additional nurses
we're sent to Tus;umbla, Ala; Moscow, Parls,
Lagrange, Masous, and Brownsville, Tenn,
and Carrot, Miss, this Afternoon, and others
will be sent to morrow.
Appeals for physicians from adjacent towds,
which have been responded TO, have LETT G
scarcity Of medical men 10 Memphis, and the
demand for their services is Increasing daily.
The board Of health officially report twenty SIX
deaths from yellow fever during the past "A
hours ending at six o'clock to tight. Uoder
takers report twenty two additional deaths
outside the city limits for the same PERIOD
Among those who died to day arc 7. NJ.
Brown, +. Scheneyer, Mrs. Margaret Tour,
William Shepard, Edward NJ. j. Burleson,
James Doyle, Mrs. }. 4. Ssroh and Hiss
Kate Cook.
!
Mrs. Robert Brtton, Miss Carrie PIalD, Guss
Leopold, and the wife OF the late Rev: 4. e:
Slater. Eighteen physicians CT the Howard
medical corps report ninety seven naW cases.
BATON RoUGE OK. 7.-Drs. Woods, Har.
risou, ADD Whitaker are improving slowly
The scourge is steadily and cJustaotly doing It's
work. and there is % prospect Of abatement.
The weather continues hot sud oppressive. "A
great many cases are reported as doing badly.
The cry for assistance is coming from every
quarter. The Ho1ards arc s0rcIy pressed, their
EXPENSES now amounting TO hundreds OF dollars
daily aud their resources faiFIy melting away.
Assistance is DOW much needed.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. DR.. Naoucrman
reporis for the twenty four hours cnilng at 4
y. H.: Death from yeIlcw fever, M!s. Elizabeth
Stewart; seventeen new CASES, eleven Il them
colorcd. Tue change to cooler weather aud
small mortality shows that the disease is losing
its malignant character. TIL Inspires fresh
hops of abatement.
Since Ootob.r Is. the board o! health 1t
NJ Dbl, rapors eight new cases ot yellow lever
aod thr.c deaths, Of which one vas case IRE
vou.ly reported aud tSo We're OF the u-bt
cases reported SIEGE the lsL instaat. -Four cases
are now uudCr treatment.
Fourteen cases OF fever at Port lluds 3D. -
OoIy sixty person left who have not had H..
Fever abatug at Canton, but is spreading
through the country.
One new cas-, reported for the last tweuty
four hours and two deaths from fever at Cairo.
Fifty seven cases Of fever to date ct Jackson.
The disease is increasing slowly.
Twelve new cases and three DEATHS at Bay
St. Louis
The FArErUL FEvER-NtgAt Scenes in N.so
Orleans. Three weeks ago this correspondent,
wandering home at 8 o'clock in the morning,
found the tboroughfarc Illuminated by night
lamls, burning at the bedsides of The burning
sufferers. The same was true of St. Charles
and Carondelct streets for q distaucc Of two
mics; of Magazine, Bsronne, Tchoupitoulas
Basin, Rampant, Where, Robertson, and the
streets opposite these which run below Canal.
Upou Charter Royal, Bourbon, Dauphinc, Bur-
gundy and Rampant Streets there has been a
death % every square every day for weeks and
weeks. Ga Custom House street, between
Bourbon aud Royal, child years old is the
last surviving member CT family OF nine.
Poydras market il plethorc OF similar horrors.
Twenty ooc dead bodies were carried out OF
single house, and every residence ID the Vicln
age has scored at least half q dozen victims.
! i
ipdigent, but more high toned ncghborhood5
were not less fortunate. Instances have &C.
Cured when an entire night has passed without
medical advice, aud ct midnight, day CT two
ago, promoent physician on bis rounds was
halted by frantic father, who, With loaded
| pistol, compelled the practitioner to visit Ills
sick child. & is creditable to the parent to say
that he offered the doctor $50 bill for his
service, and to the doctor that be declined to
accept it.-M O. Correspondence.
THE EARNINGS OF NATIONAL BANEs.-The
Comptroller of the Currency has CON PILED
statement showing, by geographical divisions,
tho number and capital of national banks that
declared no dividends for the periods of six
mouths each, eodiDg respectively March lst
and September LIST, from which it appears that
ttr,e hundred aud twanty eight national
banks, with clpital of S4S. 1877, 9OO paid no
dividends for the six months endiog March
1ot 1873 and thr,a hundred and ifrv.seyeD