Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-06

bic for the health officer or his sanitary
force, which now embraces near 300 men,
to 20 everywhere and abate everything.
To do this he must be aided by the citi-
zens, who are interested in this work,
aud should at ouce disinfect their prem.
Uses.
REPORTS OF YELLOW FEVER.
There are and have been reports Of
yellow fever, but these are unfounded.
The LEDGER has long stree advocated
quarantine, and would not suppress nor
would it conceal the tact Of The appear.
ance Of yellow fever in this city. So
far the city has escaped, and we think it
will enjoy immunity from the disease,
because Of the prompt action Of the
board Of health 10 clessing the streets
and enforcing quarantine. From the
official letter Of Dr.. Laurence, which we
give below, it will be seen that the man
who came here by steamer from New
Orleans, had the yellow fever aad died
at the Lagoretto, on Presidents Island.
TEANER GOLDEN CROWN.
This yellow fever infected sternwheel
boat, commanded by one called Capt.
Walker" and having a clerk named
Mr.. Shinkle," passed here Thursday
night. The LEDGER published a letter
from Helena stating that yellow lever
was reported on board the Golden Crown.
De. Laurence examined the boat at
Presidents Island, and finding yellow
fever on board, refused to give her a
clean bill Of health. The said Walker
and Shinkle gave their agent, r P.
Glenn, Of the wharf boat, a card denying
there was any sickness on the Golden
Crown. From this boat Eve persons
from New Orleans reached Memphis
and yesterday these persons we're re.
moved from the city by DR.. Erskine, the
health officer. This Walker and his
man Friday, Shiukle, endangered the
welfare and the lives of the many
people here. When the boat reached
Cairo the health officer OF that city
says q telegram, found a lady
passenger on board sick with yellow fe
yer. DR.. Laurence made an examina
ton of the Golden Crown here and de
clAred she had yellow fever on board
We agree with the Appeal in saying
THE captain Of the Golden Grown ha
made misrepresentation to the public
q acted in bad faith in this whole matter
and deserves the severest censure. N
, man who is not lost TO all sense of wha
3 is right, or who does not want to subor
dinate everything to bis selfish purposes
t would, in the face of physicians dsclara
. tons that he had yellow fever on boord
8 try to land at any port where the ieve
q was liable to find Judgment, and 81
spread disease and death around. W
q say again that the captain Of the Colder
d Crown is in the highest degree censura
b BILE, and his case should be q warning Il
all transportation agents, whether OIL
river or railroad"
NEWS FROM. y ORLEANS.
A gentleman from New Orleans in
forms us that the fever there is mue'
. worse than reported. 1t exercises
general depression Of all business an,
much alarm exists among the people
who are getting away as fast as possible
The Mississippi Central being the onl
= avenue by land for the fugitives, III
coaches are crowded by the refugees
Owing to the malignant character Of til
disease and the impossibility to chez
its spread, the president Of the New Oh
leans board Of health has deemed it ust
less and perhaps impracticable to repor
the number of new cases. We deepl
sYmpathize with New Orleans in be
sfl iction, and from good iniormatio
have reason to believe that that city
destined to q most fearful ravage OF th
. yellow fever. The disease appeared i
New Orleans as early as the eighteent
# May, although the hoard {
= health there either did not know c
suppressed the fact Of its appearance
When, three weeks ago, the LEDGER at
. vocated quarantine we we're not unmin,
/, ful of the probability of the dises'
spreading because Of its early appear
= ance 10 that city. Now the increase
= amount OF yellow fever has induced D
> Chopin to Withhold any and oil informatio
respecting the spread. This action ma
/, be convenient, but its wisdom may
y questioned.
MEMPHIS BOARD OF HEALTH.
n The beard Of health met at ten o'cloo
Al this morning aud heard reports Of ph!
sicians throughout the city. No case
= yellow fever nor anything like it was r
ported. DR.. L~aurence's letter respectin
the existence of yellow fever on th
!. Golden Crown was read and filed.
= FROM QUARANTINE STATION.
!. The following letter vas read;
GUARANTEES STATIag. |
o. PREsDRNT's1 ISLAND, August 8, 1873
j. il. Erskine, N. D., Health Officer;
DEAR SIR-The patient, WillieWarreI
| aged II, admitted to the Quarantir
Hospif ], August 3, died at 10 am. t
ir day. Black vomit, 10 great quRntlt.
d. appeared about midnight, There was
- fetal suppression Of urine, with con