The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-07-22

;;yoar.. Inspectors bearin8 red flags stop
every passenger train from the West, COM
mel conductors to close doors and run their
trains through the city at the rate OF six
m lies per hour. Not even her own citizens
who have been of on visit are admitted
into the city. No tramp from the infected
district is allowed to come within the cor
porate limits. Business has been virtually
suspended. The people are respondent.
and large numbers are ready to move out at
moments warning.
ANOTHER QUARANTINE.
STEVENSON, ALA, July 20.-A meeting Of
citizens was held here to-day, and every ar
rangement made to carry into effect rigid
quarantine tomorrow.
SUSPICIOUS FEVER CASES AT MISSISSIPPI CITY.
NEW ORLEANS, July 2L-Five suspicious
fever cases having recently occurred in a
Creole family near Mississippi City, the
health authorities to-day sent medical ex-
perts to investigate the matter. DR.. Chop
pin, in q telegram to DR.. Haden, president
OF the Galveston Board Of Health, stating
the result, says the reported suspicious cases
have been pronounced to be malariai fever.
New Orleans is perfectly free from yellow
fever. Only eigbty-three deaths occurred
last week from all diseases.
THE DISEASE AT SEA.
NEW YORK. July 2I.-The brig Munsen,
from Cardenas, reports boarding the brig
Akbar, from Havana, which she saw in ati-
tude 81, longitude 1850, flying signals
OF distress, and finding the captain and
three men sick with yellow.ieyer. A nayi-
gator was put on board.
APART1AL QUARANTINE AT ST. LOUIS.
ST. LOUIS, July 2l.-Thc health authori-
ties decided last night to put in force par
tial quarantine against Memphis. . \ corps
OF physicians and four sanitary officers were
sent down to quarantine, fifteen miles be-
low the city, to stop Memphis boats, inspect
passengers, and make use OF disiniectants.
MORE TELLow-FErER oS sHIPBoARD.
NEW YORK, July 21.-Two seamen from
the American bark Antonio Sail, from Ha-
vana, were taken to the quarantine hospital
yesterday, suffering with yellow-feYer. One
died this morning. Four fever patients
now remain in the hospital.
MOVEMENT TO ORGANIZE A YELLow-FEvER
RELIEF COMMITTEE.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-Hon. Casey
Young, OF Memphis, and other prominent
southern gentlemen are contemplating the
organization of a yellow fever relief COM
mittee in this city. The idea is, in the event
OF the fever becoming epide1 ic, to receive
in Washington such donations as may be
offered, and to distribute the same to the
best advantage throughout the infected dis
tricts. a formal meeting to consider the
proposition is to be held tomorrow night.
THE DIsINFEcTloS OF TIE MAILS, &C.
WASHINGTON, July 2l.-Owing to the re-
ccipt OF applications at the Post Office De-
partment for the fumgation of mail matter,
the Acting Po<tmaster-General hos teIc-
graphed all parties interested that the De.
partment cannot go into the expense OF fu-
mlgation, but that po<t-oilice officials will
cu0perate with all local quarantine authori-
ties in any reasonable request looking TO the
proper disinIection OF the mails.
Acting Secretary oi-thc-TreaSury French
to-day received requests from The steamboat
inspectors at Memphis that they might leave
the city and camp out in the country to es-
cape the yeIow-fever. The requests were
granted.
RELIEF FOR MEMPHIS.
WASHINGTON, July 21.-Upon request OF
Hon. Casey Young the Secretary OF War
will to-day forward to Memphis 1,5G0 tents,
and ratons for 10000 persons for twenty
DAYS,