Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-24
L.EkL0W FEI'sE.

NIDctceu Lew cas.S CT St!OH ItF,f heie &c
ported at Men pills yesterday, atdth deaib9
The disease was spraediog 10 the Icrthsrn por
ton of the city.
CharIe s Hssleil. Of tho lark Shetland, from
MataIzas, vas admi ted to the guarantee
hospital o. New York yesterday sick with yel
low favor. Tbtre are now four palsnts d9S1
with the fever 10 hospital. Thomas Meter
mack. aged 30, wa, found lyiog six ct The
Hobcken ferry He WAS taken 10 tie station
house aud the City Pnyslc4n sumuoned. who
examined the II NJ AID prouou1c.d tie dIstass
o case Of ye.W fever 10 lis first stages. AID the
sick man wGs fem"ved 10 The PTS: house.
The body Of D@nu!s Manu- 6. The yellow
fever patent who died in Brooklyn yts;eEdaE,
Was buried that evening OF tistbosh, ard 10
day the sabtsIy superinteud-nt caused the
premises 10 Columbia street, where Manplcg
died 10 be ten jrlry vacated and The apart
ments fumiRa;ed.
The bark diana, Captain Eyscs, from New
C:lsb,r, A'rIcs, is 1T quarantine at WI mlg
top, N. g. , With enc OF Gsr crew deat aud tWO
sick OF African fever.
Nicely nice deaths fon yellow fever cciur
red at Havana, Cuba, duripg tho week eudet
Jay l9. b:i-g a decrease Ct 10 as compared
Win tCC plCVituj WEI *. 1ciiJH '|F'i bHS
broken ouI al TanpIco, Nix!
LATER
New York, July "a A Msnph;s special
Ct last night sty.: "a visit 10 the diif;reut re.
lit organ .lious results 10 fading report Of
new cases beyc1d lhnso reported, and those
ia c'argc are doing moderately wall
The Hlwards ale reovtg letters AMI dispatches
from Northern people oI.rIag their serVl,e as
nurses, but it it We'll 10 state 10 sp2lloaus that
90 rurses ar, wanted as yer. aud none will be
enlisted to do service, uoilss they er, scclmit'
I'd ind havo had experience 10 the treatment
cfvepw icvr.
Itulrirs lmoog tho pbgs;o!ens concoroiog
the progress Of tho fever rcVca! notbiog new.
Sonc OF them ilsist that We bave some types
OF malsrisl and others that We have geuuIno
yellow fever but ell agree that NO will not be
pip 10 have as bad o year as ,ba. of 1873 aud
1875.
A dispatch from Atlanta, Co., soys: There is
considerable excitement throughout Georgia to
day owing to tie sppeararca OF yellow fever il
Opeliku, Ala. 1t is discovered that the two
cases aud there were imported, that there is no
sign Of sny other CESS ODclka has never
had pa,ive osse md ia 10 flee coud,icp.
CINCINNATI, July 24.-Sperisl dispatches
from ,tc South hugo tie following: Tire
cases of yellow fever are reported a. Bon Aq1s
Springs, Tenp., 10 which point many Memphis
neople Fl d. atnoog others Lieui. Robt Dogdy,
u. s. A, who is uoT deWn with the fever.
Efforts arc progressing to se.ect cam Ter il
digcnt people or ni'es from Memphis.
Those going TO i. Will be led aad provided for.
Undar DO circumstances will ratious be issued
to people 10 the CITY. Numerous rough looking
plaa.ation hauds Continue 10 arrive In the city
10 search Of Tree rsiuns, aud adVlces from plan.
,atons 90 miles away IcpGrt that the negroes
ere openly sayiog the will 60 10 Memphis to
pluoder and enrich themselves. From the
prcse1t outlook il is doubtful ii there vii DO
able bodied rncn enough 10 the city n too weeks
to protect property against pi'lagcrs. Very few
Of thCs VINO remai1ed through last year 3 siege
are 10 tie seen 10 the ci;Y COW. Although the
total plumber Of fever cases reported is Only 30
it is known that Other sick hare not been ~
cluied, owing to the uild0css Of the stack. II
is generally believed that all lsble to the maIady
will sutf-r before the sum per cuds, bat the
indications are that it will be OF 3 less violent
type than any heretofore experienced In sew
erat families whero all have been dowa none
have died
MEAPHIs. TENN, July q Fourteen new
cases Of yellow fever were reporter 20 the Board
Of Health this morning. Among the number
,re Charles a. Stacy md Alex. Kepler. Two
car loads of teLis turashed by the government,
nsve arrived sid ths city authorities will TO-
morrow e,tab ish y.rrp at point seven miles
north Of the city, on hs Psducah Railroad The
BoHaId Association yesterday placed lew
Il ore nuraes on duty. This morning the streets
in front Of their rooms was crowded by colored
people, al anxious to be assigned to duty. They
we're ioform ed that no more Dur.es were Iequir.
ID, Uhereupon they Dispersed.
Four deaths from yellow fever have occurred
since last night-Mr! B. 4. Hollende:, Jhn
Lcckard, Hrs Is. f. Miller and Henrietta Taylor