The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1879-08-04
Tho Fever.

NINE NEW CASES AND FIVE DEATHS on FRIDAY
AND THIRTEEN NEW CASES AND FOUR DEATHS
SATURDAY.
NEW YORK, August 1.-Alr. F. s. Davis,
of Memphis, now here, has received the
following from DR.. r. w. Mitchell, OF the
National Board Ut Health:
Nemphis, Ienn., August IL. S. d.
UiS: have Just arrived from Nashville.
There were nine cases and four deaths here
yesterday. I do not look for Il large in
crease in the number Of cases in any one
day. II we can get the people in camp, it
may stop entirely. The colored people are
giving trouble. They do not want to 60
into camps, and we will need help before
long to feed the hungry. 1t will not 5e safe
to return here before the cold weather.
|SIgncd] Il. W. MITCHELL.
\ priyalc dispatch from Memphis to-day
reports thirteen new cases and four deaths
since yesterday.
MEMPHIS, August 2.-Six new cases were
reported TO the Board OF Health this morn
ing. Two deaths have occurred since last
night. Miss Eudnra Athy, daughter OF
ChirF-of-Policc 4\thy, died this morning al
Raleigh, Tenn, ten miles northeast OF Mem
phis. Her mothers condition is not the
most favorable. Benjamin Adams, whose
death is also recorded, had typical case OF
fever lust year, which cXpiodes the theory
OF immunity from second attack.
Colonel Cameron has quietly collected all
the arms and ammunition fl ON the gun
stores and placed the same in the arsenal at
| the station-house.
The last pasSenger-tran on the Louisville
and Nashville railroad left last night. No
| mails were received by that route this
morning.
LATEST FROM MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, August Eight more cases
| tional deaths have occurred.
The total number Of deaths, according to
official announcement OF the Board OF
Health, for the week ending at O'Clock to.
night is forty-four, OF which twenty-siX
were from yellOw-fever and eighteen from
other causes. 1t was the purpose OF the
president to declare the fever epidemic,
as the number OF deaths from. that
disease exceeded those from all other
causes combined, but as the death
rate for the week shows a material
decrease from that of the previous week he
withhoIds the declaration for the present.
Last week the total deaths were II !; from
| yclIow-fcvcr, 81; other causes, 81. Physi-
clans are sanguine that the maximum death.
rate has been reached, and decrease in the
number OF deaths can reasonably be eN-
pected. A drencLinG rain fell this afternoon.
THE FEVER AT THE NEW YORK QUARANTINE.
NEW York, August 2.-Curtis n. Chap
man. second mate of the brig Salisbury, OF
St. Johns, n. B., and Neil c. Darnstcdt,
sailor OF the same vessel, which touched at
Havana on her way hither, were admitted
TO the quarantine hospital this morning sick
with yellow-fever. There are now five pa
tents at the hospital. Three large buildings
on Hotlman's Island, under control of the
quarantine commissioners, are in readiness
for the reception of patients should the
disease increase and the hospital on Swim
burn Island be found insufficient to accom-
modate the patients arriving. 80. -
HEALTHY LOUISIANA TOWN. -
WASHINGTON. August 2.-The National
Board OF Health has received the following
from Southwest Pass. La: .''-
"Pilot Town has been inspected. There
is no sickness, no fever, no quarantine, and
disnfectants are not needed.
| [Signcd] KILPATRICK."