The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-05-18
BOARD OF HEALTH.
The Steamship Caldera Released
from Quarantine.

The board held special meeting at IL
o'clock m. yesterday.
Present: Drs. fancy. Loeber, Albrecht,
Marks.
DR.. Chopin being absent, DR.. fancy took
the chair.
The object OF the meeting was to consider
the request OF Messrs. l.. Grand u Co, agents
OF the Transatlantic Steamship Company.
with regard to the steamship Caldera The
following IL the letter of L. Grand II Co., read
at the last meeting OF the board, together
with accompanying telegram Of the captain
| to his agents
NEW ORLEANS. May Is. 1870
To the President and Members Of the Board oil
Health. New Dreams
Ge,,temen-I beg to call your attention to the
following statement In regard to the steamship
Caldera OF the Gle Gle Transatl8ntiuue Com :
pany. just arrived to-day:
said steamship cones e. from Marseilles, via
In this last port, as has been advised by your
board. she has not taken ANYTHING. not even
apy mi Wbatever as t Is stated b.
the certificate OF the American consul ut that
port.
ages Of oil or wine from Marseil!es or spain.
Ii she has any passengers. which do not know
as vet, they come from Europe.
herself therefore before you without, | hope,
any cause Of detention. Her outward cargo is
awaiting her; Your favorable decision is thus
difficulties are going daily to accumulate to the
great detriment of all Interested.
remain. gentlemen yours tTrnnlyNn A.on+
P. S-The following is the translation Of the
telegram received from the captain:
PonI EAps May u 1s7o 2, a rn Certeae
steamship has had no communication whatever
Quarantine. NOUVELLON.
Mr.. Marks moved that the Caldera be re-
leased Immediately. Carried.
A letter from the United States consul at
st. Thomas was read, informing the board
that the island was free from any contagious
disease, and that the Caldera had been given a
clear bill OF health, she having had no com
munication with the shore.
Capt. T.. Brown, OF the ship Moorhill, at
Quarantine Station, writes that his vessel had
been sixty days out from Rio, all well on
board. There was one death during the vOy
age, but not from yellow fever.
a letter from Dir. Darlington. in regard to
the Moorhill, says:
"The bark Moorhill reached Rio on the four
teenth of Febrnary; left that port for New Or
leans on the fifteenth Of March. and arrived at
s az on ae and cd May M
While In Rio a number Of the crew were placed
In the hospital. After some days out, one of
the crew who had shipped at Rio became sick
and died on the twenty fourth of March. since
that cate there has been no sickness on board.
The hold Of ths vessel is something less than
half full of coffee, and the matches have been
opened during I ,ir weather on the voyage.
Capt Ssa. Of the brigantine Pedro Tulull, left
Fl tvana ON the thirtieth of April the date OF
departure of the steamer st. Louis. and arrived
here on the eighth. He says he had yellow fever
In Pernambuco In 1871. and again at Havana In
1875 He desires to be permitted to visit the city
80 that he may make arrangements for the pur-
chase of a cargo and falling to secure freight
Is decided on favorably. please telegraph. at his
expense. Very respectfully.
?. s. DARLINGTON. M. ID.
On motion of Mr.. Booth, the case of the
Bark Moorhill was laid over until the next
regular meeting Of the board, and Capt. Sisa
was permitted to come to the city.
A substitute to Mr. Booths resolution was
offered by Col. Hardee, who moved that the
vessel be allowed to come up in ten days Il all
were well, and Ii she was fumigated.
Mr.. Booth opposed the substitute, and DR..
fancy favored the postponement OF the mat
ter to the next meeting
Mr.. Booths motion finally prevailed.
A motion by Col Hardee that the vote by
which Mr.. Booths motion passed, be recon-
sidcred, was lost and the board adjourned.