Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1879-07-25
Western and Southern States.


Charleston, S. c., has been afflicted by
spell OF intensely hot weather, the thermome-
ter reaching Ill degrees in the shade, and
over hundred cases OF sunstroke- sixteen OF
which proved iatal-having been reported in
side Of forty eight hours.
Lucus Weaver, colored man who had been
arrested for committing an assault on Mrs.
Howell near Knoxville, Tenn, was taken
from his guard by an armed crowd and fatally
shot through the head. And the same night
John Breckenridge, also colored, Tor commit
ting similar crime on young white woman
near Carlisle, Ky, was taken from jail by a
crowd and hanged.
A lew days after the appearance of yellow
fever in Memphis the secretary of the Board
OF Health and president of the Howard Asso-
citation, of that city, sent out dispatch an
nouncing that there were no new cases of fever
and that people who had fed from the city
were returning.
The Wisconsin Greenbackers, at their State
convention in WATERFOWL, nominated full
State ticket, with Colonel May for Governor
ut the cad.
Reports from Virginia, West Virginia and
other sections of the South say the terrific heat
has done much damage to the crops. Drought
and the absence OF rain affected the crops
alarmingly. In many places corn Is literally
burnt up.
Confidence had scarcely returned to the
people of Memphis when fresh alarm was
created by the appearance OF five new cases Of
yellow lever, and many OF those persons who
were returning to the city turned back, while
otherss who had not yet left prepared to make
a hasty departure. Business was seriously
injured by the development of the new cases,
and several firms removed their stocks OF
goods to st. Louis, Cincinnati and Louisville.
From Washington.
| A circular letter from Washington to the
authorities OF Southern cities has been sent by
the National Board of Health, explaining its
powers and duties. The letter says that no
matter how stringent may be the rules made by
| State or local authorities Tor their protection,
the National Board of Health has no power to
interfere. 1T is only when State or local
authority refuses to take even the precaution
considered indispensable by this board that
we can take action legally in the matter. This
board is not expected to do all the work OF
prevention, nor TO pay Tor the doing of such
work. The State and local boards should first
do what they can, and then we can come in to
supplement- their efforts to aid and CO.
operate I'm the terms OF the law. 1t is,
| therefore, the duty of State and local authori-
ties to keep the National Board of Health
fully informed on the following points, namely
| Q) AS TO what rules and regulations they have
adopted; (2) as - how far they can carry out
the ldles and regulations; go as to what aid
they think it is necessary that the National
Board shall furnish, in order that proper rules
and regulations may be enforced"
A statement has been issued by the War
Department giving the number OF men fur
nished the Union army by each State from
April l5 1861, to the close of the war. 1t
shows that the total number of volunteers was
2,678,967, divided as follows: Maine, u, ia; ;
New Hampshire, SO, 629; Vermont, 35262;
Massachusetts,, l42,04S Rhode Island, 23699;
Connecticut, $3.50; Now York, 1904;
New Jersey, 8l0l0; Pennsylvania, $685. lO7;
] Delaware, 1890 Maryland, 5O,9l6j West