The New York herald., 1879-08-02

4h'- e ST. LOUIS Mo-, August l. 1879.
No boats from below Cairo have arrived at Quar-
antine to-day. and no have occurred here.
Mrs. Brandy and her children rapidly recover
ing and will be allowed to depart in day or two.
William Martin. who was sent down from the city
yesterday, is much better.
MEMPHIAN REFUGEES RECOVERING.
CINCINNATI, Ohio, August l. 1879.
OF the five Memphians under treatment at the
yellow fever hospital all recovering and consid
cred out OF danger.
AN INFECTED SHIP AT SAN FRANCISCO.
SAN FRAScIsco. CAL, August /. 1879.
The ship Templar arrived last evening. 161 days
from Rio Janeiro. where she put in for repairs on
the voyage out from New York. While in Rio Janero
the captain took yellow fever. but recovered.
Nine of the died in port from that disease.
On the first day after leaving Rio Janero the fever
reappeared The wife OF Captain Armstrong and
Captain Armstrong. his daughter. the ships car
penter and several sailors were taken down.
On June "a William Smelling, chief mate,
fell overheard and was drowned. Captain Armstrong
is still ill., and several of the have not fully
covered Quarantine officers took charge Of the
sci. destroyed tho bedding and carpets dsinfected
the ship and took her to Quarantine. There has not
been new case OF fever on board for three months.
ExHUMArIoN OF THE REMAINS OF BARTHoLo-
NEW M'KEoN-No TRACES OF YELLOW FEVER
TAIL
DR.. vanderpoel returned to his headquarters at
Upper Quarantine last evening at eight O'Clock after
visiting the hospital on West Bank and the quaran-
tine graveyard ut Seguines Point. 1t seems that
arrangement had been made between DIR. VAN
dorpoel Dr. Raymond Superintendent of the
Board of Health Of Brooklyn. and DIR.
James, Sanitary Superintendent of the
Board of Health of this city, to have
post-mortem examination of tho remains OF Bar
tholomew McKeon. from the steamer City of Nc
rida, who was taken sick in Brooklyn and sent to
Quarantine upon the presumption that he was af-
ficted with yellow fever. The doctors disagreed
upon the point. and hence the post-mortem was
suggested. BY oversight on the part of the tel
egraph operator. information sent to DR.. Raymond
and DR.. James about the time DR.. vanderpoel would
start not communicated to them in time for
them to join him in the examination.
In the meantime Dr. vanderpoel sent word to the
Quarantine Hospital not to bury the remains Of
McKeon until he arrived. Before the despatch was
ceived. however, the body had been PLACED board
the Quarantine steamer Hopkins carried the bury
ing ground Seguine Point and inferred Ascertain
ing these facts, Dr. vandcrpoel started Immediately
for Seguine's Point. distance of some If
teen miles. from the West Bank in his own
boat. There he found the grave and
then opened the body and took of pieces of the
liver. The appearance of the organ confirmed the
Doctor in his opinion that the not ono Of
yellow fever. The liver6was OF q dark mahogany
color. almost black. and the spleen enlarged.
The usual appearance of the liver in fatal cases of
yellow fever is that it assumes cafe an Iait color or
that of coffee and milk There is no enlargement of
the spleen in yellow fever and the contrary
case in the spleen OF the deceased.
Portions of the liver will be sent to DIR. RAYMOND
and DIR. James and full official description given
them by Dr. Vanderpoel OF the results of the exhu-
nation. The body was too far decomposed to allow
further Investigation, bat sufficient ascertaned
to establish the fact that it case of yellow
fever.
It should be stated that In the matter of recogni.
ton of bodies deposited In the Quarantine burying
ground there are not only the name and number of
tho deceased placed upon the head board but beside
the body when 1t is inferred IL deposited an herme-
ically sealed bottle containing In writing all the
that can he asccrtained about the subject the name
residcnce age. &c. This bottle will exist for many
years after the remains are reduced to bones and
ashes.
Tho case Of tho third cook Of tho steamer MORO
Castle still continues to bear the appearance of
malarsl fever. That of tho steward OF the City of
New York remains ono OF mild type Of yellow
fever. The patient is said to hardly feel sick.
or tho two deaths on board the steamer Claribe
on her passage from Haytien ports the Health OIL
considers one to be suspicious. The steamer is
at upper quarantine dischargng. and will take in
her return cargo ut the Same place.
The steamship saratoga Loft for Havana Thurs
day night.
MEASURES OF sArrry
Relative to the HxRAIDs editorial, suggesting that
all trade with Havana should be cut of during the
s1ckly season. DE- Nanuerpoel yesterday said that IL
would be impracticabc TO carry out the idea lit
orally. but the point Was met by the statement in
the same issue Of the paper that he had issued an
order prohibiting all vessels from going up to the
city to unload or to load which cases of yellow
fever had occurred while on the passage or whilc
lying at Quarantine.
The bark Antona Sala was towcd down to Ouaran-
tine yesterday from the foot of North Tenth street
Williamsburg, as precautionary measure to guard
against possible infection. The bark ia question
was discovered lying at the dock Thursday even
ing last by a sanitary inspector of the BROOKLYN
Board of Health. She had permit from that
Board and the inspector reported the fas to Acting
Sanitary Superintendent La Fetra IL was
that the vessel, which went up to Brooklyn h. d..
to load arrived from Havana July ~ with cargo
OF sugar ana other material. She lost ono of her
crew by yellow fcvcr during the voyage and another
one OF her men removed to Quarantine HOSPITAL
whore he subsequently diod. The cargo was taken
out and the vessel WAS thoroughly fumigated and
disinfcctcd. She was then, July 2S, given per-
nit to come up 10 Brooklyn. Dr. Vandcrpoci ne
the request of Mr.. La Fetra yesterday caused her To
be returned to Quarantine.
VISITING QUARANTINE
At y meeting of the Quarantine Commissioners
held at their Office In Exchange court yesterday
morning tho following rule was adopted aud will be
strictly enforced:-
antine Department and their families those r,xtarIv
licensed for service under Quarantine and suc as ara
necessarily Engaged in business detained by
hcrein shall visit portion of tho Quarantine
Quarantine authorities without tho permission of the
Quarantine Commissione
Licenses under the rule can be obtained at tho |
Quarantine office. Messrs. Jamcs M. Oakley, David
W. Judd and Jamos McQuade. the Quarantine Com.