Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1879-07-19
Yellow Fever,


mak's l6 cases 10 all ao1 DEATHS
Bas;oess IS almost catlIci5 suspended, es
psc.siiy nmoog VII )lCssie ulsIcSaa:s. LNge
crowds Of citzens tr. leaving co every train that
departs trcm The city. The Manhattan erd
Emmett banks have cl5sed their doors, leaving
their collections aud deposits to the care OF
other banks. D-tachueuls Of the ChicksaT
Guards add Bluff City Guards have Left ter
Clarksoo, Tenn, where both companies will 60
into camp. Quarantine is again universally
established agalnst the city.
Ia reply to q note to TIE President CT the Lou.
isville sud Nashville Il. r., irquiring what help
| @ould OF extended 10 th. poor If il should be
| nee, ss,ry to seDd them Gu, of tee ci'y. Mr..
Stasoiford replied that half fare rates would be
| made to pcinis 10 TenEessec, Gud adds II! Wou.d
seem TO me better that they seek the cou9try.
| where they can Obtain emf Iymsnt, ilssead IT
large cities. where they would probably have TO
remao Idle aud pay exo:ttarlly for ell the
necessaries Of life, thereby causing them pos
slo'y gr, alter S. # ring"
| \ dspatcl ffom Mem York says that up 10
yesterday ten css.s of yeLW lever had been
received OF the quarantine hospital % SWIM
| burre island. Ffeviyus to the l. h three had
been received, AID Cd that day four were ken
Il Of vlssas from H.vapa. "a Monday l.
Seaman Vas !akep from the steamship from
| Hzvsno, aud aooth,r from strsmer from
taken from schooner from Havana. OF tho
ten. onc has cisd
A; mee,ipg IF The CAbiaet in Washington
Yesterday tho It qlts. of The n .tional Bari Of
| Health that medical Cfhctrs irvm the army and
uavy be detailed fer the duly 10 the iotcc'ed
distIic WAS considered, and q variety OF OPP
nions manifested, but no conclusion reached.
| 4 the mail messengers between Memphis
and Vicksbufg have allowed them 'eiV.s to be
q1arsnlinrd q. Memphis, aud will not be per
United TO perform seIvc.. BoaIs ara running
regularly between ST.. Louis cnd Nlcksburg,
but make 90 atops at MenphIs.
Galvestop +. xss, has DOW declared ql:rs1-
lios against New Orieats, that city raving
raised Qlarar!lro agsius; VI. N phis, and the
probability being that the germ is 10 New Or
leans and liable to develop OF any momcol.
New YoRK July ia special from Nash
vile. Teto., says that largo number OF Slst, rs
of Charity arrived there from Memphis yesser-
day. Refugees from that city cay the worst
has Cot been told, aud successive Stampede
from Memphis must result within the next few
days. TIE gloomy news from Memphis has
cccAsi1ted great uneaslucs', oua the VOLS: up
p;chcusious 5rc ct UoioD City, T,no. The
board OF health has ordered the establishment
to day 81 most stringent quarantine toward
all railroads. Under tho excitement clnzers
hav. packed W their Trucks, und ara 10 rcadl.
nass for flight at any rlcnlept. Tho tea!Ih CT
Uoiou C,ty is excellent.
A special from Huntsville, Ala. Gays: N=Ws
from Memphis has created great .x,temeat
here. The peoplo are highly indignant q. the
action OF the Memphis merchants Ia ship
ping goods hsre tor storage. a meeting will
bs held TO day to recommend rigid qusran
the 10 be enforced By The city goveroment. Tie
hotels aad boarding houseD here arc slrta;y
| filed with Menphls refugees.
CINCINNATI, o., July ia Coam ,rciaI
special from Memphis spys: TIE first ou;orssk
OF til, fever, as reported ca Thursday, has
damDcned tic hopts OF those who bad beca
locking on the bright s;de. L,aGinS v;;iz ,us
have bcepputtipg their hUusesin nrler TO depart.
Gaston's ho,el Is closed. and thcPeabody is open
as restaurant DOLLY. There ia no tx:i.omeot,
but sill business is ht stand still. and the long
stretch from NOW until frost-more than thrco
months sway-is any thing but cheerful to the
feelings OF those Woo are obliged ID rsmain. By
another week it IL expected that the leading bus
iloss houEes will be closed and the town reduced
| 10 yellow foyer basis.
| j NJ Williamson, CT tho OhicksssW Guarjs,
mss been sck four days He hes fllly Geve!o2 ed
case, and is in high fever, but his hJsciau
reports him Sc getting on we'll.
! Fred E3kcrs, Tho barber, came Ltre otter the
| plague les; summer, and has beer suit lot to
bilious attacks The l3 Year old son ol Chief
OF Police AtLcy hes BEEN i'll three days 10 the
northwestern p.rt OF The city teyCnd where
| Tobin died. Il nuise vas seot by the Masonic
| Order to German iauiIy 90 South street. said
to have yellow fever. This indicates dispos:'
| ton Oh the part ct the ma!a5y 10 spread Dorlh.
ward. Some Is or 20 cases Low prevail 10 Clay
street vicinity ope square below South street.
Tho scattered and widely distant localities
| where tho sick arc ludo,le that the lever 70 s.
on is 10 The air, aud many believe the lever viii
| shortly prevail 10 hn epidemic farm. Many Of
| the sick appear 10 be lightly affected. E;urst
Ray contiDucs to inprovs-s wonderful iecoV-
ely i1deed. The number Of sick now suffering
With supposed yellow f-ver is somewhere rcar
90. about the same rumber as Wss announced
last year. lust one month later. Tho Towards
have at con meEc:d work. sud will not uD.!l
the sickn brclmes epidemic
MEMPHIS, July 19-rhree Dew caseB Of
yellow fever We're r'prrsed to the Board Of
Health this morning, Louisa T. and Viola GGd
seq, Two sisters residing al N 4SBfad FORD street.
and Tom kernan. passenger sg .ut ct the Mem
rhis Bbd Charleston R. r Tue illness q the
q ,dsep siscss ~ be tree to Infection from the
robia family The young ladies were 10 a!teu
date! On MIS-. Totin uutil her case wa7 pro-
nOuuced yslIow t.vcr. These CASTS dispel
the sporadic theory. Hiram Athy, SOD Of
Chief of Puiise Athy is dying. although bis
case las DOT yet ocru reported 10 the Board
of Health as yellow !ev.r. The Chiefs
residences il 10 the ueighboracod of the dwelling
IF the TobiDs. ~ is also Tom Kernap's. The
report Of the death Ct Fred E,kers was prcms
lure. lie is Ii9iog hut lies in az extremely
critical coDdiIioD. Tnc weather is warm and
sultry with occasional showers. The develop
mout OF neg Gases has given fresh impetus 10
the exodus of citizens
NEW YoRK, July 19-Ehrich E;chmap,
walIer taken from the steamship City of Merida
which arrived frcm Mexican pers, last Mon.
dsy, died 10 quarantine hospital on SSinhurcc
Island yesterday from yellow fever.
LET Us HELP ONE ANoTHEa.-This little
ssnteace should DO written on every heart and