The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1879-09-20
The Howards Of Memphis Asking
for $50, 900 for that City.
The Attorney General of Tennessee De-
cides that Regulation No. 8 Of the
Board of Health is Legal
The Fever at Con-
cordia, Miss.

since last eyenng-Willio Seidel, check boy In
the Western Union Telegraph office: David
Bacon, Orange Reed, the last colored. The
weather is clear and pleasant.
1p. m.-Eight new cases have been reported
to the board Of health-Agnes Scott, Oswald
Largsfildt John Brunners, Mary E. Cham
bers. Millie Chambers, William Ryan, Cathe-
rine Ryan, Mollie Davis, the last named col
ored
J. w. Preston, chairman Of the citizens
committee OF Chicago telegraphs the How
ards to draw for another $1,000.
3p.m.-E Eleven cases in al,ni white and
two colored, were reported to-day. The three
| reported this afternoon were W. Il. Redford,
Lizzie Prestidge and one cOlored. Three ad-
ditional deaths have occurred-Lou D. John,
Albert Atwood and Mollie Davis, the last
Mark M. Organs Illness has been declared
yellow fever. His name will doubtless be re-
ported tomorrow.
The donations to the Howards to-day ag-
| gregated $1175 30.
Peter Harrison, the weI-known carriage
| trimmer. died late this evening OF fever after
the closing of the official report of the day.
| F. P Blessing and Will G. Woodward, with
two efficient nurses, left this afternoon for
sixty-tive miles down the river, from which
point they will go In skiff to Concorda.
The following Is the opinion Of State Attor-
ney General BENZ. J. Lea, as telegraphed to-
day to DR.. j. d. Plunkett, president of the
State Board OF Health, at Nashville:
KNOXVILLE, Tenn, Sept. 10, 1879.
To DIR. ]. D. Plunkett. President of the Board Of
Health. Nashville. Tenn:
In reply to your letter Of yesterday, asking
my opinion by telegram whether the State
Board of Health has legal authority to enact
such rule as number 6, which reads: mo
oVxyin no al pYofar
Memphis during the epidemic" 1t Is my
opinion that the board OF health has power
to enact such rules and regulations as will
prevent the spread OF the disease, even to the
prevention Of all travel and interruption OF all
commerce If the spread OF the disease cannot
be otherwise arrested. The primary object
of the law Is to prevent the spread Of the
disease; 1t this can be done by restriction on
travel and commerce the board should SO act.
If it cannot be thus prevented. then in order
to arrest it they may stop all travel and COM
mnnication with the infected district, except
such as may be necessary to afford relief to
| the infected district. The board had the right
! to enact rule number 6 IL in their judgment it
! disease.
The Thermometer has ranged between 63
and ~.
THE FEVER AT CoNCoRDIA, MISS.
GREENvILLE, Sept. 19-Four new cases OF
| yellow fever have been reported at COncordia
CO-QAy, TWO WllGS duu TWO GOlOEeu. L u6
whites are E. Blessing and F. Tobin, and the
negroes G. Smith and NJ Arnold. Only one
death has occurred In the last twenty four
hours that OF Samuel Riesman. It is thought
that George Tobin and Mrs. Keys will die
before morning. The cases to-day make six
| teen in all.
| There is great need of money at Concordia.
| Twelve nurses are on duty there and four
more were sent to-day, but they are wholly
without pay, and 1t is impossible to see where
the money to pay them is to come from.
AID FOR MEMPHIS.
| NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-On the trip from
| Liverpool to New York OF the steamship City
| of Chester, of the Inman Line, a musical and
recitation entertainment was given to the
cabin passengers, at which 800 were collected
for the benefit Of the Memphis fever sufferers.
WHAT THE MEMPHIS HowARDs NEED.
NEW YORK, Sept. 19.-Mr. Langstaff, in his
appeal for funds for aid Of the Howards at
Memphis, says: The amount required to
provision those living in camp, who cannot
return to their homes until the ep1iemic
ceases, will not be less than one hundred
| Thousand dollars. The amount required to
continue the work Of the association cannot
be definitely estimated. We believe that about
sixty thousand dollars will be needed.