The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1883-07-27
THE YELLOW.FEvER.
Ine steamship Andcan Sent to Deop
Water-Thc Ono Patient Gonzales
Especial telegram to the DIspatchJ

Water-Thc Ono Patient Gonzales
cent.
Especial telegram to the Dspatch.l
NORFOLK, VA, July &C. The steamship
Andean was to-day sent down TO deep wa
ter in the lower bay between the Thimble
light and Cape Henry, where she is TO re
main for three days. The yellow-fevel
barge Selden Is in shallow water between
Mason's creek and Willoughby Spit, ant
should any other eases occur on the shiI
they may be transferred by boat to tn,
barge. The man sick with yellow-fevel
had very light attack, and needs no fur
Their medical attention. and 10 physician
has been sent down to the ship, nor will ;
physician and nurse be sent to the barg,
until needed.
The Merchants and Manufacturers En-
change and the Cotton Exchange met to
day and adopted resolution petitionina
the Surgeon-General OF the Marine-Hos
pital Service to remove the hospital-shiI
Selden to Lynnhaven bay, as her location
in Willoughby bay is preiudicial to the in
terests Of Old Point. Ocean View, anC
Norfolk
TIE HAMPTON-ROADs SCARE.
fBy Associated Prcssl
NORFOLK, July 26.-Surgeon-Genera
Hamilton's order establishing hospital
barge Selden of SewelPs Point. and Secro.
tary Folger's telegram to the collector Of
customs ut Baltimore TO instruct the reve.
nue-steamer Ewing to stop all foreign YES.
sells entering the capes, and il any sick.
ness be found on board to require them to
anchor near Ocean View until boarded by
a health officer, has aroused, in cOnnec.
ton with the arrival OF the British
steamer Andean ut Hampton Roads from
Vera Cruz with 4 case OF sickness
supposed to be yellow-ieyer, an alarm and
protest at this port. The Norfolk and
Portsmouth Cotton Exchange and Norfolk
and Portsmouth Merchants and Manuiac.
turers Exchange held meetings to-day and
passed resolutions pettioning the Secretary
Of the Treasury and Surgeon-General to
remove the Hospital barge to Lynnhaven
bay. Just outside OF Cape Henry, and also
to order into quarantine at that point all
infected vessels that may enter Hampton
Roads.
no FEVER AT NEW ORLEANs-THE BARK sA-
LONE.
WASHINGTON, July 2G.-Prcsident Jones,
OF the New Orleans Board OF Health, to-
day tclegraphed TO Surgeon General Ham.
ilton that up to date there has not been
even a suspicious case Of fever in New Or
leans tins year, and that the city is in q
healthy condition.
The Norfolk quarantine officers have
been directed 10 cause the bark SalOme,
which is suspected Of being infected with
yelow-iever, to anchor off the shore should
she pass the capes until an inspection can
be made.
QUARANTINE MATTERS AT NEW ORLEANS.
NEW ORLEANS, July 2G.-The Times.
Democrats Baton Rouge special says that
in pursuance OF 4 resolution OF the State
Board OF Health, Governor McEnery has
issued proclamation directing that all YES.
sells now at quarantine stations IN Missis.
sippi river which are infected with yellow
fever be removed without unnecessary
delay to the quarantine station mt Ship
Island for inspection, cleansing, and fllmi'
cation; and he further orders and directs
that all vessels from the ports OF Vera Cruz,
Rio de Janeiro, and Havana, and sucl
other ports as may become infected will
yellow-fever, be prohibited from entering
the waters OF the Mississippi river Quar-.
antine officers are directed to enforce
strictly the execution OF this proclamation
THE CITY OF WASHINGTON At NEW YORK.
NEW YORK. July 2G.-The steamship
City of Washington from Vera Cruz, froR
which General Ord was taken at Hayan;
to die OF yellOw-fever on July I'D, arrived
at the yellew-feyer quarantine station las
evening. The health officers boarded her
but found no cases Of yellow-feyer. Since
she LETT Havana all on board have been well
| II no new cases are discovered the passen
gers will be allowed to land.
| ONE DEATH AT THE PHILADELPHIA QUARAN
TINE.
! PHILADELPHIA, July 26.-Thc quarantine
physician to-day reported to the Board o.
| Health that Patrick Kelly, seaman OF thu
/ brig Julia Blake, died of yellow-iever las
night at the hospital a; LazarettO station, a
which place he had been removed from thu
vessel. The brig, which was bound from
Havana for this port, loaded with bones il
| bags, is detained at quarantine, and vii
| be thoroughly fumigatcd and the cargo re
moved before being permitted to pass M
the river. She Will probably tie detained
| at the station for three weeks.