The New York Herald Newspaper, September 10, 1878, Page 3

« of bi “THE PESTILENCE No Abatement of the Yellow Fever in the South, TERRIBLE CONDITION OF MEMPHIS. Patients Dying Unattended in Their Houses. HOPEFUL OUTLOOK IN GRENADA Frightful Death Rollin the Crescent City. CONTRIBUTIONS FROM THE COUNTRY. a Nurses and Doctors Hurrying to the Aid of the Sufferers. —_—-——_—_ @1X HUNDRED AND SIXTEEN NEW CASES AND EIGHTY-SEVEN DEATHS IN NEW ORLEANS— SPANIABDS AND ITALIANS FLEVING TEE CITY— BaMES OF THE DZAD. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. |] New Onueans, Sept. 9, 1878, ‘The number of now cases of yellow fever reported in the last twenty-four hours 1s as tollows:— By the Howard. Board of Healt ‘Young Men’s Christian Association Total A 430 144 aeeeees. sevesecee 616 4 571 yesterday ; au increase of 46, ‘ Alerge number of the Howard’s cases are cases that have laia over for the past week" unreported. Outs of Alty-four cai among the employés of tho ‘New Orleans gas works and (heir tamilies only e! have died go far, among whom four were children. REPORTS FROM THE HOSPITALS, Up to date the Charity Hospital hes discharged 109 persons cured and has now 213 cases under treat- ment. The number of deaths here have been 246, among which nine were children under twelve years, Th in charge of has bad charged cured, leaving twelve casi THE SPANIARDS AND ITALIANS, ‘The occupations of at loast two natiogalities in this reat Babylon of cities very seldom vary. The Span- rds are forthe most part cigar venders or oyster men, ad the first have generally been ucelimated in Cuba, and the last have long since sought safety along our sea shores, Tne Italians are noarly all fruit @oulers, Quite a large number of these have fled the city und their little booths, once so bright with vari sted trait and gi th Ltalian volubility and exer Ment, are now silent and doserted, giving a most wel: to everything round about them, eof Keer remarked to- preset pest, a polson, tor num- havo been stricken down, Most ef those who Dave left the city have jocated themselves pear the Ked Church, seme twenty miles above, where thoy Daye mave quite a.setiiement.. Use who visited this locality some days ago says their condition there is better tngo might be expected. No lever hus as yet sppeared among them. If it sheuld come, however, A inust be under the inoss vated form, in a plac Whery medicines, bu tors—all to remain in tne city ie to dato wanting. and take tho DREAD OF THE DISEASE, 1 sew to-day a Jamily of four, nut one of whom had ad the fever. All were more or less terrifiea—tho jothos Most of all. But this 16 not peculiar to this. popaiation alone, We bave not even a single un- Acol:mated person this season who does not seem to Bi) ‘with which tne pestilence runs its course muy, ia part, accouut dor. shis, A very flow hours decides oiten the fate of the patient, even when sended, Imprudence af death. Thisis a peculiarity of the dise: y which the unacclimuted wiil not understand, ana yet, Birango as 1t may uppear, it adds to their fear of she } Thp salé. period after vpperent recovery this to havo been longer deferred than ui! 3 A SAD CASE, Wo knew ol one cuse where the patient died three Weeks altor being apparently well, What made this fase particularily sad was that the young lady bad fast married a poor and honorable young man Dgainst tne consent of her parents, and ail her relatives deserted ner in cousequence, with & Only the yearnings uf a mother’s a dying child, oly ubattended, of her wealthy nt mansions to attend the eve year seons te. funeral of ihe poor girl. THE DEATH kuroRT. The pumber oi deaths fur the past twenty-tour Dours trom yellow fever 19 eighty-seven, an increase wiz, Severul of the above are cases that beon held over, owing. to the failore @ Coroner im making wis report, Among the cighty-ono deaths reported yesterday thirty-five wero dren under twelvo. Among the eighty-seven to- bildren number twenty-seven, Some ol our been extremely successful in their of children. That most eminent physician and noble gentieman Dr. William H. Hoicome, out of seventy-three cuses of chidren, has lost only two NAMES OF The DEAD, The names of the dead for the past twenty four hours are as follows :— Louisa Minson. James M, Ritchie, Ri Mrs, Aooa M. Brown, Cuaries Maley. G, W. Grit, Francis Mcstay. Adolph Antonina, F. Geretz George Muuledous, ©. Behrend, Barbara Dicirico. Mrs, Marie Hervineau, Wiihem Y. Roverts. Alice Deduc, Louis Scnmtut. Ez «beta Johnson, Martin Peiissier, Jobu Murphy. Ruth M. Samuels, Euward Brennan. Mrs. Dela Dillman, Guetuna Gaillarda, Soph Hoon, Mary Mayne. Lelaro Fi William Woish. Jean P. Selerin. Jahiet Laumor. James Turne: Joseph Baoner, E.ward brown, John B. Keany. Margaret Clark, Betagot Onvieri. George Walker. Laciena Fiero, Eatvelie Israel Loum &. Bartoelmy. Willtam K shoes. Joun A. Gleason. Christina Brandt, Ellen King. Isaac J Mary J. Oswald. Peliegrino. 8. M. Roohs, Mrs. G. Bagale, J. J. Tournier, Louw Mitler, Johannes Thoman, Louis Manson, Joseph W. Cotitns, Rudolph Buenier, Richard Kubeveck, Camille Fitzpatrick, Alex. Poporuy. «B. B, Dauterive, Joho Robertson. Hanoun Hoidongspelder. Cbsties R. Bell, Maury Jano Birzie. Orson 8, Babcock. Alorsi! +d Haritoger. Mik, é Mrs. C. Werman, Pierre Crave. Juliana Heit, Wilttam Kygers, NEW CASES. The following are among (tbo newly reported pases resa’s Chureb, z onvenk . inember of Howard Association, nvon, o volunteer physician of Young Men n Association, BR on as J, Alleyn, of the Wostern Unton Telegraph CONVALESCENTS. The following are the coovaloseing :— Captain sam. Hend c. Ailon Hill, D, B. Mogey. William Wallace Wood. H. D. Thompson, D. Webster, of R.-G. Yun J. M. Walpole, Chartos Cha & Cv, Dr. Mandeville. William Morrison, DICREASE OF NeW casks IN VICKSBURG— LIST OF THE DEAD—MONE RAILROAD QUAR ANTINING, [BY TELEGRAPH To THe HERALD.) Vicksuune, Sept, 9, 1878, W. E. Filppon, manager of the telograph office here, is alone tonight, tired, worn ana overrun with business, J. W. Alvis, the first operator take down, died today. Colonel Martin Keary, County Treasurer, popular man anda good enterprising oitizen, 11 Joss will be deeply felt, is among the many deaths of to-day. There has been a decided dverease in Dew caser, Dut Hone In the woath roll, Uist oF THe DRAD ‘Tho following have died to-day :—~ Alfred Borry, Hy A A Elba Dufuer, be ich Wartieer, Tene., Sept, 9, 1878, rs thay ‘who came yesterday irom Memphis, Gharies Clover, | L. Murph jonora Cody, an in! io Maloy, A. Eilis, 7 * Raph Rosenthal, CL. David Kyle, W. Batier, Mu Currie and Ed, Frank, Caskey, H. Lawrence, ‘M. Dougherty, A. Burke, Child of Mr. Box. Carrie and Rosa Roste, HH. Ming. last ot the family. J. Lingot. Jobn Kelly, aad fourteen oolored. Total torty-four. B shop Elder still lives, aud there is some hope of his recovery, el C.’ C, Flowerree is reported doing fluely, MORE TROUBLE. ‘The following anpisine. Meselt:— DIAN, Miss., Sept. 8, 1878, | All trains stopped by the Quarantine laws of Meridian: will get throazh the mai nd freight now here, but th whl be the last tr ‘at Lake causes excitement; compell ove uarters | h Write you futly by ae Rg — E. F. RAWORTH, Superintendent. FRYER AMONG THE PINES. ‘The fever is at Harporsville, twelve miles in the in-. terior from Lake Station and one hundred east from bere, in the supposed invulnerable pine clad bilis, where it was never known before, Another Sisters! Mercy died since last report, and two more are down with fever, NEW CASES. E. P. Jones, of the Vicksburg and Memphis road; Jomes Short, ex-City Clerk; George W. Bowen, stiss Lizgte Clark, Mjes Eva Moody, niece of President Butts, of the Vicksburg Bank, and Miss Sophia Acker- man are of ew cases lor to-day. THE LARGEST MORTUARY REPORT IN MEMPBIS SINCE THE FKVEB APPEARED—A HOSPITAL FOR NURSES AND PHYSICIANS. Memrats, Tenn, Sept. 9, 1878. To-day’s mortuary report is the larges; ot any day since the fever appeared, the undertakers reporting 112 interments, of which 24 were colored people. Among the num- ber aro Major J. C. Thrall, Thomas Hood, @ volunteer telegraph operator, from Philadelpba; Rev. D. R, Rosebu o1 Barttett circuit, Methodist Episcopal Chureh; N. Gibson, Sister Constance, su- perior of the Sisters of St. Mary, Episcopal, 1d Paul Cune and 8. P. Going, of Littie Rock, who bad been pursing the sick, Ason of ex-Mayor William Parks died at the Howard Infirmary. Forty-five new cases were reported by resident physiciaus, NEW CASES, Among those taken down are Barney Hughes, Hiram Gago, D. C, Warder and wife, Frazer Pr oe ae s Morrison, druggist. The latter’ r. Hu of Dr. Louis T. Bryan, of Houston, Texas, a bospital tor the care of physicians and purses, many of whom are falling. Dr. Bryan will give to this institution a distinctive Texas feature by employing Texas phy- sicians and nurses, 80 tar tne interests of the institu- ton will admit. Texans and others who desire to con- tribute to the support of this hospital can do eo by forwarding t contributions to the Howard Associ- ation. specitying the purpose. A STARTLING REPORT FROM MEMPHIS, (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HURALD.] Nasuvit.e, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1878. Dr. D. D. Bartholomew, in writing here trom Mem- pbis, gives tbe following startling statement:— “Tbisgs are fearful here. Whenever you one bundred new cases reported by the _papers you can be sure it-should be six handred. Very few of the phy- siciane have time to fool away making reports and from this fact arose the idea that the disease was so terribly fatal, All’ the deaths aro re- ported by the undertakers, but very few of the-cases get intoprint. I bonestiy beliove there are not ‘less than two thousand cases of vellow fever here. I beheve three out of four recover. Every- Doay has got tt. I srequensly Gnd four or five cuses in one house, sometimes in one room, The doctors aro working hard, but hundreds of people die without baving been uble to get a physician.” AID YOu MEMP? State Treasurer Polk will forward to-morrow to Memphis Yor benefit of sullerers sixty bedspreads and sixty mattre! h will be followed by a like nuaiber ine jew A Fy Sow ‘of beef will also bo forwarded. The Howard ion had called upon him for such ard, + \ DEATH OF A PRYSICIAN, | ae Dr. William C. Cone, woo returned from Memphis to bis bome near Frab&lin, Tena., jast Saturday night, died of yellow fover this morning. He had been in Memphis nineteen days, acting as drug clerk, WAYSELY (TENN.) PEOPLE LEAVING FOR THE BILLs. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) where sho had the yellow fever, had a relapse to-day, She fell down upon the plattorm of the depot from sheer weakn: Sbe bas a sick child. Tne more timid of the Waverly peoplo are jeaving for the billie, ‘At Martin’s, Tenn., filteen cases and three ceaths; tho fever 18 thought to be under control, some other poict, bat pis responses, 01 course, have been invariably in the negative. 4 TELEGRAPH OPERATOR SICK. Ben Fortune, telegraph operator, who stood to his post until the jast, is down with the fe A WEALTHY CITIZEN OF MARTINS, SUCCUMBS. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] ¢ Mantis, Teno., Sept 9, 1878, John Fields diea of tever here to.day. He wasone of the richest men in ed vicinity. This was. the iy TERN., fourth death io his.famil 4 SCARE AT PADUCAH JUNCTION, [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Papucan Jexpriox, Sept. 9, 1378. Much consternation and trepidation we oaaced hore by taking from a train on a stretcher a negro who bad been paralyzed with bili fever. It was supposed to be a case of yellow fe’ ud all about the depot fled precipitasely. THE DISEASE AT HOLLY SPRINGS. Hou.y Sprixas, Sept. 9, 1878, Since the last despatch seven deaths and three new cases have been reported. Many of the areing eritiou! condition; the rest are convaiescing. Send six more nurses. Have enough a assi pony UVIER, DEATHS REPORTED. The following deaths occurred to-day :— George Wing. Mrs, Blank, Thomas Falconer, Bateman’s child, Mrs. Juita Waite. Jennie Lyncb. R. G. Campbell. W. H. Rove. An hospital has been organized in the Court House under the charge ot Dr. T, D, Munuipg, of Austin, Texas, The Sisters are there. REPORT FROM CANTON, MISS, New OrtEays, La., Sept. 9, 1878, The following despatch was received from Canton, ‘Miss., to-da; There have been twenty-one new cases and fonr deaths here daring the last twenty-four hours. ‘The fever seems to be spreading in the country. All look to us for help. We need nurses. badly. RUBER? POWELL, Mayor. The Howard Association has received the following telegram :— Caxton, Miss., Sept. 9, 1878. Wo have twenty-one new cases ad four deaths occurred in the Just twenty-four hours. We have constant culls from the surrounding country. It will be wn act of churity to forward nurses here at once, | suppose the aumber of those now sick would amount to 150, Send fifteen nurses if you can ; ten for the. colored people. J. J. LYONS, M. D. C4SES BEPOBTED IN THE VICINITY OF CAIRO, Carino, I1,, Sept. 9, 1878, Five members of Thomas’ Porter’s tamily, four miles abovethe city,on the Mississippi River, are The physicians here disagree as to the nature of the fev: None bas been yet re- ported in the city. NO CaSES ORIGINATED IN CHATTANOOGA—THE CITY REMARKABLY HEALTHY. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] Cuarranooca, Tenn., Sept. 9, 1878, To tHe Epirom or tne HERAL! There has not been a singlo case of yellow fever here that orjgtnated here. Iwo rofugecs trom Mem- pbis have died here. No cases of fever followed. The otty isremerkably healthy, no diseaso of any kiud prevailing, THOMAS J. CAKLILE, Mayor, MOBILE STILL FREE FROM THE SCOURGE. Mowiie, Sept, 9, 1878. Oar city still remains free trom yellow fever, and our “Can’t Get Away’? Club continues doing good service for the sufferers 16 the infected districts. TBE PHILADELPHIA COMMITTEE AND THE “PLAY PEOPLE’—CHAIRMAN WELSH UNRE- *‘BERVEDLY AND GRACEFULLY APOLOGIZES— ALL SERENE ONCE MORE. 4 Puitavecpata, Sept. 9, 1878, Mr. Heary D. Welsh, chairman of the Yellow Fever Retiet- Committee, whose pronunciamonto regaraing “play people’? has made him ‘suddenly famous, made the amende honorable, Frankly acknowledging that koe committed a Plunder ne has had tho manil- ness to make a pub'ic apology for his treatment of the ofter of Mi-s Eytiuge and Managor Goodwin. Toere will hereafter be barmony and co-eperation between tho actors and managers and the cit!zeus’ committee, and she latter is 80 anxjeus.to treat the theatrical people with courtesy that they havo officially ap pointed a special committee on amusements, whose duty It will be to sook ator thiw very matter. It ap- peags that Chairman Welsh’s aotion the other day was misinterpreted und that what soemed like an affront to a liberal and worthy cinss of people was not inten- tonal, wie MERTING OF THE CoMuITTER, Bisby ‘There: wos-much ‘interest centred ii the meeting of tne'donitiittes to-day, and thero was, consequently ARRIVAL OF REFUGEXS IN: TOUISVILLE—TER- | RIBLE STORY OF SUFFERING AND DEATH IN , MEMPHIS. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ] Lovisvitie, Ky., Sept. 9, 1878, Southorn refugees continue to pour in on every trai, and, while many go Kast, hundreds remain. Loursville’s invitation for all to come, sick or well, occasions the most heartfelt gratitade. The tales of woe told by thoss who chance to be interviewed are heartrending in the extreme. Grenada people have almost ceased to arrive, though the representation from Missiasippt othorw:se continues large. New Or- leans people seem to take things caluly, but those frem Memphis are full of gloomy apprehensions, REJECTKD BY THE HOWARDS, Dr. W. C. Rumsey, Dr, 7. 1. Pease and Miss Alsto Wallace, of the company of physiciansand nurses who nt from Washington to Memphis last week, re. turned yestoraay morning to Louisville en their way home. Dr. Ramsey, who was tho physician in charge, states that he and the others named were rejected by the Howards for the reason that they were not accli- mated, the authorities haviog determmed to force all unacelimated persons to Ieuve the city. HORRORS IN MEMPIITS, Doctors Ramsey and Pease say the horrors of the the doomed city are not half told by the pers. A waik or a ride through any sir ‘city revoals the scene of doath at step, while the 8 loathsome, the vumber of uvatiended cases boing so numerous toat many are found daily only by traciag up the scent wil source is reached, upd then it 1s often tho case that threo or four dead bouies are found in ope room. it is suid that one cause of the increased mortality in the city was tho daily visit ofthe negroes and poor whites trom the country, those who bave taken refuge there and come to the city for rations and supplies. They are quickly strickon down with the fever, and craw! off to some vacant house or shanty to wie unattended. The doctors served one day under the H ‘ds, and say they visited over # hundred patieaty each during that umes . “—— IMPROVED CONDITION OF AFFAIRS AT GREN- ADA—THE DEATHS AND NEW CASES. [py TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. } Guesava, Miss, Sept. 9, 1878, Thecondition of things bere is much more encoar- aging to-day, The outlook is more hopetul. The optuion is entertained by loading physicians that the sever is on the decrease, a DEAT! AND New CASES. + The following deatus havo occurred since my last Fepert:— Alico Johnson. Henry Rattler. mes of those stricken with fever within the parsers ity-lour hours ore as follows :—~ {ttle daughter of Mr, Coleman Armstrong, Voillips. Nancy Baskin, Jobn Hirschberg, Sullie Harrison and three colored women whose names are not given. Contributions are daily sent to us from ail points, MALIONANT TYPE OF THE DISEASE 1N RICK- MAN, KY.—THE SICK IMPLORING TO BE RE- MOVED. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE nrRavn.] Hickax, Ky., Via Huxtivanoy, Sept. 9, 1878, There is an aver: of four new cu: here dally with the samo number of death br Blackburn bas visited aif the stricken ones and says they aro effected with a malignant form of yellow tever. A large proportion of thot now prostrated will recover, Supplies of nurses and phystetans are com- ing in datly ana the sick will receive every necessary attention, Seventy-five to ono hundred whites, ox- clusive of the sick, are still here, The entire number romaioing, including the blacks, is estimated at two hundred aud fifty. Only three deaths have 6o far oc- curred a Negroes, Who conerally bave a light form of fover. THR DRATH LIST. Mr. H. Gardner, A. Kingman, Jr, David Bright and Ben Ashiord died yesterday. Sixty enses are now «ander treatment, among whom are tour of too family ot John Millet, ove of our oldest and best Known citizens, Mr. Brevood is reported to heve died « fow miles out of Hickman, The people here aro 40 full ot despair, terror and aeath that even the sick and dying have sent mo: & good attendance of auditors, composed of gentlemen connected with the press und the theatre. When tho committee assembled, Mr. Chairman Welsh arose and oaids — jetore proceeding with the business of the com- mittee I wish to apologize for the hurried, and, per- haps, too blant manner ov my part iu conducting tho business of our last meeting, which, to gome extent, may justify the criticisms given by our friends of the press But ai to any intention of disrespect or offence to any one nothing could be further from my thoughts or feelings. 1 sincerely regret that any misunder- standing should have oecurred, and earnostly hope it will not lessen the contributions to tho object whicn should elicit all our sympathy, I did see afterwara where the mistake occurred, It was in my voluo- tecring to give an answer to Mr. Goodwin’s messenger aiter I had told him the communication was too late for that meoting and that tt would have to lie over until to-day. Io doing that 1 did what only the committee itself cando and hagaright todo, There lay my great mistake. 1 volunteered an answer with- out kaewing the contents of the nove and said what I shought would bo the answer of the comm when it met to-day, That reply was that I thought I might answer ‘No,’ or | might havo said, ‘The answer will bea no.’ This was my mistake. I regret it.” Then Mr. Welsh, bowing toward Mr. Gemmili, the Chestnut Street Th pal 8 bu: of and a number of jour. took o18 seatamid ti compiete apology he had iwnade. PLAY PEOPLE. ”? Mr. Wanamaker, one of the committec,’asked—*‘Tho term ‘play people,’ which seems to. bo applied us bav- ing been used by tho committeo, was it used at all?” Mr. Welsh rejoined that he did not use the word, and Mr. Wanamaker then asked if any gentiema: ‘Then Mr. Welsh repeated that the committee cer- tainly desired the help of the tuestres os much as the churches, and Mr. W. that the very first m received wa: tert ment.”? Uonally “f ma irem meoting went on, a feuiure of which was tue appoint- ment of @ Committee on Amusomonts to take charge Of the matter of the propose: theatrical benelite, A gentleman prosent stated that the theatre managers bad met and taken measures for a iarge combination entertainment, Their sub-committee were directed to confer with the managers on this ia It was stated that up to hail-pai en this morn- ing the contributions footed up to $46,301 62, A FUGITIVE FROM MEMPHIS. Sergeant Carroll yesterday brought vefore Judge Davis, of Jersey Cuy, a young man describing tum soll as Charles Stiliman, agod twenty-two, of Memphis, Tenn, Tho Sergeant stated that the man bad told bim that be bad travelied all the way from Mempbis, whero all bis relatives bed fallen vict! to yellow tover, and, bay. askea to locked ititoan told the Ju be leit ant first o, with the fever, nis next and nis brother died the day he left. Fearing a like fate him- sell, ho fled and inade his way partly on oot to Jersey city. Tho Jadge committed him for vagrancy unul something cau be done to ata him. AN APPEAL TO IR(sH CITIZENS, for aid ts made to irish citizens ib through (ve columns of the fa tho North and Wi New Orleans press:— New On.eaxs, Sept. 4, 1878, ITARY AND NATIONAL ONnGaNtzarions, ti Burtines--The yellow toy heavily tipon us scourxe ins Inid its wither: cht vt our members are down Nearly all the theit fawities, and the fature looks di pended, Men see thelr loved ones striek means to nid them, Gur iunds are exhausted; send w I. Contributions to dressed to the Treasurer of Com- pany A, J. Uoburn, Tohoupitouina sireot, Fra. vernally, M Captain Mitchell Kiftes. 0. CUONK NGW YORK'S AID FOR THE SUFFERERS, The following contributions in aid of the yellow ‘s were received by the Henan yester- ; Auonyman Somployes of ©. B. Rouge & Co., BLO yer Jonasson & Co.. #50 90; V. Danavon, £ Faetory, $12. Home Me hodist F piveupar ash Elahity-second werent, 814 25; Miss hee sages to General sOpefiniendeut Thomas, or tue N Cpattapouga and St. Louis Railway, beg. a imploring him +o let tuom go by train ta tren, tT. ‘Thorpe, $9; Ly M. Blakely, for Canton and Greenville, 850; Hs. eds P Works. $135; Hamil Mill, $85; NEW YORK HERALD, TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 1878.—TRIPLE SHEE’ " boxes, $7 22; | fimers’ Association, $15; through Ebricl 26 97, Frank Bros., Tota), S526 The subscription of $100 made by the employés cf C, B, Rousse, No, 351 Broadway, was in Sunday’s list grroneously credited to C. B. Rouse, which is another rio. The tollowing additional subscriptions were re- Ceived at the Muyor’s office: Employes of Clarke Brothe: First precinet, $179 1; Cup: cinet, $21 ‘14; Captain 94; Captain Kenned; jeimont Hotel, $104 York pxpress Elevatos (Staten island), $118 76 1 cl B. Sy renee. Cee 220; 8. ©. Church, #2 Hebrew Society Sheboth Achm! wenty-firet precinct, ‘ herty, Kevewth wh reine’ 4 through ‘thes $1020; New 3 81; Church of Ascension preetzet, oy 10; phy, T Twenty-sixth Becker, rn 10: through the ; employes Gold: Captain’ Ryan, Fo chy, Eightwenth precinct, beterian Church, 0; Captain Williams, Tenth prec $66 28; Ovatereschiste Fra: «. U, Mount, Ni precinct, ‘ rooeeds of benefit at Turn Mull, ‘$57 40: r & Co., throngh New York wun. Sil’ Vaugerbilt, $500; entlection in Calvary hodist Churc 1 22; employes of Hamilron, Pratt & Uv., through Sua, City Chamberiain Tappan, treagurer of tho Mayor’s Comiiitee, acknowleages the following additional subsoripti Charles A. Howell, pastor Franklin Street Methodist Episcopal Church, $3 65; Central Buptist ¢ ok, S32 Abyssinian Buvtist Church, $91 33: Forty fourth Street United Presbyterian Church, $80; Cirace Chu Ww Faris, $34 02; M. M. Hendricks, $2: odist Episeooal Church, $20; Charles Chureb, ordham, thedugh 'S. Berean’ Baptist Church, $65; 8 copal Church, R.A. nacle Methodist Eptscop A letter was sent by Mayor Kly to the prosidem of the Park Bank thanking the officers of thut establish ment for facilities extended without cost in sending relief funds to the yellow fever sufercrs, The commitiee appointed by Mayor Ely to receivo contributions present their acknowledgments to Mile, Donati, who has tendered her services in organ- d21Dg & benefit concert im which sbe will participa The timy and place will be announced herealter. Henry Ogden, No. 850 Broadway, received $130 for the tever suflerers uuder charge of the Rev. William G, McCracken at Grenada, Mis: 'T. D, Schloss & Brothers, of Baton Roug in New York city, ree «t $200 and forw: to Howard Aasociatio ge. ‘At a special moeting on Sunday of the Transfigura- ton C. T. A. B. Soeiety (No.2 of the U. of A.), $100 ‘Was donated to the suff Mr. E. G. Barnaby Memphis, received $83 far sufferers, eudscribed by opera- tives in shop of Messrs. George P. I4e, Bruce & Co., of Troy, N. Y. é ‘The Gorham Manufegturiug Company received $320 from the joweiry trade and silveramitns in ald of the Sufferers ia Vicksburg, Tho Southern Relief Committeo of the Chamber of Cowmerce met in the rooms of the Cb the bathing estaohish: One trom J. V. Weav Newport, R. I., acc which was realized 1 House vn September 4. Teceipts, the expenses ge deen borne by the proprietors. The commitiee remitted the following amounts yestorday:—Howard Association, Momphis, $1,500; Vicksburg, $1,000; Howard Asso- etation, New Orleans, $3,000; Citizons’ Ri ciation, Memphis, $1,500; Young Me Association, Now Urieuns, $1,000; Peabody Associa- New Orleans, $1,000, making a total of $57,000 dis- throughout the infected districts up to date. Tho committee call attention to the fact that, while the scourge does not uppear to abate, th their ham are rapidly becoming exhausted, and tions aro still needed. Mr, J. Pierpont Mor- muy treasurer, acknowledged the reocipt of r. Willlam Alexander Smith, chairman of tne Reliet Committee of the Stock Exchange, recoived ;donations to the amount of $316 50, making tho and total of $6,011 30, otertuinment at handball and rackets will at Hicks’ Handball aad Racket Court, Hudson street, Hoboken, to-day at two P. for the bei ‘of the yellow tever sufle: Some of tho best perts in the country at Qgreed to take part in the exercises, Mossrs, Poilip Casey, champion handball player of the world; ex-al- dermsn James Duane, William Courtney and John Grady, all of Brooklyn, will play ip some of the con- tests. Bernord and Arthur McQuade, Morris Moore aud Jobn Manix, of this city, and. Michael Landy and Protessor James Keating, af Hoboken, are also the players who will givo their services on tn: ‘ston, Attheoflice of August, Bernheim & B: A409 and 411 Canal street, Mr. Theodore say: Vicksburg, received $60 and transmitied same per wire to the floward Association toksburg, Mise, ‘The sun of $675, betmg the amount collected at the diferent masses on last. Sunday St, Vincent Ferror’s Church, Lexington avenve ang. fifth reet, in aid-of the Memphis suftercrs, was goat eff, with two other. denations—one irom the T. A. B. Society, of $200, and the other from the Holy Name Society, of $100. ADDITIONAL AID. ‘The receipts of the treasurer of the yellow Nef-tund of Brookiyn amounted to $66 Th Various preoinots dur- ing the past two days wore as follows :— First, $88 20: Seeond. $193 $7 G1; Biteh, 887 50; Sixth, $1 21; Sev i; Bigith ub, $2 15; Ninth, $6 6 ‘Tonth, $25 58; Twelfth, 73 cents; Thirter $478 2B, Inspector Samuel M, Jones, of the Court street and Groen wood line of hora cars, collected $76 trom the conductors and driverson that route, A child’s fair hela tn the vicinity‘of East Now York, on Saturday evening, realized the sum of $17 45 Tw five dollars was eontaibated by tne Forty- soverth Regimont Veteran Association. A gfand concert will be given at the Breoklyn rband Club House, Nos, 19% and 202 Court to-morrow evening, in aid of the sufferors, Mayor Yates, of Newurk, received $524 15, and sent $500 to Vicksburg. Tho First Presbyterian Church of Orange contri- bated $120 on Sunday. A lady in the congregation gave a goid ring, baving no money witn her, the meanest man in Nowark stole tbe contri- bution box for yellow fever sufferers, opposite the Post Office, at Newark, on Sunday night, Thero hittie money 1m it e, of the Methodist Kpiscopal ave on Sunday $68 51. In Elizaveth, N. J. $341 ware coltevied, WHAT OFFICER WILL GO AND DO LIKEWISE ? Officer Joseph McEvoy, of the Seventh precinet, yestoraay etarted out ameng his friends, it boing bis day off, to ceilect funds for the eufferers, telling all those he met that he would take anything, trom five cents upward. By four in the afternoon ne had col- lecijed $22, which he hasded over to Sergeant Slater AT QUARANTINE, NO NEW CASES, BUT 0] D ONES CONVALFSCENT— TREATMENT OF PATIENTS. No new cases of yellow fever were reported at Quarantine yesterday. James M, Williama, Jotn Lane aod Peter Vance, who bave been belore men- tioned as having be token from the steamer Haiebinson from Louisiana and placed In the hospital, are convalescent, The stoamer bas not yet arrived in the Upper Bay, Dr. Vanderpoei considering it necessary that the utmost precaution should be taken in order to prevent the malady trom reaching the city through any infected vessel, Some curiosity having been manifosted in regard to the modus operandi of the bosiness of recetving nud taking care of yellow fever pationts as they arrived in this harbor a Herano re- porter yesterday on inquiry, particutars trom competent authority :— The arrival of a vessel here with the fever on board is ascertained from the Lower Qanarantine station, off the hospital shtp lifinoia, about twolve m from the city. The factis at once communicated to wr. Vanderpoel, at tho Health (ficer’ r Fort Wadsworth, by Dr, MeCortney, the physieian in im- modiate charge of Lower Bay station, The sick are ordered to Uetuken off and landed at the hospi- tal, When this is done the cloiting of the patient is immediately changed aud the m to bed. Ifthe clothing 18 Worth preserving it ts to the disinfect. iog f00m to be fumigated and cleened, aud if the maa reeovers it is restored to him. It unworthy of preser- vation It ts destroyed, HOW SUFPFRERS ARE CARED ¥oR. There 18 no specific treatmen:. ihe euses differ so materially, in consequence of the physical condition ofthe patient, that no fixed method of treatment can be adherou ta Of con s the principal | point isto promote 4 the potsonous germs and material of th the orai- |e kept in @ protusely act nd ite: | the patient's strength meanwhile veing sustained ug dost it may be, through tho administration of fluid food, such as milk and beot tea, Stimulants are some times g1Ven 1h the shape of champagne. Lut no solid | tood is allowed to be taken; nothing but such as can be rondtly nbeorbed and digested, The disease reaches ite Crisis 10 from twenty-four to forty-cight bours, when the of all its symptoms, and the may remarn tor so from tw b toms, such ai principally. Then come Hirium ensues, tie pati state amd death follows, hat may be regarded as the oly speciiic remedies used are such as will relieve tho pausea ANG bring the vomiting ander cons ‘This 18 done In Various Ways, all Lending to assist t pationt io casting off effore material Quarantine are regarded as anything of being &8 nearly perte canbe Our yomne for! four or five fatal one is remarkably sslubrious, the best in the barbor, sod ie $1, Willy Lawrence, $2; J. Murphy, Oil Re- | purposes, the whole esiabiigne~* am aginien®’ = ~ mise 19 el [ MARY STANNARD'S WURDER. Beginning of Rev. Mr. Hayden’s Trial for the Crime. AN ATTEMPT TO PROVE AN ALIBI. The State Introduces a Theory of Poisoning. wa (BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] + Maptsoy, Coun., Sept. 9, 1878, ‘The basement of the First Congregati Chureh, in Madison, wherein was began this foroneun the trial of Rev, H. H, Hayden on the charge of .murdering Mary EF. Stannard in Rockland, town of Madison, last Tuekday, was crowded long votore the trial begav. Sustice H, B. Wilcox was upon the bench, A crowd shut out the light from the dingy windows pressing #0 closey from the outside. Several small lamps were jichted and made earnest faces look yet more earnest and grim, Both the murdered and the accused were known peraonally tu a majority of those present and the Interest in the proceedings was intense. Before the court opened the counsel for the defence claimed that it would be an easy matter to establish an alibi for Mr. Hayden, When tho latter came’ in it was with an easy manier, ia which no nervousness could be detected. He carried a small bouquet in his hand, which he smelled occasionally. His friends ‘were present in force and confidently asserted his in- Docence, as they, have done persistently since his arrest. #It was necessary to clear some of the crowd out et the court room before the hearing could be bogun, AN ALIBI. Within atew days public belief bas become less firm in Mr. Hayden’s guilt, and suspicion is busy else- where, During the two hoars that he was away from home og the afternoon of the murder it is claimed that 1t can be proved that he did work enough tohave taken him twice the time bad he not worked hard, This evidence is what his counsel expected to prove an alibi upen, «tt will be recollected that the mardered girl had an f!'igitimate child about two years old. When she came home, two days before ihe murder, she claimed to be enceinte, Inying the responsibility at the door of Mr. Hayden, This in- formation she kept from her fat! confiding it only to hor sister, when she wi outon the fatal 6 took a pail ou protenee of going berry- ing. said to her sistor that she was going to meet Hayden, In ber pockets were found articles which binted at a ocrimipal operation om herself, but were found not to have been used. Interentially the statement was made by counsel that the father had threatened her when sno had child two years age. 1 followed up the dental of the witness (the murdered gi father) with & question as to whether he bad any iit will against his daughter, to which a negative answer was return Counsel for the State showed istrust by and that th rviviog mem- bers of the Stannard family should not bear testimony. No witnesses except the members of tho Stannard family were desired to be excluded, THE FATHER’S TESTIN Tho first witnees caliea wos CU! ‘d, Mary E. Stannard’s father. He testified tbat ne last saw her alive a little alter one o’clock, when she started out togo berrying ; ho went to a house svout a quarter of a mile away, and returning home went to raking costs of such an action, a8 Billings wase peourious maa bo Bis temily, althouga B ra of = different times loaned bim up siso alleged that bo had ber: vorce which, is binted at as a second incentive to doing the troublesome woman. Their tamily came ttequept@cd gave the neighbvors plenty to tall about THE MURDER. On the evening ot Jane 4 Mrs. Mary Eliza herve was jeated beside a window iu the house, which autly furptsbo with her dacghte Was seated in a low rveking chair with the window, Tae curtuin wag raised and ¢ Drigbt light was buroing ip room, Sud desly nx cific report was heard throughout | the Village. jhe women’s bead dropped forward anc a crimson siream flo jelt templo over ne Taiment and formed a ghastly pool on the floor. deadly misstic tad been steadily simed aud hi pierce! ver vrain, Causing death iustantupeously. was a raipy pigit, outten ieet from the victim, The pborheos was aroused, fe. Billings was found at a neighbor's house tn the Vilage, sume distance irom bis bome, Ho was informed of the trageay and immediately went to the rcene, While standing over the prostrate form of the dewd woman Jennie ead to bi: “Father, you have tried twice to kill mother and are the cause of this” EVIDENCES OF GUILT, He went to bed and slept soundiy until morning, Dotectives were empieyed. to discover the perpetras, tor, Th men found the assassins trocks und found tbat tho recent rains hed Jett plaro imprints of pew rubber boots, Billiogs had just puton a pair of such that afteravon, They fitted the marks exactly. A clerk in the store testified that a fow day’s previous Billings bad asked Dim abouts rifle that formerly belonged 10 the store whict he kept, It was missing alter the tragedy. Tw days later (be same weapon was found in an unuser well among the felda, and thy bullet taken trom Mre Bulliogs bead fitted the barrel accurately. He was a | once arrested at the & 10% Altor | apd the Grana Jury soon alter :nuicted him tor m: dor in the first vezree by a unanimous verdict, A WEALTHY MURDERER. Josse Billige, Jc, 18 accredited with bet very wealthy, He controls a fleet of sevonty cunal boa! op the Cusmplain Cuna!, owns half of the real estate du the village in wich le lived, and is thought to be worth $250,000. His acquaintance is very extensive. and the public interest In the approaching trial 1s iw tense and gencral, Great diticulty 18 expected t procure a jury, and a panel of 200 persons have beon drawn for that purpose. Sixty witi hi been subponmd for the dofe fhe priucipal eatimony will be offered b; lings, who 1# thus placed in a peculiarly sad position, And must of necessity vecome either tho Savior oF Iv is allogea that striving hard to infiuence ner by m pealing lowers; but the murdered woman’ are also very wealthy, and are known to ed every means to uolugonize her mind against bim. The young tady 1s very handsome, imteliectual an¢ ateractive geuerally. The father ts fitty years of age, , MONAMAN'S TRIAL, ‘Tbe other trial altuced to will be that of Thomas who will he arraigned in Pitisfeld, Mesa, of Officer Joun Quian, ou the Boston ‘ailrond in July ius( Monehan was bl The person Orig the shot stooe id Albany Ono of the five implicated 1m the celeprated street car garroting ‘Tre on July 2 They were disco’ train e1 from: Troy, but wer Te! by Deputy Sheriff Walden snd While roturning to this city, in Berkshire cdunty, Mass, the prisoners made @ desperate effort ta escape, avd iu the mé/ée Monahan shot the officer, whe died the sollowing day from his injaries. There seeme litslo doubs but that he will be convicted of the crime and pay the extremo penalty with ots life, THE SMITH MURDER, It was stated in Jersey City yesterday that Alder. man John E, Smith, brother of Richard H. Smith, the murdered police officer, had discovered the place at which was sharpened the kaite used in killing bis brother and also for whom it was sharpened, Alder- man Sinith was out of the city, and Chief Nathan de. nied that there was any truth in the story, County Physician Converse, who bas been. visiting Cover} D. Bennett, one of the supposed murderers, states that Bennett is very mach debilitated physi- im a barn, bewween foar aad five o’clock, when he found that bis daughter had not returned and began to be worried concerning her; be went out near ‘tho big reck”” (in the vicinity of where the body found) and shouted, tearing that Mary had } bi 3 he dian’t find her, bat wont back to the | hou not —_retorping, he went out again between fi six o’clock and shouted as he the body ne cried. ‘“‘Mary!’’ and then saw that throat had been cut; be put his bands on her face and found it cold; the pall she took to yot berri-s in was ompty, and she had evidently picked no berries; thero was nothing im her bands, Bor no instrument about her, except the pail; he gave ap alarm, and, getting hei; carried the body to his house; the powition of the body he described as previously ateted, Botng cross-examined he aid that when his daugb- ter came home en 5 ¥, she having left her place Of service, he asked he matter was, but bad Bo lensant words with. per either beiere or on tho the murder; be asked no questions as to w! ing. to do during. Dever said that similar to het previous one, and sbe stood 1m ne fear of bim when she came home Sunday; besides bis family one Ste- vont, @ man who had stayed atthe bouse a number of nights, was with him at dtoner on the day of the murder; be talked with Mary belore Stevens about |g berrying, and Steveng told ber it was a good y “the big rock,” the scene of the tragedy; 8 did nct pay the witness anything for board or nd went ay he chose; Stevens left time h otto which Mary was going (Stevens) sold ve was geing to his son’s house; in go- ing ther a ness did not seo house, Da Stevens after be left witvess’ COULD NOT DAVE BREN SUICIDE. Tho examiuation of this wituess, who is a small and Unpreposseasing looking man, lasted the greater part Of tue forenoon, Tho uext witness, Dr. Earl Matthew- kop, Who took part {n the post-mortem examioation, tiled that the wound in the neck, which cut the jugular vein and larynx, wes a stab rather tha & Cut; h, but the patient might livo fiiteen seconds; the direc- ton of the cut showed thatthe victim did not make it herself; the instrument used was probably a puinted kaife; the boay must have beea moved ensuod, and the murderer crersed tho bao no Indication of recent pregnancy; the wound in the skall might have caused unconsciogsness, At the close of this testimony a recess was takea. Dr, Matthowson was cross-examined and testifi pposed the case suicide; the h ave Deen injured by a fall; now, rded suicide as impossibie e inurder. The son of Dr, Matthew- 80M agreed with him on the post-mortem conclusions. WAS THERK POISON? Counsel) tor the State here created a sensation. It bad been learned, ho said, that Hayden had boaght poison and the prosecution wanted to trace it. He desired an analysis of the giri’s stomach, hver and Kidneys, exoumation being vecessary.. He claimea that other important evidence had been found, which would be developed in timo, und be wanted a gontiu- Wore indications that poison was ai the deceased shortly before de! able to aecount that be had first poison parchased by Hayd te have the | J Wednesday, the Coart Susan Hawley, balf sister of Mary Stannard, wi called, but told nothing not previously reportea, cept concerning Siovens; bh id slept at their house evory night for two weeks, £0 was Det an exceptional thing for mim to -be there woon Mary was tome; decoosed had kept tor Stevens; abe bad also lived with Hayden from Sep- tember iast to March of the prosent year; sve went tetowa with him about three wee foiowed ber; att 9 & meeting atthe rock was Said (0 have veen arranged. | This concluded the testiniony, and litle is to be told apparently, exoopt by Haydon, before the sam- ming up begios, It 1 claimed th'takoite of Hay- den’s bas been found with spots rosembiing a biood ainson it, £xperts will nave to eay whevher the spots were made by blood or not, IMPORTANT MURDER TRIALS, CASE OF JRSSE BILLINGS, JR., CHARGED WITH KILLING HIS WIFE—DETAILS OF THE ChIMf—THOMAS MONAHAN TO DE TRIED FOR THE MURDER OF OFFICER QUINN, ‘Troy, Sept. 9, 1878. To-morrow two notorious murder trials will begin in this vicinity, noted because of the peculiar nature of tho « nd the circumstances attending the com, mittal of the crimes for which the two per: reigned, The first will be bold at the S: County Court House at Ballston, whon Jesse Bilin Jr, will be placed before the bur to answor a charge of killing bis wife, Mary Eliza Biitinge, on the 4th of June Inst, The in- cidents attending the murder and the sobsequent arrest of the prisoner are singular, imdeed. Biiings and bis wite resded at Northumberiand, a smail hamlet on tho Hudson River, in Saratoga county, and had lived im perpetual domestte aiscora for weaty yours past. ‘Thetroniy ehtid, a young Indy, how eighteen years of aye, alleges that the animosity between them had become atly intensified during the past few yoars, and jost prior to the tragic death of the woman her wrath Was augmented by the evi dent familiarity exisiting Letween »Mr. Billings aod Mrs, Curtis, the wite of a may ta the employ of the former, This exaspe 4d Mes, Billings to pablicly inet tetals expressiog het naturally vindictive temper a apa the fated suspected vy brivgiog tor slander. tried the day following tt hittle doabt of the defamed party gaining a verdict. Many believe this to have been the principal incentive tho jatter $1,000 to have woman, been Mr. | cally and intellectually, WHAT'S IN. THE WIND? CHARGES S4ID TO HAVE BEEN PREFERRED AGAINST COUNTY OFFICIALS —— SHERUIPP BEILUY'’S STATEMENT. When a rumer got aout yesterday that s storm was gathering over the heads of various high Jocal juvetionaries political circles became mach exercised § about it All sorts of rmises were indulged in as to when it would break and ‘whem it would assail, late in tho day, when if took a more specific shape and singled out the Sherif County Clerk anc Registor ag, the monaced public of- cera, interest in it becalve moro intense. It was wal that some of their political enemies bad arrange: to profer eharge st them-on grounds of fraud overcharges and kindred irregularities Foot ane figures definitely fixing tho nature and occasios ef those offtnces were said (to ave beer collated and ready to be Isid before th public and proceedings were begun te caus the suspension or removal of each official Inquiry failed to reveal the source of the rumor. By somo tt w: id to be only the rovival of an old move ment threateved in the spring, and vy others 1) was accrediced to a well known wire puller, who was engagea in various political intrigues, lf charges we really in readiness, loca, gossip binted either of the Ant! Tammany organizations weuld be likely to press them, anda Heraio sought out represontativo: of the city democracy and the New York Democratic Atsociation to ra their views of it, Ail of then, however, proitescd to be in ignorance of uny move. meut directed against the county officers, Such measures Lad been discusxed, and there doubtless was matertal out of which charges could be iramed, but they wero uoaware that acy such were going, t@ bu pressed at thie momen, An attaché of one of tno offices said that complaints for overcharges and the like bad been threatened at times, in all cos, thouga thay rod to irregularities of whieh subordinates ba guilty aod which a determined effort bad bee The thr d functionaries ha been ignorant of tly potty offences, and On getting an inkling of thom had made baste to cor. rect them. Tammany peopte sot little value on the rumor claimed to delieve it nothing morethan acavard, As te the functionaries themselves whose names were mentioned, they seemed to be equally ignorant of ¥ proceedings agaiost them and to thiok very Ightiy of them, THE SUBINER'S VIRWS, Sherif Reilly was in bis residence when a Heraup man callod upon him jast might. Certainly to judge aoner, the runtor of the evening pressing effect. heard,” the reporter wi “You have heard ” “Yes,’? broke in the sheriff rather morrily, “I nave hoard it, You mean tbe rumor that had got inte print about charges and suspen: d_ romovals beginning. and alltnat. Jt has been whispered to me by gen- tlemen with loug faces, It has supplied food, | sap. pose, for people to exercise ou and given others chance to try then Noae, Hieally, in the City Hall Park this a(vernoon and m it, Soon aiter i saw itin print. That is ali 1 about it.” you not been threatgned with such charges “Bat b before!” was the next query. during last spting there was somo mug various oMcials 2” task t annot their Ubrouts te be closed while we in office, 1 cannot understana why the matter sbould be revived at this je. Ht it 18 @ politienl canard 1 cannot anaerstand its hart the party, | pect are 6. What then??? “Why, then, the Sherif, foldiag his arm: Ulting back Bi: en the charges woul! to be proven 1 feel that sach a bing ci done. 1 took the office of sberift with a determination to pertorm my duties as best 1 could J © endeavored to observe that rale through ut and conduct the affairs of my efliee with honesty and discretion, 1 ao not knuw how far I have suc atl have made the effort with all my will, to doso throughout, I never object te ig | like to right it. oobi hat oan stand, and] ain willing 'y to submit my affairs to a searching ia- vestigation.” “You think, then, this ramor is groundicas?”” “«E have no reason to beliwve tt to be otherwise, and I fancy the other officials mentionod are mm equal 1g. norance of it.” jhe reporter subsequently found this to be the ease, County Clerk Gumoteton aud Register Loww knew nething of toe rumor and were uot w bit avpalied by 1 Their friends were la equal darkness ibte al about tt, and, failing to fad anything it, tney Voted It “a Woak device o ty Ye PRIVATE CORBEDL'S SUIT, The jadgment entered by default ta the case of prk vato Pitrick Corbett, of the United States Army, ogainst Major H, l. Gibson for hbel was opened bee tore Judge Pratt, of the Kings Connty Supreme Court, motion of defendant’. stationed at Fort the dauguior of a w pear tho fort, The Major tu ace “e jo whieh bo Cheragierizes Vorbett as an teiemogs to the murder to get Ler oul Of Lhe Way aad bare the | scommdrel,