The New York Herald Newspaper, September 21, 1878, Page 5

“THE FEVER. | Vooler and Rainy Weather Increas- ing the Death Roll, PLAGUE STATISTICS. 2,368 Dead in New Orleans— 2,240 in Memphis. CHATTANOOGA’S SCARE. People Leaving the Town Hurried Confusion, in GREENVILLE IN TERROR. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.] New Oneans, Sept. 20, 1878. ‘The following is the report of now cases of yellow fever for the past twenty-four hours:— From the Beard of Health. 165 From the Howards, 439, From the Young Men’s Christian “Absociation, Ee Total, 606 Increase ry! 7 121 A Duwbor of the above are cases whic! hold over and not reported before, The whole number of cases reported to date is 17,023. The total of deaths up to this evening is 2,368. YESTERDAY'S DEAD, M ‘Ihe number of deaths for the past twenty-four hours is sixty-nine, an increase of fourteen since yes- terday, The fever seems to be decreasing, but a greater fatality occurs im the casos, which are more frequent now in the higher classes of oar population. ‘Tho list of tho dead ts as follows:— B. G, Ingersoll. Dominico Prestico, ‘y Lynch. er Mary Brigetio, Mra, E. A. Dung A. Monatt, Elzabeth Griffer own chtid, Raward J. Gay, Jr. Victor He: ‘Tudenel James. John Beraichs, Arthur 8, Hogan, Barclap M. Deigado, John Snead. Franklin Burns, Joba E. Laughton, George R. Docan, Eawin C. Jucoba, A. H. Wirneck, James McCune, Patrick Morrissey, Freaerick Jensen, Marie C. Hogan, Auna M. Fernandes, Edward Kiernan, Thomas A. Dariti Gharies Vincent, James Cabill, Richard J, H. Barker, dirs, MivervaGraybura, Mary Schaeter, Helena Wunsch, Zella E. Boa Abram B, Bridg Edward P. Shute, Cnarks W. Anderson, Ellen P, Roubillac, Marie J. Poatico, Mra A.M Ferris, Emile Henrich, Jona P. Planchard, Mrs. Elizabeth, Arthur F, W. Srady, erie meng oe — ne peptiy \aison Lat earn agen, irs, M. M. Rberharat, Rosa lttman, George Murray, Henry M, Salvador, Joba H. Corbin, Joseph Mancisse, Julios Sammer. Uatbarink Hegsey, Elizabeth Gilly Alice Williams, Armand Duco, —— Banzano, Victor Heine, John Jeannerut, Fritz Bush, Charies Holz, M. Madison, —— Aphea. Verdinand Knatz, ida Hawtboro. ‘ — weather js cloudy and warm ana threatens alu, WasHixGToN, Sept, 20, 1878, The Secretary of War, having received a» roq from the Howard Assosiation of New Orleans f 60,000 rations, to-day hadsa conference with inisxary Generol of Subsistence on the that 40,000 rations be dist yollow fever sufferers in that city, Batons Rovex, La, a 20, 1878, New cases of fever to- to-day, 40; deaths, 1HE EPIDEMIC AT MEMPHIS—TWO THOUSAND TWO HUNDRED AND SORTY DEATHS 1N SEVEN WEEKS, Mearns, Tonn., Sept, 20, 1878 It began raining hero this morning at nive o'clock, which Unfavorable both to the sick with yellow fever. and those who yet remain well. Up to Boom to-day twenty-three deaths have occurred; this, however, is not in full, ag it isa very dificult matter to get at the correct number, Owing to the looseness which characterizes the tnan- agement of two of the undertakers’ basiness arravge- ments. The official report of deaths made to the Board of Health since the beginning of the opidemic and ending at boon to-day gives a total of 2,240. This does not include many who lave been buried by pri- vate individuals who purchased coflus id interred their own dead, Among the victims whom death hi last night are 8. R. Clarke, bject, ributed among claimed since izen and Company otf this +H. Nail, formerly ® cole mm the ral army trom Deeatur, Lii., but who has resided in Memphis since the clésing of the war, Two firemen, Barney Lyneh and J. Luccarine, have also died. An increase in the number of deaths will probably follow the change of weather. Ria pape | baie Sept. 20, 1878, Several cases of yellow occurred umong the Mempbts people in this poo ering th a ‘There bave, however, od Tuesday, as reported at tho ume THE FRIGHT LESSENING AT CHATTANOOGA— THE MUMBER OF DEATHS AND CASES TO DATE. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.) Cuarraxooca, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1878, There is still a good dealof yellow fever oxcite. Ment here, though it bas much abated since the “scary” people left town. Une death from the fever is roperted to-day, There we two yesterday. 1 deaths so far except Mrs. Corey, are from the lowest and most @ograded clase of society. All lved in localities which seom to furnish ample jocal causes for the diseases of which they died, Total deaths ported to date, 5. Doctors Buy tho disease is not epidemic and not likely to be. Bill there exists u difference of opinion among tho floctors whether we bave yellow fever. Tho weather is Wet wad cooi to-night. The tetal number 0! cases Feported by ali the doctors in three weeks is fifteen. DECATUR ALA., ALMOST DEPOPULATED, (sx TELEGLAPH TO THE HERALD. | Nasaviiie, Tenn., Sept. 20, 1875. George D. Mentz, agent for the Louisvilie and Nash- ville and Great Soathern Railroad, also Mayor of De- catur, sent the following message to Superintendent Goddes at this place :— “Things look gloomy bere this morning. No doubt that yellow fever is here, Business houses are all tiosed and everybody is loaving. The no attention, Do not think trains in bere at night, nor men allow bere over night. do not eircumstances that | can remai: the i company’s pi bat myselt. [t would bo hore as we cannot handle % || mot to send any fi it. REPORT OF ATLANTA (GA.) PAYSICIANS CON- CFRYING THE EPIDEMIC AT CHATTANOOGA, (py TELE@RAPH TO THE mERALD. } ATLANTA, Ga., Sept. 20, 1 Doctors Alloy, Knott and Lee, the commitiee of the Atlanta Medical Society, who visited Chatta- noma yesterday (0 investigate the yellow fever — panie, report tbat several native cases of weil defined yellow ever exist ra, five of the patients having diea, Tho com- Mitteo decides that the so-called heavy malarial fever existing there for some ks ws yellow te coolness of nen nights me lateless of hope th. y jous in Sostanmeena, v Tore the city and the jamie aod Auantic Ration Company arranged to havo their engineers kept out of the city. Chattano 8 700 feet above the level of tho sen, and this Is the highest poimt yet reached by the fever, The prosent epidemic bas rua out of ail bearings. ‘Ihe committee will padiisn a report in substance as above y that the local physi- jon last night agreed GRENADA WELL ENOUGH TO DO WITHOUT DOCTORS. To Taf HERALD.) Grenana, Misa, Sept. 20, 1878, denths irom yetlow tever hero jw caves. All the doctors have A copy of we NEW YORK a aes Grenada Sentinel made ite appearance to- Upte date 214 whites and fifty-seven pegrocs have died, NO ABATEMENT IN THE YEVSR AT VICKSBURG. [Bx TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. | Vickspurs, Mise, Sept, 20, 1878. ‘There were 12 deaths irom yellow lever bere to-day, 10 white ond 2 colored, as follows :— T. W. Goodrich. F.C. Lewis, Witham J. Sebuler, Cuarles Sutherland, Mrs, Reidel. Jobo Bradford. Mire. C. Wadsworth, D. Watson, Miss An: ee Nefahe, Witham Coleman, Wilham Annie McGinnis. ‘There is a fos ent in the number of It has been raining siuce lute in the alternoo: DEATH CARRYING OFf THE NOBLEST WORKERS At HOLLY SPRINGS—THE FEVER RECORD OF YESTERDAY, HoLty Sprines, Miss,, Sept. 20, 1878. Colonel H. W. Walter fell at bis post. His place was hard to fill, but the committee called upon Colonel! Kimlock Falconer, Secretary of State, who was nursiog bis brother, and he responded:— “I am at your service.” His duty he faithiully and thoroughly performod until the dreaded monster fell upon bim, and he was borne to bis home by his chang. death list since last re) rt is as toliow: W. 8. Featherstone, iltiam Collins, Foreman, R. Lees (child), Miss Mary stewart, 5. Knap, J. H. Stone. M. Ge: ary. Joseph Weobe: Colonel H, W. Walter. Thomas Knoble. Two others; names not Mrs. Thompson. known, ‘The new cases are:— Eugeue Leidy, Jr. Callie Sykes, Mrs. D. J. Oliver, E. Letay, Sr. Lizzie Liven. on bi Beauregard. mk Davis, W. Si brey Lee. E. Daten. Giten Smith, Jonn Larouch, Lzeie Maict, L, Adams, J. Rather, Charles Jobn Talbot. GREENVILLE IN NEED OF IMMEDIATE HELP. GueEXVILLE, Mi) Sept, 20, 1878. ‘Total cases, 350; total deaths, 133. Deaths in the last twenty-four bours, 18, We are cut off en- tirely from the world, as the telegraph office in Vicks burg cannot take our business, there being only one operator there. We are out of medicine and ice and have not been able t 4 one message through for po days, We could have obtained relief but tor FOUR MORE DEATHS AT CANTON. Canton, Miss., Sept 20, 1878. New cases of yellow fever to-day, 20; deaths trom yellow fever, 4. Robert Mosby, one of the Howards, ie down with the fever, but is doing well. THE YEUSENS IN RICHMOND GETTING BETTER. [Bx TELEGRAPH 10 THE HERALD ] Ricumonp, Sept, 20, 1878. Dr. A. Z. Koiner, the attending physician, reports $o-nignt that the New Orleans family 9! refugees are improving. Karl Yeusen’s condition is that of con- valeseence, his wife is much Improved and his daughter is also convalescing. jth the favorable climatic fluences and with thocaroful treatment thoy are colving, it 1s moro than probable that all of them andeven the woman (who 18 pregnunt and conse> quently in a critical condition) will recover, PENSACOLA FREE FROM YELLOW JACK, . Prysacora, Fla, Sept. 20, 1878, ‘The rumor prevailing that vessels cannot enter the Port of Pensacola until frost is erroneous. This regu- Jation apy plies ovis ely yt versels from infected perts, The health o! ent. PHILADELPHIA'S MONSTER BENEFIT YOR YEL- LOW FEVER SUFPERERS—THE PROGRAMME— SELLING SEATS AT AUCTION. [BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD, ] PHILADELPuIA, Sept, 20, 1878, This afternoon thecommittee of the dramatic pro- fession engaged in raising money for the yellow fever sufferers conducted an auction sale of the choice seats for the grand combination benefit performance m aid of tho fund, The sale took place at the Chestout Street Theatre, in pres ence of a large number, and was conducted by Mr. William D. Gemmill, of that lighmen, as chairman of the meeting, Mr. Johu 1, Holmes, treasurer of the Arch Street Theatre, as treasurer, and Mr. George K. Goodwin, manager of the Walnut Street Theatre, and Ceedinta Ng the committee in charge. The salo was remarkable for one thing. The dramatic protession wag again obliged to show its untiring liberality by baying seven-cighths ef the boxes. LIBERAL BIDDING. The eale began with ti agar +) made the first bid Chil securing the boxes. Daniel the name of George first choice ior $ion, and —_ obtaining the second choico for A. J. Drexel for a like sum. ‘There were, of coui no other bids, Tho third box was bought by the first bidder, Mr. Tony T’assor, for $100, but be immediately gave it back to the committee, to be sold ovor again. J. L. Carnciogs, the minstrel singer then obtained it for $50, turned it over once more to the commitieo and it was Knocked down to John 4 merchant, for $100, He, m_ turn, it sold again, a it me the y of Mr. Ha- er a secoud = tim for another $50, The fourth box was knoc! down firstto Master Stuart Gemmill tor $50, and bought jain by Mr. Frank Morag, the miustrol, tor # like som. The fifth went first to Miss Lillie Glover, ding lady at the Chestnut, for $25, and again Mr. oJ. Cc. Curran, of the American Theatre, tor $40. Several other members of the dramatic pro- fession purchased boxes, the sales of which tooted up $1, Various actors and Managers acted aS auctioneers, many of them making their firat appearance in this part, among them being Mr. Gemmill, Mr. W. E, Sheridan, Mr. Howard Paul, Mr. Joseph D. Murphy, Mr. Goorge Hoilan Mise Lilie Glover (who made a great hit in this cbar- acter), Mr. Tony Pastor ang Messts. Carncioss and Sweatnam, THE BENEFIT AT BOOTH’S THEATRE, A large audience assembled at Booth’s Theatre yesterday alternoon (o witness the.performance given tn beball of the municipal fund to reliove the yellow fever sufferers. Though hurriedly gotten up the en- tertainmest was an interesting aod singularly suc- cessial one. The Ninth Regiment Band, under the leadership of Professor Downing, opened the programme with three selections Then followed Harrigan and Hart in an Irish sketeb, alter which Mr. George Vandonbof recited Scott's manner, Miss Gevevieve Ward appearing as tho wife, The fourth feature was Teaonys Light Brigade,” by Miss she won a decided and gratifying triumph, tor Guisbed the poem she was grected by a ry penned which lasted for several minutes. Kellogg next san, fav ri fret and bis company; ascone of fan and misebiet by she sable comedians Bireh and Backas, and several specialty ucts by tavorite artiste. Toward the close of the performance Mr. Luther B. Wyman appeared beiore rhein, and alter speak- ing ot the call tor aid for Morers in the South Tequested permiseton to read the following despatch just received irom Mempuis:— Manrats, Tenn, Sept. 19, 1878, F. .4 Res at House — 2,250 ng Apt et over four Aner ope tt i thousand city. Oar city is's hospital, died. tw slight degree, mmply ri id things look w little wore hopstul, We are It is our lust and only hope. “A the generous people of New York. ‘The prendiug to the suburbs for several iw 0 \iutlo towne in the interior, We fei compelled to sup- Ail, these people With provisions and supplies, med- ec. eb ea Rater hs TRMDEKIO 5) RIGHULER, diver Avalanche. Mr. Wyman then made an appeal to the pubiic for a B. Fay rane 3 Continuanoe of the gewerosity with whieh the appeal ft ing that this was the er dd that @ Doud could Bow be created be- tween North and Sooty which would held them in true unin forever. General Preston, of Kentucky, Was expected to be present aud to address the audienee, but Mr, Davis said thathe bad received «@ lever trom him saying thache was too iil ty attend As weitizen of the South Mr, Davis ofterea bis thanks for a was aed in the boxes, wh: allerward taken to the Iwenty-pimih precinct station house ‘The Munietpal Gas Light Company contributed the amount of their bill tor the afteravon, the Continental Bank Note Company printed the tickets [ree of charge, and not a single sours Of the theatre would accept pay for hi eo was Very litte advertising a , together with t house, was contributed by a +4 that the following list of receipts is the amount | the bearer of the letter from Greenville, where the rs committe >— yellow fever was raging. The writer intended to re- Semaries tolduy to the Ma HL OD. Pi 20 admiusion tickets exchange Total NEW YORK’S AID FOR THE SUFFERERS, At the Hgxaup office yesterday the following contri- butions were received in aid of the sufferers by yellow fever at the South :— Duteb Chureb, of Norwich, L. Vetoriuacy ML t Pavilion, jowtown, L, L, $05; i ve a 39; One of w Mill Thirty-second ware Hotel, No. Broadway, Goatiaontal ‘Hotel Brosaway, €6 couts; ‘Mturtevant Hoa S340; 8, iieuderson, Fei stro ery, 66; Adelpuls Combination bene! ‘100 Nocange Vale ley N\J., $96 66, Captain Wal xth precinet— 83. Through Bening Post~M..' $1; Concord Lodge, No. 43,1. 0, of O. F.. $57 67; Ourroll Bros... $51 63; Chris Hann Campbe 10; Wiest Presvyterian Church, 1! $100; Letter Kile Club, $175, Through C Peta ‘Petty! Fourib precinuct—Koster & Bial, 862 61: Me Dye Works, $15, Throuich Jundwoor. $5; Heor & Altheimer, $10; Casper Club, $25, ‘otal * ‘The Mayor sent the follewing amounts to t e To Memphis, $2,671 91; to New Orleans, $ ‘The Southern Reliet Committee of tue Cuamber of Commerce met at noon, Mr. Heory Hentz, chairman, presiuing, The secretary reported that twenty cases of clothing—men’s, women’s and children’s—and also bed clothing, had been sent yesterday morning to tho suflorers at Memphis, through Angell & Uo, Twenty additional cages will be sent to-day, making sixty-four cuses of clothing shipped to date. Mr. J. Pierpont Morgan, treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce Southern Keliet Comm} nowl- edges the receipt of the ‘ollowieg additional contribu- tions :— By citizons of Mechanicsville, Saratoga county. N. Y. shrough Gi. H. Perry. tor Mompliis, $210; frou cislgous ot Troy, through E. slo, chatrivan | Rotlof Com- mitiee (third remittance) sgfroum Aalip ds 1 ) Mothu- dist, Episcopal Chure through 'N. O. Clock, $15 10; casn, tor Pern in, ; trom Cougregational Coureh, New Mais ford. Vong. B57 70; from Conzrexattonal Obareb, gen ist Chureh, New Milfo’ utter 600, Bors pda p ergs ifoure, ¥, through John P. Seott, $73 York ke Assay Ofte, througl 7. G, ‘Sposa upentatendens, $0150; X.Y. Z., eush, $13 75; irom citizens of Yonkers, x. through Joseph ‘Masten, Mayor, $471 st jan's Episcopal Church, Tuckahoo, Westchestor Ione eee Steapis Mascon: for the houapathis phys cians at New Uriean O; keepers and surt- men of the Fourth Life ‘Saving district, coast of New Jersey, through J, G, Havens, Superintendent, $226 50; dy the boot and shoo jobbers und manufacturers of the York, through, Nathaniel, Fisher. treasurer, Ni Fisher £ Co., $60; Hanan & Reddish, $25; Buet & Mears, $25; Kdwin 0. Burt Un 3. Fursons “& Sons, $50: William Nooly & Co., Waitace & William Butterfleld & Co.. k, Schoonmaker & ( 8. Ric! sBanta Gi . Be 0: 4 KB. Waterbury & oe Weil Brothers, &C $25; Hamilton, Pratt & nney & Mcfartiand, ‘$2 « Merrow, 10; James Wiggins & CO. Buy Stato “Shod and Leatk Com) Levy « taman, £25; ry B pian & lesser, SSiomon Mela,” B10; EE 8. Pook & Co, $10: NX: D, Deaze, $10; Kara Benedict, {J Krnsteia, #5; Sam Wilson, $5; Hanan & Deves, ; James Cuvabagh. $103 a. G, ‘Hooper, $5;.3. Buch & re Go.. $10; Bok atte S10; ka $100; ins ‘Wolfe, tI 50; Presbyterian Chareh, Mason. Je ‘throazh N. 'W. Voorhies, 43 75; contrivated by ‘the Epis.o opal, Conmroznti Kowua Catholle and ‘Methodist Chureues,, stockbrh Arthur Lawren, St, Paul's Church, 560 703 \bscriptions from ‘citizens of Beivider through laruel Harris, Bol N.J., additional subserip' $70 12; Prosby ‘ough W.'S. Glin a throu additional, through F. kK. Ml urers, $10; Kirst. hcohatasinn ‘Chureby Plutueoues W.. Pierce, $40; citizens of senvea Falls, through Albert Yook, trousura sick und fering firemen, $154 ugustus Jebuson, roliet committee of Berta N.Y., through E.'S Sreasurer, $1504 Bancroft, Salem, N. exution and dinday School of Grace Uburd Dothport, brought HH. K. Dynean, roctor, 18 © Honal Caureh, East itaddam, "Con eal 3; employ vs of Davis he any, Watertow: * through G, B. Massey, $71 50 Kev, 'Jumos tt » Moravia, Loway employes of Singor Manufacturing Company, Now York’ city, through Te acdenbergh, S107: Willm Heney Smith g Co, ‘otal, Bi, Gi. Yreviously weknowledged, Bria SL.” Grand total, $119,206 48, Two cottage boxes for the concert at Gilmore's Garden on Moaday evoutng tor the relief of ibe sul- : ers were sold ut the Cotion Exchange. Tue par- were James F. Wenman, $25, and Henry Tilee + $2: The following additional Tae we by the Stationers’ Board Wilkinson Bree & Co., pa 3 & 0. Myers. 825 H, Parsons & € 25 ; Ainorican mpany, Howard Lockwood and his employes, im Beraoe & Co., $20. Total, $20. The amount distributed was as follows:—Memphis, Tenn., $200; Canton, Miss., $100; Port Gibson, Misa, $100. The Young M forwarded $146 to received ’s Hobrew Association of this city sister society in New Orieaus, — ADDITIONAL AID. The receipts of the treasurer of the Brooklyn fund amounted $1,006 48. Of this sum $362 50 was real- ized by an Foage oh ssemen mh at Music tiall, The police contributions amouatea to $237 53 The Prospect Park laborers coutributed $109 65. The total oun as oe of the troasurer up to date is 88 . MISCELLANEOUS, A vocal and instrumental concert in ald of tho suf- ferors will be gtven undertne auspices of Fireman's Ball Committee ot the Vid Volunteer Fire Department at Gilmore’s Garden on Monday eveniug noxt, A gentleman who signs himself “Ove of a Million,” sends $1 to the Henauo office aud sugg that similar donations be sent by otners. By this means & hanusome sum can be realized. A vail for the benefit of the sufferers will be given at Lyric Assembly Kooms, No. 50 Forsyth street, ou Monday evening next, under the auspices of the Star Gieo Club. A summer oi bt’s festival for the same object will take place at Torrace Garden on Tuesday under the auspices of the employés ef th Sutro & Newmark. THE CITIZENS’ COMMITTER, The Citizens’ Committee appointed by Mayor Ely received the following amounts From salo of tickets for Trinity finance Deparsment, city of N, ‘irst Presbyterian Uharel, iu: clothing. ‘Total receipts to Wate, 87.72 Bt, The committeo has received $215 15 trom the em- ployés of the Keop Manulacturing Company and $25 from the Gallictan Protective Union, por Isaac Keoler, neither of which baye beeu heretolore acknowl: arch organ by 4 $25 York, by 8. Wise car package of ‘the managemant of the Park Theatre have post- ponod their yeilow fever matings tor the present. Enoch Morgan, & & Co, propose to sell at the Americaa Lnstitute Pair 10,000 cakes of su followed by 10,000 more, up to ure pi sto be given to the zens’ Committee, If all soid this fund will realize $4,000, FAILED TO ESCAPE, A YOUNG MAN LEAVES THE SOUTH TO AVOID ‘THE FEVER, BUT 18 TAKEN DOWN IN iHI8 cry, Acase of yellow fever was discovered yesterday morning in tho Bowery Hotei, at the corner ef Sixin streetand the Bowery, Two days before a young man registered bimseli as (rom Greeuville, bas did not give avy State. ie was shown to reom No, 26, where he spent the night of the 18th and the day and might of the 19th inst, Yesterday morning as one of tho housemaids attempted to enter the room to clean it, she found the door fastened. She knocked, but coived no reply. Listening she heard what seemed to ve groans. She at ouce med Mr. Wallace, the proprietor, who sent to the polica station, at First avenuo and Filth street, and poti- fied Captain MoCullagh, The captain rgount repaired to the hotel aud burst in ul door of room No, 26 and there tound 8 young m bout twenty-five years of age, about five feot eight inchos In height aad when in sound health dark complexioned, But when they saw bim he was almost doubled up with tho cramps, which usually accompany cases of yellow fever od his jace was as yellow as {Tro man appeared to be dying. ‘The Captai from what ho had jearned of tue case belore reaching the hotel, thought 1 might be # suicide wad lefta patrolman oui- side to bo ready to run to the station and telegraph for an ambulance to take the pats pital, Bat the appearanes of the man clearly inai- cated the 0 of bis disease, and the absence of any poisonous Vials or papers discredited the jaca of suicide A search wes thon made to discover who be was wh he came trom, A letter was found in bis pocket of which atew lives were read vy the Ser- goat, Lt purported to be aletter of introduction trom the sick man’s vrotwer, in St. Louis, Mo, to trends io New York; but in the ¢xeltement oF the mer 1, neither cnptarn nofsergeant nor any one ti loiter Was addressed, ide “nowuvere Of tue escape Of the Writer wad of aod a | to Bellevue iios- | or | ‘main for the preseat in St, Louis, but bis whom be spoke of in the letter as Louis Charles, wisbed to travel farther norti THe PATERNT’S NAME, The varkeeper ot the Kowery Hot 10 received the wan aud assigned bint bis room, says that be ap- ross to be ali right when ho called and registered name. But be wrote such a scrawling hand at 8 difflcult to tell whether his pame was Livingstoue, Langston or Leeingstone. To the HEKALD representative who examined it yesterday it looked most like Langston. The police, however, at the first glance spelied it out Livingstone. Seeing u ature of the case Captain McCullagh notified the Board of Health, and Dr. Janeway and an- other inspector promptly uppeared and the case one ot yel quarantine boat was telegraphed for und came up to the cily and received from the Board of Heulth ambui: dying man, The writer visited Quarantine y y, but the patient had just been transiorredioa yacht ana was op the way down Lo the Lower Bay hospital, HIS CONDITION, Dr. Thompson, who saw him, thought it was pot possibie for tbe man to live ten minutes from that tume—six o'clock. The doctor kuew nothing about the case, except what was in the afternoon papers and what he learned by tho wlegram ordering hig boat Dr. Gray had only the same we nd Dr, Vanderpoel—aimeelf il, though iis unable to attend 0 Quarau- From the time the sick stranger was discovered, yesterday mornipy, untii the latest in- formation could be gleaned about him last ne bs was uucooscious, He signed bimself hotel register us 1. Lavgeton or Livings! ne bu his tul) name provavly was Louis Churies Lang- ston. His letters and eflects wi taken possession of by the Board of Healtn aud the room in which he was lodged was locked up and thoroughly fumigated. For a fow hours alter the discovery there wus 4 gen- uine scare among the bourders and Aabitués ol ue hotel; but last eveaing everything had ussumed its normal condiion. ‘Tae police think that the patient came trom Greenville, either in Alabama or Mis- sissippi—probavly the His is the only yellow Jever case bow at quarai 8, upper oriower. Ho was too lar gone for vomiting, 8o that that evidence of the disease was lucking, Ho Lad bo irieuds here except the parties to whom his ‘etter of introduction ts addressed, aud their names or address could not be asceriuined lasteveninz. Norcould bis position or circumstances be judged save that ho was well dressed and respectable looking. CANAL EXPENDITURES, SAVING THIS YSAR AS COMPARED wir 1877. ALBANY, Sept. 20, 1878, The following is a comparison of the expenditures on the canals for the six moaths ending August 1 tn the years 1877 and 1878 :— A LARGE 1878. 1877. Erie Capal—section $45,518 58 Section 2 21,003 16 Section 3, 22,163 19 Section 4, 20,404 04 22,072 39 Section 7. Section 11 8,070 58 Totals,..... seeeee sees S110, 371 40 Champlain Canal—Section 1..$10,289 67 $27,634 77 Section 2,. 10, 26,886 30 Section 8,, 5,281 97 6,613 16 Totals..... e+e. $26,811 07 $61,104 22 Oswego Uanal—Section $8,927 $1 $7,781 67 Section 2., 6,406 OL 10,561 07 Totals...... 10,333 82 Black River—section 1.11... $5,218 36 Section 2. 8,915 75 Coyuga and ‘Seneca, 2 Costas Cana: wemung Cana Buena Maivision Middle division, , Western division 99,580 lu Towls, $170,452 82 $341,680 63 Amount of expenditures by saperintend- cuts ot repairs, Fevruary 1 to Augast , IT A cpsisean + $841,630 08 Amount expeaded vy *“Gaual ‘Goinmission- OFS DUNE POTIOd ...65 13,928 12 Total. ee $355,553 80 Amount expended by superinten ij repairs, February 1 to August 1, 1878,..,$179,452 82 Amount of expoudiiures by Superiniend- ent of Public Werke, same period. ...... Amount of salaries aud Waveliing expenses of seperintendent of Public Works and Assistaute, sume period, 17,597 24 THE NEW FRENCH MUSEUM OF DECORATIVE ART. 1t has been decided thatthe motbod of classifica. tion of the objects in the new Museum of Decora- tive Art, which 18 to be eatablished in the Pavilion do Fiore of the Tuileries, will be that baving for tts base the uses to which the manufuctured objects are destined. A second pian whieh was su to classily by matertuis, The general opimeon scoms to be that the former method is preferably, facill- lating, as it does, comparison of boi object aud maeriul The oxiibus in the muscam will be divided wte two grand classes, into sections ‘The fi will coutain the cies destined for the exterior and interior of buildings, and tue second those for tho jon of man and the objects for bis use. Tne classes will be divided into eleveu sections, of which BIX belong to the first cl; and five to the second class. Te 18 & prosident to each section and a vari- apie number of specialists and oihers as wombers. Under the first head there are the sections of archi- tecture, President M. Violet le Duc; sculpture and painting, Presidente MM. Guillaume and Gérome; permanent decoration, President M. Paul Mantz; Movavie decoration (metals, bronzes, gold and silver nithery), President M, Oaiot; turowture, Prosident evanels, glassware aud ceramics, I’rest- Dalloz sections of the second class ure thore of dress, President, M. Dupont-Auvervillc; oraam President, M. Berge rins, President, M. Lonzperi of instruction, Presiden, Leuvrior do Lu jolais; library, President, M. le Buren Girard, 1p addition to these sections a special commission has been established for the orgauization of tempo- rary and loan exbibitions whteh ts presided over by AM. je Baron Ad, de Keiagehild, Whew the museum ts established there will bo in al) tho departinents of France sub-exhibitious, wilh casts oF cop © origioals at Paris, Correspondents will be chusen im ail principal cies amoug the curators of livrarivs aod museums, asd among amar veurs, GOSSIP FROM FOREIGN STUDIOS, Rivera, the talented Spawish aruist, is very popular in England, where his little canvases commind targe prices, He ts now painting in Rome chiefly tor Goupil & Co., of Paris, trom jm be receives $1,200 per mouth, J. G, Vibers worked very harden bi “Apothoosis | of Vicrs’? in the Jate Salon, which the French critics so roundly abused, Lts chief fauit lies in its coloring, iu whieh siurting Hod crude Teds Lave a large place. Looking at it design it Las imany good aud eveu grandiose qualities. He 14 now engaged oa a pioiure called “fhe Music Lessov,” the scholars aud instructor being priests. Godebsal, bo yee fa Paris, has lately moueliea a lit 1ou portrait head of Mine, Modjoska, which is vow betug cut im Lialy, Cavahes 48 @6 Work on a paintiog of Dante's “Beatrice.” GENERAL FOREIGN ALT NEWS. M. Palguiere’s statue of Lamartiue, lately unvelioa at Macou, 18 am excellent one. ‘The retrospective exnibition of anctent and modern paintings is BOW Open ja the Pavilion de Fioro of the ‘Tuileries. The proceeds are to be added to the faud being rated tor (he establisumeat ta the same piace ofthe Museum of Decorative Art ‘Yhe Louvre bas lately acquired an Interesting por- trait oy Lugros. Among the wequisttions of seulpture by the vity of Paris (rom the late Salon are Barrias’ “Les Premieres Fuverailies,” 25,000/.; Nvel « Meditation,’ Gaathorn’s “Le Paradis rerdu,” 16,000L, Les Hiroudelies,” 5.0001, HAbItIOM Will Close ow October Au interesting porteatt of Chaties Lamb, paruted by Wim Haziitt for Coleridge, has been | offered jor purchase by the National Portrait G ibe Arundel Soe of twenty-six draw) Mise Be 142 weuvols of art. Director Werner it picture of the Berlin re ered by that city, is progressing rup.dly Tue restoration of Uke ‘Cathedral at Pisu is com picted, while that of the “Leaning Tower” has reacned the Rome of Upper part, STRELT ‘CLEANING DEPAKTMENT. From Uaptain Gan ‘a report to the Street Clean- ing Committee the foliowimg facts in relation to tne amount of WOrk dowe by the Siroet Cleaning Department gang” em of last year tae Hon’? syaiem of this are learned :— ln 1577, from January 1 w Septemoer 16, 4,614 miles of Street wero Bw and 632411 loaas of ashes and 177,549 loads of ravbieh were removed. During the corresponding months of this year 11,599 miles have been swept and 666,745 louds of Ashes wad 192,747 londs oi ruvviod Lave neon comove HERALD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21, 1878—TRIPLE SHEET. OBIT UARY. COLONEL THOMAS BANGS THORPE, Colonel Thomas B. Thorpe, once famous as an author, war correspondent, politician and artist, died at tbe Roosevelt Hospisal in this city yester- aay morning, Sepuember 20, at tho age of sixty-three years, He had been suffering for @ considerable tme with Bright’s dis- ease of the kidneys, and removed on that account nearly a month singe from his rooms in the studio butlaing, corner of Broadway and Tenth strect, to the residence of his daughter, at Yonkers. He was taken, on the Sd inst., tor better medical convenience, to the hospital, where he was carefully atieuded, He bad been unconscious for forty-eight Bours preceding bis death, Colonel Thorpe was the son of Rev. Thomas Thorpe, a clergyman ot considerable literary talent, and was born at Westfield, Mass,, March 1, 1815, His parents removed soon aiter his birth to New York city where his father soon died at the ago of twenty-six yoars, Tuomas was educated in the Now York schools, and tn 1833 entered, the Wesleyan University at Middletown, Cenn,, but Jett that tustitution in 1836 tor reasons of health and Went to the Southwest, though another account states that he graduated at Middletown in 1842, and post- pones his departure to the South to that year, Be this as it may, he had in early life exhibited a genius for painting, and a picture, entitled “The Bola Deagoon,’’ illustrative of one of Irving’s tales, was admitted to tho old American Academy of Arts as early as 1832. Young Thorpe settied at New Orieans, where ho occasionally used the brush, bot was chiefly occupied with politics. Being an ardent partizan of Henry Clay, he early became connocted with the press of Now Orleans, and for some yeurs was editor of the New Orleans Bee, the leuding whig organ of the Southwest, At the outbreak of the Mexican war in raising volunteers procured him a Worth, his zeal position on the steff of General proceeded to the ti on the Rio Grand Qud was @ witness of somo of the oarlier opera- tions of the war, which he series of letters to Now Ori papers, He Was present at tho capturo of Monterey, ard bis ob- servations on the frontier formed the materials of two volumes, “Our Army on tho Rio Grande’? (1846), and “Oar Army at Monterey” (1447), which coptain vatu- able duta whieh has been freely used by the histo- rians of the Mexican war. Keturing to Louls na, be edited for some time a puper at Buton Rouge, and took” an active part, both writer and a campaign orator, in the nomipation a election of Gene to the Presidency, Colonel Thorpe wrote for tho Knickerbocker and other periodicals, aud became a regular contributor to Zar- per’s Weekly. Colonel Thorpe was essentially a sportsman, was for some time editor of @ sporting paper in Now York, and becawo noted for tho vigor and accuracy ot bis turf reports. He wus in New Orieaus at the out- break of the civil war, when, according to the tessi- mony of Horace Greeley.'“he came North to rosist the rebellion, mucn service — with the Ho and did the Usion cause pen’? tongue and ot Mr Gi upported by G Grant, es Harper and T. L. James, Colonel Thorne. ‘wus appointed by Collector Grinnell in 1869 clerk to the Warehouse Superintendent in the New York Cur- tom House, and was promoted to the post ot Government Weigher by Collector sturphy, heading the lst in the civil service examinations, He was removed trom that post last spring whea the force was reduced, but was appointed to another post by Collector Arthur just previous to the latter's re- moval, o tow woeks since, For many years he resided in Goid street, Brooklyn, terly occupled rooms to a studio building on Broad- way, and devoted his leisure to painting A large otf painting of Niagara Falls attracted yery tavorable cO% ment. Colonel Thorpe daughters, Who were in constant attendaaco his tines, aud a son, who is Sprimgt, Ark, His youngest dau, cently married, died on the 9th inst., and her logs, is Dedeved to have basteved his decease, He will be buried in the Thorpe family plot, in Greenweod Cemetery, next monday, the 234 inst, GEORGE PARKES BIDDER, F. kh. 8. A cable despated aunounces the death ta Evgland, yesterday, of George Parkes Biader, @. Ro 8. George Parkes Bidder was born in England in 1800, veing the son of a» laboring mav, and was seil-cducated, developing such matbomatical geoius iu chiidhood that he gave several public oxbivitions aa the “Caiculattng Boy.” He became a civil engineer, was connected with the earliest enterprisos of railway Construction, cnjoyed the friendship of George Stepheuson, Whom be uided in obtaining the pnasage through Parliament of several railway charters; Was ove Of the engineers of the Biackwail Railway, rly promoter of the Electric Telegrapn Company, and was renidant of the Institution of Civil Engineers tn 18 GENERAL HENRY RAYMOND. General Heury Raymond, supposed to havo bee! the oldest surviving veteran of the War of 1812, diced yosterday morning at his home, No, 211 Moutgomory street, Jersey City. Ho was aearly ninety years of ‘age, but retained his health until withio the present yoar, being an invariable bavitual attendant at the Annual dinners of the veterans at tho Sturtevant House. his year, however, bis gradually increasing weakness prevented his attendance. iis funeral next Sunday wili be attended by the members of that or- ganization pursuant to a call issued by Colonel Abra- fom Daily, the next oldest survivor, ABRAHAM DEPUE, Judge Depue, of the Now Jersey Supreme Court, has received the dotails of the death of his brother, Mr. Abraham Wepue, which took piace at New Orleans from yellow fevor several days ago Mr. pee was @ bative ef Warren county, im Princeton College, © war broke out went to ave regiment, When tho closed hb moved South amd married there, setting on & pjgntation near Baton Rouge. He was only tbirty- t years old and Was highly estectnod in bis neigubornood, J. SIMPSON. J. Simpson, Assistant Auditor General of the Do- minion of Canada, died in Ottawa yesterday, Ho sat for Niagara in the Canadian Assembly trom 1857 to 18t4, and was Provinetal Secretary a short time in tife later year. SKNHOR CARVALTO, Senbor Carvalto, the Portuguese Congal General at Shanghai, China, died to tuat city carly ia the month of August THE DURKEK ESTATE In the matter of “the charges made by James Merton ig a petition Bled in the Kings County Surrogate’s Court ow Wedvesday, aguinst Nathaniel A. Boynton and Jobo W. Cham; executors of the estate of the late Julius A. Durkee, Mr. Champlin comes out with an emphatic denial, He says be wever received @ dollar that wag not eredited io tho stave, and declarcs that Mr. Newton, altvough requested w do so in April L sed to explain the matters which he con. sidered wrong. Mr. Boynton is now in Colorado, but his ultorney makes simiiar statements ia bis benail MARITAL DIFFICULTIES, Frapk Kuchler, living at No 413 Myrtle avenue, Brooklyn, was arraigned before Judge Walsh, of that city, yesterday, on complaint of his wite, who charged hit with having abandoned her without meaus of sup- port. The following agreoment, produced by tho complainant and signed vy himself and wih his wite’s mark, Was placed of fie :— fhis is to certify that f, F fe son Kate Kuchier, the likes. Kuobier was beld in default of $1,000 batl.to appear tor eamination Mouday. Ho'says that ho has Agrouments aa Lo Separauon which bis wife has failed to keep. NORWEGIAN ABUT With tho stoamer Voringen to Trome6e on the 20th of August, having completed ite third and last voyage for this year, The expedition lott Hammertest ou we ‘28th of July tor the last time lo consequevce of a gale it Was detained three days below tho Kear isiand, on which it janded durivg tho night of the 2d to the 3a of Augest. Rich tusk Asberies w: discovered ov tue Coast. On the Oth of August the expedition reached the south cape of Splizvergen, and the potar strear the ie boundary to the wortiwest ou August, Uo the Lith of August the expedition was 1m the eigbticth degreo borthern laude, and anchored oex: Gay Off (ue so-called Norwegian imlaad of Nortuera Spiizvergen, On the 17th and 18H it proecuded by Wey Of Smeerenborg to eo to Advent Hay, wh tue Seu of arfied oat in the 1d apd that whe scieutiie resu: iwgly rich, fhe tusk Hab- ing in Lue Fiver Spitzbergen he Coumiders as a subject Jor more minuto Inquiries, Raa It Was found that tho warm stream of the AU@atic Ocean runs to the north of the oightieth degree of intivude aud in covered by the Polar ioe, The present expedition has comploted the explorations between Norway, the Far Islands, leetand, Jao, Moya and Spitzy eummenoed in 157d. 5 OUR COMPLAINT BOOK. {Nora —Letters intended for this colama mast be accompanied by the writer’s full name aud address to insure attention, Complainants who are anwilling te comply with thisrule simply waste time io writiag, Write only oa one side of the paper,—Eo, Hagan] NINETEENTH W4BD ROWDYISM, To tux Evirog of THB HE&ALD:— 1 wish to ask, in bebalf of the peaceable, law-abid ing citizens of this ward, if the police will not de something to rid us of the gang of rufflans that infeaf Forty Gfth st., besween Second and ue eee WAKE UP. To rmz Epiro ov THe HegaLp:— Jam you not induce some live newsboy to establise @ sland at Fifty-elghth street and Sixth aveaue, the starting peiut of the Gilbert Railroad, who will open early ip the morning? The one theronow wakes up toward noon. M. J. INVITING A PESTILENCE, ‘To tae Evtror of rum Henato;— The Buard of Health would confer a favor to the poorer class of people in the neighborhood of Winth avenue and Little Twelfth sireet by visiting the yard o1 No, 16 Ninth avenue, where they will seo chickens, ducks, horses and cats, also a manure box and a water closet, both WiShout drainage, and a cesspool The sinell trom th,40 18 terrible aud liable to ciate dige case. BOR, POLICE INSOLENCE, To tue Epirom ov raz Heratp: While in the Park with a lady friend a fow days ago wo took a seut near the Observatory, As wo were couversing an ofticer came along and roughly tola us to move on or he would take us tothe mation. [did not remonstrate with bim, beiwg afraid that our names Would be puplisied iu the papers, but com? plied. The officer wore badge No. 2 Is thore no way of protecting oneself (rom inauits of this kind? INDIGNANT, A BAD PAVEMENT, To tug Evitox or tuk Heratp:— 1 wish to ask through your columus why the paves mento! ‘I'wenty-third street, between Fifth avenue and Nioth avenue, is leit in such a state by the Board of Public Works? It 18 almost impossible to drive over it without breaking your carriage, and if you lake a Stage it is ost tmpossible to sit on the seat he pavement ts so 1ull of boies, The gas companies have dug it up for their own purposes and never taid eut in & condition that ts passable. Why are Side gtreets paved and our great thoroughtares Joft In such a condition? RESIDENT, ELEVATED RAILROAD STATIONS, To Tuk Epitor ov tHe UxkALD:— ‘The list of stations on the Third avenue railway, published in the Hexap a tew dayy tLe fact that no station is intended between ‘Twenty-third and Thirty-fourth streets, a distance of over haif a mile, whoreas between Fourteenth and Tweaty-third there is a station at Eighteenth street, I should think that the people living between Tweaty- third and Thirty-iourth streets, who are suffering tho Same annoyances as those further up or I town trom the noise of the road. to the same advantages. A station at Twenty-oigh! or T'wenty-ninth street would be only justice dono to them. JUSTITLA, vated THE MUTUAL BENEFIT SAVINGS BANK. Epitox ov tug Heraup:— ly, if not quite, three years ago the Mutual Bonefit Savings Bank failed, Since that time the rer ceiver, Mr, Aldrich, bas declared three-dividends— viz, two of twenty-five and ono of eight per cent— making fifty-eight por cont iu all. The last aividend was paid about the first of the presontyear. I no~ iced w complaint im the HxRauo recently signea “A Depositor,” suyiug be had only received ove divie dend, and 1 suppose that there are a great many like nim, who have uot received any more, The tact 1s4 the receiver has never published that he was payin, 80 how is aay one yoing to know anything ubout 16, unless be cao call on tue receiver ana find out? T write this partly to iniorm ‘a Depositor’? that there 1s money ready for him on his applying for it, and partly to got the Hruacp to try and pave u law passed Vo limit the Ume of setting up “broken banks.” ‘WIDGEON, To 7 DISTURBING DIVINE SERVICE To tae Evrror or tHe Hkkanp— Allow ine space to complain of the Sunday opera< tions of the Metropolitan Elevated Railway. For sev- eral Sundays a large gang of men have been posted on the road making alterations, co the great annoy. ance of the congregation worshipping io the Churce of the Holy Communion. On last Sunday the noise and din of hammers was so yreat that it was impossi« bie to hear half of the service or sermon, [tis strange that this particular point should be selected for most of the Sanday labor. Lt would seem that this company do not regard tho rights of worsbipve any more (han they do (ue rights of property bolder Mf that ig nota disiurbageo of public wor- sat pee Y hope hereafter the company will s+ lees some other locality to experiment on than in front ol any church wong 118 route or coase labor dum ing the hoars of divine service. CHORCHWOMAN. ILL TREATMENT OF EUROPEAN PASSENGERS, To rus Epiron ov tHe Hrnato:— Aprepos of your late articie upon the action of cas. toms oificials toward European traveliors ana their baggage, | would say that | returned by @ recent steamer, and as the officer dewiled to examine my traps could not make up his mind whether some of my clothes had been worn or not, ne detained one of my pieces and sont it to “public store” tor examination and apprawement, Tie wise and equitable judges there proneunced certain of my garments dutiavle. & promptly paid the amount named and obtainea my box. When I came to examine its comtents | found beon badly mauled; the ciowhes, Packod with care, had been taken oul plece by piece and returned in about the same fashion as 1 sbould throw undry bag, vhere is remai y charz- thg upon passenge: jects, but of thi L do aot com- plat, Is it not an outrage that & mau’s wardrobe should be subjected to such treatm & OF MANY. ABUSE IN A HOSPITAL To Tuk Epirow oy Tu UeRaLy;— When visiting ove of the well kuown hospitals of the city recentiy | was made aware of an evii which was being done while the intent was that of a kind action, A patient tn the last stages of consumption was tn the bed next to the one at which | was sisting, I suddenly noticed that her (ace was flushing and her Manner became disturbed. lior neighbor explained that it was brought on by nervousucss caused by the reading aloud of a young Inay opposite. She raised her voico to such # pitch that she was audible at the ether und of tho ward. Soou the consumptive patient Locame delirious, and it was bot unttl somo time alter the reading had cvased that she gradually recovered her facuit If the young ladies who do kind actions of thia sort Would only reflect how litic 4 persona so muca reduced as many patients in a large ward mast ve can bear, and would read in such that only the one could ear Who expressed a desire Lo be reud to, they would more surely attain the good they seek, and Would be loss likely “ do w jouw) barm, A PLAGUE SPOT ON THER RIVER. To ras Epsom ov THe HxeaLv:— Permit mo to call attention to @ nuisance whick exists at the foot of Houstoa street, Kast Rivor, At this point tho large sewer which dratna one ot the most censely populated portions of the erty omptiea into @ disused slip of the ferry company, one hundred foet or more wituin tho bulkbesd line and entirely removed from the iuiluence of the running water of the river, This sip bas of late become so fh with wator tor two bourse ther minating ection of the sue a tu mud, over which the sewer cont tout ‘contents T tiieace breeding th Yellow lever scourge visiiod us tis summer th Would have imlalibiy been one of its atrongholus, Cannot sowething be done to ubate this crying evil, at loast botore another summer's sun brings agala to doors a danger tius far successiuily averted? ACCOMMODATION ON TUK EAST SIDE ROAD, To tas Evrtok or THe Henany:— Pioase call the attention of the New York Elevateg Railroad Company wo the Aliby condition of their stairs on the corner of Fitty-ninth street and Third avenue, whic are constantly covered with dirt and tobacco juice, Moreoy: nee is besieged by Host of dirty bootbiacks and nowsboys smoking vile elgars, through whom passeuge: their way, The Hew fog attention to tue suortcomigs of elevated railroad, ia woich we Lope it will pore severe, There is fully as muca diderenes between their and these of the Metropoliten roud ag there is between the common rattroad cars snd the Paiiman pasace cars, yet the lare is just tho same on the juxarivus west side cars, Wo are tola thi designed for a egg yoople gol their money as rich on tou ene di) A he wil ws whet they pny Jee et ee WOULD UE COMMUTER