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Show YELLOW FEVEK. New Orleans, 27. The death Mat I .to-day includes eight children under 7 years of age. Port Eada reporie one death and three new cabes there. One of the two Howard's nurses led ture by Dr. Btone ia reported sick. Collector Smith has been authorized by lha treasury department to purchase pur-chase 100 gallons of carbolic acid to disinfect the custom bouse. Momphia, 27. To day has been the worst thus far of the prevalence of the fever. The deaths aKgregate thirty-two and the new ouses ninety-three. ninety-three. Major Waltbiim ol Mobile, who labored ao faithfully in 1S73, arrived last uiuht and will take! charge of the infirmaries which the Howurda purposes establishing iu various parts of tho city. The sick have become so numerous, and being scattered all over the city, it is be lieved the destitute and friendless among them will fare better by being placed in the infirmaries. lo north Memphis, the Market street public Bchool building has been selected, being large enough to accommodate several hundred sick. Several casea of fever are reported among the refugees at Camp Joe , Williams. A hospital baa been improved im-proved there to which the aick are removed. The steamer Belle Memphis, which pissed up tbia afternoon bound for St Louis, took away about 100 refugees. The Irish relief association solicits aid from the Irish people of the country, and from Irish organizations aud societies generally. Destitution ia increasing with the diaeaae among this nationality, and this society eaya to their country people: "If you can uadiat us do so promptly." Contributions Contribu-tions should be aent to ex Mayor Jonh Logan, secretary. The tollowing telegram waa forwarded for-warded to day: . Memthis, 27. To Ui3 Excellency President Hayes. In behalf of the yellow fever atricken Bouth we respectfully requeBt you to exercise your discretionary power in the appointment of a special committee of the ablest physicians phy-sicians and ohemiata in the country for the purpose of scientifically in-veatigating in-veatigating the cause, nature, treatment treat-ment and future prevention of the fearful epidemic now racing. Con gress will undoubtedly make a suitable suita-ble appropriation to award comuiis-aioua comuiis-aioua (or Bervices so valuable to the country. (Signed) Cabey Young, M. U, and a number ot other prominent gentlemen. Wheeling, 27. A supposed case of yellow fever ia reported in tbia city to day. The Buflerer had been boating on the Lower Ohio river. New Orleana, 27. The Howard association, at a meeting to night, adopted a resolution recommending the lull endorsement of the JPeabody subsistence association and cordially approving tbe Bame. A dispatch from the Howarda of Vickaburg to tbe Howards of New Orleans says: "No more nurses needed." Port Gibson, 27. Two hundred and twenty caaes of yellow fever to dale and twenty-five deaths. Vicksburg, 27. Heavy showers last night and this morning. One hundred hun-dred and eighteen new caaes of yellow fever in the past twenty-four bourB; twentv four deaths, and among them Dr. VV. Booth. |