Yellow Fever

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YELLOW FEVER.—

The New York Times pretends that there is yellow fever in this city, because the Captain of the Brig John Boynton¹ died of billious fever, and another of the crew had "a fever of doubtful character."—Every year some sensation paper tries to get up a yellow fever excitement; but the cool weather is against the attempt this year, thus far. The facts seem to be that, on last Wednesday it was reported to Health officer Boyd,² that the captain of the ship John Boynton was lying sick in Furman street, with a disease of a suspicious character. He was attended by a physician and died—with alleged congestion of the brain. Yesterday noon Dr. Boyd reported the case to Mayor Tieman,³ of New York, as a case so suspicious as to need investigation. The Mayor despatched Dr. Rockwell to inquire into the matter, and if anything wrong was found about her to order her at once to the Quarantine. Dr. Boyd this morning says he knows nothing further about it than that when he saw the man he was dead, that he could not then determine the disease from which he died, but it was rather suspicious he had referred the matter to Mayor Tiemann for investigation.

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