New York Daily Tribune

The Yellow Fever in Philadelphia.—M. Dunn, the Night Inspector attached to the Custom-House in this city, died at his residence in Plank street yesterday morning, from yellow fever contracted on board the bark Elizabeth J. This is the second victim to yellow fever growing out of the Board of Health and the Health authorities at the Lazarette allowing the bark to come up to the city, after it was known that one of her officers had died from the fever and that some of her crew were taken sick after her arrival at Quarantine. The conduct of the Health authorities in this instance has created so much distrust among the Custom-House officers, that it is a difficult matter to get the officers on board of vessels now allowed to come up from Quarantine. It was well known at the Lazaretto at the time of the arrival of the Elizabeth J., that a death had occurred on board, during the voyage, from yellow fever, and that sickness manifested itself after her arrival. Notwithstanding this, the Board of Health granted permit for her to come up to the city. It is said that the cabin and forecastle were fumigated, and the hatches opened for the purpose of allowing the air to circulate in the hold; but, admitting that this was done, it was impossible to drive out the fever from the hold without removing the cargo, which could not be reached by the appliances for cleansing.

The Board of Health yesterday ordered the cargo of the brig Mary E. Millikin to be discharged at the Lazaretto. The crew of this vessel, while at Matanzas, numbered nine; one of these deserted, and another, named Carl Stein, died while she was in port. Another of the crew, named Joseph Shally, died at sea, and a third, David Dwyer, died after the vessel arrived at the Lazaretto.

There are now a number of vessels at Quarantine among which are the following, whose cargoes will probably be discharged at that place. All of them, it is said, have had yellow fever on board:

The bark David Nichols arrived at Quarantine on the 4th of August from Sagua la Grande, and one of her crew, named A. J. Jenkins, died at sea of fever, and J. F. Cunningham and Ezekiel Harriman, seamen, are now sick at the Lazaretto.

The bark Warren, which arrived on the 30th of July from Cienfuegos, reports two of her crew, named Thomas Loder and Wm. Kelley, both of New-York, died at sea.

The bark Jacob Merrill, which arrived the same day from the same port, during the same passage lost, from fever, Abel Williams, G. F. Pope and Wm. T. Valentine, all of Portland, Maine.