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I enclose a publication made by the city authorities in the Selma papers, of which the following is an explanation. We have cared for all the small pox cases in the city until a few days ago, when the city government had completed a wooden building for a pest house. Our patients had been lodged in hospital tents, but the approaching cold and wet weather made it necessary to look about for more substantial shelter for them. In the absence of any building or means to build one, I made a proposition to the city authorities, to share the room at their pest house, uniting the two establishments, in return for which, we would build such additions as we could, furnish nurses, medicines, clothes, rations, &C, and bear the cost of necessary medical attendance proportionally. They refused to have anything to do with my offer, upon which, I felt not only justified but compelled to leave all cases in the city to the city authorities. My notice to that effect was followed by the accompanying order. I shall feel justified also, in refusing to treat any of their sick, or bury their dead hereafter. We have buried nearly one hundred a month