Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1866-09-26

of citizens who stand on the street cor,
ners and congregate in the saloons, be
tray their terror and alarm in their white
faces, anxious expressions and low tone
of speaking to each other Almost every
hour in the day some dear friend is re-
ported attacked, dying or dead, and then
we look into each others faces and won.
der which of us will be the next victim.
The mortality here is frightful The
Board of Health yesterday, the 18th, re.
ported filty-six iRterments in the city
cemetery, which does not include, prob.
ably, the same number whomlsonie hasty
out-ofthe-way gr We opened its arms to
receive. The negroes die in great num-
hers, most of them from their own reck-
lessness and imprudence in eating water.
melons and other unreasonable fruit.
The city authorities have taken every
precaution 10 cleanse the city from filth
or any nuisance that might attract or
produce the pestilence, but il all seems
nnavailing, as deaths become more fre
quent and victims more plentiful
The coffin makers are besieged with
applications for cuftins, and hearse
greet the eye continually on the streets
during the day The physicians are
constantly going and coming, and it ia
almost impossible TO find one at any
time, 80 great is the demand on their
professional services Last night tar
was burnt tbroughQall the streets of the
city, but heavy rain came up, accom-
panied by a strong wind, which soon
put out the fires and destroyed their
effects. s.il ata t4
To day "wednesday the rain has
poured down in torrents, and n lowering
sullen sky adds to the gloom and de
preston everywhere felt in this commu-
nifty. In the suburbs OF the city, around
the railroad machine shops and old
government buildings, the disease is ma
king fearful ravages, both amongst the
whites and negroes, and Il have been
told by good authority that in many
instances negroes have buried negroes
in their own yards, in holes hastily dug
for the purpose Ii is enough TO make
the brayest heart tremble to see, as we
see, continual line of funerals on al
most every street, and to witness the
ominous hearse constantly conveying
coflins for the dead t3f
Il learn today that there were from
sixty TO seventy burials at the cemetery,
and that the disease is fearfully on the
increase. Business of all kinds, except
with the drug stores, seems perfectly
paralyzed, and the trains going out of
the city are crowded to such an extent
with fleeing citizens that extra cars have
to be put on, while those coming in are
empty. God knows how long the sable
wings of the pestilencea will flap above
our already scourged city, but we can
only pray that He who doeth all things
well will, in His great mercy, see fit TO
spare us additional suffering Il
Brownlow, the Infamous, has not yet
returned to the capital but is still filing
the ears Of Northern fanatics with his
usual hlasphemous utterances BY
whom the State government is admin
isiered know not, but the people are
thankful that they are spared the pres
ence of their shameless executive. The
Radicals here are constantly predicting
an armed uprising of the people, but it
is the cowardly Imagination and guilty
conscences of the dogs alone that gives
rise to such belief The people were
never more peaceful in their intentions,
and will only ayenge their wrongs
through the ballot box If agreeable to
you and your readers, you shall hear
from me often.
Respectfully, AEDAX.