The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1871-05-12

nrAra OF rpwAap :. SPRING.

Letters recently received in this city
from Buenos Ayres report that the ravages Of
yellow fever in tina, city were unsbated. 'The
city seems deserted, only perhaps one-third Of
the population remain inside; business is stop
ped scarcely twenty people meet on exchange.
Every one has fed or is flying. Never has Q
city. l believe, been visited With such terri.
BILE calamity. On the Sd of April the deaths
exceeded five hundred. 1t il estimated that at
least 10, 900 persons have diedIalready and that
there were about 5000 sick. The plague seems
to increase rather than decrsss. The native
doctors have mostly RIM away, leaving all the
foreign doctors, who, Unfortunately, are diving
one by one. DR.. Aver was given up when
left"
The writer Of the above was passenger by
inc steamer, and writes from New York May
10th. He reports one death Of yellow fever
during the passage.
Another writer states that out Of = popula-
ton o'2O0 900 only abo 1t $1,000 r.maiLed la the
city; and that from the numbers thus reduced
three hundred and thirty eight died on the
81 OF April.
Among the victims Of the plague was Ed
ward e. Spring, son of Hsa. s. Il. Spring. He
lett this city in October last, and died on the
2Sth Of March. Bat in ths short Time that he
remained ia Busnes Ayres, not exceeding four
notnhs. he hadLw,A many frisnds, Through
those good qualities OF heart and mind which
attached to him all who knew him At home.
Whom ths yellow fever broke out in the city
Edward Spring was At the ''sstaneia" Of A. 8
B. II. Spring, one hundred miles away. Hear
ing that the pestilsnce had visited the house OF
his nearest friends, he Immediately returned
to the city and devoted himself with heroic
courage and fortituls to the care Of the sick.
The American consul writes: "Hs was a. true
. hero ~ ever sacrificed himsslf-I shall never
forget his terrible fatigue and utter sslf-forget
fulness" Another writer slludes to ths many
friends no had gained BY "his noble self-sacri-
Gee and hsroism," and says, "svsry one speaks
Of him a. wonderfully efficient during those
sad, terrible tiney"
Samuel B. Hale = Co., write: Yea will
hear from other SOURCES Of The death of the sea
ofyour Mr.. 8. d. Spring. . young gentleman
who won the respect and admiration Of all who
know him, BY his spirit and self sasrincing be-
havior during the tiEs he was attending the
siok at Mr.. Beans bose. The sams letter
states that there was absolutely no business"
that the fever was Increasing and more than
oEe-half the population had leit The city. In
one case, nine persons who attended apon two
patients, sick together in one house, all died Of
the fever. The two patients also died, one
Of them alone! Her own sister was afraid 10
20 TO her. All accounts sgrsS In representing
the rsvases Of the fever 10 b frightful, and the
condition Of the city most desola.s. The hrst
death among the Americans In the city WAS
that Of John H. Bean Of Brownfeld, In this
State, . young man distinguished BY the finest
qualities, very widely known and mucs liked
AZ albusinss man and m xeh loved By wide cir
ole Of friends. His unole, Andrew q. Bean,
also from Brownfsld, was attacked by the f.
yer. and afser being given upby four phys-
clans, had at latest dates almost fully rcoov-
cred.
It 10 gratifying to knew that in this sad tlms
the Americans resident In Buenos Ayres stand
BY each other faithfully. A catalogue OF heroes
might be here given. Capt Marx, formerly Of
New York, appears to have been ubiquitous in
service. with him should also BE- mentioned
Rev. Mr.. jackson Of the Methodist Oh arch, and
Dexter Olapp, American consul. Mr.. Jackson
Ii reported TO be dangerously sick with the fs.
YER.
LADIES, your attention II called TO the adver-
Haamaut IL Auac;ul Malta >olr-u k..Jnx