Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1871-06-26
The Psstllenco Of BusHOs Ayres.

Rarely in modern times has there
been seen a more sorrow. stricken COM
munity than that of BeunOs Ayres.
This city, which last year contained a
population of two hundred thousand,
has been visited during the last few
months, beginning in January, the
middle of summer in the southern
hemisphere, by the yellow fever in Its
most malignant form Of black vOmit,
and thirty thousand persons have
been carried of by the dreadful pesti-
lence. The flight from the city to the
interior was so general that at the
time when the fever ragged most fierce
| ~ there were no more than seventy
| five thousand inhabitants remaining.
Private letters received from citi-
Zens of the United States living tenn
porarily in Buenos Ayres represent
the condition Of the city as having
been dreadful in the extreme. Many
Of our own cOuntrymen fell victims to
the malady. The dead in some in
stances lay fostering in the dwellings
for the want of collins In which to
bury them or bearers to carry them
to the grave. Friends who heroicaIly
remained to nurse those dear to them
were struck down in turn, and the
brave and the strong Of one day were
the victims Of the next. It seemed as
II the entire population was about to
be swept away.
Besides the horrors Of the pestilence.
the city suffered in the month Of May
by a severe and general commercial
panic. All business had been suspend
ed for weeks, in consequence Of the
fight to the country districts, and
many even Of the largest commercial
houses had been closed. The conse-
quenee was that many bills went to
protest because the drawers and in
dOrsers could not be found. Death.
perhaps, had found them, and en-
forced payment of the last debt of all.
Atthe last advices the fever had moi
disappeared. although the city was
beginning to assume lis WOnted aspect
Of trade and animation. Bat there is
danger that the fever may break out
again at any moment, when fresh ma
teriai snail have been introduced for
it to work upon. As in our own
Southern cities, when these have been
devastated by the same scOurge, the
refugees by returning too soon may
cause the reappeeranee Of the pestI-
lence. BuenOs Ayres has no system
Of sewers, and the surface drainage is
bad. Although the winter has begun,
that season Is never rigorous there,
and the precautions hitherto taken to-
cleanse and purify the city are said to
be wholly insufficient.
A woman in PittsbuFg had her hus-
band arrested for ill-tTeatment. He
then had her arrested for bigamy.
She turned the tables on him with the
same result. The sequal was that the
woman had q husband and he wife
previous 10 the alliance between them,
but that each had deceived the other.
South Jogglns, Nova Scotia, has Its
scientific mystery, which the native
pundits are scratching their heads
over with slight hope Of solution. It
is nothing less than q fossil human
foot, which a gentleman OF an Observ-
ing turn Of mind recently dug out Of a |
sandstone rock.
No wonder that Miss Nilsson likes
America, and proposes to remain. |
Since the days OF Dsnae there has not |
been such 3 golden shower as has |
fallen into her lap. One hundred and |
6fty-tWO thousand dollars for herself. |
and besides that strakOsch has his hat |
and pockets full 10 the overflow. Two |
hundred and fifty thousand dollars,
probably, since last fsll, have been |
realized for singer and manager.