, 1873-08-24
CHOLERA,

Tho Scare Mt Knoxville and Jones'
bOros Tenn.
Jonesooro, Tenn. tAua. 2, Correspo1denee Of The St
,,,, Louis GLOBE.
vile, and indeed in all East Tennessee where l
haye yet been, IL tho cholera. Tho poople hero
are tho worst scared set over saw. They eat
vory little, aud drink less. At my boarding
house they allowed no vegetables on the table
but potatoes md tomatoes, and eyon those with
great mo1eration. We Ind corn onco, but 10
ono pRrtook but myself, aud did it ngninst tho
protestationa of all ct tho table. Az
soon IA dinner was over tho hostess transferred
the corn to tho slop barrel. No deaserts ore allow
cd, and no meats but chicken and dmntton. Wator-
melons are not allowed for salo inside tho
town limits. had to aend outside for mine,
and tho man who brought thenl In was stopped
and questioned by every policeman, aud evcntu-
booBo. .-..
But the acaro in Knoxville is moro "tarts aud
cheeae.cako " to the panic elsewhere in thin
country. Whom announced my intention to 70
carnival for some woeks, all my frionla boggod
protested, and entroatod me to romain. / re-
fused, and they parted from mo with tears in
their eyes, considering me as good as dead
Whon handed the t5ain-conduetor through
Jonesboro, he stared, and told mo I had bet
ter think again, and 90 on to johnson City, for
If stayed in Jonesboro was h doad mnn. de-
clined, and he as aoou reported among the pas
,sepgors that there VAS a man going to jones'
really SO assured them that it was, and athey
felt 1t their duty" to advise mo to 60 on. When
I got off tho train thera wore ten or twelve per-
sons standing around, who comprised the larger
portion Of tho town population. waB looked
upon with great curiosity, being tho first
stranger that had stopped there for nearly throo
woeks; One gentleman Of color, vulgarly known
as a "nigger," remarked, in my laaring, to
fellow-niggor, Go up to Jacks, aud toll him 10
mike another colin thore'B d man got off do
train lost now.'
Joneaboro has ordinarily about l 1,500 inlab-
tants, but at present thoro ORC not twenty-five
people loft. The rest hayo run away to tho vari-
1ns mineral ~ spngs, at in the negh1o'hood Tho
boon deserted for nearly three woels, and the
streets are ovorgrown with grass. went tho
whole length Of the place and did not meet a
man, woman, or child; no, nor horso, COW, or
forget almost everything; and loft the dogs
chained, tho cows In tho lots, and tho calves III
the stalls. Some Of tho chained dogs starved to
death; most Of the stock WIS driven out Of town
aud put in pasture by the fow mon who stayed,
80 lonesome md howlod " 70 dismally uni fS that
tho mon took their guns and shot thom MI. Ev-
cry store iB closed, and oven the hotel cook, solo
occupant OF the building, refused to admit mo
as guest. did not intend to stop In town, but
hioAoA ~ 6o W A41 AVthtipubl auAt ufu Allcb
out. could got no conveyance. got ono Of
the ,gravo-diggors to guide me. and walked o part
Of the way, until could get q 1attlo-trap buggy
to tako me tho remainder, But the country poo-
pie were afraid Of us both; some refused him
admission to their houses, md others wondered
II were not afraid to ride with him. Ho told
mo Ao recently went to country-louso
whero the occupants refusod him al-
niaHion, and rather than layo him near,
aont his dinner out to tho fence aud told him
to cat it and travel. fIe lad beon using carbolio
ncid as disinfectant, they porceiyod tho pecn-
cholera, hold thoir nosos aud beat precipitato
retroat.
A wagon-load Of pooplo had occasion to pass
through Jonosboro lately, and as thoy mp
proachod tho town aomo one yelled to them to
lriyo fast, as tho ollolorn was tl,ore. 1t was
enough. Whipping their horses, they drove
down yory steep bill in town at q terrible gal
lon, each follow holding bunch OF pennyroyal
70 llis noHo and drawing AZ few broathB as possi-
bo till ho WAS safe out Of tho tlroadod place. Iu
word, tho people arc literally scarod to death.
Where tho cholera kills one starvation and fright
till three.