Knoxville weekly chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1875, 1873-07-23
THE CHOLERA SCARE.
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Some persons who have been scared
within an inch of their lives, profess to be
dissatisfied with the statements of the
CHRONICLE in reference to cholera.
They think that we ought to proclaim in
double-leaded editorials that the epidemic
is raging, as their fears would seem to in
dictate. They want the city papers to sus-
tain them and justify their frightened
condition. This is just what we don't pro-
pose to do. We intend to state facts rs
we understand them. We do not propose to
stultiiy ourselves by taking for truth what
those who live by retailing sensations may
say, in preference to what we learn from
personal investigation and from intelli-
gent practicing physicians. We get up our
facts by sending q reporter where the facts
are to be had, and not from those who
have nothing to do but stand on the street
corners and tell sensational stories to every
gasping fool who will stop to listen to
them.
The CHRONICLE has not denied but that
cholera deaths have occurred in the city.
In the past four weeks there have been six
deaths from cholera. This we do not deny,
but on the contrary reported those cases at
the time. What we do deny is that cholera
is here as an epidemic, or in an aggravated
form, or in such conditions as to cause
alarm. This we still maintain, all croakers
take the opinion of our leading physicians
in preference to those Of the croakers
We learned from the conductor of the
western bound train Thursday of three
cases of cholera, or cholora morbus at
Union Depot. One of them was taken
down during the day on Wednesday, and
two during that night. Hopes are, how.
ever, entertained for the recovery of all
three.
From a reliable gentleman we learn that,
on Monday, during the cholera excite
ment, some man, who must either be a
scoundrel at heart, or have been crazy on
that day from cholera scare, telegraphed to
Loudon and Rogersville Junction that
there were fifteen cases of unadulterat ed
cholera in the city, four of which had prov
ed fatal.
From another gentleman we learned
that he had been informed at Clinton, by
a man who had just come from Knoxville,
that the city wa. full of cholera, the cases
being almost past numbering, and that
men would just drop down in the street.
He himself had seen four fall. He must
have Been drunk, and being about to fall,
thought everybody he met in the same
condition. The foundation for all this was
one death late in the evening, after the lies
had been told.
A letter from citizens of Knoxville
| sojourning at Rogersville, says the people
are excited because Knoxville won't get up
| a first class epidemic in the shape oil
| cholera. Some men refuse to credit the
| city papers and prefer to believe the idle
stories retailed by half-witted fools or those
| who are too badly scared to discriminate
between truth and falsehood 1t was re-
ported in Rogersville that we were
| having from twelve to twenty deaths
per day from cholera. One man vert
so far as to tell that he had
heard the Mayor of the city say on Tues
day at O'Clock p. NJ, that there had been
five deaths during the day, and that there
were nineteen cases in the city. Other
reports of like character were circulated
We give list of the mortality for each
| day during the past week. On Tuesday
Mrs. Pauline Coutourier died at q p. NJ
Spencer Eaton, colored died on Wednes-
day of the prevailing" superinduced by
imprudence. Mrs Dennis Hollihan died
on Thursday night. On Friday morning
| Mrs. Sarah NJ. Thomas died in Mechanics
vile, of bilious fever.
There were two deaths on Saturday
Henry McGhee and Elvina Eaton, boil
cOlored.
There were no deaths on Sunday or Mon
day, from any cause, that we learned.
On yesterday Tuesday morning, Thu
22d inst, George Pearson died after an il!
ness of three days.
We heard some rumOrs of new cases o
cholera, but on close investigation they
proved to he, like many others heretofore
current, without foundation. Dr. Bailey
the health officer, just informed us tina
there really we've no new case OF actua
cholera since our last report. There have
been, perhaps, one or two persons who hav'
been attacked with premonitory symptoms
but with prompt medical attention they
have all pretty well recovered. sd.