, 1873-10-15

not Burc that tho visitation and itH dreadful con-
ecquoliccs will not justify tho Governor In CALI
aosaon to mako IN appropriation to holp US III
this our hour Of groate8t nocosety. We romom-
bor that, In Wisconsin. thia was done whom
tint State was oyorr,,n ,.E!I By tlro. and hor
onumorato tho number Of ehildron that havo
bccn loft fathorleHs, 1t, aome caacB parontloBB.
ThoBo who know something about It, say thoy
are oyor tlroo hundred. II 80, our frienaa and
lossos, sufrerings, and condition. As We hive
before snid, this is fearful lesson, ut terriblo
price. II Ii ono not likely to DO forgotten.
SUFFERING sitREvEponr.
Shreveport o'A c'1;fsge"de"'' isgs q the st. Louis
The fever is not abating any as yes, but for tho
material 1t haB to work on, it is as bad or worse
tlsnn it has boon yot. It IN now among tho no.
first, oxcopt with tho blacks It Ia not 80 fatal
Tho intormentH, yesterday, woro nineteen, threo
Of which wero negroes.
with tho poorer classes, but with many who have
plonty OF property, or could givo any kind of
security; but they cannot borrow money Mt any
sacrillco-it is not hero md, oven If 1t was, the
provisions aro n9t loro to purchase; We aro
pass, and, In consequence Of that and fear Of
tho disease, no country people como to town.
Tho result is. you cannot got chicken, og8s'
butter or inviting from tho country that The
aud nothing but. poor beef, aud very little OF
that, is In market. OF course all Te1an
booyes have boon turned from thia market, and
10 ono will drive hero as long aa tho epidemic
lasts. All that tho Howard Association" re-
ceiye il distributed ut onco among tho poor and
destitute.
Every busiuosa-houHo in tho city Is closed,
md tho propriotorB either In their graves or
gone to tho a country. ,1 haa Aong e ,d 1eadnE as s
Beor, Drcyfuao Brothers. Sale l. Murphy, E. L.
Loo 4 Co.. and many others that cannot now
call to mind. These arc whole hrms that hayo
where ono or two Of tho firm hayo died. Thete
is hardly buHineaB-houso in the whole city that
lns not lost somo mombor Of the firm or clerks.
Obi am satisfied there mover was such an
epidemic bcfo1o known on the American Con-
tinont. Twould DO wo1ae.. than futilo to
oven attompt to describe tho torri-
bio suffering and d!atross Of this poor
Inflicted community. Whom the disease waB
clans, ovory ono who could get away from ttho
city, by any and every possible means, left, and
Of tho fow remaining, botwoen tlyo and Hix hun
dred souls havc pa8aed to thoir final account.
Nearly 15 psf cent IT,. Of tho remaining population
days, and the end Is not Jet, and where 1t will
stop God above only knows. Many who wero
considered entirely we'll, and had boon on the
atroots for eight or ton days havo suddenly takou
relapse and died within few hours. So you
see 1t is impossible to tell whom ono is eafe and
out Of danger. Many. many Immediate friends
havo bcon buried before over hoard they woro
sick. know Of whole families that have been
swept away In tho short space Of ono week, aud
aud not Child loft to boar tho name.
Thoro arc not actually vol ones enough left
to nurse the sick and bury tho doad, notwth-
standing New Orleans has done all Bho could in
seDding us nurses and physicians. Their phyBi-
clans have met with no bottor succBBB thRn our
own. Tho diaoase is Of q diHeront typo from
what they llayo beon having in New Orleans.
At tho present time 1t III estimated that there
are between 800 and 300 down with tho disease.
So far, over 25 per cent Of those who have taken
tho disease havo died. and many who left here
hayo died in the country. Tho exact number Of
deaths, or who thoy werc, will never DO known,
for, soon after tho so1ton was takon down, they
were buried protntscuouay, and, in many in
stances, no RECORD mado Of tho interments. In
many, very many cases, the corpBes have had to
lay on the ground for twelve or eighteon hours,
awaiting their turn for fntorment.
Now, aH for business, that Is QUO Of tho things
Of tile past. No one thinks of doing anything
but tho drug-storoH, throo or four little rotail
groceries, ind one or two bakeries. Theso con-
Atitute tho business Of Shreveport, excepting the
Il Howard Association which Good bloss tl'ema)
side world, had they not responded 80 nobly to
our relief, Heavon only knows whethor thero
would have boon ono loft to tell our woes
Az for tho citizens Of Shreveport, do not
know, ut this time, QUO aolitary aoul that las not
gone forth to battle with the enemy md render
every assistance in his power to alleviate tho
sufferings OF tho sick aud distressed, watch over
the sick and dying, wash, dress, and burg. tho
dead. know Of no ono who has shirked duty,
but all have come forward, fearless Of the result,
many sacrificed their lives, martyrs to tho cause.
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