, 1873-07-21

creaso or sproad tho disoaso to bo at once re-
moved, undor penalty Of tue Inv.
The Sanitary Committoes appointed Tor zach
ward have issued stringent sanitary ordors and
every prcca,ttton Of this sort known to modern
Bclonco has boon taken. 1svory disinfcctant has
boon unol In MI parts Of tho city, but Hoom-
lng1y with little oroct.
Lonisrt}ie tour}sr-Jou''!at.
=. 4. Cholera broke ont with fatal virnl-
encs. as uBunl, tho nogroeB suffered most, and,
although thoy dlcd by tho scores, the wiscacros
declared there was no cllolora III tho place.
Tllon struggling forco Of men was put to work
nt nomo Of tic naatsoet tlitchoB, but it Was too
late; tho 01Benso broke out everywhere. and
would yield to no treatment. Tho Board of
Health attempted aomc n, measures. bnt al organ-
to each other for concolto1 movements. Tho
pUuror claases woro scattered aud unknown, aud
thoy woro frequently ut the point Of doath Eo-
foro they sought medical rcliof; 30 they died by
hundreds. Tho physicians wore earnest, onor-
gotlc and faithful; they woro ready ut MI hours
to 60 wherever they woro called, although by far
tho creator number Of their cases wore charity
patients. TliH continued for two wooks or
moro, the mortality sometimes increasing Home-
now Hovon or eight, with a steadily decreasing
population.
: Tho most hopeful began to despond. Men
who had before clafed oach other about THO
Then, too, tho dl1oaso assumed new phase.
lnHtoad Of boinE preceded by q diarrhea for q
day or lonGor, It developed almost In m hour tho
worst features OF genuine cholera. People died
coffin. Duninass was suspended aud tic streets
deserted. 1t became difficult to fud men to dig
tho graves or tako tile bodies to them. Nearly
tue whole population became Affected. or
course thoy didn't nlt have tho cholera, but the
nalaria seemed to onter into everyhody'a sys-
tom with grcater or less activity. Whother it
wns that tho hest and trlleat rnen remained, or
whether tlere il that roBiduum Of unsotnshnoss
and truo heroisn in each human loart, L don't
know but certainly the noble work done hero
IN tho last ten days would dispol from any mind
tho botef TINT tho Samaritaus were IN extinct
people. Whore month ago all wns jealousy and
dssenslon. now is generous rivalry in the work
of aiding tho sick. No one, however poor, but
haH nurHoB and medical attention and tint,
too. whon tho physicians can scarcely stag
gor to their work. go worn out aro thcy from
their long and unrested lahora. They aro tho
true lnighss-e1rant OF our time. Colonel Powell
stands Ills ground nobly. His friends bog him
to Leave, and, though wealthy and without .
God knows how aoon nc alall seon tito end.
Three days ago the plague seemed almost passcd
away; for tho twonty-fonr hours onding lust
night, July Il, there were reported thirteen
than six hundred souls.
1arfetsboro {1enn) Correspondence Of s1s Nashville
Hammer.
We have had about forty-two deaths in town
since the appearance Of tho cholera, thirty-nino
of which wero negroes. There have died in tho
county, outside Of corporation limits, about
twenty-five, mostly negroes. The diseaao has,
at prosont writing, disappeared from town, but
~a hear Of several caBob in tho country.
From The Carlisle {KN.} Mercury, July IS.
Up to ycstordny morning there wore eeYou
deaths from cholera ut Millersburg, with two
cases that it was thought would recover. All
the victims wero negroes. No cascs among tho
whites.