The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1873-10-01

KavAaTs OF Taa Elbow FEi;vsEisl! IN: n
MEAIPH1s AND SHRKvEpoRr. Private ad.
vices and the letters of correspondents
from Memphis and Shreveport give
iaT moro terrible account OF the 1s-azss
OF the yellow fever in those places than
can be obtained from the meagre tele.
graphic details.
IN Memphis, the disease first made it's
appearance in locality, reeking With
h!th and degrudcd humanity, known us
Happy Hollow" The population of
tnar piace before the fever decimateti
them numbered, perhaps, 1000 souls,
ana was composed Of negroes and low
class OF Irish. The district is situated
on the river bank, and the habitations
consist OF rude novels and shanties, in
which goats and pigs struggled for the
mastery OF the place with their owners.
For several days sprevious to the 18th ult.,
the fever had been creating havoc in
"Happy Hollow" although the fact was
not generally known. On the night of
the 18th, tho presence OF the pestilence
was first made known publicly, and on
she next morning. (Sunday.) the Board
OF Health officially declared its exist.
euce III the city. Up to Saturday night,
thirty'nlne deaths, it was announced,
had occurred in and about Happy Hol-
lo".' On Sunday. the leath-roll was
augmented by fourteen deaths which
we're reported, while of many others no
no'lhcntlou was given. Many bodies, it
is said. were thrown into the river.
lie tldinSs OF Sunday produced wide
spread commotioa in the city, which
almost resembled panic. People hur-
; rledly packed up their clothing and left
by boat and train. The streets were
hIlcd with hacks, either bearing away
the scores OF refugees or doing service
IN funeral trains. On Tuesday, twenty
more deaths occurred, although the tele.
graph reported Il smaller number, and
on Wednesday the death list footed up
seventeen. nakinG, with those previous.
y reported, i.ine,v deaths. In the
meantime, the people those who could
convcIlsht!y get awav-were fastening
from the city in crowds, and hen, OH
Friday. the 10Th, services we're held in
the !eading Protestant churches, most
OF the CHURCH. Soers were found to have
lett the town. On tha: day, the priuc;-
Pal strsess OF tie city were deserted and
wore mOurrfnl look, as, in obelieuc.
to the Mayors proclamation, many cs
the places oe business were Closed.
For the iwentyiour hours ending at Q
O'Clock, on last Friday night, the deaths
from fever numbered TWENTY-FIVE. The
pestilence had made its way from Han.
py Hollow" and "Pinch," where it had
previously prevailed, ard hull spread
over every part If tie city aud III the
suburbs. Shelby, fashionable street,
had lts victims ns we'll IS Happy Hol-
low" Hourly upplicatious we're made
to the Howard Association ior nurses,
but In the majority of cases although
over eighty We're IN constant attendance
upon the sick, this needed relief could
not be obtained. The large wages oi
twelve dollars per day were offered fo,
nurses, but without avail. The regular
pay for permanent nurses is thirty five
dollars per week, with board and travel
ing expenses paid. \ correspondent;
who visited Happy Hollow" auJ
"finch, saw at least twenty fever
patients in the throes ot dissolution. III
one shauty could be seer tl, ghnstly
spectacle Of the father of the family ian
lrshman} sitting dead in his chair, with
his head fallen upon his breast, while on
rude bed near by lay his wife DYING
Two girls. daughters Of the couple. wer.
also sick il tho same room. All four
died during the night, and were buried
IL the Potter's Field. Ia other shan
ties, three bodies ready for Dnrial were
found. in others. one or two, and il,
others sill, whole families were either
dead or dying. The Board OF HeaitL
vainly endeavored, by two or three de-
vices, to stay the pestileuce. The,
turned the water from, the plugs into tho
dirty cutters, and for two or three nights
in succession. the GAS from the stree
lamps WAS permitted to escape all nigh
as disin!ectnnt. Ey Saturday morn
ing last, number of the strre:s pre-
sentel funereai appearance, n n,ajorit,
OF the houses occupied by the poorer
classes being closed. aud aeariv nii til,
corner groceries AID meat.shops helm
shut up.
!, Passengers .. SA-evcpor: steamer
which reached New Orleans on The 18th
describe the restileLcc anl .iestitutir,
III that town as iriehiui beyond al! tele
grnphed reports. Fully oue.haif of III,
5000 or 6,000 Inhabitants had fled il
every direction, many Of them OILY t.
die on relchinG II place Of apparrh
refuge. The sickucSs was tie Mexic:.,
von,ito, aud had been brought, to IL,
town by the Transatlantic, ('ir,us