New Orleans Republican. [volume] (New Orleans, La) 1867-1878, 1873-09-18
Shreveport items.

Yrom the Shreveport Times, Of the thif.
teenth instant, we make the following ex-
tracts:
TIE opinion has been growing in this
community during the last few days, that
the pestilence with which this city is at
f1icted was brought here from the vicinity
of Mexico, by the Transatlantic Circus.
which broke no after its arrival among us,
and the property OF which is'still camped
in the heart of the city. The disease, which
is so rapid in its course and fatal in its re-
suits, is pronounced by some to be mallg-
nant type of yellow fever peculiar 70 vera
Cruz and that portion OF Mexico. IL IS al
legged that a number of the attaches OF the
Transatlantic belonged to circus that has
recently been in that region: it is regarded
as remarkable that a circus with the
splendid paraphernalia and valuable prop
critics of this one, and belonging to SO an
Huential capitalist as Z. i. BarIum,
should have broken up here for the want
of money; il is affirmed that men connected
with it abandoned 1t as an infected snow,
and not fl Jm pecunlaly considerations, ana
it is stated with confidence that while the
circus was exhibiting to our people there
WIS case of the present fever In one OF
the side shows. Contirmatory OF all this,
end of tar more consequence, is the stare
mept of Dr. Joe l.. Moore in relation 70 the
attaches of the Transatlantic who lett here
at the time he did on the Lady Lee. Tor NJ
Louis The boa.. DR.. Moore informs Us,
had not been out tventy-!our hours BEFORE
a malignant fever. resembling the one We
are now afflicted with. broke out among tine
circus people and ali of item were taken
with il The doctor. whole time during the
trip was occupied n attending these men.
who, from the fact O. 'heir previous accll'
nation, escayei tie usual fatal resutsOt
the disease.
We learn from Secretary Jones, OF the
Howard Association. that there have been
l20 interments since the first of September,
most of them from the prevailing disease.
Quite a number Of our citizens who refu.
geed have also died. Death is certainly
making fearful havoc with our citizens.
DIR. w. T. Bell. formerly Of the Charity
Hospital of New Orleans. but who has been
practicing his profession in the parish of
Bossier for the last twelve months came
into the city yesterday and protfered his
sci vices to our afflicted people. This is a
noble act and DR.. Bell deserves the thanks
OF our afflicted community.
Mr. w. I. Brooks. a well known hotel
keeper in this city, died OF the fever yes.
terday.
We regret to learn that Colonel Samuel
Morrison was taken down with the prevail.
ing fever yesterday afternoon
The following deaths, all of yellow fever,
occurred on Friday, the twelfth:
Miss A. Williams, fifteen years; Edmond
Byers, thirtv-three years; Owens Mcclure;
Charles Williams (colored), nineteen years;
c. Mcclure; Anthony McGintv (colored):
G. Fisher. forty years: Joseph Wise, thirty
five years; William White lcolored), eight
twenty-r'ne years: Mary Sawyer, two
months: John klumr, thirty-two years:
Charles Dugans Mrs. Bulow forty years;
Louise Lockett lcoloredl: Henry Rigdon.
sixteen years: George Gabe, twenty years.
From the .im.so: September
We had hoped to be able to keep or
readers. even during the prevalence of the
epidemic. posted on the news of the day.
but as we have before stated, nearly all
our attaches are sick. and we shave been
forced 10 reduce reading matter TO three
columns; all the Geographic operators are
down with the fever. and we are conse.
uuentlv unable TO obtain the press dis
patches: and finally, the mails from many
localities have been stopped, and our ex
change list thereby greatly reduced. Tn
der these circumstances we can do nothing
more than furnish the local news of this
CITY, and the Times, of late, has appeared
more ike a neurological record than
newspaper. However, SO long as we can
find man in town who can and will set
type. and while single member of our
business, editorial or reportoriai staff keeps
on his feet the Times will make its regular
appearance. A newspaper shoul know no
fear: while there is a human life. it can
chain to its service, it should keep on its
course. Neither war. pestlence nor death
should check its course or still It's voice, I
and amid all, it should live in eras Of peace
and prosperity, TO fulfil its usual mission,
well known to all-in seasons like this, ,
chronicle the dead. and preserve the record
OF human misery and human heroism.
DR.. White and Mr.. Lewis billiard, with
seven female nurses, arrived on the stage
yesterday morning. Two doctors and one
nurse were left on tLe other side of Red
Chute, owing to TIE cold rain that fell the
night before. The doctors W ere on the out
side of the coach, and getting chilled through
we're compelled to lay over. They were
looked for last night --r~r We xELvas
DR.. Hurd ard FIVE female nurses are