The New York herald., 1873-10-27

Howards wne,1 no one can De blamed for beiua
inactive. Besid.'s being Howard, he has been
one OF the foremolt In his attentions to the aicted
by this fearful plagns, the proportion OF deaths
among them being unusually large. It was Mr.
the Sisters OF Charity and Ey his felict0us manner
obtained for it the remafEabe sum OF $1,000,
making It the king OF cottonsand all for charity.
HaorNa, GOING, oorNo,n
doing all OF his good deeds with . rush. but the
people OF Memphis hope that It viii be iang time
Major Walthall, OF the Mobile "Cant-Get-Aways.~ -
s after doing good U wo Ms hs
vices, and having had much former experiences
and sound Judgment his work was very effective.
s,sas Me carries with him the thanks OF many con-
Colonel W: W. Cooper-the veteran Howard,
on the 1eld. He brought with him large number
OF well-trained and careful nurses, some OF whom
have been permitted to return to their homes.
THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
OF this city may be said TO have grown to maturity
almost In one season: Mr. A. D. Lanastatr lts
bers, are nearly worn out. Such hard work in any
other calling than relieving distress, perhaps,
could not have been done without entirely pros
Taxing into consideration the fact that there
istence when the fever broke out, one cannot deny
that they now have very thorough, compact and
The city has been divided into fourteen districts,
and two committeeman have been assigned to
each whose duty 1t IS to visit their respective pa
ttents every morning and evening, and, after
ascertaining their wants, see that they put In
the proper way to be supplied. Two commissary
which part OF the city is known as "the injected
district"-and the other In South Memphis. At
pe
whiskeys, ales orange leaves extract OF beef. mus
td medicines % and articles
is at NO. ~ Madison street, where applications for
nurses are received, and, as far as can be, filed.
sociation, but many others, both resident ana
from other cities. are acting In conjunction with
the body. The following are the officers Of tha
A. D. Langstan president; A. G. Reynaud and
W. J. B. Lonsdale, vice presidents; J. 3. Robert
Besides the above there are tnirty-two active
and two honorary members, Mayor John Johnson
It is probable that hereafter the Association win
be organized permanently, ready on all occasions
to with disaster ana wrd on
comes Its members are expected to aid all who
need aid regardless OF creed, color or nationality
OTHER CHARITIES.
Besides the above body, which is the most
prominent in the present conflict with disease and
hard WORK in the good cause but as they confine
themselves, more or less to the particular classes
to which they have Pedged tnsr ad % Il VIII not S 1e
Masons. odd Fellows, the shoulder -to-shoulder
italian Union, Citzens' Relief and others are do.
ing all they can for the relief OF their respective
using now instead Of preaching, and are doing
good on all sides.
SISTERS OF CHARITY.
Picturing the Sister Of Charity the Appeal closes
an article In these words :-"Does there yet linger
within the narrow, pent-up and unhealthy bounds
of sectaranism spirit 80 mean as to sneer at or
ridicule the splendid heroism OF this woman II
such there be- let them not dare assa the glorious
record OF Christian saint, lest In doing SO they
IA
sealed with ones life blood, the highest testt-
mony and type OF Christian perfectton.n
Here as elsewhere, where pain Is to be eased
food and the sick nursing are these quiet children
thing snat Il Is Is % Sttest. Writing from memory
records not being accessible now-l think nve OF
very low Five priests have also given their lives
Nearly all the ministers Of other denominations
have been sick, and Rev. DR.. Bowman, OF the First
Presbyterian church, was one or the drst to die at
the post OF duty.
Eight physicians, II not more, have suffered from
the fever, and four have died-Minor Hatch, Crone,
Many OF the druggists were down, and some
On esn d Or tSae Sae
offered twenty dollars day for any one competent
to I'LL prescriptions.
Instances OF frightlul mortality are numerous.
There many families who lost six and some
sippi House, on Overton street. eighteen out Of the
twenty occupants were swept OF Dy the epidemic.
ali OF the boarders but one There are
now some blocks which have not a single
person living on them. and there are several
instances where 1t Is known that
WHOLE FAMILIES WERE BLoTTED OUT OF EXISTENCE.
To-day passed an entire block, where oil Of the
cept drug store on the corner, and yet there is
more activity and business In Memphis now than
at any time Tor the past month. II there to be
many more new cases it is probable that they will
come from those who have been working almost
INCREASINGLY since the disease began. This is sug.
Uaa fQI Inv ha nf Ma fba Eom mpnfa
sary for North Memphis, published this morning.
an extract from which is appended
al am trying to supply all demands It Is fear
full undertaking to do work In this part Of the city
My men fall around me as though in battle. One
and another Robinson just now I fell W with aIs his nar
ness on, filing orders as long as he could stand.
Send me two or three good men II you can nnd
them"
CONTRIBUTIONS By MAIL AND EXPRESS.
Two Two or three columns Of the daily papers are
amounts subscribed, varying in sums from nfty
cents up to hundreds Of dollars, and coming from
all parts OF the country. specimen or two are
point
"CLEvBLAND, Ohio, Oct. IS, 1873.
'Major ]. J. BUsBY IL enclose $50 for beneft OF
'''''" '''' '''''''' ~ IN. D. JoHNsoN.n
"GRRNADA, Miss, Oct. IA, 1873.
~. J. MURPHY DEAR SIR-Please find my check
for $50 for the Howards Yours truly, n.owrv
note in child's handwriting encloses thirty
sick poor OF Memphis.n
A letter postmarked "Salem, Mass" enclosed q
S. bill and the words, "For some sufferer In your
city.n
Some OF the articles contributed for the sick are
not OF the best quality, and one lot was so bad
that the Howards in acknowledging its receipt,
were compelled to administer mild rebuke, say
ing they chopped the sender was not aware or the
quality OF the goods SENT" and meaning that they
were too utterly worthless to be used Tor the pur-
pose intended.
Poor, afIlicted city 1t needs all the charity that
can be visited upon It,
As close hear that Miss Wikerson, whom I
mentioned as being native OF Memphis, Is In
reality also from the North. Greater praise there
fore, Is hers. will find out more about her and
tell IL In my next. She Is recovering, much to the
delight OF all who have seen her unfllnching de-
votion.
INFECTIOUS DISEASES AND DISINPIOTION.