, 1873-10-25
PESTlLENCE.
General Statement Of Its Raw
ages at Memphis. .
Reports from Georgia and Alabama.
Relief Coming in freely from all
Quarters.
COOLER WEATHEnt

M1NpH19, UCt. N.-1+h8t night Lnele HAa Ae"F1
frost, and Ice quarter Of inch thick. Favorahlo
rcsulss expected. yellowfovor nurse gavc car
hoc acid to = patient yesterday by mistake, Which
camacd death In few minutes.
Another nuEso attempted to Outrage tho wife Of
patient In hls Charge.
oEREaioN1 POSTPONED.
A magistrate summonod to residence in the
city yesterday to marry couple, and whon he mr.
rived o found another magistrate boiling an Inquest
ovor rue1nbor Of tho family who bud died auadenIy
The marrtaga was postponed.
ANOTHER SUICIDE.
Another suicide occurred yesterday. Tho name and
callre wire not aaccrtuucd.
Tue weather Ia clear nill cool.
ArPEAL FOR AID.
Tho Young Mcna soil.Ilty make m appeal for aid
FROM sIn.ilar societies Of othar cities.
THE AoNruANY NEroHT
to o'clock gives yellow fuvor deaths -; other eauaes
l. Few new cascs aro reported: Thu psosRects IRE
favorable t4an since tho first outbreak OF he
foyer.
tho result Of the sle,ac They hnvo lost %
20 widows and IS orphans.
suREvEponT, Oct. .24-TclcgraplcrH oil we'll. Inter
meats ioasy: Isaac Rahn, Il; EFea sveot' 81; Mira.
r. d. Jordan.
Mosrooupas' % Ill.,, oct. @ 2t~Tonr deaths from yol.
low foyer in the past twenty-iour ,1,tn hours.
tains tho following: "Tha sppeal malo by the Nh
now II hs oi seE n
ing brethren without further contributions"
oa e 81. s9sss ~ isye spes,sa s
cambridge, Ga. Ton caaoe thus f-'' Al e1oo"s u
tho population ia Threatened; ;-r,r noor
1rr7,r Roox ATp ys. al-Dr. J. II. pohopine,
& e f ss st y:ow ssa ts;sr r *a F.
Il, hsM.Sdy, snother cid aud prominent citizen,
own with The 1ame diseass, md nSt s1pestod 70
quarantine bbtwecn thd city and Argenta and II IL
supposed they contracted Tie iisoass who examining
heavy frost ills morning Thore Is considerable ex-
ctemsnt over the fcver though no foars arc enter
tanned that 1t Will spEead.
The outlook se-day i g! ehasfing: " confess we
do not like It. Nelor the reports from reliable nurses
aud physiciaus, tho facts thoy appear In our
local columns, arc encouraging. TO to sure, tho num-
previous, but tho extremes Of temperature we haye
been called upon to endure arc 10th unfavorabe 10
ton. Tho Howard Association alone, excluding tne
German, Scotch 1rtsh. 1taltat Frsaoh, md English
y hs snd osos as s
aot look wl,olosoms 4 does nst look Ike abatement
month, VIC were to be burdcned with the saddeat Of
all the cala,nittes we hayo ever known. We
grains f comfort nfS 4ho Teaner o has s
Hgain md the now cases presenting themselves arc
worst that have passed away. Yesterday there was an
increaso Of over tho mortality Of Tie day before
tho figures standing ~ from yellow fever, 10 from
other tAuscs; tol 81. Tho figures Of tho day before
Yellow fover ~; other cassfs toal 10. VIC
have almost reached tho closing week Of the mouth and
have had four frosts, two Of them Of mnrhed char
actcr aud yet have not less than 900 persons sick
Of the fever many Of tho presenting from the
frat phases Of tho diseaRe bud LIB to aagger
tho crodulity OF physcias aud nurRoa Engaged In at
tendance upon the sick from the early days Ut the cpl
de1nic. o deeply regret to lnako such report Us thia
but cannot escape from tho fActs. Under
! such circumstances. We cannot but regret our
urgent eutrca.ies, tha e people, aa we'll as tho Board
Health, continue to dsi1lfo:t. and to avail thpm~
selves OF Ill tho precautions TINT hare fur proven
elcacouB In retArdng, checking, killing tho dis
| eaae. Everybody able to do anything must stand to
His or ler post nnd continue to battle uob1y IN
tho past to stay tho advance aud tho onsunghts Of the
Unsuitable and awful epidemic. Disnfecauts must be
careful to their personal hablts, and TINT tho
least symptom Of dIseasc in any form, ia promptly
treated. We 1nuBt not relax in Vigilance. Up to this
ato hnyo lost, since tho 18th of September, total
Of 13B4 of weh number 6o3 died from yellow foyor
aud 38I from other caslAcs, 1akng average Of a5
por day. fearful mortality truly, when tt
is remembered that In healthy timea thAt 1nauy per
| woek ia much uauaty record. It Will bp
from this that the mortality Of yesterday is III
advance Of the average. We must therefore continue
| to labor. In saying this We are not uunlndfnl Of
what physcians and nurses have dono.. But We
rely npon them. They are Under God, Gully hope,
and pray they may hayo health md strength left 10
ance of Huch change in tho weather as is eirabe
| overthrow linn. Wo muHt continue To stand "shoul-
dor to shoulder" Few In numbers, but strong Of
cournge. must not yiyo up. Ours ia severe task,
but must stand to posts uutil tho last Of the
terrible enemy, anu may God strengthen us for ouz