Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1873-07-12

springs. There has been nothing j
Montgomery at all like the cholera, an
Major Thurman, the health-officer, hs
made thorough inspection of the city
S aud reports it in better condition tha
ever. =h ~ -.s.-es 4
PHOTOGRAPH OF GREENEvILLE, EAs
TENNESSEE.
&reenevIlle Correspondence Knoxville Pre-
and Herald, 5th.
When reached Greeneville, an
cast my eyes toward the town where
had been only q short time before, an
= where / found robust health prevaiIinl
among all the citizens, il seemed to m
as if was looking upon e place smittei
of God and doomed to destruction
There was a dismal outlook in all direc
tons which no language can portray
and there was loneliness that was op
pressive. / seemed to be walking fortl
in the city of the dead, sOjOurning will
lifeless forms and cOmmuning with de
parted spirits. The citizens of your owl
heaven-favored metropolis can form NJ
correct idea of the full extent and effec
of this wonderful scourge. / am not ex
travagant when declare to you that il
suTpasses anything of the kind eve
witnessed in this country. The like has
never been heard of before. / was in
the midst Of the scourge which deci.
mated your city some twenty odd years
ago, but that was not comparable with
it. 1t was eight affiictionn compared
with this. Able-bodied men, strong and
athletic, and vigorous women and chill
dl'en were slain in rapid succession by
the disease. One hour you would see
an active man moving along the streets,
with no indications of sickness, and the
next a helpless victim of the cholera.
The undertakers were Kept busy day
and night, and even then, as l am in
formed, could not meet the demand for
collins. 1t was impossible to check its
progress. 1t moved onward, defying all
! remedies and prOstrating almost every
man, woman and child in its pathway.
l am told that there are not now more
than ten or twelve families in the place.
1t is deserted, but the cholera has not.
1t still reigns and glOats in its merciless
triumphs. To-day / learned of four
deaths, and of one new case that will
probably prove fatal. 1t is a mistake
that it is abating. OF course there are
not so many deaths, for the reason that
! there are so few persons in the town.
| EX-PTesident Andrew Johnson did not
| escape. He remained at home until he
was attacked, and then left for his coun-
/ try residence, near Henderson's depot.
After fierce struggle with the disease,
| he rallied and got better, but, afterward,
took a relapse and came near diving.
His physician, DR.. Broyles, was imme-
diately sent for, who watched
at his bedside for one whole
night, never leaving him for moment,
and finally succeeding in enabling him
TO pass the crisis. 1t is said of Mr. John
son that while he was at home, he did
all he could to administer to the wants
of the sick and the dying. / was told,
to-day, by gentleman who seemed to
know what he was talking about, that
the eX-president intends leaving Green
vile, and will settle in either Knoxville.
Nashville OF Washington City. He
certainly would make a valuable acuui-
sitiOn to any community. The cholera
at Greeneville has developed a few cases
of monstrOus depravity, one of which |
Will relate without mentioning names.
An old gentleman, probably nearly
seventy years of age, who lived a mile |
or two in the country, and noted for his |
recRlessness and his utter defianceof the |
laws of God, came into town |
one day, and passing down the street, |
cried out that he intended to spread the |
cholera over the town, He then went |
to an undertaken and wanted to know if
he could make him coffin, and what |
he would charge. The reply was that
if he wanted it before his dea'h, he
would charge him twenty-five dollars,
but if after, he would only charge him
fourteen dollars. He told him To pro-
ceed with the matter, but to be sure to
make it out of twO-inch plank and leave
it open at both ends, so that if the devil
comes in at one end he could escape at
the other! That night he Uds stricken
doa0n Nth the cholera, and By morning
lCds q corpse. -....
THEORIES.
From the Washington Republican,
WASHINGTON, June e22.-On last even
ing l met William Crutchfield, of Chat
at the Ebbitt house, and in my
anxious inquiries in reference TO the
rayages of cholera in Tennessee my
home, from which ] have been absent
several weeks, Mr.. Crutchfield gave me
the results of his observations as TO the
cause and progress Of that disease which,
a little strange, vet are so
and sensible that give them
10 the public. He starts out with the
l.
s a peculiar miasm that has a strong
affiBity for water, not so much, how
aver, to mingle with the water as to-
'ettle close to its surface, and that its
volume is rapidly augmented by the
7apors rising from impure water; and
hat this cholera air usually fol-
Ows streams of water upward,
JuI never downward, and that
when departure from the stream oc-
,urs, it is when and where q low swag
# the hills or mountains fencing the
.hannel is reached; and when, too, that {
he forward course of the foul air is in !
with the prevailing atmOs-
sheric currents. Mr.. G. refers to the |
,reakiDg out of cholera among railroad |
'peratives constructing the tunnel of the
' ashvtlle and Chattanooga railroad +,
section west of the mountain, near |
)owan stationl, in 1854. The mountain
Ormed barrier to the flow of the mi
sma east, until the Grassy Cove depres- 1
ion was reached. Then it passed :
trough, as he insists, and London and
knoxville, coming in direct line, were
ttacked. Now, MIR. C.'s theory is, that '
rom Nashville the flow is uD the '
cumberland river, and that the most II
aturai outlets through the mountains
re those low depressions which con-
ect IN line with the "Swan Pond" F
ountryj just SOUTH or GreenevuIe,
,ast Tennessee, at which place about |,
ne hundred cases of cholera have oc- b
urred during the past seven days, re- a
1lting in number Of deaths and the o
ispersion Of large part of the inhabit- u
nts. According to the theory stated o
le Wautauga river will probably form d
le outlet, and Richmond, Petersburg q
nd Norfolk, Virginia, will fall in the s.
ne, and thence up the Potomac Mr.. b
IS ideas are entitled at least TO the a
of the scientific and medi- d
Al fraternities. He says, although s.
chattanooga has more nourishment to b
ed a cholera air than almost any other O
ty, yet he has no fears Of the advent 81
the plague there untf it (if 1t should) "
rst appears in Huntsville or Selma, Al Il
bama. Il
AT INDIANAPOLIS. il
lom the Sentinel G.
Yesterday there came to the secretary g
the board of health certificate of U
cath from cholera. TheominOus paper IL
signed by DIR. Max Schiller, whose Il
lice is at Ne. 2I0 East Ohio street. The II
ictim is Carl Yorger, whose death oc- b
Irred at No. 347 South Pennsylvania iC
feet early yesterday morning, after an u
iness OF tweRty-four hours. The body Z
as buried in the Catholic cemetery by Il
Srinsteiner. Deceased was
eFmRn, and brother of the Yorgers, F
ltehers, all residents Of Indianapolis.
the opinion of one man, at least, the n
lolera isupon Us. =
AT CINCINNATI. q
rom the Cincinnati Gazeitel ts
There were five burial permits yester- Il
aY in cases Of. death from cholera, ei
8 follows Theodore Herdt, aged forty- a
We years, sick Eve days, resided at No. u
10 Vine street; Mrs. Lubecke, sick six b