Knoxville daily chronicle. [volume] (Knoxville, Tenn.) 1870-1882, 1873-06-11
FROM NASHVILLE.
The Condition Of the Cholera-Excftement
COntinues-ExOdu Of Citizens.

kne O0nu1t10n Oh the ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
COntinues-ExOdus Of Citizens.
Correspondence of the Chronicle.l
NASHVILLE, June 8, 1873.
AS leave ON this P. NJ. train for Easl
Tennessee L will give you some notes
about the cholera in Nashville, which Is
just now the all-absorbing topic here, as ii
must also be of interest to your East Ten.
nessee readers. sEaE4
That the disease is now epidemic, is gem
.-s.iiy adraitted. AS was walking on the
streets this afternoon I saw an old gentle
man very excited and busily filling pre-
scriptions to crowd anxiously awaiting
their turn. asked him what the facts were
about the cholera. He aswered, "It is cpl
demic and getting worse. There is no use
denying the facts" 1 can not say that the
disease is "Asiatic," it seems to me to be
domestic Every case, without an ex-
ception so far as can hear, is attributable
to the imprudence in eating or drinking.
The Asiatic wave has not reached Nash
vile yet. The disease is proving so fatal
on account of the filth of the city, the late
wet spring, the hot weather and the inn
prudence of the people.
ABOUT SOME OF THE FATAL CAST
am told that the Rev. Moses S. Ros L
Rector of Trinity Churcll, who died "a
day morning, took long walk and ate
food imprudently Just previous TO hls at
tack.
Mrs. judge John c. Gaut had not
been very vel previous TO her
aftanE T hsar with har 1rsg m n
on the street on Thursday evening. /
called at The house Sunday to ses the fam
| lily, but was met a. th5 door ~ the Judge
who in great distress told re his wife was
sinking in a violent attack of the cholera.
I went to the house Monday morning and
learned from the panic-stricken neighbors
that she was just dying. She was an esti-
mable lady, sister of Mrs. Sneed at
Sweetwater, and a loving dutiful wife.
The family are in deep distress over their
sudden bereavement. fL
Rev. Moses S. Royce was formerly res
ident of Greeneville. He came originally
| from New England. Has lived in Nash.
| vile for some years.
THE EXODUS OF CITIZENS.
The excitement in the city is intense
The fatality at the outset is SO great that il
has created panic. The streets are quiet
BuSlueSS HOUSES dIe Still Opeu pul UuSilcSS
| is very dull. The hotels are quiet. The
corridor of the Maxwell House has scarce
| ly lounger. Just as 1 was leaving ]
| learned that the st. Cloud was to close
Every train leaving the city is literally
| jammed. On some of them it is almost
impossible to find standing room, The
transfer and ticket Office at the Maxwell
House is constantly filled with excited
people. One conductor remarked that the
exodus reminded him of the flight JUS
after the capture of Fort Donelson.
The authorities are doing what they car
to cleanse up the city. Lime is being
scattered about and the streets sprinkled
with disinfectants. Mayor Kerchival has
appointed the following physicians a.
| the Sanitary Board of Nashville:
| J. d. Plunket, J. w. Stout, T. P. Con
nell, J. Saudek, L. w. Sneed, F. III. P
Pool, Thomas Menees, T. A. Atchison, e
K. Winston, G. Schiff, ]. w. Maddin, T
w. McMurray.