Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1876-10-17

Providence tR L. Journal. Get, 10TH
A private letter from Augusta, Ga, to
q Providence gentleman contains q
touching narrative of heroism in fever
stricken Savannah, which ought to have
vide publication as an impressive IL
lustration of the modest attributes Of hu-
nature. Ths writer is explaining
that some business delay is caused by the
g%rievous family an elton Of "a assistant,
and goes OF ID say:
The death Of a young brother, in Sa-
valnah Monday morning, has thrown
his whole family into the deepest grief
a young fellow, not much more than a
boy, WHO m~artyred himself for the good
Of the people suffering with the yellow
fever, and himself fell a victim. He was
prescription clerk in Lippman's drug
store stere, aud when the fever broke out
the whole forge left but the ~book-keeper
and him. 4 little later the b~ook.keeper
left, and Charley ran the whole thing
himself, til Lippman ordered him, by
latter, to close the store. Then, instead
Of coming nome, as bis people kept beg.
gag him to DO, he replied no. He fell
it was bis duty to stay, and be went 10
work in Olsy's drug store, putting up
prescriptions, hundreds per day ne
lime to rest; no time for dinner. Clay
took the fever and Charley ngrsed him,
bu, be died Charley still rem the store.
dis cook took the fever, be ndrsed her.
aud she recovered. Then o young friend
Symons; be nursed him aud got him up,
running the store a,l the time, day anC
night. de wrote his mother: u hayl
70 get something 70 eat the beet way J
can. ~ cook is down. l have no time
for myself puttiog w INSCRIPTIONS al
day. When night comes | an 60 tired D..
can hardly put one foot before the other
have not had my clothes of in a week
aud have not brushed Ey hair il foul
days." This although ordinarily he wa
extremely nea aud e%aseig, Of bis per
son. Il sounds like old army tinss. a
last, when Symons was up, Charlel
took sick. He wrote that he haI
taken the fever, but was feeling prettI
strong sGd vas confident Of 500
being up aud al werk sgsiB. Telegram
then began to pass ten or twenty q day
Charley improving; With good care h
will cone through al right, and every
thing looked hopeful, When eli et ono
"Charley is worse" and he began 10 slus
symous nursing him ia his tuFn an
keeping up constant corresponding
with Augusta by telegraph Finally tell
grams could be passed With difficulty, h
telegraph boys refusing to carry the me.
sages in Savannah. 1t vas the wors
quarter in the whole city. The last tw
kilograms Teeeiyed from Sypcps were
Il will stick to him to tie last. 81 sha
not sleep tonight" And the brav
5oang fellow kept his word; the
both died the game night 81
mons had never fully r%eooveFe
and wore himself out waiting 0
his friend. They we're two brave boy
Seere they not? Does it make any dife.
ence when tie or which dsg such sou
fought for twelve years ago2 Can't 70
reach out and shake hands over any dl
tanee7 Charley was . brave soul.
could not help mourning his death sf
ought not to regret that be stayed; an
my esteem for him is SO great that N
little boy, now feur years old, who'
name before was only Arthur, is no
Charles Arthur; and didn't / do right
His is a name that ought never TO di
and it will live forever somewhere.
New York has in round humble
about 800 miles Of streets paved wi
payements Of various description
Trap block seems to he the most popul
style Of paving, no less than 3,O73,lI