Wilmington journal. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1844-1895, 1876-10-20

A private letter from Augusta, Ga,
to Providence gentleman contains q
touching narrative of heroism IN fever
stricken Savannah, which ought to
have wide publication as an impress
sive illustration of the noblest a:tfi-
butes of human nature. The writer
is explaining that some business delay
is caused by the grievous family affiic-
ton of an assistant, and goes on to
say
The death of a young brother, In
Savannah. Monday morning, has thrown
his whole family into the deepest grief
"a young fellow, not much more than
boy, who martyred himself for the
good of the people suffering with the
yellow fever, and himself fell victim.
He was prescription clerk in Lipp-
mans drug store there, and when she
fever broke out the whole force lefb
but the book-keeper and him. 4 little
later the book-keeper left, and Char
ley ran the whole thing himself, till
Lippman ordered him, by letter, 30
close the store. Then, instead of COM
ing home, as his people kept Begging
him to do, he replied no. He felt it
was his duty to stay, and he went to
work in Clay's drug store, putting up
prescriptions, hundreds per day; no
time for dinner. Clay took the fever
and Charley pussed him, bnt he died.
Charley still ran the store. His cook
took the fever ; he nursed her, and
she recovered. Then young friend,
Symons ; he nursed him aud got him
up. running the store ali the time, day
and night. He wrote his mother -
81 have 30 get something to eat the
best way can. My cook lie down. I
prescriptions all day. When hight
comes am so tired can hardly put
one foot before the other. I have not
had my clothes off in a week. and I
have not brushed my hair in four
days" This, although ordinarily he
was extremely neat and careful of his
person. 1t sounds like old army times
At last, when Symons..vas up, Charley
took sick. He wrote that he had taken
the fever, but was feeling pretty strong
and was confident Of soon being up
and at work again. kilograms then
began to pass ten or twenty day,
Charley improving, with good care he
will come through all right" and
every thing looked hopeful, when all
at once "Charley is worse" and he
began to sink, Symons nursing him in
his turn and keeping up constant
correspondence with Augusta by tele-
graph. Finally kilograms could be
passed with Difficult y, the Telegram
boys refusing 80 carry the messages ia
Savnnah. It was the worst quarter in
the whole city. The last too kilograms
received from Symons were:-"I will
stick to him to the last" 81 shall not
sleep to night" and the brave young
fellow kept his word; they both died
the same night. symons had never fully
recovered and wore himself out waiting
on his friend. They were too brave boys,
were they not? Does it make any diff
ference which side or which flag
such souls fought for twelve years ago?
Can't you reach out and shake hands
over any distance? Charley was brave
soul. I could not help mourning his
death, she ought not to regret that he
stayed; and my esteem for him is so
great that my little boy, now four
years old, whose name before was
only Arthur, is now Charles Arthur;
and didn't l do right. His is a name
that ought never to die, and it will live
forever somewhere