, 1876-10-22
YELLOW FEVER.

AsctI!p- 4HcIe Is uo Ia5ety, Ao stl!Ie, Ho las5I
10 be heard. OF population Of :1',0Uv, hall Ut
whom we're eolored, only 7,cW whites remain ot
necessity, and 14:Goo negroes. Tie latte: are
already being fed, clothed, and 'stuclc:l.'' At
the time the Benevolent Association was torn,cu
for matters OF relief OF Ill kinds, the negroes
Instituted j lively attcmptto rio.- Indeed, the
whites arc on a constant lookout ter truIblc
from their colorcd brethren. The for:nrr Have
not only to attend to their oE;,l business.
which this year lla1 been three or four
times greater than for manv years, but t::cT
have the extra mental, physical, and mural
strain Of keeping the blacks III ortier,-uo light
duty in addition to the pcrplcxitics arising from
the yellow fever. Tho city is really ,lcpopllated.
Everybody has left that could get away, All
thew and children were carly scat away.
1t the time when the people fully realized th.
necessityto to fly, the stampede was At thc rate u
1,5OO lay, more than could be furnished CIR
accommodations There Is an uncomfortable feel
iny creeping through one while passing through
the city, lind meeting only few hurried, anxious
white men, the SLOW, Indifferent colored lolks,
but: not single wlite woman to cross yonr
path, though your walk extends for several
hours. All retail business Is arrested entirely,
with the exception OF two or three lrug-storcS,
one dry-goods place, and 4 few groceries. The
other white folks remaining are doctors (co'std
they ever be suppressed y, city officials AMI cot
toli-tncrchants. The clergy have suffered deats,
more than any other body Of lllcu; they arc
bold and indcfatigable in their duty to
the dying In proportion to the nuMocr
Of deaths, the druggists. have lost m"re
than any other class OF business. The ntlln-
ber OF victims among men Is far greater than
anon. women. The sexes sut{er alike unuer
the age of puberty. In former epi1emics the
tull-bloole1 negro was exempt Us i rule, tEcu
the mixed black and white, then whit:
1u-& ri 1..,f
| nial year has finally put the white and black
races on level, and in 4 manner from which
there is no appeal, viz, yellow fever. This hal
been the hottest summer for forty Years. bc-
ginning with lon. season OF drcnching rain,
and followed by weeks Of intenscst heat, with
no kindly thundeTstorr1s intcrsperscl to purify
| the atmosphere. A few prominent businesses
| had prospered better than for some years, but
! the general business had been so depressed
I here that tue laborin. classes have had III etn-
| ployment whatever this summer, and may have
suffered from hunger and other concomitant
wants. Consequently, the very poor and the
wealthy have suffered alike from mortalty-thc
one from untcrfec1ing and deprivation, the
generally. While the temperate iu food,
drink, and general habits arc the
last to s,1ccumb from the dis
ease, or fear OF it, which kills SO many Of both
races and scxes, About the only business done
here now is that of. the doctors who belong to
the Benevolent Association, who have salary
(though this would be too undignffed to be ai}-
piled to the medical pr0fessiun}, conveyance,
and medicine furnished them. There are half
artlozen impromptu hospitals, each having, on
The St. Joseph's, however, i 'Catiolic institu-
ton, has had q daily average Of 115 suffer-
ers from this fever. 4 fraction OYER cne
in eight cases die. Those who have tho
fever die within four days, or show decided
symptoms Of conyalescencc, or it may take tho
form Of low typhoid, the patient lingering per
hnps three or four weeks, then dies frnn cx-
| haustion or relapse. They arc Obliged TO he
buried at once. The mortality from this fcTcr
thus far is not under ], 400 while that from the
regular will bring the deatllrate to fully 2,C0J
! persons. Everybody is tired out. The fever Is
said to take most Esdlr, and, III preference, IL
| those who have been away 1rom the city IN Il
vacation, and to those who are strangers to th:
robust, and unused to this atmosphere; and 81
| everything is done to Keep away outsiders, and
| to do everything for themselves But the faess
bear strongly against this, in that while the Aa-
tiyes and the habtuatcd to the causes die rap
| idly, and, as matter OF course, the proporthna
Of deaths aud illness among strangers is a::t'al~
u very small. The physicians nnd strangers a7e
On a par in this matter. Both parties nrr pro-
tacted against its inroads. because both are fear-
less, and realize the necessity of taking care OF
| themselves intelligently and patiently. More
over, reports lose sight OF the important fact
TINT it is easier to count strangers and pi,yss-
clans than the various people who are constantly
recognized as part aud parcel OF town.
overheard very active doctor teil anotaer
that, with IN average OF forty or fifty patien IS
since the epidemic began, he had saved only :!co
OF the whole number, and, as he cantlilly said,
"Thcy woulu have gotten well anyhow" Anu
ret some advertise Of making l50 visits taty Tor
seven consecutive days! To DO justice at this
rite is impossible, especially as in this
frightful scourge hygienic means are paramount
to medicine, and where the nurses are ignorant,
superstitious, dumb, and overworketl. II the
grief Of the truly disintcrestcts, the ini.i'r
nurse Is preferred to the Intelligent: rrii'.'>'
and worthy one. But after time doctors, ::uu,
teecame Dcnunbeu with fatigue and filled VIII,
despair at the repeated loss Of patients: t!:c it
is eaeier to prescribe calonlel aud N'!hlic than
to N;1ect judicious baths and Manipulatio1s.
Only one physician has died from the fever, but
many have been laid up with it tw" or thrrc
weeks. The cause OF the fever is not under
stood or admitted. The result {icath) is simply
concurrcd in, because that is TOO po:i-4Tti'
forced upon the authorities to admit OF dispute.
-Sayappah Is really beautiful old city. li:-
deed. It seems never to have been young. It's
houses are large, antiqu:tel and now still Al
death. It's streets arc widr, many being double,
having 4 double row Of old et'ns up anu
down the ceutre, guarding ocl"ecn lncas
Z precious plot Of green erase: 1t IS nToa:sa1 ;.
as well in its modest little parks layisiIy SCAT
tered throughout its whole exteEt. Tie late
devastation will be felt Tor sSol. OF years. -
has received from outsiders Eot,uou, o.1t rs us
daily expenses In relief matters ore already not
under $1,000, it will easily be seen that several
n,iiIions must be spent before even eiimnicr
OF the cad Gun be detected. To Macon. tia.,
most Of tho people hare flown for refuge, and
many will never dare to return; though many
took With them the seeds which gave them there
!, er.,rx. from the disease. There arc not 4
dozen families who are not in mourning for one
or more Of its members. Only one hotel is ru!l-
ring, and that receives everybody, whether i'll
viii, yellow fevcr, or dying from it, as well as
, atiyes and strangers And now, as white trust
is about t., arrest this death-t1ealing sc''''r,r.
81 lall- -pox nus already commenced its season. III
~. mage nn,,ng the blaclssf which will so3n
sw Yep off both races alike, as has done the yci-
low fever before it. ODEL1A BL1SS, VI. y.
Lortf Kosebelry's Marriage to q Rots'schi1a'
Th London papers announce the marriage Vt
Lord RosebcrE1', the noted turfina .. to Miss
Ham lah de Roth schill, the only lau:,.. .Tcr o1 TIE
late Baron Meyer dc Rothschlld. tl'c .ato
Baro q was great sporting man, AMI, u: WI
also very much attached to Lord E4's. berry.
who has now taken to himself ono of ill., 1ntz13
amia lie, il not the handsomcst. of all to7
Roth ,chiId ladies. Lord Koscbcrry WAS boru -
1S47, and is consequently in his 18th year. In
mar, ing Miss 1t. 'Rothschiil h: n1arzsc; the
r1ches.: leiress III the world. The Late BaIc:,
left Al, ,000, GOO, and his daughter, being s
only 7ilt]. RECEIVED s35, ,O0 900 nut Ut tic 3iI-
GMt- -ft,nt ,,ntjar her fnther:s WILL The Kutiis-