Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-10-04

A Cincinnati dispatch states that in the lum-
Der camp of Wells & Co., near Elmore, Mont
calm county, Mich, an epidemic had been rag
ing among the men for week past, which DIR.
Levaly pronounced black janndice, or yellow
fever. One Of the men, Thomas McGuere, was
taken, and as no one would nurse him or give
him medicines the unfortunate man was soon
delirious. None of the citizens of Elmore
would receive him into their houses, and the
patient was placed under tree in drenching
rain, and soon after died from the disease,
which, the doctor said, was clearly yellow fever.
The remains we're placed in box and buried
under the tree where he died.
On the nineteenth the reports showed that
while the fever was decreasing in the towns it
was spreading in the rural districts Of Louisiana
and Tennessee. The plantations were suffer-
ing heavily, and nurses and physicians were
called for. In Canton, Miss, the fever had
abated to such an extent that card was
issued by the citizens Of the town, declaring
they were is no further need of provisions or
money, and heartily thanking the people of all
sections for the aid 80 generously extended ia
time of need.
A Greenville (Miss.) dispatch of the twen-
tieth discloses sad condition of affairs. Out
of 500 people who remained in the town nearly
400 had the yellow fever and 162 deaths had
occurred up to date. "We are cut of entirely
form the world" says the dispatch, las the
telegraph Office in Vicksburg cannot take our
business, there being only one operator there.
We are out Of medicine and ice, and have
not been able to get one message through
for nine days. The fever must soon
abate for want Of material. There was slight
increase in the disease at New Orleans. While
the fever was moderating in the central part Of
the city it was extending in the suburbs. The
deaths numbered eighty-six and new cases
211. In Grenada, Miss, there were no deaths
and only two new cases. Up to the twentieth
the whole number of deaths there was 27t, of
which 214 were white and fifty-seveD colored.
Holly Springs, Miss, is another plague-rid-
den town. Colonel Falconer, secretary Of
State was among those stricken dewn, while
the death list contains the names OF many
prominent citizens The following dispatch
from Holly Springs will give an idea of the
situation there: "The silence of the tomb
pervades the hearts of our little band. The
best have gone down, and we have asked others
to take their places. In not an instance have
we seen the one that would refuse to take his
place wherever we assigned him. This is no
time for compliments; but when the day comes
the public shall know who has stood by US. We
said we had no tears but there is time when
they flow, and that is when we read the tele-
grams and the letters from friends far away.
Tell them they give us heart and make us
stronger, better and brighter But for this we
would feel heart-sick and weary, and our suffer-
ing people tender their prayerful thanks for
the kind and generous assistance their friends
in all parts of the Union have given"
The reports on the twenty-first and twenty
second showed a marked improvement in all
the principal yellow fever centers. Up to the
latter. named date the whole number OF deaths
in the various infected places was as follows
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