The Camden journal. [volume] (Camden, S.C.) 1866-1891, 1878-09-05
THE VALLEY OF DEATH.
TERRIBLE SUFFERING ALONG
THE MISSISSIPPI.

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opened clear and warm, with the
little force of workers nearly ex-
hausted. The fever continues with
out abatement, but it is impossible
to obtain the number of new cases
up to noon for the reason that the
physicians are not required to res
port before 5. P. M. Undertakers
report 48 fever interments up to
noon, and the indication are that
the death list will be as large rs yes
terday. Numbers of negroes, some
of them drunk, assembled before the
commissary depot this morning and,
becoming riotous, rushed for the
door. They were kept back by the
colored militia on guard, but Sc"
cond attempt being made. the guards
fired, severely wounding one negro.
The doors were then closed, AID
Gen. Luke E. Wright spoke to the
crowd, restoring quiet for the time
being The committee is doing all
in its power to supply the people
with food, but some of the negroes
are dissatisfied with the manner in
which rations are issued, and further
trouble is feared.
Great difficulty is being expe-
rienced in getting carpenters to
make coffins for the pauper dead and
dig graves, but so far all the dead
have been buried promptly, except
in cases where persons have died
unattended in sickness and the
rorpses only discovered through the
efforts Of the health officer and bis
assistants, as has been the case in
several instances.
New ORLEANS, September g
The weather il the morning was
clear and warm. The deaths yesr
terday included twenty children un-
der seven years Of age, and to~day
nineteen. The total number of
deaths to-day is SS, and 2O9 new
cases.
The weather was cloudy this af-
ternoon, threatening rain. From
noon to 6 P. NJ. twenty deaths were
reported to the board Of health.
The total deaths from fever to date
are 1901, including 461 children
under II years of aye.
PORT GIBSON A SECOND GRENADA.
PORT GIBSON, September O.
Four hundred cases and fifty five
deaths have occurred here out Of
$50 persons remaining in the town.
About 1900 have fed. The distress
is very great, and the sick are dy-
ing with no one to give them drink
+ of water. Some nurses are on the
way from New Orleans and Chicago.
Help and funds are needed.
BATON ROUGE PANIC STRICKEN.
BATON ROUGE, September e.
Eleven deaths from yellow fever
have occurred here, four in the last
twenty~four hours. Many are down
sick, and all business is stopped.
Our financial resources are INSULT
oient to relieve the distress, and we
are compelled to ask the country to
aid US. Our people are meeting the
situation with great firmness.
LEON DAsTREMINsKI, Mayor.
LATER.
MEMPHIS, September 9.-Only
two physicians had made reports Of
new cases up to noon to-day. They
report IS cases. The undertakers
report 81 yellow fever interments
up to noon,
II P. M.-The condition of the
city to-day beggars description.
While the list of new cases reported
is only about sixty, the death rate
has amounted to eighty.six, only
two of which were from other causes
than fever. Bodies were discovered
to. day in out of the way places,
which have the appearance of hav-
ing been dead several days.
New ORLEANS, September g.
New cases, 327; deaths SO. Weather
cloudy, with light showers.
GRENADA, September 3-There
have been 4 new cases and 3 deaths
since last report. DIR. J. Wallace,
formerly of New Orleans and prac-
ticing chiefly among negroes, says
it is the easiest managed fever he
has ever seen on colored people. He
has not lost case.
HOLLY SPRINGS, September g.
There are sixty cases of fever here.
The physicians pronounce it bilious
fever of serious nature. Three
deaths have occurred, and there is a
great panic, and the people are leav-
ing the place.
CAIRO, September 3.-A telegram
from Hickman, KY, forty miles be-
low here, reports forty odd persons
sick, and ten or twelve deaths from