The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-10-24
NORTH LOUISIANA.
The Fever scnre-A BADLY DeTnoraIEZet1
aectlOn-The VIcksburg supply Train
Scenes, Incidents, etc.
Wick sburg Herald.]


[Vlcksburg Horald]
From O gentleman who accompanied the
Howard supply train to stations on tho Vicks-
burg, Shreveport and Texas Railroad, Sunday
last, we learn the following facts in reference
to the condition Of affairs in that section:
A bout two miles from Delta, on the rail-
roa d, and near the Mattingly and Flowerree
plantation, on the wagon road, the residents
have established the very strictest sort OF q
quarantine, and all who desire to pass must
do so at the risk of their lives This is q Pc
culiar hardship on the people OF the neigh
borhood Of Mounds Station, where the abso-
lutte necessaries Of life cannot longer be OBJ
tanned, the supplies being now limited to such
farm products as the planters have on hand.
The stock Of sugar, coffee, meal, flour, meats,
etc, is exhausted, and the situation is more
serious than many would imagine. There Is
trouble Anticipated, unless the self-cOnstituted
bOckaders open up the roads and put away
their shotguns and rifles. They may per-
property, as did certain gentlemen
engaged in o similar business on this
side OF the river some time ago. DIR.
Clark, of Mounds Station, reports q
great deal of sickness among the negroes Of
shat vicinity, and mentioned to our informant
Piece OF barbarOus cruelty on the part OF q
negro named John Williams, which should be
severely punished, and the fiend who perpe-
trated the deed hung to the nearest limb.
This Williams had in his employ 81 bright
nulatto man, who took sick one day last
week, the symptoms being those OF yellow
fever. After q day or two the poor man had
become seriously Ill, and without any attempt
to relieve hil0, the henrLless wretch Williams
put the dying man into q wagon and hauled
him into the woods, where he left him in the
cane to die When discovered the man was
dead, and there Was un1nistakabe evidence
that his last hours were spent in the most ter
rible agony,
Mr.. Thomas T. Ward, the young gentleman
who contributed SO literally to the Howard
Association Of this city, has been sick for sew
cral days, but under the skllful treatment Of
DR.. Clark and the kind attention Of Messrs.
John Yoste and Thad Smith, he ;s convalesc-
ing.
The negroes along the railroads are Utterly
demoraiized; the cotton is wasting In the
field. the happy shouts and merry songs OF
the hundreds of darkeys which at this season
of the year echoed across the fields into the
surrounding woods and relieved the labor of
the day; the busy hum Of the gin, with its &C
cOmpanyng men, women and children Gov
cred with flakes Of the ileecy staple, waiting
to go to the nearest store with the bale. All
this is stopped, and the stations are deserted.
Even 'the hungry yellow dog" has fled to
parts unknown. The gloom Of death per-
vades the atmosphere in every direction, and
ones heart is saddened ut the recital Of NOR
talty and destituton.
At Tallulah our informant met DR.. VIM.
Kelly and Geo T. Trezevant, who kindly
furnished him with the following iniorma-
tions Since the advent of yellow fever in that
little village, there have been in all seventeen
cases to date and two deaths--Mr. Harry F.
Fell, q prominent merchant, and Mr. I. 7.
Griffin, a planter.
Dr. ]. B. Asl1ew and wife have had a narrow
escape but are now doing well; Leon Levi is
convale8cent, and several negroes. There are
now under treatment ten cases, some OF
which are very serious. The fever is spread
ing gradually among the negroes in the sur
rounding country, notwithstan ing the
rigorous quarantine which has been estab-
ished. There is a Howard Association at
Tallulah, comprising the only seven white
men there, who have done their duty nobly
since the inception of the scourge Their
resources are limited but have been sufficient
SO far, and appeals for help will be regulated
by the further spread OF the disease.
At Wavery Station there is no sickness,
and Major WaddeI's saw mill is working in
full blast. This was the only place on the
road where the negroes seemed happy, and
our informant discovered several darkie8
engaged in their favorite pastime Of ''seven
up
At Delhi, the end of the journey, Drs.
Brumby and Owens, Messrs. Peter B. Feenan,
J. NJ. Berry, Ed. Irwin Peter Barry and S.
Blum were found, all Of whom with one ex-
ception, have been sick, but who are now
doing good service in behalf Of the sufferers
principally among the negroes. Dir. Brumby
has proved himself veritable hero and Sa-
maritan, and has endeared himself to the peo-
pie in a most eminent d"gree: The new cases
useful citizen, and Wm. Morgan. Mr. Geo.
Slattery is doing we'll. On the part of the
HoWards, OF this city, we desire to render due
praise to that excellent specimen of man
hood and true generosity, Nick Lewis and
also to Messrs. Sprague aud Sullivan, as we'll
as Capt. John Dougherty and Major Newhill
for appreciated cOurtesies while our inform
ant was in search Of the above notes.