The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-01
| during the whole prevalence Of the epidemic

during the whole prevalence Of the epidemic
Of that year.
Noao on the contrary, the streets were
DARK Hnla, deserted @ and silent. At the fea12ody
there were no loungers to relieve the solitude
OF the lonely clerk in the Office A solitary
light shone from the door of saloon In Mon
roe street, and few others twinkled from
drug stores mere and there The only place
that presented q scene f activity was the
office Of
THE HOWARD ASSOCIATION,
where I was greeted by q dozen true and
tried comrades Of q former campaign now
girded with full arn1or tor another. Two or
three have passed away during the lustrunl
that has elapsed since they were last on ac-
tive duty, but most of them still remain and
are at their posts. AS | write, however, fiue
OF them Lie i'll of the fever, brought on most
probably by overwork and exposure, Cen
Smith, first vice president of the association.
was pr0strated in Grenada. Three of them,
including the veteran Mansford, who was one
OF the original five that began the fight in
and now comes to-day the painful news that
the gallant and generous Anderson, who has
been doing such splendid serviee for Grenada,
is lying IL ct that PLACE. ace !, d.
ltis 81 H2.5ingtilar fact that until now only
three or four members Of this association
haveEeyer had yellow fever, although nearly all
passed through it unscathed in 1878.
The accounts OF
THE DISTRESS HERE,
which you have no doubt received from va
rious sources e speak coniecturally, having
scarcely seen any other than the Memphis
papers since my arrivaD, can scarcely have
been exaggerated. The ravages of the fever
have been aggravated by the unprecedented
panic the general destitution, the paralysis
Of business, the lack OF nurses and physicians,
the rapid spread of the epidemic, and the ut
ter decentralization of the negroes.
There is no trade nor intercourse with the
country. Some of the business houses are
open for a few hours of the day, but many Of
them are entirely closed. With the exception
and the negresses, no female figure is seen In
the streets
THE DEPOPUBATION OF THE CITY
by flight and removal has done good iu dimin-
Shng the material for disease, but has been
accompanied by some incidental evils The
scarcity OF physicians is q great evil, but that
OF skilled nurses is q greater. One OF the most
distressing things in daily experience Is the
necessity of turning deaf ear to the piteOus
appeals for doctor, a nurse, or other help,
Several physicians arrived to-day, and others
are expected. Nurses also are coming in
almost daily but far from fast enough to5up-
ply the increasing demand
Very different estimates are made here Of
THE NUMBER OF WHITE PEOPLE REMAINING
IN THE CITY,
some of them as low as 3OOO am not pre-
pared to express any opinion on the subject,
but the number OF sick Of all colors cannot
fall much short Of 1000, and there has thus far
been q rapid and progressive increase.
Pardon this hasty letter, written In the
midst Of innumerabe Interruptions. There is
no likelihood Of an early opportunity for
repetition of the rash experiment W. T. W.
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