The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-09-19

town.
a Nashville gentleman, travelling 81
New England, has heard the warmss<
sympathy for the South everywhere ex.
pressed.
1t is said to have become the custen
in Humboldt, Tenn, for ladies "a
smoke cigarettes as yellow fever pre-.
YentiYe.
Contributions, sggregating $500
have been sent from Jacksonville, M.
nois, to the Southern States.
amount will be largely increased.
Barney Hughes, editor OF the Rail<
road Journal of Memphis, was smltien
by Yellow Jack, but Barney was al
ways turning Jack, and turned Il
down.
Rev. Sam Watson, of Memphis, WAS
advised by the spirits, his guardian an
gels, to leave Memphis before the
plague came. He is sojourning in Ar.
kansas.
A farmer writes to the Courier Jour.
nal. suggesting that each farmer OF The
county take one or more refugees With
out means into his employ. Whst
about the quarantiRers9
A special dispatch from Memphis to
the Chicago Times says the camps
about the city prove effectnAlly the
the disease will not spread in IRE
clearly locality. The theory that
attack Of yellow fever gives ImmunI
from its repetition has been exploded
10y score OF cases to the contrary Ia
Memphis.
GAINESVILLE, Tennessee, instead of
thrusting frightened, flying, helpless
people from railways at quarantine sta
tons, has erected a large hospital 10
which fugitives are consigned. a
camp for them is established and even
within six miles Of Memphis the dis
ease does not spread in these clean en-.
Trlmps are dreaded like wild beasts
in Mississippi and are looked upon a
'catterers of the yellow fever. One
who had stolen ride from jackson In
/ box car was kicked off near Grenada.
As soon as the fellow struck terra firms
he began to hunt something to eat.
out as he was just from New Orleans
he people ran away from him as they
would from roaring lion.
DIR. It. A. Atchison, of Nashville.
lays there Is no danger of Yellow
lacks prevalence in that city for three
easons. The first is that Nashville IL
rec from it on account of geological
second, from its altitude.
md third, from its cleanliness. Nash-
lille has meyer been in better santa
y condition than st present, and the
Iir is pure and bracing.
In 1858 when over 10, 0o0 persons
lied in New Orleans from yellow fe-
'er, the highest death rate was 3ie.
IN the twenty second day of August.
n 1867 when oyer 5000 died the max
mum death rate WAS on the twenty
ourth Of September, when eighty-two
lied. On the fourth OF October sew
nty-five died, and on November onr1
y three, when the epidemic ended.
Sherman is grievously disguised be-
ause Denison refuses to quarantine
gainst st. Louis ana everybody out Of
Ioors. Sherman expended much mon
y and gave idle employment to a lot
# loafers, and everybody laughed and
he aldermen grew ashamed Of them
elves and crawled into their holes aud
he quarantine officers sneaked out Of
light, and there is an end OF the intol-
rable idiocy.
At Humboldt, Tennessee, there were
hree cases of yellow fever at house
# ill-fane known as the Washington
louise. This produced quite panic.
nd some eight or ten families have left
he place. The town would have been
in short time, but the
physicians, accompanied by three New
orleans experts, went down and ex-
mined the cases reported as yellow
ever. After thorough examination
he cases were pronounced malarial
ever.
TIE Courier-.Iouynal says - because
We do not see fit to establish rigid
arrangements; because We
10 not picket all the roads which lead
nto Louisville; because we do not pre-
ipItate body OF insolen., cruel and
owardly officials upon the poor, sick,
1eak and helpless who come to as for.
elief and sympathy, we stand charge
BILE on the books OF our neighboring
tiles with lack OF both energy and
The difference in the virtues and true
eroism OF the sexes is illustrated In
he fact that on hearing Of the illness
( her husband, Col. Butler p. Auder-
on, his wife went Immediately TO his
edside and nursed him till his DEATH
Colonel John Donovan, proper
lowhard, and, on occasions, bully,
ven when his wife and three childreh
gere smitten, could only telegraph
ack Take care Of my wife and chill
rem"
The deepest sympathy exists for
Jolly Springs, where the yellow fever
as at last assumed an epidemic form.
With q courage and self-denial worthy
( all praise they kept their doors open
D the fugitives from Grenada and
receiving and nursing many
their sick when other places we're
losed 10 them. II was hoped that
lch nobleness would be rewarded By
scape from the infection, but It is de-
reed otherwise. They have In their
offerings the reward which always
ONES TO noble souls for generous
eeds.
J. 8. Knowlton, who had just been
ppointed TO succeed Postmaster
thompson, deceased, died Saturday,
} his predecessor had done, Of yellow
.ver. Knowlton has been the real,
Give postmaster at Memphis for the
Ist twelve years, but he was . modest
entleman and could not force bis way
court, and therefore did the work
lille others secured the lucre. But
cath makes all things even, and be is
lrely as rich as the rest to-day. There
as never q trueF gentleman. . more
Pnght man or faithful public officer.
Mr. Bishop, Of Grenada. who lost al