The New York herald., 1878-08-17
THE PEOPLE FLYING IN TERROR.
A Plague-Stricken Vessel at the
Delaware Breakwater.
SANITARY PRECAUTIONS
Advancing Steady Northward-Assst-
ance for the Sufferers.
icy TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD. ]

The most promine ent residents Of Grenada, Misc,
have como 10 Louisville 10 escape the yellow fever
scourge Among the number arc General f. y. WAL
thall General G. Y Free and N G. Sn.der /
These gentlemen Number Of others lett Grenada
Tuesday last securing transportation on he Memphis
and Tennessee Railroad, through the nhue nee oi
General wahal, who succeeded In stopping the train
for hrs family, the condition OF whom physicians
pronounced all right before leaving Grenada Persons
70 the number OF thirty boarded the train, passing
Tor walthalps family. Nearly the entire party camc
here ~ ~
now IT. ORIGINATED
Il is stated the, disease originated from opening
used to drain tho town, OF Its refuse matter
This became very tout At spot the contre OF the
and opened for the purpose OF repairing the
defective part The day following this Mrs. Fold
was takon sick This Augusta Two days after
ward she died three people were taken down
two muiattoes aud whitel all OF whom died. Tho
physicians pronounced the disease bilious fever and
no especial alarm felt until week passed, whom
the number OF persons who were down caused much
alarm.
TIE DOCTORS WAKING UP.
The physician said that II The last case had &C.
Cured In Now Orleans II would have been pronouuced
yellow fover. They feared they erred III first pro
nou cling the disease yellow fever, and the citizens
hearing this sent TO New Orleans Tor other doctors
They came, aud Sunday morning last publicly pro-
claimed yellow fever prevalent in spidemiC form.
EXODUS
The exodus began at once moro than two-thirds
OF tho population which Is only 1900 remaining ut
nightia. On Monday thore suspension OF bust
ness only threO persons had doosthe saloon
keeper, the doctor and tho undertaken Public
funerals ceased.
PUBLIC PR,Gar
Mr. Snidsr describes the exodus thus:-"I have
been where shot and shell fell thick and last. where
mans truest courage was tried, and SO have hun
drsd more town. and they never ialtercd. Sun
dny last when the lever was proclaimed, saw
the bravcst check biauch. There was little said. A
solemn quiet became noticeable every whore Gro.
NADIA never had rho lever before IL was net among
any e1ars particular but upon all alike, sparing
| none. Now cases we're reported hourly"
pLEHiNG rHE COUNTRY.
Most OF our people qed a. The country. They left
open doors and glad enough TO get away them
selves seeming TO think nothing of property. Gen.
ers Walha and self thought to 60 to the country,
but the physicians assured would not leave
Grenada to visit in case Of our being taken down,
and wo resolved to leave tho place. There dear
| ones around me and my heart yearned toward them,
| but my duty TO my family hold me aloo. did not
| 20 into single stricken home, though one family
iovo dearly were all except aftesn-ye
| old child. Grenada IL described as n preuy iitto
| town with several hundred moro than thousand
| Inhabitants
THE srRIcKKy
1t is seventy miles below Holly Springs and 300
miles above New Orleans Tho people are generally
IN moderate and half the population s
black. 1t derives chief support from cotton, the
oundng being the richost in the State The
jackson route directly through Grenada, and II
is the terminus OF the Mississippi and Tennessee
| Railway.
OF NEGLECT.
Its streets and the sewer spoken OF prop
erly attended during the summer, and the attempt
repair the brought out tho lever The physi-
clans and nurses hard work, but evory has
thus lar proved iutal One hundred AMI ty-egbt
| persons now have the fever. Deaths almost always
occur ut night aud the same
time. Twelve deaths occurred Wednesday night and
| nlne Thursday night.
| A BRAVE TELEGRAPH OPERATOR.
| Tho Western Union operator, Tom Marshall, re-
mains Vt his post and is In constant communication
with Grsnadians now hero HIS last message tha,
tho place almost dspopulated. Many arc comtns
/ here from Memphis and other points.
ARRIVAL or REFUGEES FROM MEMPHIS IN
cINcixNATI-cAsxs IN CINCINNATI AMI
covINoToH
By TELEGRAPH 10 THE HERALD.
CINCINNATI, Ohio. August 10, 1875
4
Memphis arrived this city today by tho ONO and
Mississippi Railroad. They represent the condition
| there as piiiabis tho extreme. The HERALr
| correspondent here met a Nanber OF them to-
day anu learned from thcm that the city !.
absolutely panic stricken Over thousand people
have left TINS week and everybody VINO get away
! Is rushing North. Tbcro are probably a Thousand
Memphis people here Cincinnati, though tho mos
OF them when they come hcro register at the ho,c'
from other points, fearing that they would be
admntsncc II they were known 10 como from the IN
| fectcd dstrtcs.
| STRAIN RAILROADS.
The ticket seller OF tho Memphis and Louisville
Railroad sold SIS 900 w~rsh OF tickets yesterday and
his sales Tor the week up to to-day woro ove
S35. 900. People who have not money pawr
| their jewelry, watches snd clothes to get
| out OF town-rcady to give up everything
| to got away. Trains have stopped running on the
Little Rock and Grenada railroads, ana people VIII,
wish TO 20 In those directions are unable to do so
| rhs street there have stopped running aite
night and many OF tho business houses have put u
shutters and closed, because all employed In then
have deserted the city.
cnARirAssx.
Ons gentlsman with whom your correspondent con
vsrsed was a Hebrews, he repored that the hs
brew Relief Society doing much toward tho rs
isi Of those VINO wore suffering. and was be
sides furnishing money 10 enable thos
who were In noed to got away Tire How
ard society, ho also said had reorsanszsd for th
purpose OF nursing the SICK, and aso the Odd Fellow
and Fresmasous deing rnch for the OF the
own members ana those deI sendont upon them. I'll
greatest trouble, however. arises from tho PAM
stricken condition OF The ciry. There wer
twelve cases TO DAY and only threc death,
| but those who attacked with tho dsease are
danger Of receiving atternion at ALL or best poo
nursing. A great many who icsve go dnectiy Ess
fearing TO stop until they arrive beyondtee attud
where u has been known TO reach.
DEATHS ciNciNSArt
There two deaths from yellow lever ipere lai
night. one was Maggie sweeny. q girI twenty year
old, whose mother lives on Front street earthclant
Ing She oisd at her home The other was TnVms