The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1878-08-23

a FEVER STRICKEN TOWN.-A CORES
pondent at Grenada, Miss, under date OF
Friday, gives the following vivid portrayal
OF the distress prevailing there in conse-
quence Of The ravages Ofthe terrible scourge,
yellow fever. now affecting the Southern
cities :
Every one able TO fy from this fever rricken
toWh mas uoue so: me rayu0es Of the dread
HisCAse are truly friRhtfui. The streets are de-
serted the stores shut up. and only the aporhe-
carries remain open TO transact business, I ar
TlNet mere yesterday, III company with small
BODY Of nurses, and never have seen town
wear more funeral aspect. Grenada has a
IopuIatl on OF -,5ov, hall OF whom are whites.
II would not oc far from the truth TO saw
@ t@hat pot over three or four hundred OF the lat
dismay. Where they 90 10 I cannot saw FOR al
me towns or the line Of the railway from here
ada But go they do-auyw here 10 eecapc the
plhguc. heard that II was only on sunday
Liat li WE= gwen ont that yellow fever was eDi-
demic here Either from Ignorance or q desire
10 aToii panic il was denied that the cases
which had occurred previous to that time " ycrf,
yellow fever, The disease has spread rapI6iS,
s!nce then and Is Of the most malignant fype.
The distress is great. No one un9 -~,,af r-,f.s,i
the intense suffering which Il visited uugn
Grenada. The city is IN a very fItST nCr73tt, -,
The garbage and putrid bodies Of dS,t,l eT'i,I, s
from the sewers Were left lying around and
there can be no doubt as 10 Toly H.. So, -, 80 90
kIhate1- BT. 4. + Brown, Of Memphis. " no
nus been king here among The sIci, tells me
that never has he seen a reo,,I - - - i'i6 ne
scouTRed. lie Howard association has been
ddoing nobiy., Their workers are here from
Memphls and New Orleans. They divide the
/ Town INTO districts, and as speedily as possible
Visit the sick and dying and minfstcr 10 their
wants. Unlike the fever in New Orleans I ne
scollrEe Hfiicts the bests citizens of the place
In New Orleans the death occur aIuust entire
/ y among the unacclimated and the children
hcre IL IS dlGerent The negroes have escaped
wonderfully so far, but the white people are
terTlUIy hlnictcd. OF course no one aftpu1Dts
10 10 amy business. The rumble Of the dead
cart along the streets and the ehurryingfOotsteDs
Oi inc nurses as they go from house 10 house
cannot fail ITO keep up that horrible Feeling
OF uFead Which every one who remains behind
carries constantly with him. No one can tel
whose turn IL will be next. "
am told by physician from Memphis. who
arrived to-day, that the situation in that rffv
I y hppailing. The disease has spread rapiily
Inere, ana Notwithstanding all efforts ~ y ia =
Ine excitement the people are pauic-strtckG5
me associated press telegrams undoubtedly
nave hot toid half the story. Memphis is 1Cinc
! her very best TO get the upper hand Of thf
5cOhrEe. ihe streets have been tho~OilghIy
u!sil-lecteu, nut there is wide spread feeIinv
OF uFead that the great plague Of lS73 will H.
surpassed 1t is probable that MANY Of me
towns along the line OF the railroad will srff.5
/ greatly, Tor Notwithstanding all prccatIrf0nt
people from the fever stricken districts canrnt
Dt kept out entirely. Panics are stronger m =
/ laws. eNi 'i'A