Memphis daily appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1847-1886, 1878-08-23
GRENADA.
the He9ira from Grenada-A Panic
Only ParaIIeIed by that of the
People OF Memphis.

From an Occasional Correspondent of the Appeal
Four MILES WEST OF GRENADA, August
20-Perhaps in the history of epldemics
nothing more appalling ever occurred among
civilized people than the suddenness and ia
tality with which it appeared in Grenada.
Verify, it brings wildly to mind the pro-
phetic vision of death upon the pale horse,
careering IN maddeRing haste among an I'M
suspecting people, awoke in a moment to
hear the dreadful clash and re-
ceive the mortal wound of his
fatal sword. l witnessed scenes during
our civil war that | thought would never be
effaced, but the scenes of Monday, Tuesday
and Thursday, one week ago. so far exceeds
| them in terror that the former are dim
shadows of the past by the hideous substance
of the present. 1t may seem a libel upon
! education, civilization, and even humanity, as
well as the social instincts of our nature, to
| tell YOU that families were sundered, ties
broken, relationships snapped as in the wreck
/ of a sinking ship amid the dismal howlings
| of a midnight tempest. Except the waves
and the darkness, the scene was equally ter
| rible. Every road leading from Grenada was
| crowded with vehicles and horses loaded with
women and children, while numbers, who
could not under any consideration get such
| conveniences, were on foot, some OF them
| leaving mothers and fsthers, sisters and
| brothers PROSTATE and dying. In many cases
| even the farewell was forgotten, and can
never be uttered to the loved ones left be-
hind again, for In a few hours they were
coffined and buried. The sick and the dying
said to the strong, Fly, and leave me to the
physicians and nurses and God" Parents
! and children, brothers and sisters parted
thus, to meet no more on earth, and while 1t
may seem to violate every law of natural af-
lection and christian obligation, 1t were
far better that it should have been
| so, as the awful sequel fully
| hat
flight, and reached place of imagined Sc
| cufity, carried the plague with them, and
soon realized the dreadful truth that they
were to die from home, surrounded in their
last moments only by the solitary hired nurse.
| As soon as the disease was developed In those
retreats, no matter how many constituted
the little band of exiles, another and instant
removal occurred, leaving a fallen friend to
the skill of the country physician and such
nurse as could be obtained. A young man
| of high promise from town, died this morn
ing at farm house not far distant, surround
ed by terrified sister and the black nurse,
and she fed to meet another brother, who mas
been equally exposed, at a place where the
| twain can live until the chances of the future
! decide their fate. Every empty cabin, out
house and church within eight or ten miles
| vest of Grenada land, we suppose, In every
cher directIonl has been occupied by fam
| Ines from town, living as best they may, and
| SN OA iiOII dli Win the SET
Ties around. The country people are
alarmed until dismay Is written upon every
face, and their premises are guarded
against approach of those supposed tc
have been exposed to the infection
with rgor that seems, In some In
stances, absurd as it is severe. Now
That several negroes have fallen victims
quite number of them passed down the road
leading west from town, with their packs o.
blankets and traps, being refused Abundance
70 every house of even their own color. Mer
clful God, where is the parallel to such
state OF thlngs! Let no one suppose that thi
description Is overdrawn. There is no use 70
the imagination in this, as the facts are mucl
more potent than any / could invent. LIE
none suppose, either, that the people Of Gren
aoa and surrounding country are worse In al
the attributes of high christian character tina