National Republican., 1878-09-16
rHE sroRF OF THE NURSES.
what Mr.. Wolf says-The "Cdur-Jour's
Statement Pronounced an Infamou

What Mr.. Wolf says-The "Cdur-Jour's"
Statement Pronounced an Infamous
siander.
The Louisville Courier. -.Jomrnal Of tho 18th
instant published . story concerning the band
Of nurses who left Washington TO wait on the
yellow fever sufferers in Memphis, Tenn,
which placed them In rather uuenviable
position regarding their conduct while en- route
to the infected city. They woro charged with
having been guilty Of grossly improper con.
dnct-getting drunk on the train, &c.-and
their trip was characterized as an orgio and
the participants "a lively set"
A Sunday cotemporary published state
ment yesterday from Drs. Poase and Ramsey
aud Miss Wallis the parties who were forced
TO return owing To their not having had the
fever, In which tho Journals article
was pronounced an unqualified false.
hood. Thinking that Mr.. Simon Wolf,
who was energetic In sending of the
nurses, might know something Of the matter,
q REPUBLicAN scribe visited him last evening,
aud during conversation Mr.. Wolf said that
yesterday morning Major Morgan received
dispatch from J. d. Uzell, stating that another
| Of the nurses, Mrs. Beoslie, was sick with the
fever. The story Of DR.. Ramsey was pro-
nounccd gross libel, as he was drunken
coward, who ran away from Memphis before
| he knew or had seen anything. The sender OF
the dispatch stated also that he had seen most
Of the nurses, and they were well and WORK
| ing like band Of heroes"
| Mr.. Wolf said that the story In the Courier
Journal was an infamous SANDER, and was
| started by Uzcll, who was disaat tisiled because
he was not allowed to handle the funds belong.
ing to the party, which wore given them for
personal expenses on tho trip South. Soon
after the party left the city DIR. Ramsey com.
planned of Uzell, and the latter after reaching
Memphis had deserted the party and gone to
| work at a printing Office. lie then started the
story about the nurses In order to get even.
Mrs. Cromwell, who went out in charge OF the
fe male nurses, did not go to Memphis, but re-
tired to n safe place in the country, taking with
| her all the funds.
Miss Wallis visited Mr.. Wolf yesterday af-
tcrnoon, aud seemed to feel keenly the posi-.
| tioa In which she had been placed. She stated
that when the nurses reached Memphis they
were treated like vagabonds, aud not like per
sous who had given up everything to wait
| upon the afflicted. She was disgusted at be-
| ing received Ia such manner and started for
| home al once. The generosity aud hberality
| of the people Of the North was not appreciated
In the South. Mr.. Wolf said that he was not
responsible for any Of the nurses. They had
all come 10 him highly recommended, aud out
| OF 80 applicants he had chosen the best. Mr..
| VOL ulsO htNttu llhl hr' W. D' ihohApouh,
one Of the male nurses from this city, died OF
the fever last Saturday.
The following list shows the names Of the
nurses: Mrs. Cromwell, recommended by
Mrs Roberts, Of this city, aud Mr. Langstat,
president OF the Howard Association Of Mem.
phis; Mrs. Dawson kept large boarding.
house in this city, at tho corner of Tenth and
II streets northwest; Mrs. l.. silvoy was EN-
ployed In the Government Printing Ohco
Ms. Elder boarded at Mrs Davson's Mrs
Dorsay and Mrs. Beeslie came highly recon-
mended as competent nurses; Miss Wallis ID
a niece of S. Tcac!Sle Wallis, Of Baltimore, Md i
DR.. Ramsey was recommended by DR.. Basil
Norris, u 5. A. DR.. Pease was stated to be com.
petcnt practicing physician; Lorenzo Rebstock
was recommended by Mr.. Charles Ebcl a butcher
in the Centre Market; o. Lowe and W. b
| Thompson were both well known In Washing
ton, having been born and raised here; Charles
Oxe was drug clerk, and came highly recon
mended by Mr.. Cbristiani; d. Wooden, Q
coloToi man, was q soldier, and had considerable
experience In nursing yellow fever patients
several years ago; Charles Rolctte was recon-
mended by the managers Of the Labor Ex'
change George n. Barbour was an experienced
nurse, aud J. ID. UZell was O well-known typ
and newspaper correspondent.