The Van Buren press., 1878-09-17
MEMPHIS, September s, 1878.
Aay- Tho fraternity of noble human


ty manifested ly all parts OF the north
toward. the plague besieged cities of the
south, is grandly-glorious exemplifica-
tion Of the noble charity that throbs in
the great American heart, when distress
shadows, with its disastrous gloom, Ell
ther section. Enmity is entombed in the
casket of pity, and strife is laid in the
lap of affection, when suffering cries
out from beds Of agony, and hunger
emaciated hands are reached out for aid.
When the agonizing prayers of ptiful
sufferers, speak through the electric wire
to all portions Of the land, from North
and South, from East and West, there
is stirred in the American bosom, thrills
of sympathy that end in the literal out
pouring of means for their aid and as
sistance. Let distress but wave her ap-
palling signal, and the American people,
regardless Of their nationality, extend
a noble and magnanimous charity The
following we find in the New York Sun :
The list of places at which the yellow
fever prevails is long one, but it is no
longer than the purse which charity from
all parts of the country holds out for
the relief of the sufferers. In the State
of Louisiana the scourge has attacked,
with greater or less maignity, the in
habitants Of Port Eads, Morgan City,
and New Orleans. In Mississippi, the
city of Vicksburg has had $500 of its
population PROSTATE with the fever the
village of Grenada has been almost de-
populated, and yet the plague clngs per-
tinaciousy y to the survivors, thus verify
ing the saying that it never looscns it's
hold upon community until all its sub
ects are exhausted, or until frost kills it :;
Canton is also numbered among the suf-
terers, and the recent onslaught Of the
epidemic upon Ocean Springs has caused
moro ttian hafr the Popufatfou 10 nee
from their homes. The fever has also
appeared at Lake Station and Bolton in
the same State. At Memphis, the death
rate has risen to upwards of 500 week
and the Kentucky village of Hickman,
has lost twenty-tour of its inhabitants by
the yellow death. AT points all along
Mississippi SQUAD, and the valley of the
Mississippi River, deaths of refugees
from stricken cities have occurred. VIII lie
at other places armed men guard the
banks, and forbid passing steamers to
land. BY comparison with Memphis,
Vicksburg and Grenada, New Orleans is
the least among the stricken cities for
there the disease is in the hands of skill
fnl and thoroughly acclimated attendants
while efficient and well-organized chari-
table associations administer to the suf
terers. That the pestilence in New Or
leans is not nearly so destructive of life
as it might be, is shown by the fact that
the number of deaths from this cause, up
to noon, last Friday, was |, 400, whereas,
the same date in 1858, the epidemic had
carried off not less than 5000 victims.
Still there is an abundant need for help,
in all the stricken cities, which more for
tunate communities are supplying with
a sustained liberalty not often surpass-
ed. The contributions in this city alone,
have already reached nearly 100000,
and the rich continue to hand in their
checks to the committees. while other
people drop their nickels into the boxes.
From far away Oregon and California,
from cities and hamlets on the seaboard
and in the interior, the outpourings of
charity for the relet of the destitute
poor and the sick in the plague-strcken
regions are steadily maintained. The
strength of the bonds of sympathy and
good will between different parts of this
broad country is fully revealed only in
a time of distress like that which now
prevails in the valley of the Mississippi.