The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1878-09-05
DESERTED CITY.
sad Piciu-e OF rise DssolaIiaa That
K igr1s il Memphis.
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There are gallons Of ca-boI;c acid lying
about, FL burning tar and sulphuroCs
tunes bei0ul the ar under The profession Of
purifying il. When / look cut or the dark,
silent street, and these vapOrs are waited
through the open window, / feel the OPP
pressiveness OF the presence Of death with
thar horrible odor of cabolic acid which
rises from the little saucers beneath the COZ
fin. II Is
CITY WITHOUT Pc PIE,
this. The echo OF my music, rs | whistle
To keep my courage up, comes back in
sort OF wall that jars on my esr. II Is al
most as bad as i midnight stroll in grave
yard, ones Imagination assisting to picture
,I-- hand OF death reaching ouE from q e
Garner Of every bad smelling alley. To
have lived in Memphis for the past ten
days > almost 10 nave grown gray with
fright. TIE wild panic which seized the
ely, the scramble for foothoil on steam
bOay deck or car platform, the agony OF
fright pictured verywhere. on every ones
llce, we're trying enough to the siouiest.
More trying, however, ii has been 10 see
the deaih-rate gradually crawl up, TO see
familiar names on TIE death roll and in the
record OF the smitiea, TO witness the mon
ster fingers Of death relaxing and stretch
ing forth TO grasp a wiler hold on The
doomed city. Then
THE HEAEsEs BEGIS To GO BY on 4 TRoT,
and man mathematically inclined could
sit down and figure on his chances, and
from the ratio OF deaths" to "new cases
learn that if attacked by fever he would
hold the chance OF one out OF two princi-
pals in duel where bat one pistol was
loaded with ball, the space being over a
handkerchief, and he must chose his weap-
on biindfOlded. Ugh. | am but human,
and | shiyer myself at the thought. No
wonder, then, that so few are LETT, held by
necessity or a higher purpose, noble and
phIlantrophic. No wonder that five physi-
clans have turned patients themselves, and
on their own prescriptions sough, cooler
cline.
Thepanc Il mace DIS silent, sleeping
city, however, was Godsend. Ii snatched
from the monster the human lives upon
which he leeds. To increase the exodus
has been the aim OF the benevolent socie-
ties.
You have read Of the Governments
charity, Of its thousands OF tents and its
thou -ands OF ratiOns, gratis presentatip N
TO our distressed city. The tents are pitch
ed on high hills in regularly governed
camps about the city.
THE EESEvoLEYcE OF HUNDRED CITIES
il sending food for their poor unemployed
occupants, and leave the city or die" is
the cry OF the true men who are fighting
with all human strength this awful scOurge.
Strange 10 say, many will not accept their
offer OF safety, but cling TO their howell
homes though death grins upon them from
every crack in the wall.
Yesterday the negroes held a mass meet
ing, and an effort was made by the Mayor,
cur member OF Congress, and others to get
them to agree to go out into camp, play
gentlemen Of elegant leisure and refined
ease there, and be well fed free OF charge.
Do YOU think they would consent? No,
they wouldn't. You see they remember ii e
plague of 1873, and that then the saffron
reaper jumped the black ears IN his harvest
Of death. 1t is useless to tell then that
negroes
ARE FALLING LIKE SHEEP
in the streets of Grenada and Nicksburg:
for they still cling TO their theory and de-
mand to be fed in the city at their homes.
Already dozen negroes have b; e attacked
by the plague, and there Is every evidence
that it will spread among the race. The
hearse will have TO take many boxes from
their homes before their faith in the exemp-
ton can be shaken. In the surrender OF
life and property into their hands, however.
by the exodus OF white peop'e, they are
dIscharging their trust with fIIthiulnes,
that reminds one OF the dark days Of civil
war, when the slave protected the home.
protected the vile and the little ones.
while the master was bivouackir- faraway
on the field Of battle For the first time in
Memphis they have been given place on
the police force, and their department has
the admiration OF all
THE WORK IN THIS SAD HOUR
Is divided between care for the SEX aud |
dead, and care Tor the sufferers in health. /
The Howard Association began the cu.l-
i.aign with So, 900 in United States bonds /
IN hand, the amount of the country's con- /
tributions in 1873, with interest accrued, |
less donations since to plague-stricken cit
les over the South. Before the first case
was announced, this Association had their
stores OF medicines, disinfectants and slim
u,ants laid in, their nurses located and reg
istered, their district lines drawn, and their
illen IN readiness 20 start with ambulance
and doctor at 4 moments Notice. The
plague came, and the yellow badge OF a
was at the first bedside IL mas
been at the bedside Of every sick man.
woman, or child Of all the great number
since. Their nurses have been in every
stricken family, their physicians have been
-eady for any calls. The Association
axes the sick room in hand, and from lis
reasury pays for doctor, nurse, drugs, and,
t need be, coffin. At the head OF the As
are \. d. LaDgs.aff, hardware
merchant, ex-Nlayor John johnson, Gen.
y. J. Smith ard Butler T. Anderson. OF
hi heroism of the latter two gentlemen
he whole world has read during the past
lark weeks of pestilence. They went into
he Charnel-lIouse City of Grenada, and
here, amid the foul air of disease, worked
S lew men have worked before to b:eak
he grip OF death. TWAS
SAD SIGHT
Ghich i encountered a few nights ago. The
umble OF a vehicle over the cobbie-ston,s
i the deserted street surprised me. | step
ed out TO il, and recognized Largstaii, Of
he Howards, walking beside the dark am
ulance, fer such it was {
who was it," | asked. 3
Seen. Smith," was the reply. 1
L looked within, where the moonlight
I'll on the emaciated form stretched upon I
he mattress, and was proud to shake the v
lammy hand OF the hero OF Grenada--the 4
General brought home from the field OF i
attic TO die. Gen. Smith is surveyor OF a
ne port here, an appointee under Grants t
rst Administration man who has been !
bused, maligned, and ostracized for his
Official tenets through long, Ion. years.
he temper of the changed feelings is "
,und in the words of DR.. Saunders, a "
ourbon Of the Bourbons, who, hurrying to "
en-. Smiths bedside, said: "Forgive me, =
ear sir, for wronging you, for misiudging =
1u in The past. i know your true nature =
ow, and have come to give you my med q
al services without price" n
Butler F. Anderson, Gen. Smiths cola
,rer, remains in Grenada, and to-day two
Jung volunteers, Brogan AMI Coan, left to v
in him there. They go as the six hun II
ed went to the charge at Balaklaya,- a
nto the jaws of death, into the mouth OF b,
ell" b,
THE HowARDS Dl
e at an expense of over $1,000 per diem, I'll
t the benevolence of the people OF our 10
nd has kept them from want. As the f
res have told you. new cases have sprung er
, in the last three days, and scarcity OF
rises has crippled the work OF the A.so- Of
alton. Twenty-Five new nurses are eI- m
cted from Mobile tomorrow, and with ar
e help of these it is hoped to give the "a
k ali attention. The Towards have not ~
me out of the fever district unscathed so ~