The weekly democratic statesman. [volume] (Austin, Tex.) 1871-1883, 1878-09-26
Yellow Fever Notes.


richest citizens of Tennessee, and of
Memphis, has contributed $50 10 the
Towards of that city. Public graft
tude is boundless.
Does frost check spotted fever? IS an
interesting question for the doctors,
since some learned doctors Of Memphis
believe they are suffering from this
disease and not yellow foyer.
Undergraduates of st. Louis Uni.
versity. represented in part by Messrs.
Tom Knapp, James Kingston, w. B.
Smith and Richard DAILY, propose to
give dramatic entertainment for the
benefit Of sufferers by the fever plague,
Sammy Tilden only gave $3.50 to the
sufferers OF the South, who gave him
q vote worth barrels of money in 1876.
Uncle Sammy is richer than all the peo-
pie Of Austin, but he only gave $3.50,
while Austin has already forwarded
about $4,000 and the end is not yet.
Several young ladies of the capital
will occupy the splendid Milburn
, wagon to be raffied off for the benefit
.rof the yelIew fever sufferers of Mem
phis. It will be driven through the
streets and 1t is expected that every
Individual in the capital will take a
chance. We know many persons who
would take several il the wagons
freight went with it. Capt. Maggie
might so arrange the lottery, and he
should consult the pretty girls about it.
DR.. Thomas II. Williams, born and
reared at Memphis and a practical
physician from his boyhood, his father
having been learned practitioner,
writes that the plague which depopu
lates Memphis IS not yellow fever. He
has served yellow fever patients in
several successive vIsitations of this in
lection and concurs with skillful and
learned doctors in saying that
the disease Of which we read
snch fearful accounts is malignant in
fictitious spotted fever. Two or three
cases have occurred in Raleigh, nine
miles from Memphis. This village Is
built upon lofty hill 1870 feet higher
than Memphis. Many persons in former
years have died of yellow fever in
Raleigh but no citizen of the village
was infected, but now none are safe
and DR.. Williams tells the people of
Raleigh to fly.
The AraLdnehe thus justly and touch
ingly recites the story of Federal sol
dier's death: "Death aimed high when
his fated dart struck down Charles G.
Parsons, late Colonel of the U. s. A.,
and rector of Grace Jeff Davis's) Epis-
copal Church. Yet the mark was fair
and near and barred for the blow. Into
the room of disease the Christian SOL
der marched. The hand which had
spilled the match to cannon on the
battlefield lifted the dying head,
cheered with prayer the departing soul.
Day and night to his own fated expos
ure this man invaded the strongholds
of the plague, carrying help to the
body and soul of many a stricken man.
Death struck hard and true. The chiv-
alrous soldier, the honored shepherd of
flock, the courteous, polished West
Pointer, the favorite friend, particular
ly Of the youth of Memphis, was borne
70 his last resting place. Over his
grave, in marble, let this be cut:
ga MARTYR OF rs.
g he DIED FOR THE PEOPLE AGAINST
WHOM HE HAD FOUGHT
Annie Cook, the woman who, after
along life of shame, ventured all she
had of life and property fo= the sick,
died lately of yellow fever, which she
contracted while nursing her patients.
II there was virtue In her faith,
who but touched the hem of the gar
1Asenta Of the Divine Releemer. s-rAiv
fhe sins of this woman muSs have been
forgiven her. Her faith hSHl made
her whole, made her one with the>lov-
ing Christ whose example she followed
~ giving her life that others might
live. Amid so much that is sorrowful
10 an agonizIng degree, so much
that illumines the grsces of common
humanity, aud 80 much that disgraces
that humanity, the example of this
brave woman stands by itself, singular
bat bsautitiful, sad but touching, the
very expression of that hope the reali-
zltion of which we have in the words,
.'lnasmuch as ye have done it unto the
least Of these, my servants, ye have
done IL unto me.n Out of sin, the
very woman, in all the tenderness and
uuthfulness of her womanhood,
energed, trsnsfgured and purified, to
become the healer, and at last to be-
come the healer Of Souls and with Him
to rest forever. She is at peace.