New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1878-08-30
SAD SCENES IN MEMPHIS.
LETTERS FROM SISTER or It. MARY AND A CLEl
GNAIAN,


To the Editor Of me TribWHc.
SIR: ! send YOU some extracts from pIi-
ystc I,t y frum one OF the Sisters OF st. Mary who re-
turuod TO Memphis a fortnight ago; and copy Of
e, received today Dy Bishop Quinturd from the Rev
w. Parsons:
lou cannot imagine tho utter dc.olaticf Of the city
Ton sbI Tie, sv thS there nothing before Memphis
INIT lhy fate OF Grcuyfa multiplied IN horror 10y the
hlE. eI- WHO cannot gct away. sell 10 iIe Iio"aIu7
N'i-ll ur negro woman To hcp Sister IneciS III tnc
cs:r oi four s.rk persons. The HnswCH was. Twelve
applications uaH, ",rCt before ours we Iouu WI &c
losuu- to-day Two ever casesorc womauj alone III
houses without any attendant whatever. nave spent
ur LAY Going what i could for i've people at oEce'
wa ODD. vslt from the DOCTOR and a positive
r'g.a f.om the negroes 10 enter the rooms
"ia. any uuL.y" Yesterday morning ] WAS
t.4 Ji 1--we 20 ~ 10 Of thc Church Home managers
Woe husband HAD iIst died IN his ONCE at the RAJ roma
c3ar. IfouLI ne without person hut the oihcials'
N.u u,.. ufr,r,. Al "a Iu-. what 10 do with her tho
ou,r office viii lc me Douy u,y In The inner room You
r'atl ll. hoW dreadful The contrast was between
lac -l %. ..,ur-s the scattered keys and tickets al
srOU u audJr hurry and rousiHcss OF that burial Ihcy
hrn'i 'u re- htuC, but every moment dcay Was peru
ING u'I.tr Ilyr-, and ,Hoy would not wait even TIL ]
could SENT for ,lr Harris who out Of the immedI-
No. cl' with dying man. houcho" OF O'htI uandEtu
l0Wfkr poor wife put OF her linen traV'llI Dress
utItwatlnug else q. laud-anC begged for "sOme-
tom. Ja, mourning Ton shelley! negro woman came
D. aud gave rr ana OLD yc and one OF the ticket
leu.s ri no carried hrr down 10 the common wait
ing room where sat wine they hurried the body mo
tcoHu. shall never forget her shTicks when they
su.l TIE e.. fin against the stair post few Of the
MASON. CluIr With uE aud Ehc ana ] were the Only
rom,u RA .i. s.sy anywhere near The depot or the
gav, yard. 4 gentleman read few prayers from my
BOOB hurried us away from The grave saying that
Ut funeral service aud the two carriages were
against the law" In truth most Of the funerals are
Wholly uraftrLd,d-d rough box aud an open cart are
tH INT can often be had. met one moment ago as
toInp home
Ibsy have lust brought in little boy whom some OF
ut Towards found ID room with two WOmen-One
oylhg dead. We took of his clothes aud dropped
Ln Into the CRATE and him into bath, before we re-
numbered that had nothing to put on him but itte
uehheI ught-zUwu Mr. Harms came, and sald mat ne
would probably have the fever before morning, ana
lathe would Daptze him at once. 50 We took hun 10
le chapel barcfOOted and ia his nghtdress and Dap-
IAed him UOT little JhuE-witbOut much Thought OF
we very IuCOnZTuos tAtcTnas. Every hing IL neon
s'uous, aud nothing more 80 than the duH, quiet
nSy lu winch aDd hear the usual morning
Saialaton How many more to-day one Of tue
soctors died to-day.
Ile letter from the Rev. Mr.. Parsons Is "a follows
M DEAR BISHOP: Tue fever IL gaining upon us rap
Ny: The physicians and nurses who are doing noble
WORK are beginning feel the effects Of the severe strain
Upon Their energies. Two Of the former have already
Cled, aud others are very ILL., The weather is heavy
,uqy aud sutry, and therefore badly aganbt US BIS
Is FRANCES and Hugbctta are lll-the former with
bgnounced OF tho fever, the latter VIVID
INV lnClpient symptoms. You will be alarmed
~ near that the lever has reached the Or
saah1 House, but ! have consulted DR.. baun-
NeIS president Of ths BOARD Of Health, and he says