The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1878-10-19
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rlasesa 81 me ssass $50 g. g, : Z,

rtaeces az tks SAINT 2 49, - 80
y.Ascrxnrfs LOCKED uP IN d TRAIN ~ Q p,s-
TssSr or FRYE HsSssep Alt.ls et.sst 81 Z
i sg1ass OF TnE uEsDk Az On. Il.
srna da;fv bul.cains OF The progress 81 t1e
.roiinu. fever Ia The south wnico are pus-
Mshnd Ia the naofning Journals gig a ls.
.anraa by hundred OF iocsI % ssdvfaf 9
sSha usually at this period OF the year sIc
sssisS 4 {arge Southern busiaess. Az prS-
...s,,s fbns are soirg nothing in that diyec-
sson me senier partner OF large sad-
ssiarv concern, which has a branch hvuse
IN New Orieaas, said yesterday : susl.
mcss IS at a.csmplete stand III, noiasag at.
Mi being done. Ny :bcsther, who was ol.
renresentatiye in New Orleans, was carried
s,ffKy the fever about three weeks ago. q
s,ayoe aers,rcA some oneSn his places and ne
writes 10 the effect that as soon as Sae 1ross
so,nes we Nay expect orders with "a .<usu.
NE are. lasing i'm heavy stocks stR, view ", 7.
4his. md 30 are rnanusa ctur ers N oeler Hues
az goods, but u fife = rush does not collie
ID will go hard With them.o
s- said proninensciti from Chafieston,
g. C., who has. been In this city sor tae iast
few days: g You can form no ;tdea q .t =
.sfafe OF affairs down there unieSs you say
{ NJ III is worse tsan the desofation Wh.ca
sotiows the Invasion Of a'yfctortous army.
!. 1san,,le VINO hayeTun away from their homes
Ia, re.s,rn 20 f,nd nobody 10 take care Of
-fssm. Everybody Is ruined. fne m s,T
..;,onts are batkrupted. They cannot sen,
for.thereis no enc TO buy; they can eoiiect
ssath;nn. for there is no one TO pay -. =
"a 1ietter was received In p hiladelphia yes
.fa:1iay from .NE. Simon Loeb, prominent
general merchandise dealer IN Coiuf 2 gu
Mics. who has several relations IN tnlsGIty'
SIX weeks ago he came here TO make PUT
scbases for the fall trade. Ia ms ietseI IS. sc
SAYS: ss'I returned homie by way Q. Sl &C.
natl snt, ST. Louis! From the Iamsf f taPr
there Is but one way 10 come-nameiN =!
the Iron Mountain byaway OF Columbus,
Tentncky. and Humboldt. There IS
sS.,o trade or traffic In; our section,
avarv little place is quarantined, aug
with three more people. the Only
messengers. were literally locked UP IN the
froit, for distance OF over tive hundred
!. miles with nothing 20 eat. Imagine q train
running through as large country us y
4ragcrsed by the Iron Mountain, ana .aoolae
and Ohio railroad with only three l'assen-
gers or prisoners. We stopped at SONY s .iss
tions Just long enough TO tnroW on .ne
mail. while at the majority we aiu noS,ssu W
Of all Corinth, Mss, does not allow any
trains TO stop al all, so we had TO come 10
fhdlt one mile outside OF the place. ine
neople, seeing a train passing, ran 10,
their lives. I positively saw them hold
bandkerchiefs before their mouths satu.
rated with carbolic acid. II you rememn .,ei
war times You can form little idea OF the
state Of affairs, but to fully comprehend our
situation you must come yourself Since
the yelloW-ieyer broke out In Meridian IAN,
close by here, we in Columbus have been
guaranteed. Ne trains are runhing anu
we are receiving neither mails nor mercnan-
disc. The goods j ordered in Philadelphia
and New York six weeks ago have not YET
come to hand, although they were sh,ppeo
before I left. WI hen i can get them COG
only knows. We are; locked up here, ano
if the fever reaches US we have no outlet;od
refuge" .z~sld ~
Yesterday afternoon a dispatch was re.
oeiyed from the same gentleman saying that
daily train, which was started on MONDAY
had again been stopped, and that no means
OF communication with the outside Worio
win be afforded for three weeks.v Phss0aets
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