The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1878-09-04

however, IL nus been TO see the OeaGn-Tate y
gradually crawl up, to see familiar names {
IN the death-roll and in the record of the
'mitten, to witness the monster fingers OF {
leath relaxing and stretching forth to grasp u
wider hold on the doomed city. Then
THE HEARsEs BEGIN TO GO BY ON TRoT,
md a man mechanically inclined could sit
lown and figure ON his chances, and from the
ratio of deaths to ''new cases. learn that if
attacked by fever he wonld hold the chance of
Due out of two principals in duel where but
one pistol was loaded with ball, the space being
over handkerchief, and he must choose his
weapon blindfolded. Ugh! am but human,
and shiver at the thought, No wonder, then,
that so few are left, held by necessity or a
higher purpose, noble and philanthropic No
wonder that five physicians have turned pa
tients themselves, and on their own prescrip-
tions sought cooler cline.
The panic that made ours silent, sleeping
city, however, was a Godsend. 1t snatched
from the monster the human lives upon which
he feeds: TO increase the exodus has been the
aim Of the benevolent societies.
You have read of the governments charity,
of it's thousands of tents and it's thousands of
ratiOns, gratis presentation to our distressed
regularly governed camps about the city.
THE BENEvoLENoE OF HUNDRED CITIES
is sending food for their poor unemployed oc-
cupants, and ''leave the city or die," is the cry
Of the true men who are fighting with all of
human strength this awful scourge. Strange
to say, many will not accept their offer of safe
ty, but cling to their howell homes though death |
grins upon them from every crack in the wall.
Yesterday the negroes held a mass-meeting, and
an effort was made by the mayor, our 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 we'll fed
free of charge. Do you think they
they remember the plague of 1878, and that
then the saffron reaper jumped the black ears
in his harvest of death. It is useless to tell
them that negroes are falling like sheep in the
streets of Grenada and Vicksburg, for they
still cling to their theory and demand to be fed
in the city at their homes. Already dozen
negroes have been 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 their exemption can be
shaken. In the surrender of life and prop
erty, into their hands: however: by the
their trust with a faithfulness that reminds
one of the dark days of civil war, when the
slave protected the home, protected the wife
and little ones, while the master was bivouack-
ing far away on the field of battle. For the
first time in Memphis, they have been given a
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| has challenged the admiration of all.
| THE WORK IN THIS SAD HOUR
is divided between care for the sick and dead,
and care for the sufferers in health. The How
ard association began the campaign with 1886,
600 in United States bonds in hand, the amount
| of the country's contributions in 1873, with
interest accrued, less donations since to
plague stricken cities over the South. Before
the first case was announced this association
had their stores of medicines, disinfectants, and
stimulants laid in, their nurses located and
registered, their district lines drawn, and their
men in readiness to start with ambulance and
| doctor at a moments notice. The plague came,
and the yellow badge of a Howard was at the
first bedside. It has been at the bedside of
every sick man, woman: or child of all the great
ees2umber since. Their nurses have been in every
~ ofcken family, their physicians have been
~, q ne for any calls. The association
~ ,,so.sry pays for doctor, nurse, drugs and, ii
II be, coffin. At the head of the association
-sTI A. u. Langstaf, hardware merchant ex-
10 ,Mayor John johnson, Gen. W. J. Smith and
Butler P. Anderson. OF the heroism of the
} latter two gentlemen the whole world has read
They went into the charnel[house city of Gre
NADIA, and there, amid the foul air of disease
worked few men have worked before the
grip of death. 1t was
SAD SIGHT
which encountered few nights ago. Thu
: rumble of vehicle over the cobble-stones o.
, the deserted street surprised me. I stepped
out to it, and recognized Langstaff, of tn
Howards, walking beside the dark ambulance
3 for such it was.
''Who was it?' asked.
'sGen. Smith," was the reply.
, Hooked within, where the moonlight fell OF
| no oia fo1 stra mat
tress, and was proud to shake the clamm.
hand of the hero of Grenada-the genera
: drought home from the field of battle to die
Gen. Smith is surveyor of the port here, al
appointee under Grants first administra
! tion-a man who had been abused, maligned
h and ostracized for his political tenet
, through long, long years. The temper of th
> changed feelings is found in the words of ID
Il Saunders, Bourbon of the Bourbons, wht
n hurrying to Gen. Smiths bedside, said: 'Fol
,, give, dear sir, for wrong ing you, for mlsjude
r ing you in the past. I know your true natul
|, now. and have come to give you my medlc'
l., services without price"
- Butler P. Anderson, Gen. Smith S co-labore
remains in Grenada, and to-day two youn
D volunteers Brogan and Coan, left to join hi
. there. They go as the 600 went to the chare
. at Balaklava-' 'into the jaws Of DEATH into tt
re mouth of hell .
~ 4, THE TOWARDS
~ are at an expense of over 81, 900 per diem, y
o the benevolence of the people Of our land b
~ ~ kept them from want. As the wires have to-
~, you, new cases have appeared in the last thr
10 days. and scarcity of nurses has crippled I'll
TX work of the association. Twenty-Five ne
I'd nurses are expected from Mobile to-morro'
IS, and with the help Of these it is hoped to gi
" the sick all attention. The Towards have n
es come out of the fever district unscathed so fl
10 John G. Forbes volunteered to take charge
20 20 the branch depot of supplies in the heart
VI the plague ravaged section. He was burr
ay Friday. VIM. Finn took his place. He "
er buried Saturday. John Morton succeeded hi
MS and is lying i'll. Acting President Langst
k has now gone thither himself. History &C
no tains no grander illustrations Of God-ike Sc
n1 sacrifice than are found in this city every d
H. and every hour.
Did - -
"a A PARADISE FOR THE BLACKS,
tu-
,f Minister LanDstO,a's Opinion of Haytt a
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