The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1878-09-17


He Saw on Trip from Cincinnati to
New Orleans and Return.
A prominent Cincinnati business
man, who has just returned from q
trip to New Orleans, describes the
situation as sorrowful in tho OK
tremc.
The trip down was made by boat.
At Arkansas City the boat was not
allowed to coal or land. Men stood
on the bank with guns in their
hands, and cried out: "Damn you,
don't you land here" At Memphis
which was reached at that lonely
hour when the shades of night come
on, when the gloomy shadows seem
a foreboding of danger, most
depressing scene was presented.
Not dog, not a mule, not u negro
could be seen. Tho houses didn' {
seem inhabited; from no chimney
did the homelilSe smoke ascend,
indicative of pleasant housewife
cares within; every place was de-
serted, all was still. Vickshurg was
almost rs bad as Memphis. Terror
reigns along the Mississippi. If
the boat had freight for any town it
was taken on Now Orleans. The
inhabitants would cry out: "Take
1T on, we'll pay storage and extra
freight" At New Orleans things
looked much better. Men wore at
work on the levee, business houses
were opened, but transacting little
or no business. During the day
that Captain A. was there, it raineI
continuously. Even in the wet, on
Canal street, thirty or forty women
trudged along, New Orleans does
not wear the gloom of Memphis. A
stranger can come in and not re-
cognize, at first, the presence of the
disease, not until lie questions some
one or sees the funerals.
The return trip was made by
rail. About eight started from New
Orleans, which number rapidly in
creased as the train came North.
At Grenada not white man or
woman was visible only twenty
negroes. Surrounded by hills,
lying in broken and ridgid valley,
person would think the town pro-
tected, but alas this is q mistaken
idea. at Holly Springs about two
hundred got on. Yellow fever had
broken out the night before and
eight out of twelve cases had died.
At Humboldt a good many got on.
At Greenville, n town of about four
thousand inhabitants, the fever
broke out. The first day six died :;
on the second sixty. People were
leaving it in large numbers. The
scores at the depots were heart,
rending. Wives, mothers, sisters,
leaving husbands, sons and broth
ers, kissing them perhaps for tho
last time, bidding them farewell
perhrps forever. Some mon will
not leave, they will fight it out or
die. At ore place mother with
three children got in the train her
husband had died half hour ago,
and before death had mado her
pro"7ise to leave on the next train.
On bitter trial ! TO save her life
and that of her children she left an
uncoffincd and unburied husband,
dear to her as life itself.
The Latest Accounts.
MEMPHIS, September 14.-The
weather has taken a change, it is
feared for the worse. The nights
are cool and the days are warm.
The number Of new cases may rea-
sonably be expected to continue
large. Forty-six deaths reported
TO noon, and ninety-one for tho "a
hours ending at noon. Death is
taking off many Of our best citizons'
New ORLEANS, September 14.--A
Canton, Miss, dispatch says "Total
number of cases to date is 1863
deaths Sd. New cases in the last
24 hours 81 deaths 7. DR.. Cage,
one of our four physicians, was
taken this morning. A hospital has
been established. We are managing
the fever the best we can with our
limited number Of physicians.
Thanks to friends everywhere for
liberal aid"
BATON ROUGE, September IA. AR
official statement of the cases re-
ported for the "a hours ending this
morning, at 8 o'clock. shows