Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1878-09-09
THE TERRIBLE, DEADLY PLAGUE.
DEPoPULATING THE FAIREsT
ClriEs OF THE sOCrN.

Hope OF (heeking the feSer for
Riny Days The Governor OF
Ohio Orders - Day OF Prayer
The North-ra People GiSi.g
Freely Of heir Money. Which IL
Bester than Prayers.
LoSo BRANCH. Sept. s.-The congre-
CATION a, Ocean Grove this forenoon
contributed 5000 for the yellow fever
sufferers. aud hat amount will be sent
to the Howard Association at Memphis.
The guests at Ashbury Park and Lake
View made up . purse for the same pur.
pose.
NEwroEr. Il. l.. Sept. s.-Liberal COL
lsctions were taken up in the churches
to-day for the yellow fever sufferers.
wAsuiSoroS. Sept. s.-Ths follow.
ing appeal is issued to-day
To Chambers Of Commerce and the
Charitable Of the Chief Cities Of the
Union /:
The cry Of anguish from the stricken
cities and people OF the South has been
answered by q noble burst Of charity
from the people and cities OF the coun.
try. Contributions great and small
have been extended TO the sufferers.
The Secretary Of War has generously
extended the aid OF the Government IN
the poor and needy Of the pest-ridden
cities. But great as has been the char.
~. the necessity Is yet greater, and the
sums subscribed arc yet inadequate to
the wants Of the suffering. In New Or
leans, vicksburg and Memphis. as well
as the smaller towns OF Holly Springs.
Grenada, Port Gibson, Canton. Green
vile. Brownsville, Baton Rouge and
Delhi. all business is suspended. 1t is
estimated that in the suspension OF bust.
ness on the Mississippi river south OF
Memphis. over fifty steamboats, are tied
up, aud their crews discharged. Long.
shoremen and gangs Of stevadores and
other laborers who were engaged In the
receiving and discharging Of freight. are
without employment. -Four great lines
OF railroads are paralyzed and their en-
ployes are idle. Nearly every place Of
business in the cities and towns where
the fever prevails are closed and their
employees discharged. These employees
arc poor and dependent ON their labor
for support. II is estimated that
Of these unemployed men there is
in New Orleans 1900. Memphis 5000,
vieksburg 1900. and in the smaller
towns 1000 ; making a total OF $1,000
discharged ~workinemen, most OF whom
are heads OF families and represent a
total population OF not less than los, OOO
in actual and desolate want. These peo.
pie have no means to get away from the
pest.ridden cities. For them there is no
labor, no wages. no bread nothing but
death from starvation, and this condi-
ton must last at least for hity days, for
there will DO no stay OF the pestilence
and no resumption OF business until
frost. Averaging the support Of each
individual at twenty cents per day.
which is ten cents less than the cost OF
army rations. for fifty days the support
Of the suffering and destitute will cost
over a million dollars. and this for sub
~.istenes alone. Nothing for medicine,
clothing. and the proper s~ustenance foi
the siek and burial Of the dead has been
taken into account in this calculation,
Il has occurred to the undersigned that
comprehensive system OF relief
should be at once inaugurated TO avoid
the appalling distress which will sicken
and shock humanity when TO the awful
destruction Of the plague are added the
horrors Of famine. We suggest that In
each Of the great cities OF the Union a
central depot for the reception Of sup
plies be ut once opened. where contribu-
lions Of provisions, tea, coffee, wines,
medicines and clothing may be sent.
The linss Of transportation over both
land and water have volunteered TO
transport supplies to the stricken cities
free Of charge. Let New Orleans, which
il most accessible by sea and land, and
which has more facilities for trans.
portation, DO constituted u central depot
Tor the reception OF supplies which can
be forwarded to the Howard and Pea
body Associations Of that city ~ fast as
collected. Let vicksburg. Memphis and
the smaller towns that are afflicted. send
10 New Orleans their agents, to aid in
receiving. distributing and forwarding
pro rata supplies to the respective towns
and cities for which they are destined.
We appeal to the Chambers Of Com
msrce Of the great cities TO inaugurate
this movement forthwith. We appeal
to the charitable and good. We appeal
to ministers Of God for their
influence and their congregations.
Even the smallest donations OF
provisions. money and medicines will be
acceptable. The character OF the noble
gentlemen who compose the Howard AS
ISOLATION and Peabody Association and
Young Mems Christian Association are
guarantees that all charities donated will
be properly and honestly applied. In
the mans Of our common country and
kindred humanity We invoke for our
stricken. dying and starving people the
charity Of those whose homes and loved
ones are secure from the pestilence that
walketh in darkness and the destruction
that wast.th at MONDAY.
L. j. Ellis, Louisiana; II. l.. Gibson.
Louisiana; John T. Morgan, Louisiana;
VIM. II. McCardle. Mississippi; Cyrus
Bussey, President New Orleans Cham.
Der OF Commerce.
CINCINNATI. Sept. s. - Governor
Bishop has issued the following. dated
Columbus, Ohio. September 9TH;
wHEakAs. A large portion OF our
country is afflicted with a terrible plague.
which Is sweeping away hundreds OF
our fellow-ci,izens in the South, render
ing desolste many households; and,
whereas. human science and human ei.
forts have proved un~ayailing in stop
ping the progress OF this dsvasting
scourgs and the only hope in the hour
Of extremity is in the Intervention OF
Almighty God. who has promised to
answer prayers addressed TO him in the
hour Of need /: now. therefore, !, Richard
NJ. Bishop. Governor Of the State OF
Ohio, recommend that on Friday, the
18th day Of September. all Christian
people in the State Of Ohio assemble in
their respective houses Of worship and
offer up their united prayers to God to
check the dreadful plague which is al
fiicting the Southern States, and that He
in His infinite goodness will restore
health. peace and prosperity TO the