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BrlStOI. ' a. & Tenn.
REV. D. :sULLSs, b. D., PRESDES T.
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u ced Teachers. Professors Of Music
and Modern Languages both educated in
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room and servants attention, and Tuition
exclusive of Music and Modern Languagesl,
per term Of FIVE months, ss4 to se4 one
half in advance, or the whole at the middle
Of the term. Sessions open uniformly on
the 4th Thursday in August, and 3rd Thur
dsy in january, R6 BOarders fiirnif IA
sheets, pillow-eascs, towels, &c. SEND
FOR CATALOGUE. Nay. ,. 1876 ttA
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Tobacco Store :!
Cigars 4!
9. w. FERGUSON,
CIGAR MANUFACTURER
AND
Fob HGOu5G&,

No. 4. James Block, Bristol, Tenn.
Has opened a nice stock Of Tobaccos, both
Chewing and Smoking. Cigars of his own
AXE 81 Gents. made of genuine Havana
and Connecticut tohaccos. Wholesale o
specially. Liberal discount to the trade
jan 29, l878-tf.
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$500
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The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
Tine Situation at earenatla-A Brave Phy-
! sEcian-Death List of Yesterday.

v NEW YORK, Sept. "A Grenada, Miss,
ESPECIAL says: Yesterday, o beautiful Sabbath
a ss,morning at 80 O'Clock, the brave and noble
6bn,.,Wyatt NJ. Redding breathed his last. At lC
IN ~ clock all that remained Of him lay in the
onErave yard. Only two persons accompanied
fnghe hearse to the grave, the driver and a
dolegro boy. AS Dr.. Apply remarked: "We
Thsury the dead as we ship the merchandise,
ne me nd yet in times like these no one Can be
e, "a pared to follow the dead. Those who are
r live have to be attending to Others
% % Wyatt M. Reddng was native of Mar
ii. shall county, Mississippi, and but % years
!" old. His death soon followed the shaft which
I'M laid him low. He was taken sick Friday last
he died on the morning OF Sunday, not being
A three days sick His partner and successor,
81 young Hartrang, is resting as we'll as can be
i. expected.
: The Western Union operator at this point,
= Mr.. Tom Marshal, lies seriously ILL.,. He lost
three children, but has his good wife left and
zone child sick.
s Mrs. DR.. Hughes died yesterday morning
he died Saturday. DR.. E. W. Hughes was the
most prominent physician in Grenada, and
lin fact of all North Mississippi. His last
words were to his attendant physician, DR..
W. P. Beatty, of Mobile, "Please have me
buried like gentleman and a physician
DIR. Beatty saw that it was done, laying him
but and dressing his body with his own good
\ Did hands, and he followed the corpse to its
Y asst resting place. This is not often done,
:, $ ecause there is no one to do it and no time
,1IL5o spare. AS already stated the coffin goes
nattended to the grave. 1t is there received
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
EFFECT OF THE SCARE in ST.
CHARLES.
THE HbEstrlct Court AdjDUrns Through
Fear of tho Yellow Fever.

Hr CHARLES, Sept. Q, 1873.
10 the Editor of the Democrat:
Tho fall torn Of the District Court beginning
this Monday In the parish Of st. Charles. the
professional duties Of your correspondent
brought him, 7ectns n, c,u'in, ut the appointed
hour. Hon. Judge DufFel District Attorney
Earhart, District Attorney pro tenn, st. Martin
and Counselor Augustn were all up to time.
AS court opened, District Attorney Earhart
nanked on tho right by J. L. Boutte. ESQ. pres
ident Of the police jury Of the parish Of St.
Charles las surmise tho said president being
8 witness), informed the court that it was the
wish Of tho citizens Of the parish that, on NC
count Of tho epidemic prevailing the present
term OF the court should be adjourned.
Mem con your correspondent acting In his
capncity Of attorney. urged the necessity of
having this torn Of court kept On according, to
litigant and Of the rights Of parties ncareerated
and anxiously waiting for q trial, challenged
Me Woof Of The necessity Of having said torn
adjourned to any future -chalenging alsn
the proof. that as he was Informed, Of the pre-.
whence Of the disease In tho parish or Of aap
possibility Of the same
WhereupOn the District Attorney In answer
and coinciding with your correspondent, called
upon the court for proof.
The honorable an1 upright Judge, at once
eneo up Upon ,d mr ot Em.G n2s among he audi
the disease in the parish, but had been inform
cd that there were nctual, cases in Hahnvile
p1 ts anohor daer was ia for
stated that on his sido Of the river there WIS
not q case Of diBease Of any kind. Several
other gentlemen were called upon by the Judge,
and although they gave their opinion and no
proof as witnesses, seemed to think that the
court ought to be adjourned. One Of the officers
of the parish directly called upon by your cor
respondent emphaticaly denied the existence
of the diseHse at HAhnvlie.
The pros and cons. being heard. your correg-
pondent argued the necessity Of having this
term Of court pursued and carried on accord
ing to law; argued that economy demanded 1t
that the leopardized rights Of ltigants exacted
1t; that no proof legal or otherwise, had been
adduced against the holding Of the present term
moss Of he parsh as biz ee enasd s ai' on i The
parish; that in the month Of November tho
sugar interests Of the parish would suffer etc,
1t was OF no avail, AID the court was ad-
iourned to tho third Monday In November next
II the planters do not suffer, If the merchants
are not hurt. 1t the laborers are not the victims
of an injudcious panic, your correspondent
will be happy. JIM.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
by the grave-digger and his assistants, who
Ipf,1sit ~ I'm ita la ut restinu nInrc

by The grave-dlgger and his assistants, who
deposit IL In Its last resting place.
DR.. Geo. W. Woolfs, OF Paducah KY, ar
rived yesterday, attended by negro nurse,
yellow fever, we told him to leave the nurse,
but for him to return at once. He said: "No;
he had come to be OF what little use he could
and was going to stay" We brought him
into town, and he Is now In charge Of the hos
ptal, where he can observe better than In any
other way tho disease and treatment from
its dawn till night. He Is the Democratic
candidate for Lieutenant Governor OF Ken
lucky, and has no opponent.
Yesterday was q beautiful day SO far as the
weather WAS concerned, but scarcely h sign
of life on the street. Neatly dressed people
wended their way to the church. No bells
announced the hour Of worship, All around
that the child Of Tom Marshal, tho Western
Union operator, had laid unburied two daye
Is untrue. No child of white person has
laid three hours without burial, nor any
black persons. All that the community can
do has been dOne All attention possible Is
pitiable to see orphans and heartbroken1
widows without money, cIothes and food
needed for them. -Four new cases occurred
among the whites, and six among the blacks
yesterday. One cofored man died.
There Is no change in the course Of the
seourge. Ono thing IS certain-t;ho disease
will soon stop for want Of material to help its
exhumation. No citizen Of Grenada should
venture In until after FROST or till news Of
safety Is waited over the wires. Their prop
erty is safe. and they are us safe wherever
they are. We don't want them here
Tho deaths yesterday were: Wyatt. M.
Redding, Mrs, DR.. Hughes, Rey. Mr.. Hall
(Baptst), Rev. DIR. McCampbell Presbyte-
ran), and Thos. r. Marshal, the Western
Union operator.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
B REV R@.

". 2. Fish, the new assistant postmaster. will
Cannot police officers on duty prevent the
ringing Of bells by mlkmen?
The case of J. J. Daily, alias Sonny DAILY, who
Is accused OF interfering with ar officer In the
discharge Of his duty, was 10 have been exaua-
1ned l.N yesterday evening, but was continued TO
Friday next at noon.
Officer Vetter made an affidavit before the
Second Recorders Court against Jack DOYLE
and Jack Casey charging them with cutting
and Wounding one Sam Kearney with DIRK
knife, on Sunday evening, at the Spanish Fort
Mr.. J. P. Jacob, dealer In Illuminating oils at
the corner of Dumane and Burgundy streets
offers 70 the Howard Association bis best nuaI-
ty Of ILLUMINATING oil non expIosive]. for the
benefit Of the sick in the Third District pratfg
On an order from the society. Mr. Jacobs offer
is indeed to be appreciated.
Mr.. Charles Devere appeared before Judge
MIitenDerger yesterday and swors an affidavit
against the driver Of float No. 104 who accord
ing to atlantis statement beat and kicked him
JUST because the noat Was obstructing the Dass-
age OF Levee street car and because he was
trying 10 get the number of the float TO re-
port it.
Mr. John 8. Teof, superintendent Of the Meu1-
PMS Cotton Exchange, telegraph - Mr Hester.
me superintendent Of our Cotton Exchange, 81
follows: Here the situation is simply apt al
ling. averaging 100 deaths daily In population
or 1896 whites and 5000 b acks. all We hav5 left
IN town." If the teiegraphic dispatches are cor-
rect, We think that Mr. Teof Is somewhat n1is-
taken in his statement Of the average number
Of deaths.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
CITY POLITICS.
THE STATE CENTRAL COMMITTEE.

Tho Election Yesterday ana the Result.
Pursuant to the coll Of tho Parish Committee,
the central clubs Of the several wards met last
night and went into an election for delegates to
the state Central Committee. The following In
the result:
First Wnrd-Np election.
SECOND Ward-R. O. Davy.
Third Ward-No election.
Fourth Whrd-John Connolly elected bv &C.
clamation. Club met at No. 19 Exchange Place.
Fifth Wnrd-Central club met at tho corner Of
mDart and Toulouse streets and elected Mr.
CASTOR Bonnhfon.
Sixth Ward-Owing TO tho fact that there are
n great many cHses OF fever In the Immediate
vicinity Of the Wgwan corner Chnrtres and
Barracks streets, no meeting Of tho central club
was held Tho officers Of the club have. how
ever. commissioned John s. Tully. ESD, as del
egate pro TEN.
foventh Ward-The election In this ward was
held by ballot and resulted In the selection Of
John Hoffman, Esq
Eighth Ward-OWing to the Illness Of tho Pres
ident there was no meeting pf the Central Club,
and Mr.. John Grayer holds over.
Ninth Ward-J. Henry Behen,
Tenth Ward-No election.
Eleventh Ward-Jas Hagan
Twelfth Wari-E Eugene May
Thirteenth Ward-W. E. Clarke
Fourteenth Ward-John w. Mnder
EaHixteonth Ward-B. Shall.
Seventeenth Ward-Geo. Geier.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
Perry Nugent, ESD. Presidel
change, New Orleans:
sTATE-HHOUSE NOTES.

Gov Nichols received letters. inclosing con-
tributions for the yellow fever. from: DR.. M. D
Thomas, an ex-Contederate. who writes from
Leavenworth, KY, inclosing Postoff1ce order
for $40 for the yellow fever sufferers: Mayor W
L. Cabell Of Dallas, Texas, sends s38. through
J. Robert, for some time chaplain Of the Second
Louisiana Volunteers, sends SIS; Mrs. Mary E.
Burtis. of Burtis House, Davenport, Iowa, do
notes $50.
Superintendent Lusher has defnitively re-
moved the Normal Seminary from No. 2i7 St
Charles street to the building formerly occu-
moval was occasioned by the want Of sufficient
accommodations in the former place. but the
present location is all that can be desired.
officers: J. Davis, A. Francois, s Dulaney, J.
Viale. A: Bosse. a derman, aud A. Chevalon
mayor Of the town Of Vaudeville, in the parish
ney pro tenn. for 1T. Bernard parish vice J.
Lombard, res gned.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03

TINE CsHAEessF HOSPITAL,

While our people arc contributing most gems
erously to the sustainment Of the various char
liable institutions Of the city, we beg OF them
not to be unmindful Of the claims that the
Charity Hospital has upon them. This institu~
demics, were raging, has been the boast and
glory OF our city; Heretofore many of our best
citizens. when stricken down with q serious
knowing thht they would have the BEST Of treat~
m,esnt, both. from physicians and nurses.
The mediehl men In charge to day are not s.
whit behind their predecessors either In skill.
experience or attention; but 1t Is noticed that
In this epidemic there are very few pattentgs
CONT aratiyely. sent to the Charty Hospital.
Why is this +? Perhaps many Of our most dis
tnguished physicians. who had their first or
perienee In the treatment Of yellow fever In that
institution, have In the hurly- burly Of ffe e5~
tablishment Of other charitable societies forgot
ton al about their old alma mater. They should
not desert the Old hospital, but do all that lies
within their influence TO preserve Its old and
hnnnred reputation,
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
MEETING Or CeLoRgD PREACHERS,

1esRerdGy several coIored preachers met aG
st. Paul's Church. on Liberty. betwesn Poydras
and Perdido streets. for Cit purpose OF taking
steps to assist the Howard As4cefatton and the
Young Mons Christian Association.
Joseph Craig addressed the aneet1nce- ano
during his remarks said that til "a two q $50
Citations were helping suffering lmanity .~ez<
ghrdlees OF race or color. and he thought th,. "
tne colorred people should assist as much as
they could. $500 e''
:, Rev. g. W. Bryant moved that g COMMITTEES Of
three be, appointed to confer with The Howards
render. Wv OO@A'
The motion was carried and Revs. Bryant
and Forest and Joseph Craig were appointed
on the committee.
A motion was then nude and carried 10 adj
dress all the cOlored benevolent associations
throughout the United States, asking them for
assistance. "A
A committee was then appointed to look after
the ,coIored sick and reDore to the association
to-day " T
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
k1ckentng Reports of the Finding Of s1n~
attended BBdfes nt Haemphss-meafh
of Prominent Citizens.

MEMPHIS, Sept. 2.-There ID nn Increase in
the terrors of the pestilence. Several bodies
have been found dead and unattended, and
partially eaten by rats, and others In q sick
ening stage of decomposition owing to the
inability Of friends to attend to their burial.
case Is reported of q young lady, whose
corpse has been lying at No. IA Adams street
since Sunday, and all the other inmates Of
the house down with the fever.
The condition of Chief Of Police Athey Is
considered hopeless, as is that OF Postmaster
Thompson.
Edward j. Mansford, who died Sunday, was
the first of the Howards to fall
NJ. d. Jenken q prominent business man,
died this evening.
The total death list OF the Towards since
August Is Ia 974 The fever has spread through
out the southern part of the city and the
northern suburbs. It Is also at Brownsville,
fifty miles north, on the Memphis and Louis
Vile road.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
sGsxabWrg~-Saxteem Hundred Cases To
HRate and TSS AbeR, gas-esrGemvfa1c,
.EncIkaAm nmd Aeelhl Attacked.

4 NEW YORK, Sept. "A Vioksburg Miss,
ecial says: Two hundred and four new
;, 4es and 10 deaths were reported Saturday.
Il 5ht physicians reported o8 new eases yes"
T say and 25 interments. Drs. W. White
d, Berchett, Davis and Green have. sue
+ abed to the fever, making total Of eleven
'sicians sick yesterday. G M. Carr and 2.
a. s. j. Lennox, telegraph operators from St.
.A lis. have shown themselves brave men by
so1lning here for duty to-day. They report
hid horror of Grenada. Redding Is dead, and
'osh Wheeler" y. Flanery,. superintendent
3 ayoing to take his place. Father McManus
s Reported dying. The reports of physicians
olalee the eases at nearly 1000 to date, while
Jhe| sections total Is 2B5.
At Greenville there are twenty cases. Tie
town is depopulated and o strict and semi
military guard is kept up night and day. and
no stS5amers are allowed to land within five
miles OF the place. Jackson has also cases
land one death. Delhi, La, reports seven new
q ases, and telegraph operator wanted.
ut seems the prediction. .,t Of some Of our old
eaJt physicians will be fulfilled, that the fever
tIfls year would spread all over the South and
that hardly any town would escape
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03

MILWAUKEE, Sent. 2.-About O'Clock this
evening. us the steamer John A. Dix, Of tho
Michael Englemnnn line. was about to start
from the dock In this city. o lire was discovered
quarters Of an hour. Before the fire depart
ment reached the spot and turned on the water
the fire had broken out on the upper deck. The
flames were soon nnder control on the outside.
but ms the fire was mainly In the hold eonsd~
ernbo time elapsed before 1t was entirely sub
dued. There were 25G passengers and about
$4,000 worth of freight on board. All Of the pas
senRers got off safely. The damage to the
freight is estimated at $4,000 and on tho boat
from $4,000 to $4,000. Insurance.. If any. could not
origin of the fire. Ono IL that u lamp exploded
and the othor that spontaneous combustion
WAS tho cntse.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
A Charter that Damages the Interest nc
was Expected to subserve.

Dies MoINEs. Iowa. Sept. 2.Iu the charter Of
the new State railroad Is provision that any
oil reasonable dispatch. loaded or empty, cars
furnished by any connecting line to be deliy-
ered at the destination on the r9ed SO contract
receive any greater sum than is accepted by it
for similar service; This action ID, causing
considerable trouble among railroad comu
nies they claiming that while 1t WIS enacted
ostenslble ty the grangers in the House, 1t Is
really In the interest Of the Chicago. Buring-
ton and Quincy railroad enabling 1t to push It's
cars over the Chicago and Rock Island road
to the atter's disadvantage. It Is feared this
section will be disastrous to the Iowa railroad.
deprvng 1t of legitimate business for the beu-
oft Of outside corporations.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
PEsague-D ectEaas cd Naempatas--A Tale of
HerrOrs-The Disease I'm the
Surrounding GInumtry.

NEW YORK, Sept. "A Memphis special
sMys: On Saturday 14S new cases of yellow
flower and seventy-six deaths were reported
Tor the twent y-four hours ending on Satur-
lay at .. M. 1O4 new cases and eighty-one
deaths were reported yesterday. Some OF
the best known citizens died yesterday. With
the small number Of people in the city, the
ieath rate yesterday was four or live times
,reater than that of 1873.
The impression Is that all the white people
e will be attacked. Ii the fever makes as
Mt drafts on the working committee of
ous organizations within the next ten
s. as 1t has In the past ten, there will be
,ody left to direct the efforts of nurses.
ose who are distributing supplies say the
Cress and suffering is increasing hourly
a feeling OF despondency seems to have
ssn control of the workers who are left.
stors and nurses and undertalsers, and
N grave-diggers are broken down. In nu-
#rous cases many hours elapse before
tpses are buried, and it is q common oc-
3rrence for two or three dead bodies to be
md In one house.
@'he disease has taken entire possession
II the suburbs, even camps several miles
ay, north and south, are not exempt. Wis.,
IS continue to report dead bodies found
3itor Semmes had occasion to enter the up
! stories Of the library building, adjoining
70 Memphis Theatre, yesterday afternoon.
blowing the course of sickening stencil he
,ened the door OF q room, on the floor of
Slich lay the body OF q man, so far decom-
osed as to defy identification. He could not
ell whether he was white or a black man.
Fersons living in the building saw o white,
Jan go into that room drunk several days
70, but had not seen him since.
$Sawmils and lumber dealers having closed
,iness county undertakers announce their
)ilty to bury the dead 1t Is thought the
,or will press all lumber to be found to be
diverted into coffins for the pauper dead.
Undertakers are pressed to bury the dead.
Z Dozens Of coffined dead are lying on the
yround, waiting for interment, it being diff
ult to procure even colored grave-diggers.
There were twenty cases of yellow fever
ind six deaths at Camp Joe Williams Hospi-
al, which contains fifteen patients. A death
occurred in Covington. Upton county, Satur-
day. At Milan, Tenn, there have been four
leathss and twenty cases, At Withe, Tenn,
there has been one case; at Mason Tenn, one
death.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
THE ANCO-AMERHCAN TREATY.

The following letter has been kindly fur
nished US by Mr.. Hester. the secretary of the
Cotton Exchanges:
PARIS, August IT, 1873
Perry Nugent, Esd. President Cotton Ex-
change New Orleans:
Nh DeGf President-The project of treaty OF
commerce. has been elaborated and voted by the
French and American delegates on the seventh
and ninth instant.
But before submitting this project to the
Legislature at Washington, I should be de-
sirous to have the opinion Of the various boards
Of trade and chambers of commerce in the
United States. and should feel deeply obliged
by a communication from your good self on the
subject.
[ shall cross the Atlantic and have the pleas
ure Of again visiting you In November or De.
cember next. accompanied by the secretary Of
the Paris committee. Mr.. Edmond Dutemple
Meanwhile / remain. my dear President, with
great respect, yours. very obediently,
LEON CHOTTEAU
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
New York Chamber ut Commerce Relief
Fuud-The Needs of Memphis.

NEW YORK, Sept. 2.-The Southern relief
committee Of the Chamber Of Commerce met
to-day and subscriptions Of S2965 received
since Saturday night we're reported, making
a total to date OF $44 ,G37. The treasurer was
authorized to remit to New Orleans $4,000,
Grenada $500, Vicksburg $4,000, Memphis
$4,000.
W. B. Grubbs of this city, has received %
letter from Mayor Flippen, Of Memphis, re-
turning thanks for relief rendered. He says
they are In need of doctors, nurses under
takers and some subsistence and transporta-
tion agents. The fever is of O III ost malignant
type, and seems to be growing worse.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03
Appeal of tHae Grand L0dge of the SOM
Rf Israel.

CHICAGO, Sept. 2.-The following appeal
WAS issued here to-day by Grand Master
Braham, who resides in this city:
OFFICE OF THE GRAND MASTER, DISTRICT
Grand Lodge No. Q. lDdependent I
Order of Free Sons OF Israel. J
BrOthers-New Orleans, Memphis, Vicks-
burg and poor Grenada are calling on us daily
for assistance. Therefore, cherishing the
principle of our beloved order as we do, we
must respond with immediate and liberal old.
therefore request that each lodge In this
district make it the chief question at their
next meeting. All sums sent to our Worthy
Grand Secretary, 2777 Walnut street, st.
Louis, MO, will be duly acknowledged.
GEO. BRAEAM, Grand Master.
The New Orleans daily Democrat. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1877-1880, 1878-09-03

poses}: had he been Us inveterate o partisan gg
"Demoerats,' appears to be, ! fear he might
have, bathed In Jordan TO eternity without fnd-
ing the waters efcacious, This biblical allusfors
reminds me that when the multitude mur-
INJURED against the bitterness Of the waters Oh
Marah, Moses sweetened them by casting ln q
tree,,~let .us ini promotion Of q great PUBLIC
good rnther than agitate the bitter waters OF
diasension by. poltieal preiudices. swseten
them. by casting in our purest and most pa-
mony s q poIitos oontroyersy. @ % endeavor W r.. to
inspire hope and propitiate peace BY holding
forth the OLIVE BRANCH,