Clarksville weekly chronicle. (Clarksville, Tenn.) 1873-1890, 1878-10-05
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PARIS.
PARIS, Oct. 2-One new case, Oscar
Haines Engineer, who Was MAS brought in of
doing wei. There are nine eases at the de-
pot and two cases in town.
BROWNSVILLE.
BRowNyvILLE, Oct. 2.-The outlook is
not so bad to-day, but we are afraid TO hope.
No deaths in the last "a hours. The new
cases are Mrs. Pleitz, whose husband died
Saturday Ed. Hillman, o nurse from 1li-
nois; Thomas Martin, John w. Martin and
seven cOlored cases. Mrs. Dolah has re-
lapsed and is very i'll. Rev. DR.. Moore is
quite feeble, but has not had the fever. I.
g. Byran is dying. We need ice and ale or
porter.
CHATTANOOGA, Oct. 2.-The official report
for the "A hours ending at p. m. to-day
gives deaths from yellow fever as follows:
s. Gold GoldSten, ROra Burkhart, Jim KEN
ny. Three new cases. The warm weather
of yesterday developed more fever than
usual, but DR.. Sims, the Medical Director, in
reply tOlcOntinued offers ofmedical aid from
abroad, says that he has sufficient force for
all probable emergencies, and enough of
male nursesf but needs few femaie nurses Ssa
weather is warm and cloudy.
DRESDEN.
DRESDEN, Oct. 2Considerable excitement
was created in our little town last evening,
by the report that tramp was sick at the
rlIroad depot: Immediately, InTee or i4 our
spot. By the time the doctors returned
large crowd of citizens had gathered at the
court house to hear their report, which was
to the effect that they found a man there in
boX-car, sick with fever OF some kind.
They were not prepared to say whether or
not it was yellow fever The meeting was
man of the Citizens Committee, and a
a motion was made by d. l.. Rivers to re-
quest the Board of Mayor and Aldermen to
quarantine the town. l.. ID. CardWelI
moved in lieu that committee of five be
appointed to prepare resolutions expressive
of the sentiments of the citizens and rec
commencing to the Board of Aldermen
such steps as they deem best for the Eealth
of the town. b. B. Edwards, L. ID. Card
well, J. w. Rogers, ThoS. Edwards and H.
ii. Earn were appointed the committee, and
the meeting adjourned until 8 a. M. at with
time they again met The committee re-
ported recommending partial quarantine
which i'll effect amounts to no quarantine.
The tramp at the depot, who has been fur
nished with blankets, cts, wasreported bet
ter, being able to sit up. A suggestion was
made to buy him q ticket to Nashville. l..
d. Cardwell, in few forcible remarks, OPP
posed the quarantine. He thought the Cit |
liens should take care of the sick man
rather than send him upon some other COM |
munity. A collection was started to defray
his expenses to Nashville. On approaching |
Mayor Cardwell he said he would not give |
one cent to have him removed, but would |
contribute S25 toward taking care of the |
man and nursing him, for the purpose of |
whether or not he had a genu- |
Inc case OF yellow lever. so nlgn ala the 6X- /
run that Mayor CardweH rendered |
his resignation as Mayor of the town. 1t |
was finally decided to send him to Nash
Vile, which the citizens did, and he is on |
the train tonight. No yellow fever.
HUMBoLT.
HUMBOLDT, Oct. 2.-There is no yellow |
fever or any other kind of fever |
here, but the excitement is high |
on account of the report of yell
Ow fever at Gadsden, five miles west of here, |
and at Bells. The Board of Health met this |
evening, and ordered the city schools to be |
ished. All persons that have been in the |
now infected places were ordered to leave |
hat can do so to leave the place until after |
frost. Every approach to the town is guard |
ed by company, organized for that purpose |
yesterday.
NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 2-Deaths, Sc; cases, |
S5 reported. Total cases, 9,SO2; deaths, 1855. |
rhe weather is clear and warm,
MEMPHIS.
MEMPHIS, Oct. 2.--For the "a hours end |
ing at 6, p. M, the undertakes report AZ |
Deaths from yellow fever. Fifteen of these |
occurred outside the city limits. John A. |
Holt, cashier, and James w. Crocker, book |
keeper Ofthe bank ofCommerce, were Strick-
IN at noon. Bishop Quintard, ofTenneSSee,
IN pastoral letter, appointed to-day as one /
IF fasting and prayer. In conformity with |
5he appointment, servises were held, this
DR.. Dalzell, of Shreveport, OBLIGATED.
IN BRIEF.
Boston Advertiser: Our heroes of the
cities of the south are as
worthy of admiration as the heroes who
Ought on the battle fields of the south. Con-
,picuouS among them was Rev. Charles Car
oil Parsons, rector of st. Lazarus and Grace
Church, at Memphis, who died last week of
Yellow fever. He remained at his post with
he same steady courage with which he de-
ended our flag during the war of the rebel
ion A graduate of West Point in 1861, he
erved with Mendenhall's battery company
VI Fourth United States artillery At Per-
'yville, Parsons battery was ordered to take
position on a little hill overlooking the
liver, in clearing, while our infantry
lzirmlshers We're pushed forward toward
he water they presently ran on to
he heavy columns of the enemy, moving
through the open woods toward the clear
ng. The enemy broke from the woods in
leavy columns of attack by the time Par
on had got two Napoleon guns in position, |
md within two hundred yards of his guns.
He opened fire on them with double-ShOtted
at a short range, at each dis
,harge sweeping away the head of the col
INN; the enemy advanced calamity, in
pite of our well directed fire, closing up the
,apS as if on parade. Parsons other guns
seventeen horses of his battery were shot.
General Jackson, his division commander,
ell dead at his side; every man at the two
unS on the top of the hill was shot down
Except Parsons; he put in the primers
or the last discharge with his own hands;
hen, sticking his sword in the ground, he
,rasped one "lanyard" with each hand and
waited until the enemy were thruSting at
lin across the guns with their bayonets,
When he fired both guns with awful effect.
Resolved never to leave his guns, he was
defending himself with his sword when his
rderly sergeant (whom he had sent for
ssiStancel galloped up, threw him across
he bow of his saddle and carried him off
n safety. The enemy left the guns on the
eld when they retreated that night. None
f those who witnessed the anguish of that
allant man when he reported to General
i'Coolx the loss of his guns can ever forget
he scene. "Would to God that lay dead
eSide them!" After the war he served in
he west under Custer and was appointed
n instructor at West Point, but he finally
eSigned his commission and entered the
Episcopal ministry some eight years ago.