The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-08-22

wsud not induce mo to return. only stop here 10
serve God and Tho sick and dying"
ADDITIONAL VICTIMS scouRGs
during The nishi The following victims iound rciei
In death Miss Mole. Miss Belle Bishop, Miss Lulu
Dock three young ladies, embcrs OF the best ami-
lies here; Hiram Jones, n well known sill
vcrsmiih. together with the negroes. A. my min
uiss past eight this morning Mr. Friedman, OF
New York, brsathed hts last At nine o. clock this
morning DR.. Wilkins, mau who whilo IN health had
worked hard ana faithfully TO help the SICK Mr.
Friedman. In company with his wife, was route
from New Orleans 10 New York when Frustrated. He
bad passed the crisis, but Iiko others had
lapse, resulting IN death. His wife Is still alive
Word to Tho Howard Association two days
ago asking for more nurses. They have not yet
arrived, but are hourly expected
AN AWFUL STATE OF AFFAIRS
Ths negroes attacked present horrible and sickep
Ing appearance, while the sound OF their delirious
voices vibrates through The streets OF the almost
aescrted village. The rooms where patients
confined must be kept at q regular temperature
Cold, damp weather kills all The sick. The
skies arc now nlied with dark, tnrertontus clouds
Cold winds are reported fifty miles north o! here
and should they reach this point tho mortality list
will DO \ large one Tho excitement In the towns
along tho road since the receipt OF news announcing
the breaking out Of tho fsvcr at Canton is intense
and people who up TO yesterday had laughed at tho
fever are now mskng preparations 10 leave the
country
A DEsoLArE SCENE
Outdoor work has been entirely suspended in
towns on the road from Cairo. Here and
ut every station along the lire can De
the black and wbite people sitting In
the shade in earnest and serious conversation.
Words cannot describe tho terrible excitement aud
lear which seem TO have takon possession OF all
scem ingy pay attention to the plague.
strange signt 10 q Northerner the negro brake.
men and 1romon the trains they are tho only
persons capable OF standing that arduous labor this
dcbiii.ating country. Drs Maudevlc and Veazie are
atm attending the sick. Both young practition
ers the iormsr twenty. seven ycurs OF age and the
latter twenIyd but both have considerable
perience In treating this class OF disease.
When tho disease first broke out the local pbys!.
clans pronounced u bilious congestion, but on tho
l4,h inst DR.. Brown, OF the Memphis Board OF
Health. arrived, and, upon close examination pro.
nounccd the disease yellow fcver OF the most
malignant type. Drs Vaudeville and vsazie, upon
their arrival. at once agreed on this diagnosis and
treated tho disease accordingly. rho three nurses
Frustrated may recover, ms they, understanding tho
diseaso thoroughly In tho convacscent state arc
more patient and obcdicnt
QUARANTINE NEGOTIATIONS.
The various regulations OF the towns which have
quarantinsd causing tho railroad officials much
inconvenience 1t requires eight OF constructors.
brakcmsp, engineers, nrsmen, &c., now where,
ten days ago, II took but throe sets This Is
because tho town authorities will allow even rail-
road coming from Injected points como within
tho limits Of these towns. II IL now when
the busy time OF tho year commences with the
merchants and the railroads, ana the FOYER now
prevalent will OF course have u retardiue IN
nuence upon IL. but, nevertheless, tho fall
| trade will DO OF vast proportions, and
| there enough railroad employees ready
10 handle every pound OF freight which Offers and SO
while tho present may DO dul season IL inc South.
ern mercantile world tho late TALL ana winter trade
| viii be o heavy ono.
srAxPEDE AXoSa TRAMPs.
| The tramp question. which has agtared the whole
OF the country and which has worried some OF tho
best minds OF writer's and thinkers, has
al last reached solution. The scsrc
| hos acted like charm. Not tramp Is
TO BIO ssen and the country thoroughly cleared Of
them heretofore shis has been paradise Tor these
| tndividusls, owing to the mild winters and tho
/ good nature OF the Southernsrs. Like birds Of
| passags they 20 North IN summer and return South
| In winter Now ono Ia TO be seen. Like Long
fellows ARABIA, thsy have silently stolen away. Rail-
road men say that Is TO be seen on the road
| from Cairo 10 Now Orleans.
raE yRvER REACHES HOLLY SPRINGS
Holly Springs. the noble CITY, whose Invitation to
those neeing from tho Infection has been worry gen
orally accepted, now has two cases which werc
ported from Grenada. IL Is hoped that this plucky
little town may succeed in keeping the disease from
| spreading n her midst Her people arc not AFRAID
and have not yet closed their gates
The United states troops are quartsrsd at this
point S. l.. Downs, OF Grenada, is one OF the VIC
Canton in hordes.
To illustrate tho terrible panic rcgning there
IL 10 only necessary to state that four days
ago the place contained 1000 Inhabitants
whore to-day 1875 cannot be found Mrs.
Conway and Mrs. Fulton wsre FRUSTRATED last
night There are eighteen cases there, but
| old residents say that 1t 10 impossible for
| foyer TO spread owing 10 every ono having
lott tho city except those considered plague proof Tho
streets deserted eight o'clock last night not
| q human bcing was TO DO seen about the place. A
great many of the merchants have moved their goods
| out into the adjoining country. Some OF them
| have fed 10 sharon, village eight miles
northeast OF Canton Yesterday twelve OF FOYER
were dcvcIopsd they all evidently imported
| from Canton. Canton lies on low swampy ground,
between Pearl and Big Black rivers. 1t Is The rich
est tor It's on tho Jackson routo, ana tho
county seat OF Madison county. 1t contains OF
tho finest court houses in the STATE, well
| a. a handsome theatre. Tho panic and excite-
mens seem to spread like wildnre, aud tho
| Inhabitants OF tho adjoining towns terribly
| alarmed. There s no fever the RAILWAY depo,
but on Centre street, beginning at Tunstal Handy's
| STORE there 10 not single house occupied except
| those that the has broken out In.
yLnKrsG FROM nxronE THE pE,rRoYxR
on FULTON strest, beginning al the Baptist church.
cioar out the edge OF town, thero Is not sin
| ele house occupied. On Academy and Semmcs
| streets every house is deserted such a
| starnp eds Witnessed before, even
| In var times. Yesterday wagons aud bugeiss
| were leaving tho place ued with human
| beings and hight household goods IL Is sup
| posed the fever was imported TO Canton frou,
| New orlcaus by Jonn ID. Brtton and family. who