The New York herald., 1878-08-27
ANoTHRR ACCoUNT-eHocKING QUARANTINE
RuLEs-rERRons FROM WHICH THE PEOPLE
ASK nELIEP-A SAD CONDITION.

RULEs-TERRoRs FROM WHICH THE PEOPLE
ASK REL1EY-A SAD CONDITION.
rBY rELReRAPH TO THE HERALD.1
vIcKsBuRG. Miss, August 20, 1873
Another day of sorrow is closing over this ap-
par.ntly doomed city. showing steady increase in
the pes~llsnce, IN the number OF and its
awful dsssk rpt0. There is no method by which
reporter ascertain and verify tho exact
total number Of cases to The estimate places
Il from eight to nine hundred. Some OF the physi-
Clans report tho lever assuming mild form, while
others say It varies In intensity according TO
locality The physicians ana nurses
here and working hard Dr.. Whitehead,
President OF the county Board. Of Health,
wsnt down this evening" but IL Is hoped that over.
work and not fever is the cause The number OF
new cases Is l43 for tho last twenty -fopr
hours deaths for tne same time, twenty -hve. 1t
looEs II there was certain death awaiting tho
foriunass Of this ci,y, between pestence starvation
and quarantine, a. witnsss tho following despatch
APPEAL THE GOVERNOR.
vicKsBURG, Miss, August 20, 1873.
CcvsyDoe S1osE. Jackson, Mtss.:-
freight trains pass on; railroad to vieEs-,
burg have effect 90 far. Can't you
sss them 70 modify their auas, ...s regulations,
sost you ca n. WILLIAM LOCKWOOD,
u President: Howard Assooiation.
APPEAL TO THE SECRETARY wAE.
Also the following appel to the Ssoretary Of War;
,Hou. G. W. McCRARy, Secretary OF War
We are IN the midst Of psstiisncei all bus.
source Of enplsyment ana support. Many are
sssolusely destitute. the nnmosr incvasisg
1000 Or 1900 coiorea ass.isusss within very lew
0ays and prospect OF relief under sixty days.
seseta! trains must bring tho relief 7, iarn,sned as
ceased. Postmaster and family down.
4, Ccllo
.%i'..sI j. 4. ILKllS.. iSssiSsns ALLEY Bank
s;as',s W. ". ROCK wO0DynsA
/. II ,eSs.s. VA ,Fresactf Howard Association.
rhs following from the Commercial of to-day shows
Ahs state OF snairs:--
RoAD-ISHUHASrY-How vKIohr MAxEs NoxsrxRs
OF THEx ALL-How rHs BEAxvoLnsr PEOPLE or THE
INTERIOR LOVE U.s.
The yellow fever struck down its nrst victim In
community. and now the number Of those
80 rapid and uspresedcn.ed has been It's
spread That has been impossible for our authort-
sss, relief association the benevolent citi-
seos who remain an,ong US 10 completely guard
against and meet the DIRE contingencies to
Sea ,... has svsn v'S,o r'iS WIN Tho m'asTs
.sh. smerxcney 'hoy have made appeals
prempsness and alacrity from many quarters. Doo-
ioss. nurses. money. provisions aud medicines dow
toward US from tho fountains OF charity our
er' over lie land. Anxious eyes arc strained to
catch The nrst glimpse Of tho coming suecor. Eager
valiant desizsns Of the GROSS roads, hamlsts, back
woods, villages and way side settlements from
rr, 70 As,s'n ,h hncususy ,s
hands refuse 10 let the stores, shs money
and men pass TO the renef Of n city stricken
BY psstiepce and threatened by famine pass onward
70 tnetr point Of desnationY Colonel Raworth can't
send one freight tram because tho good people Of
Meridian and Jackson refuse 10 let tho cars
pass through those places, and the smaller Try
towns are following suit. Colonel Rigby has offered
ss ihs rate Of forty ave miles 40 hour, bu. tho mild
mnnnsred srnuRers ars implacabe. ''You can't pass;
VIII burn your shoot your engineer; tear upyour
track, they yell This barbariiy going to
0o We make due allowance ior these people and
then fears and are willing submit to all qusran-
shsy carried 70 thar degree that tncy inct un-
told susersss, and even death, without cGsoting any
carried cot, they become engines Of brutality and
ishumansty, and deserve Tor all those who upnoId
.sS asSnd sss@ the nssns scS uD,
homaa being Memphis has the yellow lever.
or.aacs mas the yeilow fever. New Orleans
bhese places stop all trains running TO jackson
and Meridian. and you viii the rural roos,srs sub
pdc In n hurry and put aside their little shotgun.
Tho weather 10 uniavorsbie IT rsined this morn
ing and is Threatening now, which means larger
list Of new and increase In tho dea,h rata
The telegraph soce, being only means OF COM
muuicatisg with the-outsdc world Is Gro wded with
Business. The operators worked nearly 10
death, but are uoby standing TO thor posts.
v1FrExN pEAres DURING THE LAST TWENTY
FOUR nouss-A PANIC AMONG THE Me-
oaoxs-xoRE NURSES NEEDED.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO Tue HERAbp.l
GRENADA, via WATER VALLEY, Miss,,
August &c, 1873 (
The situation to-day IL NO moro enosurasing tbsa