Connecticut western news., 1878-08-29
THE YELLOW FEVER,
THRILLING DESCRIPTION OF ITS RAvA-
 GEES IN THE SOUTH.

One of the few living witnesses of the later scenes in Grenada, Miss, has ar- rived in Cincinnati. He says that the little village is utterly desolate. Every body who remains is either sick or is kept there by duty. All the rest have fled or died. Entire families have been plotted out in day by the disease. There, as in New Orleans, women and children are almost disproportionately numerous among the victims, their or ganizations being generally less ablethan those of the men to withstand the ex- haustion of the disease. Alright walk through the streets is terrifying. The moans and cries of delirious patients can be heard at every turn. Nor are all the outcries those of delirium. The negroes give up all hope on falling sick, and ex- citedly call on God and man for help. using their needed strength in doing so. They will not be controlled by physicians or nurses. The white women, on the contrary, are the most quiet and obedient of the patients, as long as they retain their reason. The dead bodies are bur- jed as soon as possible after death, and in some instances, the informant believes. persons are started for their graves be- fore they are really dead. The burying IS done by two relays of negroes, one working by day and the other by night
 The headquarters of the Howard Asso- citation and the telegraph office are the only places of business kept open. The latter is in charge of an operator named William Bedding. He sent to New Or leans for an assistant, and John Miller came but Miller was appalled, by what he saw and refused to stay. No attempt is made to hold religious services over the dead, and with rare exceptions, no coffins are used. All is dark at night ex- cept In the houses where people are lying ill, for the other houses are deserted. On the night of the 2Oth only sixty we'll persons were in the village, and all under the command of Gen. Winfield Smith, and trying as we'll as might be to care for 133 patients. Railroad trains do not stop, but rush past at the speed of fifty miles an hour, showing glimpses of pas- sengers' scared faces behind the tightly closed windows. It is exceedingly diff cult to feed the few remaining inhabi- tants, because of the lack of transporta- tion.
 It is not easy to get out of Grenada, notwithstanding hundreds have accom- plished the feat. An area of several miles around is deserted, but the boun- daries of that space are closely watched by frightened inhabitants, who drive back fugitives if they can. Much heart lessness is shown. The man who gave the above account of night in Grenada says that woman, whose husband had died, started for the country, leading her six-year-old boy. She was tired out with nursing her husband. but she pushed on for two miles, and then carried the child two more. Then she was met by some negroes, who commanded her to turn back, saying that they would kill her if she did not obey. They doubtless would have carried out their threat at least the poor woman thought so. She re- turned to Grenada. The negroes fears were we'll founded, however, for she had scarcely got back to her home when the fever was fully developed in her, and she died. Some of the planters have hu- namely received all refugees, and turned their houses and barns into free lodg- ings; but generally terror has mas tered generous impulses, particularly among the blacks. Anegro camp meet ing, ten miles away, has been continued, and the penitents crowd each other at the altar, so anxious are they to become converts before the fever kills them. Prayers are offered twice day for the sufferers, but no physical aid is given. To compensate for all this cowardice, or at least selfshness, cases of heroism have already come to light, and of course most of the stories of that kind remain to be told. The local and visiting phy- sicians have courageously rlsked them selves. The Howard Association nurses have done their duty, and three have died at it. The self-sacrifice of those who have stayed with their dying rela- tives when flight was possible has been remarkable. A Dr. Chamberlin is said