The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1878-09-07

GRENADA PATIENTS CITING BETrER-oNLy
THREE DEATHS YEsrERDAY-THE TOWN
SAVED BY THE HowARDs-wHERE THE
BRAVE RELIEF COMMITTEE FLED TO
LATEST REPORTS.
lBY rELBGRAPH TO THE HERALD
GRENADA, Miss, Sept 8, 1878.
Utter desoIation properly expresses the condition
of this place. This morning. went a mile or two
into the country. The situation in the suburbs is
about ire ssmo as In the city. There is life, no
evidence that any body over lived IN the neat little
homesteads that abound here. The only indiv iduai
that during stroll OF two hours was the driver
OF the hsarse who was returning from tho cemetery
Even this poor wretch seemed more dead than alive
has had the lever, but does not feel SAFE His
port was brief He hac been twice to the cemetery
and had seen beside tho gravediager. HIS must
be very pleasant occupation just now; always with
the dead, in dead ethyl But the love OF gain Is
probably mingled somewhat with charity, even in
this Individual and The Howsrds sadly need all the
help they can retain just now.
NOBLE SERVICES HowARDs
As many Of the convaiesccnts cxclam, "w hat
would Grenada have been without the Howard Asso-
citation ?" They have nursed the sick, buried the
dead, maintained order among the negroes lett In the
town, kept open COMMUNICATION with the outside
world, cooked for ana fed every man, woman a nd
ch,Id capable OF eating They have appealed for and
received aid OF all kinds, which has been faithfully
accounted Tor; instructed the doctors bought the
medicines paid the and retained control over
the Post once and bank.
cowARpY CITIZENS.
And what have the citizens done for themselves or
their fr,cnds2 A reliet committee formed COM
posed oil ihrce members. Ono OF them diod. As soon
us bs death was known the OF this band OF val
liant CT liens deserted the plaguc-strcken town and
have their precious bodies safe beyond the con-
fines OF the town. Tho howarss endeavored 10 treat
with them other day with view OF surrenderng
the place TO thcm there arc about halt . dozen
convalsscsnt citizens OF the town who sooE vllI be
| able to do all the work necessary. messcn-
| committee OF rolet VINO have relieved them
| selves OF all responsibility, Their only act OF
| once became generous the use oil Ink and paper
| He wrote a letter 10 tho Towards. and sent tho
| thanks oil The people VINO 1.-Two IN Grenada 'tnrough
their CON millee who Two In the country 1t mi ht
be characterised as icter lull OF words expressing
good work, and IN the ssweet by and By, when all
Is over they and tho City Council will meet aud pass
an unanimous vote OF THANKS. so pathetic a note.
| OF course, viii have the desired effect The
Towards will stay. This committee at present con-
\ sists Of Robert Mullen and Jonn Power, both mer-
| chants oil Grenada. feel constraiucd 10 write tue
truth about THIS matter. Having assisted the How.
ards here consulted In the premises. was shown
the letter OF the Howard Committee and road the re-
| ply.
| THE COURAGEOUS FEW.
Fortunately all The Grenada people were not Of the
| caliOre OF tnoir rcicf committee. Somo nave re-
| NAMED and have done yeoman servce-havc been
| first and foremost The Rev. w. Z. hcCrsoken from
tue nrst has worked berocay and mas not yet less
ened his Efforts. william J. Ayres. who died early
TINS mofnns, was martyr IN the lie saving cause.
Tho Two shankIes, James G. aud his father; J. e.
saundGs (n0w desdL r. A. Collins talso dead) john
EdDcy hughes the utuggis (who has been sck ano (,
now convslcsccntj, JsC haggst (oonvalesceni) w. Is.
DAVIS toonvale,cent, W. Z. chamberlain tcoDval-
esccnll Dr. Peoples lconvalescen), ;. l.. L,ao icon
valcscenU, Cheriic Wilkinson tconvalesccnth Colonel
| Townsend (convalesccnt), bra y. J. Hughes, ". W.
| Hal snd A. Gillespie ta three dead), Dr. kIDesold
tuow sckl, Rev. j. u. Hail. retired Baptist minister
| dead, h. g. CsmpbelL the Presbyterian minister
| tdoadl and j. N. HaddocK. the Baptist minister
(dcadl-ai those worthy 10 Oe classed as hcroeA
Mr.. Haddock was absent when the plague broke out,
bui AZ soon he heard OF " he returned ~ his duty
| and died al bis post He will have his owsrd Ex.
ceptiDg the Rev MeCracken and Dr. RinggOId all the
| ministers ana Physicians OF tbs town are dead
| Young Or. Ray, recent gradunte ~ medicine, took
| sick IRON the hfsi, but % now conyattcinr.
| pHAfns AND NV CAsss yEstkspAy
| Only three deaths occurred tV-uay, va, NJ
Doak (wbitej Polly Jones tcoloredL and james Barry
| (coioredl There wero three Cases Eleven cases
are under trsssmsntia .hs hsspita, and nins cases