Public ledger. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1865-1893, 1878-08-17
Cities, Towns and Stations Quar-
antining Against Men,
phis 49, One Death
at Grand June.
ton.
GRENADA IN A MOST FEARFUL CON.
DIn0N.-.SEVEMTEEN DEATHS
THERE YESTERDAY.
Permanent Organization Of Our Re-
lief COmmittee-GOVernment
Tents Received for
the Poor.

Memphis is q sad city to-day, and
there are thousands Of aching hearts.
Deserted homes, closed business houses
and serious, thoughtful faces greet you
on all the highways of our town. Our
community is in a fearful state of de.
~spondency and detection, thousands Of
citizens having already left, while others
are going by every train, steamer and
vehicle. Men, women aud children
leave Memphis to seek refuge wherever
such is to be found. They take the train,
but are not allowed by the authorities at
s%tOtionQ and towns along the line to get
off. They embark on steamers, but it is
doubtful where they can be landed.
Many, very many, who leave will find
trouble and difficulty TO fad a roof or a
home, for people from Memphis are not
now welcomed to any place, if we may
except Louisville, Iuka, Miss, and a few
other remote towns. AT Louisville the
Calf House gives notice that 1t will en-
terrain Memphians al nominal rates.
The following is
SAD CONDITION.
1t is useless to disguise the fact that
suffering has already begun with the poor
aud destitute, aud that physicians are
backward in reporting new cases to the
board Of health. No system of report.
ing, and in fact no report whatever Of
deaths is made to the board Of health.
This was not the case in 1873. At that
time the office Of the secretary of the
board Of health was kept open until IL
o'clock at night, and the secretary re.
NAMED present to prepare an official
report. At present the office closes by 6
o'clock. The board of health and secre.
tary, DR.. Brown, do the best they can
under the circumstances. This We are
aware Of, and, with due respect to the
board, the LEDGER, from and after to.
day, will publish all and every report o.
sickness aud yellow fever. We trust
however, that the resolution adopted By
the board of health requiring undertak
ers to report daily by 5 o'clock pm. viii
be relentlessly enforced. This will sys
; tematizs things and enable the press Il
give reliable Information. 0therwisI
unofficial reports will be relied upon fO
what they are worth.
! TEX SICK PERSONS.
; DR.. Chandler, the assistant Of Dr.
Erskine, reports that yesterday after
s noon he found ten persons Hick wit
fever on Bayou Gayoso, between Msrke
and Winchester streets. Some Of thes
are eolored persons, but be believes tha
most if not all Of them have yellov
fever. Down between Poplar and VAST
> ington streets Mr.. and Mrs. Jane
q Clarke are sick, but have not been adj
10 obtain any physician. We fear tbs
there will be much suffering among th
poor. The city is bankrupt, the mayo
finds it impossible to get enough men
bers of the city council together to hoI
O a meeting, and we are now depender
e upon the %msgnanimity Of the merchant
who have already so literally subscribe
! money. We fear that the worst has %
come, and right here we wish to stal
l. that the press Of Memphis has unsn
mously urged the importance Of sanital
ordinances, quarantine and money f
keeping the city in good condition.
ID CAMP J, 10 WILLIAMS.
IN At the meeting Of the citizens cor
mittee yesterday it was moved and ca
ried that a committee Of three be q
te pointed to confer with and aid in Il
selection Of a site for the estsblishme
q Of a camp. General Luke e, WriGt
- Charles G. Fisher and Rev. DR.. La
to drum we're appointed as the committs
Acting under this instruction. Il
above COMMITTED this morning, accol
panied by Drs. W.. L Rogers, Paul 0te
W. B. Rogers and r. B. Nall, proceed
or TO the Webb place, on the Mississippi a
Tennessee railroad, four miles south
Y. town, where they found an excells
Ter place, ample room, a beautiful grove a
to fine spring water, all contributing
Ia make it a most desirable and Iuita'
er place for a camp. This will be est
& lished at once. DR.. Nall was left
ss. charge, aud DR.. 0tey will be the surge
be in chief. The camp will be placed uut
rigid military rule. II is suggested q
ok. requested that Captain Cameron, OF
in. Bluff City Grays, move bis company
lac there at once and assume command g
control Of the camp.
Colonel Burke, Of the Mississippi q
Al Tennessee railroad kindly furnished
committee and the physicians q {
coach aud accompanied them on Il
Dse trip to the Webb place. They "
kindly and courteously received th
by Mr.. Price, a respected old and in
ligeut colored man, who has a leasl
theiarm, and agreed very cheerfulll
yield bis rights on the premises for
purposes proposed.
The committee suggest that the ca
e'O be named after DR.. J. Jos. Williams,
, of our eminent and heroic physici
who fell a victim to yellow fever in Il
800 The camp is intended as a place Of 8
,ods " and refuge for persons of lin.
meaus who cannot othersise get a.