Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1878-09-06
THE SOUTHERN PLAGUE,
THE PROSPECT VERY GLOOMY.

MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 2. The
fever continues without abatement.
The undertakers report 48 yellow
fever intcrments up to noon. The in
dications are that the death list will
be as large as yesterday. A number
of negroes, some drunk, assembled
before the commissary depot this
morning and, becoming riotous, made
rush for the door. They were kept
back by the colored militia on guard,
but second attempt being made the
guard fired, killing one negro. The
doors were then closed, and Gen.
Luke E. Wright spoke to the crowd,
restoring quiet for the time being.
The committee is doing all in its pow
er to supply the people with food, but
some negroes are dissatisfied with the
manner the rations are issued, and
further truoble is feared. The Board
Of Health records show 81 cases and
So deaths for the "a hours ending at
6 p. NJ. ALT Watson, the negro shot
by the guard at the commissary depot,
and reported killed, is not dead but
is badly wounded.
VlCKsBURG, MISS, Sept. 2. The
Howard Association estimate that be-
tween 1900 and 1000 are sick and are
increasing rapidly. Eight physicians
report 10 new cases to-day and Is
deaths, IA whites and blacks. Thir-
ty cases offevcr are reported at Green
vile, Miss, and five deaths. The
disease is spreading rapidly.
PORT GIBSON, Miss, Sept. 2. -Four
hundred cases and 90 deaths out of
$50 persons remaining in town.
About 1900 have fed. The distress
is very great. The sick are dying,
with no one to give them a drink of
water, some nurses are on the way from
New Orleans and Chicago.
New ORLEANS, Sept. 2. The wealth
er was cloudy this afternoon, threate-
ming rain. From noon to 6 P. NJ,
20 deaths wore reported to the Board
Of Health. The total deaths to date
are 1901, including 461 children, II
years of age.
New ORLEANS, La, Sept, 3.-NeN
cases, 327; deaths, SO.
WASHINGTON, D. c., Sept. 3.--The
Secretary of war has ordered ration'
for 20 days to be issued to 1000 of the
suffering poor of New Orleans. 1
there should not be sufficient rations
there, special train with supple:
will be sent from Chicago. Ile la:
10 doubt that Congress will approve
this action. AS the government can
not be depended on for continued sup
plies he expresses the hope that pri
vate charity would continue to b.
exerted.
A death is reported at Franklin
Ohio.
The Memphis Avalanche of Aug. 29
depicts in fearful words tae despai
and distress of the citizens. One pas
sage says Seventy dead, and at leas
one hundred and twenty five ney
cases. God help us! If hope wer
not WORT to a skeleton; If she ha,
not taken herself to prayer, we nigh
, find spark to kindle weak glow o
light in this impenetrable darkness
and expect that the heavy shower o
to-day would wash from air, from gut
ter and from bayou part Of the fou
, pestilential air which Is breeding
death. The horror of the hour can
not be told, even if the heart did no
5icken at the task. They are horror
: such as make hell on earth such q
f make life almost q burden.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, Sept. 3. The con
dition of the city to-day beggars DIES
cription. While the list of new case
reported is only about GO, the deaf
/ rate has amounted to Sc, only two c
which are from other causes than vel
} low fever. Bodies were discovered i
| out of the way places which have th
appearance Of being dead several days
J One popularity manifested anon,
many Of the sick is desire to seclud
) themselves, while among the poo