The morning star and Catholic messenger., 1878-09-29
Mobile.

We think-we must think-that ther
has been some kind of q misunderstanding g
either on the part of the Times newspape
of this city in regard the citizens o
Mobile, or on their part ss to the meaning
of the Times. The Times is great paper
for joking. 1t doesn't mean all it says and
cannot be supposed to have meant serious
ly any criticisms on the liberality of Mobile
people. We have received from CORES
pondent in that city the following com
ments on the affair which we must insist
take it too much au seriear:
Watching the New Or
leans papers eagerly from day TO day for some
kird word to cour ter balance the slanders OF
the New Orleans Times, and fading none, l
have regretfuliy come to the conclusion that
the natural ipborn pride and gentee breeding
of the people of New Orieans forbid them to
join in the outcry of that paper, but that they
believe the ISLANDERS and nurse for Mobile an
ill-V Ill on account OF our quarantine and our
supposed etipgness in the matter of aid.
1 believe the population of Mobile to be
35, 900. We have now not more than 2O,ooo
and in stating this 6gure yield to the opin-
ions of others, for do not think that man,
woman and child, white and black, there are
Is 900 now in the city limits. Oar contIiou-
tiops now smoui to over S13 800 and collect
ions are still pushed with great vigor. Oar re-,
lief committee yesterday telegraphed TO all
absentees each by name and to bis separate
address, for SO descriptions. This cannot fail to
largely increase the amount. We hare sent out
enc hundred and srteen nurses and tWetre phyn'
cidns Our DR.. Beatty, with ten urses, " as IN
Grensda before the New Orleans forces reached
there. DR.. Iglehart, Gan old navy boy, and as
DR.. Fulton justly calls him, very knight
Grant of yellow fever" for he has been in
all epidenits since the war, and when they
were not where he was, he sought them) &C.
conpanied by Dr.. Rose, reached Vicksburg as
soon as the Howard doctors did. DR.. Sheldon
of Mobile reached Holly Springs six hours after
your d. Segur Well, all these aud many
more could mention, but the long specials to
the New Orleans papers have never mentioned
one of them. i think when ell this is over and
that the two matters Of quarantine and dlsin-
your Board of Health established quarantine
but trusted to disinfection, that in this they
erred and that through this error they poison,
ed the country. We and Natchez have trusted
more to quarantine and we have escaped by the
blessings of Pro vidence. The few cases We
have here go bat to prove the value of quar-
antine.
These are certainly very handsome
figures and, as certainly, correct. Mobile is
a gay and gallant, chival-
rous and charitable little city. She is some
what behind-hand in the matter of jetties
and such like, but never so, when it is ne
cessary to face the music, either at the
point of danger OF at the call for pecuniary
aid.
A collection $50 tar) of Sl3,500 and a
mission of SO many doctors and nurses as
above enumerated is entirely creditable on
her part. 1t must be remembered that
panic broke out in Mobile about the time
the fever became epidemic here and that
moet of her citizens of means enough to
leave hurried away. Out of population
of 35 900 some 1s, 900 only are left. or
these we can hardly suppose more than
5 900 to be white, and most of these are
on hand simply because too poor to get
away. The showing is therefore very
handsome, and an taunt that this activity
was brought about by reproaches of tardi-
ness is clearly unfounded. The dates
above given show that nearly every thing
was done before the issue of the Times
which contained the charges that have
given go much offense.
1t cannot, therefore, be supposed that
our New Orleans neighbor was entirely
serious in its remarks. Probably it was
somewhat inclined to little more asperi
ty of humor than usual to it by the suspi
cion that Mobile had quarantined our COM
merce unnecessarily and invidiously. AS
to this feature of the Mobile quarantine we
know nothing. We are greatly pleased,
however, to know that it's efficacy in a
legitimate way has been 80 marked. The
success of the system there, in Natchez and
-.
cabilty in proper hands.
The Catholic Relief Association.