Staunton spectator. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1849-1896, 1878-09-03
$taumtott Spectator,
TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1873.
The Yellow Scourge.

TUESDAY, SEPTEMBER 8, 1873.
The Yellow ScOurge.
ITS RAvAGEs IN SOUTHERN CITIEs-No
CESSATION OF THE DREAD PLAGUE
THE DEATH RATE INCREASED AND NO |
HOPE OF IMPROVEMENT.
The latest report shows an increase OF
this terrible disease, not only in the new
cases, but in the number Of deaths. 1t
is fearful to contemplate the suffering,
distress and sorrow that is now att1lct-
ing the people of our Southern cities.
1t is impossible to properly attend to
the sick, and whilst we in this country
cannot send nurses and physicians, yet
we can do the next best thing, send
funds to enable the people of those SUI
fering cities to employ the proper atten-
ton for the dying and the dead. 1t is
hard for us to realize the dire distress to
which these fever-stricken cities are
reduced. No pen can convey the least
conception OF the fearfulness of the ca
lamity with which they are afflicted.
The grcans of the dying constantly
filling the are with their cries for help,
and the bodies of the dead lying for days
without burial, make up a picture OF
woefulness that it is almost impossible to
realize.
In New Orleans on Saturday the
number of new cases reported was 234
and the deaths 4S. On Sunday the new
cases were 260 and the deaths SS.
At Memphis on Saturday the new ca
SEES were 14S and deaths n, and on Sun.
day 1O4 new cases and rs deaths.
AT Camp Joe Williams five or six
deaths occur daily and the hospital con
tains about 25 sick.
Among the negroes the fever contin
ues to spread and one thousand assem-
bled before the commissary depot OF
last Saturday at Memphis asking for ait
from the citizens relief committee.
At Vickburg there were 2O4 new case
and 1O,deathslon Saturday, and on Sun
day there were reported 50 new case
and 25 interments.
At Port Gibson, La, there are $50 ca
ses and 48 deaths have occurred and grea
distress prevails.
At Grenada the condition ia repOrte
unchanged. The Ancient Order of Hi
bernians make andappeal to similar OF
CARNATIONS throughout the country TO
assistance. The distress is pitiful, thei
resources are exhausted, and they ap
peal In Gods name for assistance to al
leviate the sufferings of their Athlete
bretheren.
The telegraph reports twenty cases
yellow fever at Greenville Miss. Tw
deaths are reported and the people al
panic-stricken and flying fromlthetowr
At Canton Miss, there were 20 case
Saturday.
The surgeon-general's for the wee
just closed shows that at New Orlean
there were 1,2O4 cases and 1888 deaths
total so far 2,S77 cases and 1857 deaths
At Vicksburg 116 deaths total 300 case
1S9 deaths. Memphis 721 cases, "a
deaths.
The cities throughout the Union ar
responding nobly and generously to thu
cry for help that comes up from the sui
ferers at the South The chamber G
commerce at New York has so far re
ceived $41.671; Wilmington Del, ha
contributed $500; Detroit Mich, $170O
Steubenville, Ohio, $3.50; Father Mat
thew Association, of st. John Bruins
wick, $50; by government officers a
Cheyenne, Wyoming, 500; Mobile, TO-
Memphis, 5000; Masons of Kansas, $4Od
Chicago's contribution up to Saturda.
night, $24.422 the St. Louis Merchants
Exchange fund now exceeds $4,000
Philadelphia, Saturday. $2,03e, maxim
total of 500, 613 Cincinnati's subscrip
ton now exceeds $4,000, and Cleve
lands So. 600; San Francisco contribut
ed $1,000 Saturday, and Stockton Ia
raised $4,000; Montgomery, Ala, 81,
700; Atlanta, Ca, $500, Washington
city $1,000.