, 1879-04-02
FOREIGN NEWS.


torrsspan.fFntA Htto }fwk Tribune.
sAnATov, Russia, MARCH, 3.-Fur nearly six
weeks talk about The epidemic has been In tho
mouth Of every inhabltant In this country.
Many dream Of the epidemic look for # lu
every corner md In every individual who may
have bccn taken III Or died of whalcvor sick
ness Some goods cannot 10 sold by the tner-
chants; they arc not bought for lear Of buying
the epidemic with them. T!,c merchant ex.
chnpges take advantage Of the situation and
lIbcraliY speculate OIL the cpldcu,tc. The papers
also freely speculate on the subject, and their
editors uso Up all their mental capacity In try
ing to invent a. many lies Mnd cxaggcrattons ~
mar 10 Auf1ictcnt u create more panir asnu,a
the skepticnl population md involve the admin
istratton in tho trouble Of official contradiction.
Every paper las lis own correspondents,
boaats in large type Of tho news from
the "epilcniic region,' and frigh.ena
the souls out OF tho community, and
makes 1t miserable mud ready for tho grave. Is
there any truth At all in tlle rimors Tint In tho
ProTlnce Of Astrakhan exists nn Asatlc epidemic
Of such vir1tcneo tl,at 1t ias tby the ncwsnapcf
reports onty) killed tic woe population. md Is
advancing 10 tle centre Of European Russln1
Of coursc not. It ia most aushcnttcaily coutra.
dlctcd by physicians OF experience md standing
In this utl1 Dther countries. When your cor
respondent first heard Of thu endemic he was In
formed tllat tho opIdemie Is "movtng" to the
place ho Was at in tlo Province OF Eknteriuos1ay,
and has witnessed how tho tish market waa
destroyed by the police nnd the fish wcro buried
"A1lve." because they wcrc said to have been
in cnntact With the flsf, on the Volga l could
not stand such "tafTy," being tuo much Uf d
YanKec. and resolved to meet the cplslotntc
tairiy md squarctY In its headquarters.
and wont on toward tho volaa. On ny way
passengers weru iuqufrtIE how il1e "Tschumnf i,
{cp!uenic) was at the next station, and onu Of
my companions, after rccosvIng reply to a
4 praycr for THO rest Of ny soul. I backed out
from joining the crowd. Every lady On tle
train krew that was "Tsc!,u,la-lo -louud,n and
was pitYtng my youth: was n,nuo a saint,
wtravolers until We shook halnls and my train
Eeutly pulled cut from VoroEtI fur Koz,otf.
Very few passengers werc on tEat train. AMI no
"rschuma" talk could be established. began
to l!ear lest of The pngue' and casno almost
before entering tg Province u sasatoy At
tlB romantic city Of Tamboy. sfy first move was
to tako cab nnll driyo a little way. "pump.
I'd my friend the driver about tho topic ot tl,e
dar: ue smtltngly answered, mi, questions
about the last man wllo died, and related
curious md most fortunate occurrence, NAMELY,
TINT tile nnn who distributed tic pla0au was
killed bya mu5lek, near Saratov, nttl nll Lis
working apparatus taken away by the police. /
at oncc naked him whether Tie nah VIVA not an
American, hut no reply was received. l was
satisfied tmt tho story tu1d may hu relied upon,
mt! turned back to my depot. / aBkrd for
direct ticket to sasatov The agent Tucked mo
over md around, mud hesitatel to believe
what nskGd oi him to Gu srriults; but Bce.
Ing this ! gave him to understand that
l must hurry up. else tic third bell
might ring anil thu train leave me. lie
BympatheticaliY handed ma mY declaration Of
death ttcket), md, rushing to the buffet, was
nstonishcd 10 scc two women CRYING for rue. It
WIS touching enough, but there was M time 10
nrescnt to these good people the assurance ot
my highest appreciation. | took the train aud
came slccplly Oh until reaehct. this city,
nil now among the unf0rtunales whu wisely
keep on declaring how all Europe is fearing
thcnl. havo been hero now Iour days, anil
haya not heard Of any kind Of sickness II, the
city, nor seen tho graves of the thousands that
died according to the rumors circulated
elsewhere. OF tic $4,000 Inhabitants In
tile Prurluco Of Astralshnn, $40 were vic
tniB OF tlle epidemic, mostly In tho ncigibor-
hoot1 Of Wcstianka, md It Is now sixteen days
since casc WAS reported anywhere. A dclega-
tnn OF physicians from Austria anil Germany
here, md t1ol1o Of them hare caught lie
plat1tG as yGt. Con. MelkofY has glvcu orders
to clean nil the Villages, but III some YlIaveB tile
icasnntry protest nEainst the destruction Ut
their property 1.-THE dirt),' becnuso they ,so The
dirt Us fuel, and, regardless OF the danger urls
iilE from unclcanlIncBs, cannot submit to the
ruin threatened Dy lie new ORDER
Such Is thu stato OF ntfair6 On tic Volea,--uo
business Whatever; depression Of commerce.,
whtfo the spring Is coh,lug ahead Of It's usual
time.