The New York herald., 1879-08-01
Nine New Cases and Five
Deaths in Memphis.
NEGRO OPPOSITION TO THE CAMPS
Sad Story Of a Refugee from
the Infected City.
THE DISEASE ATFQUARANTINE
TWO Deaths and TWO New
Cases Reported.

TWO Deaths and TWO New
Cases Reported.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD.
| MEMPHIS July 81, 1870.
| The following new cases were reported to the
! Board of Health to-day
Mary Ashbrook. aged 8, No. 30 Bradford street.
Rachael Taylor. aged &c. fernando road and South
street.
streets.
Jerry Creeden. aged 49, No 279 South street.
James Hester. aged 35, No. SO Clay street.
! Lonard Dunlap colored. aged II. Union street.
Lizzie Saville, colored aged "a, No. 80 Echols
street.
Ada Boyd. colored. aged o. No. SO Echols street.
| Matt. Moore. colored, aged 24. No. 5 Humphreys
street.
THE DEATH 4a H...t
The death list for the past twentyfour hours. as
officially announced by the Board of Health is iol-
lows
SAMUEL A. HATCHER. aged 40. corner Main and
Adams streets. died last night.
MICHAEL ATHY. aged SO. engine house. Poplar
street. e"
BROOKS ARLSON. aged 81. No. 4S4 Main street.
WILLIAM E. FARLES. aged %, Walker avenue
HYPOLITE DUPRAT. aged 40. six miles out on
fernando road.
The colored people held q public meeting to-day
at noon in Cropan's Hall. There were about four
hundred persons present. The meeting pre-
sided over by John Wheatley and Y. N. Countee
acted as secretary. Edward Shaw. noted colored
politician. led of in speech in which he counseled
his listeners not to go into camp. but to remain in
the city. He pledged himself that they would not
Tha Dau To<< o1s
same strain and on his motion a committee was
appointed to draft resolutions expressing the SEN
timent of the meeting. ahS
RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
The resolutions reported and adopted are as
follows:-' H
Whereas VIC were informed in advance by the
President of the Taxing district. through the col
would be given to persons not going to the camps
established by him. and every effort would be made
to prevent the poor of Memphis from obtaining re-
lief from any other source therefore
Resolved, That az free men we boldly assert the
right to use every necessary and proper means to
determination to apply our united efforts to the
complishment of this object We solefnnly declare
property Of our refugee friends have done
heretofore and we call upon the merchants who are
absent from here to assist in remaining In the
CITY, OF US III the city have charge their
Resolved. That we immediately proceed to carry
out the object of the Keller Association.
JAMES LOTT. Chairman.
E. r. BELL. 5. M. HOLLAND.
II. FROMAN. Sr. A. w. BROWN.
l.. II. MORGAN, A. STEVENSON.
THE SITUATION.
There apprehensions OF trouble which are
likely to grow out of the position taken by the
negroes and that your readers may thoroughly
understand the position Of the authorities the fol.
lowing statement is undertaking under the advice
OF the National Board OF Health the city authorities
bending every energy to depopulae the city. To
this desired end camps have been erected be-
yond the city limits and at safe distance from
the ravages of tho pestilence. To these
camps the poor masses, colored woll
whites. have been invited to take refuge. Tho
authorities bind themselves to furnish them FREQ
transportation to the camp and free ratons to all
who 60. The Secretary of War upholds the position
of the National Board of Health and refuses
nish supplies to those who not sick with yellow
fever excepting they go into camp.
WHAT HEGRoEs WANT.
There is NO disposition the part of the authori-
ties to favor any class and yet the negroes refuse
point blank to accept the invitations extended them
to be removed from the city. They think that being
in the majority and refusing to leave the city, they
will force the authorities to open commissary depot
in Memphis. from which the thousands OF idlers and
vagabonds that swarm the streets will be supplied
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led by Ed. Shaw and Rev. James Lott. The former
recently expelled from the directory of the Can
field (coored orphan Asylum for certain irregulxri-
ties. The Rev. James Lott during the epidemic Of
last year made himself obnoxious by his pefsst-
efforts to flood the Comnissary Department with
orders for supplies to unworthy parties that Mr.. d.
L. Porter. who then chairman of the Relief Com
mittee. issued Instructions not to recognize his
! orders.
THE COMMITTEE SAFETY.
In organizing the Committee of Safety this year
twenty Ave of the very best of those citizens who
remained in Memphis were chosen guarantee to
the outside world that any funds the reiei
/ OF the afflicted would be iudiciously expended
i Captains Glass and Brown, of the colored com
panies were appointed on the committee q recog
milton Of their fidelity in the past. Shaw and
Lott felt sighted that they were not chosen al
the representative men of their race. and this
is the tue inwardncss Of tho whole opposition to
the camp project. The authorities are determined
in their proposition TO feed only those who go into
camp. In this they sustained by the National
Board of Health the Secretary OF War. the Governor
of the state every citizen Interested in the pros
perity and future welfare of the city. What will be
the next move Of the colored leaders Is not to b.
guessed at.
THE ATHY FAMILY.
Your correspondent 1T day Light this A. M. visited
Raleigh. Tenn. nine miles east Of Memphis, at which
town are located the family of Chief OF Police Athy
After the death OF his Hiram he sent his
wife. daughter and three to Raleigh
Last Monday afternoon his daughter was
stricken with the fever contracted previous to leav
ing Memphis. Last night she had copious dis
charges of black vomit. and ut was considered
dying. Mrs. Athy attacked with the fever ai
nine O'Clock this morning. and delirious at two
this r. M. at which hour . messenger came from
the Chief to have casket ready for his daughter al
her dissolution fast approaching HIS three
remaining sons are like lambs at the slaughter
They stand in hourly dread of being stricken. but
they like their father, display that silent heroism