The New York herald., 1879-08-02
STILL SPREADING.
Thirteen New Cases of Yellow
i.a Fever in Memphis.
DECLARATION OF THE BLACKS.
Counter Manifesto of the Com
mittee Of Safety.
THE WORK OF RELIEF.

THE WORK OF RELIEF.
Fever Sufferers in Lower New
York Bay.
[BY TELEGRAPH TO THE HERALD
MEMPHIS August l. 1879.
There were reported to the Board Of Health to-day
thirteen of yellow fever in the city and
they follows:--
James Collins. aged 81. No. 1913 Linden street.
Ed. Tobler. aged &c. City Hospital.
James Burns aged As. No. 142 Rocco alley.
Marshall Hoskins. tagged 20. No. 142 Rocco alley.
Tom Burns. aged 3. No. 142 Rocco alley.
Rev. Father Doyle aged 80. corner De Soto and
Linden streets.
William Hsmerlee, aged 80, No. 261 South street.
-- Chirrotte. aged 80, No. 22s Beal street.
Rev. Father Fshey. aged 80. corner Linden and De
Soto streets. @r
Elizabeth Fleitch. aged 4s. No. 2S4 South street.
William Morgan (colored), aged 9, No. 100 Court
street.
Willis Allen (colored) aged s5. No. Ct DE Soto
street.
Ann Murphy (colored). aged s5. No. 3os Vance
street.
Beyond the city limits there are the following VIC
tims:-
Mrs, M. Bennett. aged %. Greenwood Nursery.
Amy Payne (colored). aged A. College avenue.
Tom Payne (colored). aged IL. College avenue.
Lindsay Payne (colored). aged 6. College avenue.
THE DEATH LIST.
The following have died Of yellow fever since last
night
ANTONIO E. BATTEE aged 81, No. 205 Elliot
street.
JOHN HOLLY. aged H. No. So Ross avenue.
CHARLES F. BENNETT. Jr.. aged %, Poplar
street. near the Market House.
MITCHELL ESCOZO. aged forty, corner Sixth
street and Broadway.
The daughter Of Chief Of Police Athy remains in
critical condition. His wife progressing favorably
The two Catholic priests. Father Doyle and Father
Fahey. whose names appear in the list Of cases,
were in charge Of St. Patrcks Church. at the corner
Of Linden and De Soto streets. They are the two
first Of the ministry who have been stricken this
year.
There 45O people at Camp Marks and 500 at
Camp Father Mathew.
MEMORIAL OF THE COLORED PEOPLE.
The following is the memorial OF the colored peo.
pie. which was adopted at their meeting yesterday,
By the census of the city Of Memphis, Just COM
pleted. 1t appears that the takers found
manning in the city limits 16.110 inhabitants. Of
whom II. 1877 colored and 1888 white. 1t will
thus be that nearly of our
population are colored, according to this imperfect
that we stand three colored to '.y one aMs whits
out of thirtyfour deaths yellow fever thirty
one were white and only one coored, more
than ten Of the former to one of the latter.
These fgures show that while the death rate
among the whites for that period nearly eight
1000. 1t was among the colored people the same
period only one to 1000. about thrty-two whites
that have but little to fear from yellow fever as
compared with the whites. Hence there is neces-
sfty for our leaving the comforts and conveniences
OF our city homes. leaving our personal property
exposed to probable destruction, ana exposing our
selves to the certainty of contracting those diseases
which are so prevalent and fatal among the colored
people in this damp and changeable climate. Our
people. knowing these facts. firmly refuse 60 to
camps. feeling that they secure in the city
than they would be in camps anywhere in the Mis-
sissippi Valley. In this conclusion accord
with the whites who with few exceptons decline to
accept tho hospitalties Of camp life under sanitary
surveillance with its attendant horrors OF debauch
cry aud outrage as they prevailed last year in the
For this determination to remain at home we are
denied any assistance whatever from those who
have assumed the authority to receive and disburse
everything that may be contributed the relief of
the thousands thus rendered destitute and de-
pendent. Thrown thus upon our own resources we
are organizing our own mutual aid societies and
helping ono another to the extent OF very limited
means. From our unavoidable poverty we do
but little In this direction. We. therefore, appeal
generous public in the sections of our country
more favored than this valley OF death to lend Of
their more abundant means that we may ot perish
IRON starvation which Is now staring US in the face.
A COUNTER MANIFESTO.
Tho Committee Of Safety had full meeting this
afternoon and adopted the following public declsra-
Hon:-
Whereas the Committee of Safety and official rep.
OF the taxing district have been informed
T. Qf tha tioy of
Der OF citizens chiefly, II altogether the
race to reject our plan for the common welfare and
tho city and to the public large sustain them
in this course, therefore, be IL
Resolved. trst. That we fully concede these people
the inaliensbe right of thinking and of acting under
the laws Of the land. for their own good
Second-That at tho same timo this committee Is
constrained to testify that in our plans sin
cerely seeking the good of all our people, present
aud absent. colorcd aud white. = i
Tksyd-That In forming camps ve are acting under
tho advice and with the appreciation of the official
representatives OF Tcnnessee and OF tho United
6tstos and that we have the approval OF State and
national boards OF health In seeking to check the
progress of the fever by Withdrawing tho popula-
lStion from infected localities.
FosrUt-That only by means Of camps is 1t possi-
bio for us to guard against tho great evil of idle
people intruding on the city TO draw rations. Our
men are too fow to guard so wido that
covered by tho town, and when people thus come
into an infected locality they will carry seeds OF
disease with thon all over tho land.
FVA-Thst in forming. NJ In carrying into effect,
these plans. we mako no unjust discrimination
now put ON night duty one-third is coiored men.
All of the details made OF volunteer companies of the
daylight service are colored men. All the militia ns
yet placed by the Governor under command Of Col
onel Cameron are colored men. and the same sup
plies are dealt out by our Committee Charity to
the sick In colorod families in white families the
books OF our committee being evidence OF the fact
Two representative colored men, Captains Glass and
brown. have seats in this committee.
SiSth--In submitting such facts to the Judgment
OF absent property owners and to the general pub
lio for their guidance further testify that maxi
ing their choice between policy and that OF tho
mscontents they must assume grave responsible
tty in keeping human life exposed for long months
TO great peril they must count upon wasting great
proportion of their charity idlers who sneak into
town from adjacent points, and they must not be
surprised IL numbers OF those engaged in rc-
lisviig want and suffering shall In despair abandon
their ar.luous work and leave n misguided people to
their fate.
SecenM,-ln thus expressing our minds under q