New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1879-08-11

not sit down and weep like Alexander there
are whole worlds before him yet. corre-
snondent indicates one of them In letter
printed on another page, and shows vast
field for American enterprise, which Is, as A,ef,
almost untouched. This is the wide Valley of
the Amazon, where an almost infinite variety
of rewards await capital and hard work
There are enormous profits to be made, III
the opinion OF this correspondent, from the
fisheries of the great river. from utilizing lts
wonderful variety of woods, and from the rub
Der industry but even these are declared to be
insignificant as compared with the returns that
can b. derived from agriculture. caution
is added that the failure of former ventures
of the kind in the Amazon Valley cannot be
fairly construed to demonstrate the imprac-
ticabiity of these suggestions.
Postmaster-Genera Keys expression of
views upon the result of the Tennessee
election confirms the worst fears that have
been entertained. He seems TO have no doubt
that the significance Of the majority against
the readiustment scheme is that the people
of the State are unwilling TO pay even han
of their debt. The verdict is, then, for
absolute reputation. Whether anything can
vet be done to ward off this dis grace which the
whole American people will be forced to share
in some measure, with the State of Tennessee,
remains to be seen. There is little probable
ity that anything can be accomplished in this
direction. The people of that State have
travelled so far on the downhill road to ras-
cality that il is too late, in all probability, to
call a halt. But meanwhile Judge Key allows
us at least the satisfaction of knowing where
to put the responsibility for the first impulse
the public sentiment OF the State received IN
this direction.
AT the same time that the reports from
Memphis show that the yellow fever, in spite
of all hopes to the contrary, has come TO stay
we receive most instructive warning in this
city of the difficulties surrounding attempts TO
shut out the disease. The boy who has just
died in Brooklyn of the fever contracted 1t
! by working on board of vessel which had
| been detained fifteen days at Quarantine
| fumigated thoroughly twice and scrubbed, the
| ballast renewed and the bottom timbers
sCraped. In spite of these precautions there
! still remained somewhere some germs OF the
disease, and the boys visits to the vessel cost
! him bis life. These facts are worthy OF men
ton, not because any duty seems to have been
neglected by the health authorities, but sim
/ ply 10 show how necessary it is to be over
| vigilant if life is TO be thoroughly protected.
- In Memphis the situation grows graver.
/ The Board of Health has formally declared
an epidemic, and it is announced that there is
/ no hope for a cessation until frost. The state
ment made of the total number of cases thus
/ far is not an alarming showing in itself. when
! it is considered how long the disease has been
presents but the daily rate of new eases is
increasing, and the unwillingness of the negroes
to leave the city so long as they have a pros
pect Of free ratiOns, creates serious danger.
/ The health authorities are in hopes, however,
that fear may come in to break up this dis
/ graceful slOth.