The spirit of democracy. [volume] (Woodsfield, Ohio) 1844-1994, 1879-07-22
THE FEVER PANIC IN MEM
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How the People Abandoned Homes
and Helpless Ones at the
Bs First Alarm. HOT
Memphis Appeal. July 11h

NN"oANARNASS efFfG-sG IsgfFri
The result of the, autopsy on the body
Of Mulbrandou on Wednesday afternoon
spread like wild6re. At the hotels, which
are nightly throRged With business men,
the dread news was discussed in the
most excited manner, each one, borrow
ing from the other until reason and
common SENSE were lost in iaan almost
frenzy. Many, seized with panic at the
first announcement,e fed precipitately,
taking the first trains on the louisville
or Charleston railruads.---As late -as-5l2
o'clock al, night groups o., persons were
to be met with on the Streets vaihly en-
deavoring to discuss what admitted of
no discussion, some eager To. squeeze
from a simple fact a crumb of comfort,
most of them toi3nd TN it astrongerrea.
son for the flight they 9thoughti it inspirs
eds But putt as they would they could
only make antIofitia case!of yellow Ife-
yer declared 10 befsuch' By doctors who
haveithe public Confidence Some drew
uponstheir imagination for cases thaubad
no existence, and there1wefemotBanting ing
physicians iwho spitilessly swafred upon
the ipeHce and security OF wbichat sach
times staey yoshould'be amongIthe special
gaardisns,asOne ofthese Suddenly f0uid
himselfsins charge ofs6ye chses,,Fevery
one edf which, after careful examination
by DIR. Thorntop, The dleaith officer, were
pronounced not to,be yelloW feyer. q The
exaegera,iohsi ofmen whose title stamps
with lsathofity whatever they say touch.
ing disease, was eagerly caughtup; and
the panic gaihedaH assured strengthIand
engdfed tthej courage and discretipnCiof
almost q whole population. s1Sincel the
awful days of 1878 nothing like the ter
fors of w sdnssdag night greeted aonr
eyes until yesterday. Appeals we're in
vains Each man acted as il he thought
himself the Especial object ofithe yen-
geanee aof q fearful lemonster,lt eluds
with flight, instant and rapid, was the on.
" means. 1tTheslessons of1the pastwere
forgottenss The good name of the city
it's trade, its future, the fate, OF its poor
alb rthese were eisunk under the ione con-
siderati6n ufopersonals satetyo And ial
this excitement by (which asense 'ofIin.
secdtity. fori she future &aslrwell tas the
present has been ngendered, restsiupon
feurIcsses ofyellow feveEthree ofpwhich
were srepottedsaot the Board efaHealth
only after the autopsy whichVdecided,se
tireadfal,i go lawful fate for sMefnphis
againsssIA lip fhis' upondfoiri cases (which,
though sixs dKys. haverpassed sncetht
first awss taken; have not spreaf beyohd
the residences Eof the ,persens ,ani thongf
finding three victims in,one family has sc
far failed nof8 any effect amonEsthesnine
children of Mulbrauden. sNntoHe Of eli
the throng thar yestsniay snrgedlhpor
our thiehwaysl like an eager dvaves after.
ed soue ehwprdd for sthe poororaskedtc
counsel ofor dtheaeafety Of, propsrty,and
life.d They seemedtostake 1t for graEted
that thengreat world whoss'chafity Gamt
toaus insunsthted abahdauce Hast year
will this iyearnpourluponsvus sagain In
measure proportionedto TO oar fieeds.sB But
the greatsworldRis toe bpsy'With it's owl
concerns; topermit itselfato be annoyed
evefysyear by commilnitys thstfiIas pro
ven its capacity nfor oseliahelp in every
other respect-ala commuuitythathas fac
ed civil Q war and cheerfnlly surrendered
J its private' property TO secure d victory
While we are waiting for the feyertt
breed beyond the four cases or perish il
them We enggest that panic fgiveway9tt
reason, that. like sensible men we taxi
counsel as becomes sps and provide 70
the iptMeaaibaglla i9dsa adi % hsg1
.EFForg6a while the Republican lead
| ers boasted that they would carry Ohit
hv 2O,Q00 under the hammer of thl