The daily Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1878-1???, 1879-07-29

sible infection are stopped ana worrieu' AL
of this comment is caused by the passage OF
the City OF Helena at a. m. to-day with
number Of Memphians on board. Many of
these passengers were left in Memphis by
the Hard Cash, but were taken outside OF
the limits quarantincd against by St. Louis
on the Ouachita Belle, and then picked up
and carried onward by the steamer City OF
Helena.
Mr.. Parish, one of the clerks of the Hard
Cash, stands ready to make affidavit that
Mr.. Lawhorn, whom he recognized on the
City Of Helena as the went by, was in
Memphis when they passed. Among other
passengers on the Helena are the wives of
the captain and clerk of the Ouachita
Belle.
This is not the only boat which has cvad-
ed the quarantine; the John b. Maudc it
is said. has also broken the spirit while it
has obeycd the letter Of the law, and from
all sources, of the two thousand five hun
bred refugees IN the city not fifty per cent.
have been examined nor has their baggage
been fumigated. The officers Of the Hard
| Cash are not alone in their complaints, for
| the people on the Coahoma tell just the
same story The gentlemen in charge Of
Quarantine, with every inclination to do
their whole duty, are unable to 60 outside
of their Instructions, which are very ex-
| plicit in stating what boats arc to be stop
ped
The conversation between the officers on
the tug and the officers of the Helena while
at the landing here as related by Mr..
Pearce, Of the New Orleans Times, pas
senger on the Helena, and as published in
yourSunday morning paper, was also plain
ly and distinctly heard by some of our own
citizens who were standing on the bank Of
the river at the time, and it is correct in
every particular as published, and your
query Is Mr. Pearce a romanccr; falls to
the ground. There is no romance about
this. The romancer is failure, fraud, a
perfect farce, gigantic humbug, and we
the public know 1t and there is no use to
disguise the fact. Now Mr.. Editor the
reputation of our city is at stake. To-day,
Sunday 27th, the disease is to be declared
an epidemic in Memphis. One case of i'm
ported yellow fever brought or allowed to
come into our city, will set the ball in mo-
tion and in less than twenty-four hours five
thousand people would desert their homes
and flee from the pcstilencc. Now are We
going TO use our must strenuous effort TO
prevent the fever from coming into our city
or are we going to let few, run this bust
ness to suit themselves.
Itappears to me that the same parties
who for their own selfish interests,
manipulated quarantine affairs
last year have hold OF the
reins again this year. These same parties
who, when the fever was first announced
here last year, buli-dozed the public and
denied its existence to the very last, and
when they saw that the people couldn't be
| gulled any longer were among the first to
| flee from the city and then left the city to
! take care Of itself Do we want this thing
repeated over again this year, Are we go
ing to submit to this thing longer. Is this
quarantine to be continued in the interest
Of few to the detriment Of the city and
the masses Of thepeople? What benefit is it
to let these boats and cars from the south
with their people and infected baggage
| land here and transfer the same from here.
does the city gain anything by it or is it
merely in the interest of the packets and
railroad companicsi
think it is high time for the people to
arouse themselves and demand q
| better protection for themselves and
! their families than we have now. | would
suggest that a meeting Of the citizens be
called at an early day, that resolutions be
adopted expressing the sense Of the public,
and that committees be appointed to pre-
semitic same to our Board of Health, and
unless they forthwith carry out the wishes
Of the people, then the people to take the
matter in hand and enforce q shot gun
quarantine. This, in my opinion, will be
the only way that we can at all protect
ourselves from the cncroachments Of the
yellow fever. Let us hear the views of
more of our citizens upon this vital subject
Who will move first in the natter Let us
no longer put up with this farce, this hum.
bug, but insist upon
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