The Hickman courier. [volume] (Hickman, Ky.) 1859-current, 1879-07-25
THE FEVER.
It's Fangs Fastened on Memphis.
No Other Place Infected
Hickman Clean and Healthy

on poor, III Iateu, uulOrtuu@'N
phis. 1t seems impossible to conclude
anything else than that it originated
in that city.
The theories heretofore generally
accepted that yellow fever was not H.
diginous to this country, aud that 1t
must necessarily first be brought from
some foreign port to find Judgement
in this country, also, seems about ex'
ploded The hope on the first an
nouncement this season was that the
cases occurring there would prSR to
be sporadic cases, and that there 4nld
be no general spread or opidepz put
this hope is about gone.
So far the Memphis fever pot
spread into any adjoining 4
in fact, outside of MempH
not an authenticated case
ed States, except some few
tine at New York, P6iladS
St. Louis, and at these placed
prehension is felt of its spreadiY
Below we give the latest disaa pes,
and some general notes:
| The current of dispatches whicSSave
been received by the COURIER, daily,
the present week, show Enthusiastically
that the plague is rapidly spreading in
all parts of the city. The situation is
truly woeful, and great apprehensions
are felt that Memphis IS not only to be
ravaged by the fever, but that in her
present helpless and PROSTATE condi-
ton she will be preyed upon By thiev,
es, MODS, depredators and incendiaries
IF such should oe the case the results
will be fearful, for while the mob may
hold sway in the hour of misfortune,
the good people of the whole country
would unite in furnishing the evil doors
if they had to be hunted to the utter
most parts Of the earth.
The dispatches from Memphis to
the different papers have been 50 con-
fiieting that it impossible to arrive at
any correct knowledge Of the number
of eases now existing there, or the
humber Of deaths. Up to this date,
the number Of cases will number be-
tween 100 and 200, and the number
of deaths 20 to 40. The railroads.
steamboats,, and every possible convey
ance has been in requisitiou to bring
the population out, and we suppose
not less than $4,000 or 10000 have
escaped; but there are doubtless Is,
GOO or 10000 people still in the city,
and some Of them too poor and so sit
uated that they can not leave. The city
authorities are establishing camps out
side the city, aud will SO far as able
remove the population. The Seereta
ry of War has proffered the use of as
many tents as are desired or needed.
WILL IT SPREAD.
Memphis is doomed to another fatal
/ epidemic, aud there Is no hope that lis
ravages will be stayed before early win
ter. So far the dread disease has not
extended to any other point. The
rigid quarantine which the State of
Tennessee has established, aided by the
general sanitary work which nearly all
/ the towns and cities have been engaged
in, gives q reasonable hepe that the
fever may be confined to the city of
Memphis. The work of depopulating
Memphis, which is being conducted as
rapidly as possible, will tend of course
to lessen the magnitude of the cpl
demic. The government, State and
National, is seeing to it that none of
the cars or steamers which enter the
port of Memphis, are permitted to pass
certain limits, but passengers and bag
gage are transferred after being rigidly
inspected. All these precautions are
being enforced to prevent its spread.
NO HELP THIS YEAR.
The indications are, this year, that
the afflicted places cannot expect to
receive the generous and liberal help
which was poured in from all sections
last year. The intelligent sentiment
of sympathy now seems direEoA to
helping the people out of the edcted
city, rather than to caring for Ylsp in
side where death is apt to G. '.m.
The liberality of the coun "a it.
ter sustain and help ten a IN
outside the infected local % vac
sick one inside. Dis
ONE FEATURE We
Of the fever at Memphis, as nted
in the last dispatches, is thu 'he has
commenced upon the coIored 1Sople
this early, and of the more recetr cases
fully one half arc colored. The
ONLY HOPE
now is that the epidemic may be con-
fined TO poor, Inflated Memphis, and
that that city may be so thoroughly
depopuIated as to leave little or no
material there for it to prey upon.
MEMPHIS, Tenn, July y, 1879.
Nine new cases were reported to the
Board Of Health this morning. No deaths
has been reported since last evening.
The Howard Association Informed large
number of negroes that their services as
nurses would not be required, as they had
no idea of taking the field just now. To
date there has been 1O4 cases OF fever re-
ported, and % deaths.
MENPHIs, TENN, July %, 1879.
Thirteen new cases were reported to
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