Keowee courier. [volume] (Pickens Court House, S.C.) 1849-current, 1879-07-17

ble.pnd resolutions wore EdOptcd setting forth
that New Orleaus Was noYsr healthier, being
entirely free from yellow fever and rsmarka-
bly, free from oil kinds Of disease ThoSport
to the sanitary condition Of the city. t
Resolved, That in order 10 continue this
healthy condition 1t is tho duty OF tho Board
to enforce against Memphis tho rules and
regulations suggested by the National Board
Of Health.
The President Of tho Board was further
ogains. Momphis, bStf BY rail and river. and
to place inspectors oil ali trains entering tho
State. Dr.. S. NJ. Berniss, of th0 National
Board OF Health, is cooperating With thS.
State Board.
THE EPIDEMIC LAST YEAR AND ITS CAUSES.
Yellow fever mas visited Memphis several
times. In 1866 there was some eporadid
cases. Tho noxt year there were 23l deaths
by fevor. In 1873 tho fevcr broke out on
September II, and ended on November. o.
Thoro we're 1900 deaths. Last year tho NOR.
tality was appalling. There were II. .eal .eoa
city being ,redujea, by fright and disease, to
about 10 500.
There is no question that tho rapid epread
OF the fever in 1878 was due to tho foul con-.
dition of tho city. II is admitted. Ito have
been 'disgracefal in the extreme" There
was no organized scaScngcr system, no iseana.
by which tho ashes and garbage could bsr
daily carted away. Tho accumulations Of
forty years were deoayipg upon tho surface;.
baydb dividing tho city, and which was thS
maih draih. *as sluggish and without current.
owing to the want Of @atet and the fact thaeii
there had been scarely any rain for several
weeks. Tho pools which had formed at the
abGtments of the several bridges was covered
with a schth of putridity. emitting deadly
eiiuvia. Tho streets wero filthy, and every
otiiiction that could aggravate q disease So
cruel seemed to have been purposely prcpared
for 1t by the criminal neglect Of the city gov
ernment, who turned deaf eur to tho por-
sistent appeals to the Press. Every
INTEREST was carefully guarded and provided
for cave that Of tho health and lives of tho
people" Tho first death by fever occurred
i'd tho end Of July. On August ii dcatl,
by fever, wns Announced. There wcre 33
new cases ot tho 10th, and the flight of tho
citizens began. IN less than ten days. by
August "a, $4,000 persons had left tho city,
and in two &beka after 5000 others were in
cahsp. leaving less than 10000 to face the
consequences they could not escape. The
horror and suffering the brightness and
darkness, of the months that followed will
never be half told. There wero heroes and
heroines, and q glorious army of martyrs.
Tho last recorded death by foyer in the city
Disngrccing upon ncarly every other point
the doctors arc almost unit as to the hcc6s.
sity tor thorough sanitation in order to ward
OF or mitigate tho attacks of yellow fevor'
They all declare Tint filth, especially decays
ing animal matter and excrement is u prime
if not tho potent cause of tho severity Of the
attacks Of this curse in the Mississippi Valley.
Tho specific poison may be in tho air, but It's:
propagation depends upon conditions the de-
nf - p;t tho
classes in tho South. Memphis was dirty
and foul beyond measure in 1878, the seeds Of
the disease have never been eradicatcd,, nor
was the city abs th' ih!rltG ftadY nbr d hc1T'
attack this year. Will Charleston be warned
in time?
MEMPHIS. July H. There have been no
new cases of fever to-day. and tho panic Of
Yesterday has greatly sHbsidcl. Evorything
this morning is quiet. Tho sick members OF
Judge Rays family are progressing fayorgbfx.,
No sprond of the disease is anticipated. L.
is said TINT fully 5000 people left tho oity
Yesterday. Tho midnight trims of the Lou
isville and Memphis aud Charleston Rails
roads last night were crowded to suffucation.
Both rcuds sent out duublo trains. and YET
werc unable to accommodate all who wished
to leave, many being compelled to- remain
over until to-day. Thc Little Rock Railroad
sends out its last train about noon. the author.
h'CS Va luut Guy nHFluS HOllueu tDc Tullr00U
oGiculs that quarantine would be established
on all .rains leaving Memphis after that hour.
LIT1LE Rack, ARN, July 1.-THE yellow
fever news from Memphis creates Profound
excitement. Little Rock is in excellent san-
tary condition. nevertheless tho Board Of
Health met and resolved that no train on tho
Memphis and Little Rock Railroad shall be,
permitted to enter within quarantine limits,
five miles East Of the city, after l2 o'clock
to-day. Health officers were ordered to be-
placed on tho Iron Mountain Road. Dr.:
Cnllum was appointed to meet the incoming.
Memphis train. Mayor Fletcher was notified
policeman to to placed under tho control Of
the sanitary officer, Pat Morrison. Numcr~
Gus and anxious inquiries by telegraph from
ncighboring citios Of tho State arc made to
the board of health looking to full co.operar
ticn with tho Little Rock officers.
New ORLEANS. July ll.--In tho Conyenr
tion to-day MIR. Vance offered resolution to-
appoint committee to ascertain if there ia
any yellow fever in tho city. Laughter
Mr.. Vance said no was informed there we're
two casos at the Charity Hospital, and if this
woro true he wanted to know it and "git."
Afterwards letter was received from Drs.
Pratt and hilos Of the Charity Hospital
stating TINT there had been no casc of yellow
fever or suspicious case received. They con-
slider the city remarkably healthy. a roso-
luton was offered, which lies oyor under tho
rules, to celebrate tho completion of tho let.
ties by holiday, and requiring tho govern.
ment to hayo n salute Of one hundred guns,
fired.
GALVESTON, July 1.-the Board of Health
last evening declared quarantine against
Mcmphis, and freight from that roint will
not be allowed to cntor the city. Passengers.
will bo admitted ONLY nC,cr the TX niration IF
twenty days from thoir departure. Tho board