The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1879-07-25
Objection Of the Colored People to
Leaving the City.
SERIOUS DIFFICULTY ANTICIPATED
Efficient Quarantine Maintained
by DR.. Vanderpoel.
NO FEVER ON THE MERIDA.


MEMPHIS, Tenn, July "a. 1879.
There were eighteen cases reported to the
Board of Health to-day follows:-
Henry Harrison. colored. No. 259 De Soto street.
Alexander Kepler, No. 234 South street.
John Kennaday and wife. colored. No. 327 Her
nando street.
William Turner, Union street.
Charles o. Stacey. corner of Madison ana Third
streets.
William Ward City Hospital.
Edward Kearney, No. Manassas street.
Fred Kesmodel No. 90 Clay street.
Margaret Ashbrook. No. 80 Bradford street.
John Smith. colored, Frazier street.
Henrietta and william Taylor. corner of South and
fernando streets
Constance Common, No. 1913 Beale street.
Mary Ann Peters, No. 264 South street.
Miss Bonnie E. Holander. No. 80 Hawley street.
Michael Athy No. Al Poplar street.
!. G. j. Wedrig. No SO Bradford street.
DEAD.
Five deaths from yellow fever have occurred since
last night, as follows:--
HENRIETTA TAYLOR, corner fernando and South
streets.
A. TAYLOR. corner fernando and South streets.
Mrs. b. f. MILLER. No. IL Exchange street.
JOHN LOCKARD, three miles out on the Raleigh
road.
Miss BONNIE ELOIsE HOLLANDER. No. 80
Hawley street.
A CRITICAL SITUATION.
The situation hourly becomes more critical,
obstacles have arisen which threaten to thwart the
scheme Of the city authorities to depopulate Mem
phis. The tents forwarded by the government have
arrived and site for the establishment of camp
been selected. The point chosen is seven miles due
north the Paducah Railroad. The at stake.
however the means of transportation. Super
int mt Mona raf If he ucabR Raj has
peremptorily refused to furnish The people
residing hear the site hostile to the movement
that very likely that the track will be up
to prevent the passage Of trains.
FEELING AMONG BLACKS.
Them again. the colored people not in favor of
the proposed camp scheme. They do not like the
idea of being removed from the city. fair SAM
pie of their feeling the following adopted at
meeting held last night
Whereas we the colored citizens of Memphis have
been grossly slandered and misrepresented by the
Memphis Public Ledger in an article in that sheet Of
already quit the cotton fields and are focking into
the city In the hope of getting free raons to this
give fiat contradiction. Now, for the facts as
they Those referred to the coored people
| living farms and are industriously engaged in
raising cotton, and the merchants have supplied
this class OF people in abundance with rations
their cotton which prospect for cotton is good.
Every one knows. from the history OF the epidemic
of 1873 that, notwithstanding the fever was scat
tered all through this portion OF the country, the
1olored people raised nm average crop and bro hit
it into the market. While the colored people that
remained III memphis we're ieit ny their employers
same people took care of the Abandoned property Of
the whites, nursed the sick. guarded the city and
camp 10 Williams. maintained order aud buried the
dead.
| THE FREE RATIoSs QUESTION.
The Public Ledger says that the Of free ratons
was productive OIL much evn. LEI . US see now Iar
| In the history of this country The sickness came
upon US before we were prepared for it.. The Citi-
zens nen1, ~, nu ~. se a sI ar
distributed the same to the people, We do not
think We deserve such criticism from the press of
,ui We 1niy are d m a was ; s,s1
sable service II the press is dissatisfied with the
way the Towards and Citizens Committee have con-
u n INC anu 10. ~ 10 rr ~ p0vpae
ingiy OF the colored pie who are not in any way
responsible for the management or the FUNDS.
M ,ias W. novo %oI hv h no -, sol
the city up to this time, and we advise and suggest
that they remain IN the CITY ana not DC transferred to
and scattsr a tbrnnob the country no was
done before We would discourage the idea of run
ming every time sickness appears Tor II Is the sense
| tho d,s.sse .nd edenora,i1n the ncor,e ~ " fA~N
i PRACTICAL SUGGESTIONS.
we further suggest that the people remain at their
disfr,cts' and with competent committeemen and
under well arranged system proceed to relieve the
necessities OF those who are in need OF assistance
and relief would be more ef,icent. ~ 'r-
THE sraSEns AND THEIR rNyLuEScr.
The reso,utions were published this morning in
| tho Apalaucle and were signed by r. r. Brown. Gan.
| tain of the Memphis Zouayes. one of the colored
| military comnanies. Edward shaw Alfred Freemap
! J. M Maddox. A. Bursall. g. ID. Williams. J. p. low.
~ n MORGAN. A. Stevenson and Raw r. N. Counta.
Jamas a was chairman and J. r. Watson secretarv
of the meeting. These colored men are of more O,
lesa influence. and their action makes the future
10000 people remaining in the city of Memphis over
twelve thousand are colored the outside world can
form faint dea OF the trying times IN store TOT The
whites who are remaining in the city.
| GRAVITY OF THE SITUATION.
| The gravity of the situation prompted DR.. d. T