Year: 1873

The Official mOrtuaIy report luoliSh0u


in another column gives the total o


deaths yesterday at sixty-two, of which


Gfty-fve were from yellOw-fever and


seven from other causes. This is an in.


crease Of three deaths on the total ol


Thursday, and of seven over the


whole number of yellOw-fever cases


then reported. This is anything


bat encouraging; but If we are
guided by the hopeful views ex-
pressed 10y both the Ledger and
The AuaJaachc, copied by Us else


where, we may reasonably look
for a decrease in the future as the direct
result Of the two very severe frOsts OF
Tuesday and Wednesday nights. There


is much force in the remarks OF


our cotempOraries, but we prefer to
lean on the well directed efforts Ofskillful
doctors, faithful nurses, cleanliness and
disinfec!ants, and so work on patiently
until the frost comes so continuously as
to leave no doubt that it is here to
stay. The board Of health is ener-
getically at work and has already
done much toward disinfecting and
cleanliness in the infected district.
Outside of it they may not for
few days be able to do any
thing; it will therefore devolve upon the
citizens beyond the region where death
has so long held a dreadful carnival, to
disinfect their premises themselves.
II every one viii do this under
the intelligent direction of the
ward committees appointed by the
citizens executive committee, the
IGbors Of the board of health will be
very much lightened, and we may rea-
sonably hope for the beginning OF
the end of the pestilence. CarbOlic
acid can be had at any Of the drug-stOres,
and this, with copperas water, lime and
tar, should be freely used. We. must
not intermit a moment Of effort until
the fever is put under foot and literally
stamped out of existence. This has
been done, we are reliably informed, in
New Orleans and Mobile this year. II
is not too late yet to do much good here
if every man and woman, no matter
what their condition, will with proper
energy second the efforts of the board OF
health.


Another thing. During the preva-
lence of this terrible sscourge it is all
but impossible for business men
in all cases to meet their OBJ
legations. In view of this We urge
upon all a spirit of mutual fOrbearance,
especially upon landlords. We think
members Of this class should, where


they can, hold up little, renew the pa
per Of their tenants, and when possible
remit or rebate somewhat of the rent.
Our business men, boardiDghouse-keep-
ers, and renters generally, are too well
known to those they rent from to need
any special defense at our hands. AS a
rule they tote fair" At least, we
should judge so from the conspicuous
absence of suits between landlords and
tenants IN our courts. The present is
an unlocked fOr as it is a fearful emeT-
Eency, and it behOoves US TO stand, in
the words OF our Scottish friends,
shoulder to shoulder" as one man.
Any burden that can be lifted from the
of our people will be appreei-
ated as only less than a providence to
l,e remembered and treasured as a light
ming Of the load of ever-present sorrow
aud trouble, which every soul now with
in the limits of Memphis has to carry.
We must, as we said yesterday, bear
and forbear, and forgive our debtors as
we hope 10 be forgiven. On the other
hand we urge upon all who can pay
their debts, to do so with business-like
promptness, that money may be kept in
circulation, and those who are depend
ent upon their daily bread may have the
wherewithal to keep the wolf from the
door and continue to their families, in
such peace OF mind and content as even
the best paid, at such time, can muster,
the necessaries and even comforts of life.
The banks, we know, are doing all they
can to carry US through the terrible or
deal. It only remains for the landlords
TO deal leniently with the tenants and
business men with one another, and We
may tide over the period of sickness,
aided by the munifcent and continued
contributions OF our friends without any
thing like the widespread destitution
and even want that will otherwise en-
sue. Let the better side of our natures
manifest itself, and let US all do what
we can to Tighten the oppressive burden
that rests on every family in the city.