The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, July 25, 1879, Image 2
The Drought and Crops iu the State
Daii^inuton.?The rains liave been very jjur5i.il
in (liia county, consequently in those auctions
where the drought lias prevailed the early
corn 13 ruined and even cotton bus suffered severely,
while the guldens are parched up. On
Sunday evening the county gcuerally was visited
by heavy ruins, and in spuic places the rain
was proceeded by a violent storm of wind.?
Some localities havo not suffered a day for want
of rain < even a few iniles below here. Early
corn looks grcsu to the ground, while the cotton
is growing rapidly, und neither show any sign
of the intense heat of last week,?<?out/icriier.
FAiitriKLM.?The Cedar Creek section was visited
with a terrilic thuudcr-stor.ii on the 1 Jith,
but not much damage done. This was the first
rain for about eight weeks. Upland corn, iu
mil of (tin ilroiiL/lit. in a coinnlclc fail
lire. Cut ton generally id good, only small for
I lie time of year.?AVim and Herald.
IIouhy.?Since tlio hot weather last week
* rniu has fallen in several localities. Others yet
suffer from drought, and crops in Horry arc now
parching and drying for want of rain.
Ahuut eight o'clock Thursday evening last a
storm of electricity, wind, rain and small hail
burst in terrific fury upon Con wayboro' mid vicinity,
up-rooting and rending shade trees,
breaking down corn and demolishing fences for
ten or fifteen minutes at a frightful rate. Corn
crops were considerably damaged by tho wind.
The rainfall continue*!, for perhaps an hour, i>ut
the otfoct upon growing vegetation is very slight.
? Telephone.
Laukkxs.?There has been rain throughout
the county, which will <io much good, although
it was insullicicnt lor the needs of the crops.?
Upland corn is almost destroyed?in some sections
completely so. Cotton has been injured,
but a fair crop will be made with favorable
w cat her hereafter.?Herald.
Xkwiji:i:ijy.?ll is reported that upland corn
is irreparably injured by the drought. Cotton
an*1 bottom corn will be rejuvenated by the
rains, and w ill yet make crops.?A u-herry Setes.
On \N'crniT.c:.?At Knott's Mill there was an
excellent rain Sunday evening, also a pretty
heavy hail, which beat the corn up badly, but
did not injure tbc cotton. Corn cut short up
here fully otic-fourth by the drought.?JJeniucrat.
(Vonkk.?Oconee has had local rains, amounting
in sonic sections to a "season." ? Courier.
1. vncwstiu:.?The bud-worms have greatly in
hired tlio corn crop, ritey seem to no worse on
corn that was planted on stubble Intnl.
Fanners front several sections of the county
report thai they have not had water to run in
the furrows in their fields since the hist of April.
They also say that ohl corn is now beyond recovery,
even should they receive seasonable
rains from this to harvesting time. Cotton is
not yet hopelessly injured, but they do not calculate
upon more lhau half a crop.
excellent rains full in somo sections of the
county on J>uuday evening hist. This immediate
locality received a very refreshing season,?
Lnlyr.
YoliK.?A good rain fell on Sunday afternoon,
and a tine shower Monday morning, reviving
the growing crops, which were beginning to
sutler from drought. The rain also brought the
mercury down several degrees.
North Carolina.
The w heat crop in Chatham is small and turning
out badly, some farmers scarcely making
mure than seed.
The rain Sunday night did not extend farther
north than Fraiikliutoii. The crops along the
lino of the I!, and (?. I!. It. arc thirsting for
rain, but so far no serious damage has been done.
Cotton is looking well in Itobesuu County.?
The sweet potato crop promises to be cut short.
ti t.OROIA.
Oglethorpe County has suffered much from
the drought. Hood rains now would only save
low ground corn and make a small cotton crop.
The crop prospects in Cobb and Milton counties
are tine, abundant rains having fallen.
Hood rains have fallen in the last few days,
all along the line of railway from Nashville,
Tenn , down to I alien, but they were too late to
save the corn, although a fair cotton crop is
promised.
The Melhtffie tfuuHiil, says that in many
place* tne corn is trrcirievaniy ruinc'i nun tne [
cotton materially damaged, while j?:ir?loi?s are
/tow in ii hopeles:! e< million. Kvcu the forest
trees arc dying l?y hutnlreils. Curing the week
gnod rains have fallen in ilill'erent neighborhood,
but they have generally covered a small
area.
TluJutas County people are in a more cheerful
humor in consequence of fine showers ami
heavy rains which fell in several purtions of the
county oi. Sunday and Monday.
The crop of corn will be short near Sandersville?in
some places not more than half the
usual yield. Cotton so far has not been seriously
alfeetcd by the drought. The rains that have
fallen lbr the past several weeks have heeu only i
partial.
The Koine < states that there was a !
change in the weather on Sunday, "with partial [
showers all over the county, and a severe storm
and hard rain in the lower end of the county.?
The long continued heat and drought have seriously
titled ed the corn crop, and with good sea
sons from this time on that crop will be short :
while without rain a good deal of it will he tilmost
a failure. The cotton crop as yet has not
been very greatly damaged, and with a f.ivura- ;
blc season the yield will be good."
IT.oittti.v.
The I allatia?-cc / say that the crops I
ilit'oiighoiil tlt:it section arc Mill'eiing IV>! want
of rain, as they arc, in Carl, throughout a groat
or portion of I lie Stale. The corn crop. cariiru'nrly,
is greatly in need of rain, ami many plan11-is
in that section, who for years have grown
Midic'icnt corn for their own use, will thi- year
he compelled to purchase c >rnin consequence of
the continued drought.
The crops in Madison County are hadly in;,ured
for the want of rain, none having fallen
in three weeks, and die farmers estimate that
thccrop in that section is cut short fully two*hmls.
The cotton is shedding its fruit and
looking very sickly.
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Storm in Massachusetts.? P.oston, .1 uly hi.
?Soon after 4 o'clock this afternoon a storm of
terrific violence hurst over this city, doing gre it ,
damage to life and property. The schooner
Myrtle, of Charleston, having on hoard six persons,
four women and a man and boy, was capsized
oil llird Island, an I all excepting I lie man
were drowned. A hoy was also drowned by the
Oapsizing of a boat olV Hull, and a man was buried
in the ruins of a building struck by lightning.
The damage throughout the city can
hardly be ascertained at present, l> it it will
(iinount to many thourauds of dollars.
'J'he same storm did great damage to proper- j
ty in other parts of the State and many lives '
were lest.
. Tin:
Cu \mriun Oat Kaisi.u.?Captain T. IV. !
Tilcase, ot Itig Creek, is the champion oat raiser, '
having cut and gathered '<ki do/en bumlh
Seventeen hnml/cd dozen bundles tin he 1 an 1
cleaned l.oOO bushels. At thi- i hi- , t .,
would yield about :5,:'.<>( bn hel . wh h, ai b?
cents per bushel, would be equal to.:; bah- "|
cotton weighing fidt) pounds, ai * cents per
pound. And the cost of pro luring the oats nn 1
getting them ready for market was not hall ihc
cn?t of raising and pveparin-' for nvirki i b '<
Of cotton. We have said it before, hut we -ay
it agttin /''/</ A'lr-r..
(The (Wlccliln alnioit Saints.
H. M. STORKS, Ktlitor. J
UNION, Pltiuirf, JULY 18. 187'J. ,
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nrTTV- fh?v nllo l|n.^|nn II. i. il.M.lM.,1.
"'v " in., "o iuivi??uv?
with u wntor panic. Some manufactories have
already been compelled to stop work for want
of water, ami the Heading Railroad is bringing
water in tank cars from the Schuylkill ltivcr
for its own use.
The drought is every where?North and South
in this country, and in tunny parts of la.rope.
Killed by Lightniug.
We are informed that during the storm last
Thursday a colored man ami a mule was instantly
killed by lighting while plowing on Mr. 1).
U. (list's plantation.
Not a Buslicl to the Acre.
A gentleman who has lately traveled through
a large portion of this County assures us that lie
saw hundreds ol' acres of land planted in corn
which will not yield a bushel to the acre.
To tl o Township Assessors.
We ate requested l>v the Auditor, Col. J. L.
Young, to notify the thirty Assessors for this
county to uicet him at his ofliec 011 Salcsday in
August, at 11 o'clock, A. M. The punctual attendance
of each one is very essential.
Tho Doolittlo Delegation.
On our fourth page will be found the first part
most laughable account of the election and
conduct of a delegation of women to a Woman's
Right Convention. It will run through four
nuuihcrs and if read carefully will cause tuany
a laugh.
Grocnvillo Milita'y Institute.
We have received a handsomely printed official
Register of Cant, .loliil 15. Patrick's Mill
? p " I - ? - ? - --? I
tary Institute, located at the city it' Greenville.
From the Register we tind the Institute is in .a i
llourisliing condition, and f'roui our personal
knowledge of Captain Patrick we arc confident
the institution is eminently worthy abundant
patronage.
Ice Cream and Music.
The Ladies of the Methodist church will have
delightful lee Cream at the Female Academy
Grove this evening at G o'clock, aul the young
men of the Union Silver Cornet Hand have kindly
volunteered to enliven the occasion by treating
the ciii/.eiis to some of their delightful music.
It will be a most refreshing retreat at the
close of these sweltering days, and all should
take occasion to enjoy it.
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Mrs. Grant has Removed
Into her new, tasty and convenient ."Store, immediately
next to her old one, and she looks as j
smiling and happy in her new quarters as if
she had just received uu order fiotn every Lady
in the County for a new Huimet. Her establishment
now looks neat enough for ft large city
concern. The Ladies should call on her and
See how finely she is fixed up. She is so
elated that she proposes to sell her Spring and
Summer Hats at cost until after next inont i.
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The County Fair Association.
Wo sincerely hope there will he a full altcinlattcc
<?1' those interested in our County Agricultural
S icicty, at the meeting to he held to-morrow.
While the counties around us arc making
every etl'ort to organize .Societies like ours it will
not do for the Fanners of Union County to lose
their good name for thrift and enterprise hy allowing
their Associati tit to ting for the want of
interest in its annual Fair. The meeting to- I
morrow will he very intcre-ting and profitable j
to all a ho attend, atrl n ute > 1: >t:t<I he ah.-ent \\ ho 1
can j os.-ihly he there. Other (.'utilities are boas- j
ting that they will excel Union at their next
Fair, r-hall they take the '-ribbons'* from its? i
That is for the Farmers of Union to decide.
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An Exciting Ilumor.
Our Community was somewhat excited last 1
Saturday by the telegraphic announcement in i
the daily papers and a letter from the 1'rcstdont '
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, to Mr. II. :
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J. Tit uupsou of tiii-' town, that Mr. James V. '
Xcthers, a native of this place and lately clerk i
at the Union Hotel, had committed suicide by ;
placing his head upon the Railroad trick in
front of .a passing train, near Atlanl t, on Fri- j
d:fv. We are happy to state that later news informs
us that it was not Mr. Net Iters who com- 1
mine I the rash act, but a Mr. Max Franklin,of
Atlanta.
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A Revolting Outrago.
It falls to our. lot this week to rcctrd one of ,
the most diabolical outrages that was ever per- j
pctratod in this country. Tlic circumstanecs i
arc these :
Mr. A. I!. Humphries and liis wife, living I
four mile-! from town, near Sardis Churcli, <>n j
Wednesday evening left their infant daughter, \
age ! alioul 'J years an I d months, in tlie care of
u negro boy, named Kd. Holmes, aged about IC
years, while tliey went to churcli. On their return
the mother discovere<l that the child was
very bloody an 1 her screams brought neighbors
to the house. I>r. ltcaty was immediately sent
for, and upon examination discovered that the
little creature had been outraged in a most hor- |
riblc manner. As the parents went into the ,
hou-c the negro boy pa i them, going out, ami i
ami at la-t report was at large; but we think ho j
cannot long escape the vigilant search of the
excite 1 cili/ens who are after him. It i-< sup- !
jn.se I t be impossible for the child to live. 'The
ini| !< reiiial ?>.' this most rev dting outrage \
maki s the I lood cur lie in our veins.
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In i lt Ainvnwr Me learn that the deer in
the lower end of the county, oil the south side
of tint river, destroying the glowing < ;i<>n ;
they nri' nuti-erons ami Imhl that thev ( tine
into tin- f olds nml lay acres wa?!e in a ?ingle ,
n'flit V/?( / // ? j
Ifcfreabing Rain*?Storms.
J On Thursday evening and Friday lust tlic
/people of this vicinity rejoiced in the belief that
every portion of tho County \vi\f receiving a
generous /all of rain and the long drought had
Icudcd clou<]^ prescuU'fl one unbroken
Kdurk mass ns far as the eyo could roach, tlic
\rniu fell gently in throe showers for about two
fyuirs each and the atmosphere became delightfully
cool and damp. The prospect was certainly
cheering ; but, as before during the Spring
and this far in the Summer, our hopes were
short lived. After giving only enough rain to
moisten the soil nbout two inches the clouds began
to separate and move rapidly all around us.
Vivid flashes nf 1 itshtnin>r mid low thunder were
scon and heard in every uircction nearly nil
day Friday, the clouds still tantalizing us by
threatening rain. ?incc then no rain has fallen
hero, and the crops around us arc now suffering
almost as much as before.
In sonie sections, wearo informed, they were
visited on Thursday with a most destructive
storm of wind, hail audtaiu, doing much damage
to the crops. At Horry Alverson's farm, in
the neighborhood of Padgett's Creek church, it
wa^trry-Tdostmctive, cutting the corn fodder
into riblToils, Wowing It down badly und completely
stripping the cotton stalks of their
leaves, squares and blooms. Large oak trees
were stripped of branches of all sizes and
the fields at some distance strewn with
them. llarns and stables were blown down and
houses ttnroofcd. Two-thirds of a log cabin was
blown off and a ucgro woman, in hod with a
child a few davsold cxnosed to the terrible storm.
We also leajrii that a similar storm, though not so
destructive, visited the neighborhood of Duck
l'ond church on the same afternoon.
In soire parts of the County 110 rain has fa'leu,
to dj nny good, for three months.
Will tot some one in every township at least,
give us a true condition of the crops in their
respectiv e townships or neighborhoods ? It will
be interesting information from and to each
part of the County.
For the Times.
Fatal Accident at Goudeysvillo.
Jri.v -J-', 187b.
FuiExnSroKKs :?This community was thrown
into intense excitement yeslerdayfrom the killing
Mr. John J. Wood, an upright, peaceable and
worthy man, living on Mr. J. i. Moorehcad s
plantation. A party of five were in the woods
squirrel hunting and had treed a squirrel. A
colored man in the party, named Willis Wise,
told the others to be quiet, as lie saw the squirrel.
He raised his gun to fire, when the squirrel
ran down the tree, Willis lowering his gun
as he ran, then fired. Mr. Wood was on tho
opposite side of the tree and tho whole load
from the gun struck him behind the left car and
lodged over the right eye, mangling the whole
head frightfully. 11 o lived about two hours.
Trial Justice .T. M. Orccr empaneled a jury
and held an inquest over the body. The verdict
of the jury was iu accordance with the
facts above stated, tliut lie came to his death, by
mischance Of accident, from a gun shot wound
in the linuds of V, iiiis Wise.
^ '.'.us was admitted to bail in the sum of $500
to appear at tho next October term of Court.
Mr. Wood leaves a devoted wife and 1 little
children besides many relatives to mourn bis
loss.
M iv C 1 I.a I., It.a l.A.l,.?l.....t- a? ..-Ma... a 1...a
band and to the fatherless little ones a father,
and may this sail dispensation of His providence
enforce upon us all the solemn injunction :
"Prepare to meet thy (Jod, for in such an hour
as ye think not" the Son of Man Cometh."
We are still very dry in this neighborhood,
and crops tire suffering terribly.
, TWO IN ON IN
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i'or Hi : Times.
Mtt. Kiuron:?I rea l Mr. Iiogau's account of
his crop on a two-horse farm with a great deal
of interest and I am satisfied what he knows
about farming is very diUcrcnt from Horace
(ircoly's "what I know about farming" talks.
Ihit 1 was surprised that Mr. llogan didn't put
down tiic cost of his fertilizers. lie could hardly
make such a crop without the use of fertilizers.
if !? made his own fertilizers I presume
they were charged up with thciahor. It would
have been more satisfactory if he had stated the
number of acres allotted to cacli crop. Voting
farmers arc always at a loss about how "to pitch
a cr p ' an 1 manage it in such a way as never
to lie pushed to the wail. I heard Mr. Ilogan
once say that the great secret of managing a crop
was to work it fast and get it olf your hands as
muck -is possible. There was sound common
sense? push your stalk to a healthy maturity
J*11 I tlicn k-t nature work out the problem. I>r.
Fowler's oat crop was a rcniarkahlo one. It is
a little singular how so many persons lost their
oal crop, or almost made failures this year by
freezing out, while others made such magnificent
crops. It is very important to cipher out this
problem. The out crop is destined to revolutionize
our firming if we can make it reliable.
The character of soils, time of sowing, depth of
sowing, kin I of plow used, all should he looked
into. There is no reason why one man should
make a maximum crop while his nearest neighbor
makes a minimum one.
FA KM Kit.
For lie: Timos.
A Falso ReportMr.
i'.Dimi:1 am informed that it is currently
reported throughout ihc t'ounty that I
ant not acting as Trial Justice. Mow and where
this report originate I, or for what cave, I am at
nloss to kuoiv, hut I pronounce it false. My
office is still open fir the transaction of any
/""IMVJIHill liy I I 11 -ll-l.- Ill.l ? |'.II MM" Mi; llllllll.-,
mill when I conclu'li! imi to act as a Trial Justice
I will notify the pcojilc of (lint fact through the
columns of the Times.
S. S STOKKS, Trial Justice.
t'it> 11!n i. I'linM l'iii:-n:i!. Chester County
was lilc-M"l with !? plentiful supply of rain on
Sat.trJay ait'l Stiii'lay. t Ik* I Jilt ami I -ItIt instant.
The crop pro- peel is very favorable. Cotton
is remarkably fine ami Nourishing. ntul corn will
tie a goo.| average. I'he /,' / rt'i eon-hlec the
out lock cheering.
l'or Uic Times.
lhat Great Big Crop.
Mb. Editor :?Though not in (lie habit of
writing for the papers and perhaps a trifle rusty
on grammar; yet the report of that big crop by
(j. It. Ilogan lias tempted us to lay aside the
plow for a short tiiuo "to take our j>eu in hand
to write you few lines, tolet you know," cfc. ffU?
During the last twenty years wonders hare
succeeded each other so rapidly that the-writer
of this humble Communication is not surprised
at anything that Jiappcns, while he instinctively
believes everything he hears, without any regnrd
to reason or evidence. Nevertheless, this crop
ping of Brother llogan must be a somewhat
wonderful ntl'air. Not that it is suspected for a
moment that there is anything untrue in liis
statement; for, if I nin rightly informed, he belongs
to otic of the purest and must high-toned
churches in tho country ; hence, I take it for
granted that he is a christian gentleman of the
first water. Furthermore, it is currently reported
that Brother llogan is none of your narrow
souled, hide-bound, elosc-fistcd skinllints, such
as Lorenzo Dow described, who would chase a
tuusquito through a five mile swamp for his suet,
and whose souls are so small that when they die
Sntan will have to take a pair of large magnifyglasses
and poke a long while among the rub
i.mi. ..? i.<-....i ti..> ..i.i......i.
uioa vji iniiiiaiiiij iv uiiu uiuiu. uui, iiuuuu^ii
Brother Hogan is such au excellent man and superior
farmer, there are a good many persons
in the country whose minds tire so narrow that
they cannot take in an idea that is more thau
half an inch in diameter. Hence, when a big
idea comes along, like Brother Megan's, such
people will cavil at it, merely because they are
unable to lake it in. The writer of this, however,
is happy to know that he is not one of this
class, but by severe distension of his believing
faculty, lie is able to believe anything.howevcr absurd
to ordinary minds. Nevertheless, it seems,
even to the writer, that llogan'sreport is some
what indefinite and inaccurate. For instance,
a "two-horse farm" is rather an indefinite expression,
when a "one-horse farm" ranges all
tlie way from fifteen acres up to we don't know
how much. Furthermore, in passing through
that portion of country some time ago, we got
the impression that the land about Brother HoI'UtlH
W:iS 11:i111 r:il 1 v nn.ir with n ivliiliuli nino.
clay like subsoil. If our impression is correct,
Bro. Hogau did not ilo that big cropping, we
think, without a very considerable outlay tor fertilizers,
no matter whether home-made or commercial.
1 ?ut he docs not say a word about that.
Furthermore, it is thought that he rales his cot
ton seed and corn too high j cotton seed having
been selling at ten cents per bushel and corn for
from 70 to 00 cts., cash.
Now, Brother llogan, do take pity on your
less favored, toiling, unsuccessful brethren ol
the plow, and tell us a few tilings definitely
about this big two-horse crop.
First?Ilow many acres did yon have in corn,
how many in cotton, how many in wheat and
bow many in oats ?
Second?What Ui.id of land was it?
Third ? I'id you use manure, and if so, what
kind, how much, and at what cost in the aggro
gate.
Fourth?I'M two animals alone do till tin:
plowing for the crop which you report ;
Fifth.? Mow many day hands did you work?
Sixth.?Were your hands white or colored, 01
both? If both, how many of each?
Seventh.?Who were your hands, particularly
the two tegular hands? Such hands ought U
be known ,for they will be in demand when
known. The success of any farm depends very
much on the hands.
Also tell us how you raise corn, cotton, wheal
an I oats.
A Ft n >It, UNSLCCKSSFl'b FARM F.I!.
1*. S. In contrast with lfrothcr Ilogan's pros
perity allow us to relate an incident. Thcothei
day going down to town, six or seven milesabovt
I'iiion, we overtook a lad, who claimed to he
scvetite?n years old, going to town a foot?tbir
teen miles he said ? with two dozen and a lull
eggs to get tobacco with. Just think of 0111
man clearing $1,019 on a two horse farm croj
an 1 of another walking thirteen miles and
back to get twenty-five cents worth of tobacco.
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l'or the Times.
The Farmor's Outlook for 1879.
The Agricultural condition of the Country i:
certainly not a very Mattering one at this time
A cold backward Spring, followed by a lotii
I rough t at I lie most critical season , gives a'poo
promise of a fair return toi'labm and cxpcndittii c
.'from Orangeburg to Seneca City tliere has bcei
no general rain for eight we els. The corn, save 01
moist lowland where it bo* beon well cultivated
is lost. It can never make half a crop. A goo<
leal of young corn has been planted and if i
should be seasonable in the future it may niak
something. The cotton is very small?sinallei
than 1 icmcuitcr ever to have seen it at this tine
of year?very few hlooms, and those on the toj
too often. It is clean ?liftsbeen well cultivated ?
and as there is no crop whose future can he les
easily predicted than cofflhi, there is 110 lelliii;
what a revolu(i)>n may take place in the plan
with good seasons and a late fall. The when
crop has been generally better than for many
years, ami the oat crop, where net frozen out,
very good. I saw tin sorghum planted ? no liar
ley lots, millet or clover patches, by the ivtiysiib
?nil the choice spots devoted to cotton. *1 win
told that more commercial fertilizers hnd bcei
used than in any year previous; hut the grass
seemed to have been more benefited than the
I cotton. "Well, what will yon do about it?" ?
Sow red oils iu your voitou when you lay ii by,
and in your corn, ton ; sow rye and barley foi
pastures, save all the bay you can and don'l
j waste your wheat straw or* anything (hut will
| feed u living thing. <j *
I " * *- A.
I V H.I.OW FKVKR AT l'llll.AKKI.CIII A. PhilttffclI
1'liia. c ffrijr Shasta. of Now York,
arrivedlicrc Iliis tnornitig from I'ori 1)?? I'uix,
San li<>iiiinj?n, with nino men on hoard, seven ol
i is li < tin w cr? sirk vvilh yellow lover. She had n
o1o:ni Mil of health, although I hy olliooi s - :iy lite
disease \\n? i ifi?! _; :il I'url l?e I'aix at llio time
of ?ailin/, iiml slio had fever on hoard hefin
le.ivinjt. The 11<mi.| of Health has rescinded all
I permit? to visit or leave the <|iiarahl ine station
I and,every preeaiilion will lie taken to prevent
the ?i>rer.d of the di?eafe
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Progress of the Yellow Fever.
Pook M km Fit is.?Memphis, July 17.?Five
new cases of yellow fever were reported to the
Hoard of Health this morning. The cases consist
of members of two families named Hester,
residing under one roof ut Numbers 84 end
80 Clay street, iu the southern portion of tho
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from Mitchell, nt Memphis, ffelMtJftdAy
tio.ial Hoard of Health last night, declares that
city to be dangerously infoetcd, and a dispatch
received nt noon lo-dny rcprrts : "8ix new
cases and the disease spreading.''
Mkmfiiis, Tk.nn., July lb?Noon.?Three
new cases oi yellow lever have been reported to
t lie board of health t his morning: The illness
of the Uodsey sisters can bo traced to infection
from the Tobin family. The young ladies were
in attendance on Mrs. Tobin until her case was
pronounced yellow fever. These cases dispel
the sporadic theory. The wcntlicr is warm and
su'.iry, with occasional showers. The development
of new cases has given a fresh impetus to
the exodus of the citizens.
MkmI'IIIS, July I'd?11 P. M.?Another genuine
stampede of citizens is in progress. The
rush for railroad tickets this afternoon recalls
the scene of Thursday, a week ago, when 0,000
people left the city. The oflicers of the Hebrew
Hospital Association to-day furnished one hundred
Jewish families with the necessary funds
i to obtain means of transportation to distant,
cities. ,
Thrco new cases were reported to the board
of health this afternoon : These make seven, the
total number of new cases reported for to-day.
Business is paralyzed and many retail merchants
aro closing their stores. Fred. Kckcrs
died this afternoon. Mrs. Hoht. Hester and
Chief of Police Alhy's son are both in a critical
condition.
Mkmrn is, July'20?11 P. M.?Ten new ca?
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Two colored. Four persons have died of tho
fever since last night. There are several other
cases of fever in the city, which will be reported
to the board of health to-morrowr.
The authorities are seuding the poor peoplo
out of the city, having made arrangements to
get half-fare-rates over the Louisville av.d Nashville
Railroad. Dr. Dudley D. S??Viders, acting
president of the board of health, says that tho
fever is not so malignant as last year and yields
more readily to treatment The citizens continue
to leave in largo numbers.
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Mkmi-iiis, July 21 ?11 P. M.?Twenty-one
additional eases were reported to tho board of
health this afternoon, which makes a total of
thirty-six reported for to-day. This large increase
is the accumulation of several days, as
most of the persons have been ill from three to
live days.
Memphis, July 22.?Five new cases and four
deaths were reported to the Board of Health today.
CONIMTIO.N OK TUB l'lftl.A M.i.ii1 ia CASES.
1'iitt.AORi.riiiA, July lib*?The physician.at
the quarantine station reports the condition of
the yellow fever patients in the hospital there as
generally improved, with the exception of Capt.
Liastou, who is no better.
yellow fkvkr in skw to i! k.
New York, July 10.?Eh rich Kichman, ?
waiter, who was taken from the steamsliip City
of Mcridn, which arrived from Mexican ports
last Monday, died in the quarantine hospital on
Swinburne Island yesterday from fever. This i*?
the second death from the dreaded disease at
that hospital within a short time. About eight
other sull'erers are nl the hospital, but it is
thought all will recover. No new cases were reported
either yesterday or to-day.
dark hays aii la i) you t'n ii ai'l'y memphis.
The Memphis correspondent of the New Yorty* ?
'Thws writes : "A grave question arises in the
minds of those who think about the evacuation
of the city. What is to become, in case the disease
should dcvelopc in epidemic form, of the
poor, whose poverty and helplessness prevent
them from Hoeing from the pestilence ? No sane
man expects such a spontaneous outpouring of
charily as was given to the poor of the .South
1 last year, llepcntcd appeals were made to the
i rich of this community for contributions to a
general relief fund, without a response. Yet
their property?stores cstiilled with goods and
household ellects?is here at the mercy of the
' thousands that may lie driven to most terrible
extremes by want and hunger. Tho police, tiro
and military departments of the city will he deserted,
and not a hand left to even warn away
the rabble. A few cool heads and brave hearts
went through the ordeal last year hut few of
? them survived the plague, and they have profiled
hv itint exnrt'iciicc lo learn that self-nrcser
v si I i 011 is t lie first law, and no flower on earth
coiiM induce them to undergo those terrible
^ scenes ami privations a^ain. t'cvv ol those whose
2 faces were familiar to the Times eorrc'J'Ottdent
> last year will remain during another epidemic.
Mi:mpis, .Inly 21.?Fifteen cases of yellow fever
have been rcportc! to the board of health
this morning. Two deaths have occurred. Tho
exodus of citizens is in full progress, and business
is almost entirely suspended. The general
outlook is anything hut cheering.
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Tni: Tnr.Asi uv l'r.Aims.?Mr. Glover, whoso
, startling revelation of the wholesale villainy per*
' vading tin;Treasury Department as epitomized by ^
1 the New York Slur, lately published, hasollcrcd *
the complete report to ihat paper, which pur*
i poses printing it. The following is Mr. Glov*
, er's letter in reference to the matter :
Wasiiinuton, I). July 10, 1870.
' 7'" I'ti' I'lhtor <;/ the Slur :
1 Sir. :?The New York Slur has earned tho
t friendship of every American who loves honesty
c and freedom t?y the energy and thoroughness
wherewith it has laid before the public tlie rc1
suits of the treasury investigation. So far as it
15 goes your synopsis of the committee s report,
i barring the few errors inseparable from condensation
and haste, is remarkably clear and
precise The report itself is heartily at your
service, and the public will be pleased to learn
t its contents through your columns,
t l.et me say regarding the foolish charge that
I the report is a "partisan" document, that it
tiMToly recites the facts shown l.v the evidence.
as will appear when printed in lull ; ami that
i no minority report was presented or proposed,.
- so that the report is practically unanimous.
Cordially yours, .1. M. (ii.ovK.n,
Cltairinan Cnrtimitteo on Kxpemlitures in tlie
Treasury Department, I'orly-Fifth Congress.
1 1*. S. ? The honest press of the country will
' do themselves credit l?y demanding with a unii
led voire that the "report and evidence" shall
he printed hy the House of Representatives on
the reassembling of Congress, when it will he
seen that the report is sustained hjr the evidence, 41
* &c.~.1. M. <?.
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I A Mi t:or.nr.tt I.ikii.y to INcm-i..?Owenton,
Ky., .Inly 1 *?. In the Ihiford trial this morning,
Col- I'liil Thompson opened in hrhalf of ILo
prisoner, and was followed this afternoon hy
< tien. Rodman for tint Slalo. 'I'he impression
prevails generally that Ituford will not ho
r hanged,
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hi \ iii hi i litTin omaiim:. Ilamhcrg, July
| It'. I'.epresenlalive Henry llnrt/.og died at his
1 j home, ahont tw > miles from here, this morning.
I | at fifteen minutes pa* I In o'<Jtn k, after a pain
. i fnl illness of two days. Four physicians were
Iin attendance upon him. hut all their effort ?t
were unavailing