The weekly Union times. [volume] (Union C.H., South Carolina) 1871-1894, July 25, 1879, Image 2
The Drought and Crops in the StatoUar^nutun.?Tlio
rains have been very partial
in litis county, consequently in those sections
where the drought has pf availed the early
corn is ruined aud(cven cotton has suffered severely,
while the guldens aro parched up. On
Sunday evening the county gonerally was viai"
ted by heavy rnins, arid in suuic places tho rain
was proceeded by a vieleiit storm of wind.?
Some localities have not suffered a day fur want
of rain < even a few miles below hero. Early
corn louks grceu to the ground, while the cotton
is growing rapidly, and neither show any sign
of the intense heat of last wiick.?LSouthcrncr.
Fairfield.?The Cedar Creek section was visited
with a terrific thunder-storm on the 18th,
but not much damage done. This was the first'
rain for about eight weeks. Upland coru, in
consequence of the drought, is a complete failure.
Cotton generally is good, only small for
the time of year.?AVics and Herald.
Horry.?Since the hot weather last week
* rain has fallen in several localities. Others yet
suffer from drought, and crops in Ilorry arc now
parching and drying for want of rain.
About eight o'clock Thursday evening lost a
storm of electricity, wind, raiu and small hail
burst in terrific fury upon Conwayboro' and 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 the wind.
The rainfall continued, for perhaps an hour, but
the effect upon growing vegetation is very slight.
?Telephone.
Laurens.?There has been rain throughout
(he county, which will do much good, although
it was iusuflicicut for the needs of the crons.?
Upland corn is almost destroyed?in some sections
completely so. Cotton lias bceu injured,
but a fair crop will bo made with favorable
weather hereafter.?Herald.
Nkwukuiiy.?It is reported that upland corn
is irreparably injured by the drought. Cotton
and bottom corn will be rejuvenated by the
rains, and will yet make crops.?Newberry News.
OitAXGKUur.a.?At Knott's Mill there was an
excellent rain Sunday evening, also a pretty
heavy hail, which bent the corn up badly, but
did not injure the cotton. Corn cut short up
here fully one-fourth by the drought.?JJemocrat.
Oconkk.?Ocoucc has had local rains, amounting
in some sections to a "seasoh."?Courier.
Lancaster.?The bud-worms have greatly injured
the corn crop. They scein to be worse on
corn that was planted on stubble laud.
Farmers from several sections of the county
report that tlicy have not had water to run in
the furrows in their fields since the last of April.
They wise say that old 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 tliau half a crop.
Excellent rains full in some sections of the
county on Sunday evening last. This immediate
locality received a very refreshing season.?
Ledger.
Vouk.?A good rain fell on Sunday afternoon,
nnd a fine shower Monday morning, reviving
the growing crops, which were beginning to
suffer from drought. The rain also brought the
mercury down several degrees.
North Carolina.
The wheat crop in Chatham is small and turndug
out badly, sonic farmers scarcely making
iiiore than seed.
The raiu Sunday night did not extend farther
north than Kranklinton. The crops along the
lino of the It. and G. It. It. arc thirsting for
rain, but so far no serious damage has been done.
Cotton is looking well in itobeson County.?
The sweet potato crop promises to be cut short.
Ukokcia.
Oglethorpe County has suffered much from
the drought. Good rains now would only save
low ground corn and make a small cotton crop.
The crop prospects in Cobb and .Milton counties
arc fine, abundant rains having fallen.
Good rains have fallen in the last few days,
all along the line of railway from Nashville,
Tcan., down to Dal ton, hut they were too late to
save tho corn, although a fair cotton crop Is
promised.
The McDuffie Jounal, says that in many
places the corn is irretrievably ruined and the
cotton materially damaged, while gardens aro
/iow in a hopeless erudition. Even the forest
trees arc dying by hundreds. During the week
good rains have fallen in different neighborhood,
but tliey have generally covered a small
area.
Tlidmns County people aro in a moro cheerful
i ? .1 i
UUlllur 1U tuuavMjuuuvu ui miu n hum
heavy rains which fell in several portions of the
county on Sunday and Monday.
The crop of corn will bo short near Sandorsville?in
some places not more than half the
usual yield. Cotton so far has not been seriously
affected by the drought. Tlio rains that have
fallen for the past several weeks have been only
partial.
The Home Tribune 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.?
'l'hc long continued heat and drought have seriously
affected the corn crop, ami with good sea
sons from this time on that crop will be short ;
while without rain a good deal of it will be almost
a failure. The cotton crop as yet has not
been very greatly damaged, and with a favorable
season the yield will be good."
Fix) it Ida.
The Tallahassee Floridiati says that the crops
throughout that section nrc suffering for want
of rain, as they nro, in fact, throughout a greater
portion of the State. The corn crop, particularly,
is greatly in need of-tin, and many planters
in that section, who for years have grown
sufficient corn for their own use, will this year
be compelled to purchase corn in consequence of
the continued drought.
The crops in Madison County arc badly injured
for the want of rain, none having fallen
in three weeks, and the farmers estimate that
the crop in that section is out short fully twoIhirds.
The cotton is shedding its fruit and
looking very sickly.
Stokm in Massachusetts.?lloston, July 10.
?Soon after 4 o'clock this afternoon a storm of
terrific violence burst over this citv. doinir irre it
damage to life ond properly. The schooner
Myrlle, of Charleston, having on board six persons,
four women and a man and boy, was capsized
off I>ird Island, nnd all excepting (he mnn
were drowned. A boy was also drowned by the
capsizing of a boat off Hull, and n man was buried
in the ruins of a building struck by lightning.
The damage throughout the city can.
linrdly be ascertained at present, bit it will
amount to many thousands of dollars.
The same storm did great damage to property
in other parts of the State and many lives
were lost.
Tiif. Champion Oat Uaisku.?Captain T. W.
Blease, of Big Creek, is the champion oat raiser,
having cut and gathered 3,000 dozen bundles.
Seventeen ImmVjrcd dozen bundles threshed and
cleaned l,f?00 bushels. At this rale his crop
would yield ubout 3,300 bushels, which, at lu
cents per bushel, would he equal lo_ 33 bales of
cotton weighing f?(tO pounds, at 8 cents per
pound. And the cost of producing tho oats and
getting them ready for market was not half the
cost of raising and^prepnring for market 33 bales
of cotton. Wo hnve said it before, but wc say
it agsi h~dirfr?ify.?Kdgefitld Advert iter.
She Solcehlu alnion
11. M. STOKES, Editor.
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Tho city of Reading, l'a., is threatenedwith
a water panie. Some manufactories have
already been compelled to slop work for want
of water, aud the Rending Railroad is bringing
water in tank cars front tlio Schuylkill'River
for its own use.
The drought is every whore?North nhd South
iu this country, aud in many parts of Europe.
Killed by Lightning.
Wc aro informed that during the storin last
Thill-ttflnv .1 ftnl..r?,l mnn ft.wt ft m..l? ??? in.lnnl
ly killed l>y lighting while plowing ou Mr. D. j
C. Gist's plantation. *
Not a Bushel to the Acre.
A gentleman who tins lately traveled through
a largo portion of this County assures us that ho
saw hundreds of acres of land planted in cora
which will not yield a bushel to the acre.
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To tho Township Assessors.
We aro requested by the Auditor, Col. J. L.
Young, to notify the thirty Assessors for this
county to meet him at his oflicc ou Salesday in
August, at 11 o'clock, A. M. The punctual attendance
of each one is very essential.
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Tho Doolittle Delegation.
On our fourth page will be found the first part
ifca most laughable account of tho election and
conduct of a delegation of women to a Woman's
Right Convention. It will run through four
numbers and if read carefully will cause many
a laugh.
Groonvillo Military Institute.
We have received a handsomely printed official
Register of Capt. John B. Patrick's Military
Institute, located at the city if Greenville.
From the Register we find the Institute is in a
Uourishin" condition, nnd from our ncrsonal
knowledge of Captain Patrick we are confident
the institution is eminently worthy abundant
patronage.
Ice Cream and Music.
The Ladies of the .Methodistchurch will have
delightful lee Cream at the Female Academy
Grove this evening at C o'clock, au l the young
men of the Union Silver Cornet Dand have kindly
volunteered to enliven the occasion by treating
the citizens to some of their delightful music.
It will be a most refreshing retreat at the
close of theso sweltering days, and all should
take occasion to enjoy it.
Mrs. Grant has Removed
Into her new, tasty and convenient Stoi c, immediately
next to her old one, and she looks as
smiling and happy in her new quarters as if
she had just received an order fioui every Lady
in the County for a new Donnct. Her establishment
now looks neat onotinh for a larce citv
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 Huts at cost until after next inont i.
The County Fair Association.
We sincerely hope there will bo a full attendance
of those interested in our County Agricultural
Society, at the meeting to be held to-morrow.
While the counties around us arc making
CTcry effort to organize Societies like ours it will
not do for the Farmers of Union County to lose
their good name for thrift and enterprise by allowing
their Associathn to ting for the want of
interest in its annual Fair. Tho meeting tomorrow
will be very interesting and profitable
to all who attend, und none should benbsent who
can possibly be there. Oilier Couutics arc boasting
that they will excel Uuiou at their next
Fair. Shall tliey take the "ribbons" from us?
That is for the Farmers of Union to decide.
An Exciting Rumor.
Our community was somewhat excited last
Saturday by tbc telegraphic announcement in
the daily papers and a letter from the President
of the Western and Atlantic Railroad, to Mr. II.
J. Thompson of this town, that Mr. Jaincs V.
Ncthcrs, a native of this placo and lately clerk
at the Union Hotel, lind committed suicide by
placing his head upon the Railroad track in
front of a passing train, near Atlanta, on Friday.
We arc happy to state that later news informs
us tliat it was not Mr. Net hers who committed
the rash act, but a Mr. Max Franklin, of
Atlanta.
A Revolting Outrage.
It falls to our. lot this week to record one of
the most diabolical outrages that was over perpetrated
in this country. The circumstances
m o i ii est' ;
Mr. A. B. Humphries an?l his wife, living
four miles from town, near Hnrdis Church, on
Wednesday evening left their infant daughter,
aged about 2 years and 3 months, in the enre of
a negro boy, named Ed. Holmes, aged about 16
years, while they went to church. On their return
the mother discovered that the child was
very bloody and her screams brought neighbors
to the house. Dr. Bcaty was immediately sent
for, and upou examination discovered that the
little crearure had been outraged in a most horrible
manner. As the parents went into the
house the negro boy pa'scd them, going out, and
and at last report was at large; but we think ho
cannot long escape the vigilant search of the
excited citizens who are after him. It is supposed
to be impossible for the child to live. 'The
simple recital of this most revolting outrage
makes the-Hood curdle in our veins.
I)KK.n Aiursinrr.?We lenrn that the deer in
the lower end of the county, on the south side
of the river, die destroying the growing cotton ;
they are so numerous and bold that they come
into the fields and lay acres waste in a single
night.? Nftrbtrn Prtnofrttl
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kefresblng Bains?Storms.
J On Thursday evening and Friday last the
people of this vicinity rejoiced in thebolief that
every portion of tho County waF receiving a
generous fall of rain and tho long drought had
[endod.^rto, cloudy presented one unbroken
[dark moss ns far as the eyo Could rCacli, tho
vain fell gently in thjroe showers for about two
npurs each and tlic (Umbspliere became delightfully
cool and damp. Tho prospect wascortuinly
cheering ; but, as before during tho Spring
and this far in tho Summer, our hopes wore
short lived. After giving only enough rain to
moisten the'soil nbout two inches tho clouds began
to separate and move rapidly all around us.
Vivid flashes of lightning and low thunder wcro
seen and hc&rd in every direction nearly nil
day Friday, the clouds still tantalizing us by
threatening rain. Since then no raiu has fallen
here, and the crops around us are now suffering
almost as much ns beforo.
In some sections, we ?ro informed, tlioy were
visited on Thursday with a most destructive
storm of wind, hail andiaiu, doing much damage
to the crops. At IJcrry Alvcrson's farm, in
the neighborhood of Padgett's Creek church, it
waj^rcrjniimttaetivc, cutting the corn fodder
into ribUoasTMowing*lf dowit badly and com
pletely stripping the cotton stalks of !hoir
leaves, squares and blooms. Large oak trees
were stripped of branches of all sizes and
tbo fields at some distanco strewn with
them. Barns and stables wero blown down and
houses unroofed. Two-thirds of a log cabin was
blown olf and a negro woman, in bed with a
child a few days old exposed to tho terrible storm.
Wealsoleajru that a similar storm, though not so
destructive, visited the neighborhood of Duck
Pond church on the same afternoon.
In some parts of the County no rain has fallen,
to do any good, for three months.
Will not some ono in every township at least,
give us a true coudition of the crops in their
respective townships or neighborhoods ? It will
be interesting information from and to each
part of the County.
For the Times.
Fatal Aocidont at Goudeysville.
July 22, 1879.
Fkiexd Stokes :?This community was thrown
into intense excitement ycs'.crdnyfrom the killing
Mr. John J. Wood, nn upright , peaceable and
worthy man, living on Mr. J. T. Moorcliead's
plantation. A party of five were in the woods
squirrel hunting and had treed a squirrel. A
colored man in the parly, named Willis Wise,
told the others to be quiet, as he saw the squirrel.
He raised his gun to fire, when the squirrel
ran down the tree, Willis lowering his gun
as ho ran, then fired. Mr. Wood was on tho
opposite side of tho tree and the whole load
from the gun struck him behind the left car and
lodged over the right eye, mangling the whole
head fruitfully. Ho lived about two hours.
Trial Justice J. M. Greer empaneled a Jury
anu licla an inquest over tlio body. The verdict
of the jury was iu accordance with the
facts above stated, that he came to his death, by
mischance or accident, from a gun shot wound
in the hands of V.'lVns Wise.
Willis was admitted to bail in the sum of $500
lo appear at the next October terra of Court.
Mr. Wood leaves a devoted wife and 4 little
children besides many relatives to mourn his
loss.
May God be to the heartbroken widow a husband
and to the fatherless little ones a father,
and may this sad dispensation of His providence
enforce upon us all the solemn injunction :
"Prepare to meet thy God, for in such an hour
as ye think nof the Son of Mau comcth."
We arc still very dry in this neighborhood,
and crops are suffering terribly.
t . TWO IN ONE.
For tlio Times.
Mb. Editor:?1 read Mr. Ilogan's account of
his crop on a two-horse farm with a great deal
oi interest. una i am sattsneu wiiui no Knows
about farming is very different from Horace
Grcely's "what I know about farming" talks.
Hut I was surprised that Mr. Hogan didn't put
down the cost of bis fertilizers. He could hardly
make such a crop without the use of fertilizers.
If h? made his own fertilisers I presume
they were charged up with tho labor. It would
have been more satisfactory if he had stated the
number of acres allotted to each crop. Young
farmers ere always at a loss about how "to pitch
a crop" and manage it in such a way as never
to be pushed to the wall. I heard Mr. Hogan
once say that the great secret of managing a crop
was to work it fast and get it off your hands as
muck as- passible. There was sound common
sense?push your stalk to a healthy maturity
and then let nature work out the problem. Dr.
Fowler's oat crop was a remarkable one. It is
n little singular how so many persons lost their
oat crop, or almost made failures this year by
n.n,ia <>....1.
crops. It is very important to cipher out this
problem. The oat crop is destined to revolutionize
our farming if we can make it reliable.
The character of soils, time of sowing, depth of
sowing, kind of plow used, all should be looked
into. There is no reason why ono man should
make a maximum crop whilo his nearest neighbor
makos a minimum one.
FARMER.
For tbo Times.
A False ReportMr.
Editor:?1 am informed that it is cur-,
rontly repotted throughout the County that I
am not acting as Trial Justice. How and where
this report originated, or for what cause, I am at
a loss to know, but I pronounce it false. My
office is still open for the transaction of any
business that m v friend* inn* mil inln m v linmlu
-V ? r ?- " ?J
and wlien I conclude not to act as a Trial Justice
I will notify the people of that fact through the
columns of the Timet.
S. S. STOKFS, Trial Justice.
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CiiRKnrt'l. from (,'iirsticr.?Chester County
whs blessed with a plentiful supply of rain on
Saturday and Sunday, the 12th and 13th instant.
The crop prospect is very favorable. Cotton
is remarkably flne and flourishing, and corn wilt
be ? good average. The Importer considers the
outlook cheering.
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For tlie Times.
That Oreat Big Crop.
Mr. Editor:?Though not in the habit of n
writing for the papers and perhaps a trifle rusty U
on grammar; yet the report of that big orop by
G. 1). Hogan has tempttfAfti'to lay aside, the g'
plow for a short limp "to take our pea ia hand, <;j
to writeyou few lines, tolet yonVnow," elo. #0."
During the lost twenty years wonders hare j*!
succeeded each other so rapidly that the writer cj
of this hurnblo communication is not surprised r<
at anything that^iappens, while lie instinctively ct
believes everything he hears, without any regard
to reason or evidence. Nevertheless, this crop- tj
ping of Brother Hogan must be a somewhat o
wonderful nllair. Not that it is suspected for a f<
moment that there is anything untruo in his 11
statement; for, if I am rightly informed, he be- ^
longs to one of the purest ntid most high-toned 8
churches in the country ; hence, I take it for n
granted that lie is a christian gentleman of the '
first water. Furthermore, it is currently ropor- (|
ted that Brother Hogan is none of your narrow r
souled, hide-bound, close-fisted skinflints, such t
as Lorenzo Dow described, who would chase a j
musquito through a five mile swamp for his suet, ^
and whose souls are so small that when they die t
Satan will have to take a pais, of Jorge mngmlfy- c
glasses and poke a long Vhile among tho rub
bisk of humanity to find them. But, although
Brother Ilogan is such au excellent man and superior
farmer, there are a good many persons
in the country whoso minds are so narrow that
they cannot tako in nu idea that is more than
half an inch in diameter. Henco, when a big
idea comes along, like Brother Hognu's, such
people will cavil at, it, merely because they arc
unable to take it in. The writer of this, however,
is hnppy to know that ho is not ono of this
class, but by severe distension of .his believing
faculty, lie is able to believe any tiling,however absurd
to ordinary minds. Nevertheless, it seetns,
even to the writer, that Hogan's report is some
what iudcfiuito and inaccurate. 'Fo* iuslanco,
a "two-horse farm" is rather an indefinite expression,
when a "onc-horso farm" ranges all
the way from fifteen acres up to we don't know
how much. Furthermore, in passing through
that portion of country some timo ago, we got
the impression that the laud about Brother Hogan's
was naturally poor, with a whitish, pipeclay
like subsoil. If our impression is correct,
Bro. Ilogan did uot do that big cropping, we
think, without a very considerable outlay for fertilizers,
no matter whether houic-made or commercial.
But lie docs not say a word about that.
Furthermore, it is thought that he rates his cotton
seed and corn too high ; cotton seed having
been selling at ten cents per bushel and corn for
from 70 to 00 ots., cash.
Now, Brother Ilogan, do take pity on your
less favored, toiling, unsuccessful brethren of
the plow, ond tell ua a few Ihlnga definitely
about this big two-horse crop.
First?How many acres did you have in corn,
how many in ootton, how tnnny in wheat and
how many in oats ?
Second?What kind of land was it ?
I Third?Hid you U30 manure, and if so, what
kind, how much, and at what cost in the nggrcgato.
Fourth?Did two animals alone do all the
plowing for the crop which you report;
Fifth.? How many day hands did you work?
Sixth.?Were your hands while or colored, or
both? If both, how many of each?
Seventh.?Who were your hands, particularly
the two tegular hnuds? Such hands ought to
be known ,for they will be in demnnd when
known. The success of any farm depends very
much on .the hands.
Also tell us how you raise corn, cotton, wheat
and oats.
A POOR, UNSUCCESSFUL FARMER.
P. S. In contrast with Brother Ilogan's prosperity
allow us to relate au incident. The other
day going down to town, six or seven miles above
Union, we overtook a lad, who claimed to be
seventeen years old, going to town a foot?thirteen
miles ho sai<l-?witli two dozen and a half
eggs to get tobacco with. Just think of one
man clearing $1,010 on a two horse farm crop
and of nnotlicr walking thirteen miles and
back to get twenty-five cents worth of tobacco.
For the Times.
The Farmer's Outlook for 1879.
The Agricultural condition of the Country is
certainly not a very flattering one at this time.
A cold backward Spring, foliowld by a long
drought at the most critical season, gives a'poor
promiseofa fair return for labot and expenditui e.
From Orangeburg to Seneca City (hero has been
no general rain for eight weeks. The corn, save on
moist lowland where it cultivated,
is lost. It can never mftkoTialf a crop. A good
deal of young corn has been planted and if it
should be seasonable in tlife future it may make
something. The cotton is very small?smaller
than I icmomter ever to have seen it at this time
of year?very few blooms, and those on the top
too often. It is clean?lias bceu well cultivated?
and as there is no crop whoso future can be less
easily predicted than co4)h, there is no telling
what a revolifflon m*j? take place in the plant
w!th'4?ood Seasons and a late fall. The wheat
crop bks febn generally better than for maojr
years, una Uio oat crOft wlicfe net frozen ouL
verygood.# I saw^io sorghum planted?no b
ley lota, millet or clover patches, by the wayside
?all the choice spote devoted to cotton. *1 was
told that more commercial fertilizers Imd been
, used tlian in any year proyioup; bpt the grass
seemed to have been more benefited than the
ootton. "Well, what will you do about it?"?
Sow red oats in your^pitpn when you lay it by,
and in your corn, 4po ; so^jye and barley for
pastures, jave all the hay you oan and dbn't
waste your wheat straw oreaoytlllUg that, will
feed a living thing. _ # -flf
ykli.ow ff.vku at Pi?u.Ai?Ki.rmA.?-lrytflnphia,
Jvdy^p.db^e Wig Rhasta, of NeWTdHh
arrived here this tnornlng from Port De Pais,
San Domingo, with nine men on board, seven of
whom were sick with yellow fever. She had a
clean bfl^yrf health, although thy officers say the
disease was raging at Port De Pais at the time
of sailing, and she had fever on board before
leaving. The Hoard of Health has rescinded all
permite to visit or leave the quarantine station,
nnd.?very precaution will he tstken to prevent
the spread of the disease.
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Progress of the Yellow Fever.
Poor Memphis.?Memphis, July 17.?Five
ew cases of yellow fever were reported to the
oard of Health this tnorning. The coses const
of members of two families named Hester,
ssiding Under one roof at Numbers 84 and
9 Clay street, in the southern portion of tj}o
'om Mitchell, at Memphis,
onal Board of Health last night, declares that
ity to be dangerously infeeted, and a dispatch
sceived at noon to-day reprrts : "Si* new
mes and the disease spreading.'*
Memphis, Temk., July lit?Noon.?Three
ow cases of yellow fever have been reported to
10 board of health this morning: The illness
f the Godsey sisters cau be traced to infection
rom the Tobin family. The young Indies were
l attendance on Mrs. Tobin until her case was
renounced yellow fever. These cases dispel
lie sporadic theory. The weather is warm and
uhry, with occasional showers. The develop'
lent of new cases has given a fresh impetus to
lie exodus of the citizens.
Mk.mFit is, July 111?11 P. M.?Another gcniine
stampede of citizens is in progress. The
ush for railroad tickets this afternoon recalls
lie scene of Thursday, a week ago, when 6,000
teoplc left the city. The officers of the Hebrew
lospitm Association to-day furnished one hun*
Ircd Jewish families with tho necessary funds
o obtain mepns of transportation to (listant
Ities. . r- ' ,
Three now cases were reported to tho board
if health this afternoon : These make seven, tho
otal number of new cases renorted for to-dov.
Business is paralyzed and many retail morihunts
arc closing their stores. Fred. Eckers
lied this afternoon. Mrs. llobt. Hester muf
^hicf of Polico Atliy's son are both in a critical
sondition.
Memphis, July 20?11 P. M.?Ten new ca?
ics were reported to the board of health today,
L'wo colored. Four persons have died of the
over since last night. There are several other
inses of fever in thocily, which will be reported
o the board of health to-morrow.
The authorities are sending the poor people
>ut of the city, having made arrangements to
jet half-fare-rates over the Louisville oud Nashville
Hailroad. Dr. Dudley D. Sanders, acting
^resident of the board of health, says that the
ever is not so malignant as last year and yields
nore readily to treat mont The oitizens contiu- ^
le to leave in largo numbers. lP
rWKNTY O.NK moue cases?the city deqixs to
look deserted.
Memphis, July 21?11 P. M.?Twenty-ono
iddilionnl cases wore reported to tho board of
iicalth this afternoon, which makes a total of
iliiny-six rcportod for to-day. This large intense
is the accumulation of several days, as
most of the persons have been ill from three to
live days.
Memphis, July 22.?Fivo now cases and four
leaths were reported to the Board of Health today.
COXUITIO.N OF THE 1'HII.ADEl.rHI.t CASES.
Philadelphia, July 19a?The physician.at
the quarantine station reports the condition>of
the yellow fever patients in the hospital there aq
generally improved, with the exception of Capt.
Baston, who is no bettor.
yellow fever ix new york.
New York, July 19.-? Eh rich Eicliman, a
waiter, who was taken from the steamship City
of Mcrida, which arrived from Mexican ports
last Monday, died in the quarantine hospital on
Swinburno Island yesterday from fever. This i|> .
the second death from the dreaded disease at
that hospital within a short time. About eight
other sufferers are nt tho hospital, but it is
thought all will recover. No new oases wsre reported
either yesterday or to-day. ?
1>ark days ahead rou cxuappy memphis.
The Memphis corfos'pondent of the New Yor^, ?
Timet writes : "A grave question arises in the minds
of those who think ubout the evacuation
of the oity. What is to become, in case the disease
should dcvelopo in epidemic form, of tho
poor, whose poverty and helplessness prevent
them from fleeing from the pestilence ? No sane
innn expects such a spontaneous outpouring of
charity ns was given to the poor of the South
last year. Repeated appeals were made to tho
ricli of this community for contributions to a
general relief fund, without a response. Yet
their property?stores stuffed witli goods and
household effects?is hero at tlie mercy of tho
thousands that may be driven to most terrible
extremes by want and hunger. The police, fire
and military departments of tho city will bo deserted,
and not a baud left to even warn away
the rabble. A few cool heads aud brave hearts
went through the ordeal last year but few of
. i : I a., -i 1 > i ?
I lit 111 9UI1I1IU nil' pin?uu, liuu lilt/ ll?IC JjrUIited
by tlnvt exprt-ience to learn that self-prcservoiion
is the first law, anil no power on earth
could induce them to undergo those terriblo
scenes and p.-ivntions again. Few of those whose
faces were familiar to the Timet correspondent
last year will remain during another epidemic.*
Memim*, July 21.?Fifteen cases of yellow fever
have been reported 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 but oheering.
- ...-.
Tiik Tbeasuuy Fiiauiis.?Mr. Glover, whoso
startling revclatiou of the wholesale villainy pervading
t he Treasury Department as epitomized by ^
the New York Star, lately published, has offered
the complete report to that paper, which purposes
printing it. The following is Mr, Glov*
er's letter in reference to the matter :
Washington, D. C., July 10, 1870.
To I he luli tor of the Star:
Sin:?The New York Star has earned Iho
friendship of every American who loves honesty
and freedom by the energy and thoroughness
wherewith it lias laid before the public the results
of the treasury investigation. 8o far as it
goes your synopsis of tho committee s report,
hnrrtnrs tlm I* ?
. au(^ wssv ?vn viivio uiocparauie irom COD-*
dcnsation and haste, iw remarkably clear and
preciso The report itself is heartily At your
service, and the public will be pleased to learn
its contents through your columns.
Let me say regarding the foolish charge thai
the report is a "partisan" document, that it.
merely recites the facts shown by the evidence*
as will appear when printed in full ; and that
no minority report was presented or proposed*
so that the report is practically unanimotu.
Cordially yours, J. M. OLovan,
t'lfairmnn Cothmittee on Expenditures in the
Treasury Department, Forty-Fifth Congress.
P. S.?The honest press of the country will a
do themselves credit by demanding with a uni- fl
ted voice that the "report and evidence" shall ^
be printed by the House of Representatives on
the reassembling of Congress, when it will be
seen that the report is sustained by the evidence* S
Ac ?J. M. 0.
Mrnnr.nA Likslt to Eacarr..?Owenton,
Ky?July 10.?In the Buford trial this morning.
Col- Phil Thompson openod in behalf of Ibis
prisoner, and was followod this afternoon by
uen. no(im?n ror the Mtate. The impression
prevails generally that Buford will not be
hanged.
?
Death or a RsmssrsTATiVK.?Rata berg, July ^
1ft.?Representative Henry Harliog died at his
hoiue, about two miles from here, this morning,
at fifteen minutes past 10 o'qlbck, after a painful
illness of two days. Four physicians wars
in attendance upon htm, but all their efforts
were unavailing.
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