THE 
EPIDEMIC OF 1878, 
IN MISSISSIPPI. 
REPORT 
OF THE 
YELLOW FEVER RELIEF WORK 
THROUGH 
JT- L. P O NAT EOR y 
GRAND SECRETARY OF MASONS and GRAND TREASURER OF ODD FELLOWS. 
A PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATION OF THE GENEROSITY AND GRATITUDE OF 
THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. 
.TACKSON. MISS.: 
Clarion Si'EA«r'‘PMm'3lriwFfiteiusE. NOTE. 
A copy of this Report is sent free to every person through whom 
relief funds were received. To others, Fifty Cents per copy—profits, 
if any, over cost of publication, to go to the Relief Fund.   JEie Epidemic and Relief y/oRK. 
Extracts from Annual Report of Grand Secretary. 
Jackson, Miss., January 10, 1879. 
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Mississippi: 
I beg leave to submit my Tenth Annual Report and Account Cur- 
rent. 
The suddenness and violence with which the yellow fever seized 
upon the western side of our State, left but little time for preparation 
to battle with the terrible scourge. Over quarantine lines and into 
atmosphere odorous of disinfectants, the yellow plague marched at 
will, leaving terror, destitution and death, in its track. Many of our 
people, who could do so, fled before its approach, but thousands were 
unable thus to go to places of safety. For these, relief must be pro- 
vided as far as human agency could afford it. With business generally 
suspended, stores closed, and the people of the infected towns shut off 
from intercourse with the outside world, the situation was such as to 
excite the gloomiest apprehensions of all who remained within the 
fever belt. The pestilence begun its work so early and became so 
general, that three months or more must elapse before our section 
could be restored to its wonted health, and business resume its accus- 
tomed channels. Every day seemed a week, every week a month, 
and every month a year. Verily, we knew not what a day might 
bring forth. 
When the fever became epidemic at Grenada and Vicksburg, and 
cases were occurring at other places, I asked permission of our M.-. 
W. *. Grand Master to draw upon the funds in our treasury for the 
relief of the afflicted localities. He promptly telegraphed me his ap- 
proval, and afterwards sent me his written authority to dispense the 
Grand Lodge funds at will—that he could not rest a moment, nor 
sleep, in custody of the means of relief when our afflicted brethren 
were in need of.the absolute necessaries of life—that he would rather 
err, if at all, in liberally helping the needy. Upon this authority, I 
drew a warrant for five hundred dollars, and had it been necessary 4 
your treasury would to-day be empty. But our brethren, and the people 
everywhere claimed the privilege of helping us in our time of need,, 
and the amazing aggregate of funds that has passed through my 
hands, as one of the many agents in the work, shows how promptly, 
how nobly, how generously our country, and indeed the -world, came 
to our assistance. lam sure that our kind friends must have realized 
that— 
“No radiant pearl that crested fortune wears, 
Nor gem that twinkling hangs from beauty’s ears; 
Not all the bright stars that night’s blue arch adorns, 
Nor e’ en the rising sun that gilds the vernal morn, 
Shines with such lustre, as does the tear that flows 
Down virtue’s manly cheek for others’ woes.” 
On the 21 st day of August, while gloomily meditating on the 
prospect before us, the little telegraph messenger at Jackson handed 
me this dispatch ; 
Grand Master’s Office, ) 
Grand Lodge of Louisiana, f 
New Orleans, August 21, 1878. ] 
To J. L. Tower, Grand Secretary, Jackson, Miss.: 
The Masons of Louisiana beg to tender their mite of two hundred 
dollars to their afflicted brethren of Mississippi. Call on Capital State 
Bank, Jackson, who are authorized by Southern Bank to pay it. 
Edwin Marks, Deputy Grand Master. 
Of this I made grateful acknowledgment, and at once sent the fol- 
lowing telegram to the country, through the Associated Press: 
Jackson, August 21, 1878. 
To the Masonic Fraternity of the United States and Canada : 
The Masons of Louisiana have sent an unexpected and unsolicited 
contribution of two hundred dollars to their distressed brethren in 
Mississippi. We shall be glad to receive and disburse other contribu- 
tions from the Craft. The distress and destitution at Vicksburg, 
Grenada and Canton is appalling. We are in hourly expectation of 
.the pestilence at Jackson. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary. 
On the same day, by request of Brother W. G. Paxton, Grand 
Commander of Knights Templar, I prepared and mailed a circular 
appeal to the Templars of the country; and a week later, Brother 
John LI. McKenzie, Grand Master of Odd Fellows, telegraphed an 
appeal for help, requesting that all contributions be sent direct to me, 
as Grand Treasurer of that Order in this State. By telegraph, by 
express, and by the mails, money came freely the receipts for a 
time varying from one thousand to four thousand dollars per day. 
The telegrams and letters herewith submitted show how profoundly 
were the sympathy and generosity of the country aroused in our be- 
half. As I read over these loving messages, even now, tears of grati- 
tude come unbidden. Many others, outside of both Orders, who were collecting relief funds in different parts of the country, directed 
their contributions to me; and His Excellency, the Governor of this 
State, transferred to your Grand Secretary the various amounts received 
by him, aggregating about seven thousand dollars. 
Detailed and classified exhibits of all receipts are herewith sub- 
mitted : 
Exhibit A shows receipts from Masonic sources, aggregating, $47,- 
653.04. 
Exhibit B shows receipts from Odd Fellows, $16,165.14. 
Exhibit C shows receipts from miscellaneous sources, $12,701.24. 
Premium on gold, $17.49. 
Exhibit D gives a recapitulation of all receipts, making the grand 
total of $76,536.91. 
It being my wish to publish a detailed report, in pamphlet form, 
so as to send a copy to each contributor to the relief fund, I submit 
only for record here the summary of funds received : 
SUMMARY OF RECEIPTS. 
Alabama—Masonic $ 553.64 
Odd Fellows 30.00 
Miscellaneous 140.95—$ 724.59 
Arizona Territory- 
Masonic 50.00— 50.00 
Arkansas—Odd Fellows 391.85 
Miscellaneous 5.00 396.85 
California—Masonic 2,330.00— 
Odd Fellows 2,700.00 
Miscellaneous 3,254.00—■ 8,284.00 
Colorado—Masonic 183.75 
Odd Fellows 75.00 
Miscellaneous 150.00 408.75 
Connecticut—Mason ic 1,245.60 
Odd Fellows 300.00- 1,545.60 
Dakotaii Territory—Masonic 100.00 
Odd Fellows 186.00— 236.00 
Delaware—Odd Fellows 129.50 129.50 
District of Columbia—Masonic 550.00 550.00 
Florida—Masonic. 50.00 
Odd Fellows 35.00— 85.00 
Georgia—Masonic 181.00 
Miscellaneous 17.68— 198.68 Illinois—Masonic $4,501.14 
Odd Fellows 1,585.00 
Miscellaneous 176.00—$ 0,261.14 
Indiana—Masonic 727.70 
Odd Fellows 856.00 
Miscellaneous 281.65 1,885.35 
lowa—Masonic 2,142.45 
Odd Fellows 038.60 
Kansas—Masonic 450.00 
Miscellaneous 18.25— 2,799.30- 
Odd Fellows 71.90 
Miscellaneous 51.50 573.40 
Kentucky—Masonic 424.00 
Odd Fellows 460.00 
Miscellaneus 12.00— 896.00 
Louisiana—Masonic ; 225.00 
Odd Fellows 110.00— 335.00 
Maine—Odd Fellows 100.00 100.00 
Maryland—Masonic ■ 860.00 
Odd Fellows 285.50 1,145.50 
Massachusetts—Masonic 410.00 
Miscellaneous 86.50 
Knights of Honor 50.00 546.50 
Michigan—Masonic 2,085.00 
Odd Fellows 1,000.00 
Miscellaneous 1,242.06 
Knights of Honor 100.00— 4,427.06 
Minnesota—Masonic, 750.00 750.00 
Mississippi—Masonic 3,136.13 
Odd Fellow’s 167.65 
Miscellaneous 1,458.58 4,762.36 
Missouri—Masonic 2,185.50 
Odd Fellows 35.00 2,220.50 
Montana—Masonic 516.00 
Odd Fellows 101.00— 617.00 
Nebraska—Masonic 763.45 
Odd Fellows 49.80 813.25 
New Jersey—Masonic 1,373.24 
Odd Fellows 388.40 
Miscellaneous 130.00 1,891.64 
New Brunswick—Masonic 50.00 50.00 Nevada—Masonic $ 50.00 
Miscellaneous 50.00—$ 100.00 
New York—Masonic 9,461.68 
Odd Fellows 1,531.00 
Miscellaneous 1,960.00— 12,952.68 
North Carolina.—Odd Fellows 56.10 
Miscellaneous 78.00 134.10 
Ohio.—Masonic 2,638.90 
Odd Fellows 2,212.50 
Miscellaneous 10.00— 4,861.40 
Ontario.—Masonic 500.00 600.00 
Pennsylvania.—Masonic 1,382.05 
Odd Fellows 1,142.84 
Miscellaneous... 2.00 2,526.89 
Rhode Island.—Masonic 300.00 
Odd Fellows 200.00 500.00 
South Carolina.—Masonic 411.55— 411.55 
Tennessee.—Knights of Honor 20.00 
Miscellaneous 1.00— 21.00 
Texas.—Masonic 1,482.35 
Miscellaneous. 
Odd Fellows 152.50 
Miscellaneous 241.70—- 1,876.55 
Utah.—Masonic 510.25 
Odd Fellows 100.00— 610.25 
Virginia.—Masonic 836.00 
Miscellaneous 1,490.37 2,326.37 
West Virginia.—Masonic 931.66 
Odd Fellows 780.25 1,711.91 
WISCONSIN.—Masonic 3,240.00 
Odd Fellows 125.00 3,365.00 
Washington Territory.—Masonic 55.00— 55.00 
Wyoming Territory.—Masonic 10.00— 10.00 
Utah, Colorado, Nevada.—Odd Fellows. 43.00 43.00 
Colorado and Sandwich Islands.—Odd Fellows.. 82.75—■ 82.75 
States Not Known.—Odd Fellows '. 53.00— 53.00 
Foreign Countries.—Miscellaneous 1,675.00 1,675.00 
Total Masonic receipts $47,653.04 
Total I. O. O. F. receipts..... 16,165.14 
Total miscellaneous receipts 12,701.24 
Premiums on gold 17.49 
Total receipts from all sources $76,536.91 41 States and Territories. 2 British Provinces. Mexico and other for- 
eign countries. 
January 1, 1879. 
Exhibit D shows a detailed statement of disbursements, a voucher 
in every case being herewith filed. The following shows the 
DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF. 
Grenada - $ 8,790.00 
Holly Springs 8,299.48 
Dry Grove 2,565.60 
Uake .... 2,875.00 
Greenville 5,082.40 
Port Gibson 3,250.00 
Vicksburg 13,045.70 
Water Valley 3,307.93 
Osyka 861.00 
Canton 1,350.00 
McComb City 1,781.55 
Jackson 2,854.65 
Sharon 150.00 
Yazoo City 600.00 
Tchula....." HO.OO 
Tallahatchie County 850.00 
Tillatoba 500.00 
Hernando '■ 600.00 
Bolton 1,637.00 
Garner 800.00 
Crystal Springs 50.00 
Senatobia 250.00 
Oakland 300.00 
Winona 30.00 
Byram 50.00 
Terry 50.00 
Summit- 25.00 
Edwards 450.00 
Near Baldwin’s Perry 50.00 
Crystal Springs , 50.00 
Macon* 500.00 
Memphis 175.00 
New Orleans 275.00 
Natchez Orphan Asylums (Protestant and Catholic) 750.00 
Lebanon neighborhood 202.00 
Brandon 60.00 
Lawrence Station 50.00 
Miscellaneousf 319.35 
Total $62,886.66 
The judicious distribution of relief was attended with many diffi- 
culties. Vicksburg was the only point where our Craft had an or- 
ganized Relief Committee. I Avas advised that Bros. Paxton, Fair- 
The brethren at Macon had contributed more than six hundred dollars for 
relief. The recent disastrous fire at Macon, though not. destroying their had, 
crippled their ability to pay a debt on same hence $500.00 of their contribu- 
tion was returned, without any suggestion or solicitation on their part. 
f This includes $50.00 for the family of Lieut. Benner, in response to sug- 
gestion of Bro. D. C. Creiger, Chairman of Chicago Masonic Relief Committee, 
who was persistent in his kind remembrance of our State. child, French, and a few others, had resolved to remain and share the 
perils of the pestilence as well as the glory of alleviating the suffer- 
ings of their fellow-creatures. The Odd Fellows of Vicksburg were 
also organized with an efficient Committee—Ero. Chas. Lehman as 
chairman. To these two Committees I forwarded, at various times, 
amounts aggregating more than ten thousand dollars. A detailed 
report of the Masonic Committee has been published, and shows the 
active part taken by our brethren in relieving the general distress in 
the heroic Hill City. 
The following are a few of the many telegrams forwarded and 
received during the epidemic, and are submitted to show how I en- 
deavored to anticipate the wants of each afflicted place, and how 
timely was the relief thus distributed : 
Jackson, September 27, 1878. 
Col. W J. L. Holland, Chairman Relief Committee, Holly Springs: 
How is your Committee off for funds? Make requisition on me when 
needed and I will respond promptly. J. L. Power, 
Grand Secretary. 
Holly Springs, September 17, 1878. 
To J. L. Power, Grand Secretary 
Five deaths and eleven new cases in the last twenty-four hours. Your 
last shipment of one thousand dollars to hand. I have no words in which 
to express the thanks of our suffering people. Kinloch Falconer, 
for Relief Committee. 
This telegram had reference to the thousand dollars shipped on the 
13th to our lamented Past Grand Master, Harvey W. Walter, who was 
taken sick the day the package reached Holly Springs. On the 19th, 
this beloved brother—one of Mississippi’s noblest sons—“lawyer, 
statesman, soldier, patriot, Christian”—succumbed to the pestilence, 
and is seen no more among us. 
Jackson, September 23, 1878. 
To Thos. 11. Woods, Chairman Relief Committee, Meridian, Miss.: 
Desiring to assist your Committee in your noble efforts for relief of Lake, 
I have had Peoples’ Bank requested to pay you one thousand dollars. 
This is from the Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Relief fund. Expend it as to 
you may seem most judicious-for the relief of all at Lake. Can send you 
more when needed, on your notice. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary. 
REPLY TO ABOVE 
Meridian, September 28, 1878. 
J. L. Power, Grand Secretary: 
God bless you for your splendid donation. We were greatly depressed, 
as we had only funds for one more day. So far we have been able to meet 
every demand from Lake. Tnos. H. Woods, Chairman Ex. Com. On the 29th I again renewed offers of assistance, and received 
reply that none was needed. On 7th October, I telegraphed five 
hundred dollors additional. 
The following are responses to telegrams sent Vicksburg : 
Vicksburg, September 13, 1878. 
J. L. Power, Grand Secretary : 
Will advise should we need any help from you. Thanks. 
W. M. Rockwood, 
President Howard Association. 
To J. L. Power, Grand Secretary : 
Am out again. We have plenty of funds for the present. Paxton 
better. Wm. A. Fairchild, Secretary and Treasurer. 
Vicksburg, September 13, 1878. 
From Port Gibson,: 
Port Gibson, September, 4, 1878. 
To J. L. Power, Grand Secretary : 
Many thanks, dear friend and brother, for your kindness in relieving our 
wants. Your drafts for nine hundred dollars received. Please acknowl- 
edge the same to proper sources, and return many thanks. At present, 460 
cases and 64 deaths to date. Jas. A. Gage, Pres. Howard Association. 
By the 10th I had forwarded two thousand dollars additional, and 
received Bro. Gage’s prompt acknowledgements. 
GRENADxI. 
I had special difficulty in the distribution of relief to this place.- 
.1 sent funds to Bro. W. E. Hughes until he was taken sick. On the 
6th of September I saw it stated that Bro. Wm. J. Ayres, Noble Grand 
of the Odd Fellows Lodge, was still on duty. I expressed him five 
hundred dollars. On the day following, I received a telegram from 
the Express Agent that the money was received, but that Bro. Ayres 
had died the day the package left Jackson. Other amounts, sent to 
the members of Relief Committees, would be acknowledged by their 
survivors. Eighteen members of Grenada Lodge, No. 31, and eleven 
other-members of the Order, and forty-two members of their families, 
died in Grenada during the epidemic, leaving seven widows and forty- 
seven orphans. Fourteen Odd Fellows, and eighteen members of 
their families, also died of the fever leaving four widows and twenty 
orphans to the care of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
On the 23d of September, I telegraphed the following acknowledg- 
ment, through the Associated Press : 
Jackson, Miss., September 23, 1878. 
To the Freemasons and Odd Fellows of the United States: 
In behalf of our afflicted brethren and their families in our fever-stricken 
communities, and in behalf of hundreds of others who have been relieved 
by your timely and generous benefactions, I return you profound thanks for the noble response that you have sent to our appeals for help. I have 
thereby been enabled to answer promptly every call from the ten places in 
the State where the fever is prevailing, and, with the funds on hand and 
now coming, will doubtless be able to meet every demand until the close 
of the epidemic. Should there be any surplus it will be distributed as 
judiciously as possible for the benefit of the hundreds of orphans be- 
queathed by the plague to impoverished communities. In their behalf I 
would still enlist your generous sympathy. The relief received through 
me has been dispensed, as far as practicable, through the committees of 
both orders, without regard to race, color or creed. Such has been the 
expressed wish of nearly every Lodge and brother contributing. lam now 
obtaining lists of families having special claims upon our care, so that none 
may be overlooked in the distribution. I have received to date nearly 
Fifty Thousand Dollars—nearly all from Masons and Odd Fellows. In 
due time a full report of this good work, which it has been my privilege 
to conduct, will be given to the generous contributors and to the public. 
It will be a testimony to the goodness and the gratitude of the human 
heart. [Signed.] j. L. Power, 
Grand Secretary .of Masons, 
Grand Treasurer of Odd Fellows. 
Our Masonic bretnren, and the Howard Association in New Or- 
leans, and the Howard Associations of Canton, Vicksburg and Port 
Gibson, had telegraphed their grateful thanks to the country, stating 
that enough had been received for any probable demand, and that 
further contributions should cease. I, therefore, felt impelled to do 
likewise, although against my judgment, for I had reason to believe 
that other infected points, not so accessible, would need assistance 
before the close of the epidemic. 'When I sent out the appeal on the 
21st of August, I supposed that the last three pages of my cash book 
would be sufficient for the entry of the few thousand dollars that 
might come in response • and when the card of September 23d was 
issued, I took it for granted that funds would then cease coming. 
Since that date, however, I have received upwards of twenty-five 
thousand dollars—the last contribution to hand being on the 3d inst. 
THE SPIRIT OF THE GIVING. 
The following letters and telegrams are submitted to indicate the 
spirit and character of the relief received : 
Grand Lodge of New York, ) 
Grand Secretary’s Office, 
New York, Sept. 12, 1878. j 
To IL\ W.\ J. L. Power, Grand Secretary: 
In order that it may not be charged against the Fraternity that the funds 
remitted to the Masonic authorities in the South are expended for the ben- 
efit of Freemasons only, the Grand Master directs me to request that you 
will, if the means at your disposal will permit, consult with the Howard 
Associations, so that the relief afforded may be as general as possible. The 
Grand Master makes this request at the instance of brethren who believe 
that a Mason’s charity should be as extensive as the wants of suffering 
humanity. This sentiment is doubtless as universal with you as with us; still wc must guard against the misapprehensions of our friends, as well as 
the misrepresentations of the enemies of our ancient and honorable insti- 
tution. Fraternally Yours, 
James M. Austin, Grand Secretary. 
vi Indianapolis, Sept. 21, 1878. 
J. L. Power, Grand Treasurer I. 0. 0. F.: 
Yours, acknowledging the receipt of my last remittance ($300.00) came 
duly to hand. Should you need further assistance from our Jurisdiction, 
do not hesitate to send me a telegram to that effect. Accept our warmest 
sympathy for your stricken and suffering people. 
Fraternally, K. T. Foster, Grand Secretary. 
Grand Lodge of Illinois, I. O. O. F. 1 
Rockford, Sept. 30, 1878. j 
J. L. Power, Grand Treasurer 
Dear Brother.—In your last acknowledgment of $500.00, you stated 
that you hoped to not need further relief, aside from what was in hand and 
in transit. If you find that you were mistaken, I hope you will not fail to 
notify me at your earliest convenience. Illinois wants to render aid as long 
as there remains a suffering brother in your midst. Hoping that Provi- 
dence will interpose in staying the hands of the destroyer, and that our 
brothers, and the citizens of your afflicted State will, ere many days, be 
again restored to health. I have the honor to be, fraternally yours, 
John Lake, Grand Master. 
On the 28th of October, Bro. Lake sent $5OO additional. 
San Francisco, September 18, 1878. 
To J. L. Power, Grand Secretary of Masons : 
I send you one thousand more, same manner as before. Acknowledge 
by telegraph, and say whether you want more. We have plenty. 
Alex. G. Abell, Grand Secretary. 
To this I replied: 
Jackson, Miss., September 19, 1878. 
To Alex. G. Abell, Grand Secretary, San Francisco, Cal. : 
Thanks for your splendid contribution. Our California brethren have 
done enough. Please don’t send any more. Remittances now coming 
from other places will be ample. Have supplied all pressing calls, and will 
have something for the widows and orphans when the fever subsides. May 
you always be able, as you always have been willing, to help the distressed. 
J. L. Power, Grand Secretary. 
San Francisco, September 18, 1878. 
To J. L. Power, Grand Treasurer, I. 0. O. F.: 
Have telegraphed one thousand dollars to your credit for the relief of 
Odd Fellows, where most needed, in your State. 
W. B. Lyon, Grand Secretary. 
The receipts from foreign countries include $700.00 from the City 
of Mexico, through United States Minister Foster; two contributions 
from the Odd Fellows of Honolulu, Sandwich Islands, and several 
amounts through the Hon. Wm. M. Evarts, Secretary of State, Washi- 
ngton, at the instance of Hon. O. R. Singleton. PERSONAL DISTRIBUTION OF RELIEF,. 
My own reflection, as well as intimations from Grand Master, 
resulted in the setting apart of about twenty-five thousand dollars for 
the widows and orphans of our brethren who could not be reached 
during the epidemic through Relief Committees or otherwise. On 
this point, the following was issued : 
Jackson, Oct. 15, 1878. 
Except about six thousand dollars, received from various sources, all the 
relief funds received by me have been from Masons and Odd Fellows in 
nearly every State in the Union. The Masons have contributed about 
$45,000, and the Odd Fellows about $lO,OOO. I have thus far been able to 
respond to every call made upon me by fifteen different communities, 
besides affording personal relief to individuals at different places. Relief 
has been dispensed without regard to race, color or creed. I am now 
admonished by those who have the right to advise and instruct me as to 
the further distribution of relief, that the afflicted families of Masons and 
Odd Fellows must henceforth be specially looked after. I will not be able, 
therefore, except in extreme and special cases, to respond to any further 
calls from general Relief Committees, unless funds for such purpose shall 
come into my hands. I will thank my brethren in the afflicted towns to 
report to me such cases as may need immediate relief, giving particulars as 
to Masons and Odd Fellows who have died, and the necessities of their 
families. J. L. Power, 
Grand Secretary of Masons, 
Grand Treasurer of Odd Fellows. 
In order to carry out more effectually the object thus indicated, I 
resolved on a personal visit to each of the afflicted localities. Want 
of time, and the extraordinary labors incident to the work embraced 
in this Report, prevented the complete carrying out of this programme. 
The places visited are as follows : 
Lake, October 31st; McComb City, November 12th; Bolton, No- 
vember 26th; Winona, November 29th; Grenada, November 30th; 
Osyka, December 4th; Holly Springs, December 14th ; Water Valley, 
December 15th. In lieu of a visit to Dry Grove, I requested the 
Wor. Master and Secretary of Lodge No. 321, to come to Jackson, 
and after a full conference as to the necessities of families in that 
neighborhood, handed them nearly eight hundred dollars for dis- 
tribution. 
Of some of the details of this method of distribution, I ask the in- 
dulgence of the Grand Lodge while I submit a verbal statement, as 
it might not be proper to place on record the personal references neces- 
sary to explain, and commend this course to your approval. [Here 
made verbal statement.] 
And now, brethren, there is a respectable balance on hand, for the 
reason that I did not have time to dispose of it. I have set apart $3,000 oo for Greenville, and have promised a visit to that place im- 
mediately after the close of the Grand Lodge. [Visited Greenville 
February x6th.] I wish also to visit Meridian, Canton and other 
places, so as to complete the statistics of death and orphanage that I 
am compiling as an appendix to this Report. 
Deducting the $3,000,00 set apart for Greenville, the unexpended 
balance is $13,700.25, which is derived from the three funds Ma- 
sonic, Odd Fellows and Miscellaneous. The two latter funds constitut- 
ing over a third of the total receipts, and the same proportion being de- 
ducted from the total now on hand, the Masonic proportion of the 
reserve is $9,000.00. As to the distribution of the Odd Fellows’ pro- 
portion of the fund, the Grand Master of that Order will be consulted; 
and as to the Miscellaneous portion, there are cases of destitution re- 
sulting from the yellow fever where it can be at once and judiciously 
applied. Should the completion of this work' be confided to your 
Grand Secretary, I would dispose of the Masonic proportion within 
the next sixty days, upon the following basis, subject to such modifi- 
cation as personal investigation might justify 
Grenada $1,500.00 
Holly Springs • 1,000.00 
Vicksburg 1,000.00 
Meridian 1,000.00 
Natchez Protestant Orphan Asylum 1,000.00 
Osyka 600.00 
Lake 600.00 
Canton 500.00 
Towns on Mississippi and Tennessee Railroad 500.00 
Jackson 400.00 
Bovina and vicinity .. 350.00 
Destitute widows and orphans at other places 550.00 
Total $9,000.00 
Water Valley, Grenada, Greenville and McComb City, to be further 
aided from the Odd Fellows’ and Miscellanous fund. Our Port Gibson 
brethren—Masons and Odd Fellows—have respectable relief funds on 
hand. The Masonic Relief Committee there has recently returned to 
me a surplus of fifteen hundred dollars of the funds which I had sent 
the Howard Association, and which was transferred by the Association 
to Relief Committee. This is included in balance on hand. 
The amount suggested for the Protestant Orphan Asylum, at 
Natchez, will be much needed, as the demands upon such institutions 
are increased by such terrible afflictions as the one through which we 
have passed. 
Brethren of the Grand Lodge, my work is now submitted for your 
inspection. As your humble agent in receiving and disbursing so 
large an amount of money, I have the proud satisfaction of knowing 
have passed. that you will find the facts and figures as submitted sustained by 
proper vouchers. It is due to myself, it is due to this Grand Body, 
and especially is it due to the generous and charitable people every- 
where, who contributed to the fund, that the manner in which I have 
discharged the great trust thus suddenly imposed upon me, shall 
undergo the careful scrutiny of this Grand Lodge. I therefore 
respectfully ask that a special committee of expert accountants— 
cashiers of banks, if such are members of this Grand Lodge—shall be 
appointed to examine and report. I have here thirty-seven packages of 
vouchers, representing as many communities to which relief has been 
dispensed—all of which are tabulated—so that while the pile may look 
formidable, the arrangement is such as to facilitate examination. 
Should the committee, at the close of their labors, be able to say, 
“well done, faithful servant,” I shall feel amply rewarded for all the 
labor, anxiety and responsibility of the past few months. 
As your agent, in the work of relief, I have had written and said 
to me enough kind things to satisfy the ambition of almost any man 
for the good will of his fellows. The moistened eye, the falling tear, 
the hearty “God bless you!” and “God bless the Masons and Odd 
Fellows!” have strengthened and encourged me in the prosecution of 
the work, and have filled me with gratitude for the privilege of being 
the almoner of the bounties of others. Onerous as has been the duty, 
I shall regret when it is out of my power to say to the widow or 
orphan who may apply, I have no more to give. To Him who has de- 
clared “I will be a husband to the widow and a father to the fatherless,” 
I do most prayerfully commend the bereaved of the Epidemic of 
1878. 
In closing this report, I desire to return grateful acknowledgement 
to the railroads, express and telegraph companies, the banks and the 
public press for zealous co-operation. To the Capital State Bank, at 
Jackson, I am specially indebted for the facilities afforded in the work 
of relief. This bank kept open daily, supplying me with currency as 
needed, and cashing drafts to the amount of sixty thousand dollars, 
without discount or exchange, in a single instance. 
Fraternally submitted, J. L. POWER, 
Grand Secretary. i6 
The foregoing Report was referred to a Special Committee, consist- 
ing of Bros. Robert C. Patty, Macon Lodge, No. 40; John S. Jones, 
Ebenezer Lodge, No. 76; C. L. Lincoln, Columbus Lodge, No. 5 ; 
B. T. Kimbrough, Salem Lodge, No. 45 ; Allen M. Hicks, Dover 
Lodge, No. 197. 
REPORT OF COMMITTEE. 
To the Most Worshipful Grand Lodge of Mississippi 
The Special Committee, to whom was referred so much of the R.\ \VV. 
Grand Secretary’s Report as relates to the Epidemic and Relief Work, beg 
leave to report that they entered upon the immediate discharge of the duty 
assigned, with a view to making report thereon at the present Grand Com- 
munication, but now find it impossible, if the examination be made 
thorough and critical, as desired by the Grand Secretary. They have, 
therefore, decided to continue their work, and will make report to the 
Most Worshipful Grand Master, as authorized by the resolution under 
which the Committee was raised, unless the Grand Lodge shall see proper 
to order otherwise. 
The Committee recommend the adoption of the accompanying resolu- 
tion in relation to the disbursement of the relief funds remaining in the 
hands'of the Grand Secretary. Respectfully submitted, 
Robert C. Patty, Chairman, 
for the Committee. 
jßesolved, That R.-. W.‘. Grand Secretary, J. L. Power, be and he is 
hereby authorized and requested to distribute the balance of relief funds 
now in his hands, in accordance with the suggestions contained in his 
Annual Report, or in such other manner as to him may seem right and 
proper. 
Adopted. 
Since the foregoing was submitted to the Grand Lodge, I have 
carefully compared the entries in my cash book with the exhibits fol- 
lowing, and after correcting sundry errors made in the haste of pre- 
paring the report for Grand Lodge, the Exhibits of Receipts are now 
submitted with great confidence that every contribution through me is 
fully acknowledged. The disbursement of the balance is being made 
as fast as practicable, and when vouchers are all in, a final report will 
be submitted to the Committee as above. RECEIPTS. 
Exhibit A . From Masonic Sources. 
Exhibit B From Odd Fellows. 
Exhibit C . Miscellaneous. EXHIBIT A. 
RECEIPTS PROM MASONIC SOURCES. 
ALABAMA. 
Aug. 24. Montgomery Chapter, No. 22, AVm. D. Wadsworth, 
H. P $ 100 00 
.Sept. 2. Helena Lodge, No. 410, Helena, Shelby county, Hor- 
ace Bowers, Secretary 20 00 
5. I). J. Miller, member of Marshall Lodge, No. 209, 
Huntersville 25 00 
6. Per Daniel Sayre, Grand Recorder, Montgomery: 
Eufaula Commandery, No. 9 26 00 
Gyre Commandery, No. 10 23 00 
Montgomery Commandery, No. 4 21 00 
13. Per Daniel Sayre, Grand Secretary : 
Athens Lodge, No. 16 . 25 00 
Forkland Lodge, No. 230 20 00 
Tuskegee Commandery, No. 11 7 00 
Benton Lodge, No. 59, Benton, B. Wolff, Secretary. 25 00 
16. Masons of Huntersville, per D. J. Miller 46 30 
(See, also, I. O. O. F., and Miscellaneous subscrip- 
tions—slso 00 in all—from Bro. Miller.) 
20. Mobile Commandery, No. 2, and Alabama Command- 
ery, No. 6 20 00 
20. Selma Commandery, No. s—this5—this and foregoing through 
Daniel Sayre. Grand Recorder 20 50 
27. Masons of Selma, per Wm. T. Daughtry, Geo. R. 
Boyd, Committee 103 84 
28. Reagan Lodge, No. 341, Davistowu, Ala., via Oxford, 
W. E. Bowling, Secretary 15 00 
30. Sir Bernard Jacob, Selma Commandery, No. 5, per 
Daniel Sayre, Grand Recorder 15 00 
Oct. 7. Liberty Lodge, No. 65, Liberty Hill, Dallas Co., per 
Daniel Sayre, Grand Secretary 25 00 
10. Masons of Selma, per W. T. Daughtry and Geo. R. 
Boyd, Committee 6 00 
7. Fulton Lodge, No. 98, Orrville, Dallas Co., B. T. Gar- 
net, Treasurer .., 10 00 
Total from Alabama $ 553 64 
ARIZONA TERRITORY. 
Sept 20. Azitan Lodge, Prescott, (used in Vicksburg) | 50 00 CALIFORNIA. 
Sept. 1. Grand Lodge, per Alex. G. Abell, Grand Secretary, 
San Francisco, gold 500 00 
5. Pacific Lodge, No. 136, San Francisco 50 00 
5. Magnolia Lodge, No. —, “ “ 30 00 
7. Excelsior Lodge, No. 128, “ “ Geo. C. Ran- 
dall, W. M . 100 00 
10. LaParfait Union Lodge, No. 17, San Francisco 50 00 
13. Per Alex. G. Abell, Grand Secretary Grand Lodge, 
gold 500 00 
19. Per Alex. G. Abell, Grand Secretary Grand Lodge.... 1,000 00 
19. Woodland Chapter, No. 46, Woodland, N. WycofF, 
H. P 100 00 
Total from California $ 2,330 00"' 
Premiums on gold elsewhere aggregated. 
COLORADO. 
Aug. 26. Union Lodge, No. 7, Denver 50 00' 
Sept. 14. Golden Lodge, No. 1, Golden, Robert D. Haw, Sec- 
retary, $5O 00; by members, $lO 00 60 00 
25. El Paso Lodge, No. 13, per Roger W. Woodbury, 
Grand Master, Denver 63 75 
Oct. 2. El Paso Lodge, No. 13, per Roger W. Woodbury, 
Grand Master, (for Masons and their families) 10 00 
Total from Colorado $ 183 75' 
CONNECTICUT'. 
Sept. 12. Per. Jno. W. Stedman, Grand Recorder, Norwich : 
Palestine Commandery, No. 6, New London 53 00* 
Hamilton Commandery, No. 6, Bridgeport 25 00 
Clark Commandery, No. 7, Waterbary 100 00 
16. Columbian Commandery, No. 14, Norwich, Allen Pen- 
ny, E. C 150 00 
4. New Haven Commandery, No. 2, New Haven 25 00 
16. Grand Lodge, per J. K. Wheeler, Grand Secretary, 
Hartford 250 00 
21. Columbian Commandery, No. 14, Norwich, Allen 
Tenny, E. C 10 00 
27. Per J. K. Wheeler, Grand Secretary, Hartford 386 60 
. —~ ~~ ~ .7 , ' 
29. Clinton Commandery, No. 3, per John W. Stedman, 
Grand Recorder 21 00 
Oct. 6. Per J. K. Wheeler, Grand Secretary 200 00 
28. New Haven Commandery, No. 2, per John W. Sted- 
man, Grand Recorder 25 00 
Total from Connecticut $ 1,245 60 DA KOTA H TERRITORY. 
Sepf. 16- Per Geo. P. Hand, Grand Master, Yankton $ 100 00 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
Aug. 26. Per Alex. Gardner, Treasurer Relief Committee, Wash- 
ington, 50 00 
Sept. 1. Per Alex. Gardner, Treasurer Relief Committee, Wash- 
ington 250 00 
Sept. 7. Per Alex. Gardner, Treasurer Relief Committee, Wash- 
ington, 250 00 
Total from District of Columbia $ 650 00 
FLORIDA. 
Sept. 1. Escambia Lodge, No. 15, Pensacola, per G. E. Went- 
worth, $ 50 00 
GEORGIA. 
Sept. 14. Atlanta Lodge, No. 59, per W. F. Parkhurst, Chairman 
Board of Relief, 131 00 
“ 19. Benevolent Lodge, No. 8, Milledgeville, per Lucius J. 
Lamar, Sec’y., (for Masons at Vicksburg.) 25 00 
“ 24. Benevolent Lodge, No. 3, Milledgeville, per Lucius J. 
Lamar, Sec’y., (for Masons at Grenada.) 25 00 
Total from Georgia $ 181 00 
ILLINOIS. 
Aug. 26. Jackson Lodge, No. 53, Shelbyville, $29 00; citizens, 
$34 00.....T 63 00 
29. Mt. Carmel Lodge, No. 239, Mt. Carmel, 20 00 
29. Tyrian Lodge, No. 333, Springfield, .. 20 25 
30. Masons of Chicago, per DeWitt C. Creiger, 400 00 
Sept. 2. Lexington Lodge, No. 482, per John F. Burrill, Grand 
Secretary, 10 00 
30. Masons of Galesburg, per Dr. S. L. Lambert, Sec’y., 50 00 
2. Freeburg Lodge, No. 418, Freeburg, per W. H. Wild- 
erman, Sec’y., 10 00 
2. Mrs. Dr. Paul Sears, $lO 00; Jacob Knell and lady, 
$5 00; per R. S. Gordon, W. M. Mt. Carmel Lodge 
No. 239, 15 00 
5. Masonic Aid Ass’n., Peoria, per Crosby White, Treas., 150 00 Sept. 8. Dunlap Lodge, No. 321, Morrison, Frank Clendenin, 
Secretary, 82 00 
9. Masons of Jacksonville, per Leopold Weill, Treasurer, 75 00 
12. Greenfield Lodge, No. 129, J. W. Hutchinson, W. M., 20 00 
16. Orlin H.Miner, Grand Treas. Grand Lodge, Spring- 
field, 500 00 
16. Orlin H. Miner, Grand Treas. Grand Lodge, Spring- 
field, 7. 500 00 
16. Marine Lodge, No. 355, Madison county, per Albert 
H. Judd, W. M., 20 00 
19. Sumner Lodge, No. 334, Sumner, M. May, W. M.,... 15 OO 
24. Orlin H. Miner, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge, 
Springfield, 500 00 
24. Pittsfield Lodge, No. 56, Pittsfield, per O. H. Miner, 
Grand Treasurer, (for brethren at Greenville,) 40 00 
24. Masons of Chicago, per DeWitt C. Creiger, 200 00 
24. Rossville Lodge, No. 527, Rossville, Vermillion coun- 
ty, per Harry Shannon, chairman committee, 
through Maj. E. G. Wall, for Port Gibson, 32 50 
29. Orlin H. Miner, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge, Spring- 
field, 500 00 
Oct. 2. Masons of Chicago, per DeWitt C. Creiger, 150 00 
3. Contributions of Lodges, per Orlin H. Miner, Grand 
Treasurer, 300 00 
9. Masons of Chicago, per DeWitt C. Creiger, 150 00 
14. Clinton Lodge No. 14, Petersburg, Jas. S. Black, Sec- 
retary, (for Masonic relief only,) handed to a Ma- 
son’s widow, whose husband and two sons had died 
of fever, 25 00 
18. Masonic Relief Committee of Peoria, per Crosby 
White, Treasurer, 83 65 
Nov. 2. Masons of Chicago, per DeWitt C. Creiger, 130 27 
4. Orlin H. Miner, Grand Treasurer, Springfield, 439 47 
Total from Illinois $ 4501 14 
INDIANA. 
Sept. 2. Lessing Lodge, No. 460, Evansville, Karl F. Thieine, 
Secretary, 25 00 
5. Horeb Chapter, No. 66, Jeffersonville, per S. S. John- 
son, G. H. P., 25 00 
9. Clark Lodge, No. 40, Jeffersonville, F. W. Poindexter, 
W. M., 25 00 
16. Mt. Vernon Lodge, No 163, Mt. Vernon, Sylvanus 
Milner, W. M., 41 50 
20. Spencer Chapter, No. 77, Spencer, per John M. Bram- 
well, Grand Secretary, 40 00 
20. Sir Knight Collins Blackmer, Lafayette, per John M. 
Brain well, .Grand Secretary, 5 00 
20. Wm. H. Smythe,. Grand Secretary, Indianapolis, (sent 
to Holly Springs direct, at my request,) 316 50 
28. Goshen Lodge, No. 12, and Travel Lodge, No. 306, 
Goshen, per John B. Walk, W. M. No. 12, and J. A. 
Carmieiij W. M. No. 306, 53 25 Sept. 28. Per Bro. John M. Bramwell, to-wit: Monroe Lodge, 
No. 22, and Masons of Bloomington, 28 56 
Mitamora Lodge, No. 156, Mitamora, 31 80 
Greencastle Chapter, No. 22, Greencastle, 15 00 
Jerusalem Chapter, No. 81, Sullivan, . 10 00 
29. Sundry Lodges, per W. H. Smythe, Grand Secretary, 68 00 
Oct. 4. Wm. H. Smythe, Grand Secretary, Indianapolis, 5 00 
5. Kingston Chapter, No. 33, Kingston, Geo. W. Wil- 
liams, Secretary, 32 00 
26. Washington Chapter, No. 13, Brownstown, D. A. 
Kochenoun, W. M., , 11 10 
Total from Indiana.. $ 727 70 
IO W A 
Aug. 30. Malta Commandery, No, 31, Ottumwa, W. A. Mc- 
Grew, E. C., 25 00 
30. Masons of Shenandoah, per J. Swain, 15 00 
Sept. 2. Masonic Fraternity of Muscatine, per Wm. B. Lang- 
2. Masonic Fraternity of Muscatine, per Wm. B. Lang- 
ridge, Grand Secretary, 46 00 
2. Masons of Marshalltown, per Geo. Glide, Treasurer 
Marshall Lodge, No. 108, 28 75 
4. St. Bernard Commandery, No. 14, Belle Plains, Jas. 
Collister, E. C., 50 00 
4. Masonic Belief Committee, Waterloo, H. W. Jenney, 
Secretary, through combined efforts of Waterloo 
Lodge, No. 105; Victory Lodge, No. 296; Taberna- 
cle Chapter, No. 52; Oscalon Commandery, No. 25, 100 00 
4. Appolo Commandery, No. 26, Cedar Eapids, Jas. Mor- 
ton, E. C., 50 00 
5. Bluff City Lodge, No. 71, Council Bluff, John T. 
Oliver, Secretary, 75 00 
6. Mt. Horeb Chapter, No. 46, Belle Plain, $10; a Knight 
Templar, $1; per W. B. Langridge, Grand Sec’y., 11 00 
6. Bruce Commandery, No. 34, Red Oak, per C. G. At- 
wood, E. C., 50 00 
8. Cyrus Chapter No. 13, Washington, per Corap. W. B. 
Langridge, 25 00 
8. Davenport Chapter, No. 16, 25 00 
6. Green Lodge, No. 315, Jefferson, Frank Hassett, Sec’y., 26 80 
10. W. B. Langridge, Grand Secretary Grand Chapter, 68 00 
10. Excalibur Commandery, No. 13, Boone, R. J. Hiatt, 
Recorder, 35 00 
12. Chapter No. 32, Clinton; No. 35, Decorah; No. 53, 
Charles City; No. 48, Manchester; No. 74, Clarks- 
ville, perW.B. Langridge, Grand Secretary, 95 00 
12. Commanderies: No. 9, Davenport; Nazareth U. D., 
Manchester; No. 12, Decorah, per Comp. Lang- 
ridge, 58 00 
12. Chapters: Hebron, No. 76, Hamburg, $25; Henry, 
No. 8, $5 25, per Comp. Langridge, 30 25 
13. Clinton Chapter, No. 9, Ottumwa, 25 00 
13. Trinity Chapter, No. 16, Monticello, 25 00 
13. Chapter No. 2, lowa City, 25 00 
Chapter No. 2, lowa City,. Sept. 13. Commandery No. 2, lowa City, 26 00 
13. Pilgrim Commandery, No. 20, Clarinda, per C. Lind- 
erman, 30 00 
16. Masonic fraternity of Waterloo, J: W. Jenny, Sec’y., 60 15 
16. J. W. Wilson, Grand Master Newton, 400 00 
16. Per W. B. Langridge, Grand Sec’y, Grand Chapter, viz: 
Montgomery Chapter, No. 57, Red Oak, ' 50 00 
Clarinda Chapter, No 29, Clarinda, 20 00 
Potowohot Chapter, No. 28, Fort' Madison, 10 00 
Dubuque Chapter, No. 8, Dubuque, 51 60 
Tadmor Chapter, No. 18, Knoxville,.... 5 00 
Corner Stone Chapter, No. 64, Jefferson, 25 00 
21. Per Wm. B. Langridge, Grand Secretary, viz: 
Oriental Commandery, No. 22, Newton, 26 00 
Baldwin Commandery, No. 11, Cedar Falls, 25 00 
Shekinah Chapter, No. 44, Riverton,... 25 00 
Valley Chapter, No. 20, Cedar Falls, 25 00 
Osage Chapter, No. 86, Osage, 7 00 
23. From Grand Master J. W. Wilson, Newton, 200 00 
Harmony Chapter, No. 41, Elkader,. 15 00 
24. Mt. Gerizum Chapter, No. 59, Glenwood, per Comp. 
Langridge........ 10 00 
Oct. 4. Tyrian Chapter, No. 87, Adel, 5 00 
26. Masonic Relief Corn., per A. W. DeForest, Desmoines, 45 60 
Sept. 18. Per Wm. B. Langridge, Grand Sec’y Grand Chapter; 
Triune Chapter, No. 81, Mo. Valley, 10 00 
Benevolence Chapter, No. 46, Mason City, 25 00 
Jerusalem Chapter, No. 72, Marengo, 25 00 
Raboni Chapter, No. 85, Avoca, 16 00 
14. Anchor Chapter, No. 69, Hampton, 15 00 
Marion Chapter, No. 10, Marion, 25 00 
Lafayette Chapter, No. 61, Bonaparte 25 00 
Monticello Chapter, No. 42, Monticello, 25 00 
Chariton Chapter, No. 22, Chariton, 10 00 
Sir Kt. J. J. Childs, of Muscatine, (making con- 
tributions from here $5O in all,) 3 00 
16. Bloomfield Chapter, No. 25, Bloomfield, 35 00 
Geber Chapter U. D., Monroe, 10 00 
Gate City Chapter, No. 7. Ke0kuk........ 25 00 
Doric Chapter, No. 54, Tama City, 25 00 
Gebal Chapter, No. 12, Newton 15 00 
Total from 10wa...... $ 2142 45 
KANSAS. 
Aug. 30. Masonic Fraternity of Leavenworth, per J. V. Ellard, 
H. P., of Leavenworth Chapter, No. 2 125 00 
Sept. 2. Grand Lodge, per John 11. Brown, Grand Sec’y 100 00 
Kansas City Lodge, Noi 220, H. C. Litchfield, Sec’y, 30 00 
7. Junction City Chapter, No. 17, Geo. F. TrotL Sec’y.. 50 00 
10. Rising Sun Lodge, No. 8, Fort Scott 50 00 
20. Erie Lodge, No. 76, per John H. Brown, Grand Sec- 
retary, Wyandotte 20 00 
24. Emporia Chapter, No. 12, Emporia, W. W. Hibben, 
H. P 50 00 Oct. 21. Solomon City Lodge, No. 105, per John H. Brown, 
Grand Secretary..... 25 00 
Total i'rom Kansas $ 450 00 
K E N T UCKY. 
Sept. 4. DeKoven Lodge, No. 577, Union County, per Grand 
Master Campbell H. Johnson, Henderson 16 00 
9. Masonic Relief Committee, Louisville, per C. E. 
Woodruff, Chairman 200 00 
20. Hamilton Lodge, No. 354, Hamilton, J. P. Johnson, 
■ Secretary 5 00 
Aug. 30. Henderson Commandery, No. 14, B. G. Witt, E. C., 
subscription by Masons of the town of Henderson, 100 00 
14. Hopkinsville Lodge, No. 37, SamT O. Graves, W. M. 103 00 
Total from Kentucky $ 424 00 
LOUISIANA. 
Aug. 21. From Edwin Marks, Deputy Grand Master, the first 
contribution received 200 00 
Sept. 2. Aurora Lodge, No. 193, New Iberia, Joe Indest, Sec’y 25 00 
Total from Louisiana $ 225 00 
MARYLAND, 
Sept. 6. Knight; Templar, per Jacob E. Krebs, Grand Com- 
mander 500 00 
24. Knights Templar, per Jacob E. Krebs, Grand Com- 
mander.. 360 00 
Total from Maryland $ 860 00 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Sept. 7. From Grand Master Chas. A. Welch, Boston 100 00 
10. John Yiall, D. D. G. M. 17th District, 145 Pearl st., 
Boston 10 00 
23. From Grand Master Chas. A. Welch 300 00 
Total from Massachusetts ~..$ 410 00 MICHIGAN. 
Sept. G. Zion Lodge, No. 1, Detroit, J. B. H. Bratshaw, 
Chairman Committee 150 00 
7. Wm. P. Lines, Grand Secretary, Grand Rapids 150 00 
9. Wm. P. Innes, Grand Secretary, Grand Rapids 200 00 
14. Wm. P. Innes, Grand Secretary, Grand Rapids 300 00 
16. Wm. P. Innes, Grand Secretary, Grand Rapids 150 00 
17. Wm. P. Innes, Grand Recorder, Grand Rapids 325 00 
18. Masons of Michigan, per Wm. P. Innes, Grand Sec’y 280 00 
21 Knights Templar, per Wm. P. Innes, Grand Sec’y.... 100 00 
25. Knights Templar, per Wm. P. Innes, Grand Sec’y.... 400 00 
Oct. 3. Masonic Relief Committee, Detroit, J. B. H. Brat- 
shaw, Chairman...... 30 00 
Total from Michigan $ 2,085 00 
MINNESOTA. 
Sept. 16. Knights Templar, per A. T. C. Pierson, Gr’d Rec’der 350 00 
Contributions of Lodges, per A. T. C. Pierson, Grand 
Secretary 100 00 
28. Knights Templar, per A. T. C. Pierson, Gr’d Rec’der 75 00 
Contributions of Lodges, per A. T. C. Pierson, Grand 
Secretary 225 00 
Total from Minnesota $ 750 00 
MISSISSIPPI. 
Aug. 16. Grand Lodge, ner order Grand Master Chas. T. Mur- 
phy 500 00 
26. Friendship Lodge, No. 127, Como, Panola County 25 00 
29. Brookhaven Lodge, No. 241 32 00 
30. Aberdeen Lodge, No. 32—for Vicksburg, $75; for 
Grenada, $75; for Port Gibson, $5O 200 00 
Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 86, Black Hawk 25 00 
Sept. 6. McComb City Lodge, No. 382 25 00 
State Line Lodge, No. 316, L. C. Peaster, Secretary.. 25 00 
7. Carrollton Lodge, No. 36. Benj. Roach, Secretary 25 00 
10. Masons of Summit, per Geo. T. Gracey 41 50 
11. luka Lodge, No. 94, $25 ; private contributions, $l9 45 44 45 
J. M. Wesson Lodge, No. 317, $25; members of same, 
and non-affiliates, $3O, per F. B. Hartwell, Sec’y.. 55 00 
12. Magnolia Lodge, No. 120, and other Masons, Bay St. 
Louis, F. W. Elmer, W. M 35 00 
Booneville Lodge, No. 305 100 00' 
Claiborne Lodge, No. 110, Geo. P. McLean, Sec’y. ... 10 00 
13. Thos. Hinds Lodge, No. 58, Fayette, Henry Key, Sec’y 100 00 
Coahoma Lodge, No. 104, Geo. R. Alcorn, Secretary, 20 00 
Macon Lodge, No. 40, T. T. Patty, Secretary 100 40 
C- 7 7 •/ 7 »/ 
Members of Lexington Lodge, No. 24, J. Marlow, Sec’y 23 75 Sept. 13. Caledonia Lodge, No. 280, A. L. Myers, W. M 15 00 
16. Oak Grove Lodge, No. 293, S. G. Martin, Secretary... 20 00 
Members of Tchula Lodge, No. 122, Holmes County, 
per Jas. T. Meade, G. W. Shackelford, W. M., $10; 
Jno. Shackelford, slo* A. Marks, $5; W. B. Jones, , 
$5; E. M. Murphy, $5; T. J. Wyatt, $5; S. I). 
Gvvin, $5; P. T. Jones, $2 50; B. Y. Alverson, $2 50 55 00 
Louisville Lodge, No. 75, W. B. Shumaker, Sec’y 25 00 
Jonesborough Lodge, No. 250, I. W. Park, W. M 10 00 
Macon Lodge, No. 40, T. T. Patty, Secretary 100 00 
18. Kipley Lodge, No. 47, for Vicksburg 10 00 
Greensboro Lodge, No. 49, H. F. Bays, Treasurer 10 00 
Madison Lodge, No. 73, W. G. Kearney, Secretary... 20 00 
Chapel Lodge, No. 180, E. A. P. Lucas, W. M......... 10 00 
19. Macon Lodge, No. 40, T. T. Patty, Secretary 150 00 
Pontotoc Lodge, No. 81, M. E. Fontaine, special com- 
mittee 27 85 
20. Eienzi Lodge, No. 172, John T. Fowler, Secretary.... 25 00 
Fairfield Lodge, No. 304, Ellistown, J. P. Eobinson, 
Secretary 10 00 
21. Theodocia Lodge, No. 182, Sarepta, J. B. Philips, Sec’y 10 00 
Mt. Moriah Lodge, No. 236, Silver Creek, J. J. Den- 
son, Secretary ’. 10 00 
23. Woodlawn Lodge, No. 330, Caledonia, A. P. Pressly, 
Secretary 15 00 
Pascagoula Lodge, No. 202, per W. Denny & Co., 
Scranton 100 00 
Macon Lodge, No. 40, T. T. Patty, Secretary 74 40 
Marietta Lodge, No. 188, E. H. Tyra, Secretary 15 00 
24. Double Springs Lodge, No. 251, J. E. Vaughn, Sec’y 20 00 
25. Benj. Franklin Lodge, No. 170, Meadville, T. J. Scott, 
W. M 10 00 
26. Sycamore Lodge, No. 385, $25 lor Lodge, and $l6 for 
members, per N. J. McMullen 41 00 
14. J. M. Howry Lodge, No. 187, Taylor’s Depot, B. F. 
Archer, Secretary (all the funds in treasury) 12 00 
Liberty Lodge, No. 37, Win. B. Eaiford, Secretary.... 25 00 
Slaughter Lodge, No. 295, Shuqulak, W. D. Clark, 
Wor. Master 16 00 
Tabernacle Lodge, No. 340, Pine Valley, J. M. Thorn- 
ton, Secretary 15 00 
Macon Lodge, No. 40, T. T. Patty, Secretary 76 00 
Macon Lodge, No. 40, T. T. Patty, Secretary 10 00 
Sunflower Lodge, No. 223, McNutt, D. N. Quinn, 
Wor. Master 55 00 
16. Abert Lodge, No. 89, Starkville, W. A. Hale, Belief 
Committee 27 70 
10. Burnsville Lodge, No. 233, J. K. Moody, Secretary... 17 00 
28. John A. Galbreath Lodge, No. 334, Brandywine Sp’gs 10 00 
Eastern Star Lodge, No. 79, Monticello, $l2 80; in- 
dividual Masons, $22 49; citizens, $35 21, per S. 
W. Dale, Secretary 70 80 
29. Cherry Creek Lodge,. No. 339, Pontotoc County, W. 
E. Spencer, Secretary. (This Lodge donated $6O, 
all in its treasury; $3O returned.). 30 00 
30. Perkinsville Lodge, No. 331, N. D. Triplett, Sec’y 10 00 
Oct. 2. Macon Lodge, .No. 40, T. T. Patty, Secretary 89 98 
Crooks’ Mill Lodge, No. 292, John Eussell, W. M 5 00 Oct. 2. Jefferson Lodge, No. 146, Scooba, N. A. Chiles, Sec’y 16 30 
Henderson Ray Lodge, No. 297, New Hope 15 00 
4. Union Lodge, No. 106, Mt. Carmel, per Milton Grif- 
fith .: 75 00 
Canaan Lodge, No. M 9, Benton County • 10 00 
LaGrange Lodge, No. 363, Choctaw County 10 00 
O. T. Keeler Lodge, No. 358, Olive Branch, A. G. 
Perry, Wor. Master 20 00 
5. Malone Lodge, No. 101, Palo Alto, L. H. Bonds, Sec’y 10 00 
6. Summerville Lodge, No. 133, Gholson, and citizens, 
M. Edwards, Wor. Master 22 00 
R. E. Lee Lodge, No. 156, Chesterville, Richard Whar- 
ton, Secretary, $2O; citizens of Chesterville, col- 
lected by Lodge, $9 29 00 
7. Dover Lodge, No. 197, E. W. Shipp, Secretary 26 00 
8. John W. Oliver Lodge, No. 874, W. S. Vaughn, Sec’y 31 00 
9. Lodi Lodge, No. 134, E. B. Loggins, Secretary 10 00 
Oct. 14. DeMolay Commandery, No. 8, Columbus 25 00 
14. New Hope Lodge, No. 224 5 00 
16. Snowsville Lodge,' No. 119, Chester, per E. R. Seward 25 00 
17. Panola Lodge, No. 66, Batesville, $25; members, $2.. 27 00 
Long Creek Lodge, No. 189, Eureka, per J. M. Cox, 
Secretary, No. 66 25 00 
23. Bahala Lodge, No. 173, Beauregard, Benj. King, jr., 
‘ Secretary 25 00 
Nov. 18. Plattsburg Lodge, No. 212, Thos. Stevens, Secretary.. 5 00 
25. Homestead Lodge, No. 168, Deasonville, C. R. Hen- 
derson, Secretary 20 00 
8. Oak Bowery Lodge, No. 198, Paulding 500 
11. Campbellton Lodge, No. 128, Guntown, per W. C. 
Hines, Secretary 25 00 
Pine Lodge, No. 383, Pike Co., G. 15.I5. Conerly, Sec’y.. 10 00 
Dec. 27. Concord Lodge, No. 181, Union Church, Simon Leh- 
man, Secretary 25 00 
Total from Mississippi $ 3,136 13 
MISSOURI. 
Aug. 21. Grand Royal Arch Chapter, John W. Luke, Grand 
Secretary 200 00 
26. Mitchell Chapter, No. 89, St. Joseph 25 00 
Grand Commandery, Wm. H. Mayo, Grand Recorder 100 00 
Sturgeon Lodge, No. 174, Sturgeon 50 00 
Sept. 2. Charity Lodge, No. 331, St. Joseph, D. P. Walling- 
ford, Secretary 30 00 
Masons of Macon, per John Shepperd, Secretary 23 50 
5. Zaradatha Lodge, No. 189, St. Joseph, per Past Grand 
Master John Y. Murry, of Miss 25 00 
V. From John I). Vincil, Grand Secretary, St. Louis 202 00 
9. From John D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, St. Louis 105 00 
30. From John W. Luke, Grand Secretary, St. Louis 100 00 
14. From John D. Vincil, Grand Secretary, St. Louis 300 00 
16. From Valley Lodge, No. 413, Dutch Mills, per T. B. 
Greer, through S. C. Davis & Co,,'per John W. 
Luke, Grand Secretary, for Grenada 25 00 Sept. 15. Lodges in St. Louis Co., per John W. Luke, Gr’d Sec’y 100 00 
18. From John D. Yincil, Grand Secretary, St. Louis 100 00 
23. Lodges in St. Louis, per John W. Luke, Grand Sec’y 200 00 
27. From John D. Yincil, Grand Secretary, St. Louis 600 00 
Total from Missouri $ 2,185 50 
Also, fiffty dollars contributed by Bro. John W. Luke, Oct. 3,rin 
the purchase of supplies for Holly Springs. 
MONTANA. 
Sept. 12. Masons of Helena, per telegraph, no letter advice 100 00 
Oct. 3. Masons of Virginia City, per J. M. Knight 50 00 
25. Cornelius Hedges, Grand Secretary, Helena 100 00 
9. Gallatin Lodge, No. 6, Bozeman, R. P. Menefee, Sec’y 25 00 
Contribution of R. F. May, accompanying same 1 50 
21. From same 25 00 
19. Masons of Montana, per Cornelius Hedges, Gr’d Sec’y 214 50 
Total from Montana ~$ 516 00 
NEBRASKA. 
Sept. 14. Per Wm. R. Bowen, Grand Recorder: 
Mt. Olivet Commandery, No. 2 .. 23 50 
Carmel Commandery, No. 3 5 50 
Moriah Commandery, No. 4 25 00 
Zion Commandery, No. 5 25 00 
23. Per Wm. R. Bowen, Grand Secretary, Omaha 198 65 
24. Per Wm. R. Bowen, Grand Secretary, Omaha 131 15 
Per Wm. R. Bowen, Grand Secretary, Omaha.. 140 00 
29. Per Wm. R. Bowen, Grand Secretary, Omaha 95 00 
Oct. 12. Masons of Nebraska, per Wm. R. Bowen, Gr’d Sec’y.. 55 50 
30. Masons of Nebraska, per Wm. R. Bowen, Gr’d Sec’y.2s 00 
Nov. 18. Masons of Nebraska, per Wm. R. Bowen, Gr’d Sec’y.. 39 15 
Total from Nebraska •. $ 763 45 
NEVADA. 
Oct. 3. Valley Lodge, No. 9, Dayton, J. L. Campbell, W. M., 
$4O in gold and $lO in currency $ 50 00 
NEW BRUNSWICK. 
Oct. 4. St. John Encampment, No. 48, St. John, T. Nisbet 
Robertson, Secretary, gold .$ 50 00 NEW JERSEY 
Sept. 26. Joseph W. Hough, Grand Secretary, Trenton.. 530 87 
Oct. 30, Masons of New Jersey, per Joseph W. Hough, Grand 
Secretary 113 00 
14. Royal Arch Masons, Thos. J. Corson, Grand Secre- 
tary , 52 00 
14. Masons of New Jersey, per J. W. Hough, Grand Sec- 
retary 564 37 
8. Royal Arch Masons of New Jersey, per Thos. J. Cor- 
son, Grand Secretary 100 00 
10. Royal Arch Masons of New Jersey, per Thos. J. Cor- 
son, Grand Secretary 13 00 
Total from New Jersey $1,373 24 
NEW YORK. 
Sept. 3. Excelsior Lodge, No. 195, per J. R. Gilmore, chair- 
man Relief Committee 100 00 
3. Rome Commandery, No. 5, F. E. Mitchell, E. C 107 00 
10. Through Henry E. Warne, chairman, Syracuse: 
Central City Chapter, No 70, .... 50 00 
Central City Bodies, A. and A. Kite 25 00 
Central City Commandery and friends 250 00 
12. Gregory Satterlee, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge, 
New York 1,000 00 
12. Sir Knight Cyrus Stewart, Gloversville 5 00 
From Townsend Fonday, Grand Commander, 
Albany: 
SalemTown Commandery, No. 13 100 00 
St. George’s Commandery, No. 37, 25 00 
Temple Commandery, No. 2 55 00 
12. Gregory Satterlee, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge 1,000 00 
12. Robert Macoy, Grand Recorder Grand Commandery 25 00 
12. Watertown Commandery, No. 11, Louis C. Greenleaf, 
E. C 25 00 
12. DeSoto Commandery, No. 49, Plattsburg, W. S. Gai- 
bord, Recorder 33 00 
12. Palestine Commandery, No. 18, New York, H. H. 
Brockway, Gen’o 70 00 
- ~ -'J J * • V VW 
12. Morton Commandery, No. 4, New York, 127 Hudson 
St., AVesley B. Church, Recorder 50 00 
14. Through Sir Playnes L. Hart, E. C. Lake Ontario 
Commandery: 
Oswego Lodge, No. 127 10 00 
Frontier City Lodge, No. 422 10 00 
Aeonian Lodge, No. 679 10 00 
16. Appollo Commandery, No. 15, Troy, per Theo. E. 
Hazlehurst 200 00 
Lake Ontario Commandery, No. 32. 10 00 
16. Gregory Satterlee, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge 500 00 
18. Palestine Commandery, New York, per H. H. Brock- 
way, Gen’o .' 33 00 
18. SalemTown Commandery, No. 13, per Townsend Fon- 
day, Grand Commander 75 00 Sept. 18. Gregory Satterlee, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge 500 00 
18. Eobert Macoy, Grand Eecorder Knights Templar 147 20 
18. Hugh de Paynes Commandery, No. 30, Buffalo, Chris- 
topher G. Eox, E. C 100 00 
19. Genesee Sommandery, No. 10, Lockport, per I*. I). 
Walter, Treasurer 20 00 
20. Dunkirk Commandery, No. 40, E. J. Gross, Eecorder 25 00 
20. Malta Commandery, No. 21, Binghampton, F. N. 
Mabee, E. C 50 00 
20. Lake Erie Commandery, No. 20, Buffalo, per Albert 
Jones, “for general purposes” 200 00 
20 John Hodge, Lockport 50 00 
21. Delaware Commandery, No. 4, Port Jervis, Chas. B. 
Gray, Treasurer 27 58 
21. Gregory Satterlee, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge 750 00 
23. Gregory Satterlee, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge 750 00 
24. Palestine Commandery, No. IS, New York, per H. H. 
Brock way 33 00 
24. Eondout Commandery, No. 52, Grove Webster, Ee- 
corder 50 00 
27. Gregory Satterlee, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge 750 00 
27. Eobert Macoy, Grand Eecorder Knights Templar 125 00 
29. Eobert Macoy, Grand Eecorder Knights Templar 60 00 
Oct. 3. Masons of 25th District, C. E. Young, D. D. G. M., 
209 Main St., Buffalo 300 00 
3. A member of Lake Ontario Commandery, No. 2, 
Oswego, per Playnes L. Hart, E. C 2 00 
16. Westchester Commandery, No. 42, Sing Sing, Eobert 
M. Lawrence, E. C 20 00 
25. Poughkeepsie Lodge, No. 206, T. W. Davis, W. M., 
(for Masons and their families) 59 50 
30. Otseningo Lodge, No. 435, Binghampton, Horace E.' 
Allen, W. M., “for our own household of faith.” 15 00 
Nov. 7. Members of Canandaigua Lodge, No. 294, J. J. Steb- 
bins, Secretary 56 50 
10. Masons of New York, per Gregory Satterlee, Grand 
Treasurer 1,000 00 
Dec. 18. Masons of New York, per Gregory Satterlee,- Grand 
Treasurer 583 65 
Jan. 3. Gregory Satterlee, Grand Treasurer 19 25 
Total from New York... $ 9,461 68 
OHIO. 
Sept. 2. Through appeal of Grand Master W. M, Cunning- 
ham, viz: 
Goodale Lodge, No. 372, Columbus, 25 00 
Urania Lodge, No. 811, Plain City, 36 00 
New Lexington Lodge, No. 250, New Lexington, 10 00 
Mt. Zion Lodge, No. 9, Mt. Vernon, 20 00 
Newark Lodge, No. 97, Newark, 10 00 
Hebron Lodge, No. 116, Hebron, 5 00 
(The foregoing through Theo. P. Gordon, Grand Treas- 
urer, Columbus.) 
Brethren of Goodale Lodge, No. 372, 14 50 Sept. 2. Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, H. 0. Kane, W. M., 105 10 
2. John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary, Cincinnati, 200 00 
6. John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary, Cincinnati, 100 00 
5. John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary, Cincinnati,.. 200 00 
5. Grand Comrnandery, by W. L. Buechner, Youngstown, 200 00 
6. Gibulum Lodge of Perfection, Ancient Accepted Scot- 
tish Rite, 14° grade, per E. T. Carson, 51 00 
7. From John I). Caldwell, Grand Secretary, HO 00 
7. From John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary, 100 00 
9. From John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary, 100 00 
12. Sam’l. T. Fisk, R. R. Ticket Agent, “a brother in Ma- 
sonry and Odd Fellowship,” $5—one half of which 
under I. O. O. F. receipts, 2 50 
13. Lodges and Chapter, per Theo. P. Gordon, Grand 
Treasurer, Columbus: 
Pickaway Lodge, No. 23, Circleville, 25 00 
Mansfield Lodge, No. 35, Mansfield, 25 00 
Quaker City Lodge, No. 500, Quaker Civy, 3 00 
Loiltl t| Newark, 85 00 
Warren Chapter, No. 11, Newark, 25 00 
Centre Star Lodge, No. 11, Granville, 11 10 
Tuscan Lodge, No. 342, Jefferson, 10 00 
Ohio Chapter, No. 12, Columbus, 50 00 
14 Through Bro. Theo. P. Gordon, Grand Treasurer; 
New England Lodge, No. 4, Worthington, 39 50 
Greenville Lodge, No. 143, Greenville, 46 00 
Spartan Lodge, No. 126, Millersburg, 5 00 
H. S. D., for Commonwealth Lodge, No. 409, New 
York, 1 00 
L. D., for Magnolia Lodge, No. 20, Columbus, 5 00 
J. E. Goodale, for Goodale Lodge, No. 372, Co- 
lumbus, 2 00 
14. Johp I). Caldwell, Grand Secretary, for orphan fund, 200 00 
14. Sar/ie, for general use, 100 00 
16. Sadie, for orphan fund—not on score of Masonry, but 
of need, 100 00 
18. From Theo. P. Gordon, Grand Treasurer: 
Lancaster Lodge, No. 47, Lancaster, 101 00 
Mingo Lodge, No. 171, Logan, 25 00 
■ Acacia Lodge, No. 484, Wilkin’s Run, Licking co., 10 50 
Reynoldsburg Lodge, No. 840, Reynoldsburg, 5 00 
Lockbourne Lodge, No. 232, Lockbourne, 35 00 
Battin Lodge, No. 487, Commercial Point, Picka- 
way co., 5 00 
Sparrow Lodge, No. 400, Sunbury, 20 00 
Lithopolis No. 169, Lithopolis, 5 00 
21. John I). Caldwell, Grand Secretary, orphan fund, 125 00 
25. John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary, orphan fund,. 91 00 
25. John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary, orphan fund,... 100 00 
25. John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary, orphan fund,... 100 60 
27. Central Lodge, No. 279, Calais, per Theo. 15.I5. Gordon, 
Grand Treasurer, 5 00 
Total from Ohio $ 2,638 90 O NT ARID. 
Sept. 26. From J. J. Mason, Grand Sec’y., Hamilton, g01d,... $ 500 00 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Aug. 20. Melita Lodge, No. 295, Philadelphia, 25 0.0 
Sept. 2. Grand Commandery, per Sam’l. B. Dicks, Grand 
Commander, Meadville, 200 00 
2. Masons of’Alleghany county, per Jos. Eichbamn, 281 
Liberty st., Pittsburg, D. D. G. M., 17th List., 100 00 
2. St. John’s Commandery, No. 4, Philadelphia, Andrew 
W. Gayley,. Recorder, 1909 Pine st., 50 00 
2. Lake Lodge, No. 434, Sandy Lake, per Jas. Yanney, 
Jr., Secretary, 10 00 
8. Guyasuta Lodge, No. 513, Temperanceville, per John 
D. Richards, Chestnut st., 36th Ward, Pittsburg,... 27 00 
10. Western Crawford Lodge, No. 258, Conneautville, E. 
LI. Power, Sec’y, 18 00 
10. Masons of Alleghany county, per Jos. Eichbaum, D. 
D. G. M., 17th List., 231 Liberty st., Pittsburg,... 100 00 
12. Greensburg Chapter, No. 40, per G. C. Shidle, District 
Deputy Grand High Priest, 15th District, 40 00 
13. Chas. E. Meyer, Grand Recorder Knights Templar,... 200 00 
13. Parker Lodge, No. 521, Parker City, per John Thom- 
son, Grand Secretary, 50 00 
14. Lodges of Alleghany county, per Jos. Eichbaum, Dep- 
uty 17th Dist., Pittsburg, 85 00 
14. Milnor Lodge, No. 287, per Jas. Herdman, Treasurer, 
105 Wood st., Pittsburg, 50 00 
18. Alleghany Chapter, No. 217, Alleghany City, per G. 
C. Shidle, 59 Srnithfield st., District Deputy G. H. 
P., Pittsburg, 25 00 
20. John Thomson, Grand Sec’y., Philadelphia,— 124 30 
23. Masons of Alleghany county, per Jos. Eichbaum, D. 
D. G. M., 17th District, Pittsburg, 102 75 
Oct. 3. Knights Templar, by C. E. Meyer,'Grand Recorder. 75 00 
29. Same, 100 00 
Total from Pennsylvania $ 1,382 05 
RHO D E IS LAN 1) . 
Sept. 10. Edwin Baker, Grand Secretary Grand Lodge, Provi- 
dence - $ 300 00 
SOUTH CAROL I N A . 
Sept. 2. Landmark Lodge, No. 76, Charleston, per Chas. Ingles- 
by, Grand Secretary, for Grenada 25 00 Sept. 5. Charles Inglesby, Grand Secretary 25 00 
8. Philanthropic Lodge, No. 78, per Chas. Inglesby, for 
Vicksburg 4 10 00 
10. Spartan Lodge, No. 70, per Chas. Inglesby, Gr’d Sec’y 10 00 
10. Union Kilwining Lodge, No- 4, per Chas. Inglesby, 
Grand Secretary 52 00 
11. Chas. Inglesby, Grand Secretary 75 00 
24. Chas. Inglesby, Grand Secretary 103 55 
Oct. 2(j. Chas. Inglesby, Grand Secretary 97 75 
Dec. 10. Chas. Inglcsb}', Grand Secretary, Charleston 13 25 
Total from South Carolina $ 411 55 
TEX A S . 
Sept. 2. Indianola Lodge, No. 484, F. S. Coffin, W. M 10 00 
2. Lathrop Lodge, No. 21, Crocket, B. F. Frymier, W. M., 
per Geo. H. Bringhurst, Grand Secretary, $2B 50 by 
Lodge, and $l7 70 by citizens 46 20 
4. Masonic Relief Committee, San Antonio, R. E. New- 
ton, Chairman 100 00 
14. Ivanhoe Commandery, No. 8, per Benj. A. Botts, 
Grand Treasurer, Houston (54 00 
1(5. Waco Commandery, No. 1, J. E. Elgin, E. C 85 00 
18. Murchison Lodge, No. 18, Hallettsville, per Sam De- 
rail, Secretary (citizens of Hallettsville see Mis- 
cellaneous Receipts) 50 00 
19. Masons of Indianola, per H. Runge &Co 95 00 
21. St. John’s Lodge, No. 51, per E. F. Brown 48 00 
23. Warren Lodge, No. 56, Caldwell, John Alexander, 
W. M 46 50 
23. Waco Commandery, No. 8, by R. E. Burnham, Chair- 
man Relief Committee, through Benj. A. Botts, 
Grand Treasurer 100 00 
23. Whitesboro Lodge, No. 263, A. H. Nichols, Secretary 10 00 
27. Alamita Lodge, No. 200, $10; citizens, $27; per John 
Ruclcman, Helena, from Geo, H. Bringhurst, Grand 
Secretary 87 00 
30. Central Relief Committee, Gonzales, Milton Eastland, 
Secretary and Treasurer, per Benj. A. Botts, Grand 
Treas’r. (A contribution also sent to Greenville.) 68 50 
30. Farmcrsville Lodge, No. 214. (No letter advice.) 15 00 
Oct. 16. Lee Lodge, No. 35, McKinney, $10; and $33 in neigh- 
borhood . 43 00 
29. Sir Milton Eastland, Gonzales, through Benj. A. Botts, 
Grand Treasurer, for Meridian 57 00 
Nov. 3. Contributions of sundry Lodges, a Chapter, individ- 
ual contributions of citizens, and other sources, per 
Benj. A. Botts, Grand Treasurer 512 15 
(Also, in same package, $l4 15 from colored people, 
Gonzales—see Miscellaneous Receipts.) 
Oct. 6. Knights Templar, through Benj. A. Botts, Gr’d Treas. 95 00 
Total from Texas $ 1,482 35 UTAH. 
Sept. 10. Chapters and Lodges, per Christopher Diehl, Grand 
Secretary, Salt Lake, 52 00 
13. Christopher Diehl, Grand Secretary, Salt Lake, 75 00 
19. Christopher Diehl, Grand Secretary, Salt Lake, 125 00 
21. Christopher Diehl, Grand Secretary, Salt Lake, 125 00 
25. Christopher Diehl, Grand Secretary, Salt Lake, 75 00 
Oct. 4. Christopher Diehl, Grand Secretary, Salt Lake, 58 25 
Total from Utah f 510 25 
VIRGINIA. 
Aug. 30. Liberty Lodge, No. 95, Jno. F. Curtis, W..M., per R. 
T. Anspach 20 00 
Sept. 2. Per W. E. Morrison, W. M., Blantord Lodge, No. 3, 
Petersburg: 
Prince George Lodge, No. 115, Petersburg, 7 00 
Blanford Lodge, No. 3, Petersburg, 50 00 
Petersburg Lodge, No. 15, Petersburg, 50 00 
Powhatan Starke Lodge, No. 124, Petersburg, 50 00 
Corinthian Lodge, No. 29, Petersburg, 25 00 
Petersburg Royal Arch Chapter, Petersburg, 25 00 
3. Duquesne Chapter, No. 193, Petersburg, 50 00 
4. Fairfax Lodge, No. 43, Culpepper, per John A. Hill, 
Secretary...... 37 75 
Sept. 5. Marshall Lodge, No. 39, Lynchburg, per Sam’l. D. 
Preston, Sec’y., F. Myers, A. Parker Ferguson, Com., 150 00 
5. Win. B. Isaacs, Grand Secretary, for Grenada Masons, 50 00 
10. Masons in Richmond, per Win. B. Isaacs, Grand Sec- 
retary; for Vicksburg, $5O; for Grenada, $5O, 100 (10 
16. McDaniel Chapter, No. 29, Lynchburg, J. L. Beck, 
Secretary, 25 00 
16. Masons of Richmond, per Wm. B. Isaacs, Grand Sec- 
retary, for Vicksburg, 50 00 
19. From Lodges, pier Wm. B. Isaacs, Treasurer Relief 
Committee,.... 100 00 
30. Morotoc Lodge, No. 210, per R. W. Patross, Danville, 46 25 
Total from Virginia $ 836 00 
W ASHIN G'T ON T E R RIT CRY. 
Nov. 16. Per Aaron Stein, Treasurer Relief Fund, with Wells, 
Farg'o & Go’s. Express, San Fiancisco, $45 in sil- 
ver and $lO in gold, $ 55 00 WEST VIRGINIA. 
Aug. 30. Masons of AVheeling, $4OO ; Grand Lodge, $100; per 
J, H. AYilliams, Grand Treasurer, 500 00 
Sept. 14. J. H. Williams, Grand Treasurer, AVheeling 200 00 
Oct. 2. J. H. AYilliams, Grand Treasurer, AVheeling, 200 00 
Nov. 16. J. H. AYilliams, Grand Treasurer, AVheeling, 31 66 
500 00 
Total from West Virginia $ 931 66 
WISCONSIN. 
Sept. 2. John W. Woodhull, Grand Secretary Grand Lodge, 
Milwaukee 840 00 
6. John W. Woodhull, Treasurer Masonic Relief Fund. 700 00 
9. John W. Woodhull, Grand Secretary 500 00 
16. John AY. Woodhull, Grand Secretary 400 00 
27. John W. Woodhull, Grand Secretary 800 00 
Oct. 16. John AY. AYoodhull, Grand Secretary 500 00 
Total from AVisconsin $ 3,240 00 
AY VOM I N G TER R IT OR Y . 
Sept. 10. Masonic Lodge at Laramie City, per AY. L. Kidd S 10 00 37 
RECAPITULATION OP MASONIC RECEIPTS. 
Alabama $ 553 64 
Arizona Territory 50 00 
California...: 2,330 00 
Colorado 183 75 
Connecticut 1,245 60 
Dakotah Territory 100 00 
District of Columbia 550 00 
Florida' 50 00 
Georgia 181 00 
Illinois 4,501 14 
Indiana 727 70 
lowa 2,142 45 
Kansas 450 00 
Kentucky 424 00 
Louisiana 225 00 
Maryland 860 00 
Massachusetts 410 00 
Michigan 2,085 00 
Minnesota 750 00 
Mississippi 3,136 13 
Missouri.. 2,185 50 
Montana 616 00 
Nebraska 763 45 
Nevada 50 00 
New Brunswick 60 00 
New Jersey 1,373 24 
New York 0,461 68 
Ohio 2,638 90 
Ontario 500 00 
Pennsylvania 1,382 05 
Rhode Island 300 00 
South Carolina 411 55 
Texas 1,482 35 
Utah 510 25 
Virginia 836 00 
West Virginia 931 66 
Wisconsin 3,240 00 
Washington Territory 55 00 
Wyoming Territory 10 00 
Total .■ $ 47,653 04 EXHIBIT B. 
RECEIPTS FROM I. O. O. F. SOURCES. 
ALABAMA. 
Sept. IC. One-half contribution of Masons and Odd Fellows of 
Guntersvillo, through John D. Miller $ 30 00 
ARKANSAS. 
Sept. 14. H. Ehremberger, Chairman Relief Committee, Little 
Rock 150 00 
19. Fulton Lodge, No. 74, Fulton, W. A. Jett, Secretary 25 00 
20. Bragg Lodge, No.—, Pine Bluff, telegram to draw for 51 00 
Oct. 12. Peter Brugman, Grand Secretary, Little Rock 140 85 
Nov. 8. Peter Brugman, Grand Secretary, Little Rock 25 00 
Total from Arkansas $ 391 85 
CALIFORNIA. 
Sept. 1. Pacific Lodge, No. —, San Francisco, L. J. Zeigler, 
Treasurer 25 00 
1. Templar Lodge, No. —, San Francisco, L. Washburn, 
Secretary 100 00 
5. California Lodge, No. 1, San Francisco, Geo. E, Dick- 
son, N. G 100 00 
5. Parker Lodge, No. 124, San Francisco, gold 75 00 
5. Bay City Lodge, No. 71, gold 50 00 
20. W. B. Lyon, Grand Secretary, for Bay City Lodge, 
San Francisco, gold 1,000 00 
20. Yerba Buera Lodge, No. —, John Cammel, trustee, 
gold 100 00 
20. Golden Gate Encampment, San Francisco, J. L. Sei- 
gler, Treasurer 50 00 
20. Magnolia Lodge, No. —, San Francisco, J. L. Seigler, 
Treasurer 50 00 
Oct. 14. W. B. Lyon, Grand Secretary, San Francisco 1,000 00 
16. Through Theo. A. Ross, Ass’t Gr’d Sec’y, Baltimore, 150 00 
Total from California $ 2,700 00 COLORADO. 
Sept. 14, Union Lodge, No. 1, Denver 50 00 
Oct. 16. Germania Lodge, No. 1, through Theo. A. Ross, Ass’t 
Grand Secretary, Baltimore 25 00 
Total from Colorado $ 75 00 
CONNECTICUT'. 
Aug. 29. Thus. Stirling, Grand Master, Bridgeport 100 00 
Oct. 23. Frederick Botsford, Grand Secretary, New Haven... 200 00 
Total from Connecticut $ 300 00 
DAKO T AH TERRITORY. 
Sept. 6. Echo Lodge, No. 2, Fort Randall, F. Smitler, Treas’r.. 15 00 
14. Humboldt Lodge, No. 5 25 00 
16. From Grand Secretary, per Grand Master McKenzie 50 00 
18. R. N. Briggs, Grand Secretary, Vermillion 10 00 
Oct. 16. Sioux Lodge, No. 14, Standing Rock, per Grand Sec- 
Briggs ; 36 00 
Total from Dakotah Territory $ 136 00 
DELA W ARE. 
Sept. 23. Isaac W. Hallall, Grand Secretary, 109 50 
26. Isaac W. Hallall, Grand Secretary, 20 00 
Total from Delaware $ 129 50 
FLORIDA. 
Sept. 3. Mechanic’s Lodge, No. 8, Warrington, per Geo. S. 
Hallmark, G. M., 10 00 
14. Pensacola Lodge, No. 4, R. I. Jordan, Secretary, 25 00 
Total from Florida $5 35 Off ILLINOIS. 
Sept. 2. Budah Lodge, No. 75, Budah, John E. Patrick, Sec’y., 10 00 
0. John Lake, Grand Master, Rockford, 500 00 
10. Urania Lodge, No. 243, Jacksonville, J. T. Osborne, 
Secretary, 50 00 
(Same amount for Louisiana, which was forward- 
ed October 16th.) 
13. Moultrie Lodge, No. 158, Sullivan, per W. A. Cash, 
Secretary, 25 00 
16. John Lake, Grand Master, Rockford, 500 00 
Oct. 30. John Lake, Grand Master, Rockford, 500 00 
Total from Illinois $ 1,585 00 
INDIANA. 
Sept. 2. Mount Vernon Lodge, No—, Lee Wolfe, V. G., Chair- 
man Relief Committee, 25 00 
2. Friendship Lodge, No. 4, Rising Sun, S. Heyers, Sec’y, 20 00 
4. B. F. Foster, Grand Secretary.... 500 00 
16. B. F. Foster, Grand Secretary 300 00 
16. Hope Lodge, No. 83, New Albany, J. B. Banks, Sec’y, 10 00 
Oct. 2. Churubusco Lodge, No. 462, Churubusco, H. C. Pres- 
leo, Secretary 1 00 
Total from Indiana.. * $ 856 00 
lOW A . 
Aug. 29. Sioux City Lodge, No. IG4, Sioux City, C. B. Stead- 
man, Secretary 25 00 
Sept. 2. Atlantic Lodge, No. 175, Atlantic, Cass co., W. B. 
Temple, Secretary 30 00 
2. Odd Fellows of Win ter set, per A. W. C. Weeks 88 75 
10. Bedford Lodge, No. 91, Bedford, W. F. Randolph, 
N. G 5 00 
10. Lisbon Lodge, No, 102, G. F. Wink, N. G 10 00 
10. Odd Fellows of Keokuk, through E. H. Wickersham, 
P. G. M ;.. 50 00 
21. Carroll Lodge,' No. 279, Carroll City, R. E. Coburn, 
Secretary 40 00 
Oct. 16. Win. Garrett, Grand Secretary, Burlington 81 00 
18. Wm. Garrett, Grand Secretary, Burlington 18 00 
Nov. 16. Wm. Garrett, Grand Secretary, Burlington 159 91 
27. Wm. Garrett, Grand Secretary 185 94 
Total from lowa, $ 638 60 KANSAS. 
Sept. 2. Friendship Lodge, No. 5, Atchison, A. R. Platt, Treas, 15 00 
2. Fort Scott Lodge, No. 22, Fort Scott, H. W. Pond, 
Secretary .. 10 00 
7. Cherry vale Lodge, No. 142, Cherry vale, J.W. Pritch- 
ard, Secretary 11 90 
7. Pawnee Lodge, No. 108, Waterville, A. Kunz, Sec’y., 15 00 
8. Schiller Lodge, No. —, Atchison, H. Trulleib, Sec’y., 20 00 
Total from Kansas $ 71 96 
K E N T UCKY. 
Aug. 29. Home Lodge, No. 29, Louisville • 25 00 
29. Amnon Encampment, Louisville 25 00 
29. Mercy Encampment, No. 31, Hopkinsville 25 00 
29. Green River Lodge, No. 54, Hopkinsville, 35 00 
Sept. 20. Relief Committee of Louisville, per Geo. W. Mor- 
ris, Grand Treasurer 100 00 
28. Geo. W. Morris, Grand Treasurer, Louisville 150 00 
Oct. 18. Geo. W. Morris, Grand Treasurer, Louisville 100 00 
Total from Kentucky $ 460 00 
LOUIS I A N A . 
Aug. 30. Keith Lodge, No. 21, Shreveport, by W. T. Dalzelh. 50 00 
Sept. 18. Excelsior Lodge, No. 34, Thibadoux, per Past Grand 
Master Silas T. Grisamore, Secretary 10 00 
Oct. 12. Keith Lodge, No. 23, Shreveport, D. Cooper, N. G... 50 00 
Total from Louisiana $ 110 00 
MAINE. 
Nov. 1. Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary $ 100 00 
MARY LA N I) , 
Oct. 12. Theq. A. Ross, Assistant Grand Secretary, Baltimore, 
through Grand Master McKenzie, Summit, Miss... 180 00 
29. John M. Jones, Grand Secretary, Baltimore 105 50 
Total from Maryland $ 285 50 MICHIGAN. 
Sept. 28. B. Vernor, Grand Treasurer, Detroit 500 00 
Oct. 9. B. Vernor, Grand Treasurer, Detroit 500 00 
Total from Michigan i $ 1,000 00 
MISSISSIPPI. 
Sept. 7. Jefferson Lodge, No. 14, Fayette 15 00 
10. Ridgely Lodge, No. 23, Starkville, John A. Jacobs, 
Secretary 15 00 
18. Washington Lodge, No. 2, Natchez, by A. Beekrnan.. 54 25 
21. Greenville Lodge, No. 94, sent to Vicksburg for Gre- 
nada, used in Vicksburg and charged in disburse- 
ments to that place 50 00 
Oct. 1. Ridgley Lodge, No. 23, Starkville, John A. Jacobs, 
Secretary 13 40 
25. Fayette Encampment, No. 11, James McClure, Jr., 
Scribe. 20 00 
Total from Mississippi $ 1(57 65 
MISSOURI. 
Sept. 2. Occidental Lodge, No. 70, Pleasant Hill, individual 
contributions, through George I. Shepherd, Sec’y... 15 00 
12. M. W. Withers, Lexington, made an Odd Fellow in 
Natchez and had fever there in 1838 20 00 
Total from Missouri ... $ 35 00 
MON T ANA. 
Sept. 26. Golden Star Encampment, No. 2, per Lew Coleman, 
Grand Secretary 25 00 
26. Covenant Lodge, No. 6, Deer Lodge, per Lew Cole- 
man, Grand Secretary 25 00 
29. Cottonwood Lodge, No. 2, per Lew Coleman, Grand 
Secretary 50 00 
Oct. 28. August Nogle, Fort Shaw * 1 00 
Total from Montana 101 00 NEBRASKA. 
Sept. 13. Centennial Lodge, No. 59, Fremont, per W. H. 
Michael 39 80 
16. Wyoming Lodge, No. 29, Factoryville, Cass County, 
John Murfin 10 00 
Total from Nebraska $ 49 80 
NEW JERSEY. 
Oct. 6. Live Oak Lodge, No. 105, Orange, Chas. J. Mills, Sec’y 25 00 
10. Howard Lodge, No. 7, Newark, Aaron Matthews, 
Treasurer 25 00 
14. Lewis Parker, jr., Grand Secretary, Trenton 68 40 
18. Lewis Parker, jr., Grand Secretary, Trenton 150 00 
23. Lewis Parker, jr., Grand Secretary, Trenton 100 00 
Sept. 2. Sumner Lodge, 180, Jersey City, Joseph M. Hough, 
Secretary 20 00 
Total from New Jersey $ 388 40 
NEW YORK. 
Sept. 28. C. H. Moses, Chairman Relief Committee, New York 300 00 
Oct. 11. James Godwin, Grand Treasurer, New York 800 00 
Nov. 16. James Godwin, Grand Treasurer, New York 341 00 
Dec. 21. Grand Encampment, Geo. Smith, Grand Treasurer, 
200 Bowery 90 00 
Total from New York $ 1,531 00 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
Sept. 25. From J. J. Letchford, Grand Secretary, Raleigh : 
25. Neuse Lodge, No. 5, Goldsboro 12 50 
25. Charlotte Lodge, No. 28, Charlotte 5 00 
25. Salem Lodge, No. 36, Salem 5 00 
Oct. 3. J. J. Letchford, Grand Secretary 26 85 
12. J. J. Letchford, Grand Secretary 6 75 
Total from North Carolina...-. $ 56 10 
OHIO. 
Aug. 30. Belmont City Lodge, No. 221, Martin’s Ferry, Theo. 
Snodgrass, P. G 10 00 
Sept. 7. W. S. Capellar, Grand Master, Cincinnati 500 00 
13. Sam’l T. Fisk, R. R. Ticket Agent, Toledo, “A 
Brother in Masonry and Odd Fellowship.” (See 
Masonic Receipts for $2 50 also.) 2 50 Sept. 16, Geo. I). Winchell, Grand Treasurer, through Grand 
Master McKenzie 500 00 
Oct.* 18. Geo. 1). Winchell, Grand Treasurer 500 00 
Jan. 1, 1879. Geo. D. Winchell, Grand Treasurer 700 00 
Total from Ohio % 2,212 50 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Aug. 30. Fayette City Lodge, No. 511, Geo. K. Wilson, Sec’y., 10 00 
30. Iron City Lodge, No. 182, Pittsburg, C. Blume, Jr., 
Treasurer 10 00 
Sept. 6. Morris Lodge, No. 936, Prosperity, M. Minton, Sec’y., 3 00 
12. Adoniram Lodge, No. 739, Sharpsville, by J. A. My- 
ler, D. 1). G. M., Alleghany 5 00 
13. Cornplanter Lodge, No. 757, Oil City, by E. H. Wolfe, 200 
28. Peters Creek Lodge, No. 248, by J. A. IJyler, Dep. G. 
M., Alleghany 5 00 
Oct. 1. M. E. Muckle, Grand Treasurer, Philadelphia 700 00 
24. M. Richards Muckle, Grand Treasurer, Philadelphia, 407 84 
Total from Pennsylvania . $ 1,142 84 
RHODE ISLAND. 
Sept. 14. Sidney Dean, Grand Master, Providence $ 200 00 
WEST VIRGINIA, 
Sept. 5. Wheeling Lodge, No. 9, W. Ellingham, Treasurer...... 25 00 
5. Excelsior Lodge, No. 40, Wheeling, Geo. McCulley, 
Secretary 20 00 
5. Franklin Lodge, No. 30, Wheeling, James M. Todd, 
Treasurer , 20 00 
8. Evening Star Lodge, No. 54, Mannington, F. R. Stew- 
art, Secretary 10 00 
8. Mound City Lodge, No. 13, Moundsville, John L. 
Parkman, N. G 25 00 
10. Magnolia Lodge, No. 42, New Martinsville, Levi 
Tucker, Secretary 15 00 
10. Cameron Lodge, No. 36, Wheeling, O. Moore, Sec’y., 25 00 
11. New Haven Lodge, No. 35, by J. J. Grunstead 25 00 
11. St. Mary’s Lodge, No. 11, St. Mary’s, Jas. A. Patter- 
son, Secretary 15 00 
12. Huntington Lodge, No. 74, Huntington, Wm. F. AVal- 
lace, Secretary 25 00 
12. Cabell Encampment, No. 25, Huntington, Wm. F. 
Wallace, Secretary 5 00 
12. Tuscarora Lodge, No. 24, Martinsburg, J. L. Cline, 
Secretary 20 00 Sept. 12. Friendship Lodge, No. 12, Wheeling, S. G. Freder- 
ick, Secretary 15 00 
12. Odd Fellows at Keiser, per J. J. Koely 7 00 
18. Monongalia Lodge, No. 10, Morgantown, G. W. Le- 
mans, Secretary 10 00 
13. Adelphian Lodge, No, 8, Clarksburg, E. W. Davisson, 
N. G 10 00 
13. Grafton Lodge, No. 31, Grafton, A. J. Coly, See’y., 10 00 
13. Eureka Lodge, No. 48, Wheeling, C. J. Hays, Sec’y., 15 00 
13. Liberty Lodge, No. 21, Hartford City, Richard Al- 
len, N. G 20 00 
14. Paw Paw Lodge, No. 78, Paw Paw, Morgan co., D. 
Thomas, Secretary 10 00 
14. Marion Lodge, No. 11, Fairmont, A. B. Wilson, 
Treasurer 40 00 
14. Concord Lodge, No. 19, Wheeling, T. Zimmer, Sec’y., 20 00 
16. American Lodge, No. 76, Scotch Hill, Newburg P. ()., 
Preston co., Allen Morrison, Secretary 5 00 
16. Bethany Lodge, No. 7, Degree of Rebecca, Emily 
Bean, Secretary 10 00 
16. Mountain Lodge, No. 86, Hinton, Jas. Prince, Sec’y, 10 00 
18. St. George Lodge, No. 39, St. George, L. C. Bowman, 
Secretary 15 00 
18. Orrel Lodge, No. 20, Newburg, J. Emory Paul, Sec- 
retary, p. t 10 00 
18. Panola Lodge, No. 12, Wheeling, A.M. Harkins, Sec- 
retary 15 00 
18. Palatine Lodge, No. 84, Palatine, James T. Holland, 
Secretary 25 00 
19. Putnam Lodge, No. 85, Raymond City, S2O, and sls, 
collected outside of Lodge, A. J. Lowd, Secretary, 35 00 
20. Kanawha Lodge, No. 25, Charleston, per J. T. Brodt, 
Secretary 50 00 
20. Point Pleasant Lodge, No. 33, Point Pleasant, Adolph 
Hess, Secretary 10 00 
20. Clifton Lodge, No. 45, Clifton, Mason co., Jas. Yow-i 
ell, Secretary 10 00 
13. Dr. E. A. Hildreth, Odd Fellow, Wheeling, through 
W. Ellingham, 1400 Main street 2 00 
21. Gratitude Lodge, No. 26, Hedgeville, D. S. Hull, 
Secretary 5 00 
23. Hiawatha Lodge, No. 83, Sistersville, Robert Hender- 
son, N. G •. 5 00 
24. Wildey Lodge, Mo. 29, Charleston, M. S. Robertson, 
Secretary 9 75 
24. Electic Lodge, No. 67, Farmington, Marion co., J. AT. 
Gribble, Secretary 10 00 
24. Henrietta Lodge, No. 82, Peytona, Romcco., J. W. 
Bott, Secretary 15 CO 
24. Olive Branch Lodge, No. 38, Brownstown, J. R. Walk- 
er, Secretary 5 00 
25. Phillipi Lodge, No. 59, Phillipi, C. C. Hoather, Sec’y., 10 00 
26. Marshall Lodge, No. 71, Moundsville, Wiley O. Riggs, 
Secretary, 6 00 
28. Kate Barclay Lodge, No. 51, Cairo, Ritchie co., E. 
Earnest, Secretary 10 00 
28. Volcano Lodge, No. 49, S. J. Chubbuc, Chairman 
Committee 14 25 Oct. 6. West Columbia Lodge, No. 14, West Columbia, J. 
Aumiller, Secretary 10 00 
6. Webster Lodge, No. 5, Webster, H. Walter, Sec’y., 10 00 
7. Malden Lodge, No. 77, Kanawha, Saline P. 0., D. H. 
Putney, Secretary 10 00 
12. Mt. Hebron Lodge, No. 43, Blooraery, Hampshire co., 
J. W. Mcßee, Treasurer 20 00 
14. Morning Star Lodge, No. 68, Coalsburg, John Banis- 
ter, Secretary 10 00 
14. Sharon Lodge, No. 28, Parkersburg, Thos. P. Butch- 
er, Secretary 20 00 
17. Shinston Lodge, No. 16, Jay F. Ogden, Secretary... 15 00 
25. Melbourne Lodge, No. 69, Middlebourne, Tyler co., 
J. N. Knight, Secretary 11 25 
Total from West Virginia. $ 780 25 
WISCONSI N. 
Sept. 7. Euclaire Lodge, No. 129, Euclaire, Geo. M. Withers, 
P. G.. 10 00 
10. McDonald Lodge, No. 37, Racine, Jos. Shroeder, 
Treasurer 50 00 
11. Wausaw Lodge, No. 215, Wausaw, John Ringle, N. G. 15 00 
' 20. Racine Lodge, No. 8, Thos. Lewis, Sec’y, per Jos. 
Shroeder ; 50 00 
Total from Wisconsin $ 125 00 
TEXAS. 
Aug. 29. Odd Fellows of Houston, per Ike C. Stafford...., 50 00 
Oct. 1. International Lodge, No. 148, Hearne 20 00 
19. Encampment, No. 46, Forth Worth, by express—no 
letter 29 00 
23. Odd Fellows of Fort Worth, through R. E. Beckham, 
11. P. Shield, R. Walton, Committee ' 53 50 
Total from Texas | 152 50 
UTA H . 
Oct. 16. Odd Fellow’s Relief Association, Silver Reef, Wash- 
ington county, per Theo. A. Ross, Assist. Grand 
Secretary, Baltimore 50 00 
Lodges of Utah, by same 50 00 
Total from Utah $ 100 00 UTAH, COLORADO, NEVADA. 
Oct. 14. Per Theo. A. Ross, Assist. Grand Secretary, Balti- 
more, pro rata contributions from Utah, Colorado, 
and Nevada 
48 00 
COLORADO, SANDWICH ISLANDS 
Oct. 24. Per Theo. A. Ross, Assist. Secretary, Baltimore, one- 
half contributions Rocky Mountain Lodge, No. 2, 
Colorado; Excelsior Lodge, No. 1, Honolulu, Sand- 
wich Islands 57 75 
Nov. 18. Polynesia Encampment, No. 1, Honolulu, Sandwich 
Islands, per Theo. A. Ross, Assistant Grand Sec’y.. 25 00 
Total $ 82 75 
FROM LODGES IN STATES NOT KNOWN. 
Sept. 14. Springfield Lodge, No. 7 28 00 
Oct. 10. Black Hawk Lodge, No. 72, Waterloo, Harvey Smith, 
Secretary 25 00 
Total S 53 00 RECAPITULATION OF I. O. O. P. RECEIPTS. 
Alabama $ 80 00 
Arkansas 391 85 
California , 2.700 00 
Colorado 75 00 
Connecticut 3,00 00 
Dakotah Territory 136 00 
Delaware 129 50 
Florida 35 00 
Illinois 1,585 00 
Indiana 856 00 
lowa 638 60 
Kansas 71 90 
Kentucky 460 00 
Louisiana 110 00 
Maine 100 00 
Maryland 285 50 
Michigan. 1,000 00 
Mississippi 167 65 
Missouri 35 00 
Montana 10L 00 
Nebraska 49 80 
New Jersey 388 40 
New York 1,531 00 
North Carolina 56 10 
Ohio 2,212 50 
Pennsylvania 1,142 84 
Rhode Island 200 00 
West Virginia 780 25 
Wisconsin 165 00 
Texas 152 50 
Utah 100 04 
Utah, Colorado, Nevada 43 Of) 
Colorado, Sandwich Islands ! 82 75 
Lodges in States not known 53 00 
Total from Odd Fellows $ 16,165 14 EXHIBIT C. 
MISCELLANEOUS RECEIPTS. 
KNIGHTS OF HONOR. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Oct. 3. Boxbury Lodge, No. 205, per A. I). Gill, Treasurer...s 50 00 
MICHIGAN. 
Sept. 25. Through Jacob Brown, Grand Treasurer, and John 
A. Webb, Grand Treasurer of Mississippi 100 00 
TENNESSEE. 
Sept. 25. Teutonia Lodge, No. 141, Knoxville, per Julius Och, 
C. M. Baumann, J. H. Madden, Committee, through 
W. H. Gibbs, Grand Dictator of Mississippi 20 00 
Total from Knights of Honor $ 170 00 
ALAB A M A . 
Sept. 13. Citizens of Forkland,’per Daniel Sayre, Grand Sec’y. GO 00 
14. Dr. J. C. Francis, Jacksonville 5 00 
14. D. F. Hoke, Jacksonville 25 
16. Citizens of Huntersville, per D. J. Miller, (see col- 
lections through same from Masons and Odd Fellows 73 70 
28. Elder J. A. Scott, Davistown, per W. E. Bowling 2 00 
Total from Alabama $ 140 95 ARKANSAS. 
Oct. 2. Mrs. Alice W. Pettus, Lonoke $ 5 00 
CALIFORNIA. 
Sept. 6. St. John’s Episcopal Church, San Francisco, for suf- 
ferers at Canton, through Gov. Stone, gold 100 00 
9. City of Sacramento and Benevolent Orders, per 
Christopher Green, It. A. Carey, and E. G. Weth- 
ler, through Gov. Stone 067 00 
10. Citizens of Oakland, per Union National Gold Bank, 
through Gov. Stone 700 00 
24. Citizens of Maysville, per N. D. Eideout, Mayor, 
through Gov. Stone j 387 00 
24. Wells, Fargo & Co., San Francisco, through Gov. 
Stone 400 00 
Nov. 11. A. C. Henry, Treasurer Citizens’ Belief Committee, 
Oakland, through Gov. Stone 1,000 00 
Total from California ~ $ 8,254 00 
COLORADO. 
Aug. 30. E P. Jacobson, Denver 100 00 
Sept. 12. L. P. Brown, ElMoro, per C. It. Woodward, Cairo... 50 00 
Total from Colorado .$ 150 00 
GEORGIA. 
Oct. 6. Proceeds of a Sociable at “ Rose Terrace,” by Miss 
Rosa Yeiser, assisted by Mrs. Louis Raymond 17 68 
ILLINOIS. 
Aug. 30. Audobon Shooting Club, Jacksonville, per Geo. 
Hayden 50 00 
Sept. 16. Ladies of Belvediere, per John C. Foote, through E. 
G. Wall 165 00 
20. Williams & Quigley, Galesburg, being 6 per cent, of 
the receipts of their “Little Show.”. 5 00 
Total from Illinois $ 220 00 INDIANA. 
Oct. 18. Light Guards and Governor’s Guard, Terre Haute 205 65 
18. A. Herz : 66 00 
18. W. H. Wiley, Sup’t Public Schools 10 00 
Total from Indiana f 28165 
(Through Thos. A. Anderson, Treasurer Governor’s Guard, Terre Haute, 
to Gov. Stone.) 
lOWA. 
Aug. 30. Citizens of Malvern, per F. P. Spencer 18 25 
KANSAS. 
Aug. 29. Citizens of Wilson 51 50 
KENTUCKY. 
Sept. 12. Mrs. Win. J. Marshall, Henderson 10 00 
12. Mrs. Fielding Turner, Henderson 200 
Total from Kentucky $ 12 00 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Oct. 1. Operatives of Blackinton Woolen Mills, Blackinton, 
O. A. Archer, Treasurer, through Gov. Stone 70 00 
Dec. 2. M. Y. B. Bartlett, Natick, through E. Barksdale, Jackson 16 50 
Total from Massachusetts $ 86 60 
MICHIGAN. 
Sept. 28. Citizens of Detroit, through Detroit Free Press, for 
Jackson 50 00 
Oct. 7. Citizens of East Saginaw, per W. T. Wickware, Treas- 
urer Citizens’ Fund, to Governor Stone 600 00 
19. Same, through same 592 06 
Total from Michigan $ 1,242 06 MISSISSIPPI. 
Aug. 24. Citizens of MoComb City, per N. Greener 135 00 
Sept. 6. Yellow Fever Relief Society, State Line, Jesse Byrd, 
President 45 00 
7. Collection by ladies of Baldwyn, through Capt. P. M. 
Savery. 40 55 
8. W. H. Tribette, Terry 25 00 
10. R. F. McGill, Jackson 10 00 
Gov. J. M. Stone, Jackson 100 00 
Ladies of Macon, per Geo. G. Dillard, Mayor 343 00 
12. Citizensof Waynesboro, per Turner & Taylor, through 
Gov. Stone 66 00 
13. Aid Society, State Line, per L. C. Peaster 25 00 
16. Ladies of Kosciusko, per Miss Mollie Comfort, Mrs. 
W. D. Sneed, Mrs. A. Judah, Committee 46 00 
21. Relief Committee of Scranton, per Walter Denny... 100 00 
22. Proceeds of a concert, by the ladies and children of 
Beauregard, assisted by H. F. Bridewell and family, 
Port Gibson. Committee: Mrs. Julia Chrisman, 
Mrs. R. A. Bridewell and Dr. E. A. Rowan 52 00 
D. A. Buie, Franklin co., per Geo. T. Gracy , 5 00 
26. Ladies of Baldwyn, per Capt. P. M. Savery * 33 03 
28. Thespian Corps, Liberty, per F. W. Stratton, Treas., 20 00 
30. Presbyterian Church, Union Church, Jefferson coun- 
ty, per E. E. Smiley—a collection on day of prayer, 19 25 
Congregation of Houston, per S. L. Wilson, ($1 of 
amount by Mrs. Sallie Shell’s infant class) 37 75 
Oct. 6. Citizens of Caledonia, Lowndes co., per A. L. Myers, 25 00 
12. Rising Star Grange, No. 134, Union Church, Jeffer- 
son co., Flora E. Cameron, Secretary 30 00 
16. Citizens of Macon, per Thos. J. O’Neill, special com- 
mittee on relief. 78 00 
21. J. S. Hamilton & Co., Lessees Penitentiary 100 00 
Nov. 8. Collection at a Prayer Meeting in Brandon in Septem- 
ber, per Rev. B. Carradine 10 00 
14. Mite Collection at WYodville, by a lady, per Hon. G. 
F. McGehee 13 00 
18. S. B. Thomas, Sheriff Hinds county 50 00 
27. S. Gwin, Auditor Public Accounts 50 00 
Total from Mississippi f 1,458 58 
NEW JERSEY. 
Sept. 24. Citizens of Phillipsburg, through Gov. Stone , $ 130 00 
NEVA I) A .. 
Sept. 19. Citizens of Hamilton, through Vicksburg Bank $ 50 00 NEW YORK. 
Sept. 16.jS.Through E. Richardson, a special subscription in 
New York for Bolton : 
Treasurer Cotton Exchange 200 00 
E. Richardson 60 00 
E. S. Jaffray & Co 50 00 
Whitfield, Powers & Co 25 00 
Peters, Calhoun & Co 25 00 
Ware, Murphy & Co 25 00 
Woodruff, Morris & Co % 25 00 
Edwin Bates & Co 25 00 
C. L. Robinson, of 801t0n... 25 00 
J. P. Withers, of Bolton 25 00 
H. K. & F. B. Thurber & Co 25 00 
20. M. C. Richardson, Lopkport 16 00 
Jas. Jackson, Jr. & Son, Lockport 25 00 
Mrs. Hiram Gardner, Lockport 20 00 
(Through Augustus Keep, Treasurer Relief Com.) 
21. Through John H. Rochester, Treasurer Southern Re- 
lief Fund, Rochester: 
For Dry Grove 200 00 
For General Relief. 200 00 
Oct. 3. Henry Slote, Treasurer Ball Committee, Old Volun- 
teer Fire Department, 275 Broadway; 
For Lake 500 00 
For Jackson and vicinity 500 00 
Total from New York ....$ 1,960 00 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
Sept. 21. Proceeds of concert by young ladies of Winston, per 
Mrs. T. E. Richardson, of Jackson, Miss 40 00 
Oct. 7. Citizens of Reedsville, per A. J. Ellington, T. J. 
Hughes, A. P. Laborbe, Committee.. 22 25 
22. Rev. Thos. S. Campbell, Lexington 75 
Nov. 2. Young Ladies of Emma Scales’ Female Academy, 
per A. J. Ellington, T. J. Hughes, A. P. Loborbe, 
Committee, Reedsville 15 00 
Total from North Carolina $ 78 00 
OHIO. 
Sept. 13. Ladies’ Sewing Society of Universalist Church, Lon- 
don, per Theo. P. Gordon, Columbus $ 10 00 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Sept. 13. Mr. and Mrs. Craig, Jefferson 1 00 
Oct. 29. Mr. and Mrs. H. K. Craig, Jefferson 1 00 
Total from Pennsylvania $ 2 00 TENNESSEE. 
Oct. 14. From “ A Baby,” Moffett 1 00 
'TEXAS. 
Sept. 17. Citizens of Halletsville, per Sam. Deval, for sufferers 
at Canton 47 60 
29. Sunday Schools, Churches and Brass Band of Lam- 
passes, by Walter Acker 125 95 
Nov. 3. Colored people of Gonzales, lor persons of their own 
color, per Benj. A. Botts, Houston 14 15 
Oct. 3. M. E. Church, jacksboro, collection through Rev. W. 
Y. Jones, pastor, to Gov. Stone 54 00 
Total from Texas $ 241 70 
VIRGINIA. 
Sept. 2. Guests and Proprietors of Montgomery White Sul- 
phur Springs, per Jones S. Hamilton, G. Townsend, 
G. L. Boney, Committee 100 00 
(Committee also sent $25 to Jackson How’d Ass’n.) 
3. Citizens of Petersburg, through Mayor Wm. E. Cam- 
eron, and Rev. T. D. Witherspoon, to Gov. Stone... 1,000 00 
25. Board of Supervisors, Norfolk County, per Leigh R. 
Watts, W. S. Butts, Geo. T. Wallace, Committee, 
Portsmouth, to Gov. Stone 100 00 
27. Citizens of Portsmouth, per John H. Hume, Jas. H. 
Toomer, L. R. Watts, Finance Committee of Peo- 
ples’ Meeting, to Gov. Stone 100 00 
27. Citizens of Portsmouth, through J. Thompson Baird, 
Mayor, to Gov. Stone 190 37 
Total from Virginia I 1,490 37 
F OREIGN COUNTRIES. 
Oct. 29. Hon. Win. M. Evarts, Secretary of State, Washing- 
ton, from Foreign Relief Fund, for Edwards 200 00 
Nov. 4. Same, for Jackson 200 00 
9. Same, for Edwards 200 00 
9. Same, for Bolton 200 00 
Sept. 28. American residents in City of Mexico, per Hon. John 
W. Foster, U. S. Minister, to Gov. Stone, gold 700 00 
Dec. 20. Hon. Wm. M. Evarts, Foreign Belief Fund, for Mc- 
Comb City 175 00 
Total from Foreign Countries $ 1,675 00 RECAPITULATION OP RELIEI FROM MISCELLANEOUS SOURCES. 
Alabama .$ 140 95 
Arkansas *. 5 00 
California 3,254 00 
Colorado 150 Of) 
Georgia 17 68 
Illinois 220 00 
Indiana 281 65 
lowa 18 25 
Kansas .' 51 50 
Kentucky 12 00 
Massachusetts 86 50 
Michigan 1,242 06 
Mississippi 1,458 58 
New Jersey 130 00 
Nevada 50 00 
New York 1,960 00 
North Carolina .'. 78 00 
Ohio 10 00 
Pennsylvania 1 2 00 
Tennessee . 1 00 
Texas 241 70 
Virginia 1,490 37 
Knights of Honor of Massachusetts, Michigan and Tennessee... 170 00 
Foreign Countries 1,675 00 
Total $ 12,746 24 
ADDITIONAL RECEIPTS. 
1879. 
Feb. 8. Through Geo. F. Brown, Secretary and Treasurer, 
241 State street, Chicago, being the proceeds of an 
entertainment by the ladies of the following Chap- 
ters of the Eastern Star Order $ 158 80 
Miriam Chapter, No. 1; 
Lady Washington Chapter, No. 28 ; 
Butler Chapter, No. 36 ; 
Queen Esther Chapter, No. 41. 
8. Win. Garrett, Grand Secretary I. O. O. F., Burling- 
ton, from Lodges in lowa 25 62 
19. Gregory Satterlee, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge of 
New York, Masonic 50 00 
28. Howard Association, Hazlehurst, balance on hand, 
through *E. C. Williamson 5 00 
28. Lyons Lodge, No. 61, I. O. O. F., Lyons, lowa, per 
J. G. Boot, Secretary, for Odd Fellows and their 
families 9 90 
Total $ 249 32 EXHIBIT D. 
RELIEF DISBURSEMENTS. 
GRENADA. 
Aug. 1(5. Dr. W. E. Hughes Voucher No. 1 100 00 
" 23. Dr. W. E. Hughes .2 100 00 
Odd Fellows Lodge, or Relief Committee 3 30 00 
26. Dr. W. E. Hughes 4 200 00 
30. General Relief Committee (5 500 00 
Sept. 6. W. J. Ayres, N. G., Grenada Lodge, No. 6,1. O. O. F. 7 500 00 
3. Howard Association.... 8 1,000 00 
19. Mrs. S. H. H., (Masonic) 9 300 00 
Oct. 1. Mrs. W, J. A., I. O. O. F 11 200 00 
1. Bro. M.’s three children, (Masonic) 10 100 00 
1. Bro. C.’s children, (Masonic) 12 50 00 
1. Mrs. R., (Masonic) .. 13 50 00 
1. Rev. W. S. McC 14 150 00 
1. Mrs. M. C 15 50 00 
4. Bro. .1. H. C., (Masonic) 16 100 00 
4. Mrs. H. M. J., (Masonic) 17 50 00 
4. Mrs. H. M. J., (Masonic)... 18 50 00 
4. Bro. A. S. W., (Masonic) , 20 150 00 
18. Bro. J. H. Campbell, for relief of Ebenezer neighbor- 
hood, and of sundry persons in Grenada, (detailed 
report filed 21 250 00 
Nov. 3. Grenada Lodge, No. 6, I. O. O. F., (36 orphans, 4 
widows) 22 1,140 00 
Sept. 27. Family of Rev. John McC 23 150 00 
Nov. 29. Mrs. ,1. K. W. and children 24 10 00 
30. Mrs. J. K. W. and children 25 25 00 
30. Widow of Bro. W. F. F., Lodge No. 361, (Masonic).. 26 50 00 
30. Bro. J. R. F., Lodge No. 361, (Masonic) 27 10 00 
30. Sir Knight R. A. A., on recommendation of E. C. of 
No. 15 28 100 00 
80. 51 orphans and 10 widows, Grenada, No. 31, (Ma- 
sonic) 29 1.825 00 
30. Mrs. S. H. H .1 ...30 50 00 
30. Grenada Lodge, No. 31, (Masonic) 31 500 00 
Jan. 1. Grenada Lodge, No. 31, (Masonic) 32 500 00 
Grenada Lodge, No. 6, I. O. O. F 33 500 00 
Total $ 8,790 00 HOLLY SPRINGS. 
Sent. 6. Col. W. J. L. Holland, Chairman Relief Commit- 
tee Voucher No. 1 500 00 
9. Col. W.’jVl.’Holland, Chairman Relief Com 2 500 00 
10. Col. Kinloch Falconer, for Relief Committee 3 500 00 
13. Col. H. W. Walter, for Relief Committee 4 1,000 00 
IG. Col. Kinloch Falconer, for Relief Committee 5 1,000 00 
20. Col. Kinloch Falconer, for Relief Committee 6 500 00 
Oct. 1. Col. Holland, for Relief Committee 7 1,000 00 
25. Mrs. A. W., whose husband, a Knight Templar, died 
at Holly Springs! 8 90 00 
3. Supplies for sick and destitute, purchased in St. 
Louis 9 491 48 
4. Blankets and clothing, purchased in St. Louis 10 291 00 
Nov. 9. Capt. J. C. Tucker, services, as per statement H 190 00 
Dec. 14. Holly Springs Lodge, No. 35, for relief families of ■ 
Masons 12 °9O 00 
14. Widow and five children of Mr. A., (Masonic) 18 75 00 
14. Mrs. A., a destitute widow, husband died of fever.. 14 . 25 00 
14. Widow and two children of Bro. K., (Masonic) 15 75 00 
14. Widow and two children of Bro. K., (Masonic) 1G 
14. Widow and mother of a Mason 17 50 00 
14. Four children of Mys. P., who died of fever 18 100 00 
14. Mrs. M. and two children, husband died of fever...l 9 25 00 
14. Mrs. M. and two children, husband died of fever...2o 25 00 
14. Mrs. S. E. B 21 50 00 
14. Mrs. C. and children, (Masonic) 22 150 00 
14. Mrs. E. J. W 28 20 00 
14. Son of Bro. W. S. M., (Masonic) 24 25 00 
14. Mrs. D., widow of a Mason 25 25 00 
3. Bro. L. B. M., (Masonic) - 26 100 00 
20. Masonic contribution from Indianapolis, direct to 
Holly Springs, included in mv receipts 27 316 oO 
20. Mrs. W. and children ;—2B 80 00 
Jan. 1. Relief Fund for Holly Springs Gommandery, No. 3, 
$800; Wilson Chapter, No. 5, $2OO 29 500 00 
7. Children of Bro. H. W. W 30 250 00 
Total $ 8,299 48 
DRY GROVE 
Sept. 16. R. R. Ledbetter, medicines Voucher No. 1 39 JO 
3. J. Cohen, 5 gallons whisky _ 2 99 
26. Hofheimer & Bro., champagne, brandy, whisky 3 lb 60 
26. C. Cosmani, cask of beer 4 1"' 90 
30. Raymond Relief Committee, for Dry Grove 0 -oO 00 
Oct. 18. Col. T. S. Dabney, for general relief. 0 100 00 
Nov. G. A. N. Kimball, for 11 days services 7 
G. Morris & Flusser, ice bills from Sept. 20 8 32 0” 
Sept. 23. Rev. Dr. Douglas, for general relief.... 9 -90 00 
27. Crystal Springs Howard Association, for Dry G’ve..lo 250 00 
Oct. 2. Terry Relief Committee, for Dry Grove 11 200 00 
4. Crystal Springs Howard Association, for Dry G’ve..l2 500 0 
Nov. 9. Dr. W. E. Herring 19 '° ’ 9 Dec. 23. Dr. G. W. West (recommended by W. M. of Dry 
Grove Lodge, No. 321 14 75 00 
23. Three children of Bro. Jas. C., who died 1870; the 
mother died of fever, 1878 15 50 00 
23. Bro. J. W. J., and one child 16 30 00 
23. Mrs. C., sister of Bro. J. C. S., who died Sept. 7, ’78..17 50 00 
23. Mrs. J. C. W. and five children 18 100 00 
23. Mrs. W. D. K. and five children 19 100 00 
23. Mrs. O’B. and one child, husband died of fever 20 20 00 
23. Dry Grove Lodge, No. 821, Widows and Orphans’ 
Relief. 7. 21 350 00 
Total $ 2,565 60 
Sept. 9. Champagne and whisky Voucher No. 1 20 00 
23. Meridian Relief Committee, for Lake 2 1,000 00 
Oct. 7. Meridian Relief Committee, for Lake 3 500 00 
31. Special car, with relief for Lake 34 40 00 
31. Bro. W. M. Thornton, for the orphan children of 
Bros. Lowry, Davison and Crouch 4 250 00 
31. Bro. Thornton, Pres’t Aid Ass’n, general relief 5 1,000 00 
31. Richardson & Bro., supplies 6 65 00 
LAKE 
Total... $ 2,875 00 
GREENVILLE. 
Oct. —. Greenville Lodge, No. 94, I. O. O. F... Voucher No. 1 13 40 
Sept. 21. Rev. S. Archer, Chairman Relief Committee 2 *l,OOO 00 
Oct. 13. Rev. S. Archer, Chairman Relief Committee 3 *l,OOO 00 
Dec. 8. Mrs. E. S., widow of Mason 4 69 00 
Feb. 16, 1879. For widows and orphans, through Greenville 
Masonic Lodge 5 2,000 00 
16, 1879. For widows and orphans, through Greenville 
I. O. O. F. Lodge 6 1,000 00 
Total $ 5,082 40 
Mostly distributed by Bro. Archer, through Masons and Odd Fellows. 
Aug. 24. James A. Gage, Pres’t How’d Ass’n...Voucher No. 1 200 00 
29. James A. Gage, President Howard Association 2 200 00 
30. James A. Gage, President Howard Association 3 500 00 
Sept. 3. James A. Gage, President Howard Association 4 1,000 00 
7. James A. Gage, President Howard Association 5 1,000 00 
16. Bro. Win. B. Fulkerson, for Masonic Relief. 6 *l,OOO 00 
19. Frank H. Foote, Franklin Lodge, No. 5,1. O. O. F... 7 500 00 
Oct. 1. Rev. D. A. V 8 100 00 
1. Rev. John G. J 9 100 00 
8. Rev. D. H. M 10 150 00 
PORT GIBSON. 
Jan. 2. Less, returned by Howard Association 1,500 00 
Total ....$ 4,750 00 
* Five hundred dollars of this was turned over, at my request; to Odd Fellows 
Lodge. See acknowledgment of Frank H. Foote, dated September 19. 
Total $ 3,250 00 VICKSBURG. 
Aug. 21. W. G. Paxton, chairman Masonic Relief Commit- 
tee Voucher No. 1 300 00 
26. W. G. Paxton, cli’mn Masonic Relief Cora *1 200 00 
29. W. G. Paxton, ch’mn Masonic Relief Cora *2 300 00 
30. W. G. Paxton, ch’mn Masonic Relief Com 4 600 00 
Sept. 2. W. G. Paxton, ch’mn Masonic Relief Com 5 1,395 70 
6. W. G. Paxton, ch’mn Masonic Relief Com 6 1,525 00 
9. W. G. Paxton, ch’mn Masonic Relief Com 7 1,500 00 
18. Masonic Committee, from Arizona Territory 8 50 00 
26. W. G. Paxton, chairman Masonic Relief Com 9 1,000 00 
Aug. 29. Chas. Lehman, chairman I. O. O. F. Committee....3f 200 00 
Sept. 2. Chas. Lehman, chairman I. O. O. F. Committee 11 500 00 
6. Chas. Lehman, chairman I. O. O. F. Committee....l 2 500 00 
9. Chas. Lehman, chairman I. O. O. F. Committee. ..13 500 00 
18. Chas. Lehman, (see voucher No, \8 of Masonic 50 00 
24. Chas Lehman 14 500 00 
Oct. 9. Clms. Lehman , 15 500 00 
14. Chas. Lehman 16 250 00 
Jan. 3. Chas. Lehman 17 700 00 
Sept. 17. Rev. Dr. C. K. Marshall, for ministers and their 
families..* ; 18 1,225 00 
17. Rev. Dr. C. K. Marshall, for distribution at his dis- 
cretion—detailed statements being part of this 
and preceding voucher... ..19 1000 00 
18. Raymond Relief Committee, to buy cattle for Vicks- 
' burg 20 300 00 
Nov. 18. Bro. S. F., Mason and Odd Fellow 21 50 00 
Total $13,045 70 
*l. No receipt filed, but Cash Book and Letter Book show payment, 
f2. No receipt filed, but Cash Book and Letter Book show payment. 
J3. No separate receipt filed, but amount included in general acknowledge- 
ment of $3,000 00, herewith filed. 
Note.—Bro. Paxton’s Report, herewith filed, confirms the statement as to vouch- 
ers No. 1 and 2. 
WATER VALLEY 
Sept. 25. H. W. Freeman, Sec’y Relief Corn Voucher No, 1 1,000 00 
Oct. 5. A. M. Hardin & Co., St. Louis, supplies 2 22 93 
12. J. W. Heliums, N. G., I. O. O. F., Lodge No. 82... 3 500 00 
Dec. 14. Sir Kt. T. W. W. and, family, Masonic 5 50 00 
14. Comp. J. M. C., of Chapter No. 96, Masonic 6 50 00 
14. Widow and daughter of Bro. M. A. R, Masonic.... 7 50 00 
14. Widow and four children of Bro. J. F. O, Masonic. 8 100 00 
14. Widow and child of Bro. J. D. IL, Masonic 9 50 00 
14. Widow of Bro. A. C, Masonic , 10 50 00 
14. Four orphan children of Bro. J. D. R., Masonic 11 100 00 
14. Widow and 4 children of Bro. W. J. M., I. O. O. F. 12 100 00 
14. Widow and child of Bro. W. L. B, I. O. O. F 13 75 00 
14. Mrs. M. A. G., (husband died of fever) 14 25 00 
14. Miss 8., Masonic 15 30 00 
14. A Widow and 2 children 16 25 00 
14. Widow and daughter ,■ 17 25 00 
14. Bro. R. L. P., I. O. O. F ...18 50 00 Dec. 19 Mrs. B. and children 19 30 00 
23. Mrs. M. S. M., Masonic 20 50 00 
23. Mrs. M. P., Masonic 21 30 00 
23. Water Valiev Lodge, No. 82, I. O. O. F 22 375 00 
24. Mrs. R. T. and children 23 20 00 
24. Water Valley Lodge, No. 132,.Masonic 24 500 00 
Total $3,307 93 
OSYKA. 
Dec. 4. Orphan babe of Bro. 31. D. 8., Voucher No. 1 100 00 
4. Miss E. I. D 2 25 00 
4. Mrs. D. McG. and three children 3 35 00 
4. Mrs. D. M. R. and three children 4 35 00 
4. Mrs. A. C ... 5 20 00 
4. Dr. F. and family, (four died of fever in family)... 6 25 00 
4. 31 rs. R 7. 7 20 00 
4. Mrs. 31. A. W. and two children 8 , 35 00 
4. 3lrs. B. and family...'. 9 16 50 
4. Mrs. B. and daughter, and three other children 10 40 00 
4. 31 rs. J. A. 0...... 11 30 00 
4. 3lrs. 31. R., and three children , 12 30 00 
4. Wm. 8., (five in family) ! 13 15 00 
4. 31rs. M. A.3IcG. and two children 14 35 00 
4. Bro. 3V. D. D 15 100 00 
4. L. 31. and two orphan children of H. H 16 35 0!) 
4. 3lrs. A. R and two children 17 30 00 
4. Simon C. for two orphans of H. H 18 25 00 
4. Seven families, recommended by Bro. Davidson 19 105 00 
4. Orphan son of Bro. Wm. B 20 30 00 
4. 3liss Janie S 21 50 00 
4. 31 rs. L. B. G 22 25 00 
Total $ 861 00 
CANTON. 
Sept. 2. G. W. Thomas, President Howard Association 1 100 00 
8. G. W. Thomas, President Howard Association 2 200 00 
11. G. W. Thomas, President Howard Association 3 250 00 
G. G. W. Thomas, President Howard Association 4 200 00 
9. The L. family, I. O. O. F 5 50 00 
16. The L. family, I. O. O. F G 200 00 
16. The L. family, I. O. O. F 7 100 00 
Oct. 4. Bro. R. Y. S. and family, Masonic 8 100 00 
5. 31 rs. I) 9 50 00 
24. Family of Bro. K 10 100 00 
Total $ 1,350 00 
McCOMB CITY. 
Oct. 11. Mrs. L. E. D., 3lasonic 1 30 00 
12. Grand 3laster John H. 3lcKeime, I. O. O. F., for 
general relief. 2 500 00 
12. Grand Master John H. 3lcKenzie, I. O. O. F,, for 
general relief 3 180 00 6i 
Nov. 12. McComb City Lodge, No. 385, for general charity.. 4 535 00 
12. Drug Store account against Howard Association.... 5 171 35 
12. Drug Store account against families of Odd Fellows. 6 40 20 
Dec. 4. Mrs. Me. N. and three children, I. O. O. F 7 100 00 
11. Orphans of Bro. S., who died of fever, I. O. O. F... 8 50 00 
Jan. 2. Heber Craft, for widows and orphans 9 175 00 
Total $ 1,781 65 
JACKSON. 
Sept. 29. Mrs. D. McO., (afterwards died of fever) 1 50 00 
Oct. 7. Mrs. G., husband and three children died of fever.. 2 50 00 
14. Mrs. G., husband and three children died of fever.. 3 25 00 
14. Howard Association, special contribution from 
New York for Jackson 4 500 00 
14. Howard Association, special contributions from 
Terre Haute, Ind 5 281 65 
14. Rev. Dr. Watkins, for needy persons 6 10 00 
14. Rev. Dr. Watkins, for Mrs. E. J C 7 10 00 
28. Mrs. F. M. 8., I. O. O. F 8 25 00 
Nov. 1. Bro. H. H. S., Masonic 9 50 00 
4. Howard Association, special donation for Jackson..lo 200 00 
4. Bro. W. C. H., Masonic 11 25 00 
9. Rev. Dr. Watkins, for the sick and poor at discretion.l 2 200 00 
9. Rev. Dr. Hunter, for sick and poor at discretion...l 3 200 00 
21. Mrs. A. J. P. and children, Masonic 14 75 00 
21. Daughters of a Mason 15 50 00 
21. Mrs. D. V. P., mother of an Odd Fellow, deceased.l 6 100 00 
25. Burial expenses of Masonic families 17 100 00 
25. Mrs. C. and children 18 10 00 
25. Bro. A. M. and family, Masonic 19 50 00 
25. Mrs. M. K. Y. and family, I; O. O. F 20 50 00 
Dec. 23. Bro. W. W. W. and family, I. O. O. F 21 50 00 
7. Mrs. J. A. C. and children 22 25 00 
17. Mrs. S. and children, Masonic 28 75 00 
19 Capitol Lodge, No. 11, I. O. O. F 24 100 00 
12. Capitol Lodge, No. 11, I. O. O. F., sick and funeral 
benefits 25 110 00 
12. Choctaw Encampment, No. 8, sick and funeral ben- 
efits 26 07 50 
21. Mrs. M. C., Masonic 27 59 00 
21. Mrs. J. G., Masonic 28 50 CO 
24. Mrs. F., Masonic 29 30 00 
24. Children of Bro. 8., Masonic 30 50 00 
27. Mrs. G. and children, Masonic 31 50 00 
27. Mrs. A. J. P., Masonic 32 60 00 
Jan. 4. Mrs. B. L. G., Masonic 83 25 00 
7. Mrs. O. and children 34 50 00 
Total $2,854 65 
SHARON, MADISON COUNTY. 
Sept. 27. Wm. Benthall... Voucher No. 1 100 00 
Oct. 14. Wm. Benthall..... 2 50 00 
Total - $ 150 00 YAZOO CITY. 
Oct. 24. Geo. M. Powell, Pres’t Howard Ass’n., Voucher No. 1 500 00 
Jan. 3. Bro. R. B. M., (Mason and I. O. O. F.) 2 100 00 
Total 8 600 00 
TCHULA, HOLMES COUNTY 
Nov. 9. Lucy Tapley, nurse, $80; A. N. Kimball expenses of 
himself and nurse to Tchula, $5O, Voucher No. 1 110 00 
TALLAHATCHIE COUNTY. 
Sept. 29. Bfo. W. H. FitzGerald, for gen’l relief, Voucher No 1 500 00 
Nov. 4. Bro. W. H. FitzGerald, for general relief. 2 250 00 
30. Mrs. C. G. C., recommended by George Washington 
Lodge, No. 157 3 50 00 
Dec. —. Mrs. C. G. C., recommended by George Washington 
Lodge, No. 157 4 50 00 
Total $ 850 00 
TILLATOBA 
Oct. 11. J. H. Dame, President Relief Com Voucher No. 1 250 00 
14. J. H. Dame, President Relief Committee 2 250 00 
Total $ 500 00 
HERNAND O. 
Oct. 6. Mayor E. Bullington, for geu’l relief..Voucher No. 1 $ 590 00 
Sept. 12. Mayor E. E. Baldwin Voucher No. 1 500 00 
Oct. 16. Mayor E. E. Baldwin 2 500 00 
21. Morris & Flusser, ice 3 10 00 
Nov. 6. Morris & Flusser, ice 4 10 00 
9. O. D. Williams, President Howard Association 5 200 00 
30. Morris & Flusser, ice 6 2 00 
26. Bro. T. C. P., of Bolton Lodge, No. 326 7 50 00 
26. Children of Bro. T. A. M 8 75 00 
26. Bro. W. M., of No. 326 9 25 00 
26. Widow of Bro. M. of Lodge No. 326 10 75 00 
26. C. D. Williams, President Howard Association... 11 190 00 
BOLTON 
Total 61,037 00 
GARNER. 
Oct. 5. G. L. McSwine, Relief Committee Voucher No. 1 200 05 
14. G. L. McSwine, Relief Committee •. 2 100 00 
19. C. V. Warren, Treasurer Relief Committee 3 500 00 
Total $ 800 00 CRYSTAL SPRINGS 
Dec. 28. Dr. E. M. Davis ..Voucher No. 1 $ 50 00 
SEN ATOBIA 
Oct. 25. Sam. F. Massey, Acting President Anderson Relief 
Association Voucher No. 1 250 00 
OAKLAND. 
Oct. 3. J. M. Moore and J. H. McAfee, relief, Voucher No. 1 200 00 
Nov. 9. Oakland Lodge, No. 97, I. O. O. F 2 100 00 
Total $ 300 00 
WINONA. 
Nov. 29. Mrs. 0., (whose husband and child died of yellow 
fever,) Voucher No. 1 80 00 
BYRAM. 
Dec. 12. Dr. T. A. Catchings Voucher No. 1 50 00 
TERRY. 
Nov. 9. Dr. D. L, Rawls Voucher No. 1 50 00 
SUMMIT. 
Dec. 4. Bro. C. H. L., recommended by Grand Master 
McKenzie Voucher No. 1 25 00 
E D WAR DS . 
Oct. 15, Rev. I. J. Daniel Voucher No. 1 50 00 
15. Rev. I. J. Daniel, for general relief 2 200 00 
Nov. 9. Geo. M. Martz, President Howard Association 3 200 00 
Total $ 450 00 
Dec. 28. Mrs. M. J. L Voucher No. 1 $ 50 00 
NEAR BALDWIN’S FERRY. 
Dec. 30. Family of Bro. W. D. McG.. Voucher No. 1 $ 50 00 
LAWRENCE 
MAC O N 
Jan. 6. Macon Lodge, No. 40* Voucher No. 1 $ 500 00 
*This Lodge had sent me, at different times, during the epidemic, $6OO 00. The 
disastrous fire at Macon, affecting their ability to pay a debt of $7OO 00 on then- 
new Hall, I returned $5OO 00 of their contribution. This was done without any 
suggestion on the part of the Lodge—the result of personal inquiry as to the dam- 
age sustained by the fire. MEMPHIS 
Oct. 10. W. J. Jones, Chairman I. 0. O. F. Relief Com- 
mittee Voucher No. 1 25 00 
Dec. 31. Mrs. A. J. W 2 150 00 
Total $ 175 00 
NEW O RLE A NS. 
Oct. —. Mrs. Mary C. V Voucher No. 1 175 00 
26. Families of Revs. Drs. Rice and Trawick 2 100 00 
Total $ 275 00 
NATCHEZ 
Oct. 23. Protestant Orphan Asylum Voucher No. 1 500 00 
23. Catholic Orphan Asylums 2 250 00 
Total $ 750 00 
LEBANON NEIGBORHOOD. 
Oct. 18. Raymond Relief Committee Voucher No. 1 200 00 
Nov. 6. Ice : 2 2 00 
Total $ 202 00 
BR ANDO N 
Dec. 17. Widow and 3 children of Sir Kt. M., Senior Grand 
Warden of Grand Commandery at the time of his 
death Voucher No. 1 $ 50 00 
MISCELLANEOUS. 
Nov. 20. Family of Lt. Benner. Voucher No. 1 50 00 
15. Telegraph hill 2 154 35 
Jan. 1. Postage, printing, incidentals 3 65 00 
Oct. 17. Loan to an Odd Fellow, from Texas 4 25 00 
Dec. 9. Rev. S. M. M., who rendered service at various 
points 5 25 00 
Total S 319 35- 
Subsequent Disbusements elsewhere reported. REPORT OP RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS 
BY 
MASONIC RELIEF COMMITTEE, 
VICKSBURG, MISS. 
[published per resolution of grand lodge.] 
Vicksburg, Miss., December 27th, 1878. 
W. G. Paxton, Chairman of Masonic Relief Committee, 
1878. TO UNIVERSAL BENEVOLENCE, Dr. 
Aug. 22. Louisville Masons, through 0. R. Woodruff, P. G. 0...$ 200 00 
22. Mystic See Lodge, Indianapolis, Ind 100 00 
22. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, Mississippi 300 00 
23. Masonic Fraternity, Okolona, Miss 60 00 
23. Masonic Relief Board, Houston, Texas 50 00 
24. Masonic Fraternity, Sandusky, Ohio 40 00 
27. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, Mississippi,.> 200 00 
28. Masonic Fraternity, Rockford, Ills "30 00 
28. Garlick & Sizer, Calumet, Ohio 5 00 
30. T. S. Gathright Lodge, No. 33, Oxford, Miss 80 50 
30. Masonic Fraternity, Natchez, Miss 100 00 
30. Henry Burnett, W. M., Paducah, Ky 50 00 
80. Terre Haute Commandery, No. 76, Indiana 123 80 
30. Tupelo Lodge, No. 318, Mississippi 25 00 
30. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, Mississippi 500 00 
31. Masonic Fraternity, Portland, Maine 300 00 
31. Chas. Lehman, loan to I. O. O. F., refunded 10\) 00 
Sept. 0. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, Mississippi 1,395 70 
6. Mount Pleasant Lodge, No. 216, Ohio 7 00 
'6. Excelsior Lodge, No. 442, Jackson, Mo 50 00 
6. Du Quoin R. A. Chapter, Ills 20 00 
6. Masonic Fraternity, Rockford, Ills 30 00 
G. O. S. Beers, W. M., Mobile, Ala 50 00 
6. Naval Lodge, No. 100, Portsmouth, Ya 20 00 
5. W. B. Isaacs, Grand Secretary, Virginia 100 00 
5. Emporium Lodge, No. 382, Pennsylvania 10 00 
5. Gonzales Commandery, No. No. 71, Texas 75 00 
7. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, Mississippi 1,500 00 
7. Strict Observance Lodge, No. 78, Forsyth, Ga 35 00 
7. Masonic Fraternity, St. Joseph 25 00 
7. Seaboard Lodge, No. 56, Portsmouth, Ya 25 00 
7. Oliver Clifton, P. G. C., Jackson,. Miss 500 
12. F. J. Lewis, K. T. Washington, 1). C 15 00 Sept. 12. Grand Lodge of Mass., through C. A. Welch, G. M. 100 00 
12. De Molay Cornmandery, No. 5, Americus, Ga 22 25 
12. Del Cornmandery, No. 41, Port Jervis, Nebraska 10 00 
2J. Knights Templar, Houston Texas 27 00 
11. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, Mississippi 1,500 00 
11. Kennesaw Lodge 10 00 
11. Amity Lodge 10 00 
18. Masonic Fraternity, Prescott, Arizona 50 00 
18. Fayette Lodge, No. 707, Washington, Ohio 85 00 
21. Adelphic Cornmandery, New York 42 00 
21. doppa Lodge, No. 315, Bay City, Michigan 25 00 
21. Coeur de Lion Cornmandery, No. 7, Atlanta, Ga 47 25 
16. Amount deposited by W. A. Fairchild, P. G. C 175 00 
Aug. 28. Freeport Cornmandery, NoJ7, Illinois 100 00 
28. Covington 11. A. Chapter, Kentucky 30 00 
28. Centralia Lodge, No. 201, Illinois 25 00 
29. Masonic Fraternity, Galveston, Texas 11l 00 
29. Land Mark Lodge, No. 214, Pine Ridge, La 10 00 
29. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, Mississippi 300 00 
Sept. 23. Ocean Lodge, Brunswick, Georgia 15 00 
23. Mt. Horeb 11. A. C., Portsmouth, Ya 10 00 
21. Cincinnati Cornmandery, K. T 50 00 
29. Masonic Fraternity, Easing Sun, Ind 10 00 
30. Masonic Board of Trustees. Augusta, Ga 75 00 
30. Steamer J. W. Cannon, passage money refunded 27 00 
Nov. 2. Proceeds sale of horses 125 00 
7. Proceeds sale of harness 10 00 
12. E. D. Ricldey, for K. of P., amount refunded 40 00 
16. Howard Association, amount refunded 62 15 
Sept. 26. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary 1,000 00 
16. Bro. James Murray, order for groceries and drugs 100 00 
T*tal $9,820 65 
Cr. 
By sundry amounts paid “Relief” .....$ 4,132 32 
By sundry amounts paid nurses 1,902 38 
By amount paid drugs, Gray & Co 138 15 
By amount paid Howard Association, order of J. L. Power 300 00 
By amount paid for dry goods, Brown & Bro 125 
By amount paid for dry goods, Schwartz & Marx 275 
By amounts paid for dry "goods, Maurice Meyer 400 
By amounts paid for dry goods, Mayer Bros. & C 0..... 46 85 
By amount paid for dry goods. 9. Shlenker & Co 35 58 
By amounts paid for groceries, W. H. Andrews & Bro 402 23 
By amounts paid for groceries, O. H. Perry & Co 135 79 
By amounts paid for groceries, H. H. Kain.. 11 20 
By amounts paid for groceries, G. W. Hutchinson, & Co 815 
By amount paid shoe bill, P. H. Gilbert....- , 16 00 
By amount paid wood bills, North & Co 41 50 
By amount paid sundries, Dr. Davis 237 65 
By amount paid ice bills, F. M. Lassiter 15 90 
By amount paid for clothing, Geo. C. Kress & Co 58 25 
By amount paid for burials, J. Q. Arnold 722 50 
By amount paid for bedding, F. Steigleman 34 00 
By amount paid for one horse, estate of D. W. Booth 125 00 
By amount paid for Mquors, Spengler and Tonella 19 30 By amount paid for liquors, Doll & Murphy 1 25 
By amount paid for transportation, Y. & M.Railroad 142 10 
By amount paid for transportation, Mississippi River 61 00 
By Amount paid for hack hire and drayages 39 00 
By amount paid for board bills and nurses 152 00 
By amount loaned Odd Fellows 109 00 
By amount paid for hardware, Lee Richardson & Co 16 15 
By amount paid for rent, R. V. Eckman .15 00 
By amount paid for printing, Herald Company 18 40 
By amount paid for coal bills, Fioweree & Co 30 80 
By amount paid for for medical services, E. T. Henry 100 00 
By amount Murray, orders transferred to Howard Association... 100 00 
Total $ 9,171 45 
TV« gross amount receipts 9,820 66 
By gross amount disbursements 9,171 45 
Total balance $ 649 20 
W. G. PAXTON, 
W.'. M.-. Walnut Hills Lodsre, No. 194, Chairman. 
T. M. FOLKES, 
J.-. W.\ for W. . Me. W. H. Stevens Lodge, No. 121. 
GEO. CALDER, 
W.*. Me. Vicksburg Lodge, No. 26. 
G. G. MANLOVE, 
Ee. Ke. for He. Pe., Vicksburg Re. A.-. Ce., No. 3. 
WM. FRENCH, 
Gen’o Commanding Magnolia Commandery, No. 2. 
W. A. FAIRCHILD, 
IV. Me. Vicksburg Lodge, No. 26, Sec’y and Treas. 
REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS 
THE 
ODD FELLOWS’ RELIEF COMMITTEE, 
VICKSBURG, MISS. 
By contributions received during August, September, November and 
December, 1878, as follows: 
.T. L. Power, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge of Mississippi $ 3,000 00 
Summit Lodge, Summit, Miss 25 00 
Geo. D. Winched, Grand Treasurer, Ohio 5OO 00 
Rising Star Lodge, Evansville, Indiana 10 00 
G. P. Theobold, Louisville. Ky 100 00 
Ague Lodge No. 25, through G. L. Moore, Treasurer, Louisville, 
Kentucky 10 00 
Chosen Friends Lodge, through Wro. Poutch, Secretary 15 00 
Watson Lodge No. 32, Mt. Sterling, Ky., through L. W. White, 
Secretary . 25 00 
Meridian Lodge No. 80, Meridian, Miss., through W. L. Sadler.’ 10 00 
Poughkeepsie Lodge No. 21, New York, through J. D. Neal, 
Secretary .. 32 00 Ottaway Lodge No. 24, Kansas, through S. Dewey, Secretary.... 5 00 
F. Altman, Cheyenne, Wyoming Territory 10 00 
L. D. Bills, Grand Secretary, Madison, Wis 20 00 
Centennial Lodge No. 138, McPherson, Kansas, through L. F. 
Burdette 5 00 
Maple Rapids Lodge No. 224, through A. L. Kross 9 85 
Relief Committee, St. Louis, Mo 250 00 
Ripley Lodge No. 52, Ripley, Miss 25 00 
Reno Lodge No. 19, Reno, Nevada, through W. L. Betchel 50 00 
Adolphe Brandt, Grand Master, Georgia 75 00 
Adolphe Brandt, Grand Master, Georgia 40 00 
S. B. Hills, Grand Secretary, Wisconsin 35 00 
Angerona Lodge No. 239, Pittsburgh, Pa., through Samuel Os- 
born, Secretary.. 10 00 
Quascagunoenon Lodge No. 39, Newburyport, Mass., through J. 
W. Work 33 33- 
Merrimac Encampment, Newburyport, Mass., through SamT L. 
Ford 25 00 
Geo. W. Morris, Treasurer Relief Committee, Louisville, Ky.... 100 00 
Magnolia Lodge No, 20, Mound City, Kansas, through Geo. F. 
Dewey 5 00 
North Star Lodge No. 76, Newport, Ky., through Kentucky 
Relief Committee 25 00 
Relief Committee, Newport, Ky 25 00 
Union Lodge No. 13, Mobile, Ala., through Can’t Get Away 
Club 50 00 
Manhattan Lodge No 17, Manhattan, Kansas, through SamT F. 
Burdett 10 CO 
J, T. Menifield Lodge _No. 17, Manhattan, Kansas, through SamT 
F. Burdett 2 CO 
John Ready Lodge No. 17, Manhattan, Kansas, through SamT 
F. Burdett 2 00 
Oswego Lodge No. 36, Oswego, Kansas 15 00 
Columbus Lodge No. 36, Columbus, Kansas 10 00 
J. C. Smith, Grand Scribe, Illinois 190 00 
Tripoli Lodge No. 169, Brazos, Texas 20 00 
Metropolitan Lodge No. 27, Leavenworth, Kansas, through 
Thomas Moonlight 25 00 
Old Dominion Lodge No. 6, Portsmouth Ya 10 00 
,1. I). King, Grand Secretary Grand Lodge, Ontario, Canada 525 00 
J. L. Moores, Grand Treasurer, Grand Lodge, New York 28 00 
Total $ 5,361 18 
Amount of money expended 5,298 50 
Number of our members and their families relieved 39 
Transient members . 21 
Widows relieved 18 
Brothers died 3 
Transient brothers died 3 
CHAS. LEHMAN, Chairman Committee, REPORT OF RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS 
BY 
GRENADA LODGE, NO. 6, I. O. O. F„ 
YELLOW FEVER, 1878. 
Amount of contributions received by officers and members of Grenada 
Lodge, No. 6, I. O. O. F., during the epidemic, as far as can be ascertained 
from data in possession of the Lodge: 
Aug. 20. Stockman Lodge, No. 19 32 10 
19. Wilkinson Lodge, No. 10 30 00 
20. Ridgely Lodge, No. 23 31 00 
20. Union Lodge, No. 35 25 00 
19. Carrollton Lodge, No. 40 500 
Sept. 25. Washington Lodge, No. 2 25 OO 
Aug, 23. Lola Lodge, No. 91 5 00 
22. New Albany Lodge, No.— 5 00 
26. French Camps Lodge, No. 62 18 00 
23. DeSoto Lodge, No. 98 10 00 
28. Houston Lodge, No. 25 25 00 
24. Sardis Lodge, No. 13 30 00 
19. Ripley Lodge, No. 19 25 00 
21. Okolona Lodge, No. 37..... 10 00 
22. Oakland Lodge, No. 97 25 00 
22. Jefferson Lodge, No. 14 80 00 
19. Clinton Lodge, No. 42 10 00 
19. Corinth Lodge, No. 78 25 00 
31. Virginia, Old Dominion Lodge, No. 5 5 00 
16. Tennessee, Memphis Relief Association 250 00 
10. Louisiana, Tangipahoa Lodge, No. 99 15 00 
Kentucky, Hickman Lodge, No. 26 00 
Sept. 20. Grand Lodge of Missouri 200 00 
J. L. Power, Grand Treasurer 500 00 
Total $ 1,361 10 
10 boxes crackers, 12 boxes canned beef, 1 bcx tea, and 6 pair blankets 
from Grand Lodge of Missouri. 
No. of Brothers sick of the fever during epidemic 20 
No. of Brothers died of the fever during epidemic 14 
No. of members of Brothers’ families sick during epidemic...., 36 
No. of members of Brothers’ families died during epidemic. 18 
Total No. of Brothers and their families sick 55 
Total No. of Brothers and their families died 32 
Four widows and twenty orphans. Amount of contributions $1,361 10' 
Amount disbursed 855 00 
And being distributed as rapidly as the necessities of our brethren and 
Amount on hand 506 10' 
their widows and orphans are made known to the officers of the Lodge. 
Members of the I. O. O. F., who died during the epidemic in Grenada, 
Mississippi: 
Wm. J. Ayres, N. G., died September 5, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
D. C. Bristol, V. G., died August 23, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
J. L. Milton, Treas., died August 14, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
A. W. Ayres, P. G., died August 27, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
T. P. Barnes, P. G., died August 19, of Grenada Lodge, No. G. 
R. Coffman, P. G., died August 20, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
J. E. Saddler, P. G., died August 25, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
R. A. Collins, died August 26, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
D. M. Moore, died August 11, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
Henry Rafalsky, died August 19, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
J. O. Gray, under disability, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
T. W. Phillips, under disability, of Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
Walter Saddler, member of Yaiden Lodge. 
H. T. Haddick, member of Greenville Lodge. 
All resident citizens of Grenada. 
SAM. LAWRENCE, 
N. G. Grenada Lodge, No. 6. 
RECEIPTS AND DISBURSEMENTS 
MASONIC FRATERNITY OF GRENADA. 
Note.—Most of the funds sent to Grenada during the epidemic were 
directed to the Howard Association and Citizens’ Relief Committee. 
Although a large number of our brethren remained, there was no organ- 
ized Masonic Belief Committee. During my visit to Grenada in Novem- 
ber, I ascertained that the following contributions had been received by 
our brethren during the epidemic : 
Aug. 14. Citizens of Jackson, per J. L. Power $lO9 75 
14. Tupelo Lodge, No. 318, Mississippi 25 00 
21. Grand Lodge of Mississippi, per J. L. Power, Grand Sec- 
retary 200 00 
24. Sardis Lodge, No. 307, per J. A. Rainwater 100 00 
24. Masons of Jackson, Tenn., per E. D. Anderson, J. M. 
McGlathery, Jas. O’Conner ' 30 00 
24. Morton Lodge, No. 254, per H. O. Pettus 5 00 
26. Grand Lodge, per J. L. Power, Grand Secretary 200 00 
'26. Patton Lodge, No, 129, per Jas. R. Webb, Secretary 10 00 
Sept. 10. Ostemaula Lodge, No. 113, Rome, Ga., per H. C. Norton 25 00 
Sept. 14. Forth Worth Lodge, No. 148, Forth Worth, Texas, per 
J. P. Woods, Secretary 25 00 
Of this amount $641 50 had been disbursed for relief to November 30th- 
Total $729 75 
J. L. P. CONTRIBUTIONS BY 
LODGES AND BRETHREN 
NOT ELSEWHERE REPORTED 
In response to a circular issued, the following contributions are reported 
as having been sent to afflicted localities. Some of the items are included 
in my general statement of receipts from Mississippi, pages 26, 42, 52 ; 
Pascagoula Lodge, No. 202, Moss Point: 
Aug. 17. To Grenada, chairman Relief Committee 1 $ 25 00 
Oct. 19. To Jackson, J. L. Power, Grand Secretary 100 00 
Nov. 16. To Handsboro, C. Taylor, President H. H. A 100 00 
19. To Handsboro, C. Taylor, President H. H. A 25 00 
16. To Biloxi, W. Foster, President Howard Association 100 00 
16. To Biloxi, Mrs. Lang ft 36 00 
Oct. 21. Contributions from H. L. H. Chapter to Handsboro 50 00 
21. Private contributions by Masons to Grenada, Jackson, 
Handsboro, Biloxi and Ocean Springs 434 25 
Irvin Miller, W.*. M.-. Walnut Grove Lodge, No. 242, individual 
contribution 25 00 
Duck Hill Lodge, No. 327—by Lodge $25 00; individual members, 
$BO 00, to Grenada 105 00 
Cornersville Lodge, No. 284—individual contributions—amount 
not stated 
Cherry Creek, No. 339—in addition to Lodge contribution, else- 
where acknowledged, Bro. N. B. Berry, sent to Grenada 10 00 
Wrn. Cothran Lodge, No, 361—By Lodge, for medical attention, 
$7O 00; individual contributions in money and 
supplies, $45 00 115 00 
Masonic Fraternity of Natchez: 
Aug. 25. Grenada, to A. P. Saunders 10 00 
29. Vicksburg, to Wm. A. Fairchild 100 00 
29. Port Gibson, to Jas. A. Gage, Pres’t H. A 125 00 
Sardis Lodge, No. 307 : 
Aug. 16. To R. A. Armistead, Grenada 50 00 
Total from Natchez $ 235 00 
16. To R. A. Armistead, Grenada 60 00 
' * ' 
Contributions by members, in August, September 
and October, sent to Holly Springs, Grenada and 
Hernando, cash, $173 00 ; supplies, low estimate, 
$125 00 $298 00 
Total from Sardis Lodge.. $ 398 00 
St. Albans Lodge, No. 60—To telegraph operators in New Orleans, 
$l5 00; to N. Greener, President Howard Associa- 
tions, McComb City, $55 00 70 00 
Salem Lodge, No. 45, Ashland—lndividual contributions; to 
Holly Springs, $7O 00; to Grenada, $4O 00 110 00 Ripley Lodge, No. 47—To Holly Springs, $lO 00 ; to Vicksburg, 
$lO 00; individual contributions to Holly Springs, 
Grenada, Grand Junction, Memphis, estimated at 
$2OO 00 220 00 
Water Valley Lodge, No. 132—Cash and provisions to Grenada 50 50 
Lamar Lodge, No. 148—To Grenada. $lO 00; to Moscow, Tenn., 
$lO 00 20 00 
Trinity Lodge, No. 88—Individual contributions, estimated 50 00 
King Solomon Lodge, No. 333—T0 Lake, Sept. 10th 25 00 
Hazlehurst Lodge, No. 25—Individual members contributed lib- 
erally through Howard Association 
Caderetta Lodge, No. 278—Supplies and cash to Grenada 25 00 
Rising Glory Lodge, No. 215—T0 Grenada ; 50 00 
Raymond Lodge, No. 21—To local Relief Committee, to pur- 
chase supplies for Vicksburg and other places 40 00 
Summit Lodge, No. 93, I. O. O. F.—To Grenada I. O. O. F., 
Lodge, No. 6, $5O 00 ; to Bro. Lehman, Chairman 
I. O. O. F. Relief Committee, Vicksburg, $25 00; 75 00 
T. S. Gat-bright Lodge, No. 33, Oxford—by Lodge, 25 00; indiv- 
idual brethren, $55 00—-sent to Vicksburg 80 00 
Macon Lodge, No. 40—($800 00 elsewhere acknowledged) 787 28 
Evening Star Lodge, No. 70—In addition to supplies, cash 20 00 
Ebenezer Lodge, No. 76* 40 00 
Pontotoc Lodge, No. 81 28 75 
Malone Lodge, No. 101. 10 00 
Lodi Lodge, No. 134--In addition to $lO 00 sent Grand Secre- 
tary, by Lodge, individual contributions to Grenada. 15 00 
Brethren of China Grove Lodge, No. 298, and members of other 
Lodges, and non-affiliates, through said Lodge, cash 
$44 00; supplies estimated $250 00 294 00 TOTAL RELIEF TO MISSISSIPPI. 
The following is compiled from the best information obtainable: 
Dear Sir; The Howard Association received, in cash, in 
round numbers, besides flour, meat, clothing $ 184,000 00 
City T9,000 00 
Masons, Odd Fellows, Hebrews, Knights of Pythias, Hiber- 
nians, Religious Bodies 47,000 00 
VICKSBURG. 
Say in all $250,000 00 
Vicksburg, March 15,1879. T. R. Roach. 
HOLLY SPRINGS. 
Com J. L. Power—Dear Sir: In reply to your enquiry of 12th inst., I 
would state that the total cash receipts for relief purposes here, as shown 
by committee’s books, amount to $54,859 42, which includes an item of 
$3,955 50, being the face of a county warrant issued under order of the 
Board of Supervisors of this county to assist in relieving the indebtedness 
of the Committee, and from which (warrants being at a discount) the 
Committee realized $3,805 actual cash. 
I have endeavored, but ineffectually, to gather some information touching 
donations through Benevolent Orders and cannot give you even an approx- 
imate estimate. The same difficulty attains as to value of supplies. ISTo 
account whatever, was kept of these, though the amount must have run up 
into thousands of dollars. Regretting that I cannot give you more definite 
information, I am, Very truly, Addison Craft. 
Holly Springs, March 15, 1879. 
PORT GIBSON. 
Wm. B. Fulkerson, Treasurer of Howard Association acknowl- 
edges total receipts $20,678 27 
Rev. Stevenson Archer, Chairman Relief Committee acknowl- 
edges total receipts $31,068 66 
GREENVILLE. 
JACKSON. 
Subscribed by citizens $ 2,219 70 
Received by Howard Association from other States 6,964 85 
Received by Mayor McGill from other States 5,932 52 
Received by other parties for relief, estimated 2,500 00 
Total $17,617 07 CANTON. 
Emmet L. Ross, Esq., Secretary Howard Association, reports 
actual cash received $ 22,222 57 
Merchandise, orders 16 00 
Total $ 22 238 57 
MERIDIAN. 
Col. J. L. Power—Dear Sir: The total amount received at 
Meridian for relief during epidemic is $ 13,631 55 
Expended 12,487 68 
Balance on hand $ 1,143 87 
The expenditures include all funds sent and expended by this Society 
for Lake ; also five hundred dollars recently sent to Vicksburg. Our Com- 
mittee will soon publish a detailed report. Leland Bardwell. 
March 18, 1879. 
lake. 
Dear Sir: The total amount of funds from all sources and 
for all purposes was $ 4,225 00 
March 13, 1879. W. M. Thornton. 
water valley. 
The published acknowledgements of funds received by Eelief 
Committee, is $ 5,578 82 
Citizens’ Relief Committee acknowledge $24,493 43 
No reports from Howard Association or other Relief organ- 
izations. 
GRENADA. 
Published acknowledgement of Receipts $ 3,212 20 
Total cash contributions to Bolton, Edwards, Osyka, McComb 
City, Dry Grove, Yazoo City, Garner, Senatobia, Oakland, 
Tallahatchie county, and other places, estimated at $35,000 00 
Cash distributed by Grand Secretary, not included in amounts 
above acknowledged, estimated 50,000 00 
HERNANDO. 
Total amount of cash received in Mississippi for relief. $ 522,032 42 
Estimated value of Government supplies, and contributions 
of provisions, medicines, etc., by citizens of Mississippi 
and other States, and donations by railroads in the way 
of disinfectants, free transportation for physicians, nurses, 
etc.... 150,000 00 
Grand T0ta1.... $682,632 42 ZEISTIFI.^OTJB 
FROM 
CORRESPONDENCE, 
ACCOMPANYING 
CONTRIBUTIONS FROM MASONIC SOURCES. 
“ Have Love. Not love alone for one, but man as man thy brother call, 
And scatter, like the circling sun, thy charities on all.” 
Nearly two thousand letters and telegrams were received by me during 
the epidemic. The following extracts are given, as showing the kind and 
sympathizing spirit of those who so promptly and generously came to our 
relief: 
ALABAMA. 
Montgomery, Ala., Oct. 3.—Herein find $2O 00, contributed by Liberty 
Lodge, No. 65. Still sympathizing with you in your great affliction, and 
sorrowing over the death of so many of our fraternity, and still hoping 
that the pestilence may soon be stayed by an early frost, 
I am, fraternally, Daniel Sayre, Grand Secretary. 
Benton, Ala., Sept. 10.—Find contribution of Benton Lodge, No. 59, 
which please distribute as you may see proper. May God cause the fever 
soon to cease. Fraternally, B. Wolfe, Secretary. 
Selma, Sept. 24.—We send New York exchange for $lO3 84, being a 
third of the funds raised among the Masons of Selma. Expend same in 
such manner as may best alleviate the suffering »f our Masonic brethren 
and their families. Humbly invoking a speedy interposition of Divine 
Providence in abating the fearful pestilence, 
We remain, fraternally, 
Wm. T. Daughtry, 
Geo. R. Boyd, 
Committee. 
• San Francisco, Sept. 5.—[Telegram.] Excelsior Lodge has this day 
placed to your credit, by telegraph, at Agency Bank of California, in New 
York, one hundred dollars, for benefit of brethren in fever districts. 
Geo. C. Randall, Master. 
CALIFORNIA. 
San Francisco, Sept. s.—[Telegram.] I send you one thousand more, 
same manner as before. Acknowledge by telegraph, and say whether you 
want more. We have plenty. Alex. G. Abell, Grand Secretary. Sax Francisco, Sept. 9.—We, members of the French Lodge, La 
Parfaite Union, No. 17, sympathizing with the unfortunates afflicted with 
yellow fever, and wishing to alleviate, as much as it is in their power, the 
sufferings resulting from such calamity, have directed the banking house 
of Lazard Freres, in New York, to hand you fifty dollars, to be used as 
circumstances may require. By order of the Lodge. 
P. G. Sabatic, Master. 
Sax Francisco, Nov. 4.—By next express will send you $55 00 (silver 
$45 00; gold, $lO 00;) contributed by the various Lodges of the Frater- 
nity in Washington Territory, for yellow fever sufferers. In addition to 
this, the Masons of the Territory have sent $lOO 00 to their suffering 
brethren in Tennessee. Aaron Stein, Treas. Relief Fund. 
COLORADO. 
Denver, Col., Sept. s.—Your draft for $5O 00 contribution of Union 
Lodge, No. 7, paid. Denver has already sent nearly $2,000 to different 
afflicted points in the South. Trusting that the scourge may soon be 
stayed, (). F. Whittemore, Secretary. 
Denver, Col., Sept. 20.—Enclosed find the contribution of El Paso 
Lodge, No. 13, ($63 75) which please expend for the relief of suffering 
Masons. Roger W. Woodbury, Grand Master. 
CONNECTICUT. 
Norwich, Conn., Aug. 31.—Enclosed find check for $25 00, just re- 
ceived from New Haven Commandery. Other contributions will be for- 
warded the moment received. Personal service is impossible. If that 
would aid you, the South would swarm with Northern triends with strong 
arms and warm hearts. Your terrible sufferings are now absorbing our 
thoughts and conversation ; sympathizing heartily with you. 
John W. Stedman, Grand Recorder. 
Other remittances were received from Sir Kt. Stedman, dated Sept. 8> 
12,16, 23, on which latter date he wrote: “A heavy frost is settling down 
upon us this evening. I pray it may soon reach your stricken region.” 
Oct. 24th, in sending his last remittance, he said: “God be praised for 
your preservation.” 
Hartford, Conn., Sept. 23.—Your acknowledgement of $250 00 re- 
ceived; also telegram this morning. I enclose you another draft for $386 (jO, 
the balance I have on hand, which you can use where it will do the most 
good among the suffering brethren of your State. This makes $1,686 60 
I have forwarded to different places. We hope the cool weather will soon 
kill out the scourge. J. K. Wheeler, Grand Secretary. 
Hartford, Conn., Oct. 1.—I send you draft for $2OO 00 for the orphans. 
I fear there are many cases where children are left without parents, who 
will require attention for some time to come. I trust you are not to be 
afflicted in Jackson. The scourge has been terrible. 
J. K. Wheeler, Grand Secretary. 
Yankton, Dakotas Territory, Sept. 27.—You may draw for one 
hundred more, if needed. Geo. H. Ham. 
[Answer: Have enough.] Grand Master. 
DAKOTAH TERRITORY. Washington, D. C.—Sept. 2.—On 30th inst., I telegraphed you to draw 
for $250 00. lam now authorized to have you draw for $250 00 more, 
making $5OO 00 in all which we send to Mississippi. We send $250 00 to 
Louisiana, $250 00 to Tennessee, and expect to make it more. We regret 
to see that as yet there seems to be no abatement of the scourge. 
Alex. Gardner, Treasurer. 
DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA. 
GEORGIA. 
Atlanta, Ga., Sept. 1.—Find $l3l contributed among Fraternity to 
present time. Distribute as may be needed. Be assured of our deepest 
sympathy and earnest prayers in your behalf, 
W. F. Parkhurst, Chairman Relief Board. 
Benevolent Lodge, No. 3, Milledgeville, also sent two contributions per 
Lucius J. Lamar, Secretary. 
Chicago, Oct. 29.—We hope the fever in your midst has abated, but we 
cannot hope that the destitution arising from its effects is much if any less. 
We think there must be many widows and orphans depending upon you 
for aid. Believe me, Brother Power, the Masons of Chicago have never 
ceased to remember the distress and misfortunes of their brethren of the 
the South, and the Committee selected to represent the craft of Chicago in 
this melancholy matter have ever been sensible of their duty to collect 
and forward aid as promptly as possible. I enclose you draft for $l3O 27, 
balance on hand, which makes total amount sent you $1,030 27. We also 
scut Brother Frizzell $7OO. With best wishes, Dewitt C. Creiger. 
ILLINOIS. 
Springfield, 111., Sept. 28.—I forward you $3OO for benefit of Masonic 
sufferers from yellow fever. I have your acknowledgements of five pre- 
vious remittances aggregating $2040. O. IT. Miner, Grand Treasurer. 
Springfield, 111., Nov. I.—l send you by express $439 47, being the 
balance of all contributions to date, received from our Lodges for relief of 
Masonic sufferers in the South. I presume this will close our remittances 
for this purpose, as it is understood that the fever is practically at an end, 
although I have no doubt the suffering and distress resulting from it will 
long continue. The labor imposed upon you in this connection must have 
been very great, and well worthy a liberal reward. 
O. H. Miner, Grand Treasurer, 
Mt. Carmel, 111., Aug. 24.—Enclosed find $2O, contributed by Mt. Car- 
mel Lodge, No. 239. I assure you that your suffering people have our 
hearty sympathy. R. S. Gordon, W. M. 
Springfield, 111., Aug. 24.—I send you $2O 25, for relief of yellow 
fever sufferers where you may see fit to apply it. It is the individual con- 
iribution of members of Tyrian Lodge, No. 333. As you doubtless have 
your hands full will only express the hope that the dreadful scourge may 
soon cease. - Frank Fludson, Jr., Past Master. 
Shelbyville, 111., Aug 24.-—lt affords us pleasure to cast in our mite 
toward alleviating the suffering and destitution caused by the fearful epi- 
demic that is now devastating your State and other sections of the South. 
Enclosed find draft for $63 00—$29 0!) of which was contributed by the 
brethren of Jackson Lodge, No. 53, and balance by citizens generally. Accept our sincere sympathies, and hope that the Great Disposer of events 
may soon remove from your people .His affi.'icting hand and restore them to 
health and happiness. A. Fear, Secretary. 
Chicago, Aug. 27—At what point in Mississippi can the most good he 
accomplished by coming and bringing relief to yellow fever sufferers ? Ad- 
vise me fully at once. J. C. Tucker. 
Springfield, 111., Aug 28.-—I enclose you $lO 00, the contribution of 
Lexington Lodge, No. 482. Though small in amount it shows that the 
sympathies of the Cralt in Illinois are with you in your terrible affliction. 
John 1L Burrill, Grand Secretary. 
Morrison, 111., Sept. s.—Enclosed find $B2 00—a donation from the 
Lodge and individual Mason's, which you are requested to use as your judg- 
ment may dictate. We sincerely hope.the plague may be speedily stayed. 
Frank Clendenin, Secretary. 
Jacksonville, 111., Sept. 5.—In sending you the enclosed proportion- 
ate sum of $25 00 we trust that a kind Providence may save you and 
friends from further devastation, and that your country may soon be re- 
stored to health and prosperity. Leopold Weil. 
Sumner, 111., Sept. 16.—Enclosed find $l5 00, the contribution of 
Sumner Lodge, No. 334, to our afflicted brethren of your State. Place it 
where it will do most good. M. Ma y, W. M. 
Marine, 111., Sept. 9.—Find herein $2O, the contribution of Marine 
Lodge, No. 356. Hoping that God may restore your people to their ac- 
customed health and prosperity. Alrrt H. Judd, W. M. 
Eossville, 111., Sept. 18.—Find Money Order for $32 50, donated by 
Eossville Lodge, No. 527, for Port Gibson. Hoping the weather may 
change and thereby abate the fever at an early date, is the earnest prayer 
of the membership of this Lodge. 
Henry Shannon, Chairman Committee. 
Petersburg, 111., Oct. 11.—Clinton Lodge, No. 18, sends you $25 00, 
for Masonic sufferers. We had already contributed through our Grand 
Treasurer. Jas. S. Black, Secretary. 
Note—This special contribution was handed to the widow of a brother 
who lost her husband arfd three children by yellow fever. 
Peoria, 111., Oct. 14.—1 enclose you $B3 65, the balance of Masonic 
Belief funds on hand. Distribute where it may be of most benefit to the 
afflicted. Crossley White, Treasurer. 
Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 23.—Yours of 20th acknowledging receipt of 
$45 50 to hand. Enclosed find additional contribution—$56 80. May 
the good Lord stay the awful scourge, 
John M. Bramwell, Grand Secretary Grand Chapter. 
INDIANA. Indianapolis, Ind., Sept. 18.—As per your suggestion, I have this 
morning expressed to Colonel Kinloch Falconer, Holly Springs, the sum 
of $316 50, for relief of yellow fever sufferers. Should you require more 
please advise me. Wm. FI. Smythe, Grand Secretary. 
Indianapodis, Ind., Sept. 24.—The morning papers convery the sad in- 
telligence of the death of Col. Kinloch Falconer. 1 am, therefore, com- 
pelled to look to you for receipt of the money sent him. But take your 
time for it—any time within a month or so will do. Attend to more im- 
portant matters first. lam well satisfied that your time is fully employ- 
ed in attending to the wants of the afflicted. God grant that your life may 
he spared. Wm. H. Smythe, Grand' Secretary. 
Kingston, Ind., Oct. 2.—Enclosed find draft for $32 00, donated by 
Knightsown Chapter, No. 33. Use it where Masonic charity most demands. 
We humbly trust that it may be the means of assisting some brother who 
has been stricken with the scourge that is devastating your country. The 
amount though small comes from true and sincere brothers, who accompa- 
ny it with their prayers for the speedy relief our Southern brethren. 
Geo. Williams, Secretary. 
Brownstown, Ind., Oct. 23.—Enclosed find $ll 10, to aid the yellow 
fever sufferers in your State. Though a little late, we doubt not you can 
use it to advantage. It is contributed by Washington Lodge, No. 13. 
I). A. Kochenour, W. M. 
Shenandoah, lowa, Aug. 24.—I enclose a draft for $l5 00, raised by 
the Craft at this place. Place it where it will do the most good. You 
need not acknowledge receipt. J. Swain. 
sowa. 
Note.—We could not refrain from acknowledging so considerate a favor. 
Marshalltown, lowa, Aug. 28.—Herein find twenty-eight dollars’ and 
seventy-five cents, contributed by brethren here. Place it where it will do 
most good. Geo. Glick, 
Treasurer Marshall Lodge, No. 108. 
Ottumwa, lowa, Aug. 20.—In response to your call, Malta Command- 
cry, No. 31, donates twenty-five dollars. Trusting that you may soon be 
relieved from the presence of the dread enemy, and commending you to 
Him whose coming brought light to those who sit in darkness and in the 
shadow of death, lam courteously yours, W. A. McGrew, E. C. 
Cedar Eapids, lowa, Aug. 31.—In response to circular of our Grand 
Commander, I send you fifty dollars, for the benefit of suffering Sir Knights 
in your stricken State. Our Commandery is not Strong, either financially, 
or numerically, but should there be necessity for further donations, we are 
ready to respond. Jas. Morton, E. C., Appollo, No. 26. 
Belle Plain, lowa, Aug. 31.—1n response to call of our Grand Com- 
mander Van Saun, I enclose draft for $5O 00. We deeply sympathize with 
the afflicted in the South, and hope that you will soon be free from the ter- 
rible scourge. James Collister, E. C. 
Bed Oak, lowa, Sept. 2.—Enclosed find $5O 00, which use for the ben- efit of suffering Sir Knights, or others, at discretion. Our Commandery 
has been organized only four months, and financially we are poor, but our 
hearts open to all that need. Though our mite is small we tender it with 
out sympathies, trusting and praying that our Southern Sir Knights and 
all others may soon be relieved from the terrible scourge which is sweeping 
over your iair land. C. G. Atwood, E. C., Bruce Commandery. 
Waterloo, lowa, Sept. 2.—Herewith find draft for $lOO 03, the first 
installment of a fund raised under the'auspices of the Masonic fraternity. 
Apply it where it will be of the most effective service. Our citizens are 
contributing liberally through the various organizations, both secular and 
social, in other places and through other agencies, but this sent you is the 
result of a combined effort of the two Lodges, Chapter and Commandery, 
by soliciting throughout the city. We hope to be able to make another 
remittance before the week is ended. Convey to the Sir Knights, Com- 
panions and brethren of Mississippi our heartfelt sympathy and earnest 
prayers for a stay of the pestilence. 
H. W Jenney, Secretary Masonic Relief Committee. 
■—On September 13, received another draft for $(5O 15. 
Council Bluffs, lowa, Sept. 3.—I have placed $75 00 in First Na- 
tional Bank, subject to your order, being part of subscription raised here 
among the brethren. Although the amount is small, we trust it may be 
the means of doing some good to brethren in distress. We sympathize with 
you in your affliction, and trust that God in His goodness may stay the 
ravages of the disease ard death is the prayer of your brethren in the 
North. AVill be pleased to hear from you when you can spare the time. 
John T. Oliver, Secretary Bluff City Lodge, No. 71. 
Clarinda, lowa, Sept. 9.—Enclosed find N. Y. draft for $3O 00, con- 
tributed by Pilgrim Commandery. We prefer it should go to our Masonic 
brethren, but you can put it where it will do the most good. 
i C. Linderman. 
Muscatine, lowa, Aug. 29.—Last night the Masonic fraternity held a 
meeting for the purpose of raising funds for the benefit of the sufferers in 
the South, in response to your circular of late date. As a result I hand 
you herewith draft for forty-six dollars. lam sorry it is not more. By 
order of the Grand Commander, I issued a circular the first of the week 
calling on the Cornrnanderies to contribute. I hope you will get a liberal 
assistance from them. There is a wide-spread feeling of sympathy North 
for your suffering, and prayers are ascending that the term of the pesti- 
lence may be shortened. W. B. Langridge, Grand Secretary. 
Note.—I received in all seventeen letters from Comp. L., the last one dated 
Get. Ist., his total remittances being $lO9l 75. In his report to his Grand Chapter 
he said: “I was led to transmit all our contributions to Companion J. L. Power, as 
from him alone came any appeals to my hands for assistance, and from his location 
and excellent knowledge of the needs of the afflicted localities, both in that and 
the neighboring States, I felt assured that our contributions would be well and 
wisely applied. I have received from him acknowledgments of the receipt of all 
amounts sent, with expressions of grateful appreciation on behalf of those assisted. 
Newton, lowa, Sept. 10.—I, this day, send you by express $4OO 00, 
contributed by the brethren of this jurisdiction for the relief of our broth- 
ers in the South who are suffering: with the yellow fever. As fast as money 
is received it will be forwarded. May God in His mercy stay this terrible 
scourge, and may the Grand Architect of the Universe watch over and 
protect you all in this your time of trial. 
J. W. Wilson, Grand Master. Emporia, Kansas, Sept. 20.—At the last Convocation of Emporia Chap- 
ter, No. 12, it was unanimously ordered that fifty dollars be sent you tor 
relief of our suffering brothers, wherever in your judgment it is most 
needed. Will remit again from Lodge in a few days. Hoping the terrible 
scourge will soon cease, W. W. Hibben, H. P. 
KANSAS. 
Wyandotte, Kansas, Aug. 21.—At the request of our Grand Master I 
telegraphed you to draw at sight for $lOO 00. Should your terrible epi- 
demic continue, we will appeal to our Lodges for further aid. Our people 
all over the North are hard at work doing all they can to help your people. 
Keep me advised are from time to time. 
John H. Brown, Grand Secretary. 
—Several other substantial favors were received from Brother Brown. 
KENTUCKY. 
Henderson, Ky., August 28.—1 send you one hundred dollars by ex- 
press, for the relief of our suffering brethren in your State. This is con- 
tributed by the Masons of our town, and we accompany it with our 
prayers to the G. A. O. T. U., that it may be the means of alleviating the 
distress and saving the life of some suffering brothel.’. Your people have 
our fullest sympathy in their distress, and we hope to be able, as occasion 
demands, to manifest it in a substantial way. May God avert the' spread 
of the dread destroyer, and quickly relieve all those who are within his 
grasp. B. G. Witt, Em. Com. 
Louisville, Sept. 7.—Your letter and circular of 3d received, and we 
were deeply moved by the touching contents. Rest assured, dear brother, 
that our afflicted friends among you have our most earnest sympathies in 
these your hours and days and weeks of terrible trial and affliction, and 
that you are constantly remembered in our daily prayers. Enclosed find 
two hundred dollars. We received a telegram from Holly Springs asking 
for aid of a general nature, and if any of the sum sent can be used at that 
point, we would thank you to send it there, giving Col. H. W. Walter in- 
formation that it is from Louisville Masons. May God grant you immunity 
from the disease, and spare your life for further usefulness. 
C. E. Woodruff, for Committee. 
Hopkinsville, Ky., Sept. 11.-—I enclose express receipt lor one hun- 
dred and tnree dollars sent you. We wish that it were ten times as much 
but feel sure that you will accept it in that spirit which makes strangers 
in Mississippi and strangers in Kentucky brethren. With deepest frater- 
nal sympathy and affection, Sam’l O. Graves, 
W. M. Hopkinsville Lodge, No. 37. 
Henderson, Ky., Sept. 2.—I send you sixteen dollars, the contribution 
of DeKoren Lodge—a small Lodge, and in debt, but remember their suffer- 
ing brethren of the South to the measure of their ability. I hasten to 
forward it, with the prayer that God may bless and relieve you. 
Campbell H. Johnson, Grand Master. 
LOUISIANA. 
New Orleans, Aug. 21.—The Masons of Louisiana beg to tender their 
mite of two hundred dollars to their afflicted brethren of Mississippi. Call 
on Capitol State Bank, Jackson, who are authorized by Southern Bank to 
pay it. Edwin Marks, Deputy Grand Master. 
—This was the first communication received on the subject of relief. 
6 Baltimore, Sept. 3.—1 can assure you our fraters in Mississippi have 
our deepest sympathy in this the hour of affliction, and we sincerely trust 
that the Great Ruler of events may speedily remove the terrible scourge 
from among you. I have expressed you five hundred dollars. I regret 
that we are unable to send a larger sum at this time, as most of our mem- 
bers had already distributed to other Committees. I shall, however, not 
relax my efforts. Jacob E. Krebbs, Grand Com. of Maryland. 
MARYLAND. 
—Another kip.d letter, dated Sept. 18, was received from Grand Com- 
mander Krebbs, with three hunered and sixty dollars enclosed. 
MASSACHUSETTS. 
Boston, Sept 17.—1 send herewith three hundred dollars contributed by 
different Masonic brethren for their Southern brethren. Are you still in 
want of money, and if so to what point had I better send any amount re- 
ceived—to you or elsewhere ? I sent to Brother Wheeler, at Memphis just 
before his death. It could not have reached Memphis till after his death. 
If sent back I will replace it. Charles A. Welch, Grand Master. 
Boston, Sept. 5.—My heart is drawn towards the people of the Southwest 
who are now suffering from the dreadful scourge of yellow fever, which is 
destroying so many valuable lives, and to yourself who is doing so noble 
and characteristic a Masonic work. May the Grand Architect soon avert 
the terrible pestilence, and send peace and prosperity to your people. I 
enclose my mite, ten dollars. 
John Yjall, D. D. Grand Master, 17th District. 
MICHIGAN. 
Grand Rapids, Mich., Sept. 3.—As you will see by circular enclosed) 
we are making an effort to aid our afflicted brothers and Companions in the 
South. As the result of our beginning I express you to-day one hundred 
and fifty dollars. Have forwarded same amount to Tennessee and Louisi- 
ana. Hope to repeat the good work in a few days more. My dear brother, 
words seem like idle mockery to those as deeply afflicted as you are in Mis- 
sissippi, but I assure you our hearts beat in unison with you and yours in 
this your hour of trial, and that ere long the dark cloud may be lifetd 
from your plague stricken laud is the sincere prayer of you brethren in 
Michigan. Wm. P. Innes, Grand Secretary. 
Note.—Nine letters from Brother Innes, contained nineteen hundred and 
five dollars. On the loth September he wrote : “Poor Wheeler, of Mem- 
phis, I regret to see, is no more, also Rev. Sir Kt. Parsons. They died like 
Christian Knights. lam sorry to see your Grand Commander Paxton is 
down.” Sept. 21st he wrote; “How truly do we sympathize with you as 
the news flashed over the wires this morning that such a good and true 
man as Brother Walter of your State is no more. I learned his sterling 
worth as a man and Mason while in Buffalo, and desire to mourn his loss 
with those most near and dear to him.” 
Detroit, Sept. 3.—I enclose one hundred and fifty dollars contributed 
by the Masonic bodies of Detroit, to be used for the sufferers as you may 
deem best. Hoping, by the mercy of the Supreme Architect of the Uni- 
verse, that the scourge may be stayed, and that health and prosperity may 
assume their wonted place among you. J. B. PI. Bratshaw. 
MINNESOTA. 
St. Paul, Sept. Ist.—The Lord has seen fit to visit your section with a 
dire scourge, and blessed us with health and prosperity. We propose to 
do what we can to aid you in your calamity. Herewith find three hundred dollars—first installment contributed by the Craft in this jurisdiction. 
Our desire is that it may bs distributed where it will do the most good. 
On Sept. 2d, Bro. Pierson sent three hundred dollars additional, and 
said : “The Craft in this State are doing what they can, and further re- 
mittances will he forwarded as soon as received. We earnestly hope that 
Providence will permit you and yours to pass this terrible ordeal unscathed, 
and that you may live to continue to do good in the world.” 
On Sept. 11th, Bro. P. sent one hundred and fifty dollars more. He said : 
“I took the liberty of publishing your letter of acknowledgement in the 
papers. It will have a good effect. No other organization has received 
acknowledgement of funds contributed. I want to show the people that 
Masonic contributions are received by those who are best calculated to 
make proper use.” 
Sept. 24th, sent three hundred dollars. “Have just learned of the death 
of Bro. Walter. Does Br.. Howry still live?” 
Note.—The total amount received from Bro. Pierson is $1,050 00, instead" of 
$750 00, as appears on page 26. 
M!SSSSS!PP!. 
A large, sympathetic and substantial correspondence was received from 
all parts of the State during the epidemic. The cash receipts are acknow- 
ledged on pages 26, 27, 28. 
MISSOURI. 
Sr. Louis, August 22.—Enclosed find contribution of two hundred dol- 
lars from our Grand Chapter. I need not assure you of the intense sym- 
pathy felt here for your fellow-citizens. As far as material aid can be 
available, it is being promptly furnished, but when people are driven to 
the last appeal, “God help us!” the situation must indeed be fearful. 
John W. Luke, Chairman Ex. Com. 
Note.—The several remittances from Bro. Luke will he found on pages 28 and 
30. He also rendered prompt and zealous service in the purchase and forwarding 
of supplies for Holly Springs, at my request. 
St. Louis, Sept. 3.—1 send you two hundred dollars. Sept. G.—l send 
you one hundred and five dollars, and may a merciful God bless the money 
to the good of the suffering and the needy, and stay the march of the 
destroyer through your Southern country. Our brethren in St. Louis, and 
the State, are deeply moved,by the unutterable woe that has come upon 
you, and active measures are being employed to afford material relief. 
Sept. 10.—I send you three hundred and six dollars. Sept. 24.—1 send 
you five hundred dollars. John D. Yincil, Grand Secretary. 
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 22.—We have read with sorrow the accounts of 
the ravages of the yellow fever, the suffering and misery of its victims, the 
destitution of those left helpless by its attacks, and your apneal to Masonic 
brethren for help. As a small token of sympathy, Mitchell Chapter, No. 
89, sends you twenty-five dollars, with the hope that this, together with 
many larger amounts from other Masonic bodies, may be of much benefit 
to the afflicted.” 
St. Louis, Aug. 24.—I send you one hundred dollars for our Grand Com- 
mandery. Sorry the condition of our treasury is such we cannot appro- 
priate more. We expect to contribute a like amount to our fraters in 
Tennessee and Louisiana. Wm, H. Mayo, Grand Recorder. 
Sturgeon, Mo., Aug. 24.—Enclosed find fifty dollars, contributed by 
Sturgeon Lodge, No. 174. The brethren of the South have our deepest sym- 
pathy in their dire distress. S. F. Cross, Secretary. 84 
St. Joseph, Mo., Aug. 29.—Find twenty-five dollars, donated by Charity 
Lodge, No. 331. Our Lodge is poor, financially, but if necessary, we can 
come again shortly. D. P. Wallingford, Secretary. 
MONTANA. 
Virginia City, Montana, Sept. 22.—Enclosed find fifty dollars, which 
please use where most needed. We are few iu numbers, but our hearts 
are warm toward our suffering brethren in the South. I trust and pray 
that the terrible scourge will soon leave your people. 
J. M. Knight, for Masons of Virginia City, Montana. 
Helena, Montana, Oct. 8.—Have just returned from the annual ses- 
sion of our Grand Lodge. While there, and since, I have received the 
amount of two hundred and fourteen dollars and fifty cents from our 
Lodges, to forward for the benefit of yellow fever sufferers. Have sent four 
hundred dollars to Memphis. Our hearts bleed for you, and we pray 
devoutly that the delivering angel may come to replace the destroying 
angel. We wish we could send you some of our frosty nights and pure 
air. We hope this money may bless the recipients, as it has already the 
givers. Cornelius Hedges, Grand Secretary. 
NEBRASKA. 
Omaha, Nebraska.—Nine communications from Sir Wm. R. Bowen, 
Grand Recorder, contained seven hundred and sixty-three dollars and forty- 
five cents. 
NEVADA. 
Dayton, Nevada, Sept. 16.—In behalf of Valley Lodge, No. 9, I have 
this day forwarded to your address fifty dollars, to be distributed among 
your suffering people, as in your judgment their necessities may require. 
Our heartfelt symphathies are with you in this the hour of great trial and 
suffering. J. L. Campbell, W. M. 
NEW BRUNSWICK. 
St. John, N. 8., Oct. 15.—Your acknowledgment of 4th came duly to 
hand. * * Permit me to express my heartfelt sympathy with you in 
your present affliction, and to join with you in the fervent hope that God 
in His infinite mercy may ere long remove the shadow of the pestilence 
from your sunny land. T. Nisbet Robertson. 
NEW JERSEY. 
Trenton, N. J., Sept. 28.—We have this day ordered sent to you the 
sum of five hundred and thirty dollars and eighty-seven cents, for the relief 
of those suffering from yellow fever in your State, which you will dispense 
in your good judgment as needs may be. 
Jno. H. Hough, Grand Secretary. 
Trenton, N. J., Oct. I.—l herewith enclose one hundred dollars from 
Royal Arch Masons of New Jersey. In explanation of small'amount sent, 
I would say that the Companions of our jurisdiction have made their con- 
tributions for same purpose to the Grand Lodge fund, which 1 understand 
bars reached a respectable sum. Thos. J. Corson, Grand Secretary. 
New York, Sept. 20.—1 telegraphed you seven hundred and fifty dol_ 
Lars 10-day for the sick and suffering iu your State. Ido not wish to pro- 
claim it, but we have distributed as follows: Louisiana, three thousand 
dollars; Mississippi, four thousand, five hundred dollars; Tennessee, four 
thousand, five hundred dollars—total, twelve thousand dollars. 
G. SatterlEe, Grand Treasurer. 
NEW YORK. 
—The total amount received from Bro. Satterlee, is sis thousand, eight hundred find fifty-two dollars and ninety cents—pages 30, 31—his last re- 
mittance being Jan. 3d, 1879. 
Albany, N. Y., Sept.—l herewith hand you draft for one hundred and 
eighty dollars, contributed by Salem Town, St. George and Temple Com- 
manderies. Many of the Templars have contributed to the funds col- 
lected in Lodges. I trust that the affliction which has befallen the people 
of the South may soon be stayed. Townsend Fonday, Gr. Com. 
—ln his circular appeal to the Templars of New York, Grand Com- 
mander Fonday said: “The terrible pestilence which has attacked our 
Southern brethren demands prompt assistance, and any relief, to be effect- 
ual, must be immediate. ‘Do unto others as ye would they should do 
unto you,’ ivas one of the commands of your Great Captain, and nothing 
appeals so tenderly to the better feelings of our manhood than to relieve, 
when in our power, the suffering caused by pestilence and death.” 
Canandaigua, N. Y., Nov. 4.—Find enclosed a draft for $56 00, con- 
tributed by brothers of Canandaigua Lodge for the relief of suffering 
caused by yellow fever in your vicinity. Apply it where, in your judg- 
ment, it is most needed. J. J. Stebbins, Secretary. 
Rome, N. Y., Sept. 3.-—ln response to your appeal, I enclose draft for 
one hundred and seven dollars, the contributions of sympathizing brethren 
of this city, to be used for relief of our distressed brethren, and other cit- 
izens, where it will do the most good. F. E. Mitchell, 
E. C. Rome Commandery, No. 45. 
Buffalo, Sept. 19.—Draw on me for two hundred dollars for general 
purposes. Albert Jones, Lake Erie Commandery. 
Albert Jones, Lake Erie Commandery. 
New York, Sept. 4.—* * * We hope to do more. The people of 
the North are in sympathy with the people of the South in their troubles. 
Robert Macoy, Grand Recorder. 
Syracuse, Sept. 6.—Enclosed find three hundred and twenty-five dol- 
lars, contributed by ; Central City Chapter, fifty dollars; Central City 
Bodies A. and A. Rite, twenty-five dollars; Central City Commandery of 
Knights Templar, and their friends, two hundred and fifty dollars. Trust- 
ing the same may speedily arrive in good season to assist in relieving the 
wants of our distressed brethren. Henry E. Warne, Chair’n Com. 
New York, Sept. 9.—* * * While we are heavily burdened with calls 
from widows and sick Sir Knights of our own body, and with a treasury 
nearly exhausted, we desire to do more, but are unable. I enclose fifty 
dollars to be used among sick Sir Knights, or the destitute families of such 
as have laid down the sword for the' crown. 
Wesley B. Church. Recorder. 
Gloversyille, N. Y., Sept. 9.—Enclosed find five dollars to be used as 
you think best for relief of the sufferers by yellow fever. May God bless 
and second all your efforts. We have raised in our village over nine hun- 
dred dollars in all. Courteously, Cyrus Stewart. 
Plattsburg, N. Y., Sept. 9.—* * * We do heartily sympathize with 
you and only trust and pray that the scourge may be stayed in its progress, 
and that our humble efforts to assist you may be of some benefit to your 
people. W. S. Guibord, Recorder DeSoto Com. No. 49. Troy, Sept. 10.—Our Commandery, Apollo, No. 15, has donated two 
hundred dollars for the relief of fever sufferers, and have forwarded the 
same to you in currency. Regretting that our donation is not larger, and 
hoping that small as it is, it may be the means of relieving some of our 
dear brothers, and that the ordeal through which you are now passing may 
soon cease. Theo. E. Haslkhurst, E. C. 
Buffalo, Sept. 10.—Enclosed find one hundred dollars contributed by 
Hugh de Payens Commandery, No. 30. The whole North seems to he 
awake to the serious nature of your troubles, and are contributing hand- 
somely for the relief of your people. God grant that the pestilence may 
soon cease. Christopher G. Fox, Commander. 
Watertown", Sept. 10.—Enclosed find draft for twenty-five dollars—our 
mite in aid of the yellow fever sufferers. We prefer, of course, that it 
should be used in relieving any suffering members of our order, but leave 
it to your discretion: apply it where it will do the most good. 
Louis C. Greenleaf, E. C., No. 11. 
Port Jervis, Sept. 11.—* * * Accept our sincere sympathy in this sad 
and awful calamity. Our remittance -(527 58) is small, but it may be 
the means of making some Sir Knights more comfortable. 
Chas. B. Gray, Treasurer Deleware Commandery, No. 14. 
Dunkirk, Sept. 12.—* * * Our whole people are responding nobly to 
the appeals from the sorely afflicted South. Believe me, dear Sir Knight, 
your people have our warmest sympathy in this their hour of dire distress. 
R. J. Gross, Recorder. 
Lockport, N. Y., Sept. 14.—We have published your appeal to the fra- 
ternity, and endorsed you as a man and Mason. * * May God in His 
goodness aid you and bring you out of this severe trial untouched. 
John Hodge. 
Oswego, Sept. 14.—On behalf of Malta Commandery, Binghamton, I 
enclose fifty dollars towards relief of the suffering. * * Allow us to 
offer you our sincere sympathy to all the afflicted, and may our Great Cap- 
tain administer to them the consolation which they sorely need in this 
dark and trying hour. F, N. Mabee, Em. Commander. 
Rondout, Sept. 19.—1n this terrible time of suffering and death to our 
brethren in your district, be assured that you have our heartfelt sympathy. 
Words fails us to give expression to our feelings. Please accept the 
enclosed fifty dollars, and use where it will do most good. Praying that 
you may be speedily relieved from your great affliction. 
Grove Webster, Recorder Commandery, No. 2. 
New York, Sept. 7.—Palestine Commandery, No. 18, desirous of show- 
ing their sympathy for your stricken district, beg to enclose seventy dol- 
lars, a slight testimony of their enlisted sympathy, and trust you to place 
it where it will be most useful. That the time of your affliction will soon 
pass away is our sincere wish. H. H. Brockway, Generalissimo. 
Buffalo, Sept. 28.—1 herewith forward you three hundred dollars, free- 
will contributions of brethren in this district. Trusting that same may 
help, aid and assist many poor and distressed brethren, their widows and 
orphans. C. E. Young, D. D. G. M. 25th District. Sing Sing, Oct. 12.—Find draft for twenty dollars, from Westchester 
Commandery, No. 42. Hoping it may do its little part in relieving the 
sufferings of the afflicted. Egbert M. Lawrence, E. C. 
Poughkeepsie, Oct. 21.—Enclosed find fifty-nine dollars and fifty cents, 
contributed by members of Poughkeepsie Lodge, No. 206, for the relief of 
their suffering brethren and their families in your jurisdiction. With 
same, please accept our sympathies. We pray that the plague may soon be 
stayed. The. W. Davis, D. D. G. M. 9th District. 
OHIO. 
Youngstown, Ohio, Sept. 2.—Enclosed find two hundred dollars, which 
our Grand Commandery has appropriated for the sufferers in your State. 
As the Representative of the Grand Commandery of Mississippi near the 
Grand Commandery of Ohio, I consider it my duty to make an appeal for 
help to our Grand Commandery at its Annual Conclave last week, and I 
was requested to remit above amount to you. Hoping that the terrible 
scourge will soon die away. W. L. Buechner, 320 
Cincinnati, Sept. 4.—1 send you fifty dollars contributed by Gibulurn 
Lodge of Perfection 14° grade. We extend to you our deep sympathy in 
the great affliction that has befallen your jurisdiction. May God in His 
infinite mercy and goodness keep you from harm, that you may be able to 
alleviate the sufferings of the afflicted. 
E. T. Carson, 33°, Dep. Ins. Gen. for Ohio. 
Toledo, Ohio, Sept. 5.—Enclosed find five dollars. May God bless you 
and spare your life. Your brother in Masonry and Odd Fellowship. 
Sam T. Fisk. 
Columbus, Ohio, Sept. 24. * * I would like to write you many 
words of cheer, but I know they are of little avail when you need so much 
of a more substantial character; but you have my heartfelt sympathy, and 
my prayer is that this affliction may soon pass from you. Our Lodges have 
seen published by the Grand Master of Louisiana, that no more funds were 
needed in that State, and infer from it that all are pretty well supplied; 
but if such is not the case, please let me know at once, for we still have a 
little left. May God bless and protect you. 
Theo. P. Gordon, Grand Treasurer. 
Note.—The frequent remittances from Bro. Gordon, will be found on pages 31, 32. 
Cincinnati, Sept. 5.—I send you, of Ohio contributions to Masonic fund 
for relief, another one hundred dollars. Heartily is given our pittance, as 
it comes from Masons in good health, with hopes of alleviating something 
of that unparrelled distress that has visited Grenada and Vicksburg. May 
your unhappy fate have have early alleviation. As long as you need call 
on us for help. John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary. 
Note.—Brother Caldwell’s many remittances are acknowledgd on pages 
31,32. On 10th September he wrote: “ I herein enclose two hundred 
dollars which I hope you will take special care in disposal of, viz; make it 
a special fund to be applied to the care and comfort of orphans made desti- 
tute by the ravaging pestilence. Some of the Cincinnati brothers wish 
that their portion of the donation be so used as to reach persons—without 
regard to collection with the Masonic fraternity and without regard to na- 
tionality, color, religion or opinion—to relief of humanity. Knowing that 
numerous orphans have suddenly been exposed to destitution, and in need 
of some special care, I have thought it best, out of a large fund generally 
distributed already, to make this independent venture in behalf of the fatherless. If your Relief .-Committee will do us the favor to give this 
direction to the benevolence of the Cincinnati brethren in behalf of neg- 
lected and almost forsaken little ones, you will do me a favor, and I may 
ask that some time some particular report be given of the use that it has 
been put to. John D. Caldwell, Grand Secretary. 
COLUMBBITS, 0., Aug. 28.—1n answer to your appeal, I herewith enclose 
a draft for $lO5 20, as a contribution from a portion of my Lodge to the 
suffering Masons and their families in your jurisdiction, or elsewhere as 
you may think best. I hope to be able, within a few days, to send you a 
still larger amount from the remaining members. We accompany this do- 
nation with our warmest sympathy and earnest prayer that the Supreme 
Architect of the Universe may speedily stay the ravages of the plague. 
H. O. Kane, W. M., Magnolia Lodge, No. 20. 
ONTARIO. 
Hamilton, Ontario, Sept. 23.—Have one thousand dollars to divide 
between Louisiana, Mississippi and Tennessee. Give opinion for division. 
J. J. Mason, Grand Secretary. 
—Five hundred dollars received from Brother Mason. 
PENNSYLVANIA. 
Pittsburg, Aug 31.—Find draft lor fifty dollars from Duquesne Chap- 
ter, No. 193. Let us know when you want more. Our hands and hearts 
are with you in this trying hour of calamity and sorrow. 
Geter C. Siiidle. 
—Substantial favors received also 7th and 15th September. 
Meadville, Aug. 27.—1 send you two hundred dollars by express to- 
day. Sam’l B. Deck, Grand Commander. 
Pittsburg, Aug. 29.—I enclose one hundred dollars, to be applied in 
your discretion for the relief of yellow fever sufferers. Hoping your 
present troubles may soon be at an end. Joseph Eichbaum, 
District Deputy G. M., 17th Dist. 
—Substantial favors also received dated Sept. C, S, 11.—Page 33. 
Pittsburg, Sept. 9.—A few days ago our Grand Commander forwarded 
you two hundred dollars. I send you two hundred dollars more to-day, 
from the Knights Templar of Pennsylvania, More shall followsoon. We 
trust in God’s mercy that the plague may be stayed in its fury, and that 
all those afflicted may be speedily healed. The hearts of the Knights 
Templar of the North are full of sorrow and pain for the sufferings of their 
fraters of the South. Could human sympathy raise the dead and dying 
and sick, there,would be a grand resurrection at present. 
Chas. E. Meyer, Grand Recorder. 
—Several other substantial favors were received from Sir Kt. Meyer 
Nov. 25, he authorized me to draw for one hundred dollars additional 
which was fraternally declined. 
SOUTH CAROLINA. 
Charleston, S. C., Aug. 27.—The fraternity of this city desire to aid 
their suffering brethren in those cities where the yellow fever is prevailing 
so terribly, and I have invited contributions for that purpose. In response, 
Landmark Lodge, No. 76, has handed me twenty-five dollars, with request that it be forwarded to the brethren of Grenada. I trust that I shall have 
the pleasure of forwarding further contributions for our suffering brethren. 
Chas. Inglesby, Grand Secretary. 
—The frequent remittances of Bro. Inglesby, aggregating four hundred 
and eleven dollars and fifty-five cents, are acknowledged on page 34. 
San Antonio, Aug. 30.—The fraternity of San Antonio send you by 
mail one hundred dollars, to be applied by you toward relief of our 
brethren. E. R. Norton, Chairman. 
TEXAS. 
Caldwell, Sept. 16.—1 send you, for Warren Lodge, No. 56, forty-six 
dollars and fifty cents, for relief of yellow fever sufferers where most need- 
ed. Wish we were able to do better. John Alexander, W. M. 
Whitesboro, Sept. 17.—Enclosed find ten dollars, contribution of 
Whitesboro Lodge, No. 263. Use where most needed. You need not 
receipt until fever subsides. Hoping for an early abatement of the fever. 
A. H. Nichols, Secretary. 
Houston, Oct. 31.—I have the pleasure to enclose draft for five hundred 
and twenty-six dollars and thirty cents, for relief of yellow fever sufferers 
in your jurisdiction. This amount is made up by donations from a num- 
ber of Lodges, a Chapter, individual contributions by Masons and citizens, 
and from various other sources. Of this amount fourteen dollars and fif- 
teen cents is from the colored people of Gonzales, for relief of their own 
color. Distribute where most needed. 
—The several remittances from Bro. Botts, as Treasurer of Grand Lodge 
and Grand Commandery, are acknowledged on page 84. Also the remit- 
tances from Bro. Geo. H. Bringhurst, Grand Secretary. 
Benj. A. Botts, Grand Treasurer Grand Lodge. 
UTAH. 
Salt Lake City, Utah, Sept. 2.—I forward to your address to-day, 
fifty-two dollars for the relief of the sufferers in the fever-stricken districts. 
Please use the money where it will do the most good. * * May God, 
in his mercy, be with you and the Craft in your State, is the prayer of 
Yours fraternally, Christopher Diehl, Grand Secretary. 
—Letter-file shows six communications from Bro. Diehl, enclosing an 
aggregate of five hundred and ten dollars. 
VIRGINIA. 
Richmond, Sept. 13.—0n 10th I telegraphed you to draw for one bun" 
dred dollars—for Grenada and Vicksburg. I send you fifty dollars more 
to-day, for Vicksburg. These contributions are from the Lodges and mem- 
bers in this city, and not from the Grand Lodge. Be assured, my dear 
brother, if our means were at all commensurate -with our sympathy and 
will, the necessities of our brethren, their widows and orphans would be 
abundantly provided for. Wm. B. Isaacs, Grand Secretary. 
Petersburg, Aug. 26.—Masonic brethren send one hundred dollars 
to-day. More to-morrow. Particulars by mail. 
Wm. E. Morrison, W. M. Blanford Lodge, No. 3. 
Lynchburg, Aug. 24.—Marshall Lodge, No. 39, sends you one hundred 
and fifty dollars for relief of yellow fever sufferers. We designate you as 
the medium for its distribution, because you are the representative of our fraternity in Mississippi, and because thereby our contribution may pre- 
serve its characteristic as a Masonic charity. In saying this, we would not 
be understood as meaning that only those generally entitled to Masonic 
relief, shall exclusively be the recipients. This, in the present condition 
of things in your State, would be impracticable. We wish you to be our 
almoner, and leave you untrameled by any directions as to mere details. 
The sole aim of our Lodge is to do as much as we can to mitigate the dis- 
tresses which have fallen upon your people, giving preference to those—as 
far as may be—other things being equal, of our own household. 
Sam’l D. Preston, F. Myers, A. Parker Ferguson, Committee. 
Liberty, Ya., Aug. 29.—Liberty Lodge, No. 95 sends you twenty dol" 
lars, in response to your appeal. Our Lodge is small and treasury depleted, 
still wTe hope the many small amounts may in the aggregate give substan- 
tial aid to our distressed brethren in your jurisdiction. Our citizens gen- 
erally, are industriously at work in behalf of the sufferers. 
Jno. F. Curtis, Master. 
Culpepper, August 31.—Enclosed find $37 75. donated by Fairfax 
Lodge, No. 43, which distribute as you may think proper for the benefit of 
yellow fever sufferers. John A. Hill, Secretary. 
WASHINGTON TERRITORY. 
Olympia, W. T., Oct. 25.—1 send you this day, per Wells, Fargo & Co’s, 
express, the sum of fifty-five dollars, being a portion of the funds thus far 
contributed by our Subordinate Lodges. This is a very small amount, but 
we trust it will do some good. We have no language adequately to express 
our deep sympathy for our brethren and the people generally of the 
Southern portion of the Union, in this most direful visitation, terribly 
fatal with devastation and death. I enclose yon a circular issued by our 
Grand Master to the brethren of this jurisdiction, appealing to their benevo- 
lent hearts, which I have no doubt will meet a generous response. 
Tugs. M. Reed, Grand Secretary. 
Wheeling, August 28.—Instruct your Grand Master to draw on me for 
$5OO on account of Masonic relief fund. * * Sept. 13.—I telegraphed 
you this evening to draw for $2OO. Have remitted to New Orleans and 
Memphis; but we think, frm newspaper reports, that assistance is required 
in the smaller towns within your State, and have thought proper to again 
send you aid. Use as your judgment may dictate, to accomplish the most 
good. * * Sept. 13. * * We still have a little money left. Please 
advise me where to send it to do the most good. Will be guided by you in 
this matter. J. H. Williams, Grand Treasurer. 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
WISCONSIN. 
Milwaukee, August 28.—Enclosed is $340, which use at your discretion, 
regardless of Masonry. Will send more very soon. Our people feel poor, 
but will do all in their power. * * Sept. G.—Enclosed is five hundred 
dollars. Your letter came duly to hand, and shall be published for informa- 
tion of all interested. I pray our Heavenly Father you may escape the 
plague, and live to continue the noble work you are doing. * * Sept. 11. 
Enclosed is four hundred dollars to help along the good cause. Hope the 
dread monster may leave you soon. The papers inform me Paxton is 
down. I pray God his attack may not be fatal AVe ought not to lose such 
men. * * Sept. 23.—Enclosed find eight hundred dollars for the relief fund. When through with the terrible job on your hands, a statement of 
distributions would be acceptable. I may be able to send you more. * * 
Oct. 11.—I have the pleasure of enclosing five hundred dollars, to be used at 
your discretion. Hoping you may live through the terrible war of death 
which is snatching away so many valuable men and noble brothers, 
John W. Woodhull, Grand Secretary. 
—Total receipts from Bro. Woodhull, $3,240.00—5ee page 36. 
FROM THE ODD FELLOWS. 
Little Rock, Ark., Nov. 6.—We have on hand a balance of twenty- 
five dollars for relief, which you can draw on me for, should you need it 
for any of our brethren, their widows or orphans. 
Peter Brugman, Grand Secretary. 
ARKANSAS. 
CALIFORNIA. 
San Francisco, Sept. 17.—Have telegraphed one thousand dollars to 
your credit for the relief of Odd Fellows where most needed in your State. 
October 11.—Have telegraphed you one thousand dollars more additional. 
W. B. Lyon, Grand Secretary. 
San Francisco, Oct. 12.— * * Yesterday I requested Bro. Lyon to 
send you by telegraph transfer one thousand dollars. Am indeed glad it 
wras in our power to respond at once. We have sent same amount to Mem- 
phis. It surely is a satisfaction to California that she can aid in relieving 
the terrible weight of sorrow and grief with which you are loaded. Be 
assured our hearts are full to overflowing with sympathy for all our dis- 
tressed brethren. Please keep us advised as time and duties will permit. 
E. D. Farnsworth, Chairman. 
CONNECTICUT. 
Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. B. * * We deeply appreciate the kindly 
sentiments with which our efforts to relieve the poor fever-stricken suffer- 
ers have been received, and believe it proves there is a potency in associa- 
tions like ours that is destinied to exert a great and good influence in the 
amicable adjustment of all sectional differences. Hoping that the wrorst is 
past, and that it may be many yea's before another such calamity visits 
your land. * Thos. Stirling, Grand Master. 
Bridgeport, Conn., Oct. 22.—Grand Secretary Botsford has authorized 
you to make draft on him for two hundred dollars. We are happy to know 
that wre are thus able to respond to your call, and are willing to render fur- 
ther assistance in case you find it necessary to make another appeal. 
Thomas Stirling, Grand Master. 
Fort Randall, Dakotah Territory', Aug. 29.—Find enclosed fifteen 
dollars, a small contribution from Echo Lodge, No. 2, for the relief of yel- 
low fever sufferers. Cheerfully would we have doubled and tripled the 
amount, but our Lodge is small and our means very limited. But we give 
DAKOTAH TERRITORY. it with open heart and hand, and in the true spirit of Odd Fellowship. 
We hope and pray that this terrible scourge has reached its worst, and that 
we shall soon hear of its speedy and total disappearance. This is the true 
sentiment of our Lodge, which I am charged to convey to you, and through 
you to all the afflicted brothers in your State. F. Semiller, Treasurer. 
Vermillion, D. T., Sept. 6.—Enclosed find fifty-three dollars, contribu- 
ted by Lodges in this jurisdiction. Further contributions will be forward- 
ed as soon as received. Trusting it will help to relieve our brothers who 
are so sorely afflicted, and assuring you and them of our sympathy in their 
distress. .Ralph N. Briggs, Grand Secretary. 
—Several other contributions, through Bro. Briggs, are acknowledged on 
page 89. 
FLORIDA. 
Warrington, Fla., Aug. 29.—Atreauest of Mechanics’ Lodge, No. 8, 
I send you ten dollars, for use as you may direct. We are sorry at not being 
able to send more, but have not fully recovered from our late epidemic. 
With the hope that the plague will soon be over. 
Geo. S. Hallmark, Grand Master. 
Rockford, 111., Sept. 12.—1n addition to former remittance of five 
hundred dollars, I enclose draft for five hundred dollars, contributed by our 
Lodges. Make use of same to best advantage, as your judgment may dic- 
tate, in relieving the distress of our Southern brothers. Hoping deliver- 
ance is near at hand, and that your suffering people will soon be relieved 
from the terrors of the fearful scourge, and requesting you to give me 
prompt information of your necessities. * * * Sept. 30—In your last 
acknowledgment of five hundred dollars, you stated that you hoped to not 
need any further relief, aside from what was in hand and in transit. If you 
find that you were mistaken, I hope you will not fail to notify me. Illinois 
wants to render aid as long as there remains a suffering brother in your 
midst. John Lake, Grand Master. 
ILLINOIS. 
Chicago, Sept. 30.—We are all anxious to know what we can do to aid 
you. Have done a little, but can do more, and will if you will but advise 
us of the situation. We are thankful to know that the plague has spent 
its force, but realize there must be considerable suffering for some time. 
J. C. Smith, Grand Scribe. 
Indianapolis, Sept. 12.—I send you enclosed three hundred dollars, in 
addition to the amount already forwarded, making total eight hundred dol- 
lars from the Lodges of Indiana. I have forwarded eight hundred dollars 
to our brethren in New Orleans and other places in Louisiana, to be dis- 
tributed by Bro. Luther Holmes, Grand Secretary. I have also sent six 
hundred dollars to the I. O. 0. F. Relief Committee for the Brotherhood 
of Memphis. We send these donations as a free-will offering from the 
brotherhood of Indiana, trusting they will help to alleviate much suffering, 
and though they may not re-unite the sundered ties of the households ren- 
dered desolate by the scourge, they will nevertheless be reminders that, as 
Odd Fellows, we have not forgotten the obligations of our Order in this hour 
of sad calamity that has befallen our Southern cities. 
With kind regards, and trusting that a kind Providence may soon stay 
the march of the destroying angel, I am as ever, 
B. T. Foster, Grand Secretary. 
INDIANA. 
Indianapolis, Sept. 21.—Yours acknowledging receipt of my last remit* 
tance is to hand. Should you need further assistance from our jurisdic- tion, do not hesitate to advise me by telegraph. Accept our warmest sym- 
pathy for the stricken and suffering. B. T. Foster, Grand Secretary. 
lOWA. 
Sioux City, lowa, Sept. B.—Have telegraphed you to draw on me for 
twenty-five dollars—donation of Sioux City Lodge, No. 164, so you can 
have it for distribution at once in this your hour of need. Your people 
have the heartfelt sympathy of the members of the Order in this city. 
C. B. Stedman, Secretary. 
Wixterset, lowa, Aug. 29.— * * We enclose you thirty-three dol- 
lars and seventy-five cents, from members of Madison Lodge, No. 136. It 
is perhaps needless for Odd Fellows to tell each other of their love and 
sympathy, but such troubles as yours are calculated to “enlist the tender- 
est of human sympathies,” and make our “warm hearts throb for your 
woes.” Hoping a kind Providence may spare our brethren further distress. 
A. W. C. Weeks, for Committee. 
Carroll City, lowa, Sept. 16.—Herein find forty dollars, raised by 
our Lodge, Carroll, No. 279. Words fail in expressing our sympathy for 
the unfortunate—those whose families are broken and whose homes are des- 
olate. 11. E. Coburx, Secretary. 
Burlington, lowa, Nov. 12.—Enclosed find draft for one hundred and 
fifty-nine dollars and ninety-one cents, contributed by Lodges in our juris- 
diction. I hope that the worst is over, and that you will receive such aid 
as will help the widows and orphans left by our deceased brothers. 
William Garrett, Grand Secretary. 
—The several other remittances from Bro. Garrett are acknowledged on 
page 40. 
Atchison, Kansas, Aug. 29.—Enclosed find twenty-five dollars, dona- 
tion of Friendship Lodge, No. 5, to aid the yellow fever sufferers. Hope 
every Lodge in the United States will send their ipite. 
A. E. Platt, Treasurer. 
KANSAS. 
—Four other contributions from Kansas, acknowledged on page 41. 
Louisville, Sept. 24.—Yours of 20th received, and under instructions 
of our Relief Committee, I send you with this, one hundred and fifty dol- 
lars, to be distributed by you to such points as in your judgment it is most 
needed. We get bad reports here from Greenville, and if they need it 
most send it to them. Geo. W. Morris, Grand Treasurer. 
KENTUCKY. 
—Two other remittances of one hundred dollars each received from Bro. 
Morris. 
Thibodaux, La., Sept. 10.— * * The fever is now in our town, but 
so mild that we determined to send you a small sum at any rate, as your 
wants are greater now than ours will probably be. We have now about 
forty cases under treatment. Silas T. Grisamore, 
P. G. M., Secretary No. 34. 
MAINE. 
LOUISIANA. 
Portland, Maine, Oct. 28.—Yours of October 23d to hand. Find draft 
for one hundred dollars enclosed, a donation from the brotherhood of 
Maine to the distressed and suffering brothers and their families, as you 
may deem best. Joshua Davis, Grand Secretary. MARYLAND. 
Utah, Colorado, Nevada, California, Sandwich Island, Bal- 
timore, Oct. 10.-—I am in receipt of one hundred and twenty-eight dollars 
from Odd Fellows in Utah, Colorado and Nevada, and send you forty-three 
dollars as the proportion for Mississippi. Sept. 14.-—I send you two hun- 
dred and seventy-five dollars from Odd Fellows in Utah, Colorado, Califor- 
nia. Nov. 15.—1 have just received from Polynesia Encampment, No. 1, 
Flonolula, Sandwich Islands, with the “hope that it will not be too late to 
do good to some Odd Fellow’s family,” the enclosed twenty-five dollars. 
Polynesia is a small Encampment, having only 26 members, and the amount 
is a very generous contribution from the brethren in that distant island. 
I have heretofore remitted you the contribution of fifty dollars by Excel- 
sior Lodge, No. 1, of Honolulu. 
Theo. A. Boss, Assist. Grand Secretary. 
Detroit, Mich., Sept. 24.—Our Lodges have sent me to this time about 
one thousand dollars. 1 send you herewith five hundred dollars, and send 
a like amount to Luther Holmes, at New Orleans. God grant you speedy 
relief from this dreadful scourge. The sympathies of the world are yours. 
'x' * Oct. 4.—I again come to you with the most earnest sympathy, and 
another five hundred dollars for the relief of our suffering brothers. Pray- 
ers are constantly offered imploring that the hand of the destroyer may be 
stopped, and the news from the suffering district is watched for with the 
greatest interest, in hopes we may have a favorable change. God bless and 
keep you. * * Nov. 25.—I sent you one thousand dollars, and Luther 
Holmes, New Orleans, five hundred dollars, all of which has been acknow- 
ledged most handsomely; and I now want your disinterested advice as to 
where to send the balance. With the sincere and heartfelt wish that the 
worst is past. B. Yernor, Grand Treasurer. 
MICHIGAN. 
MISSISSIPPI. 
Starkville, Miss., Sept. 6.—Enclosed find fifteen dollars, contributed 
for relief by Bidgely Lodge, No. 23. Our membership is small, but we 
have sent money to our brethren in several of the afflicted localities. 
Jno. A. Jacobs, Secretary. 
Fayette, Miss., Oct. 21.—Find twenty dollars from Fayette Encamp- 
ment. Apply it where most needed, and may God assist you in the good 
work in which you are engaged. Jas. McClure, Jr., Scribe. 
MISSOURI. 
Kansas City, Mo., Aug. 27.—Herewith find thirty dollars, contribu- 
tion of Kansas City Lodge, No. 220, for the benefit of our stricken breth- 
ren. Apply it as you may deem best. Would that we could render more 
substantial assistance in the way of personal help. 
H. C. Litchfield, Secretary. 
MONTANA. 
Deer Lodge, Montana, Sept. 14.--'—Enclosed find twenty-five dollars, 
donated by Covenant Lodge, No. 6, for the relief Of brothers suffering from 
the yellow fever scourge. Hoping to make further contributions. 
Lew Coleman, Grand Secretary. 
—Other contributions are acknowledged on page 42. 
NEBRASKA. 
Fremont, Nebraska, Sept. 9.—Enclosed find thirty-nine dollars and 
eighty cents, appropriated by Centennial Lodge, No. 59, for the benefit of 
Odd Fellows scourged by the yellow fever. It is sent to you as the brother eminently fitted to disburse it. May the Father of us all help you in your 
good work, and look in mercy upon the stricken South. 
W. H. Michael. 
NEW JERSEY. 
Trenton, N. J., Oct. 5.—I enclose draft for sixty-eight dollars and forty 
cents for relief of Odd Fellows in your State. * * Oct. 18.—You can 
draw on me for one hundred and fifty dollars. 
Lewis Parker, Jr., Grand Secretary. 
NEW YORK. 
New York, Oct. B.—Enclosed find eight hundred dollars, for our breth- 
ren and their families in your jurisdiction, who may be suffering with yel 
low fever. Regretting our inability to send you a larger sum, and hoping 
that it may he the. means of doing some good. * * Nov. 9.—Enclosed 
find check for three hundred and fort'y-one dollars additional. Rejoicing 
with you that the pestilence has so nearly passed from your midst, and 
earnestly hoping that it may be long years ere your State may be so grevi- 
ously afflicted, I remain, with best wishes for the speedy restoration to 
prosperity of our beloved Order in your State. 
James Godwin, Grand Treasurer. 
Raleigh, N. C., Sept. 18.— * * Other contributions will follow, 
which your good judgment will apply where the greatest amount of good 
may be done. God grant that the scourge may he speedily arrested, and 
your people restored to their wanted good health. 
J. J. Litchford, Grand Secretary. 
NORTH CAROLINA. 
Cincinnati, Oct. 11.— * * We are desirous of ascertaining, as early 
as possible, by what means we can assist you in further relieving the dis- 
tress of our brethren and their families in your State. Are you in need of 
supplies of any kind ? If you need any, inform us of the kind and amount, 
and we will send them, or money, if needed. The brethren in Ohio have 
placed funds in our hands for the express purpose of relieving the distresses 
of our brethren in the South, and we are anxious to fill our commission 
in a way that none shall he overlooked. We trust that the day is not far dis- 
tant when the wires will flash the information that the fell destroyer has 
been driven from the land. W. S. Capellar, Grand Master. 
OHIO. 
—The many letters received from Bro. Capellar show an intense sympa- 
thy for our afflicted people. The receipts from him and Grand Treasurer 
Winchell are acknowledged on pages 43, 44, in addition to which five hun- 
dred dollars was sent to Vicksburg and one hundred to Water Valley. 
Martin’s Ferry, Ohio, Aug. 27.—Your distress signal has penetrated 
inside the walls of our Lodge. Our heartfelt sympathies are extended to 
the brothers of your afflicted State. Enclosed find ten dollars, our mite. 
Would make it ten times as much, hut being very short of funds, we do 
our best. Theo. Snodgrass, P. G. 
Cincinnati, Ohio, Oct. 16.—Have sent you to-day five hundred dollars, 
to he used in relieving the wants of our distressed brethren and their fami- 
lies in your State. Permit me to express the hope thatthe ordeal through 
which you are passing will soon terminate, and that a kind Providence 
may again smile upon your stricken people. 
Geo. D. Winchell, Grand Treasurer. PENNSYLVANIA. 
Philadelphia, Penn., Sept. 30.—At a meeting of the Grand Lodge 
officers, held this afternoon, the Grand Treasurer was instructed to forward 
you the sura of seven hundred dollars in aid of the suffering brethren in 
your jurisdiction. Samuel Haworth, Grand Master. 
Providence, R. 1., Sept. 14.—Draw on me at sight for two hundred dol 
bars, to aid suffering brothers and Lodges. Sidney Dean, Grand Master' 
RHODE ISLAND. 
TEXAS. 
Houston, Texas, Aug. 27.—Accept fifty dollars from the Odd Fellows 
of Houston. I. C. Stafford, Grand Representative. 
—Other Texas contributions acknowledged on page 46. 
In response to the circular appeal of Grand Master Geo. L. Hensel, dated 
Martinsburg, xiug. 28, the Lodges in this Grand Jurisdiction forwarded 
their contributions to me direct, instead ot through the Grand Officers. 
Fifty-two Lodges sent contributions, which are acknowledged on pages 44, 
45, 46—a total of seven hundred and eighty dollars and twenty-five cents. 
The letters accompanying same all breathe the tenderest sympathy for our 
people in their affliction/. 
WEST VIRGINIA. 
Racine, Wis., Sept. 14.—1 enclose you another draft, for fifty dollars, to 
be expended for the relief of brother Odd Fellows. With our best wishes. 
Trios. Lewis, Secretary No. 8. 
WISCONSIN. 
MISCELLANEOUS CORRESPONDENCE, 
In view of the space already occupied with extracts from letters received 
during the epidemic, the following only are selected from a large corres- 
pondence transmitting relief funds, from miscellaneous sources, to the 
amount of 112,746.24 : 
Lonoke, Ark., Sept. 27.—Enclosed find five dollars, my mite for the 
relief of the sufferers, with the prayer that God will look in mercy upon 
our suffering land, and bless and strengthen the noble men and women who 
are so bravely facing danger and death in behalf of the sick and suffering. 
I am a Mississippian, as you may remember my name. 
Alice W. Pettus. 
Marysville, Cal., Sept. 13.—(t0 Goy. Stone): The citizen's of our city 
have contributed for the relief of sufferers by yellow fever in the South the 
sum of one thousand one hundred and sixty-one dollars, which they desire 
to divide equally between the' States of Mississippi, Louisiana and Ten- 
nessee. I therefore enclose you draft for three hundred and eighty-seven 
dollars. Please accept our donation, and dispose of it wherever you think 
most needed by the people of your State. N. D. Rideout, Mayor. Oakland, Cal., Sept. 24.—I received yours acknowledging receipt of 
the seven hundred dollars sent through Gov. Stoue. The money was con- 
tributed by the citizens of Oakland. Please keep me advised of the con- 
dition of your people, and if we can assist still further are ready to do so. 
* * Oct. 28.—1 send you one thousand dollars additional. 
A. C. Henry, Treasurer Citizens’ Relief Com. 
Washington, Nov. 6.—1 have the honor to enclose check for four hun- 
dred dollars, being a part of the subscription raised in foreign countries in 
aid of the sufferers by yellow fever, and forwarded to me for distribution. 
Wm. M. Evarts. 
—The several remittances from Mr. Evarts are acknowledged on page 54. 
Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 14.—(t0 Gov. Stone); Enclosed find draft 
for two hundred and eighty-one dollars, to be placed to the credit of some 
reliable person or association, to be used in alleviating the wants of the 
yellow fever sufferers in your afflicted State. This is a voluntary contribu- 
tion by the two military companies of this city and by the persons named 
in this letter—Light Guards and Governor’s Guard two hundred and five 
dollars and sixty-five cents; A. Herz, sixty-six dollars; W. H. Wiley, Super- 
intendent Public School, ten dollars. If it but relieves the sufferings of 
those for whom it is used, we shall be happy to think in future that we 
have, contributed our mite to the noblest cause on earth, that of aiding our 
fellow-men in time of need. 
Thos. A. Anderson, Treasurer Gov. Guard. 
Blackinton, Mass., Sept. 26.—(to Gov. Stone) : Please find seventy 
dollars, contributed by the operatives in our mills, for the benefit of the 
yellow fever sufferers. You have our heartfelt sympathies in your afflic- 
tions, and as we cannot well come to you with personal help, the least we 
can do is to send such means as are at our command. 
O. A. Archer, Treasurer. 
East Saginaw, Mich., Oct. I.—(to Gov. Stone): Herewith find N. 
Y. draft for six hundred dollars, sent by the citizens of this city for the 
benefit of yellow fever sufferers in your State, to be distributed at such points 
as are most in need. * * * * Oct. 14.—Herein find draft for five hun- 
dred and ninety-two dollars and six cents, contributed by our citizens for 
yellow fever sufferers. With sincere hope of an early abatement of the 
fever. Wm. T. Wickware, Treasurer Citizens’ Fund. 
New York, Aug. 27.—1 reached here yesterday evening from Europe, 
and am greatly alarmed and distressed at seeing the spread of the yellow 
fever in the South, aud feel that I ought to return, but don’t suppose I 
could, as the railroads all seem to have stopped taking passenger trains. I 
am glad to see that you at Jackson are taking all precautionary measures, 
and do hope Jackson may escape the scourge. As I can’t now return, I will 
authorize you to subscribe and draw on Richardson & May for five hun- 
dred dollars, in helping the suffering should the pestilence come. I have 
sent contributions to Vicksburg, Grenada, and Memphis. Should the fever 
break out in Jackson, telegraph me at St. Nicholas Hotel here, and I will 
make an effort to raise some money here for your relief. Am anxious to do 
what I can. E. Richardson. 
New York, Oct. 2.—Our President, Mr. Jas. F. Wenman, to-day wired 
you to draw on me for one thousand dollars—one half of which is to be used for the benefit of yellow fever sufferers at Jackson, and one-half for same 
purpose at Lake, it being part of a fund raised here by our organization. 
Alonzo Slote, 
Treasurer Firemen’s Ball Committee Old Volunteer Fire Department. 
Santa Rosa, Cal., Sept. 6.—1 enclose you a draft for one hundred dol- 
lars, to be appropriated to yellow fever sufferers. I wish it embodied in 
the Masonic contribution, as it is a tribute from me to the memory of my 
husband. Indeed it is a part of a sum I had deposited to be used for erect- 
ing marble over the graves of my dear dead ones, but the necessities of the 
living seem to me now to present greater claims than the dead. I only wish 
I were able to send a larger sum to the people for whose sufferings my heart 
goes out in the deepest sympathy. Mary S. Ware, (of Mississippi.) 
—I determined not to collect this generous contribution of this noble 
daughter of Mississippi unless the demands of the suffering imperatively 
required it. Toward the close of the epidemic, due apology was made for 
not using the donation thus heartily tendered. 
Easton, Pa., Feb. 14.—(t0 Gov. Stone): The citizens of Phillipsburg, 
New Jersey, opposite this place, have raised a fund of one hundred and 
thirty dollars for the relief of the sufferers by yellow fever. With heart- 
felt sympathy for the stricken communities of the South in this great afflic- 
tion, they earnestly pray to the Most High that He will stay the pestilence 
and say to the Angel of Destruction, it is enough. 
Wm. Hackett, President Easton Nat. Bank. 
Lampasas, Texas, Sept. 23.—The great heart of Texas is burthened 
■with sympathy for the plague-stricken districts along the valley of the Mis- 
sissippi. Our little town asks to contribute its mite to the relief of suffer- 
ing humanity, and through the aid of the Sunday schools, churches and 
brass band, the sum of one hundred and twrenty-five dollars and ninety-five 
cents has been collected and placed in my hands, to be forwarded as my 
judgment might suggest. Knowing the part you have always taken in times 
of distress and suffering, and as you are in the midst of the great calamity, 
I enclose the amount named, and ask that you place it where most needed. 
Walter Acker, (late of Mississippi.)* 
Petersburg, Va., Sept. 3.—(to Gov. Stone, enclosing one thousand dol- 
lars) ; We will never forget the noble Mississippiana who battled here for 
their firesides; and could not efface the debt even if their pecuniary ability 
•were equal to their generous inclination. May God send your cities a 
speedy deliverance from this fatal scourge, and spare them such visitation 
hereafter. 
“Included in the contribution is the sum of fifty dollars given by the 
colored workmen in one of our tobacco factories—a cheerful offering from 
very poor people; also, fifteen dollars from the policemen, who wish to help 
their brother officers in Vicksburg. 
“The papers bring us every day mournful lists of the victims, and I fear 
with each reading to see the name of some one whom I knew in the old 
brigade.” " Wm. E. Cameron, Mayor. 
—Mr. Cameron was A. A. and I. General of Davis’ Mississippi Brigade. 
The contribution was distributed to Vicksburg, Port Gibson, Grenada and 
Canton. 
Sacramento, Cal., Sept. 7.—(To Gov. Stone.) On behalf of the city of 
Sacramento and benevolent orders, we send you six hundred and fifty-seven dollars, to be distributed by you in your State in such manner as in your 
opinion may do most good to the sufferers by yellow fever. 
Chistofer Green, E. A. Carey, E. G. Wethler, Committee. 
Winston, N. C., Sept. £o.—Enclosed find a postal order for forty dollars, 
the proceeds of an entertainment given by a few of the young ladies and 
gentlemen of this town. By applying the small amount where it is most 
needed, yon will confer quite a favor. Mrs. T. E. Eichardson. 
Macon, Miss., Sept. 9.—Messrs. Bush, Eedwood & Co. authorize you to 
check tor three hundred and forty-three dollars. We trust you to distribute 
it where it is most needed in our State. The ladies of Macon have raised 
this money, and desire our mite to go to the lelief of our afflicted people. 
On tne 16th of August I sent to Grenada eighty dollars, raised at my 
request, by H. L. Jarnagin, Jr., and S. G. Ivy, Esq., in a few hours. I sent 
it by express, and have never heard from it. I hope it was received and 
did some good. colored people here, at their churches last Sunday, 
raised fifty-one dollars, and sent it to Grenada. The ladies can send sheets, 
towels, pillow cases, etc., if such things are needed. Let me knowr and 
how to send. The colored people wish to know if poultry cannot be trans- 
ported to Canton, Grenada and other points; if so, they can get up a large 
quantity. The Masons and Odd Fellows, too, are at work. You will hear 
trom them. - Geo. G. Dillard, Mayor. 
Chicago, Aug. 28.—(t0 Hon. E. Barksdale): We are loading to-day, 
forty thousand rations ordered by the Secretary of War, for Vicksburg. 
The Illinois Central and our road will transport them by special train to 
Jackson free of charge. Will you communicate with Eaworth, and have 
him put them to Vicksburg? There will be eight or ten cars. 
J. C. Clarke. 
Newton, Aug. 28.— We will transport them free of charge to Vicksburg, 
with much pleasure. ■ E. F. Eaworth, Supt. 
New York, Sept. I.—l got Chamber of Commerce to-day to send five 
hundred dollars for Greenville, through Mississippi Valley Bank. Try to 
communicate with Greenville, and see what we can do. * 
Jones S. Hamilton. 
McComb City, Miss., Aug. 23.—Enclosed find one hundred and thirty- 
five dollars, contributed by the railroad employees and citizens of McComb 
City, for relief where most needed. N. Greener. 
State Line, Miss., Sept. 3.—The citizens of our little piney-woods 
town have organized a Belief Society, and in their behalf, I send you forty- 
five dollars, which please disburse for the sufferers. Sept. 10.—I send you 
twenty-five dollars. L. C. Peaster, Treasurer. 
Baldwyn, Miss., Sept. s.—Herewith find forty dollars and fifty-five 
cents, collected from citizens here by a committee of young ladies appointed 
by the Mayor and Councilmen of the town. True, Tis but a mite, yet it 
will be some help, and if necessary our people will respond again. (Thirty- 
three dollars and five cts. also received Sept. 24.) P. M. Savery, Mayor. 
Scranton, Miss., Sept. 16.—1 am directed by the Belief Committee to 
send you one hundred dollars, to be distributed where you think it is most 
needed to the yellow fever sufferers. Walter Denny. Washington, D. C., Oct. 23.—Capt. Odeneal and myself called on 
Secretary Everts this moruining, to appropriate out the foreign relief fund 
in his hands, $2OO 00, for use of yellow fever sufferers at Edwards, which 
he promised, at our suggestion, to remit to your care at once. Several 
days ago, Col. Hamilton, Gen. McCardle and myself called on Mr. Evarts 
for an appropriation to Jackson, and obtained his promise to send $BOO 00, 
which I hope Mayor McGill has received. O. R. Singleton. 
Beauregard, Miss., Sept. 18.—I enclose fifty-two dollars raised at a 
concert last night by the ladies and children of the town, assisted by Mr. 
11. F. Bridewell and family of Port Gibson and the string hand of Wesson. 
The lannounced object of the entertainment was for the benefit of the suf- 
fering in Port Gibson. If not needed there, lam instructed by the balance 
of the committee, Mrs. Julia Chrisman, Mrs. R. A. Bridewell and Dr. E. A. 
Rowan, to request you to use it where it best relieves the stricken ones. 
We thank God that in this locality we are still spared the affliction of the 
plague. L. O. Bridewell, of Committee. 
Liberty, Miss., Sept. 2-1.—By order of the Liberty Thespian Corps I am 
directed to forward you twenty dollars, to be sent by you where most need- 
ed. Our only regret is that we cannot send more. Praying that your noble 
work will soon stop by the abatement of the fever. 
T. W,. Stratton, Treasurer. 
Houston, Miss., Sept. 27.—You will find enclosed thirty-seven dollars 
and fifty-six cents, which our congregation contributed for the yellow fever 
sufferers. One dollar and ten cents of the above amount was given by Mrs. 
Sallie Shell’s infant class. S. L. Wilson. 
Union Church, Miss., Sept. 27.—Enclosed find nineteen dollars and 
twenty-five cents, a collection taken up for the fever sufferers on day of 
prayer in our congregation (Presbyterian church.) Distribute according to 
your judgment. E. E. Smiiey, Deacon. 
Union Church, Miss., Oct. 9.—Enclosed find thirty dollars, donated by 
Rising Star Grange, to be distributed by you according to your discretion 
among the yellow fever sufferers. Flora E. Cameron, Secretary, 
Caledonia, Miss., Oct. 1.—Enclosed I send you twenty-five dollars, the 
result of a collection taken last evening in our little village in behalf of the 
yellow fever sufferers. This little mite goes steeped in the tears and pray- 
ers of both saint and sinner for the relief of the sufferings of a common 
humanity. A. L. Myers. 
Woodville, Miss., Nov. 7.—To you, as the worthy almoner of many 
charities, I am requested by a lady friend to remit you the enclosed thir- 
teen dollars, the result of a mite collection taken up by her, to be disposed 
of as your judgment may dictate. With sincere expressions of heartfelt 
sympathy for our afflicted friends in Jackson we pray for their speedy 
deliverance. , G. T. McGehee. GRATITUDE 
“When gratitude o’erfiows the swelling heart, 
And breathes in free and nncorrupted praise 
For benefits received; propitious heaven 
Takes such acknowledgements as fragrant incense, 
And doubles all its blessings.” 
The following extracts are given from many grateful acknowledgements. 
The personal references to this writer are admitted more to show the gen- 
eral appreciation of the great work, of which he was an humble but zealous 
agent, than for any praise that he desires to place on record in his own 
behalf. Though the labor has been arduous, the reward that flows from 
appreciative and grateful hearts is more highly prized than compensation 
in any other form. He feels grateful for the sad privilege of being able, 
through the benefactions of his brethren, to dispense relief to the suffering 
and the needy; 
Pout Gibson, Sept. 2.—1 return many and sincere thanks through you 
to the noble and generous fraternity you have the honor to represent for 
the benefit conferred upon me. The check came to hand on time. Perhaps 
you will receive many notes from those of our faithful preachers who have 
been in the midst of this dreadful pestilence, and to whom you have sent 
aid, but perhaps none can or will furnish a coincidence like the following, 
which I relate to you for your encouragement as a servant of the Lord 
through whom He does good for His people. * * * I must thank God 
first, and then your fraternities, and then yourself as the agent through 
whom the goodness of God has been conveyed to me. * * * Thus we 
see how God takes care of those who put their trust in Him. He cuts off 
all our resources, and supplies our wants and necessities from his own full- 
ness. Many, many thanks, for the timely donation. D. A. Planck. 
Port Gibson, Oct. 3.—With more heartfelt gratitude than I have lan- 
guage to express, I acknowledge the receipt of your draft for one hundred 
dollars from the Masonic and Odd Fellows’ Relief Fund. Very seldom in 
my long life have I ever received a more needed favor, or one more timely. 
When I received it, I could but exclaim, “It looks like a special Provi- 
dence.” May the Giver of all good abundantly bless and prosper you, and 
all others who have so promptly and liberally aided us in our great afflic- 
tion and extreme want. J. G. Jones. 
Port Gibson, Oct. B.—Permit me in this way to return you my thanks 
for your letter. When I read it at home there were tears of joy. The 
remittance, wholly unexpected, will be of great benefit to us in these times 
of trouble. It is pleasant also to know that others sympathize with us. I 
am glad that you have been able to do so much good throughout the State. 
May a kind Providence protect you. E. H. Mounger. 
Port Gibson, Sept. 19.—Your valued favor, enclosing $5OO, received 
to-day. In the name of Franklin Lodge, and of the widows and orphans, 
I return our hearty and grateful thanks. With it many a silent grief will 
be stayed, the widowed household made more cheerful. May your blessed 
work redound to your advantage in this world and the world to come. 
Frank H. Foote, Secretary. Waynesboro, April 3.—Many thanks for your kindness. The gratitude 
of a helpless widow raid her needy orphans has nerved me, I hope, to 
undertake more for the good of tlfe Order than I have done heretofore. 
John F. McCormick, Grand Lecturer. 
Edwards, Oct. 15.—We are grateful for your kindness to the Associa- 
tion, and for the very kind and timely act of personal kindness to myself. 
In these days of trial and of sorrow, such deeds of Christian benevolence 
and brotherly affection are like an invigorating cordial to the spirit, worn 
with watchings and the wrestlings of prayer. May God bless you, and the 
ancient and honorable fraternity which you represent in this deed of good- 
ness to the sick and suffering. I. J. Daniel. 
Memphis, Dec. 27.-—I wish to acknowledge*to you my heartfelt gratitude 
for your very kind and generous offering to me, a widowed sister of an 
adjoining State. I feel, and well know that Masonry is universal, and that 
Masonic Charity is spread broadcast over our whole country; yet to be so 
kindly thought of by one who I never had the pleasure of meeting, causes 
the tears to start, and my heart to overflow with feelings of gratitude and 
love for you, my good brother, who has sent me this handsome gift. Many, 
many thanks accept from a grateful but sorrowing heart, and may God 
bless and care for you and yours, is the wish and prayer of your true and 
sincere friend and sister, Jennie S. W . 
Chicago, Nov. 23.—Your valued favor, enclosing $5O for benefit of the 
widow of the late Lieut. Benner, should have been acknowledged sooner, 
but have just learned the address of the lady, being Mrs. Della Benner, 
McPherson Barracks, Atlanta, Ga. In behalf of the Chicago committee, I 
beg to thank you for prompt compliance with its suggestion, and to, com- 
mend the personal act of adding $25 for the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, 
nor do we Jose sight of the delicacy manifested by you in forwarding this 
amount to Mrs. Benner through the Chicago committee. * * 
DeWitt C. Creiger. 
Near Pickens, Dec. 10.—Many thanks to yourself and the good bro- 
thers with whom you are associated, for your kind remembrance of an old 
man so helpless and dependant as myself. Be assured of my sincere prayer 
that the blessing of heaven may rest upon you in all your work of good 
will to the suffering and the destitute. S. M. M. 
Yazoo City, Oct. 24.—A110w me to tender to you, and through you to 
the generous donors my sincere thanks for the munificent donation, both as 
President of the Howard Association, and as a brother and Sir Knight. 
Seventeen cases under treatment, and seven deaths to date. 
Geo. M. Powell. 
Garner, Oct. 19.—Enclosed find receipt for $5OO to hand. Receive the 
heartfelt thanks of the people of Garner for the much needed contribution. 
J. L. Combs, M. D. 
Charleston, Miss., Oct. 21.-—The five hundred dollars sent me has just 
been received. It will be of incalculable benefit to our afflicted people. I 
had procured everything that was necessary in provisions, medicines and 
nurses up to this time upon faith the of getting the money. It was as much 
as we could do to get our sick nursed and the dead buried upon the promises 
of pay. It was exceedingly dangerous service, and employees did not know that any of us who contracted with them would live to see the contracts 
carried out in good faith. * * W. H. FitzGerald. 
Hernando, Oct. 21.—Your remittance of $5OO was received per express 
on 7th inst. It was a God-send to us. * * Donald McKenzie. 
Senatobia, Oct. 25.—Your remittance of $250 received this morning. 
It will be judiciously used, and if not expended, returned. Our hopes are 
high that the worst is over. * * Thos. P. Hill. 
Year Sharon, Oct. I.—Your kind letter of September 27th is to hand 
informing me of aid sent, for which please accept, in behalf of ' our hon- 
ored Order, the heartfelt and grateful thanks of three entire families, con- 
sisting of sixteen persons, all of whom have been, and are now suffering 
from the effects of yellow fever. * * W. H. Benthal. 
Jackson, Nov. 9.—Yours of this date, enclosing check for two hundred 
dollars for general distribution is this day to hand. To you, :nd to the 
noble brotherhood whose almoner you have been in a season of gloom 
almost without a parallel, I cheerfully confess myself a debtor. You have 
pre-eminently followed the lead of the man of Uz, who said, “The cause 
which I knew not I searched out,” and many hearts have been made glad 
by your thoughtful, timely distribution. For many long years I have 
aspired to a place among those who enjoy the luxury of doing good. May 
the gushing streams from this fountain flow through your heart forever, 
and may He who is the witness of a secret charity, say to you “well done.” 
Wm. H. Watkins. 
Madison County, Oct. 16.— * * I have no words that will adequate- 
ly express my thanks to you. If you have never been destitute, you can 
scarcely appreciate my feelings, or realize how much comfort fifty dollars 
will afford us. I sincerely trust you may never know want. I am deeply 
and truly grateful for your timely aid. It will supply many wants. * * 
Mrs. 
Canton, Sept. 12.—Please accept our hearty thanks for your constant 
and substantial remembrances of us. Will keep you advised of our neces- 
sities. Emmett L. Ross, Secretary. 
Osyka, Dec. 10.—I thought I would write and thank you for your kind- 
ness, as I did not do so sufficiently the morning you called. I was taken 
by surprise, and felt embarrassed. It would be impossible to tell you what 
relief the money you gave me was to us. God alone knows what would 
have become of us but for your timely visit. What you gave me was the 
only money we have had this summer, except $5 Mr. McKenzie sent me. 
"■ * My noble young husband died in 1870 from the effects of a wound 
received in Virginia. In a few weeks after his death my little babe was 
born, now a manly little fellow of eight years'. My dear father was a true 
and faithful Mason. * * I pray God may forever bless you and yours. 
He will surely watch over one who has lightened so many sinking hearts. 
Very gratefully yours, 
Osyka, Feb. 8.—(From a little boy.)—l am going to write you the first 
letter I ever wrote in my life, because you have been so kind to me. I 
started to school the first of January. I had never been before. My 
teacher says lam a smart boy, for eight years old. Mother has always 
taught me. Now I will tell you what I did with the money you sent me. I bought me a good warm suit of clothes, shoes and hat, then I got some 
books, copy-book, slate and pencil; then I gave the rest to dear mother, and 
told her to pay her debts; when we had the yellow fever, she had to go in 
debt. My dear old grandmama is sick all the time. I want to study hard 
now while I am little, so when I get a big boy I can work for dear mother, 
grandmother, and my aunties. lam the only boy in the family. My dear 
papa died a few weeks before I was born. Mother says he was with you in 
the war. I thank you ever so much for your kindness to me. lam afraid 
I would not have been able to get to school but for your present. I ask 
God every night in my prayers to bless you, and I know that he will. I 
will stop now, for lam afraid you are tired of my letter. If you ever 
come to Osyka, you must be sure to come and see your little friend. 
Willie Garner. 
Crystal Springs, Oct. 5.—Yours of 4th, covering checks on New 
Orleans for five hundred dollars for Dry Grove sufferers, is at hand. The 
Dry Grove people, or those who may be left of them, ought never to forget 
the good service you have rendered them in their hour of trial. We are 
glad in Crystal Springs to be the medium of distribution of the great and 
noble charities of which you are the trustee, to those at Dry Grove, who 
are the beneficiaries. We have filled all the requisitions from there to date. 
* . * * ' W. C. Wilkinson. 
Water Valley, Dec. 24.—Yours to hand, for which please ..ccept the 
grateful thanks and prayers of two good women. You have made them 
happy, and my wish is, that you may ever be as happy. 
Jno. IT. Wilson, Sr. 
Water Valley, Dec. 25,—Enclosed find receipt of Mrs. . 
for the money winch I had the pleasure of handing her this morning. Her 
tearful thanks fully attested her deep obligations and the timely aid it gave 
her and her three babes. God bless you in your good work. 
F. W. Merrin. 
Vicksburg, Sept. 23.—Eev. C. K. Marshall, D. D.—Dear Brother: I 
have received the generous contribution from your hands, and from a word 
let fall learned that it came from my honored friend Col. J. L. Bower, of 
Jackson. It was as much appreciated as unexpected. Please convey to 
him my grateful acknowledgments for his thoughtful, generous and timely 
remembrance. May the blessings of our dear Lord dwell richly upon him 
and the other noble souls who have done so much to relieve the sufferings 
of our people. Chas. B. Galloway. 
Vicksburg, Sept. 21.—Eev. C. K. Marshall, D. D.—Dear Friend and 
Brother: lam in receipt of the handsome contribution which you inform 
me is sent by certain friends of humanity and religion for the support of 
myself and family during this season of distress, when our ordinary source 
of income is cut off. I beg you to convey to those generons friends my 
warmest thanks for this munificent donation. May He who said, “inas- 
much as he has done it unto the least of these my brethren, ye have done 
it unto me,” reward them abundantly out of His infinite fullness. May 
our merciful Father shorten these days of chastisement, and enable us to 
spend the remainder of our days in a more thorough consecration to His 
service. Fraternally, Egbert Price. 
Vicksburg, Nov. 12.—Most gratefully do I acknowledge the receipt by 
the hands of Dr. Marshall of the relief you were kind enough to send me. 
Amid sore bereavements, my happy home now desolate and deserted, I 
thank God that He has given me precious and honored friends, whose ten- dei' kindness do so much to soothe the wounded spirit. May the Lord 
bless you in soul and preserve your useful life. F. M. Featherston. 
—Appropriate acknowledgments are also on file from Rev. Dr. Sansom, 
and otlxer pastors, white and colored. 
Holly Springs, Sept. 14.—Money by express received. Many thanks 
in behalf of our suffering people. Col. Upshaw died yesterday. 
Kinloch Falconer. 
Holly Springs, Sept. 12.—Dispatch x-eceived. May heaven bless you 
for your noble labors in behalf of the suffering people of Mississippi. 
Kinloch Falconer. 
Holly Springs, Sept. 17.—Five deaths, eleven new cases in last 24 
hours. Thousand dollars, last shipment, to hand. I have no words in 
which to express the thanks of our suffering people. 
Kinloch Falconer, 
Holly Springs, Sept. 18.—Ninety-three deaths to date; 220 cases. 
Thirteen new cases, and nine deaths in last twenty-four hours. You have 
done nobly by our afflicted people. God bless you. 
Kinloch Falconer. 
Holly Springs, Sept. 23.—Col. Falconer dangerously ill, and the situa- 
tion indeed gloomy. Our best and truest axe falling daily. You have 
done a noble part towai’ds us, and God will bless you for it. 
Holland. 
Holly Springs, Oct. 4.-—ln reply to your kind telegram of the Ist, 
will say your generous contributions come to us in timely season. The 
suffering here is beyond relief to those who have not ceexx it. Our expenses 
are very heavy, and demands upon us for clothing, bedding and food are 
hourly increasing. Friends in every part of the Union have aided us lib- 
ex-ally, and thereby saved many valuable lives. Not one has done more for 
us than vourself. May God bless and protect you is the prayer of 
W. J. L. Holland. 
.Holly Springs. Sept. 24.—Poor Kinloch died vesterday afternoon at 
half-past five o’clock. He spoke so much of you. We blessed vou together. 
Forty new cases yesterday. Holland. 
Good Samaritan Hospital, Cincinnati, Oct. 21.—I write you to-day 
asking you to aid me, if possible. I lost my husband at Holly Springs, 
with the fever, and sought refuge in this place. I was taken with fever a 
few days after getting here, and was ill five weeks. Am now recovering 
ray strength a little. I have two little children, and xxo means at all. My 
husband was in Grenada, relieving, as far as he could, the suffering there, 
and thus contracted the disease. He was called to Holly Springs on 
account of the sickness of our little girl, and died himself in a few days. 
—A grateful acknowledgment is on file for the response which was imme- 
diately made to the foregoing application. 
Grenada, Dec. 30. * * Your x'ecent visit to our suffering town 
brightened more suffering faces than anything that has yet occurred here. 
* * * Jan. 2.—Yours, with five hundred dollars for our widows and 
orphans came this morning, and will prove a very acceptable New Year’s 
gift. In their name, I thank you, and have no doubt they join me in the 
wish that you and the reserve fund may never cease. 
Sam Lawrence, N. G. of No. G. 
Q [Grenada, Sept. 7.—Bro. Ayres died yesterday. Am in receipt of five 
hundred dollars from you, and placed saxne in Odd Fellows’ relief hands. 
R. A. Armistead. Grexada, Sept. 4.—Your most welcome letter, and your exceedingly 
welcome offering of one thousand dollars to hand per express. Return our 
hearty thanks to our kind friends, and assure them their wishes will be 
respected. D. W. Coax, Howard Association. 
—A large and grateful correspondence is on file from Grenada. 
Oxford, March 10.—The receipts’ are herewith enclosed. The two 
widows requested me to return to you their grateful thanks. They were 
moved with feelings of gratitude, which impressed me of the deep feeling 
which pervaded their souls. J. M. Howry. 
Oxford, March 17.—God only knows how thankful I feel to you for the 
timely assistance rendered. It was most unexpected, but none the less 
thankfully received. May God bless all who are helping the widows and 
the orphans. 
—The husband of this lady, after noble service, at Greenville, died there 
of yellow fever. 
Mrs. 
Bovixa, Feb. 26.—Enclosed find receipt for the three hundred dollars for 
our destitute widows and orphans. Accept our grateful thanks for the help 
thus given us. Wilsox Bell. 
Fayette, March 19.—Yours received with check for fifty dollars, for 
which you have the thanks of every brother who signed the petition, to say 
nothing of the thanks and ascending prayers of the lonely widow. 
Hexry Key, W. M. 
Sexatobia, Feb. 4.— * * We have constantly to thank you for your 
consideration of our claims and generous responses. Believe us grateful 
and appreciative, Thos. P. Hill. 
Moxticello, March 20.—Thanks for your generous response. It will 
make the widow’s heart glad. Peace be with thee. G. A. Teuxissox. 
Scraxtox, Jan. 29.—1 am in receipt of yours enclosing N. O. draft for 
$l5O 00, for Mrs. L. and Mrs. B. The amount is all that I should have 
asked for had I been consulted. I will apply it in the proportion that you 
suggest, and I assure you that it will be greatly appreciated, and could not 
have been bestowed on worthier or more needy persons, particularly in the 
case of Mrs. L. M. M. Eyaxs. 
Holly Sprixgs, March 3.—Your favor of Ist is received, with N. Y. 
exchange for $lOO, which shall be applied to the afflicted and needy colored 
families referred to in my former letter. A. M. West 
Joxesborough, Feb. 28.—Yours, with $75 for our widows and orphans, 
received. Accept our hearty thanks. You will ever be remembered by 
the members, widows and orphans of Jonesborough Lodge. 
Isaac W. Park, W. M. 
Tupelo, Feb. 10.—Capt. P. M. iSavery has this day handed me N. Y. 
exchange for one hundred dollars, to be expended in the education of 
Memory L. Leake, minor son of the late Memory L. Leake (who died of 
yellow fever at Louisville.) Accept my thanks and heartfelt gratitude for 
your beneficence. I will endeavor to keep this little fund to itself, and 
cause it to grow; and at the proper time I will expend it according to the 
directions contained in your letter to Bro. Savery, which has been shown 
me. Fraternally, H. C. Medford. jo; 
Atlanta, Ga., Jan. 25.—Your very kind favor of 21st nit, enclosing- 
one hundred dollars, received this morning, for which you will accept many 
and sincere thanks from myself and sisters. * * Thanking you again 
lor your kind interest in our behalf. Mattie . 
—The father of these ladies died of yellow fever at Vicksburg. 
Ashland, Jan. 29.—Yours of 27th inst., enclosing check for the chil- 
dren of Bro. J. A. Robinson has come to hand, and I enclose receipt for 
same. I delivered the check this morning to John H. Morgan, uncle and 
guardian of the children. He said he could not express this thanks for 
them, but he would teach the children as they grew up to love and respect 
the Masons. " B. T. Kimbrough. 
Newton, Feb. 12.—Yours with check for $5O received, for the benefit of 
Mrs. V ——. May God bless and prosper us in our laudable under- 
takings, and may a double share be given you for your arduous and char- 
itable duties in dispensing the good you have. Glover Earbee. 
Newton, Feb. 12.—Accept my most grateful thanks for the donation 
received through our mutual brother, Mr. Earbee, for I assure you I was 
needing it, having to depend on my needle for the support of my three 
children and myself—God, in His Providence having deprived me of my 
chief support during the epidemic in Meridian. May God ever bless you, 
and by his mighty hand uphold those who have the heart to dispense 
charity. 
Natchez, Oct. 25.—I received through Mr. DeLap the check for $5OO, 
sent by yourself to the Protestant Ophan Asylum of this city. It is diffi- 
cult for the Board of Managers to express, in adequate terms, their grati- 
tude for the liberality and nobility of spirit which prompted the generous 
gift. Although we have escaped the pestilence which has desolated so many 
of the fairest portions of our State, our treasury has been in a very depleted 
condition, notwithstanding the frequent assistance received from the 
Masonic fraternity. There are more than forty orphans in the Asylum, 
and we fear the number will be largely increased by the ravages of fever 
elsewhere. Permit me, once more, in the name of the Board, to thank you 
and your brethren of the Orders of Masons and Odd Fellows for this gen- 
erous assistance. Very respectfully, 
Mrs. John Fleming, Treasurer. 
Natchez, Feb. 5.—T cannot write you, in sufficiently forcible terms of 
the feelings of gratitude toward you for your continued acts of kindness. 
The orphans have great reason to thank God for the day you promised to 
be their friend. That was no idle promise, no transient feeling of sympa- 
thy, called into existence by the sight of those fatherless children, for yours 
has been the “charity that vaunteth not itself,” which, flowing from a sense 
of duty, and that no labor can ever weary, looks to a future and a better 
world for its reward. This being the day for the regular monthly meeting 
of the Board, your letter shall be submitted, and contents suitably acknow- 
ledged. In conclusion, may your valuable and useful life be prolonged 
until these children’s children “arise up and call you blessed.” 
Respectfully, ■ Mary R. Fleming. 
Treasurer Natchez P. O. Asylum. 
- * Unsolved, That this Board feel themselves under many obligations 
to Col. J. L. Power for his interest in the Asylum which they'represent, as 
manifested by him whenever an opportunity offers to aid it. Also, Resolved, 
That the handsome donation of one thousand dollars is thankfully received, 
and highly appreciated, as it will relieve the necessities of the orphans for 
some months to come, and thereby remove a heavy burden from the ladies 
who have charge of them. Mrs. James Carradine, Secretary. St. Mary’s Asylum, Natchez, Oct. 27.—With hearts overflowing with 
gratitude we tender our sincere thanks for your more than generous res- 
ponse to our appeal in behalf of our orphans. We are the more indebted 
on this occasion, coming as it did from one of a different faith, which tes- 
tifies a disinterested and universal charity, rendering it thereby more 
pleasing to Almighty God, and highly appreciated by the sisters and 
orphans. Your kindness on this occasion will never be forgotten; and we 
can assure you, kind sir, that the prayers of the orphans will not fail to 
ascend daily to the throne of God for the benefactor who came so nobly to 
their aid in this their hour of trial. Sisters of Charity. 
Natchez, Feb. 14.—Words are inadequate to express the deep sense of 
gratitude due you for your noble response to the appeal of the Catholic 
orphans of Natchez, through the solicitation of our highly esteemed citi- 
zen, Col. E. Geo. DeLap. This generous donation, ($200) I will hand to 
the proper authorities of the two Catholic Asylums. This timely aid is 
very acceptable, and will greatly assist toward supplying their many wants. 
That God may shower on you His choicest blessings will be the daily 
prayer ascending to the throne of agree. May our Heavenly Father bless 
you for time and eternity, Mrs. Joseph Arrighi. 
Yaiden, Feb. 4. * * Your note of inquiry came yesterday, like a 
rift in a great cloud. * * Feb. 7.—A thousand thanks for your munifi- 
cent remittance. It has lightened and cheered my oppressed heart more 
than mere words can express. I praise God for the great and undeserved 
mercy He has thus extended me. I must thank Col. B. for sending in my 
name. I knew nothing of the existence of the Masonic Relief Fund, or if 
I had would probably have lacked the courage to make my own applica- 
tion. Enclosed please find receipt, and again I thank you in the name of 
my dead husband. 
—The husband of this lady died of yellow fever Oct. 7, contracting the 
disease whilst ministering to others. 
Waynesboro, March 7.—1 take pleasure in acknowledging the receipt 
of twenty-five dollars for Mrs. , who is the widow of a Master 
Mason, and in very destitute circumstances. I am sure that the amount 
will be sufficient to relieve her considerably, and that she and her little 
ones will thank Bro. Power and the Masons for their timely assistance. * 
* * March 20.—-I have supplied her immediate wants, and I must say 
that I experienced a small feeling of envy against you when I saw the 
gratitude of that poor, lonely, crippled widow with three small children. 
John F. McCormick, Grand Lecturer. 
Oxford, Feb. 17.—The eye moistens again this Monday morning, as I 
again read Miss IPs letter and your response. I never felt better in my life, 
than when I opened your letter and found the draft. I thoughtyou would give 
$25, and I would go to work to get $5O more here if I could. To-morrow 
her heart will bound with joy—she will not get my letter till then. How 
happy one poor soul will be! Your name will be blessed for this one act all 
around the circle of her acquaintance. I named it to two or three here, 
whose hearts'were lighter than before. J. M. Howry. 
Holly Springs, March 12.—I have your favor of 10th, advising of the 
forwarding remittance of $398 90 to National Park Bank, New York, for 
account of our Relief Committee, and in thus helping ns out of our em- 
barrassment, please accept our renewed thanks for this timely aid—adding, 
as it does, another item to the long list of favors of which we are your 
debtor. Addison Craft. National Park Bank, New York, March 12.—1t has given us much 
pleasure to receive this morning your esteemed letter of Bth, from one 
whose name was so frequently and prominently on our books in connection 
with the relief funds which we had the satisfaction to transmit for our 
neighbors and citizens during the prevalence of the epidemic; and we desire 
to acknowledge our appreciation of your prompt and friendly courtesy in 
the repayment, from your own fund, of the amount of our duplicate remit- 
tance, September 5, 1878, to Holly Springs, for account of Mayor Ely, of 
this city, $398 90, for which we have, by the same mail, cheque of our 
friends Messrs. J. &T. Green, as advised by you. We should be glad of 
an opportunity to personally meet and thank you upon some future occa- 
sion of your presence in New York. E. K. Wright, Cashier. 
Yazoo City, January 2.—Your favor is just received. The familiar 
envelope was no surprise, for I thought it some circular relating to the 
Grand Masonic bodies. But the contents were a very great and gratifying 
surprise, and I rise from my bed to express my thanks. * * I have been 
minute in giving you an idea of my condition and circumstances, to ena- 
ble you to judge for yourself with what a sense of relief, with what a burst 
of gratitude to you, secondarily, and to God primarily, your communica- 
tion was received. We can now hope to remove the burden of debt with- 
out trimming the borders of starvation in order to do so. We may even 
hope to deploy a few dollars for the purchase of wood, without which we 
cannot have either health or comfort. From the feeling of helpless want, 
we are transplanted to the feeling that “now we have all things and 
abound !” We thank Bro. Power, who so actively illustrates the teachings 
of Odd Fellowship and Masonry, and of Christianity, which is higher 
than both; and we thank the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, 
who has given Bro. Power such a heart. I know, though in a small way, 
since my means have been small, the blessedness of doing good to others. 
Then how happy ought you to be who so often do good and do so much— 
little, no doubt very little, when compared with your desires, yet much, 
very much, in fact. * * My wife read these letters with eyes burning 
with tears of gratitude. . 
Brandon, April 11.—Enclosed find receipt as requested. Mrs 
and daughter send you a thousand thanks. Without this kindly aid, they 
would probably have lost their home. Accept thanks and best wishes from 
your friend truly, Egbert Lowry. 
Vicksburg, Feb. 25.—Let me thank you for myself and little girl for the 
fifty dollars handed me by my friend Dr. Birchett. A greater favor, or one 
more acceptable, could not have been bestowed at the time, as we were 
very much in need. 
Natchez, March 25.—Your very kind donation was received through 
Mr. DeLap. I cannot say how grateful I feel for your remembering our 
family in their distress. * * At present we feel entirely dependant on 
pa’s Masonic brethren, who never forget the widow and the orphan. Again 
thanking you, I remain, with gratitude. 
West Point, Feb. 13.—Yours of recent date was duly received. Your 
remittance to Bro, J. H. L. G , for the benefit of his brother’s 
child was a truly appreciated surprise to him and the family connections; 
and the boy, if he lives, will be taught of the attention and care of his 
father’s beloved Order—the segis of widows and orphan children. The 
family are modestly grateful for the true Masonic Charity, and the frater- nity and friends of the Order, and of our esteemed deceased brother, will 
cherish fond and fervent recollections. The record of last year will inspire 
wonderfully all reasonable men with greater love for and zeal in the Order. 
* * * IV. F. Franks, W. M. 
Post Gibson, Jan. 27. * * I know there was not a member of both 
Orders who did not fully and gratefully recognize your untiring, constant 
efforts iu behalf of the suffering brethren, widows and orphans, through- 
out the fever-stricken district, and I assure you theve was many a poor 
widow’s heart made glad, and many, a child caused to rejoice over the aid 
thus enabled to be given them through your kindness and labors in their 
behalf-—not alone of those under our special care, but many of the poor 
without the gates. How noble and grand, how gracious and God-like 
loomed up the spirit of the Good Samaritan from the hearts of the people 
throughout the bread land. When dire distress befalls any portion of our 
common country, it seems to dispel all sectional strife, even political differ- 
ences are forgotten for the time, and the hearts of the people are permitted 
to speak untrammeled by prejudice and sectional dislikes, and the true 
spirit of fellowship and brotherly love prevails. What a wonderful dis- 
play of sympathy and charity was exhibited, during the prevalence of the 
fever. Our good friends were ever ready to give for our relief, even more 
than our actual wants required. For one I shall never forget the constant 
untiring kindness and sympathy of many dear stranger friends from 
abroad in our behalf, and we doubt not you have cause to know and acknow- 
ledge like favors. Jas. A. Gage. 
Pout Gibson, Miss., February 9, 1879. 
J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, Jackson, Miss.; Dear Sir and Pro.— 
I have been requested by the Masonic bodies of this town to convey to 
you their grateful appreciation of your generous remembrance of them 
during the gloomy period through which our people have just passed, and 
to assure you of their high sense of your great and noble services rendered 
not only to our Order but to humanity. As the chosen almoner of Ma- 
sonic bounty you have dispensed its charities with a discreet but ever 
open hand, and we cheerfully bear witness to the prompt and disinterest- 
ed manner in which the trust has been discharged. If we consider the 
wide field over which your duties extended, the almost universal distress, 
and the stern necessity for prompt and efficient relief, we can but be 
amazed at the systematic regularity with which those duties were per- 
formed. It only is to seasons of great public calamity that mankind is in- 
debted for its brighter manifestations of moral heroism. To the great 
calamity which has just passed over us, and left behind so many traces of 
death and sorrow we all owe a melancholy gratitude for having developed 
a character so honorable to Masonry and to humanity. Repeating the as- 
surance of the gratitude and admiration of your Masonic brethren, and 
sincerely wishing you the happiness your services so richly merit, I remain, 
Yours fraternally, Wm. B. Fulkerson, 
Committee appointed by Washington Lodge No. 3, Clinton Royal Arch 
Chapter, No. 2, Coeur de Lion Commandery, No. 13. 
Water Valley, Feb. 3.—(Resolutions by Water Valley Lodge, No. 
82, I. O. O. F.); Whereas, Our town was visited during four months of 
last year by a fearful epidemic, striking down many and carrying off six 
of our members, thus entailing upon our Lodge liabilities which it was 
totally unable to meet; and whereas, Bro. J. L. Power, R. W. Grand Treas- 
urer of Grand Lodge of Mississippi, nobly came to our relief; therefore, 
Be it resolved, That this Lodge duly appreciates the kindness of Bro. Power, and the thanks of each and every member arc hereby tendered to 
him. Resolved, further, That the Secretary be instructed to enter this 
action upon the minutes of the Lodge, and to furnish Bro. Power with a 
copy of the same. J. F. Duff, N. G. 
Tugs. W. Morgan, Secretary p. t. E. PI. Mims, V. G. 
Garner, Nov. I.—(Extract from report of Relief Committee) : Total 
receipts from J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, $800; from Hon. L. Q. C. 
Lamar, $25. Resolved, That the earnest and sincere thanks of this com- 
mittee, and of all the citizens of Garner and surrounding country be most 
gratefully tendered to Col. J. L. Power, Grand Secretary, Jackson, Miss., 
and through him to all Lodges of Masons and Odd Fellows for the noble 
generosity shown us during our great affliction; when, but for the pecuni- 
ary assistance thus sent to us, our troubles would have been greatly aug- 
mented, and we should have been entirely without means to defray the 
heavy expenses incurred during the epidemic. 
J. L. Combs, M. D., President. 
Greenville, Feb. 24.—Resolved, That we tender to Bro. J. L. Power, 
Grand Secretary, our heartfelt thanks for this timely and sorely needed 
help, and that we recognize and appreciate his unselfish and heroic labors 
during the epidemic of last summer, realizing the great indebtedness of 
our afflicted people to the brother whose fraternal appeal opened the great 
fountain of natural sympathy from which this wonderful benefaction pour- 
ed upon our land. A true copy from the minutes. 
F. Yalliant, W. M. Greenville Lodge, No. 20G. 
Theodore Pohl, Secretary. 
Greenville, Feb. 25.—(Resolution by Greenville Lodge, No. 94, I. O. 
O. F.) Resolved, That the thanks of this Lodge are hereby tendered Bro. 
J. L. Power, not only for this timely donation, obtained by his interces- 
sion from the Odd Fellows of the United States, but also for his noble 
efforts in behalf of suffering humanity while the pestilence raged. 
Chas. White, Secretary. 
Summit, March 21.—(From Summit Times); Many of our readers who 
feel an interest in the orphan children of Mrs. Lucie Strohecker—Jennie 
and Otho—will be delighted to learn that the übiquitous, ever generous 
and sympathizing Col. J. L. Power—true to his trust and obligations to 
his brother Masons, has taken these orphans a good part of their route to 
their aged grandmother, Mrs. Strohecker, in Charleston, S. C., and provid- 
ed for their safe conduct the remainder of the way. May Heaven’s choicest 
blessings, flowing responsive to the grateful prayers of widows and orphans, 
follow him through life and light his pathway through the dark valley of 
shadows when his good work is finished on earth. 
Charleston, S. C., March 13.—The children arrived safely on last Mon- 
daymorning. To say that we thank you for your generous kindness is to 
feebly express what I feel for all that your liberal help has done, not only 
for the orphans, but for the widow. Without your aid I was almost power- 
less to reach and protect my son’s children, and I felt unhappy in being 
unable to gratify my poor son’s often expressed wish that in case of his or 
his wife’s death his children should come to us. * * " When the chil- 
dren have become more settled, and have regularly commenced their life 
among their new surroundings, they themselves will write. Just now they 
can only thank you through myself. May God’s richest blessings rest on the kind hearts and homes that have spared from their abundance, to the 
help of the widow and the orphans. Mrs. H. Strohecker. 
Note.—The father of these children died several years ago at Summit. Their 
mother died of yellow fever at Canton. On being made acquainted with the 
wishes of their grandmother, funds were sent the W.'M. of Canton Lodge to pre- 
pare them for the journey. The Chicago, St. Louis & New' Orleans E. E. kindly 
furnished transportation to Grand Junction, and this writer provided for their trip 
to Charleston from the relief funds in his hands. 
From The Clarion, March 12. 
“Our associate, Colonel Power, went up the ro id last Friday morning in 
charge of four children, made orphans by the yellow lever. Two of them, 
Hattie and Archie McCallum, are now in Lima, Ohio. They were met. at 
Chicago by members of the Masonic fraternity, who kindly cared for them 
from Saturday till Monday morning. The other children, Virginia and 
Otho Strohecker, whose mother died of yellow fever at Canton, are now 
with their grandmother in Charleston, S. C. They were received and cared 
for in Atlanta by our former townsman, Mr. H. C. Daniels.” 
From Water Valley Courier, Dec. 21. 
A Generous Work.—Col. J. L. Power of Jackson, who has acted such 
a noble and faithful part in working up and disbursing funds from the 
various benevolent orders, as wTell as general relief fund to the yellow-fever 
stricken districts of the State, visited our city last week, on business con- 
nected with the same good work. In the management of the large funds 
intrusted to him from the various sources, he succeeded in reserving a very 
considerable sum of money, which he is now most wisely and prudently 
disbursing to the most destitute and needy orphans and widows in the dis- 
tricts visited by the epidemic. Col. Power is visiting these localities, and 
after consultation with leading citizens, and officers of the Masonic and 
Odd Fellow Lodges he makes such disposition of funds at his disposal as 
will meet the most pressing wants of the widows and orphans. Such was 
his mission here and many hearts are made glad indeed by his timely and 
most welcome visit. Many widows and orphans in Mississippi have cause 
of deepest gratitude to Col. Power, and the generous givers all over the 
country, who have placed these funds in his hands, for these timely and 
noble benefactions. And how grateful we should all feel when we can see 
these suffering and needy ones afforded aid which we cannot give. Col. 
Power has only been the faithful instrument for the disbursement of these 
funds, but he has done it wisely and well, and deserves the especial thanks 
of all our people. But the kindly spirit in which these funds were dona- 
ted tp our suffering, sick and dying ones, should and does warm all hearts 
with deepest gratitude, and make us all feel more kindly of our common 
humanity than we have ever done before. 
From Grenada Sentinel, Nov. 16. 
While we have no desire to overlook the memory of the worthy dead, we 
cannot forget that there are living men, some of whom were not so much 
exposed to the pestilence, who deserve all praise for their noble active ser- 
vices, and among this number we mention the name of J. L. Power, of the 
Clarion. When we saw that he was receiving and disbursing thousands 
of dollars weekly, from the Masons and Odd Fellows all over the Union, 
with no other guarantee of its proper use than his intelligence and honesty, 
we could but feel proud that on a printer had devolved one of the heaviest 
obligations and highest compliments developed by the strange fortunes of 
our suffering humanity. While his heart beat in tenderest sympathy for 
the sick, the dying and the dead, his head was level enough to know where 113 
to appropriate these large sums in behalf of his suffering brethren. It may 
be thought that we are anticipating results, and so we are, but when his 
final report is made, it will only elevate his character as a man, a Mason, 
an Odd Fellow and a Christian. 
From Holly Springs Reporter, Dec. 19. 
Col. J. L. Power, of the Clarion, was in town last week, looking after 
the destitute, rendering them relief, and gathering facts connected with the 
plague, for use in the history of the pestilence which he is preparing. He 
did noble work during the epidemic, and his labors in the cause of suffer- 
ing humanity have not yet ceased. 
To J. Ij. Power, Grand Secretary Masonic Fraternity of Mississippi: Dear 
Brother—The Members of this Lodge feeling it a sense of their duty to ex- 
press in some form their gratitude to you as the good Samaritan in their 
need, after the heavy cloud of affliction had passed, take this simple, but, 
we trust, lasting method of giving utterance to their feelings. 
While we, dear brother, rear no marble column to your honored name, 
yet within the temple of our hearts have built a shrine of remembrance 
dear, on which the sacred lights of our Order shall be kept burning in 
memory of the good dispensed at your hands to the bereaved widow and 
helpless orphan of our membership, who were cut down by the relentless 
hand of Death. Like the mighty oak of the forest were they shattered 
by the blighting bolt, and thus the tender vines of home, left subject to 
the mercies of every rude blast of sweeping wind of the cold charities of 
an unfeeling world, ’twas then that an Almighty hand in a mysterious way 
created in you the great physician to dispense the Balm of Gilead, to heal 
in part the stricken heart, and give comfort to the mourning soul. 
We, a few of the spared monuments of His mighty creation, bless you 
in our prayers, and do most humbly beseech Plis Almighty watch and care 
over you in life to come, as He has during the past year, when like an 
angel of mercy were you found, ministering to the wants of the afflicted 
and pouring the oil of joy, and giving words of consolation to those hearts 
made desolate by the fearful scourge. 
Hall of Rising Glory Lodge, 215, Osyka, Miss. 
To-day our hearts united raise 
A hymn of joy, a mead of praise; 
A prayer of faith in words, of love, 
To Him who rules, all things above. 
Then, dear Brother, receive in symplicity this letter of heartfelt thanks, 
and may Almighty God ever watch over and preserve you to a long and 
useful life; and may His richest blessings crown your every effort, is the 
prayer of your brethren of Rising Glory Lodge, No. 215; therefore be it, 
Resolved, That the name of Brother j. L. Power be enrolled upon the 
books of this Lodge as an honorary member; and, that the W. M. be 
authorized to procure, and cause to be framed, a photograph of our Broth- 
er, for and at the expense of the Lodge. 
Resolved, That a copy of the above be entered upon the minutes of this 
Lodge, and a copy be sent to the Summit Times for publication. 
M. Hart, Secretary. W. D. Davidson, W. M. 
An Appreciated Tribute.—The associates of Col. J. L. Power have 
seized the opportunity afforded by his temporary absence to reproduce in 
the Clarion the following appreciated, and (we who have had the best 
means of knowing will be excused for addins,) deserved tribute. It is due 
8 
From The Clarion. 114 
to him to say that human applause was not his object in performing the 
deeds that have inspired this tribute. It was a higher one, and is seen in 
the results which have attended his services to the poor, the lowly, tire sor- 
row-stricken in the hour of affliction. The distinguished authorship of tire 
subjoined communication enhances its value. Though it was published 
anonymously, we have readily discovered the marks of an eminent jurist 
who has illustrated in his own successful career that, 
“Honor and fame from no condition rise, 
Act well your part—there all the honor lies.” 
The distress and affliction in Vicksburg, Grenada, and other places, bring 
prominently before the country a name already known and associated with 
so many good works. I allude to Col. J. L. Power, of the Glaeion. There 
are hundreds of men whose names occupy conspicuous places, and the 
country is loud in their praises, who fall tar short of being so useful to 
their fellows, and who are not guided by so noble a philanthropy as he. It 
is not amiss to say that he was a poor Irish orphan boy, in Lockport, N. Y., 
-where he worked for a few years at the printing business. He came to 
Mississippi twenty-odd years ago, married and settled at Jackson. He has 
been connected with all the benevolent enterprises of the State, and is 
known everywhere as one of the most reliable, prompt and efficient busi- 
ness men in the State. In a quiet, unpretending way, he is always doing 
good to his fellow-man. He remained at Jackson, and through his efforts 
has collected thousands of dollars in all parts of the Union, and has judic- 
iously expended them to the great relief of the afflicted. To see him at 
work one would suppose “the world was his home, and to do good was his 
religion.” But he acts from well-defined religious principles, and is guided 
by the true faith of the humble Christian, being a consistent member of 
the Presbyterian church. He has long been a superintendent the Sabbath 
School, and attends all the convocations and conventions in that interest, 
that he may learn how to be more useful. A more unselfish man I never 
knew. Wherever there is a sorrow to soothe, a tear to dry, a mourning 
heart to be comforted, a charity to be bestowed, he will be there— 
Judge Mayers in the Corinth Hecord. 
“To do good by stealth and blush to find it fame.” 
A few years ago I witnessed his reception in the city of Lockport, where 
he had lived. It was truly an ovation. The officials of the city, editors, 
bankers, congressmen, ministers, lawyers, and indeed all the prominent 
men of the city, took pleasure in giving a cordial reception to the former 
orphan boy, whose conduct among them gave an earnest of his future use- 
fulness and whose career in the far South they had witnessed with such 
pride and pleasure. I think it but proper to hold up for the encourage- 
ment, and for examples to the rising generation, the successful career of 
such men in their works of true charity and benevolence. Though such 
rarely receive any reward here below, save the gratitude and love of the 
recipients of their favors and the respect of the few who know their true 
history; yet, in the “Sweet Bye and Bye” they will receive “a crown that 
fadeth not away.” 
It is not amiss to say that notwithstanding his labors as above stated, he 
carries on his business with perfect system, and is a most energetic and 
thorough business man. May God continue to bless him in his good works. 
Two Geeat Institutions.—Though Masonry and Odd Fellowship may 
differ as to their origin and age, there is one thing nobody will dispute, that 
they are each a mighty power in the land for good. So powerfully and 
harmoniously do they work together in the cause of humanity, that they 
From the' Grenada Sentinel. may be called the elder and junior sisters of human charity. While 
neither of them allow of proselytism, they have, in our yellow fever afflic- 
tions of this year, presented to the whole world, the grandest display of 
•charitable brotherhood ever witnessed upon earth. They have each risen 
in moral grandeur and social power as the necessities of our overwhelming 
troubles have demanded, for each have poured out their treasure to the 
suffering brethren of the South with unstinted liberality, and in every 
case, have cried out in tones that sent a thrill of joy and pride to their 
smitten brothers of the South : “We have more yeton hand if you need!” 
Will not this wonderful display of active benevolence and fraternal love, 
fill up the ranks of decimated orders in the South with our best young 
men as soon as the time arrives for quiet, safe intercourse? In fact, will 
not this mighty outflow of sympathy and relief be read of all men in our 
whole country, and prepare the way for that mighty chain of fraternal 
bonds, that in the end, will bind us together as a people in feelings and ob- 
ligations, stronger than political constitutions and civil compacts? 
Lesson oe the Late Epidemic.-—We have been deeply interested in 
the perusal of that part of Colonel Power’s report to the Grand Lodge, 
relating to the contributions to our late yellow fever sufferers by the Ma- 
sons and Odd Fellows throughout the country. If anybody has allowed 
any doubts or misgivings to rest upon his mind as to the real benevolence 
and nobility of purpose which animate these benevolent institutions, it 
seems to us, that he ought now to dismiss them forever as unworthy of a 
lodgment among liberal and just thoughts. The record which the Masons 
and Odd Fellows have made during the dark period of our suffering, is one 
of moral grandeur, and many, many are the grateful shower of tears which 
will fall upon and cause it to bloom long in the nursery of thankful hearts. 
No man can read the account of the transfer of little Horace Walters from 
New Orleans to San Francisco, under the all-protecting aegis of Masonry, 
without paying to the noble brotherhood who could perform this tender 
office so well the tribute of a tear in recognition of their goodness and 
touching charity. * * * * * * * * * * 
The lesson which we draw from this and other princely gifts from our 
Northern and Western brethren is, that when our people come to under- 
stand each other a strong bond of sympathy and fraternity is found to hold 
them together, and that this bond henceforward to be recognized and 
strengthened, so that all of our Union may serve as mutually 
protecting braces for the grand central column. 
From the Jackson Comet, February 1, 1879. 
College Station. Texas, April 12.—* * I congratulate you on your 
benevolent labors. They are more attractive to me than triumph of arms 
or the prestige gained by parliamentary success. Thos. S. Gathright. THE SOLID SOUTH. 
EMMETT L. ROSS. 
Awake ! awake, 0 sluggish Muse! 
If only for a while. 
And tune my harp to Homer’s lyre— 
Blind bard of Scio’s Isle— 
That I may sing in fitting words 
Songs of enduring praise 
To willing hands and noble hearts 
Who in affliction’s days, 
Poured out upon our sunny land 
Their stores of love and wealth 
That brought surcease to pestilence, 
And wooed back joyous health. 
The Solid South pours out her heart this bright, this glad New Year, 
And sends a message to all men, all nations far and near; 
A message draped with willow leaves, bedewed with holy tears 
Of widowed wife and orphaned child, sad youth and tottering years 
A message from her palaces, from cottage, hill and glade, 
From council halls, from field and farm, and busy marts of trade ; 
A message freighted down with love, with gratitude as great 
As ever woke a soul to arms, or bared a breast for State; 
A love that throbs in every heart, a gratitude that thrills, 
And breaks its bounds like waves that rush to sea from swelling rills. 
Some mother bending o’er the tomb that holds her cherished boy, 
Some stricken wife beside the grave where rests her girlhood’s joy, 
Some maiden weeping o’er the mound where troth and lover lie, 
Press back their sobs and in their prayers call blessings from on high 
Down on the heads, the hearts, the homes of those whose helping hand 
Brought succor to our stricken ones and saved our suffering land. 
The Southron’s hand that erstwhile drew his sabre from its sheath 
And dipped its blade in brother’s blood to win the patriot’s wreath, 
Now presses on a throbbing breast in pledge to self and God 
That Peace and Love shall ever reign where hostile armies trod. 
The fires "of hate that lit his soul, nor sword nor gun could quell— 
These yield to Love’s bewitching wiles, to Love’s all-conquering spell 
Deep in his heart is writ the name, the pure unselfish zeal 
Of him who dared the Saffron Foe, to conquer woe with weal. 
More holy task was never borne than that brave Benner tried ; 
No loss more great, no grief more deep, than when brave Benner died 
No gift in all the bounty sent, more rich, more rare in price, 
No words can compensate the boon—our Nations’s sacrifice, 
Ten million grateful hearts enshrine his memory in their breast, 
Ten million tongues his deed extol, invoke his spirit’s rest; 
A solid South reveres his name, his valor undefiled— 
One common country’s love will shield the Martyr’s wife and child. 
0, Great Jehovah, King of Kings ! 
Whose mighty hands control 
The fate of worlds, the works of men, 
And Time’s unceasing roll— 
Let blessings follow in the path 
Of Sorrow’s fading tread; 
Let comfort come to those who mourn 
And weep above their dead; 
Pour down unmeasured blessings, Lord, 
Thy choicest and thy best, 
To crown our brothers of the North 
And far-off East and West; 
Blot out the lines that would divide 
And desecrate our sod, 
Bind close our States, give us one Law, 
One Union, and one God. 
Canton, Miss., 1879. TRIBUTES TO THE DEAD 
Friend after friend departs; 
Who has not lost a friend? 
There is no union here of hearts, 
That finds not here an end. 
Were this frail world our final rest, 
Living or dying none were blest. 
Thus star by star declines, 
Till all are passed away, 
As morning high and higher shines 
To pure and perfect da}r; 
Nor sink those stars in empty night, 
But hicfe themselves in heaven’s own light. 
HARVEY W. WALTER, 
PAST GRAND MASTER, PAST GRAND HIGH PRIEST. 
In the stillness of the preceding night a few sparks of electricity flashed 
over the wires, and all the civilized world read on the morning of the 20th 
of September last, the brief, but to us who knew and loved him, inexpressibly 
sad message, “ Colonel Walter is amongst the dead of the past twenty-four 
hours.” The noble, brave-hearted man who had, on the breaking out of the 
great epidemic of 1878, stretched out his hands and bid all the affrighted 
refugees from fever-stricken points to come to Holly Springs as a place of 
refuge, lay dead, with his face to the foe. There were some of us tvhose 
hearts stood still as we read, and whose eyes filled with tears of anguish, 
and to whom it was a bitter day as to those in a lonely house from which 
loved ones had departed. We knew that he was ill, but had refused to 
believe that any harm could come to him; others might die, but surely our 
dear old friend would pass through the fire, as he had passed over a score of 
battle fields unscathed. “A thousand shall fall beside thee, and ten thou- 
sand at thy right hand, but it shall not come nigh thee,” were the words 
with which we comforted ourselves, when we learned that the dreaded fever 
had made its appearance at Holly Springs; but alas, we were doomed to 
experience a bitter disappointment. God’s ways are not our ways, and he 
took whom it seemed to Him best should be taken. Those of us who 
remain to set up the curtains of our Tabernacle, performing the duty which 
Freemasonry dictates, submitting, with resignation, to the Supreme Grand 
High Priest’s will, endeavor to place on record our estimate of his worth 
and to testify our affection for him. 
Companion Walter was born in Fairfield county, Ohio, on the 21st day of 
May, 1819, but a few years later his parents settled at Kalamazoo, Michigan, 
where his early years were spent. An unfortunate investment consumed 
his father’s entire fortune, and at the age of fourteen our Companion began 
the battle of life, which he thenceforth fought without parental assistance. 
Having completed his college course, he came to Mississippi, earning his 
living by teaching school, while preparing for his admission to the bar. 
Soon after receiving his license to practice law, in the year 1840, he located 
at Holly Springs, and from that time his name is inseparably interwoven 
with the history of Iris State and county. Prominent in all affairs of a pub- 
BRO. FREDERIC SPEED. lie nature, and a leader upon every occasion, where the public welfare was- 
concerned, he had little or no taste for political life and never sought office; 
it was the public good and not personal advancement which caused him to 
spend his time, talents and money, which he did with a liberal hand, when- 
ever occasion required it. In social affairs he was always a welcome and 
honored guest. In his church, a prominent and useful member. As a 
jurist, he stood first and foremost in a bar which was famous throughout the 
land for its learning and eloquence. As a soldier—though opposed to 
secession—-he was amongst the first during the unhappy war between the 
sections to enter the field, and he did not sheath his sword until the echoes 
of the last gun had ceased to reverberate. In all the relations of life, 
brave, true, just, generous, he was always the noble, honorable and kind- 
hearted gentleman, who thought less of himself than of others. 
In Masonry, as everywhere else, Companion Walter was distinguished 
above his fellows. Initiated, passed and raised in Holly Springs Lodge, No. 
35, in the year 1842, he rose to be Master in 1845. Present at, the first 
Annual Convocation of the Grand Chapter in 1847, as the representative of 
Wilson Chapter, No. 5, we find him filling the offices of Principal 
Sojourner and Captain of the Host in the Chapter for a number of years 
thereafter, until in 1859 he was elected Pligh Priest. Named as Generalis- 
simo in the dispensation to organize Holly Springs Cornmandery in 1858, 
he was afterwards Eminent Commander and continued unto the end an 
active and zealous Knight Templar. 
Companion Walter succeeded to the Grand Mastership on the death of 
Grand Master Yannatta, in 1844, and for more than thirty-five years was 
one of the most prominent, active and efficient members of the Grand 
Lodge. In 1874, he was elected Most Puissant Grand Master of the Grand 
Council and served in that capacity two years. In 1867 and 1877 he served 
the Grand Chapter in the capacity of Grand High Priest and was its Rep- 
resentative. at the General Grand Chapter in 1877. 
In the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite, Companion Walter had 
attained to the Degree of Sublime Prince of the Royal Secret, 32°. 
Thus it will be seen how great was the service Companion Walter rendered 
to Freemasonry, in all its branches, and we are enabled to realize the measure 
of the calamity it sustained when he was taken from its council chambers. 
As he said of another, so we can say of him : “His loss would have been to 
us irreparable, had he not bequeathed to us an invaluable legacy in the 
example of virtue and piety, which his life so eminently exhibited. I may 
say with truth, that his knowledge of Masonry was .such as to make him 
the brightest ornament of our Order, while his devoted attachment to its 
tenets and his daily practice of its precepts had rendered him one of its 
most exemplary members. As a man and as a Mason, he ever squared his 
actions by the teachings of Divine Revelation and ever consulted that great 
Masonic Trestle Board in all his relations with his fellow-man.” 
Thus, Companions, day by day, as journeying along the rough and rugged 
paths of life, we pitch our tents and set up the tabernacle of the Lord, we 
find the company with which we set out growing smaller, and new and 
strange faces come and stand in their places, but as we draw nigh to the 
brink of the river, we shall behold upon the other shore the dear friends 
for whom we grieve, beckoning us to cross over and join them in the 
eternal spring time of the life beyond the grave.— 
“As distant lands beyond the sea, 
When friends go thence, draw nigh; 
So Heaven, when friends have thither gone, 
Draws nearer from the sky. 
“And as those lands the dearer grow, 
When friends are long away; 
So Heaven itself, through loved ones dead, 
Grows hearer, day by day.” EXTRACT FROM ADDRESS BY PAST GRAND MASTER JAS. M. HOWRY AT 
DODGE OF SORROW. 
Our Brother, Past Grand Master Walter, was one of those who favored 
the hospitable reception of refugees from Memphis, Grenada, Vicksburg and 
other infected districts, and opposed the quarantine. He saw the mistake 
lie had made, when too late! Pie hurried his beloved wife and their 
youngest children off, choosing to remain, together with his three eldest 
sons, and share the fate of those who remained in the doomed city ! 
The happy family thus separated will never amain be re-united this side of 
the river. 
Bro. Walter came to Mississippi in 1840, located in Holly Springs, and 
by industry and perseverance, soon took position as a successful lawyer. 
The country was new, fresh and rich, and the field inviting to young men 
of talent and enterprise, of which Bro. W. availed himself, lie married 
an accomplished and amiable lady, daughter of Col. James Brown, of 
Oxford, and they reared the three noble boys, already mentioned, to man- 
hood, and the wife and six children, minors, were left to mourn the loss of 
husband, father and brothers. He was distinguished for his zeal in every- 
thing he undertook. He never sought office, though he was voted for by 
his party friends once for Governor. He bore an active and efficient part 
in the establishment of the Mississippi Central Railroad, and for the last 
few years was a Trustee of the State University. He was the friend of ed- 
ucation and all enterprises which tended to promote the public good. His 
Masonic career was a brilliant one. He was admitted a member of Holly 
Springs Lodge at an early day, and in 1845 was elected Senior Grand 
Warden of the Grand Lodge of Mississippi. He was made Deputy Grand 
Master, and he succeeded to the Grand Mastership, by the death of Bro. 
Yannatta. ' 
He presided over his Lodge, Chapter and Council at Holly Springs, and 
was elected Grand High Priest, and Most Puissant Grand Master of the 
Grand Council of the State within the last few years. He assisted in or- 
ganizing a Commandery of Knights Templar over which he presided, and 
was a zealous member of the Templar Order. To the day of his death he 
manifested his devotion to our beloved Order upon all occasions. In the 
Grand Bodies, he was always placed on important committees, and was 
recognized as an active, intelligent and useful member, much respected 
and beloved by his brethren. We could dwell on the life and character 
of Brother Walter as a man and a Mason, but others claim our at- 
tention and we must let this suffice. We will add, however, that the cir 
cumstances of his death and burial, and those of his three noble sons, were 
indescribably sad. They grappled with the monster about three weeks 
and but a short time intervened between their deaths. The father and 
one son were buried by the two sons and a servant alone. The two last, 
Frank and James, were taken sick and died about the same time, and 
were carried to their last resting place by two faithful colored men. No 
wife or mother, brother or sister to iollow them—no requiem or funeral 
obsequies performed by mourning friends! How sad—how solemn the 
thought! 
From Jackson, (Miss.,) Clarion, Sept. 21.] 
Harvey W. Walter, of Holly Springs, Past Grand Master and Past 
Grand High Priest of the Masonic Order—lawyer, statesman, soldier, 
patriot, Christian—is no more. He fell at his post in the discharge of the 
sacred offices of humanity. In all the experience of a long and honorable 
career, the pole-star of his life was duty. Mississippi mourns the loss of 
one of her noblest sons. THE MASONIC DEAD OP VICKSBURG AND 
WARREN COUNTY. 
Extract from the Oration of Bro. Frederic Speed, at the Lodge of Sorrow, Oko- 
lona, January 15, 1879. 
Aye, Sir, another year has passed away like an unbidden guest, and 
sunk into the gloom and darkness of the past, unregretted ; and we are 
again assembled round the altar of Masonry to renew the pledges of broth- 
erly love and affection, to extend to each other the hand of fraternal greet- 
ing and salutation ; but the season usually consecrated to festive enjoyment 
is overcast with clouds of funereal darkness, and our hearts are filled with 
anguish as we resume our labors, for, alas! death and the dead are with 
us again, and we mourn grievously the loss of many dear friends, for whose 
familiar faces which were wont to greet us with smiles, and to cheer and 
gladden us in the work of building the House of the Lord, we shall hence- 
forth look in vain. 
It is well that we should pause in our labors to commune with the spirits 
of the master workmen who have been called by the voice of the Grand 
Warden from the labors of the earthly Lodge to refreshment in the Heaven- 
ly Temple of our God. It has been tritely said, that, wTe live only to lose 
those we love, and to see our friends go away out of our sight, and this is 
the penalty we pay for living the few brief years which shall swiftly glide 
under our feet before we, too, shall join the innumerable caravan and cross 
the dark river of death. 
Bruised and bleeding from the many wounds which a heavy calamity has 
inflicted upon us, we are not yet sufficiently composed to contemplate with 
calmness the fearful wreck and ruin which death has wrought, or to make 
choice of words adequate to express our love for those upon whose hearts 
he has laid his icy fingers, and stilled their beatings forever. Stunned by 
the magnitude of the blow, we cannot realize that we shall see and hear 
our friends no more ; that wre cannot go to them or they come to us, until 
we, too, shall take the last sublime degree, and enter through the portals 
of the tomb into the Grand Lodge, where death is the Tyler, and the Su- 
preme Grand Master of heaven and earth presides. 
If there beany of you to whom the memory of those of whom we shall 
speak is not dear, I pray you to bear with us while we mourn above this 
symbol, representing those in which there reposes all that wTas earthly of 
many dear friends. 
On the 20th day of July last, a powerful steamer stemmed the tide of 
the the mighty “Father of Waters,” as it rushes forward to unite its waters 
with those of the ocean, carrying a cargo which was destined to destroy 
thousands of human lives, and to desolate many hearthstones. With each 
pulsation of her huge engines, death drew nearer and nearer to the doomed 
cities of the Mississippi Valley, until, on the 23d day of the same month, 
it landed before the city of Vicksburg, pausing to bury some members of 
its crew, end to ask aid for others dying from the effects of a fever which 
baffled the skill of the physician and annihilated all previously formed 
theories of medical science. From the city hospital, whose doors have 
always opened to admit the distressed, to which the first victims were car- 
ried, the poisoned germs of disease spread in all directions, and a scene of 
utter woe and desolation began, which baffles all description, even were it 
our purpose to narrate its history. All who could do so, and who were not 
detained by the promptings of duty, immediately fled to places of suppos- 
ed safety. Those who remained prepared themselves as best the could to 
battle bravely for the lives ot friends, the poor and helpless. At once there sprang into being an association composed of as gallant spirits as ever stood 
where, 
“The cannon mouthings loud 
Heave in wild wreaths the battle shroud 
And gory Sabres rise and fall 
Like sheets of flame on midnight’s pall,” 
or where 
“Death, careering on the gale, 
Sweeps darkly round the bellied sail, 
And frightened waves rush wildly back 
Before the broadside’s reeling rack.” 
All ranks and classes of society volunteered, and brave men vied with 
each other in the work of ministering to the sick, preparing the dead for 
the grave, and consoling the bereaved. There were none to 
“Ask the brave soldier who fights by side, 
In the cause of mankind if our creeds agree,” 
or to 
“Give up the friend I have valued and tried, 
If he kneel not before the same altar with me.” 
Class distinction, religious and social prejudices vanished in an instant, 
and as if by magic the social gulf, heretofore deemed impassable, disap- 
peared. Many of the gallant souls which were enrolled under the banner 
inscribsd with the name of the philanthropist “Howard,” went down in the 
struggle which ensued. God rest them and grant that they may have 
washed .themselves pure from the contaminations and stains contracted in 
the journey of life by their last supreme act of self-abnegation. To die 
for their fellows, was indeed a glorious death—for “Greater Love hath no 
man than this: that he lay down his life for his friends.” 
Wor. Bro. Thurston J. Thompson was the first Mason to fall in the 
city of Vicksburg, his death having occurred on the tenth day of August, 
in the 59th year of his age. Brother Thompson was ane of the most use- 
ful and zealous members of the fraternity, as the following record shows. 
It is not known in what Lodge he was initiated, but he affiiliated with Bo- 
vina Lodge, No. 132, in 1851 ; and wras its Senior Deacon during the years 
1852, 1853, and 1830; Senior Warden in 1854, Master in 1853, 1857 and 
1858. He dimitted in 1838 and affiliated with Walnut Hills Lodge, No. 
194, in 1870; was its Senior Warden in 1871 and 1875; Master in 1876 and 
1877, and held the office of Senior Deacon at the time of his death. One 
of the officers named in the dispensation to organize John Hebron Chapter 
No. 71, in the year 1859, he continued to fill various stations of importance 
in Royal Arch Masonry up to the time of his death, when he was Excel- 
lent King of Vicksburg Chapter, No. 3. A Royal and Select Master of 
many years standing, he had filled many offices in the Council and at the 
time of the incorporation of the Councils into the Chapter, was Secretary 
of Vicksburg Council, No. 2. Brother Thompson’s name appears upon the 
first return of Magnolia Commandery, No. 2, in 1858, and here, as else- 
where, be proved an eminently useful member, having held various offices 
in Templar Masonry. But few Masons have such a record, and the bare 
recital demonstrates in the strongest possible manner how great was the 
loss sustained by the Fraternity in its first victim claimed by the epidemic 
of 1878. A man of inflexible honesty, and having an undisguised con- 
tempt for all the shams and subterfuges of life; in business, his promise 
was never known to be broken. Strong willed and uncompromising he was 
always just and honorable. Warm in his attachment to his friends, he 
avoided taking many into his confidence, and preferred the society of a few 
genial spirits to mixing with the multitude. Hence he was seldom found 
away from his business, and when ho was, the Lodge room was generally 
the attraction, no meeting occurring at which he was not present, when in health. Others may hold, hut they cannot fill the place he occupied in 
our bodies, and many years will probably pass away before we shall 
find another equally zealous and efficient, God grant that he may have 
received “the white stone with a new name written,” which shall insure 
perpetual and unspeakable happiness in the Supreme Grand Lodge. 
August 20th Bro. J. P. Allen' fell the 45th in year of his age. Although 
Brother Allen had not affiliated with any of our bodies, he had not ceased 
to take in interest in the welfare of the traternity, and in one of his last 
conversations with the speaker expressed his regret that he had not availed 
himself of the privilege of Lodge membership. Brother Allen was a 
genial and kind hearted man who never permitted himself to speak ill of 
others. As a journalist he was painstaking and conscientious, and strove 
to discharge the duties of his calling with justice and fairness to all. He 
will be remembered kindly by all who were privileged to know him. 
September 2d, there died a young but very zealous and promising Brother, 
Charles H. Nathan, aged 26. Brother Nathan at the time of his death 
was the Treasurer of William IT. Stevens Lodge, No. 121, and of the Royal 
Arch Chapter. A man of sensitive temperament, who mixed but little 
with the affairs of the world, preferring his books and scientific investiga- 
tion, he was cut down just as he was entering upon a career of great use- 
fulness. 
Brother J. T. Tenney, a member of one of the Boston Lodges, stationed 
at the time at Vicksburg, as one of the Signal Corps observers, died on the 
4th day of September. At the breaking out of the epidemic Brother Ten- 
ney refused to abandon his post of duty, although permission was granted 
to him by his superiors to do so. During the two years of his sojourn in 
Vicksburg he had made many friends who found in him a warm hearted 
and genial companion, and his aged parent in his distant home was not the 
only mourner when his noble son yielded up his life. 
Brother P. F. Whitehead, M. D., avlio was not affiliated and probably 
known as a Mason to but few of his intimates, died on the sth day of Sep- 
tember, was a physician of rare attainments, and stood very high in his 
profession. Universally respected and greatly esteemed for his sterling 
qualities as a man and citizen, he died regretted by all classes of the com- 
munity. 
On the 7th of September, Reverend Brother Bernard H. Gotthelf, 
minister of the Hebrew congregation, yielded up his spirit to the God who 
gave it. Engrossed in the many cares incident to his spiritual charge, 
Brother Gotthelf had not, although a resident of Vicksburg for the past 
seven years, affiliated with any of our Lodges, but we had frequent occa- 
sion to know that he retained his interest in the Masonic institution, and 
his sermons testified that he found in its teachings much in common with 
the ancient creed whose precepts he enjoined upon his hearers. Brother 
Gotthelf was in his sixtieth year at the time of his death. The greater 
portion of his life had been devoted to the highest interest of others, and 
for the space of twenty years he had ministered in spiritual things to one 
congregation. The unbounded sorrow his death occasioned demonstrated 
how firm a hold he had upon the affections of his people. And not alone 
by Hebrews, but by those of all religions was his death deplored, for, by 
his broad and liberal views, he had won his way into the respect and esteem 
of all classes of his fellow citizens. 
Brother James Warrington, who died September Bth, was Junior Dea- 
con of Vicksburg Lodge, No, No. 26, in 1875, and Senior Deacon in 1876. 
A man of kindly, generous impulses, he will be missed by a large circle of 
friends. 
Brother J. B. Norris, of Chattanooga, Tennessee, a volunteer physician 
who hastened to relieve the sufferings of the fever stricken people of Vicks- 
burg, offered up his life a sacrifice upon the altar of humanity, on the tenth day of September, aged 32 yerrs. We know but little of the story of this bro- 
ther’s life, but those who came in contact with him as he passed from house to 
house ministering to the sick and the dying, speak in highest terms of him 
and the general demonstration of sorrow by the people of Chattanooga, 
upon the reception of the news of his death, evinces the esteem with which 
he was regarded by those who knew him best. Though we cannot give his 
record as a Mason, the last act of his life testified beyond the power of 
words how deeply imbued he was with the grand Masonic idea of the 
brotherhood of man. Gladly we weave a wreath of laurel and olive to 
twine around the memory of the stranger brother, in testimony of our 
gratitude for the great sacrifice he made in our behalf. In his distant home 
amongst the mountains he sleeps with his friends and kindred, but the 
great river, as it winds its way onward to the sea, sings for him a perpetual 
requiem, and so will it ever be for the brave and the noble upon life’s 
great battle-field. 
One of the heroes of the epidemic was Brother Charles F. Taffe, who 
died on the eleventh day of September, aged 85 years. Brother Taffe, on 
the breaking out of the epidemic, fitted up a volunteer ambulance and 
was constantly employed in carrying the destitute sick to the hospital. 
Writing to his partner in business a few days before his death, he said : “ I 
know I have done wrong in taking this money, (a few hundred dollars of 
partnership funds,) but I could not stand still and see the poor creatures 
suffering round me for want of a few dollars, when I had them in my pocket. 
If I die you can get the money back out of my insurance, and if I live we 
can "work it out all right again.” Noble-hearted and brave man, he died as 
truly for his fellow man as ever did a soldier on the held of battle, or a 
martyr at the stake. He gave his all—his life—for the poor and the friend- 
less. 
Brother George F. Heflinger, aged 30 years, who was Junior Warden 
of Walnut Hills Lodge, No 494, in 1377, died September seventeenth. 
Brother Heflinger wras a bright and active Mason, an honest and upright 
man, who loved his friends and delighted to serve them. His presence at 
our assmblics will be greatly missed, and a void is left, by his death, in a 
large circle of friends, of which he was the centre. 
September 20th, 111. Bro. William Anker Fairchild, a Sublime 
Prince of the Royal Secret 32°, who was born in the city of New York, 
July 14th, 1888, died, aged 41 years. Brother Fairchild was, at the time 
of his death, the presiding officer of Charles Scott Council Princes of Jeru- 
salem, Prelate Magnolia Commandery, No. 2, Grand Master of the 3d Vail, 
Vicksburg R. A. Chapter, and Secretary of Vicksburg Lodge, No. 26. He 
had presided over all the bodies of the York Rite, the Lodge of Perfection, 
and as Grand Commander of Knights Templar in the State of Mississippi. 
In all the walks of life Brother Fairchild was an eminently useful man; in 
business circles, and in social life he was first and foremost in every good 
work. Open-hearted and generous to a fault the poor found in him a sym- 
pathetic friend, who denied no worthy applicant. No labor was too great, 
nor burden too heavy for him to bear in the cause of humanity. Brother 
Fairchild will long survive his funeral in the affections of all who knew 
him, and none who have fallen before the Southern pestilence will be more 
sincerely mourned by all classes of the community, amongst whom all the 
years of his manhood were spent. 
Wor. Brother Daniel A. Cameron, Past Master of Bovina Lodge, No. 
112, and Past High Priest of John Hebron Chapter, No. 71, who died Sep- 
tember 28th, though well stricken in years, never ceased to love and revere 
Masonry. And although he came to his “grave in full age, like a shock of 
corn cometh in his season,” there were few who had known the kind heart- 
ed old man did not deplore his loss. The familiar face and cordial greet- 
ings of this venerable brother, have been seen and heard for the last time, but we dare to hope that after life’s trials and disappointments he has 
found rest in the “house not made with hands eternal in the Heavens.” 
A kind friend, a good neighbor and an honest and upright man died 
when Brother A. Alexander closed his eyes to sleep the sleep of death, 
on the second day of October, in the 57 th year of his age. A Mason of the 
old school, he was the associate of Stevens and Manlove in the early days 
of Hill City Lodge, No. 121, and delighted to relate incidents of his Ma- 
sonic contemporaries of twenty-five years ago, who alas, have nearly all 
passed away. Many pleasing thoughts are associated with his memory, and 
there were many who were not of his household who mourned for him. 
Brother Reynauld Kalmback, who was for many years the Secretary 
of one of the Lodges in Hermann, Missouri, and who had but recently 
changed his Lodge membership to William H. Stevens Lodge, No. 121, died 
on the Bth of October, aged 45 years. An active and an earnest man, he 
pushed forward every work he undertook with intelligence and determina- 
tion, and it was through no fault of his that when his sun set, his family 
were not left with a competency. Several successive years failure of the 
grape crop in Missouri, in which he had embarked his entire fortune, com- 
pelled the abandonment of the vineyards he had planted, and when he re- 
turned to Vicksburg it was to begin life’s struggle anew. His friends know 
with what heart and courage he endured adversity, and they were rejoicing 
that the clouds had began to dissipate, when death stretched forth his icy 
fingers and laid them upon his heart. Affectionate and kindly in his dis- 
position, he loved his family and friends, and found his chief pleasures fn 
their company. With no enemies and many friends, he passed away hon- 
ored and respected by all who knew him. 
Brother Jones S. Wilkins, of Bovina Lodge, No. 115, died October 9th, 
aged 33 years. This brother entered with a degree of zeal and unselfish 
devotion into the work of succoring his fellow citizens, which entitles him 
to the highest possible praise which we are capable of bestowing, and re- 
gardless of danger to himself he sought out the sick and did not relinquish 
his endeavors until the fatal disease had progressed so far in his own sys- 
tem that he was beyond the reach of medical skill, when his strength failed 
him and he returned to his home to die. Brave, patient and gentle, he 
rests in a hero’s grave, upon which an oaken wreath, symbol of victory, 
should ever remain, for he triumphed over the fear ol disease and death in 
going about doing good to the suffering and dying people of Iris neighbor- 
hood. 
October 13th, Brother J. Wilson Conklin, who was formerly a very 
active and zealous member of William H. Stevens Lodge, died, aged 44. 
An amiable and genial man, he had many friends to weep over his bier. 
Brother Benjamin C. Bookout, who died at his plantation on the Ya- 
zoo River on the 17th day of October, aged 40 years, was an active mem- 
ber of William IT. Stevens Lodge, No. 121, the Royal Arch Chapter and 
Magnolia Coramandery, and a well known citizen. From his youth, prom- 
inently connected with the steamboat lines of the Yazoo Valley he had 
many sincere friends who respected his sterling integrity, manhood and 
many goad qualities. Generous and charitable in an eminent degree, he 
had assisted many a poor and forlorn shipwrecked brother through the 
breakers of life, and there were many prayers breathed when he embarked 
upon the voyage through the river of death, for his safe arrival in the har- 
bor, where there are no more storms and the weary are at rest. 
A kind hearted and amiable old man, who wronged himself more than 
others, George W. Edwards, died October 23, aged Gl. Brother Ed- 
wards was a member of one of the New York City Lodges, and died regret- 
ted by a large circle of friends and acquaintances who were attracted by 
his many quaint and humorous ways. 
Wor. Brother William E. Monett, M. D., Past Master of Highland Lodge, No. 113, and a member of the Chapter and Commandery at Vicks- 
burg, who died in his forty-fourth year, was greatly beloved not only by 
the brethren, but by all who were privileged to know him. As a physician 
he enjoyed not only the confidence of his patients but also of the members 
of his profession. Hearty and generous in his nature he had many sin- 
cere friends who grieve at his loss and with whom his memory will ever 
remain fresh and green. 
Wor. Bro. John W. Hullum was also a Past Master of Highland Lodge, 
No. 113; a just and upright man, he enjoyed during a long life the esteem 
and confidence of all his fellow citizens. 
Brother C. V. D. Riddle, of William H. Stevens Lodge, No. 121, died, 
aged 37 years. Brother Riddle had but recently taken up his residence at 
Vicksburg, but he had been long enough amongst us to win the confidence 
and respect of all who had formed his acquaintance. 
Bovina Lodge, No. 112, sustained further loss in the death of Brothers 
S. B. Wall, R. W. Chappell, J. B. Johnson, J. W. Finch, and H. S. 
Featherston, all of them valuable and useful members of the community 
in'which they resided and true to their Masonic duties and obligations, the 
brethren will honor the places of their resting, with violets and garlands 
of flowers. 
Thus, sir, the long sad list is completed, and the taiF assigned, by your 
kind partiality is finished, but oh 1 how imperfectly has the duty been 
performed ! Gladly would we have dwelt at greater length upon the virtues 
and good qualities of the many dear friends of whom we have spoken, and 
more especially of those of whom we have been compelled to speak but a 
single sentence, in order to bring this feeble tribute within the limit al- 
lowed to us—for it is very pleasant to think and speak kind words in taking 
a last, long farewell of so many with whom it has been our privilege to toil 
in life’s busy hive. All of them were bound to us by ties which can never 
be broken, and some were our daily associates and intimate friends, whose 
memories can never fade so long as life shall last, and who will ever con- 
tinue to beckon us from the other shore of the river, to cross over and join 
them in the eternal spring time of the life beyond the grave. 
Brethren, in a few more summers we shall cease to hear death repeating 
into our ears the summons to reap and to bind ; our sheaves, whether they 
contain chaff or grain, will soon have to be submitted for the inspection of 
the Master Overseer. But we shall not, cannot die : 
“Immortality o’er sweeps 
All pains, all tears, all time, all fears—and peals 
Like the eternal thunders of the deep, 
Into my ears this truth, thou liv’st forever.” 
Let us then, standing here in the presence of this coffin, representing 
those in which the remains of our brethren shall peacefully repose, until 
the earth and the sea shall give up their dead, ijenew the solemn obligations 
of Masonry, not only to to the dead, but also to the living. Where, and 
under what more deeply affecting circumstances, can we find place and 
opportunity to resolve to maintain, with greater assiduity, the tenets of our 
profession, than here in this Temple, dedicated to the service of the living 
God, and in the symbolical presence of this vast array of dead brethren, 
whose memories we can never cease to cherish. “ Our duties to the dead 
will not cease with these sad ceremonies, though their warfare with the 
calamities and sorrows, the reverses and disappointments, the wrongs and 
oppressions of this world are over, the tie which binds us to them is not 
broken assunder, their causes are still our causes, their memories and repu- 
tations we are to watch over and guard with zealous care, and we are to give protection and assistance to any whom they left destitute or unpro- 
tected, or who suffering wrong or injury may appeal to us in their names.” 
Thus shall we reap the golden grain, which shall purchase unto ourselves 
a good reward in the day when we shall meet our brethren again before 
the great white throne and answer unto them for any neglect to keep not 
only the letter but the spirit of all our sacred covenants with them. 
And now, having renewed our obligations to the dead, let us leave them 
to sleep on until the great reaper, death, shall be swallowed up in victory; 
though our voices cannot reach them, nor our feeble tributes bring forth 
a single response, yet can we say to life’s great jailor, the grave, 
“Thine for a space are they ; 
Yet shaft thou yield thy treasures up at last; 
Thy gates shall yet give way ; 
Thy bolts shall fall—Inexorable past.” 
THE MASONIC DEAD OP GRENADA. 
Address of Gen. G. Y. Freeman, Past Master of Grenada Lodge, No. 31, before 
the Grand Lodge of Sorrow at Okolona, January 15, 1879. 
Most Worshipful Grand Master and Brothers: 
On behalf of Grenada Lodge, No. 31, it becomes my mournful duty to 
recount the loss of many of our beloved brothers—but to be able, as I am, 
to testify to their sterling worth and many virtues, is to me a source of 
greatest pride and pleasure. 
I have no words aptly to portray the true characters, the pleasing attri- 
butes and the genuine merit of our noble dead. Now that they have gone 
from us forever, I can say, if you could have known them just as they 
lived among us, from the hearts of all here would come a tribute to their 
memories, more beautiful than any minstrel’s lay or speaker’s tongue could 
offer. 
The silent “heart worship” of brother for his brother who has gone to 
“that bourne from whence no traveler returns,” gone in honor and in duty, 
would rear to them a monument “not made with hands,” no pile ot mar- 
ble bearing mere empty epitaphs and formal phrases of praise, but a mon- 
ument whose base is love, whose shaft is respect, whose only inscription is 
“our loss is their eternal gain.” 
The occasion affords me no opportunity to even epitomize the lives or 
Masonic history of the many deceased brethren of whom I would speak. 
But I would ask you to go back to the time, less than a year ago, when 
this Grand Body held its regular stated Grand Communication in the little 
city of Grenada, upon the invitation of Grenada Lodge. 
Many now here, there received the fraternal greetings of the members of 
that Lodge, and mingled with them in the social circles. The mystic 
links of Masonic fellowship, which had united these brethren, thus thrown 
together,were warmed by contact and welded into stronger bonds of union. 
When your labors were ended and your faces turned homeward, no thought 
of the dire future, no glimpse of the dreadful death angel marred the 
fresh memories of our recent pleasant intercourse, but we separated with 
renewed and brightened hopes for the future advancement of our Order, 
and the welfare of all our brethren. Grenada Lodge gathered new strength 
and a fresh impetus from its contact with this Grand Body. It began the 
new Masonic year with every prospect of success and with every hope of 
prosperity. But in a few short months, what a frightful change! What a 
calamitous result! There came a dreadful pestilence, a pitiless destroyer, whose mission was as mysterious as his mode of deadly warfare. No place 
was secure from his approach ; the palace of the rich and the hovel of the 
poor were both tlie scenes of his fatal work. The strong and the weak, the 
scoffer and the devotee, the Christian, the ungodly, alike sank down before 
him in his march of death. The sacred temple of Masonry was no asylum, 
exempted from the awful “death levy,” but from our Lodge were taken 
the truest and the best—the “light” from the “east,” the strength from 
the “west” and “beauty” from the “south.” When this unequal contest 
began between a mysterious and malignant enemy of unknown power and 
untold strength on the one side; and humanity, weak and helpless on the 
other, there were two of our brothers who were very prominent members 
of the noble profession of medicine, brothers Edward W. Hughes and 
William W. Hall. In the faithful discharge of their duties, they man- 
fully battled with all their skill and energy for the relief of the suffering 
people around them. When the hour of that fearful pestilence grew dark- 
est, when death seemed poised on every breath, when human skill and all 
man’s efforts to relieve his fellows appeared but the vainest mockeries, and 
people were fleeing for their lives in terror—these brothers quailed not, but 
bravely struggled with the deadly foe, when it seemed that no man could 
face him and live. 
When the city of Pompeii was disinterred from the silent tomb, where 
for 1700 years it lay buried, it is said at its gates and at the post of duty 
appeared the forms of the Roman sentry. In that awful day, when the 
raging volcano belched forth, in appalling grandeur, a flaming winding 
sheet for the doomed city; when the very air was filled with liquid fire, 
and the streets and gates thronged with terrified inhabitants seeking safety 
in flight, those guards heroically stood at their posts and bravely met their 
certain death, because in that agony and peril, no relief came, no permis- 
sion to escape. But were these disciplined subjects of Imperial Rome, who 
perished in the performance of their duty as understood by them, any 
more heroes than those whose names I have mentioned, who fell martyrs to 
their duty when death seemed inevitable? 
Farewell, brave brothers ! We can but believe that you who lived so 
well and died so nobly have been “called off” to fill places of higher trust. 
Among the fallen is brother Avery P. Saunders, one of the most en- 
lightened and zealous Masons I ever met. In his daily pursuits, in social 
and mental habits, he was a plain, blunt man—unassuming and unosten- 
tatious ; but his intellect seemed shaped for Masonic investigation, and he 
roamed in the expansive fields of Masonic lore with all the ease and cer- 
tainty of an accomplished scholar. His thorough familiarity with the 
laws, rules and regulations of the Grand and Subordinate Lodges was truly 
wonderful; his perfect knowledge of the secret work of the Order and his 
aptness in conferring degrees were equally remarkable. None ever ap- 
proached the altar of Masonry with assistance from that old man, who did 
not, as if by magic catch from his very utterance some of his own enthu- 
siasm and zeal. Plis unpretending avocation as an undertaker in the town 
made his position one of peculiar peril and importance during this dread- 
ful visitation, but he filled it like a hero, and his courage strengthened as 
the dangers increased. By his hand were many of our brothers buried, 
and who knows but during his sad and lonely mission to the burial 
ground, in the heart of that devoted old Mason and Past Master were 
murmured overtire bodies of his deceased brothers, the funeral services of 
the Order, which to him were so familiar. Who can tell but in the citv 
of the dead, with its many new made graves, and the air around laden 
with the poison of death, these mounful words were spoken at each Mason’s 
open grave when the clods fell upon the coffin lid, “Earth to earth, ashes 
to ashes, dust to dust, and the spirit to the God who gave it.” 
It happens so that on members of our Order fell tire duty of burying all who died, for besides Brother Saunders, there was another whose calling 
was the same, Brother Robert A. Collins, a worthy and upright Mason, 
who also fell a martyr to the fearless discharge of his duty. 
The roll of Grenada Lodge shows tnat in this carnival of death the fol- 
lowing worthy members were also swept away : Brothers Ralph Coff- 
man, Charles M. Coffman, William M. Hankins, Robert A. Irwin, 
James M. Knox, John L. Milton, William B. May, John T. Moore, 
Thomas E. Peacock, Jacob Poitevent, Henry Rafalsky, Obediah 
B. Rollins, Myer Wile and William Willis. 
The other Masons and non-affiliates who were “ called off” in the great 
pestilence from Grenada, were Brothers Saxon S. Angevine, William 
T. Cole, William C. Eskridge, Peter F. Fitzgerald, John Morrow, 
Hiram M. Jones, William A. McMillan, John S. Payne and Thomas 
Powell. Were I to attempt to enumerate the virtues of these brethren, 
I would but detail for those who knew them no", a part only of what is 
recorded in the hearts of all who knew them well. In the 1 iie and death 
of each, I find ample ground for such an eulogy as it would be my mourn- 
ful pleasure to pronounce,.did time and occasion allow. They fell victims 
to the call of duty and humanity. By the bedsides of their kindred, their 
brethren and their friends, they breathed the deadly poison, and in their 
efforts to wrest these fro.rn the clutch of death, they were slain by that 
enemy whose fatal grip on others they bravely but vainly strove to break. 
Brothers Saunders, Rollins and Ralph Coffman were Past Masters, 
and hence members of this Grand Body. Bro. Rollins was one of those 
upright, consistent and devoted Masons who give strength to the institu- 
tion ; always bright himself, he inspired zeal in others. When he fell, 
Grenada Lodge lost one of its strongest pillars and Masonry one of its 
surest supporters. Brother Ralph Coffman was a “worthy, true and 
well-tried” Mason, whose Masonic history for nearly forty years leaves its 
shining example in the records of Grenada Lodge. He was fast growing 
old, but had reared about him a family full of promise, full of usefulness, 
full of loveliness, and in whose bosom he was reaping the beautiful harvest 
of the seeds he had sown. Before his death, in anguish he had seen the 
partner of all his joys and his sorrows, his tender loving wife, his only son, 
the inheritor of his name, and his two fair and faultless daughters borne 
away forever from his stricken home, so lately the scene of perfect happi- 
ness to all and where now be remained like a solitary tree in a weary 
desert, with no kindred bough to break the piercing blast, nor leaf to 
shelter from the burning sun. Arising from his sick bed when, because of 
his own extreme illness, the full extent of his bereavement had been con- 
cealed from him, he went to seek his loved ones, but finding that all had 
gone, crushed and broken hearted, he sat down in his lonely home and 
wept, and still wept, till a merciful God freed his soul that the broken 
circle might be re-united in the spirit land. And it would seem a kind 
providence so ordained that the very weight of his sorrows brought him a 
reward in his dying hour—when he felt that his imprisoned spirit was to 
be freed to join the dear ones gone before. 
It is some consolation to us to know and feel that most of our brothers 
met death without that pang which usually adds to its terrors and which 
comes from the parting from those we love ; but here the strong arm of 
death seemed often tempered with mercy, for whilst it severed many and 
left cruel heart-wounds among those pursuing the weary path of life, that 
journey beyond the grave, upon which our deceased brethren entered, but 
carried them to those wrho had gone before and whom they longed to join. 
They were mercifully spared what the poet so fitly describes; 
“ What is the worst of woes that wait on age, 
What stamps the wrinkle deeper on the brow, 
To view each loved one blotted from life’s page, 
To be alone on earth, as I am now.” There is one of our number who fell upon another field of usefulness and 
duty, and whose name I would especially mention, Bro. William Willis. 
Though residing in Memphis frr several years past, he had never severed 
his connection with Grenada Lodge, and by that Lodge was always 
esteemed an active, worthy and honored member. 
It is a grand sight to see life unhesitatingly offered up when duty or the 
ties of blood demand—hut ’tis beautiful and holy when the sacrifice is made 
upon the altar of pure and unselfish philanthropy. It is a divine precept 
that “ love is the fulfilling of the law,” and it is written “ greater love hath 
no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends.” When the 
shadow of death covered the city of Memphis, and the great pestilence be- 
gan its deadly work, there was no call of duty nor tie of blood which 
bound him to the fate of that stricken city, hut with the heroism of one 
who receives the death stroke in his own heart, that some loved one may 
live, he died—died of his love for his fellow-man. It is said Brother Willis 
at one time ruled in the East in the same Lodge room where once presided 
the illustrious Washington. Of these two Past Masters, who will say that 
the self-sacrificing death of the one was not as creditable and as beautiful 
as the splendid career of the other? When justice writes the epitaphs of 
those who fell in the great epidemic of 1878, none will be grander than 
that of William Willis. 
There was a hero Mason who, when the first cry of distress was heard 
Irom stricken Grenada, came from another State to devote himself to the 
relief of its stricken people. There, at the post of self-imposed duty, in 
the fiercest and most trying period of the pestilence, he labored until the 
foe he had so nobly battled against, struck him down in the midst of his 
work, and the immortal soul of Butler P. Anderson took its flight, 
amid the tears and lamentations of the living, to join the spirits, lately 
gone before, of those for whom while living, he had so nobly striven. His 
“ praise is hyrfmed by loftier harps than mine.” Yet in this memorial 
service for our deceased brethren in Mississippi, partly in whose behalf he 
came—in whose behalf he died, I would speak his name with reverence. 
His own Grand Lodge has appropriately perpetuated his virtues and paid 
fit tribute to his memory, hut no where should he be mentioned with more 
love and gratitude than in the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, in whose juris- 
diction he acted the hero and died a martyr. 
Our brothers have gone! No more to mingle with us around the sacred 
altar of Masonry! No more shall we greet them at the south, the west 
or the east gate; no more shall we gather with them in the temple; no 
more shall we hear their words of wisdom, of affection, of caution. Our 
Lodge room is darkened, many of its shining lights have been removed. 
The “ habiliments of woe” which hang around its walls are less mournful 
than the heart of the Mason who enters and knew well in the life those 
whose deaths we deplore. • 
In the “ Ark” they have been “wafted safely o’er this tempestuous sea 
of trouble.” By the “Anchor” they have “moored” in that peaceful 
harbor where the wicked cease from troubling and the weary are at rest.” 130 
TRIBUTES TO THE DEAD OF GRENADA, 
THE TELEGRAPH HERO—WYATT M. REDDING. 
Click, click, 
Like the beat of a death-watch, sharp and quick, 
From hearts that are stifled and lips that are dumb, 
With the lightning’s speed and the lightning’s thrill, 
The dark words go and come : 
Click, click, and a pulse is still— 
There’s a form to shroud, and a grave to till; 
For the Yellow Death is upon the air, 
And the city lies in the clutch of despair. 
Not less a hero than he whose plume 
Goes blood stained down in the conflict’s gloom, 
Not less a martyr than those who slake 
A blood-thirst, bound to the burning stake, 
Is he who stands at the last defense 
Against the shock of the pestilence. 
Click, click, 
His heart is strong and his fingers quick ; 
’Tis a fearful work of hand and brain, 
Each click is a groan, eacli word is a pain ! 
But he falters not in his fight with death, 
Even under his wings as he breathes his breath. 
The shrouded city before him lies, 
And the dead drop down ’neath the burning skies, , 
Never a smile, or a word to cheer, 
Brightens his eye or falls on his ear, 
All is dreary, and all is dumb, 
Save the hourly wail from the stricken home. 
Click, click, 
’Tis the only hope where the dead are thick, 
Where the living strewn by the plague’s hot breath, 
Are sown with the ripening seeds of death, 
Still, the hero boy at his key-board stands, 
With his stout young heart and his busy hands, 
And many a far-off city feels 
The thrill of the wire, and its mute appeals. 
And hands are stretched from the east and Avest, 
Their upAvard palms, Avith a blessing blest, 
As it comes to those Avho meet their doom 
Like scorched leaves struck by the hot smoon. 
Click, click, 
Like the beat of the death-watch, sharp and quick, 
’Tis the last note struck, ’tis the first Avild touch 
He gives the key, as he feels the vague 
And creeping chill of the deadly plague 
Ere it burns with the strength of its fever clutch; 
He falters, falls, and his Avork is done, 
And the fiend has marked his victim Avon. 
Not long he dallies Avith those Avho fall 
Beneath the curse of his yelloAV thrall; 
O, city! beneath his merciless sway, 
Mourn, mourn, for your hero dies to-day.” 
William 
Ward, in Macon, (Miss.,) Sun. I3I 
THE PHYSICIANS OF GRENADA. 
At a meeting of the Medical Society of Grenada county, held in Gren- 
ada, on Wednesday, Jan. Ist, the following preamble and resolutions were 
unanimously adopted: 
Whereas, During the terrible epidemic of last summer and fall, our 
Association lost its President, P. F. FitzGerald, M. D., and three other of 
its members, E. W. Hughes, M. D., W. W. Hall, M. D., and R. S. Ring- 
gold, M. I). They were men of whom any State might be proud—-any 
profession would feel honored and any people lament. They were of the 
purest and best in our ranks; inspired by a spirit of sublime heroism, met 
calmly and fearlessly the doom of martyrs, in the discharge of duty. Their 
deeds are enshrined in the hearts of their people and point the lesson, that 
man’s first duty, his highest privilege, his noblest choice is to labor, and if 
need be, die in the service of his fellow man. They stood unflinchingly 
between the suffering and death, calmly resisting his stroke, faithful to the 
end and earnest in their efforts to stay the work of the dread destroyer. 
As citizens, they were respected and valued for their pure morals and 
social virtues. 
As an expression of our sorrow and profound sense of affliction at this 
untimely and irreparable loss, be it 
Resolved, That in the noble and heroic death of our associates, Drs. 
Hughes, Hall, Ringgold and FitzGerald, we have lost four of our most use- 
ful and efficient members, and the country equally in physicians and citi- 
zens. 
Resolved, That we will remember them with increasing fondness, and 
never cease to link their names, their deeds and their virtues with this 
Association and the medical annals of the State. 
Resolved, That we extend our hearty condolence and deepest sympathy to 
the family of our departed associates and friends and commend to them the 
soothing mercies and comforting influences of an all-wise Creator. 
Resolved, That a copy of these resolutions be sent to the families of our 
lamented friends, and also spread upon the minutes of our Association, and 
a copy be furnished to our city papers for publication. 
Wm. McSwine, Wm. Powell, G. W. Trimble. 
From Grenada Sentinel. 
JUDGE THOMAS WALTON. 
Amongst all of our citizens who voluntarily staid to confront the plague, 
not one had less reason to stay, or could have found better inducements to 
have gone than Judge Walton. There was not a soul to whom he was con- 
nected by blood in the town. His friendships here were few, and not very 
strong, for we have heard it stated that he was not a very social man in his 
habits, or tastes. He had no property here to look after, and had just 
bought him a comfortable residence in Greenwood, to which he was making 
arrangements to move, as a peaceful, fixed home for his future years. 
Besides these, a fine spanVf horses and a handsome buggy, with ample 
funds at his command, awaited only his decision, and would soon have been 
beyond the poisonous breath of the pestilence. We learn that he had even 
prepared to go, and had everything in readiness for his departure, when 
something called him from the hotel up town. 
Here the character of Judge Walton changes, so far as we have presented 
it. The scene that met his eyes, at once attracted his attention and called 
into active play all the slumbering energies of his restless nature, and > all 
.the silent sympathies of his very soul. The people were fleeing in every 
direction without future aim or purpose. Some were calling out in public 
bids of an exorbitant price, for vehicles with which to send away their 
helpless, frightened families. Everything betokened confusion and fear. Surveying, for a moment the disorderly scene, he remarked to another good 
man (whose name we have not forgotten) that it will never do to leave these 
people in this reckless condition. His purpose was taken, and placing 
away the traps of his departure, from that hour with wonderful discretion, 
unflagging energy, and intrepid courage he devoted himself to the relief of 
the people, until the hot breath of the fljver was burning his own cheeks. 
With the assistance of others, a relief committee was organized, of which 
he was a leading member, and matters began to have a more even aspect, 
if such an expression is allowable at any stage of affairs during the terrible 
days of the pestilential visitation. Never, even amid the thunders of bat- 
tle, did this man’s heroic intrepidity shine out in such clear force and 
power. We have learned, that so long as he was up, the work of the com- 
mittee went'smoothly on, bringing order out of confusion, and system out 
of derangement. His kindness and fellow-feelings were on the constant 
lookout for words of consolation to the feeble and faint-hearted, and deeds 
of charity to the sick and afflicted. His presence was everywhere in the 
town, consoling, addressing, commanding as his convictions of duty sug- 
gested, and the exigency of the hour demanded. His duties were mostly 
outdoors but promiscuous and arduous. Thus he continued until he fell a 
splendid triumph to the great destroyer. Just before the fatal moment of 
dissolution, with his mind perfectly calm, he wheeled over upon his back, 
straightened out his feet, with arms close to his side, and hands erect, he 
braced himself for the last throe of expiring nature, and with eyes wide 
open and looking fixedly above, he surrendered to God the spirit that made 
the most intrepid man in the hour of extreme danger we ever knew. 
Whatever may have been the mistakes of his past life, (if such they 
were) there are none so unforgiving that would not freely place them under 
the martyr’s crown he so richly deserves, and cheerfully say, that amongst 
the greatest sacrifices of the pestilence in 1878, will eve:: live the name and 
memory of Judge Thomas Walton. 
At a meeting of the Senatobia Bar and officers of Court held on Satur- 
day the 16th day of November, 1878, G. D. Shands was called to the chair, 
and J. P. McCrackin ond C. A. Lewers appointed Secretaries by the chair- 
man. In a terse and elegant manner the chairman stated the object of the 
meeting to be to express the feeling of this Bar and officers of Court, upon 
the death of our late lamented Chancellor, the Hon. J. C. Gray. Upon 
suggestion the chairman appointed as a committee to draft suitable resolu- 
tions, John E. Mathews, C. L. McClendon and Eugene Johnson. 
Said committee reported as follows : 
In the wide-spread grief and affliction that prevails throughout our 
plague-stricken section, there is no loss that so nearly touches our hearts as 
that occasioned by the death of the late Hon. J. C. Gray. His place can- 
not easily be supplied in the walks of life. Dignified and firm, he was yet 
affable and kind. Possessing great learning and in his profession, 
catching legal points with the greatest facility and readiness, he was yet 
patient and attentive to argument, anxious even to detect if there might 
not be some error in the conclusions at which he has arrived. As a Judge, 
able and pure, he inspired with the most profound respect and reverence 
all who practiced in his Court. As a man, gentle, frank and noble, he 
awakened in all who knew him the warmest friendship, the deepest love. 
The holding of one Court in our county made every member of this Bar, 
the Sheriff who opened his Court, the clerk Avho wrote his minutes, the 
landlady with whom he lodged,—indeed all who came in contact with him, 
his warm personal friends, and we all looked forward to meeting with him at 
his successive Courts with the greatest pleasure. There was a personal 
JUDGE J. C. GUAY. attraction about him which few men possess and which cannot he described. 
We offer the following: 
Resolved, Ist., That in the death of the late Honorable J. C. Gray, the 
State of Mississippi at large, and especially this Chancery District has suf- 
fered an irreparable loss; one that will long be felt and grieved, not only by 
the members of the legal profession, but by the good and true in every 
sphere of life. 
Resolved, 2nd., That as a body and as individuals, we hereby express our 
sincere and heartfelt grief at his untimely death, and offer our condolence 
to the few surviving members of his grief stricken family. 
Resolved, 3rd., That the chairman of this meeting take the proper steps 
to have these resolutions and proceedings spread upon the minutes of the 
Chancery Court. 
Eugene Johnson, .1 so. E. Mathews, C. L. McClendon. 
MILTON, PEACOCK AND GERARD. 
From Grenada Sentinel, November 16. 
We were pleased to see the respect paid to the memory of the former 
Mayor and Alderman, who expired in the late epidemic, Dr. John L. Mil- 
ton, Messrs. T. E. Peacock and A. Gerard. 
Dr. Jno. Milton, the Mayor, was widely and personally known for many 
miles around Grenada, where he had lived for thirty years and upwards. 
A dentist by profession, he studied it both as a science and as an art, and had 
arrived to a degree of excellence in it, that entitled him to rank with the 
best and most successful practitioners of the State. A man of public 
spirit, he took a lively interest in passing events that effected the welfare 
of the county or State, and once during the war served with credit in our 
State Legislature. He was twice elected Mayor of Grenada, and the last 
time, the office was conferred on him without distinction of party, a com- 
pliment which he appreciated by devotion to the duties of his office. As 
ex-officio Magistrate, he was familiar with the statutes of the State, and 
administered the law with an impartial hand. When the fever broke out, 
he aroused his energies to the necessities of the hour, and worked wilji 
redoubled energies for the amelioration of our sanitary condition, until he 
was stricken down by the plague. He remained amongst the frightened 
few that were left to face the pestilence, exercising the utmost stretch of 
his authority, the entire resources of his mind, and his whole stock of 
experience in behalf of his suffering fellow-citizens. Standing high in the 
confidence of the Masons and Odd Fellows, he was a marked man in their 
council chambers, and was ever heeded with profound respect. Long a 
member of the Methodist church, his character for consistent piety and 
church loyalty was never questioned. His domestic relations were sur- 
rounded by all the charms of confidence and love, while a large circle of 
many friends ever stood ready to administer to his comfort and happiness 
wherever occasion presented. 
Thomas E. Peacock was raised in this county, and inherited many noble 
qualities that distinguished him, from an honored ancestry. Since the war, 
he has lived with his family in Grenada, actively and successfully engaged 
in the business of a merchant of the firm of Peacock & Powell. Quick to 
perceive and quick to act, the advantages or disadvantages of a business 
proposition were readily decided. Honest in trading and indulgent in feel- 
ings, his personal influence did much to make the house of Peacock & 
Powell one of the strongest in Grenada. Respected among his rival asso- 
ciates for intelligence and integrity, his opinions in business circles were 
never without weight, while his example was in many respects regarded as 
a model. Having laid the foundation of a competent fortune, he estab- 
lished himself here as his life-long home, where in the midst of an active business, the charms of domestic life, the respect of his fellow-citizens, 
he passed his days, until he died in the prime of manhood of the terrible 
fever. Warm in his feelings and decided in his opinions, his position upon 
questions of public interest was never a matter of doubt. As a member of 
the Methodist church, his pew. was not only regularly filled, but in the 
claims of Christian charity, his heart and his purse were freely exercised. 
Mr. Gerard was a Frenchman by birth, and although he never forgot the 
sunny hills and the pleasant fields of his own native land, he was in spirit, 
in duty and in deeds an American citizen of the most liberal stamp. 
Grenada, for many years, had been his home, where he raised a large and 
interesting family and set before them an example of private and public 
worth, which they may well regard as a legacy of inestimable value. Quiet 
and sincere, he pursued the even tenor of his ways, attracting the respect 
of all ranks of life by his fidelity to the principles of industry, honesty and 
truth. Ready ever to respond to the call of duty he shouldered the musket 
of a Confederate guard, the more peaceable business of an alderman’s life 
and the sorrowful duties of yellow fever help, with the same equanimity of 
temper. In the relations of domestic life, Mr. Gerard was a good husband, 
a kind father and a true friend. 
Such in brief, were three good and useful citizens that long exercised the 
influence of their good characters upon the public interest of our town, 
and long will they live in the memory of those whom the pestilence spared 
as high specimens of personal integrity and liberal feelings. 
COL. KINLOGH FALCONER, 
DIED OF YELLOW FEVER AT HOLLY SPRINGS, SEPTEMBER 23, 1878. 
It is hard to realize that these sad words have to be written. Two weeks 
ago Col. Falconer left us in good health to attend a sick father at his home 
in Holly Springs. He reached the bedside of his parent barely in time to 
bid him a last adieu. Soon his brother, the gentle, generous and brave 
Howard Falconer, was taken ill with the prevailing epidemic and was 
called to his last account. The angel of death next claimed the unselfish 
and devoted subject of this notice for a victim, and he, too, has been struck 
down with the robes of a high office upon him, in the meridian of life and 
the bloom of his useful manhood. Again has Mississippi been called to 
weep at the grave of one of her best and truest sons. It will be a pleasing 
thought to his friends that in the trying scenes of the last days of his life, 
he was resigned to the will of his Heavenly Father whose mercy and good- 
ness disrobe even the pestilence of its terrors. In a letter written to a 
friend in this city on the 17th inst., two days before he was seized with the 
illness that terminated nis life, he thus, as if anticipating the fatal result, 
expressed the Christian’s resignation and faith : “Oh! the scenes here are 
beyond luma an power to describe. I realize that there is One alone who 
can save. My prayer is made to Him and my hope is in Him.” 
From The Clarion, Sept. 25. 
From Starkville Citizen. 
In 1857, the editor of the Oktibbeha Citizen was editor of the Marshall 
Democrat in Holly Springs. Kinloch’s father was the editor of the Holly 
Springs Herald. Howard, an older brother of Kinloch’s were both boys 
and did the work in their father’s office. It affords us a melancholy pleas- 
ure to be able to embalm his memory in the columns of the Citizen, and 
make a brief mention of his short and brilliant career. We became 
acquainted with him in his early boyhood, when his smiling face would 
once a week illuminate the Democrat, as carrier boy of the Herald. The 
Falconers were a talented family, and left their mark on all they touched. 
But this brief notice is devoted to Kinloch. As soon as Kinloch was old enough, he became an apprentice in his 
father’s office, where he was inducted into all the mysteries of printing to be 
learned in a country newspaper office. He was by turns devil, carrier, roll- 
er boy, typo and pressman. He became a thorough printer in all branches 
and was known eventually as one of the fastest compositors and best office 
managers in the State. But bis general education was not neglected dur- 
ing his apprenticeship. When he could be spared from the office he attend- 
ed the fine schools for which Holly Springs has always been noted. In 1858 
be entered the Junior class of the University of Mississippi, and graduated 
as a second honor man in the class of 1860, and afterward became associate 
editor with his father of the Southern Herald, and studied law. 
At the breaking out of the war, he enlisted as a private i-. a Holly 
Springs company, commanded by the gallant Captain Thos. W. Harris. He 
was the Private Secretary of Gen. Bragg, and afterwards Bragg's Adjutant 
General. In December, 1862, at the age of twenty-two, at the request of 
Gen. Bragg, he was appointed by the Secretary of War to duty with the 
staff of the Army of Tennessee, with the rank of Major. He s >mi became 
the best known of the officers of that staff. Everybody knew end honored, 
him, from the private soldier to the Commanding General. Thoroughly 
efficient and strict in the discharge of his official duties, he was at the same 
time affable, kind and easy of access to all. In the latter part of the year 
1865, he became a partner of Hon. John W. C. Watson in the practice of 
law; and in the summer of 1866 he received his diploma from the law school 
of the University. But his first love, the newspaper, had an irresistable 
attraction for him, and in August, 1867, he became associated with his 
brother-in-law, Columbus Barrett, as editor of the Holly Springs Reporter. 
The Reporter immediately took position among the leading papers in the 
State, and Col. Falconer added largely to its reputation and popularity. In 
1868, was nominated as the Democratic candidate for Lieut. Governor, on 
the ticket with Gov. Humphreys, and he was triumphantly elected. But 
the same votes which elected him defeated the new Constitution under 
which the Anti-Johnson Republicans were seeking to reconstruct the State, 
and the State was continued in the hands of the military.” 
At the time of his death he held the office of Secretary of State, having 
been elected on the Democratic ticket in 1875. Leaving his office in Jack- 
son, where there was no yellow fever, he went to Holly Springs, his native 
place, right into the jaws of death, to comfort his dying father and sick 
brother, and when both had died, he himself was smitten with the plague, 
paid the penalty of his sublime devotion to filial. affection and noble 
humanity. Thus has passed away in the zenith of splendid manhood, one 
of Mississippi’s grandest sons, doubly a hero, heroic in war’s carnage, grandly 
heroic in the carnival pestilence. Peace to thy ashes! Rest in Heaven 
through the long ages of eternity to thy great soul! 
From Holly Springs South, Nov. 6th. 
Kinloch Falconer.—Summoned to Holly Springs by the sickness of his 
venerable and beloved father, on whose decease he took the place of Col. 
Walter made vacant by his death, he entered at once upon his. labors of 
love. But his labors were brief, for he was soon stricken down, when he 
went to his rest. He was lately Secretary of State of Mississippi, and we 
doubt whether in office, or out, the State had within its limits a man of 
superior talents or of higher promise. There was no office within the gift 
of our people of which he was not worthy or to which he might not with 
confidence aspire. A brave soldier, a true gentleman, a man of general 
knowledge and varied attainments, he was at the time of his death fast 
becoming the idol of the State, which suffers greatly in his loss, and which 
mourns him from its northern limits to the gulf. Holly Springs was his 
home, where his father and brother resided. And the county of Marshall may well be chief mourner at his honored and lamented grave. Some of 
us fled to live, but we have returned to mourn. 
COL. W. J. L. HOLLAND. 
Holly Springs, October 25, 1878.—C01. J. W. L. Holland, late Chairman of 
the Relief Committee, departed this life at 2:30 a. m., this morning, aged thirty- 
six years, six months and twenty days. 
Another name is added to the noble army of martyrs, another is given to 
the bright catalogue of those who have sacrificed themselves to the cause of 
philanthrophy; another grave is made in which lies the peer of the best 
among so many that were the most honored and most useful citizens of 
Holly Springs. The people of that place were so confident that their loca- 
tion and the purity of their atmosphere rendered them safe, that they did 
not establish quarantine. When refugees from Memphis and Greenville 
brought yellow fever there, some uneasiness, and anxiety existed, but the 
patients had either died or were convalescent, and all apprehension had 
ceased. But the fatal seed was germinating while the citizens were thus 
lulled into a sense of security, and on the first day of September the whole 
city was thrown into consternation by the discovery that forty-six cases 
had almost simultaneously been developed. Of those forty-six cases only 
three survive. All the people of the town who could do so, fled, panic- 
stricken, except the heroic few who determined to remain and aid the help- 
less as long as they might be able, in the terrible crisis. Of that devoted 
band one after another went down, until Col. Holland stood alone, the only 
male white citizen in the place who had not been attacked. Physiciansand 
nurses from abroad hurried to the rescue, and money and supplies were 
lavishly bestowed, but the scourge knew no abatement until the material 
was exhausted. During all these fearful weeks, from the first of Septem- 
ber, Col. Holland labored in his ministration of mercy. He saw his gal- 
lant comrades, the Walters, Falconers, and Fauts, fall around him until all 
were gone. Spared to see the work he had undertaken well nigh finished, 
the fever at last laid him prostrate, and, though tenderly nursed and cared 
for by loving friends who had come in from their places of refuge in other 
States, that they might personally minister to him in his sickness, their 
efforts did not avail, and his noble spirit passed away just when the last 
flutter of the wings of the destroyer was heard. 
Col. Holland had no relative in the ill-fated town to claim his service ; 
he had no property interests there which his presence might protect. Hu- 
manity alone prompted his action. When the fever began its ravages in 
Grenada, he volunteered to go there with supplies, and he gave up his own 
rooms to refugees from that place who came sick to Holly Springs. With 
great administrative ability he organized and conducted the difficult busi- 
ness of the Citizens’ Relief Committee, of which he was President, and his 
coolness and firmness and system have been of incalculable benefit in a 
crisis where those qualities are not generally found. Through his dis- 
patches to the press he kept the beleaguered town in communication with 
the world; and many an absent one, on the rack of anxiety and suspense, 
was indebted to his considerate kindness for tidings from loved ones. 
Amid the accumulating horrors of the days which so wearily followed 
each other, his generous purpose did not falter. In the constant peril 
which shadowed every step, his high courage did not fail. He died as he 
had lived, and was good and brave to the last. As the Confederacy had no 
soldier more gallant, so this trying bittle with pestilence had no volunteer 
more unselfish, none more devoted, none more true. How much he will 
be missed ! His tall figure and handsome face, his genial humor and kindly 
disposition, his fine intellect and rare social qualities, will be remembered 
by all. Holly Springs has furnished its quota to the roll of honored names of’ those who risked their lives, and in so many cases lost them, in 
the effort to help others. 
“ The earth hath bubbles as the water hath;” but she hath crea- 
tures of heroic mould who make our human nature glorious. H. C. 
From Holly Springs Reporter, Nov. 21. 
The death of our associate and dear friend, W. J. L, Holland, who fell 
at his post, ministering to the wants of the sick and dying in the recent 
epidemic, creates a void in our heart, and in the heart of this community, 
that cannot be filled. In his death the State has lost a chivalrous and 
patriotic son, the press an able, energetic and zealous member, and the 
community in which he lived a jewel above price. An intimate business 
and social acquaintance of ten years, justifies us in saying that in all the 
nobler attributes which go to make uja the true man, he had few peers, and 
though we should live three-score years longer, we would hardly look 
upon his like again. Mr. Holland was the most unselfish man we ever 
knew. His heart was like an “ ample shield, could take in all and room 
enough for more.” When charity was demanded of him, his “bounty 
was as boundless as the sea,” his sympathy as deep. 
His services to the stricken and dying in this community, can never be 
forgotten. He outlived two Relief Committees, and for a time he was the 
only member of the committee able to do duty, left standing alone “ like a 
beacon upon the waste or a rock in the broad ocean.” But he proved him- 
self equal to the emergency and performed the work of several men till re- 
enforced by other noble and willing hands. Just as the clouds of the pes- 
tilence were lifting from the town and the hearts of our stricken people 
were beginning to brighten up with the hope of an early deliverance from 
the deadly plague, he was attacked, and though he received every atten- 
tion that experienced physicians and loving friends could bestow, he ling- 
ered but a few days, 
“ When the weary springs of life stood still,” 
and all that was left of the brave and noble Holland was consigned to the 
dust. Rest his soul in peace ! 
Col. W. J. L. Holland.—The press of the State teems with eulogies of 
our contemporary of the Holly Springs Reporter, who was taken sick at 
the very close of the epidemic, and who has gone down to an honored and 
lamented grave. We had expected to the very last to have the opportunity 
of returning and thanking him, as one of the survivors of the plague, for 
the zealous and brave work he had done in behalf of suffering humanity. 
But it has been ordered otherwise, and he now sleeps with our many loved 
and lost. We believe he would have survived, but for the unfortunate 
accident of being thrown from a buggy and injured while doing his work 
of mercy. It is said by medical men that slight injuries and causes, which 
produce derangement of the vital forces are seized by an epidemic and con- 
verted into its own channel. The injury suffered, though not serious un- 
der ordinary circumstances, was sufficient to lay him up exhausted with his 
labors, and was the immediate cause of a fever, which assumed the epi- 
demic form. He was one of the most active and successful newspaper men 
vdth whom we have been acquainted, and his loss is sadly mourned, espec- 
ially at home, where he was best known. His energy and determination 
saved our town from being plundered, and contributed largely to the means 
and appliances for the saving of the lives that remain. His memory will 
be cherished with affection by every survivor of the Holly Springs epi- 
demic. 
From Holly Springs South, Nov. G. 
From The Clabion, Oct. 30. 
The insatiate destroyer which has struck down the truest and best of our land, has had another sacrificial offering in the death recorded in the above 
funeral notice. W. J. L. Holland was a conspicuous member of the Mis- 
sissippi press; and was worthy of his calling. Pie was active, useful and 
public-spirited in his profession. His form was a model of manly beauty 
and strength, and was a fitting tenement for his brave and gentle spirit. 
When the dreadful destroyer made its appearance in the community where 
he lived and was loved, with the soul of a hero he confronted it and went 
about doing good regardless of self, as if it was a life business with him. 
He wrote of his comrades with tears; committed their dust to'its native 
dust with tender hands; and then returned to his work of danger and of 
love to alleviate the suffering of others. For tiiis high purpose he tore 
himself from the pleasures of life and its bright promises. His sympathetic 
heart was touched by every wail of distress and echoed back its notes. He 
will be sadly missed from the ranks of the fraternity of which he was an 
ornament. He will be sadly missed at the annual reunion of its members, 
for his genial nature shed light and warmth wherever he moved. Even 
when the pestilence raged, his presence “ was like moonlight on a troubled 
sea, brightening the storm it could not calm.” Farewell, brave and gener- 
ous friend. No monument of marble is needed to perpetuate your mem- 
ory. It will live in the good deeds which yon laid down your life in doing. 
Vicksburg, Sejot. 28.—(Telegram to Cincinnati Gazette.) 
WILLIAM M. ROCKWOOD. 
William M. Lockwood, President of the Howard Association, died this 
morning—died like the Christian hero that he was, with a brave heart. 
His life was one long series of good works and charitable deeds. No enter- 
prise for the public good was complete without him. He was President of 
the Young’s Men’s Christian Association, ex-Chief of the Fire Depart- 
ment, and a leading pillar of the Presbyterian Church. He was a most un- 
tiring worker, and whatever his hands found to do was well done. So 
when the epidemic broke out, and the Plowards organized, the direction of 
affairs was, by consent, intrusted to his hands. No position was more 
worthily filled or duty more faithfully discharged. Night and day he stood 
at his post and performed the arduous duties of his office, while men won- 
dered at his endurance. The poor looked up to him as a savior, and the 
rich honored him for his manly deeds. His death-bed scene was most affect- 
ing, and invested with an interest that Was almost national. The doors of 
his bed chambers were thrown open, and his friends summoned to take the 
last farewell. Although his sight had left him, his memory w7as clear, and 
the name of every friend brought to his lips a tender message of adieu. 
There w7ere no dry eyes near his bedside but his own. He never faltered, 
but shook every man by the hand with a calm resignation and a quiet joy, 
such as only a consciousness of an unblemished life can give. He had no 
fear of death, and his last thought was of the Howards. “lam going to 
meet my friends in Heaven ; keep the good work up, friends; ” and so with 
a smile on his lips and joy in his heart, William Roclnvood glided peace- 
fully to his eternal home. His funeral was a sight to be remembered. 
White and black, rich and poor, Jew and Gentile, scoffer and infidel, all 
flocked to do honor to the noble dead. The cortege was nearly a mile long, 
every available vehicle was called into requisition, and many rode on horse- 
back; others walked, and all along the line stood men with hats reverently 
doffed, and women in every attitude of grief, and poor invalids, whose well- 
fare had been his only care in life, crawled to their doors and windows, 
wTept a mournful requiem as the sad procession moved by. He will reed 
no epitaph to record his virtues. His memory will live in the hearts of 
the people, and find there its fittest tribute. Remarks of Rev. C. B. Galloway, at Memorial Service. 
‘ God gives ns love; 
Something to love, He lends us.” 
And so short was the loan of our dear and honored brother, the pure and 
pious William M. Rockwool. As we recall his many virtues, his gentle- 
ness of heart; his tenderness of sympathy, his integrity of purpose, his 
beautiful simplicity of character, his earnestness of zeal, his consistency of 
life and heroic courage in the discharge of duty, we wonder in sorrow at 
the strange Providence that so early severed the tie that bound our hearts 
together. Broad in his views and evangelical above all narrow denomina- 
tionalism, he was among the earliest advocates and most zealous supporters 
of the Young Men’s Christian Association. So conspicuous was his fer- 
vent piety and world-wide his Christian love for humanity, that he was, by 
one common consent, called to be our President and entrusted with the 
general management of our noble evangelical organization. We never had 
for one moment to regret our choice. He rather bound us to him with 
tenderer ties. There he displayed all the wealth of his sanctified affection. 
No duty imposed upon him, however difficult its performance, was ever 
shirked or relegated to others. Duty was the inspiring watchword of his 
consecrated life. Whether to offer a word of exhortation, conduct a meet- 
ing for prayer, or sing a song of salvation, he was ever ready. He was 
modest without timidity; pious without ostentation ; courageous without 
unholy ambition. As an Association, we have lost a brother and chief offi- 
cer whose name will ever be spoken with reverence, whose virtues will be 
enshrined in our hearts, and whose memory will ever be as fresh and green 
as the magnolias of our Southern land. The salvation of our young men, 
for which our Association came into being, was the burden of his heartand 
the subject of his daily prayer. But he has gone, and his works do follow 
him. The chair made vacant will be hallowed because he has occupied it. 
Heaven grant that the mantle of this ascended Elijah may fall upon the 
shoulders of a worthy Elisha. 
In the Pantheon of illustrious dead, who have yielded up their lives as a 
glorious martyrdom to duty during the late, sad, wasting pestilence, no 
grander, purer figure has a place than William M. Rockwool. Let him 
tenderly rest under the smiling heavens of our Sunny South. And may 
the flowers bloom brightly and the winds sigh gently and the birds sing 
sweetly over his peaceful grave. 
From Address by Rev. Dr. Price, at Memorial Services. 
I have selected this subject and pursued this train of remark, because it 
seems to me that the most conspicuous, and the most characteristic, and 
the most honorable trait in the life of William M. Rockwool, was that 
it was spent in unselfish work, both in the engagement of private life, in 
his relations as a citizen, and in his still higher obligations as a Christian 
and an officer in the church of Christ. I think all who knew him were 
struck with this feature of his character. He was an earnest worker. He 
served his generation by the will of God. Give him a duty to perform, and 
no man would perform it with greater and conscientiousness. He had 
lived in this city so long, and had been so conspicuously identified with 
every good cause, that the justice of this characterization will at once be 
recognized by all who have resided here for any considerable time; while 
to those who did not know him personally, the briefest review of his his- 
tory will suffice to indicate the estimation in which he was held, and the 
extent to which he was trusted, as well as the weight of the responsibilities 
and duties which he was required to sustain and did sustain. 
He was a native of Nashville, Tenn., and was born in the year 1838. His 
parents were Walter Rockwood and Elizabeth Ann Swett, sister of the late 
Daniel Swett, both being persons of exemplary piety. He made a public profession of religion when a boy, and was admitted to the membership of 
the First Presbyterian Church of Nashville, under the ministry of the 
Rev. Dr. Edgar. He came to. Vicksburg in the year 1852, and was taken 
into the family of his venerable relative, Mr. Swett. It was no small ad- 
vantage to a lad coming into a strange place, to be brought under the in- 
fluence of such a man, so conscientious, so upright, so laborious, so public- 
spirited, so pious, and so devoted to the advancement of the cause of Christ. 
Wm. Rockwood appreciated Mr. Swett’s character, and entertained the 
profoundest veneration and love for him. It is not improbable that some 
of those moral excellencies which justify and call for this memorial ser- 
vice, were due to that venerable man’s influence. Little did we suppose, 
when in the early summer we laid him away beneath the green sod, we 
should so soon be called to perform this sad office for his beloved nephew, 
and that only a few weeks later, she who had been a loving wife to the one, 
and a second mother to the other, should rejoin their sainted spirits in the 
skies. Sadly have we been bereaved. “The Lord gave and the Lord hath 
taken away, blessed be the name of the Lord.” We doubt not that they 
are now side by side amid the choir of the redeemed, singing those praises 
in which they so much delighted, and in which their voices blended so 
harmoniously on earth. 
DR. P. F. WHITEHEAD. 
Vicksburg, Sept. 5.—This is the darkest day we have had yet. Dr. 
Whitehead is dead. He was a Kentuckian, and Kentucky may well be 
proud of her son, and mingle her tears with ours; for she has none left 
that are nobler than he. He was the very type of a perfect man, strong as 
a lion, gentle as a woman, handsome as a god. Among bis professional 
brethren he was the acknowledged head, yet none were more modest than 
he. Nature had placed the stamp of nobility upon his brow, and he who 
ran might read it. When the fever broke out he might well have gone as 
others did. His practice was confined to a class of people who have the 
means to go North every summer, and who had gone this time; but he 
stood by his people in the hour of their need, and he died in the cause of 
humanity. His name will add lustre to the diadem of glory already made 
brilliant by the names of Booth, Barber, Bursley and Doll. Vicksburg 
will long remember him, and Kentucky will be untrue to herself if high 
on the roll of her distinguished sons she fails to engrave the name of P. F. 
Whitehead. 
Correspondence Louisville Courier-Journal. 
He cannot be forgotten. But his name should not be left to the fond 
memory of tradition alone. In our State cemetery at Frankfort another 
shaft should be reared to commemorate the deeds of those brave sons of 
Kentucky who have fallen in the battle with pestilence. On this shaft 
should be inscribed the name of the brave and devoted Whitehead, and 
around it should be gathered the names of all those who have fallen in this 
Summer’s terrible war, battling at the front to save the stricken and the 
doomed, or standing valiantly at the posts to which they were assigned by 
duty, unswerved by the dreadful devastation surrounding them. 
Courier-Journal Editorial. 
HOWARD FALCONER. 
From Holly Springs South, Nov. 6.—Hied at Holly Springs, Sept. 28, 1878, in the 
43d year of his age. 
While Col. Walter, on the outbreak of the epidemic, was the first to take 
general direction, and prepare for the emergency, Howard Falconer 
was the first to volunteer as nurse for the sick. Indeed he had sent word to Grenada that he would go there as soon as needed, as did his heroic com- 
peer, Butler Anderson. And but for the sickness of this place first brought 
from there, he would have done so. The first case of fever here was that of 
Mr. Downs, who came from Grenada, and that case he was the first to visit 
and nurse. He was soon joined by Mr. Frank Walter, and they together 
nursed Mr. Downs until his death; and also his companion refugee, Mr. 
Martin, until his recovery. It was some weeks after before either Mr. 
Falconer or Mr. Walter were taken sick. They might stilj have fled and 
been saved. But their labors knew no relaxation, and they were together 
freshly and daily exposed. The father of Mr. Falconer, the venerable 
Thomas Falconer, having been taken down, his attentions were unremit- 
ting, and his renewed exposure was long continued. He was one of na- 
ture’s noblemen, and a man of that native generosity and excellence of 
character which never shrinks from a duty in the utmost peril. Whatever 
we could say of any other man must in justice be said of him. We had 
no more able or reliable man of our bar, which, for its number, was the 
peer of any State of the Union. He was a man of great industry, energy 
and acute discernment. He was a thoroughly furnished lawyer. We doubt 
whether the loss of any other member of the bar of Holly Springs could 
be more felt by our people. We had but begun to learn his eminent worth 
and talents, when, in the prime of his manhood and the midst of his use- 
fulness, he was taken away. Alas! how shall we express our emotions of 
grief, when so many, and so good men are swept from our midst. In the 
presence of so dire distress, our tears of anguish dry up as before a burning 
conflagration. God rest his soul. 
From Holly Springs South, Nov. 6.—Died at Holly Springs, August 13, 1878. 
COL. B. W. UPSHAW. 
This old and talented and excellent citizen, who, on all occasions, even 
before the epidemic, was a ministering angel around the couch ot the dis- 
tressed or sick and dying, and who, with his self-denying nature, threw 
himself into the midst of danger, when the call was loudest for his valua- 
ble services in ministering to the sick of the epidemic, has also fallen. A 
braver, better nature or a bigger heart never throbbed in a man’s bosom. 
None ever knew him but to love him. He was a true friend and a true 
man in the highest sense. We mourn him as a brother gone to his reward. 
If there are good men in heaven he is among them. Col. Upshaw was for 
several years connected with the press of Mississippi, and is widely known 
throughout the State. He married the daughter of Gen. A. B. Bradford, 
one of the foremost men of the State and Major of the regiment, which, 
under Jefferson Davis, so distinguished itself in the battle of Buena Vista. 
Having lost his wife several years since, he was a widower at the time of 
his death. He was a man of culture, information and considerable intel- 
lectual power. And having lately resumed the practice of the profession of 
law, he was rapidly rising to a. position of honor and profit. It would be 
difficult if not unjust to say that any man had a better heart than he. 
And few there who were his superiors as men of intellectual power. He 
rests in peace. 
At a meeting of the Holly Springs Bar, held in the office of Maj. Win- 
M. Strickland, on the 20th day of December, A. D. 1878, the following 
report was made by the Committee on Resolutions: 
Your committee who were appointed to prepare and present a suitable 
and appropriate expression of the sentiments of the Bar, for adoption at 
this meeting respectfully submit the following report: 
BAR MEETING-. This is a most sad and solemn occasion. While this Bar has repeatedly 
been called in times past to mourn the loss of distinguished and beloved 
members, yet at no period in its history lias it met under circumstances so 
painful, so sorrowful, so lamentable, as the present. Even the dread cal- 
amity of civil war was not so rapacious in its demands, nor so terrible in 
its havoc upon our ranks. H. W. Walter, James Fort, Howard Fal- 
coner, Kinloch Falconer, A. F. Moore, Frank C. Walter, R. L. 
Watson, E. W. Upshaw and A. W. Goodrich, were the victims from 
among us who fell before the direful pestilence of 1878, a sacred holocaust 
to our common humanity. It is said that a man may die for his friend, and this 
is regarded as the very acme of human love; but these brethren, or most of 
them, died that others might live, whether friend, or foe, or stranger. They 
gave themselves as free-will offerings upon the ever blessed altar of broth- 
erly kindness and charity, that charity which thinketh no evil, but suffer- 
eth long and is kind, and seeketh not his own. “Greater love hath no man 
than this.” • While they were learned in the law, able in debate, eminent 
in their profession, and possessed of all those high moral and social quali- 
ties which made them everywhere honored and beloved, and rendered them 
influential and valuable citizens; their crowning glory was their total abne- 
gation of self when the wail of suffering and the cry for help came; and 
they are row enrolled among 
a:- The few immortal names 
That were not born to die. 
But they are gone from us, they will pass in and out among us no more 
forever. Surely ours is no common grief. Therefore, 
Resolved, That no words can adequately express our deep sense of the 
calamity which has befallen our State, our county, and our city, and 
especially our profession everywhere, in the death of these distinguished 
and lamented brethren, whom we loved while living, and whose memories 
we will cherish as a sacred trust so long as hearts beat and consciousness 
endures; and not only we, but the whole community sorrows over their 
newly made graves. 
Resolved, That our tenderestcondolence and profoundest sympathy are 
hereby tendered to the respective families and friends of our said deceased 
brethren, whose loss is utterly beyond all human estimate or computation, 
and can only be recompensed in the great hereafter, by Him who, speaking 
through His Holy Apostle tells us that “these light afflictions which are 
but for a moment, work out for us a far more exceeding and eternal weight 
of glory.” And we desire here, speaking for this Bar and for that great 
profession of which we are members, to express our steadfast faith in that 
Christianity whose precepts bring us such comfort and consolation in the 
hour of trouble. 
Resolved, That a copy of this report and resolutions be presented to the 
Circuit and Chancery Courts of this county, the Federal Court at Oxford, 
and the Supreme Court at Jackson, with the request that they may be 
entered upon the minutes of said Courts respectively; and that a copy be 
also sent by the Secretary of this meeting to the respective families of said 
deceased brethren. 
Resolved, That the Holly Springs South and Eeporter, and the press 
throughout the State be respectfully requested to publish the proceedings 
of this meeting. 
Wm. M. Strickland, Chairman, 
E. S. Stith, 
Jas. H. Watson, 
Jas. T. Fant, 
Laurence Johnson, 
Committee. On motion the report was received and the resolutions unanimously 
adopted, and Gen. W. S. Featherston was elected to present the same to the 
Supreme Court of the State, and Judge E. S. Stith to the Federal Court. 
The meeting then adjourned sim die, 
W. S. Featheeston, Chairman. 
Aethue Fant, Secretary. 
Remarks by Gen. Featherston in presenting the Resolutions to Supreme Court. 
Fully concurring in all that is so truthfully said, and so well expressed 
in the resolutions, I feel called on to add but little to them. Indeed, sirs, 
when my mind recurs to the mournful, crushing and heart-rending events 
of the pestilence of 1878, I am rendered incapable of doing justice to its 
victims. 
The events were such as to shake the throne of reason, to tax the soul \o 
its utmost powers of endurance, and to unfold to man the full extent to 
which he may, in the providence of God, be made acquainted with the suf- 
ferings and sorrows of his fellow” creatures. 
To notice in detail, the life and character of each one of the nine, whose 
names appear in the resolutions, would furnish matter for a volume, and 
could not be attempted in a sh»rt address. 
War, pestilence and famine are the three great rods of correction which 
our divine Master holds over rebellious man; and within but little more 
than one decade the two first have fallen heavily on our people. 
During the late war, our State was called to mourn the loss of thousands 
of its purest, noblest, and best citizens, and brighest intellects, whose lives 
were sacrificed on the altar of their country for the common good. Our 
conquered territory was curtained with the dark drapery of death, and 
covered with devastation and woe. How sad and sorrowful were our peo- 
ple then; but alas! they had not quaffed the cup of sorrow to its dregs; 
they had not learned the extent to which the human soul may be taxed, 
and had not been made acquainted with human suffering and human sor- 
row, in all their fullness and overwhelming power. They were to be taught 
this lesson by the pestilence of 1878. 
Our professional brethren, whose memories we now commemorate, had 
all save those who were prevented by youth and old age, passed through 
the dangers, hardships and privations, of the late war, with untarnished 
reputations, as citizen soldiers. 
They returned from the battle’s storm to the peaceful walks of civil life, 
to surrender their lives in a better, a nobler and a more exalting warfare. 
Their mission in the former was to destroy, in the latter to save life. 
They died in fighting the battle of suffering, sickening, dying men and 
women, in ministering to their wants, alleviating their pain, in smoothing 
the pillow of death and giving comforting assurances to their departing 
spirits. 
Noble martyrs to the cause of suffering humanity. They died in illus- 
trating a doctrine impressed upon man by the revealed word of God, and 
daily practiced by our Saviour, in his pilgrimage on earth. * * * * 
The subjects of these remarks in their fall, exalted the character of man. 
In the language of the resolutions, “theirs are numbered among the few 
names that can never die.” “There are deeds that should not pass away, 
and names that must not wither.” Four of them, Fort, Goodrich, Moore 
and Watson fell early in the attack made by the insatiate -archer. They 
were on our picket line and received the first shots of the advancing foe, as 
he threw his cohorts around an ungarrisoned and unprotected city. The 
other five, Walter and Walter, Falconer and Falconer, and Upshaw, had 
passed through the heat of the battle, and were cut down by the random 
shots of the retreating enemy. Sad fate for noble soldiers: but they died in 
the discharge of the noblest duty man ever performed for his fellowman. In their profession our brethren were learned, able and honorable. In all 
the relations of life, they sustained unsullied reputations, and won the good 
opinions of mankind. They were wise in counsel, heroic in action, pure in 
conduct, elevated in sentiment and feeling; and last though by no means 
least, they were nearly all followers of our divine Master. 
One of the number and the junior of all, said when appealed to, to flee 
to a place of safety, “no, I will stay, and if I die, let my epitaph be, “Duty.” 
—Frank (J. Walter. 
Sirs, it is gratifying to us, who belong to the legal profession to know 
that in this instance, as in every other in the past history of the world, in 
every great and good work, which has for its object the amelioration of the 
condition of man, lawyers have held position in the front rank of the array 
of progress and reform, in numbers equal to those of any other vocation 
known to civilized life. 
It has been truthfully said, that the wealth of a State consists not in its 
dollars and cents, but in its good men. Mississippi has just cause, then, 
to mourn the loss of the subjects of these remarks. Sirs, who supposed, 
twelve months ago, when the eloquent and impetuous Walter and the calm 
and philosophical Howard Falconer were addressing this Court on grave 
question of law, that their voices were then being heard for the last time 
within this Hall. “Man cometh forth like a flower and is cut down ;he 
fleeth also as a shadow and continueth not.” 
THE PHYSICIANS OF VICKSBURG. 
The undersigned resident physicians of Vicksburg, publish the’ following 
From the Vicksburg Herald, January 26. 
On the 10th of August, 1878, the announcement was made that a case of 
yellow fever had occurred in our city. For several days transportation from 
town was taxed to its utmost capacity. It had been so long since any of 
us had witnessed a severe epidemic, the terror was not half so great as it 
should have been. Hundreds of families able to leave staid, and the lew 
of them yet remaining know what it is to feel utter desolation. 
Within a week we knew that the Angel of Death with his army had 
camped among us. Then it was the Howard Association of Vicksburg 
went to work, being composed of some of the choicest spirits that ever 
labored in the cause of humanity. They sacriliced to the great cause such 
noble specimens of Christian manhood as Bursleyand Harrison, Fairchild 
and Rockwood. But for this grand institution and the full-handed response 
to their call for charity which came from ever portion of our beloved land, 
showing us in very deed to be one people, with one interest from sea to sea, 
I'rom lakes to gulf, we would have heard the cry for bread added to those 
scenes of misery and distress with which we were made but too familiar. 
This great Association made yet a more extraordinary call, when it 
asked physcians and nurses to come and help us. That charitable persons 
with money are willing to give it in the cause of suffering humanity, is not 
astonishing; but that men and women can be found bold enough volunta- 
rily to encounter the storm of death, that for two long months raged in 
every part of our city, is wonderful, it staggers belief. And we doubt if 
any other country on the wide earth can produce its paral'el. 
In obedience to this call came about thirty doctors, and numerous 
nurses, many of them never having had yellow fever. Of these Drs. Sap- 
pington, Barber, Norris, Bliekfeldt, Roach, Happoldt, Blackman. Potts and 
Glass died. In our county, Drs. Leach, Nesmith, Birdsong, and Monette 
were taken off. 
addeess : Dr. A. R. Green, a colored man, did good work for many days, and was 
then numbered with the dead. 
[Note.—Dr. Barber located here so short a time before the epidemic, 
that we felt toward him as we did toward the visiting physician, and there- 
fore name him with them.] 
’Twas not a spirit of recklessness that prompted them to come, nor was 
it the hope of gain, or the interest of science, that nerved them to the 
task which they must have known was one of extreme danger. But it was 
that same lofty sentiment, that determination to do all in their power to 
ameliorate the sufferings of their fellow-men which has immortalized 
Florence Nightingale. They came, they worked like men struggling for 
the right. Seven visiting Physicians and a large number of nurses died, 
away from friends, home, and loved ones. They died, were buried, and are 
forgotten. No poet laureate sang their praises, no monumental marble 
tells their story. 
But if one soldier dies, 
Doing Charity, 
’Tis lauded to the skies 
The physicians of Vicksburg should ever hold the visiting Physicians 
in the kindest recollection, and never forget that they came to us in the 
darkest hour of the blackest season ever witnessed in our city. They came 
like good Samaritans, dividing our work and cheering us in our despair. 
As this dark cloud of pestilence advanced upon us, what a time it was 
for self-inspection, cogitation and determination with the Resident Physi- 
cian. We knew that the great labor of an epidemic falls upon the Doctois ; 
we knew, too, how weak our weapons were against this fell destroyer. We 
knew, moreover, the meagre compensation we would receive for such 
heavy work, day and night, until tired nature could endure no more. And 
yet, we all, whose health and business would permit, determined to stay 
and fight this invisible enemy to the last. 
The boldness of the Physicians is not appreciated. The people think it 
our duty to battle with disease, whether it comes as the sneaking chill, or 
the'army of an epidemic. The people are mistaken; we have no contract 
with them, our engagements are with our patients only. Nor does any moral 
obligation rest more heavily upon us than on any other educated class of 
society. 
We will particularly notice the deaths of Dr. Z. T. Woodruff, D. W. 
Booth, P. F. Whitehead, and J. R. Hicks. Reverently and tenderly we 
record their names. Ours to love and regret, but for a commonwealth to 
mourn. Drs. Wooodruff and Plicks died from home. They were advised 
by us to leave this malarious country, and seek for health in a mountain- 
ous region, little dreaming that we would never see them alive again. 
Had that thought occurred to us, we would not have urged their leaving 
so hurriedly, and would have shaken the parting hand more warmly, and 
our “ God bless you” would have borne a tear upon its crest. 
Drs. Booth and Whitehead were in magnificent health, two as fine speci- 
mens, mental and physical, of the genus homo as could be found. Unlike 
the knights of old, they wore no linked armor to ward off the arrows of 
this twin brother of death. They were armed alone with undaunted 
courage and faith in the power of medicine, which has proven so short, so 
weak so often. They fell with their harness on, trying to relieve their suf- 
fering race, and to establish that the science of physic is mighty, and must 
prevail over disease. Plow often, when the storm raged most furiously, 
and our patrons were dying in spite of our best efforts, we would involun- 
tarily,exclaim, “Would that Booth or Whitehead were here ! He would 
For its rarity. give us words of comfort; he would tell us what to do; he would cheer 
our sinking patient; he would make him hope again.” 
To all our friends who have gone before us—let us hope to a better land 
—we would say most sincerely, we have missed you on the street, wre have 
missed you at the bed-side, we have missed you everywhere. 
And when the festive hoard is again spread, 
We will miss our loved dead, 
And will quaff in deepest silence, 
The fullest draft to their remembrance. 
C. J. MITCHELL, M. D., 
J. E. BAENET, M. D., 
J. M. HUNT, M. D., 
S. D. BOBBINS, M. D., 
E. T. HENEY, M. I)., 
E. G. BANKS, M. D„ 
T. G. BIECHETT, M. D., 
W. T. BALFOUE, M. D., 
E. O’LEAEY, M. 13. 
TO THE DEAD OF HOLLY SPRINGS 
A TRIBUTE BY HON. THOS. S. GATHRIGHT. 
Central, Texas, Oct. 22. 
Editors Clarion : A deep feeling of relief came upon me this morn- 
ing, when I read in the Galveston News that there had been heavy frost in 
Mississippi from Osyka northward. Oh! the night of death that lias fallen 
upon our glorious old State ! The noblest sons of a common mother now 
sleep beneath her soil—heroes in a struggle where there is no glamor, no 
music, no shouting of contending hosts, no dreams of glory to animate, and 
no vision of rewards to inspire. They fell in a quiet hand-to-hand contest 
with death in its most hideous form, encouraged only by a sense of duty to 
their suffering fellow men, confronted by the black spectre that carried the 
wand of death, and with shadowy strokes beckoned whom it would to the 
grave. On every field of Mexico, Mississippi made her name illustrious by 
the deeds of her sons. In the late war, the regiments of Mississippi won 
for her imperishable renown. H. W. Walter leaves a name to his poor 
wife and children which when tried in the alembic of glory, shall be more 
beautiful and fragrant than the name of Caesar. Kinloch Falconer, the 
Christian gentleman and soldier, the scholar and patriot, has crowned his 
beautiful life with a deserved immortality. Brass and stone cannot sur- 
vive the deeds these men have done, but in grateful recognition of the rich 
treasure that the character of such men bequeaths to prosperity, Holly 
Springs should erect a shaft of purest white, and inscribe upon it the names 
of Walter and Falconer, and the names of many heroes and heroines, 
that the world does not know. They were there and they grappled in 
secret and alone with the same monster, animated by the same spirit of 
benevolence and devotion that nerved Walter, Falconer and Holland, to 
meet duty in the presence of death. Life is not the greatest boon; a glori- 
ous death is man’s highest achievement. To be true to humanity in times 
of prosperity and general tranquility is well, but it does not require any 
great gifts or graces; but to be true in the face of difficulties and death, is 
the test of greatness. No applause can reach “the dull cold ear of death,” 
and no thanks from grateful hearts can penetrate the gloom of the grave. 
It may be that in the chambers of that still house in the ground—in the 
streets of that shadowy city, strains of melody from the shore beyond may 
touch the sensibilities and wake up and renew the manhood and woman- 
hood of martyrs who fell in the cause of suffering humanity. 
I have felt, day after day, that no end could be more coveted, no advent 
to the spirit world could be more auspicious than that which is found by the bedside of suffering, and in clasping the hand and making firm the 
footsteps of those who are going into the cold river. As I have read the 
telegraphic columns of my daily paper with feelings of this sort, I have 
almost envied the issue of lives so glorious. 
I labored in Mississippi as I can never labor elsewhere; I spent all the 
flower of my manhood there; I guided the steps of thousands of her chil- 
dren, and suffered too upon her borders, and thought I loved her and her 
people; but I never knew ray feelings until 1 saw the black cloud, charged 
with death hanging over her fair land, and heard the loud wail of her 
stricken cities and villages, and even the cry of mercy as the shadow of 
death fell upon the country. 
God is just, and overrules all things. He will recompense the people of 
Mississippi for all she has suffered in the loss of her sons and daughters 
and in the terrible laceration of every sensibility of their nature. Where 
the darkest night brooded longest, where suffering lingered latest; where the 
dark, death fiend stalked most boldly, there will sunshine and melody and 
the genius of religion and truth come and invoke happiness and prosperity 
from out of misfortune, and the people shall all see that it is well. But 
for such reflections the stroke of Providence lately laid upon our people 
would be intolerable. 
Since writing the above, I have seen dispatches announcing the death of 
Compton and Holland. Holly Springs is indeed well stricken. It was 
enough to lose Walter and Falconer. Now come Compton and Holland. 
The one a man of learning, of great breadth of culture, of enlarged views 
of science, and a heart that never erred in its impulses. His errors were of 
judgment. In the course of his public life, he was the recipient of ap- 
plause and of censure. No man who knew him ever doubted his broad 
and catholic generosity, though he may have condemned his political life. 
The other, Col. Holland, a gifted and cultivated gentlemen, proved 
years before his death that he was a hero, and the conclusion of his life is 
one that may well be enrolled upon the annals of martyrdom. Holland 
and Compton ! At their graves chivalry and humanity may meet and 
weep. In them was what valor and beauty worshipped, and more than 
that, what poor, wrecked and weeping humanity could love and trust. The 
last of the martyrs, the noblest of men, the best of friends ! 
My heart is full to overflowing and bleeds for every household where 
the scourge set his deadly foot. For the poor orphans and disconsolate 
mourning ones, all over Mississippi, I pray God daily. 
Bright skies are coming; the beautiful frost and snow will herald the 
good days of the happy future. 
I am so thankful that The Clarion was spared, and know it will join 
in the general joy for such manifest good will and brotherhood as the 
plague of 1878 evolved. William. 
DR. J. F. SAMPLE 
From Clarion, Oct. 23. 
We record with profound regret the death of Dr. J. F. Sample, of Tunica 
county, who volunteered to assist at Memphis, and was assigned to duty 
by the Howards of that city. He was a good citizen and his name deserves 
to be written high on the roll of the “ Heroes of Humanity.” 
BUTLER P. ANDERSON. 
From Grenada Sentinel, Oct. 5. 
There are many persons, both at home and abroad all over this great 
country, whose names, if our people knew them, they would have reason 
ever to hold in profound respect. But, there is one among the many, which 
it seems to us, the people of Grenada should remember and honor until it is as familiar and beloved as were the tutalar divinities in the households 
of ancient Rome—we mean none other than Butler P. Anderson. To fly to 
the rescue of friends and kindred, is obeying the laws of the human heart; 
to risk life to save a country, is inspired by the voice of innate patriotism. 
Both of these things are common among men, and have their rewards in 
favors and honors that elevate the survivor sometimes to rank and fortune, 
and if he die, crowns his fame with a community’s gratitude or a nation’s 
tears. 
In the case of Butler Anderson, all such incentives were wanting. He 
came to help strangers, few of whose faces he had ever seen ; he came to 
work for a people without the obligation of contract, promise or reward; 
he came to risk his life in battling with a disease that had baffled medical 
skill for ages; he knew the inequality of the straggle, for he had been in it 
before, amongst his own people and friends. Under such circumstances, 
how deep must have been his sympathies, how earnest his wishes, how 
strong Ids convictions of duty; in a word, how deep and broad his philan- 
throphy. When he left his little children with a kiss for the last time as it 
proved, and bade his devoted wife a tearful good-bye to behold her once 
more at his dying side, his heart must have quivered with emotion, like 
the straining timbers of a ship lashed by the fury of a storm. These un- 
seen, but bleeding wounds of the heart, he suffered for our people crying 
for help when there were few to save. 
We will not undertake to describe his labors here. They were many and 
arduous, and even painful in a high degree, as we have learned that he 
carried his right arm in a sling for many days, on which glistened a large 
and furious carbuncle. AVherever the greatest suffering, wherever the most 
danger, there this kind but intrepid man could be found, doing all that a 
calm judgment and a tried experience could prompt for alleviation of the 
one and aversion of the otner. After four weeks incessant, daily toil, and 
often sleepless nights, he fell a victim to the destroyer he had come to com- 
bat, a sacrifice to the humanity which inspired him. In one of the rooms 
of the Chamberlain House, surrounded by every attention that the circum- 
stances would justify, he expired. This was not all he gave us. Mrs. 
Anderson, broken-hearted and almost alone, started with the sorrowful tid- 
ings to her little ones at home in Memphis, but ere she reached the spot 
consecrated by so many tender memories, she was stricken with the epi- 
demic, and died amongst the good people of Hernando, thus, indirectly fall- 
ing in the same cause which her Christian-minded husband had so earnestly 
espoused. 
Good people of Grenada, we have written this in no spirit of meaning- 
less panegyric. We refer his praise to other and more brilliant pens than 
ours. Our purpose was simply to show you the great sacrifice that this 
benefactor made in our behalf, that we might call your attention to an- 
other fact of equal, if not greater magnitude. Where are those little, help- 
less orphans, and whose are they? are questions which every right-minded 
man and woman of our town will answer at some future day, in a response 
that will bring consolation to the hearts of the bereaved children, and 
honor to the name of every surviving son and daughter of Grenada. To 
do otherwise, a liberal and enlightened country, which, from every quar- 
ter, has sent multiplied thousands to our relief when we cried for help, 
would hold us in abhorrence, and finally, write the epitaph of our heartless 
people, “ Died of Ingratitude.” 
REV. DUNCAN C. G-RBBN. 
In the list of Christian heroes who fell before the ravages of yellow fever 
during the past summer, we notice the name of Rev. Duncan Green, son 
From the Grenada Sentinel. of our venerable Bishop, Eight Eev. Wm. M. Green. Placing his young 
and interesting family beyond the lines of infection, he remained with his 
church and people, administering the consolations of religion and the as- 
sistance of friendship, until he laid down his young life in the cause his 
Divine Master. Few young clergymen had a brighter future for usefulness 
and happiness. Surrounded by all the sweets of domestic peace, with edu- 
cation, hooks and refined society, life had many charms for him, outside the 
pale of the church to which he had consecrated his services. With all 
these endearments, when the dark wing of the destroying pestilence over- 
shadowed the little and thriving town of Greenville, with the courage of 
a Christian hero, he entered upon the untried hut terrible field of labor 
before him, and in a few days yielded up his own life, a sacrifice to human- 
ity and Christian duty. To his sorrowing family and especially his aged 
Christian father, we extend our warmest sympathies. 
PROF. WILLIAM CLARK, 
President of Franklin Female College, H/dly Springs, died of yellow fever 
at Tuscumbia, Ala., Sept. 13, 1878. He was born in Lunenburg, Vermont, 
Oct. 2, 1825, and was the sixth son of Judge Spencer and Elizabeth Clark. 
He graduated with honor at Amherst College, and the following year, (1852) 
came to the South and first located in Memphis, Tenn., but soon made his 
home in Mississippi. In 1855 he married Miss Mary Barton, daughter of 
the late Roger Barton, and their union was blessed with six children, four 
of whom survived ; and never was there a more tender and affectionate 
husband and father. 
WILLIAM A. FAIRCHILD. 
Our dispatches from Vicksburg contain the sad announcement of the 
death, on yesterday, of this prominent and useful citizen. He was truly 
one of the heroes of the Heroic Hill City. He was in the very prime of 
life, and blessed with all the surroundings that make life desirable. As 
Secretary and Treasurer of the Masonic Relief Committee, as a friend and 
as a nurse, he labored day and night in alleviating the distress that sur- 
rounded him on every hand. But the plague had marked him, too, as one 
of its victims, and none will be more mourned in the city where he fell. 
Mr. Fairchild was widely known as an insurance agent, and was still more 
widely known as a zealous and intelligent Mason, having recently filled the 
position of Grand Commander. Well may the Templars of the State, and 
of the Union, drape their swords and banners, for no truer Knight has ever 
donned or doffed the armour of their chivalrous and magnanimous frater- 
nity. Verily, “greater love hath no man than this : that a man lay down his 
life for his friends.” 
From the Clarion, Sept. 21. 
DEATH OP YOUNG MEN IN JACKSON. 
Near one-half the whites who have died in our city within the past few 
weeks are young men who will be missed from society, and especially by 
the families of which they were, in several instances, the sole dependence 
for support. Since our last issue the names of William L. Parker and 
Harvey Pierce are added to the list. Mr. Parker, after several years of 
faithful service, was promoted to the position of deputy postmaster, and 
had been in charge of the office here for two months. Mr. Pierce has been 
for a number of years one of the most popular salesmen in the house of 
Robinson & Stevens, and was in sole charge of the interests of that firm 
From Clarion, October 23. With deep regret do we chronicle the fall of such useful members of our 
community. 
Died in this city, of yellow fever, September 27th, William McCallum’ 
a native of Jackson, in the twentieth year of his age. For the last five 
years he had been a compositor in the Clarion office, in which he learned 
his trade, and grew from boyhood to the early manhood when he was 
stricken down. There is something peculiarly sad to us in his death. 
Long association had produced a more than ordinary attachment for him. 
When the alarm of fever was created here, by the first death on the 31st of 
August, though he had never had the disease, he was one of the number to 
pledge the conductors of this journal that come what might, he, who had 
stood by them so long and faithfully, would still remain. He was true to 
his word. When he was overtaken by the disease, he was at his post. Of 
all our acquaintances he was one of the last we would have supposed liable 
to the disease. He was a model of manly strength, sanguine, hopeful and 
resolute. He was the only support of a widowed mother, sister and 
brother. May God in his mercy temper the winds of adversity to the 
bereaved household whose light and hope have been suddenly extinguished. 
William McCallum. 
From Correspondence of Jas. A. Stevens, Esq., of Columbus, in The Clarion^ 
TRIBUTE TO MEMBERS OP THE PRESS. 
Then, there was the gallant and generous Holland—-the acknowledged 
“Prince” of that happy crowd—tall and graceful, with his bright, steady 
eye, the snuff-colored frock coat that fit him so well, and always with some 
passing kind words for the obscurer members of the gang. You remember 
his convivial powers—his wonderful memory of names and laces—and that 
vein of unaffected kindness that threaded all he did and said and looked. 
Never a man who will be so missed from the annual reunions as Colonel 
Holland. 
And there was Kinloch Falconer—how natural it seemed to link his 
presence and Holland’s at a Press Convention ! They were peers in social 
fascination, equally brave, accomplished and popular, and ic looks now 
almost right and natural that they should go down to their graves together 
with an act that finished off and rounded up the beauty of their brief 
careers. Did you ever notice how much Falconer’s expression resembled 
that of the younger Winthrop of the colonial days, whose picture art has 
preserved, and whose beautiful and courageous character Bancroft has im- 
mortalized ? Holland and Falconer ! Heroic spirits, ye sleep well! 
And Willie Adams, we cannot forget him, with his sombre brow, but 
generous heart and modest worth. Only those who knew him well ever 
imagined the many dry pleasantries that welled from his mind, keeping up 
an almost constant ripple of merriment wherever he went. But for his 
single infirmity—that of so many noble natures, alas!—he might have 
aimost attained the influence and force of his celebrated father. 
There was J. P. Allen, of Vicksburg—not at Holly Springs, but the 
acknowledged “ mine host ” at his home last year, and how gratefully he 
is remembered there ! He literally made himself sick in his efforts to have 
the occasion of the editors’ visit a pleasant one, taking upon his own shoul- 
ders the place of a “committee of one,” and seeing to every thing—every 
hour of our stay, betraying the warm-hearted gentleman he was. I remem- 
ber the last time we conversed together, was during the steamboat excur- 
sion down the Mississippi. Fie looked sadly worn and worried, and told 
me, to an expression of surprise on my part, that he was doing too much 
drudgery in the craft, but could not help himself. Mr. Allen was a grace- ful poet, and as a writer of humor had no equal in the State, since Dr. 
Woods and Henry Moss left us. Peace to his gentle memory. 
How, too, we will miss those other heroes of the plague, O. V. Shearer 
add the jolly Upshaw. 
“ The old, old fashion Death! ” dear Clarion, is a curious, an awful, 
yet a familiar one to us all! For, 
“ Men may come, and men may go, 
But he goes on forever!”— 
and after a little while, perhaps, he will be tapping at the door of others of 
the Mississippi Press Association. 
MASONIC DEAD OP CLAIBORNE COUNTY. 
Worshipful Master: 
I cannot allow this Lodge of Sorrow, where such eloquent tributes have 
been paid to the memory of Masons elsewhere, to close without something 
being said with reference to the Masons of Claiborne who died during the 
recent epidemic. I make no pretensions, sir, to eloquence. I i speaking of 
them I cannot hope to interest this Lodge as those who have preceded me 
have done. My only apology for speaking of them at all ia that I knew 
them and I loved them. 
There were eight Masons who died in Claiborne during the prevalence of 
the yellow fever. Three of these; J. D. Fairly, Thomas E. Jones and 
J. I. Bromley, were members of John A. Galbreath Lodge, at Brandy- 
wine—all good and useful men. Jas. I. Bromley was a physician and died 
like a true soldier at the post of duty. Thomas E. Jones was a young 
man, only about twenty-five years of age. He left a place of safety to go 
and nurse a family who had the disease ; he took it and died. Were this 
life the end, then we might pity this brother dying thus, as he was entering 
on the enjoyment of a vigorous manhood ; we might weep for him passing 
thus early out of life, a sacrifice to humanity, did we not, with the eye of 
faith, behold him entering that other life, upon whose threshold he was 
met, I doubt not, by the Lord of life, with a crown of glory in his hand. 
Db . Henry C. Snodgrass was a member of and Past Master in Missis- 
sippi Lodge, No. 56, at Rodney. I can say but little of him, of my own 
knowledge, my acquaintance with him being very limited, but I have 
heard him spoken of as an elegant and accomplished gentleman, and an 
able and successful practitioner. Of his devotion to Masonry, his rank of 
Past Master gives evidence; that he was devoted to his profession, his 
death bears testimony; and what higher eulogy could be passed on any 
man than this: “He died in the discharge of duty.” 
Rev. J. J. Harper and Rev. D. A. J. Parker were members of Clai- 
borne Lodge, No. 110, at Rocky Springs. They were also ministers in the 
Methodist Episcopal Church, South, good men and good Masons ; for such 
death had no terrors; after useful lives they died in the as sured hope 
of a glorious immortality. 
Past Master C. H. Barrott, of Washington Lodge,, No. 3, at Port Gib- 
son, whose name, together with the date of his death, appears suspended 
here on a card, was a man whose devotion to Masonry was sincere and 
ardent, whose attachment to the fraternity underwent no ordinary trial; 
he was a member of the Roman Catholic Church ; he was informed that 
he must either abandon Masonry or his Church ; he refused to give up his 
Masonry, saying that Masonry was good enough religion for him, and in 
this I agree with him ; Masonry is good enough religion for me, and those 
who do not regard Masonry as in some sort a religion, have, in my judg- 
ment, a very inadequate conception of our institution. I admit that, in 
a sectarian sense, it is not a religion. With sects and sectaries it has 
naught to do. It meddles with no man’s creed; but it is religion for all that. It is that universal religion, that world-wide religion, 
taught by the martyrs and prophets and sages of all ages and in every 
clime, and which is summed up by -that apostleof common sense, St. James, 
in this wise: “Pure religion and undefiled before God and the Father is 
this; to visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one- 
self unspotted from the world.” If we assiduously practice this, not neg- 
lecting to cultivate those Masonic virtues which enlarge the heart and 
make it a fit temple for the indwelling of a Deity, such as brotherly love 
and toleration, kindness and charity toward our fellows, no matter of what 
creed, then I do not for one moment doubt that we shall all meet at last 
around God’s great altar in the Grand Dodge above, no matter with what 
ceremonies we may worship him here; no, nor even under what name. 
The religion of Masonry is the religion of love, the God of Masonry is the 
God of Love. In that God, Bro. Barrott was a sincere believer. Of that 
religion Bro. Barrott was an earnest and zealous disciple. 
“No farther seek his merits to disclose, 
Nor draw his frailties from their dread abode 
There they alike in trembling hope repose, 
The bosom of his Father and his God.” 
Bro. Henry S. Wheeless, of Washington Lodge, No. 3, is the only 
one remaining for me to speak of, and I can scarce do this without tears. 
He was a young man and a young Mason. He was possessed of many 
qualities, such as were calculated to endear him to us, and in his death 
both our Lodge and the community at large sustained a heavy loss. He 
was honest in purpose, abstemious in habit, attentive to business. Brave, 
high-minded, generous to a fault, he detested all that savored of meanness 
or littleness. I shall only mention one incident in his life : At one time 
when the fever was at its worst in the town there was a scarcity of ice ; 
none wras to be had for love or money ; oh, the heart-sinking that announce- 
ment produced ; those who have never been in the midst of a fever epi- 
demic cannot realize the horror of it; how every little piece of ice is 
treasured up; how much more precious than gold it becomes. I was at 
that time nursing a little boy, the son of a poor widow. He was in a crit- 
ical condition indeed ; already that restless, nervous tossing which precedes 
the comato.se state, sooner or later to end in death had set in ; I was in 
despair. Henry Wheeless had a little ice; he had been guarding it with 
zealous care, as two of his own family were then down with the fever; I 
■would not have dreamed of asking him for any ; money would not have- 
induced him to part With it; he came voluntarily and offered to divide 
with me; it was a very small quantity, it is true, but it was enough ;it 
saved the boy’s life. This is a small matter ; but ah ! Worshipful Master, 
are not the small, the trivial things of this world the mighty matters of 
eternity? Do we not all remember, sir, that when Christ sat over against 
the treasury, watching those who put in their gifts, it was the widow’s mite 
which attracted His notice, and elicited that memorable comment that 
goes rolling down the ages for the eternal instruction of the generations of 
mankind : “She has given far more than all! ” And who knows, sir, but 
that when that lump of ice, small though it was, comes to be weighed in 
the scales of Omnipotence, it may outbalance all our good deeds? 
There is a class of Masons who have died during this epidemic, of whom 
I would gladly speak, but I cannot, for I know not their names. They met 
Death in the discharge of duty. Perhaps they fill unmarked graves. 
Perhaps they died without even a friend to take note of their departure. 
For them the lyre of song thrills not; they are mentioned in no poet’s 
lays; as to their deeds the voice of the orator is silent, the only memory 
remaining of them the short line, in our Worthy Grand Secretary’s list, I53 
which gives their names and the number of their Lodge—in many instances 
perhaps, not even that; but what matters it that their names and deeds 
pass unnoted, unremembered, unrecorded here, they will be noted one day, 
they will be recorded; written not on the perishable paper on which our 
records are, not even in accordance with the wish of the Hebrew poet— 
with an iron pen in the rock forever, but in a far more indestructible, far 
more indelible, for more imperishable form than this—-written with the 
finger of God himself, in letters of living light, over his eternal adaman- 
tine throne, there to be read by the eyes of the glorified throughout the 
endless ages. 
COAHOMA LODGE, NO. 104. 
Extract from Oration by Bro. H. P. Reid, at Lodge of Sorrow, Decem- 
ber 15, 1878 : 
It can be said to the honor of our deceased brother, George Randolph 
Alcorn, who departed this life on the seventeenth day of October, 1878, 
in the forty-second year of his age, that he, as a Master Mason, was often 
tried and ever found to be true to the sacred vows and obligations which 
he took upon himself when he was clothed with that proud insignia of 
honor—the white apron. 
Raised to the sublime degree of Master Mason in Coahoma Lodge No. 
104, in the year 1860, he was, at the annual election of that year, made 
Secretary of said Lodge, and the jewel of his office ever shone bright and 
lustrous, by reason of duty well performed, from that time to the hour in 
which the sickle of death reaped him down. 
He served his country as an officer, in times both of peace and war, and 
as a civil officer he was courteous, prompt and rapid in the discharge of his 
duties, and no one ever came in contact with him as such but felt that the 
trust he held was well reposed. He filled several high and responsible posi- 
tions, but upon the robes of the several offices he left not a single stain. 
LAKE LODGE, NO. 298. 
The pestilence that desolated so many homes during the summer of 1878, 
seemed to scourge with more than ordinary severity the devoted little vil- 
lage of Lake, and not only was nearly every household made to mourn the 
stilling of well-known footsteps, and the hushing of cherished voices, but 
also, we as a Lodge gave back to earth many worthy and well beloved 
brothers. In the East the Master calls no more from refreshment to labor, 
but we trust that his vanished spirit hath found eternal refreshment above. 
In the West the sound of the Warden’s gavel was silenced; the Senior 
Deacon forever ceased to welcome visitors to our Lodge; from a hand 
stiffened in death the key to our treasures fell; the Tyler’s sword was no 
longer raised aloft to guard our portals; and, with these five officers, two 
worthy members joined in the sleep of death. The names of our dead are: 
Geo. C. McCallum, w. m., Wm. H. Byars, s. w., Lee Scott, s. d., and 
p. m., John H. Crosby, Treasurer, James N. Couch, Tyler, and Robert 
Davidson, Geo. F, Lowry, members. 
To their worth and integrity as Masons we can cheerfully and proudly 
testify; and while we mourn their loss, it is a consolation to us to know 
that with a sublimity of self-sacrifice and a moral courage that cannot be 
too highly praised, they practiced that charity which our Order teaches, 
and fell fighting as soldiers of love and mercy, when in our midst pestilence 
walked in darkness and destruction wasted at noon-day. H. C. ROBINSON LODGE, NO. 379. 
West Point, Miss., January 31, 187!). 
Among our dead of last year, and the epidemic, we lost a once very dear 
member of our Lodge and community here—Du. A. S. Gerdine, a sketch 
of whose life I now furnish, on the call you made for items.. 
A. S. Gerdine, was born in Lowndes county, Miss., June 22, 1848; raised 
and educated in his native State; entered the war when a mere youth and 
served through to its close ; graduated in medicine at the Louisiana Medi- 
cal University in 1868; practiced his profession among his old friends un- 
til 1875, when he settled in Areola, Washington county, Miss.; married 
Miss Sallie B. West, of Washington county, in August, 1877, who,through 
a Providential dispensation, departed this life in June, 1878, leaving an 
infant son ten days old. Dr. G. left the bounds of his practice, during the 
prevalence of the yellow fever, and treated successfully the disease in an 
adjoining practice, his first patient being the family of the resident physi- 
cian ; after a partial abatement in the fever he returned with his friend 
and neighbor Dr. Gaddis, and together they quarantined themselves, so as 
not to expose their friends or families; at Dr. Gaddis’ he was attacked and 
died of black vomit on the 23d of September, 1878, and was interred alone 
in the garden of Dr. Gaddis, who was taken down at a neighbor’s across on 
the other side of Deer Creek, and buried in his, Williams’garden. Both 
of said physicians were members of H. C. Robinson Lodge, No. 379, located 
at Areola, Washington county, Miss. 
Bro. Gerdine was a man and a Mason in reality. I had the honor and 
pleasure of conferring all the Degrees upon him from that of Entered Ap- 
prentice to Royal and Select Master. He was made a Mason in 1869, and 
received the Chapter degrees in 1870, served as Master of Canon Lodge 
No. 159, and High Priest of West Point Chapter, No. 95, prior to his mov- 
ing to the Bottom. He was bright in both bodies, but pre-eminently so in 
the Chapter, and was esteemed and beloved by the fraternity, and hosts of 
friends here and in the swamp. ” Wm. M. Franks. 
(sketches kindly furnished by past grand master WM. S. PATTON.) 
Brethren Who Died at Meridian and Lauderdale. 
Patton Lodge, No. 129, has to mourn the less of Brothers A. A. Currie 
and J. B. Lyles, whose seats are vacant, caused by the ravages of yellow 
fever. Both died on the 25th day of October, 1878. Brother Lyles at his 
post of duty as a physician at Lauderdale. Brother Currie resided at 
Meridian and was a member of the Relief Committee, which duty he strict- 
ly attended to until he was stricken down. Although taken from us ere 
their sun had attained its meridian height, yet the memory of them and 
their past Masonic lives well up before us as beacon lights which will never 
be erased from our memories. Men of genial and kind feelings, warm and 
personal attachments, noble and tender impulses. Their sun has gone down 
whilst it was day time, and the last sleep has overtaken them at the merid- 
ian of life. The grim monster laid his icy touch upon their hearts, and 
soon, ere friends could realize that the vital spark had flown, all that was 
mortal was laid away in the cold and speechless grave to await the dawn of 
the resurrection morn. Such is the chronicle of the closed lives of Bro- 
thers Currie and Lyles who have lately passed beyond the shore of time, 
and entered on the conditions of immortality while in the prime of man- 
hood. May their many mourning friends soon become reconciled to the 
calamity which hovered about them for many days, and may the shadow 
resting on each suffering heart soon give place to a day of sunshine and 
uninterrupted bliss, and may they have that peace of mind that cometh 
from a perfect God. Bro. Currie was a native of Kemper county, Miss., commanded a com- 
pany in the 13th Mississippi Regiment during the war; was made a Mason 
in Patton Lodge, No. 129; a Royal Arch Mason, in Patton Chapter, No. 52; 
a Royal and Select Master in W. S. Patton Council, No. 24. 
Bro. Lyles was born in Alabama; moved to Mississippi when quite young; 
was made a Mason in Patton Lodge, No. 129. 
Bro. John Ethridge, one of the first victims of yellow fever, died on 
the 27th day of September, 1878. At the time he was quarantining the 
city. Bro. Ethridge was made a Mason in Marion Lodge, No. (52; moved 
to Meridian soon after the close of the war, in which he was engaged for 
four years. He affiliated with Lauderdale Lodge, No. 308, and remained a 
consistent member until his death. He leaves an affectionate wife and a 
large family of children and numerous friends to mourn his death. It is 
to be hoped that their loss is his eternal gain. 
Bro. Robert J. Moseley was made a Mason in Marion Lodge, No. 62; 
Royal Arch Mason in Meridian Chapter, No. 25, and received the Orders 
of Knights Templar in Gyrene Commandery, No. 9. Bro. Mosely had held 
the office of Sheriff of Lauderdale county for several years, amassed con- 
siderable of this world’s goods, but like many others, his liberality and 
generous disposition was the cause of many losses to him. He remained in 
Meridian during the fever. Kept his house open until he was stricken 
down, and after nine days suffering died on the 9th day of October, 1878. 
He was a native of Kemper county, Miss., aged about 49 years. Gener- 
ous, true to his friends and liberal to a fault. His body has been consigned 
to mother earth; we trust his immortal soul has winged its way into the 
presence of the Grand Master above and with Him ever to dwell. 
Bro. John Ward, made a Mason in Livingston Lodge, No. 41, Ala- 
bama. He was a dimitted Mason at the time of his death. Born in Ireland, 
and like the greater portion of that noble people, was generous to a fault. 
Bro. Ward was a peaceable, quiet citizen, beloved by all who knew him, 
and his death which occurred on the Bth day of October, 1878, was received 
with sorrow by many, and especially the poor and needy who have shared 
his generosity in times past. Peace be to him; we can cheerfully leave him 
in the hands of Him that doeth all things well. 
Bro. J. C. Peters was a dimitted Mason; was made in Marion Lodge, 
No. 62; dimitted and moved to Meridian; pursued his occupation as 
machinist and house painter. He was peaceable, quiet citizen, meddling 
with the business of no one. He remained in the city during the epidemic, 
and near the close of the disease, and on the 14th day of November, 1878, 
sickened, and in a few days passed to that bourne from which there is no 
return. His age about 50 years. 
Bro. W. T. McLean was thrown on his own honesty and industry in 
early youth. His untiring energy and perseverance soon gained him 
friends, and step by step he soon rose to distinction as a man of business. 
A native of Alabama; made a Mason in one of the Lodges in the city of 
Mobile. In 1863 he moved to Meridian; he and his partner were engaged 
in a merchant flouring and meal mill. Although an entire stranger, he 
soon gained the confidence of the citizens and surrounding country. Bro- 
ther McLean did not for a moment neglect his duty as a Mason. Boon 
after his arrival he placed his dimit in Lauderdale Lodge, No. 307; punctual 
in his attendance; and the second year after his affiliation was elected Wor- 
shipful Master, which station he filled with credit and honor to himself and 
pleasure to the members. Brother McLean was an Alderman of the city; 
he was one of the efficient members of the Relief Committee; stood to his 
post as a faithful sentinel during the epidemic, visiting the sick, feeding 
the hungry, and always ready and willing to aid and assist those notable to help themselves. Thus he labored day and night, until overcome by toil 
and fatigue he fell a martyr to the dreadful scourge. He is gone—gone to 
that undiscovered country from Avhence none ever returns. Though taken 
in. the meridian of life, in the midst of his usefulness, he did not live in 
vain. His deeds as a man and a Mason, will shine with that freshness which 
time cannot impair, and such brightness as passing years cannot dim. We 
can truly say : 
“Farewell, dear brother, thou’rt gone from our sight, 
God speed thee to Heaven, lost star of the night.” 
Bro. Wm. Y. Raney, a native of Georgia, settled in Lauderdale coun- 
ty, Miss., at an early date. Served the county as Sheriff, and also as Chan- 
cery Clerk, commanded a company of cavalry during a portion of the Avar. 
Was made a Mason in Marion Lodge, No. 62, some thirty years ago. 
About the year 1850 moved in the vicinage of Lauderdale Springs, and 
affiliated with Patton Lodge, No. 129. Soon after the organization of Pat- 
ton R. A. Chapter, No. 52, he received the Chapter degrees. At the sur- 
render, like many others, he Avas left pennyless; moved to Meridian, but 
still retained his membership in Patton Lodge, though not feeling able to 
pay his Lodge and Chapter dues and support a large family, the Lodge 
still claimed him as a Avorthy member. He was a consistent member of 
tbe Methodist church, a strong advocate for temperance, and withal an 
honest, good citizen. He Avas 69 years old at his death, Avhich occurred on 
the last days of November, 1878. He leaves an affectionate Avife, several 
children and numerous relatives and friends to mourn his loss, which it is 
to be hoped, has proven his eternal gain in the Supreme Grand Lodge on 
high, Avhere God, the Grand Architect of the Universe alone presides. 
Peace to his remains. 
GREENVILLE LODGE NO. 94, I. O. O. F. 
Tribute Adopted at Meeting of Lodge November 12, 1878. 
The storm of death Avhich SAvept over our city during the months of 
September and October, struck our Lodge Avith terrific force : and our be- 
loved brothers, 
William Marshall, A. B Trigg, William J. Manley, 
Noble Grand, George W. Elliott, John Manifold, 
Lyman Stowell, Edward P. Byrne, John H. Nelson, 
Henry Ereundt, Thomas M’Lean, Henry Munk, 
William L. Porter, Williiam Ehlers, 
fell before its fury. Falling, as they did, at a time Avhen the funeral hon- 
ors of our Order could not be paid to them, nor any evidence of our fra- 
ternal esteem exhibited in the customary manner, it is meet and proper 
that Ave should now pay tribute to their Avorth, and assure their surviving 
friends and families of our appreciation of our lamented dead; therefore, 
Resolved, That by the death of these brethren our Lodge has sustained 
an irreparable loss, and the community been deprived of some of its best 
and worthiest citizens. To their bereaved families Ave tender our heart- 
felt sympathy, and assure the widows and orphans of our dear brothers 
that our fraternal regard for them Avill not perish with the dust of the de- 
parted, but Avill live Avith the memory of the noble men Avho have gone 
from our circle. Our mourning hearts meet theirs in brotherly regret for 
our mutual loss; and avc pray God to shield and shelter them from the fur- 
ther storms and sorrows of life. 
They need no tears Avho lived a noble life, 
We Avill not Aveep for them Avho died so Avell, 
But we Avill gather ’round the hearth and tell 
The story of their strife. 
Such homage suits them Avell; 
Better than funeral pomp or passing bell. Resolved, That these resolutions be spread upon the minutes of the Lodge, 
and that the Secretary have them published in the Greenville Times and 
Local and Advertiser, and forward copies to families of the deceased 
brothers. E. Bourges, 
E. Stafford, 
S. E. Dunn, Jr., Committee. 
TRIBUTES TO KNIGHTS TEMPLAR. 
At the regular conclave of Holly Springs Commandery, No. 4, Knights 
Templar, held at their asylum January 27, 1879, the following resolutions 
were offered and adopted ; 
Whereas, During and subsequent to the epidemic which recently visited 
this community, the following officers and members of Holly Springs Com- 
mandery, No. 4, were summoned to the asylum above, viz : Sir H. W. 
Walter, P. G. G.; Sir E. W. Upshaw, P. E. C.; Sir Howard Falconer, 
Prelate; Sir P. A. Willis, Recorder; Sir Thomas A. Falconer, Sir U. 
H. Ross, Sir Hugh Winborn and Sir R. W. McClain, members. 
Therefore, Be it resolved.by this Commandery, That in this sad visita- 
tion of an allwise Providence, we have sustained an irreparable loss and 
the Order is deprived of the wise and valued counsels of valiant and cour- 
teous Sir Knights who were among its brighest ornaments. 
Resolved, That we tender to the respective families of the lamented 
deceased our profound sympathies, and these resolutions be spread upon the 
minutes of this Commandery and a copy be sent to the families of the 
deceased and published in the Holly Springs papers. Also that we wear 
the usual badge of mourning for thirty days. 
Holly Springs Commandery, No. 4. 
Died, in Water Valley, Miss., on the 28th of September, 1878, of yellow 
fever, frater Sir Knight J. O. Hendricks. 
At a regular conclave of St. Cyr Commandery, No. 6, held at their Asy- 
lum, in Water Valley, Nov. 14, the following resolutions were adopted: 
Whereas, It has pleased the Supreme Euler of the universe to call from 
his labors here below, our beloved frater, Sir Knight J. O. Hendricks, to 
his eternal rest above. Therefore, 
Resolved, That we, his fraters, deeply deplore his loss, and will ever cher- 
ish his memory. Yet believing that God doeth all things well, we bow in 
humble submission to his dispensation. 
Resolved, That St. Cyr Commandery extend to his widow and orphans its 
sympathy, and mingle its tears with theirs. 
Resolved, That we wear the usual badge of mourning for thirty days, and 
that a copy of these resolutions be furnished the family of our deceased 
frater, and that the city papers be requested to publish the same. 
St. Cyr Commandery, No. 6. 
From the Holly Springs South, January 8. 
MEMORIAL SERVICES. 
In the summer of 1876 the young men of Holly Springs organized the 
Autrey Rifles, a volunteer military company, named after the gallant Col. 
James Autrey, who entered the Confederate army from this city and was 
killed at the battle of Murfreesboro. This company, under the captaincy 
of Maj. Geo. M. Govan, has always been in a state of great efficiency, hand- 
somely uniformed and thoroughly drilled. Though its numbers were not 
very large, the epidemic of last summer struck from its rolls nine names ; 
that is, three honorary members, A. Fox Moore, W. J. L. Holland and 
Frank Ganter; and six from its ranks, Howard Falconer, Frank C. Wal- ter, Glenn Fant, Samuel Bonner, Winfield J. Featherston and Joseph Le- 
bolt. This list, it is certain, could not well have been surpassed for per- 
sonal worth, purity of character and public spirit, and therefore it was 
meet and proper that they should have had paid to their memories the 
tribute of the memorial services which were held in the Presbyterian 
Church of this city last Sabbath afternoon. These services were conducted 
by two of our city pastors, the Rev. Mr. Miller, of the Baptist, and Rev. 
Mr. Craig, of the Presbyterian Church. The survivors of the company 
turned out on the occasion in full uniform, and the Church was filled to 
overflowing by citizens, all anxious to manifest the esteem in which the 
memories of the deceased were held, and their sense of the public loss 
which had been sustained in their death. The sermons were appropriate, 
impressive and solemn, and the eulogies in good taste and well merited. 
After the benediction, the company marching to the music of our well- 
trained city band, repaired to the cemetery, and there over the graves of 
their lamented dead, fired the usual military salute of musketry. 
“When musing on our famous gone 
We doubly feel ourselves alone.” 
RISING GLORY LODGE, NO. 215. 
This Masonic Lodge, at Osyka, adopted appropriate tributes lo the mem- 
ory of Bro. Martin D. Bond, Senior Warden, who died of yellow 
fever October 4, 1878—“ A brother in whose bosom always glowed the 
great principles of Masonry and Charity, and who, by his upright and 
honest walk through life, endeared himself to the brethren.” Also tribute 
to the memory of Bro. Isaiah Cere, Treasurer, who died of yellow fever, 
October 8, 1878—“ a true and worthy member, a faithful officer, the 
widows and orphans a helping benefactor, his family a kind and devoted 
husband and father, and society a worthy citizen.” 
BOVINA LODGE, NO. 112. 
Whereas, Divine Providence has in His wisdom seen proper to remove 
from our midst Brother J. B. Johnson, while acting Secretary of this 
Lodge, and R. W. Chappell, Tyler, and Past Master I). A. Cameron, S. 
Wall, J. W. Finch, J. S. Wilkins, and J. H. Featherston, members; 
and, 
Whereas, As we are bound together by an indissoluble tie as Masons, 
it is right and proper at all times to pay a just tribute of respect to the 
memory of deceased brethren ; therefore, 
Resolved, That in the death of Brothers Johnson and Chappell, the Lodge 
has lost efficient officers, and in the death of Brothers Cameron, Wall, Finch, 
Wilkins and Featherston, the Lodge has lost valued members, and in the 
death of all of them, the community has lost their association, and the ex- 
ample of many virtues, Bovina Lodge a vacuum that will not be easily 
filled. 
Resolved, That we bow in meek submission to the will of Him who has 
control of the Grand Lodge of the Universe, believing that He doeth all 
all things according to His will and purpose. 
Resolved. That we sincerely sympathise with the relatives and friends of 
our deceased brethren, and hereby tender to them our heartfelt condolence. 
Resolved, That the members of this Lodge wear the usual badge of mourn- 
ing for the space of thirty days, that the foregoing resolutions be spread 
upon the minutes, and a copy of the same be transmitted to families of 
the deceased. * i59 
Memorial Tribute Adopted December 12, 1878. 
To the W. 31., Wardens and 3lemhers of Greenville Lodge No. 206, A. F. A. 31.: 
Brothers—Tlie roll of the Craftsmen lias been called, and to the names 
of W. A. Haycraft, p. m., Edward P. Byrne, p. m., Newman J. Nel- 
son, P. Treas., John H. Nelson, Lyman Stowell, William J. Man- 
ley, Duncan C. Green No. 28, A. B. Trigg, John Manifold, George 
W. Elliott, E. Steinberg, p. m., No. 23, Thomas Page, M. J. Morzin- 
ski, the response has been : “ Died on the field of honor.” 
Yes, they have gone—the veteran in the ripeness of his age and experi- 
ence, the Masters who ruled and governed the Lodge with honor and love, 
and the young Craftsmen with whom it was our delight to mingle. They 
have gone in the full ear, in the ripened grain, and in the green leaf. But 
they died with their loins girt and their hearts firm in the self-sought labor 
at which the summons found them. To them duty was inspiration. They 
believed that— 
Whether on the scaffold high, 
Or in the battle’s van, 
The fittest place for man to die 
Is where lie dies for man! 
They trod the rugged road of duty with heroic step, and -went down to 
death as to a bride. They met it face to face and flinched not. Not for 
them do we mourn, but for ourselves and for the loved ones who have passed 
under the rod of this great bereavement. Our brothers lived in the enjoy- 
ment of the highest esteem of their fellow-men, and died amid the univer- 
sal regrets of the community. May we so live, that dying, we may be as 
sincerely mourned. 
C. M. CURELL, 
W. E. Trigg, 
J. C. Heard, 
Julius Landau, 
Jacob Hirsch, 
Frank Valiant, 
Committee. ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE FEVER. 
FACTS, FIGURES AND INCIDENTS. 
COMPILED FROM VARIOUS SOURCES. 
GRENADA. 
From Dr. Cochran’s Report to the Sixth Annual Convention of the American Pub- 
lic Health Association at Richmond, November 19, 1878. 
The town of Grenada stands on an elevated plateau on the south bank of 
the Yalobusha river. 
The natural drainage of the town is excellent, and every rain washes the 
streets and gutters clean. 
It is said that many of the back yards were very filthy, and that the 
privy vaults, Avhich for the most part are simply pits or wells dug in the 
ground and Availed up Avith boards or bricks, and easily pervious to water, 
are ATery rarely emptied. The famous seAver about Avhich so much has been 
said in the neAvspapers is not a sewer at all, but a Avet Aveather brook Avhich 
meanders diagonally across the toAvn, of Avhich it is the principal drain. 
During dry Aveather it dries up completely throughout its Avhole extent, 
and during a heavy rain it runs like a milltail, and often overfloAvs its 
banks. It is open to the air and the sun from its source to its mouth, a dis- 
tance of about a mile, except that, about the middle of its course, it is Availed 
up and covered over Avith Avooden boards for a distance of something like a 
hundred and fifty yards. 
The first fourth of this covered portion passes diagonally across one of 
the streets. The next fourth passes diagonally under a livery stable. 
There is then a short open portion through the back of the stable. It then 
passes diagonally under a stone-house, and thepce diagonally through a 
street. It is impossible that any part of this drain should become very 
filthy, or noxious except that part of it Avhich is covered over, and I can- 
not believe that even this part of it could become so loaded Avith filth as to 
constitute an important factor in the generation of any sort of sickness. A 
considerable part of the wooden Avails and cover of portion of the drain 
had decayed and the cover Avas falling in, so that it Avas obliged to be 
repaired. In making the repairs the decaying timber Avas removed, and 
the filth that had accumulated in the bottom Avas dug out and throAvn upon 
the street. Something like fifty yards Avere perhaps renovated in thisAvay, 
and the excavated material thus exposed to fester in the sun and exhale 
its impurities into the atmosphere, to be Avafted about by the Avinds, is said 
to have been extremely offensive. 
Whatever bad influence these emanations may have exerted in other 
Avays, I am satisfied that they had nothing in the Avorld to do Avith the gen- 
eration of the yelloAv fever poison Avhich spread desolation through the 
community a month later, for this work Avas done in June, and the fever 
did not make its appearance until the last of July, and the health of the 
place, until a feAV days before the outbreak of the epidemic, had remained good. The population of Grenada before the outbreak of the fever num- 
bered about 2500, of whom about 1300 were whites and about 1200 blacks 
and mulattoes. After the stampede there remained about 325 whites and 
about 1000 blacks. Of the whites who remained, and who were not pro- 
tected by a previous attack, only five escaped the fever. 
The total number of cases count up 1040. The total of deaths is 33G; 
white deaths about 230; black deaths about 90. The first acknowledged 
case, although it was not at the time acknowledged to be such, occurred 
with the person of Mrs. Capt. Fields, formerly of Okolona, Miss., who lived 
on the corner of First street, at the depot. The history of the Field fam- 
ily will be given in detail presently. 
The second case was Mr. R. A. Young, clerk of Bryant & Davis, who kept 
a variety store, dry goods, groceries, etc., on First street, in which he spent 
most of his time during the day. He was also the proprietor of a liquor 
saloon, or bar room, which he visited of evenings. He was taken on the 3d 
of August, had black vomit; suppression of urine—in short, a malignant 
case of yellow fever—and died on the 7th of August. No exposure to 
infection could te traced in this case. It was pronounced by the attend- 
ing physician to be bilious fever and jaundice, but was subsequently admit- 
ted by them to have been yellow fever. From these two cases the fever 
spread like a conflagration over the town. 
The cases in the Fields family consisted of fourteen persons, as follows, 
namely: Mrs. Field herself was taken sick on the 20th of July, and died 
on the 31st of the same month. She had black vomit, skin very yellow, 
and the body after death was very much discolored, swelled up rapidly and 
became very offensive. Her disease was named by the attending physicians 
malarial congestive fever. She died on Monday night, was put in a metal- 
lic case on Tuesday afternoon, and was buried from the Presbyterian church 
on Wednesday. The funeral was largely attended, and there being some 
leak in the casket, the body smelt so bad as to attract general remark, and 
to cause great nausea to many who were near it in the church, and several 
subsequent cases were ascribed to this fact. She was treated by Drs. 
Hughes and Hall, both of whom died during the epidemic, who at the time 
pronounced the case to be one of congestive malarial fever, but afterwards 
they were satisfied it was yellow fever. 
Mr. Gray Fields came from Grand Junction to attend his mother’s fu- 
neral. He remained two or three days, and returned to Grand Junction. 
Subsequent history unknown. 
Thomas Fields was with his mother during her sickness. A few davs 
after her death he went into jthe country, where he got sick. He v;as 
brought back to town sick, ana died on the 13th of August. 
Harry Fields was with his mother during her sickness, was attacked on 
the Bth or 9th of August and died on the 11th. 
Waddel Fields was with his mother during her sickness, went into the 
country soon after her death, did not return and did not have the fever. 
Mrs. Sheppard, Mrs. Fields’ daughter, was with her mother during her 
sickness, went into the country soon after her death, was brought back 
sick on the Ist of September, and recovered. 
Mattie Fields lived at Okolona with her sister Catty, wife of Mr. Aber- 
nethy of that place, came to her mother’s funeral and returned as soon as 
the funeral was over. She died near Okolona in five days after she started 
back. Mrs. Abernethy also came to attend her mother’s funeral, went 
back home to Okolona and escaped. Lemuel Sheppard, Mrs. 
son, went into the country soon after her death and escaped. Katy Shep- 
pard also went into the country, but contracted the fever and died about 
the middle of September. 
The report goes to show that out of a family of thirteen, of whom sev- eral were but slightly exposed, there were ten cases, 'seven deaths, three 
recoveries and three escapes. Dr. Cochran continues; 
“So much of interest centers about this family, and it proved so prolific 
a focus of infection, that it would have been gratifying to be able to ac- 
count, in a definite and circumstantial way, for the origin of the disease 
in the first case. But this I was unable to do. Mrs. Fields lived about 
two squares from the railroad depot, and about the same distance from the 
nearest part of the so-called sewer. Her house was in a good sanitary con- 
dition. She had been, about a week before she was taken sick, to the 
depot, one morning before breakfast, to put her daughter Mattie on the 
train to go to Okolona. It is not known whether she went into the cars or 
not, but as the train stayed twenty minutes for breakfast, it is believed 
that she did. About this time several cars loaded with various freight for 
Memphis were stopped there and disinfected for the Memphis quarantine. 
I was not able to obtain any other presumption of exposure than this. In 
the immediate neighborhood of Mrs. Fields’ residence, and among all the 
families who had visited her, there occurred, in rapid succession, a large 
number of cases.” 
Here follows a long list of cases, and the statement that the disease made 
its appearance in several families who had not visited any case of yellow 
fever, and who had been subjected to no known source of infection except 
that they had attended Mrs. Fields’ funeral, and had remarked the bad 
smell of the body in the church. Here again follows a long list of cases, 
and Dr. Cochran continues: “I have related these cases in some detail so 
as to show how almost every white person who was exposed to the fever in 
the sick rooms and by contact with the sick was attacked within a few 
days. It is said that only five white persons of those who remained in the 
stricken city escaped infection. Tire local physicians were very unwilling 
to admit that the earlier cases were yellow fever. Notwithstanding the 
rapid occurrence of new cases and deaths it was not until the 11th of 
August, nine days after the death of Mrs. Fields, that the physicians an- 
nounced to the community that the disease which had so mysteriously en- 
tered the town, was the Southern epidemic. Immediately the whole popu- 
lation was seized with panic, and everybody who was able to get away, 
fled as speedily as possible. They fled into the adjacent country and to 
distant cities, and carried the seeds of the pestilence with them to bear 
disastrous fruits, as at Holly Springs, Grand Junction, etc. About one 
thousand of them went into camps, located three miles from town, and 
although some of them occasionally visited town, the camps escaped infec- 
tion. A considerable number of negroes went out to the camps in the 
beginning of the epidemic, but most of them returned before it was over. 
As a rule, the negroes took the disease later in the season than the whites, 
and the south-western quarter of the town, which is almost wholly inhab- 
ited by blacks, was last to be invaded. The disease among them was of a 
much milder character than the whites, and their percentages of mortality 
very much smaller. Nothing can show the tremendous energy of the ep- 
idemic more than the simple statement that during its prevalence there 
was only a single death from any other cause than the yellow fever.” 
The following is as complete a list as can be obtained of deaths from yel- 
low fever, in Grenada and vicinity : 
GRENADA DEATH ROLL. 
Mrs. Field, Thomas Powell, Miss Kate Clarke, Gaily Davis, 
Harry Field, Rev H. T. Haddick,M. Conley, Mrs. I. fi. Parker, 
Thomas Field, Dr. W. W. Hall, Price Carl, Miss J. Satterfield, 
Mattie Field, Mrs. W. W. Hall, Ella Carl, M. Friedman, N. 0 
Katie Sheppard, Rev. J. G. Hall, German Carpenter, Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Wilson, Mi s. J . G. Hall, Dr. J. R. Wilkings,!. K. Wood, 
Mrs.Davidson, Mrs. J. C. Stokes, Mrs. R. A. Irwin, Rev. J. M’Campbell 
Mrs. Ir’ne BakewellJohn Stokes, Robert A. Young, Samuel Marshall, 
Mrs. Duak, James Stokes, Mrs. R. A. Youue, Mr. Cary, 
Miss Lula Doak, Judge J. C. Gray, Miss Lula Kendrick, A. P. Sanders, 
W. T. Beauchamp, Mrs. J. C. Gray, Bob Mayhew, Charles Weigert, 
J. W. Beauchamp, J. N. Gray, S. S. Angevine, Mrs. W. A. Belew, 
Mrs. McMillan, Ed. Gray, Miss M. Angevine,Frank Holly, 
Mr. McMillan, Mrs. Ingram, Jacob Poitevent, Rev. J.K. Armstrong 
Mrs. L. French, Eugene Ingram, Mrs. J. Poitevent, Mrs. E. E. Yinson, 
T. E. Peacock, Miss Flo’ce Ingram,Miss. M. Poitevent,Chas. Newell, 
Miss M’me Peacock, Prof. Welsh, Wyatt M. Redding,.!. A. Williams, 
Mr. Dejarnett, Mrs. Sidney Welsh, Tom F. Marshall, Tom Phillips, 
Sallie Dejarnett, M. Wile, Miss Sallie Leedy, Mrs. Wolfe,old lady 
George Cromwell, Mr. Strung, Mrs. Kettle & child,W. T. Cole, 
John Grom well, Emanuel Wile, Charlie Hall, Mrs. W. T. Cole, 
Miss Maria Mole, W. C. Eskridge andAlex. Rafalsky, Clayton Davis, ' 
George W. Lake, child, Mrs. J. A. Morrison,Miss Mary Huo-hes 
Mrs. Geo. W. Lake, Walter Eskridge, Dr. Gillespie, Mrs. Gillespie, ° 
Miss Annie Lake, Fox Eskridge, R. A. Irwin, Mattie Postell, 
Delia Ljike, Mrs. W. B. Mll37, J. M. Knox, Dr. Ringgold, 
Mrs. Sadler, Dr. W. B. May, Samuel Kendall, Colman Armstrong, 
Miss Rosa Sadler, Dr. Hankins, Sammie Marshall, Miss Helen Lacock' 
Walter Sadler, Mrs. Hankins, John P. Eason, Johnnie Doak, 
Jos. E. Sadler, Miss Fannie PeeblesG. W. Campbell, John Mitchell, 
Amos Sadler, Henry Rafalsky, Frank Mitchell, Mr. Lehman, 
Robert Sadler, 0. B. Rollins, Dr. Wolfolk, Mr. Applegate, 
A. W. Ayres, Marshall Rollins, Fred Fenner, Abb Garner 
W. I. Ayers, Ben. Gage, R. S. Bowles, B. P Anderson, 
Miss Jennie Ayers,Dr. Gage’s 2 chid’n,Mrs. Scanlin, Herman Heshburg 
Miss Lizzie Ayers,B. M. Doak, Mrs. Dr. Ringgold, C. Housman,Sardis 
Dr. E. W. Hughes,Mrs. Hooks, Mrs. McDonald, E. F. Thompson, 
Mrs. E. W. Hughes,David Hooks, Lunwig Hummel, Sallie Barnes 
Mrs. Hughes. James Burke, Cawein’schild, George Collins, 
Mrs. J. E. Hughes,Mrs. Scanlin’s child Mr. Shaw, Isaac Williams, 
R. Coffman, Wm. Chandler. Mrs. Bailey, Mrs. W. E. Long 
Mrs. R. Coffman, R. A. Collins, Charles Yates, W. p'. Shankle, 
Charles Coffman, Tom Irby, Mary Lacock, R. D. Crowder, 
Mrs. Chas. Coffman,Dave Moore, G. T. Coon, E. G. Eli, 
Miss Kate Coffman,Mr. Rivers, Mrs. Sallie Telfair,Mrs. Eliza Eli, 
H. S. Derrick, Dr. J. L. Milton, Sam. Flippin, Wm. Latham, 
Mr. H. S. Derrick, John Morrow, Mrs. Flippin & ch’d,Mack Wright, 
Miss M. Huffington,Barry R.ose, Willie Beck, Martha Hosbin, 
Miss S. Huffington,F. K. Hall, Sallie Miller, Ida Rosser, 
Miss M. Huffington,Hugh Graham, Mrs. Alex. Turner, Dr. P. F. Fitzgerald 
Miss M. Huffington,H.B.Sherman’s inf’tO. P. Sander , Mollie Sanders, 
Miss M. Lacock, Robert Stevenson, Mrs. O. P. Sanders, Mrs. Spencer, 
Miss Alice Lacock,Harry Hart, John Wright’s childMVs. Mollie Rush 
Miss Addie Bishop,!’. P. Barnes, Mrs. Nowell, Joseph Nowell, 
Miss Belle Bishop, John Thomas, Mary Mitchell, James Mitchell, 
Eugene Bishop, H. M. Jones, Charles Mitchell, Hattie Rosser, 
Mrs. J. M. Bishop, R. Williams, Sr., Mr. Boatright, Mrs, Beasly, 
Mrs. E. Shankle, John T. Moore, James Meador, Henry Burt, 
Mrs. Pete Kirby, Jos. A. Morrison, Miss K. Burt, Robert Shankle, 
Pete Kirby, A. Gerard, James Morris, Belle Morris, ’ 
Wm. Shankle, Mrs. Alice Signiago,W. Whitley, Brady, 
Robert Shankle, Judge Tom Walton,Miss Whitley, Mrs. Brady, 
Mrs. McLean, Thomas Kendall, Ed. McLane, Miss Lawrence, 
Miss. Lula McLean,Samuel Flippin, Dr. Trotter’s child, Miss Martha Harbin 
D. C. Bristol, Hugh R. Davis, John Gelchrest, Miss Sallie Harbin! 
Miss Emma Bristol,S. L. Downs, Patrick Hart, 266. 
COLORED PEOPLE. 
Alice McSwine, 
Susan Sims, 
Walker Brantly, 
Calvin Davis, 
Dan Young, 
John Byron, 
William Bates, 
Henry Halliday, 
Mrs. Luke Barnett,Henry Ratliffe, 
Harriet Gause, Grace Braceford, 
Alice Johnson, Maggie Bowles, 
Alex. Davis’ child, Billy Bowles, 164 
Ike Drane, Henry Yan, 
Emiline Tullilove, Martha Gillam, 
Peter Jones, Frank Boffaloe, 
Moon, Moon’s wife, 
William Carter, child of Patterson 
Sarah Walker, Sarah W. Shiece, 
Silpha Mller, Bray Lindsey, 
Lizzie Walters, Peter Jones child, 
Mary Davis, Emiline Davis. 
Jane Beale, Huston Harper, 
Lizzie Smith, Eliza Phillips, 
Man unknown, Era Phillips, 
Winston Simmons, Laura Harris, 
Nicholas Jackson, Paul Carpenters, 
Martha S okes, Luke Patter-on, 
Like Barnett, Becky Hardwick, 
Albert Gause, Tom Brown, 
Monroe Rosseau, Man unknown, 
Tom Madison’s ch’dMiley Golden, 
Rev. Alex. Phillips,Rhoda Harris, 
Wm. Ross, Jr., York Smith, 
Rev. T. E. Miller, Layard Reede, 
Thos. Mitchell, Dancy Wiles, 
Henry Vance, Jackson, 
R. Seerhank’s child Man unknown, 
Eliza Walker, Charlie Brusan, 
Lydia Evans, Mary Duncan, 
Caroline Statham, Isalia White, 
Lucy Minter, H. White’s child, 
Lizzie Austin, Amanda Drane, 
Amanda Jackson, Eliza Coleman, 
Millie Stepney, D.A. Williams’ ch’d 
Furguson’s child, 
Henry Crowder, ——B2. 
INCIDENTS OF THE GRENADA PLAGUE 
Cor. St. Louis Globe-Democrat. 
Far up the town is a store where provisions are distributed to all, rich 
an,d poor, black and white. The negroes never fail to show up for their 
rations, but can not be found when a grave is to be dug or a corpse to be 
removed. They will not move unless paid a five dollar Dill for each errand. 
The relief committee at Grenada have disbanded, owing to some of the 
members having left the town, while the balance are prostrate with the 
fever. There are only three of original inhabitants now left in the place 
who are not prostrate. They are K.. A. Armstead, the Southern Express 
agent, Samuel Heber, and a boy waiter in the Chamberlain House. 
Armistead, the express agent, has been attacked with the fever. 
Mr. Heaberg carried a telegraph dispatch to a Mrs. Marshall, who had 
lost her husband and three children by the dire disease. She was found 
lying on her bed, completely exhausted both in physical and mental 
strength. The sight of this poor woman lying in her bed, moaning for hus- 
band and children, all dead in a week’s time, brought tears to the eyes of 
.her three visitors. The telegraph message came from absent friends, and 
words of sympathy, love and encouragement. She thanked the 
telegrapher, and, in response to the question, “Can I do anything for you, 
Mrs. Marshall?” said : “No, but God bless you for your kindness; only 
God can help me now.” Opposite Mrs. Marshall lay Tom Marshall, the 
telegraph operator, who is a brother-in-law of Mrs. Marshall. He was 
found lying at the very point of death. Three of his little children had 
died within the last ten days, and now he was almost gone. On another 
bed lay his wife, not sick with the fever, but broken-hearted and dying from 
the los's of her little ones. 
OLTR FIRST VISIT TO GRENADA. 
Grenada Sentinel, Novi 12. 
During the prevalence of the epidemic in Grenada, we ventured a time 
or two from the heights that overlook the town on the west, to look upon 
the scene below and draw upon our imagination to supply that which the 
organs of vision did not furnish, and thus view one of the most unequal 
struggles of the nineteenth century, the contest between a few hundred 
weak but good men and women, some of whom deserve a hero’s fame and 
others a martyr’s crown, and the destroying pestilence. Not, however, until 
several days ago did we venture within the immediate sphere where the 
batile between life and death was fought and lost. As we approached the square, many things reminded us of the terrors and desolation of the last 
two months, and we were right glad to shake off the gathering gloom, as 
we met the cordial welcome of sorrowing friends, a few of whom remain to 
tell of incidents and scenes seldom witnessed anywhere on earth, but never 
here before. Long excluded from association without, they were truly glad 
to see faces, familiar in the past, once more kindling with the smiles of 
friendship, and to hear voices, to them many weeks silent, once more 
attuned to sympathy and love. To see our friends who had stood the heat 
and burden of those long, oppressive days looking so well, touched our 
heart with feelings of gratitude to the kind Providence which had so gra- 
ciously protected them. May their lives in future be sweetened by recol- 
lections of duty nobly done, and sacrifices nobly offered. 
Despite our efforts to the contrary, our mind would wander from the liv- 
ing to the dead, from the real of the present to the shadows of the past. 
The comparatively deserted streets, the closed doors, and the vacant houses, 
each had a tale to tell of suffering and of sorrow, of despair and death. In 
some cases, the occupants of these silent tenements, whom we had known 
so long and loved so well, seemed to linger a moment e’er the cordial wel- 
come came as in days of yore. But, no voice came, no form appeared, but 
the bitter fact came up, that they now slept on yonder hill, in the quiet city 
of the dead. Silently we bade adieu to the living and wended our way 
filled with Sad speculations upon the vanities of human life. 
From Oration by Dr. John Brownrigg, of Columbus, before State Medical Asso- 
ciation. 
On Sunday, the 9th day of last August, in the stillness and beauty of a 
summer day, it was announced in Grenada that yellow fever was epidemic. 
The fearful whisper caused mothers to clasp their children in their arms 
and fathers to prepare rapidly for flight. The members of this Associa- 
tion well remember the hospitality of its citizens, and the elegant reception 
given us by the ladies of the place. Many of the ladies we met that 
evening are the brides of the pestilence. All is changed; the besom of 
destruction has swept over the place and this generation will not recover 
from its saddening effects. The plague destroyed social organization and 
the mechanism of civilization as if they had been living beings. Law and 
police, the board of health and the relief committee, were all stopped by 
death. There are human fiends lurking in the heart of every community, 
and where pestilence kills the good, these human hyenas come to the front 
to prey upon the carcass of society. They fired upon the doctors as they 
drove through the darkness, and one narrowly escaped being shot. The 
birds took to the forests, dogs and cats left their homes and disappeared. 
The grass grew in the streets, except the one leading to the burial ground. 
There was no business except in coffins and at the drug store. The tele- 
graph operators and the druggists stood their ground, corpses rotted in the 
sun on the platform at the depot, but the boy operator stifled the odor 
with a handkerchief soaked in carbolic acid' solution and kept his finger on 
the instrument. The cars swept swiftly by. The railroad which had 
brought death now brought bread to feed the dying and coffins to bury the 
dead. Thedboy operator moved the heart of Christendom with his simple 
words, describing the sufferings of the people, and succor came at last. 
The physicians were nearly all dead, and there ceased to be any system of 
order or responsibility. Then that wonderful Association, called the How- 
ards, and the physicians came, and hope revived in the hearts of the 
stricken people. The influence for good of a few brave men, at such a 
time is not limited to the narrow sphere of their personal services. The 
panic-stricken people behold their calm and fearless faces, and 
A beam of comfort, like the moon through clouds, 
Gilds the black horror, and directs their way. Helpless women and children, trembling in the agony of despair, cling 
to them as their deliverers. They are like rocks in the tempest-tossed 
ocean to which ship-wrecked mariners can cling, or the beacon-light to the 
vessel which has lost her reckoning and drifts at the mercy of the waves. 
It requires more moral courage to brave the dangers of the pestilence 
than those of the battle-field. The soldier who falls in battle inhales with 
his last breath the sweet air of heaven, and often the last sounds that die 
upon his ear are the victorious shouts of his companions, as his life-blood 
flows upon the green sward of his native land, for which he dies. Those 
who fight the pestilence must inhale its sickening breath. Its physiog- 
nomy is hideous and disgusting. It drives its poisonous fangs into 
mother’s breasts and tears with its yellow talons the quivering flesh of 
infants. With its fiery tongue it licks on maidens’ cheeks its treacherous 
blush, and quickly stains their corpses with its black wings dipped in 
putrid gore. Sometimes, in the fearful stillness of night, it sobs. Its 
sounds are like those from the bottomless pit. Weeping and wailing, and 
the wild laugh of its maniacs, are its music. Its victims hide themselves 
to die like wild beasts. The man who goes to fight the pestilence must 
take his life in his hand and put his trust in God. To our brothers the 
“ cry of humanity was the bugle call to action.” True martyrs of our 
faith, they walked calmly through the valley of the shadow of death, ex- 
tending a helping hand to their suffering and dying companions, and at 
last yielded their pure spirits to the God who gave them. Animated by 
a lofty sense of professional honor and duty, their hearts touched with 
sublime pity, they offered themselves a sacrifice on the altar of love for 
their fellow-men. From distant lands and from our own country, the 
knights-errant of our order, animated like Godfrey and Eichard, by the 
true spirit of chivalry, came to contend with this great enemy of the 
human race. Lima, Peru, and Marseilles, France, were represented, and 
brave men also from among those who had been our enemies, came to aid 
our people in their distress, and some of these are among our honored 
dead. 
KEY. STEVENSON ARCHER’S SEPTEMBER ACCOUNT TO REV. STUART ROB- 
BINSON. 
GREENVILLE. 
Dr. Robinson : God has been merciful to me and raised me from the 
yellow fever bed, and lam again at work. He folded me in his arms as I 
passed through the scorching ordeal. But a fearful havoc has been made 
among the citizens of our beautiful little town. About seven hundred 
people remained out of two thousand five hundred, to face the grim des- 
troyer. Of this number nearly five hundred have been prostrated, and of 
these two hundred and twenty are dead. Among them are Mayor A. B. 
Trigg, all the council but one, a colored man, the city marshal, and the 
Eev. Duncan Green. The doctors were all prostrated but two, and the 
Methodist minister. Whole families have been swept away, and until the 
past week rve have scarcely well ones enough to hand the sick a drink of 
water occasionally. For ten days we were shut up to this horrible sorrow 
and suffering, but now we have fifty nurses from New Orleans and Vicks- 
burg, and from both points little boats were sent with provisions and med- 
icines, and four physicians. Dr. Williams, from Baton Eouge, came in 
our hour of greatest trial and staid ten days. Drs. Archer, of Point Cou- 
pee, and Slaughter and Walker, of New Orleans, and Fawcett, of Concordia, 
are now with us. From abroad generous donations have reached us, and 
so far as man can smooth the case it is being done. I faced it for twenty 
days, night and day, from the hut of the pauper to the luxurious apart- 
ments of the rich, from the den of the woman of the town to the couch of the holy matron, ancf I never conceived of such suffering, such ghastly sor- 
row. I had to succumb then, and for eight days took my turn scorching 
and tossing, but again am at work. May God ever keep your days from 
such and your people shielded. I followed the first patient to the grave ; 
of the attendants at the funeral but two now live. Twenty of us formed 
a Howard Association in the beginning; of that but three now live. I 
write because to you I first lifted the cry of sorrow, and from you had 
the first response. Your son and brother in Christ. 
Stevenson Archer, Greenville, Miss. 
Population before epidemic, about 2800; during epidemic, about 1300. 
Total cases about 1100. Total deaths 299, of whom 195 were white, 101 
colored, 3 Chinese. Adult males 162; adult females 90; male children 28; 
female children, 21. First death August 23; last death, November 28. 
LIST OF DEATHS. 
Aug. 23d—Mobray, 4 years, Aug. 25th—Pave Woodruff, col, Aug. 30th—Perry 
boy—Aug. 31st—Pat Finnegan. 
Sept. 2d—Wm. Marshall, E. J. Byrne, young man, John Simpso •, Mat Fox, 
man D. E. Brooks, Mrs. D. Morris, Rebecca Morgan, col., Unknown man, col. 
Sept. 3d—Pryor, girl child, Fred Perrv, bov, Jonas Houston, col., Maria, cook 
at Newman’s Sept. 4th—C. Catlike, Mrs. Fanny Brooks, Mrs. Jas, Perry, J. 
A. Chiesa, Mrs. Sherey’s child girl, 5 years, Sow Lee, Chinaman, Mark Kyle. 
Sept. 5th—Ed McKenzie, col., daughter of R B. Scott, 8 years, Josephine Fox, 
syears, Mrs. Thos. Mowbry, Mrs. Jones, wife Elder Jones, col., Lyman Stowell, 
H. Putnam, hoy, W. A. Haycraft, Mrs. D. Shanahan, country. 
Sept. 6tb—Mrs. M. Morris, Elijah Gray, cob, Jerry Strather, col, Philip Bar- 
nett, Miss Willie Scott, Milton Jones, painter, a young man, Caroline Zeigler, 
col. 
Sept. 7th—Col. C. E. Morgan, Eliza Belfield, col., Perry, hoy, Mrs. Cox, Capi- 
tola Harris, col., Jas. Perry, Wm. Telfer, Emma Duvall. 
Sept. B—Chas. Huntley, Jas. Young, col., Julius Ratchlitz, Maj. Alexander, 
col., Beontine White, colored girl, Mrs. Nellie Guy, col., J. Walker, boy, in coun- 
try,' Richard McCullough, Jas. Corney, Chas. Irving, col.. Winnie Smith, col., 
Griffin Guy, col., Mrs. Young. 
Sept. 9th—Dave Harris, col., Edward Caffall. Mrs. Geo. Sanford, Mrs. J. S. 
Ballard, Burden Balm, col., Mrs. F. P. Smith, Geo. Stream. 
Sept. 10th—Mrs. Shorey, Geo. Bird, Miss K. A. Ballard, Henry Harris, col., 
Fred. Prvor, Chas. Shows, col., Boynton Houston, col.. Dr. Stafford, Aleck, 
butcher, Lulu Ware, col. 
Sept. Hth—Willie Caffall, Mrs. Julia Pogle, Unknown blacksmith, Louisa 
Maskey, Lizzie Johnson, col., Mrs. T. P. Perry, Abe Smith, Emma Hawkins, col., 
Eva Wetherbee, Elliott Dodge, John Bannion, col., Wm. Brown, cob, Geo. Dor- 
man, Steve Sutton. 
Sept. 12th—Louis Caffall, Louis Radjesky, Mrs. Beck, Mrs. Fleischer, Mrs. 
Trammel. Theo. Habicht,. 
Sept. 13th—Mrs. L. P. Wetherbee, Mrs. B. Hassberg, Walter Quick, E. Stein- 
berg, Wash Walker, cob, Mrs. Platt, Elder, boy, H. B. Putnam, Mrs. Elder, Dr. 
V. fb P. Alexander, Rnbt. Cooper, Jas. McCann. 
Sept. 14th—Raphael Marshall, Jas. Minzies Sept. 15th—Rev. Duncan 
Green, Walter B. Butler, Thos. McLean, Frank Wagner, J. Radjesky, Long Hon, 
Chinaman, Jake Husk, col., Bennie Diggs, Wm. Taylor, Henrietta Rogers, col., 
Toll Underwood, col., Chas. Bigelow, col. 
Sept. 16th—Ella Jones, child, col., Mrs. Ballard, Chas. Boswick, J. H. Buck- 
ner Jas. Davidson, Stephen Green, Jas. Connell, Mary Jones, col., Kyle, Mrs. 
F. Pryor, Mrs. Henrietta Bathke, Joe Badwick, Jackson Hays, col., Bigelow 
child, Mrs. Habicht, Henry Laurens. Gus. Forrester. 
Sept. 17th—Frank Gallagher, Johnnie Ballard, baby. D. E. Young, col., Mrs. 
M. Sievers, Anna Platt, Unknown man, Gus. Coughler, Gee. Brown, col., Helen 
Finlay, Frank P. Smith. 
Sept. 18th—Henry Freundt, Willie Harris, colored boy. Mrs. L. Polle, Wm. 
Elders, W. L. Porter, John S. Ballard, Willie B. White, Nellie Warden, John 
Ralph, Margaret Williams, col., N. J. Nelson, M. Morris, W. P. Kretschmar Leonard Phillips, Abe Wall, W. J. Manly, T. P. Perry, Tom Sylvester, Mary 
Jarves, col.. Caroline Marks, col., Chas. Williams, Unknown man, col., Fanny 
Diggs, Calvin Kelter, col. 
Sept. 19—Lou Haman, l)an. Shanahan, Elvira Blackburn, col., Mrs. J. S. Barn- 
hurst, Dave Morris, B°n Sands, man, col., Micheal Duffy, Alex Moray, col. 
Sept. 20th—Albert Wheeler, Mrs. T. B. Shaw, Mrs. Small,1 John Simphondor- 
fer, L. Wiesenfeldt. 
Sept. 21st—Thomas Miggins, John Barnhurst, Julius Lockman, Geo. Tram- 
mel Sept. 22d—Jas. McLean, Margaret French, col., J. Kintsler, A. B. Trigg, 
Jacob Walts, col., Eliza J. Clam, Arthur R. Yerger, Anna Berry, girl, Adolphe 
Fletcher, boy, L. P. Wetherbee, Amelia Kinstler, girl, Helen Bailey, babe, col., 
Lorenzo Griffin, col., Harry Vaughn. 
Sept. 24th—Emma Pernel, col., Chas. Griffin, col., ——— Perry, child, Ander- 
son Greathouse, col., Mrs. L. M. Funoy, col., Fanny Kelly. 
Sept. 25th—J. Gossett, Garrett Scott, Steven Stewart, col., A. Fleischer, Mrs. 
G. W. Elliott, John Manifold, Abe Hamburger, boy Sept. 26th— Pryor, 
child, Bertha Morris girl, col., Forest Barr, C. F. Meisner, Racheal Radgesky, 
girl, Mrs. A. Ward. . . 
Sept. 27th—Alec Grant, col., Dick Cheatham, col., Nancy J. Smith, col., Jas 
Gregory, col., Gus. McAlister Sept. 28th—L. E. Morgan, G. W. Claiborne, 
colored child, Pat. Byrnes, Racheal Amburg, col., Infant child of W. J. French, 
Sophia Youcum. Geo. Brazier, W. Tilley, Jr.. T. B. Speaks. 
Sept. 29th—Mrs. L. Weisenfeldt, John H. Nelson, Eliza Kress, Helena Shaw, 
girl Sept. 30th—Wes. Wetherbee, J. 11. Saunders, col., Marshall Woodson, 
col., Henry Thornton, col., Mary White, col. 
Oct. 1st—L. M. Langley, Mrs. Mitchell. J. 11. Saunder’s child, col., Minnie 
Kleiber, Mrs. Stafford, Mary A. Cook Oct. 2d—Rev. T. Page, Lena Herman, 
girl, Jake Byers, Louisa Clarke, Dr. McCall. 
Oct. 3d—Alex Johnson, col., Milton Kelter, col Oct. 4th—M. W. Johnson 
Cedar Manager, col., Walter S. Berry, child, Rosa Edingburg, cob, Mrs. Mattie 
James, Monroe Fletcher, col. 
Oct. 5th—Nancy Keene, col., King Hinds, col., G. W. Elliott, Thomas McMor- 
ris, col., Dan. Johnson, col Oct. 6th—Dr. Archer Oct. 7th—Mary Ann 
Barr, girl, col., Mable Wetherbee, girl, Infant child of Dave Morris..,... Oct. Bch 
—Mrs. E. C. Greenfield, Perry Ellis, Infant child of E. Johnson, col. 
Oct. 10—Oscar Smith, col Oct. 11—Win. Myers, Geo. R. Clark Oct. 12— 
Fred. Johnson, boy 7 Oct. 15—John Cottrell, Tom Johnson, boy; Infant of John 
Rice, col., Infant of Dan. Wilson, col Oct. 19—Phillis Carter, col Oct. 20 
—Emma Childs °ct. 21—Loyd Talbot, col., Margaret Freeman, col Oct 22 
—Ah Ways, Chinaman Oct. 24—Adaline Geinelle. 
Nov. 11—Sam Hammond Nov. 18—Katie Brown, Mary Brown, col Oct. 
14-—Gid Austin, col., James Jennings, col Oct. 15—Mrs. Sam Brown, A. W. 
Sbadd, col Oct. 28—Mrs. Mather. 
Deaths in the Country.—Henry Monk, Henry 7 Lender, Blanche Snowber- 
ger, child, Morzinski. child, M. J. Morzinski, Mrs. Marcella Hartman, 
Jack Winter, C. K. McAlister, Wat Brashear. Mrs. Wm. Montgomery, Shirley 
Winter, child, D. L. Stone, Dr. A. S. Gerdine, Dr. Oden, Dr. Gaddis, Mr. Kleiber, 
Mrs. C. A. Winter, Pat. MoCune, Mrs. Felix McLean, Mrs. C, McAlister, Wm. 
Montgomery. 
Population when epidemic commenced, 3500; during epidemic 1500; 
of whom about 300 were white and 1200 colored. Total deaths, adult 
males: 130; adult females, 70; colored adult males, 48; colored adult 
females, 29; white children, 15; colored children, 12. Total deaths, 304. 
Total cases, about 1440. Mortality among whites, 71.66 per cent; among 
colored. 7.41 per cent. 
Aug. 25 E. L. Downs and Miss Lake, from Grenada August 31—A. W. 
Goodrich Sept. I—At. Wiltshire, from Grenada Sept. 2—Wm. Mackin, 
from Memphis Sept. 3—lsaac Tandler and James Chism. 
Sept. 4—A. F. Brown’s child, H. A. McCroskey, Frank Ganter and Robert 
McLain. 
Sept. s—James5—James Fort, Mrs. James Nutall, B. P. Oliver, Bateman’s child, Mrs, 
Stephen Knapp, Wm. Hogan and Mrs. E. A. Thomas. 
Sept. 6—Gus Smith, Herman Snider’s child, B. D. Nabers, A. F. Moore, Mrs. 
HOLLY SPRINGS. Leak, AY. R. Todd, John Chenoweth, Sam Abernathy and Sam Crockett. 
Sep. 7—B. S. Crump, Dr. Charles Bonner, James Walker, Chas . Glassy, 
James Kuttall, Sam Bonner and R. L. Watson Sept. 6—Miss Julia Waite, 
Bateman’s child and Mrs. Blank. 
Sept. 9—R. G. Campbell, Thomas A. Falconer, George Wing, Virginia Lynch 
and U. H. Ross. 
Sept. 10—Wm. Crump. Mrs. J. R. Dougherty, Miss Cornelia Record, Hal. 
Johnson, Clem. Read, Victor Smith, W. J. Marett, Mrs. S. H. Pryor, Willie 
Wooten, Charles Chenoweth. E. T. Brinkley’s child, Alex. Seyple, J. C. Potter, 
R. W. Fort and A. A. Armstrong. 
Sept, 11—Clarissa Davis, Father Operti, Charles Schneider. Winfield S. 
Featherston. Jr., Mrs. Richard Daniel and Richard Daniel. 
Sept. 12--Minerva Lynch, Miss Read, Henry Epps and Scott Epps. 
Sept. 13—Mr. Brannon, Lizzie Lane, (colored,) E. T. Brinkley’s child, E. W. 
Upshaw. Mrs. John Potter, Mrs. R. Hastings, Sam Kimball and Dinah Ingram, 
(colored.) Sept. 14—Mariah Anderson, (colored.) 
Sept. 15—George Kimball, Ben Casey, Pat McGuire, George Johnson, (col- 
ored,) and Em. Jones, (colored.) 
Sept, 16—Laura Demmy, Lewis Thompson, Mr. Dunn, James M. Kean, Lotta 
Ingraham, (coloied,) 0. J. Quiggins’ child, and Mrs. George Kimball. 
Sept. 17—Mrs. E. D. Miller, Caroline Washington, (colored,) Ben. Boyd, 
(colored,) Mrs. R. L. Watson, Peter Webber, Miss Mary Stewart and Mrs. W. 
S. Featherston. 
Sept. 18—Mrs. John Foreman, J. AY. Webber, J. H. Stone, Mrs. Martin Enable 
and Jane McGary. 
Sept. 19—Stephen Knapp, Mrs. Louis Thompson, child of Rebecca Lea, (col- 
ored,) Wm. Collins, (colored,) and Col H. W. Walter. 
Sept. 20— E. T. Brinkley, Capt. Jno. Fennell, Dr. Manning, Miss Lizzie But- 
ler and Howard Falconer. 
Sept. 21—Hugh Winburn and Julia Stojowski Sent. 22—Sister Stanislas, 
A vent Walter, John Larouche, Eugene Leidy, Jr., Charles Harris, (colored,) 
Jim Fowler, (colored,) Molly Cox’s child, (colored,) Henry Harris, (colored,) 
Mary Gholson and Henry Carter, (colored.) 
Sept. 23—Miss Liza Alien, Albert Rollins, (colored,) Henry Morton, (colored,) 
Mrs. Stone, Kinloch Falconer, Miss Darthula Allen, Miss Nancy Allen and Dr. 
F M. Fennell. 
Sept. 24—Thomas Henderson’s child, Margaret Glassey, Mrs. Gaitley’s son, 
AVillie Gastello, Dr. J. A¥. Fennell and Amelia Maughan. 
Sept. 25—Dan Phillip-', (colored,) Jacob Berry, (colored.) John Power, Miss 
Annie Stewart and Mrs. Hutchinson. 
Sept. 26—Mrs. Harrington, AYm. Yancy’s child, Jim Wells, Dr. Lewis, Mrs. 
Yancy, James R. L. Hunt, Frank Walter, Mrs. -left’. McGowan, Jimmie Walter, 
Gordon Allen, Sister Stella, P. Hebdon and J. M. Lumkin. 
Sept. 27—Mr. Johnson, Glenn Fant, John Banks John Hastings, Mr. Ghol- 
ston, at depot, Mrs. Kate O’Gray, Jim Wells’ wife, Mrs. Archie Straws and 
Cowan Roxy. 
Sept. 28—Thos.AVade, Mrs. McGhery, Alex. Hohenwart, Austin Saunders, Mrs. 
Crown McGuire. Miss Lucy Fort, Sister Margarette, Martin Thomas, Molly 
Virginia, Eli Walker, Guy Allen, colored child, and Miss Georgie Feath- 
erston. 
Sept. 29—C. H. AValker, Dr. AV. 0. McKinney, Mrs. McDermott, unknown 
white lady, unknown person, Dan Oliver, AVm. Washington, (colored,) L. P. 
Parish, Jno. German, Jno. Pearson, Eli Chew, (colored,) and Lucinda Simms, 
(colored.) 
Sept. 30—Strauss’ infant, Herr’s infant, Rufus Howard,(colored,) Doctor Ray- 
mond, (colored,) Henry Elliott, (colored,) Flora Anderson, (colorei,) Smith 
Baker, Randall Moore, (colored.) and Miss Christina Carlson. 
Oct. I—Mrs. C. J. Herr, Mrs. Parish, A. C. Henderson, Mike Tiernan, Hay- 
wood McKissack, Henry Cowan and Joseph Herr. 
Oct. 2—Sister Corinthia, Peter Stineman, Maughans’ child, H. J. McKeugh. 
Amanda Sutton, (colored,) Martin Enable, Jane Hill, (colored.) AVebber’s 
child, Augustus Bowman, Martha Walker, Mrs. Julia Roberts and Col. A. J. 
Hess, of Philadelphia. 
Oct. 3—Selden Fant, Daniel Gray, (colored,) Mrs. B. A. Myers, Jim AVells’ 
child, (colored,) and Hal Johnson’s child, (colored,) Thos. Gilbert, (colored.) 
Oct. 4—Mr. Daily, E. 11. Crump, Miss Lizzie Malci and James Henry Oct. 
s—Sister Victoria, Millie Bradford’s child, (colored,) Mr. Miller, Lucius Box- ley, (colored,) Henry Edmundsou, (colored,) John Hawkins, (colored,) and Mr. 
Diller. 
Oct. 6—Miss Allen and G. Strather, (colored) Oct. 7—Jake Malci, and 
Dow Craft’s wife, (colored.) Oct. B—Allen Brogden, (colored.) Oct. 9 
Janies G. Adams, James McHugh and George Parks. 
Oct. 10—Child of Chas. Harris, Paton Edmondson, (colored,) and Mrs. Haley. 
Oct. 11—Jeff McGowan, (colored,) and Sister Lorentia Oct. 12—Ida Mc- 
Gowan, (colored,) Mrs. .James Miller, and G. Thomas Oct. 13—Jacob Krouse 
and Alsey Lea, (colored.) 
Oct. 14—Mrs. Lane, Millie Shotwell, (colored,) Willie Price, (colored,) and 
Edward Brim. 
Oct. 15—Wife of Paton Edmondson, (colored,) and son of Shokesburg Oct. 
16—John Ellis, (colored,) and Joshua Watson Oct. 17—Child of Paton Ed- 
mondson, (colored,) and Charity Gains, (colored.) 
Oct. 18—Joel Lackey, Dennis Lane and Ed. Willis Oct. 19—James Calvin, 
Burton Connington and Willis Edwards Oct. 20—-Rachel Cochran, (colored,) 
Henry Vandive and Polly Martin. 
Oct. 21—Robert King, Squire Yowell, Lula Lessuer and Mr. Mooney Oct. 
22—Peter Gealar’s son, AD. Rogers, (colored,) Mrs. Compton, Amelia Martin, 
(colored,) and Thos. Dressier. 
Oct. 23—Harried Moseley, (colored.) OH. 24—Dr. Compton, Josephine 
Martin, (colored,) John Kimbroush and John Tiernan Oct. 25— W. J. L. 
Holland, Mrs. Dr. McKinney, Mrs. Peter Glleelan and Dennis Gaitwood, 
(colored.) 
Oct. 26- Mrs. Gu(Jieries and Mrs. Byers Oct. 28—Mrs. Sam Coffin, (col- 
ored Oct. 29—Miss Cora McWilliams.. ...Oct. 30—Tede Nelms Nov. 1— 
R. A. McWilliams’ twins. 
Nov. 2—Thomas Hebdon, and Henry Armstead’s child Nov. s—Robert 
Adams and Eugene Cochran Nov. 14—W. T. Barry’s child Nov. 15— 
James Donohue Nov. 18—J. E. Tobin. 
Holly Springs, Miss., Sept. 17.—The writer of this, and those who so 
heroically stand by his side, have endured every vicissitude of war, but 
all acknowledge that they have never seen any such dangers as threaten us 
every moment. The orphans who crowd around us every morning and 
tell us they are left alone, or the faithful nurses who come bearing keys of 
the homes entirely swept of every soul that lived there, and asking us to 
take charge, and the dying messages brought to our ears, are enough to 
remind us that we are in the midst of the very garden of death. One 
day we meet our friend and do all we can in the good work; and the 
next we hear that he has fallen and appeals for our aid. 
To-day I saw a great strong man burst into tears, and say: “Oh, God! 
I had rather have died than to have lived and witnessed such scenes.” But 
with all this gloom and sadness around us, Ave feel that we must do our 
duty, let the consequences be what they may. I really believe were it not 
for messages of sympathy, and the offers of aid we receive from our mourn- 
ful friends far away, we would die—all of us—from wretchedness and des- 
pondency. We of the little band who live here have associated with us 
the noblest set of strangers that ever came to the relief of their fellow- 
man. There are a number of these, some whose names have already been 
given, but not one more devoted to our cause, or more faithful at his post 
than D. Flannery, the superintendent of the telegraph company, who has 
come here and remained witli us, doing immense work, and no one has ever 
yet heard him complain. He leaves us to-morrow, to our deep sorrow and 
regret, but a faithful successor takes his desk in the person of AVT. T. Har- 
rison, of New Orleans, who has heroically volunteered to share our fate. 
Chicago is represented by Capt. J. C. Tucker, who has as bravely and as 
faithfully stood by us as a man could. 
The death list to date reaches the startling figures of ninety-five, and 
not three weeks has passed since the plague began its work of death in our 
midst. Holland. 
A GARDEN OF DEATH. Holly Springs, Miss., Sept. 27.—There are about four hundred people 
for the fever to feed upon, and quite as many in their beds. All the time 
we have underestimated the magnitude of this plague. Entire families, 
some of them numbering eight or teß, are down with the disease. Among 
the physicians, ten have been stricken down, four of these have died. 
Five druggists have gone down, three have died. Of the ministers who 
have fallen, two are dead. In the post-office, two out of three are in the 
cemetery. Several of the nurses have taken it and some have not recover- 
ed. In almost every way the fever has manifested a mortality simply ap- 
palling. Three days ago thirty new cases and twelve deaths were reported, 
and the following forty-five new cases and ten deaths; while yesterday 
there were twenty-three cases and eleven deaths. To-day the number of 
new cases is eighteen and the deaths twelve. After having recruited five 
different times the relief committee yesterday numbered only one. 
'Holland. 
The following is an extract of a letter from the wife of the pastor of the 
Presbyterian Church, at Holly Springs, Miss.: 
We seem here to dwell in the valley of the shadow of death.” Mr. 
Craig has been sick for twenty-seven days. He can never beany nearer the 
grave until he is laid in it. He ,does not remember anything that oc- 
curred for two weeks, and I have had to tell him little by little of the long 
list of loved ones and lost ones. I have had quite a hospital. Miss C. is 
down in one room and Mr. S. in the parlor. I have no one to help me; can 
get no one. The two nurses are busy with the sick. * * * I know you 
all do feel for us, but you fcan never know all the painful story, the 
terrible physical sufferings; these mournful, unattended burials; the sad 
stillness of death and desolation that prevails. Oh, it is beyond the power 
of words to describe. * * * Some (agreat many) have died in unutter- 
able agony and wild delirium ; others have gone down step by step into the 
Jordan, leaving sweet echoes as they passed out of sight. Dr. Frank Fen- 
nell died in the country, almost neglected. Dr. Wm. Fennell attended 
him and with one other person buried him in the night. To-day Dr. Wm. 
Fennell was brought to town and buried. General Featherston is better. 
He moved to the country ; his son Winfield died, and then Mrs. Feather- 
ston ; both were coffined and buried at two o’clock at night by strange 
hands. . . . You can perhaps imagine how lonely I am when I tell you 
that I am the only lady between your house and Mr. N’s, one way, and Dr. 
D’s and the Me. place on the other (fully a mile). I seldom see a white 
face except the doctor’s. Sometimes I sit out on the front porch and cry— 
so much that is sad around me and my utter powerlessness to help over 
whelms me. Oh, may God have mercy upon us all. He has laid His 
hands on our idols; may we worship and serve Him alone. . . I live in a 
kind of dream, a fearful dream, and can not think or write coherently. 
There is something peculiarly near and vivid in the sympathy of Chris- 
tian friends, and I never so valued their prayers as now. You do not know 
how I feel as I lie down at night, breathing the very air in which this 
“pestilence walketh in darkness.” It may please the Lord to spare me. I 
know I am His, living or dying. 
FROM TELEGRAMS BY COLONEL HOLLAND. 
Rooms Relief Committee, Holly Springs, October 18, 1879. 
Mr. J. C. Young, Danville, Kg.: 
* ***■»* TV- * * 
Since the inception of the disease there has been the most indescribable 
confusion in every department. This was occasioned by the heads of every 
department being stricken first. For instance: The Nurse Department 172 
lost Colonel Walter first, Colonel Falconer next, and their successor was so 
completely exhausted by his labors I had to look after it for several days 
myself. His clerks, one by one, left, till seven have gone down. In the 
drug store three were stricken down, and two of these from New Orleans. 
In the post office all stricken, two died, two convalescent. In the express 
office two had fever, one died. In the Commissary Department all went 
down. In the Medical Department eleven physicians fell, four died, and 
one of the convalescents will never get well. Of ministers here five fell, 
two died. Of messengers for Relief Committee not one could stand; all 
went, half died. Of nurses two out of seven had it, several died. Of 
teamsters all save one, and since this was written he has fallen; several 
died. Of the Relief Committee lam all left of the first body, the second 
also. It has been recruited seven times, and still there are only three who 
have not had the fever—two of these of New Orleans, who are acclimated. 
I would not make this sad recital, but I feel well satisfied the outside world 
does not appreciate our situation. We have a safe full of keys and valua- 
bles belonging to families that have all been swept away. In one house here 
there were twenty-seven inmates; all had the fever, eight died, and at no 
time were there less than ten in bed. The nurses fell there like the rest; 
one fainted after she had been in the sick room only an hour, and at once 
took the fever; she is from New Orleans, and is an old yellow fever nurse. 
In other families there are none left, save, perhaps, some little lonely or- 
phan, whose tears would melt a heart of stone. We have so many orphans 
to look after, who are left in an unprotected state and without anything. 
They throng to these rooms daily, and recite stories of real truth that would 
startle any one. The Sisters of Bethlehem have exhibited a heroism 
simply grand and beautiful. They came into the hospital and watched 
with sleepless care the stricken patients, as if it were a pleasure; none too 
poor, too black, too repulsive for them to attend with special pleasure, and 
speak words of cheer and comfort, that made the patients feel like they 
were at home and under a sister’s care. One by one the loveliest and the 
best fell, till all went down save one—Sister Laurentia. She stood like a 
monument of womanly graces, brightening us all by her brilliant eyes and 
cheerful talk. Finally this good woman followed the rest, and now she 
sleeps by the side of five others in our cemetery. In all this revel of dis- 
ease and death it has been our pleasure to witness some of the grandest 
examples of manly and womanly virtue I have ever expected to see. If 
my time was my own, I should like to speak of some of these, but when we 
meet I shall tell you of some of them. 
In the hurry of writing this poor letter, I forgot to thank you for your 
kind invitation to visit your city after I could be spared from here. I do 
feel deeply grateful, and no place I would more like to visit, no people I 
would like more to see than yours. But I felt Iliad been spared, and that my 
services were needed in other infected places after my work was done here, 
so I offered myself to Jackson, Miss. But there is at present no one to take 
my place here, and I shall stay until some one does. We have but three 
or four citizens here on duty ; balance strangers. With high esteem, Sir, 
I am sincerely your friend, W, J. L. Holland. 
Holly Springs, Miss., Sept. 11, 1878.—Some eight hundred people 
here—whites, three hundred; colored, five hundred, besides hundreds in 
the country who have fled their homes without anything. Many of them 
are falling victims to the insatiable disease. Such appeals as they bring to 
us would melt a heart of stone. I might tell of some of these, but the 
crowded state of the wires forbids. The requiems to the dying are sung by 
the honest watch-dog, whose master or mistress is being borne away to the 
silent city of the dead. The outside world can not imagine what is going on here. I would like 
to tell, but no words can express it. The widow and orphan appeal to us 
hourly for comfort. To-night a young woman lately married, was brought 
to the office weeping bitterly. She said, “Please send this telegram to my 
friends. My husband is dead. What shall I do?” 
Scores of instances hourly occur to remind us that some extraordinary 
calamity is in our once happy and prosperous little town, bringing grief 
to every home, 
September 21st, Frank Walter and his brother James, who have so faith- 
fully and efficiently filled their places, surrendered to the terrible monster. 
Hardly had the news reached our ears before it was announced that Dr. 
Sheldon, representing the Can’t-Get-Away Club of Mobile, and who had 
charge of the hospital here, was a victim. The physicians with one accord 
give to this man the post of honor, as he has turned out more convalescents 
than any one of them. Many bright and shining lights may go down in this 
great struggle, but notone of a more brilliant character than Dr. Sheldon. 
Like Dr. Manning whose heaven-lit blue eyes seemed to reflect the depth 
and purity of a great and good soul within, Sheldon was mourned by us all. 
His convalescents wrere numbered by the score, and they all speak of how 
tenderly the little, doctor nursed and cared for them. The situation is 
growing worse. 
The hospital is full, and it looks as if every man must go down. The 
godlike Sisters, in their mission of mercy, have paid in their conduct a 
beautiful tribute to Christian fortitude. There are thirteen of them, be- 
longing to Bethlehem Academy, the Catholic school here, and ten have 
fallen. First the good Father O’Berti died like a true Christian minister. 
Father Lanecy, his successor, goes his daily rounds with a smile on his 
face which we love to see. 
Every messenger and clerk around this office have fallen. Every clerk 
has gone, and each morning as I take my place there are tales of sorrow told 
me. Wish I could paint them for your readers. Hourly scenes occur 
which I long to tell about. Such a calamity never befel a people. All we 
do is done to help and cheer. When the mails are opened and the noble 
men around me look up with tearful eyes, I look away and wish I could 
stay this fearful scourge. Holly Springs has reason to congratulate her- 
self ; for in all parts of the United States the good people have responded 
to her calls. How shall we thank them ? 
Already we have spoken of Colonel Walter, but we little dreamed he 
would be suddenly taken from us. If we could weep, we would weep. If 
we could mourn, we would mourn. If we could tell the woe and heart- 
ache, there would be tears, there would be all that sorrow and distress 
could ask. But the silence of the tomb pervades the hearts of our little 
band. The best have gone down, and we have asked others to take their 
places. In not one instance have we seen the one that would refuse to 
take his place whenever we assigned him. This is no time for compli- 
ments; but when the day comes, the public shall know who has stood by 
us. 
We said we had no tears, but there is a time when they flow, and that 
is when we read the telegrams, the letters from friends far away. Tell 
them they give us heart and make ns stronger, better, and brighter, but 
for this we would feel heartsick and weary, and our suffering people ten- 
der their prayerful thanks for the kind and generous assistance their 
friends in all parts of the Union have shown. 
Holly Springs, Miss., October 19.—To-day there have been six new 
cases and one death. Your correspondent happens to be among the new 
HIS LAST DISPATCH, cases, after struggling with Yellow Jack since the beginning of the epi- 
demic. He desires through you and in the name of this people to express 
the lasting gratitude to our friends in every part of the Union, who have 
so generously and nobly contributed to us in so many ways. 
W. J. L. Holland. 
Colonel Holland died October 23d, and in his dying moments was nursed 
by her whom he expected to marry. 
Sketch Prepared for this Report by Rev. W. K. Douglass, D. D. 
DRY GROVE. 
Dry Grove, a mere cross-roads hamlet, lies twenty-two miles southwest 
from Jackson, being ten miles west of the New Orleans Railroad, and eigh- 
teen miles south of the Vicksburg and Meridian. It is not itself upon any 
thoroughfare, but its peculiarly remote and secluded situation had become 
a proverb. At the breaking out of the epidemic its immediate center com- 
prised two stores, a postoffice, wagon shop, blacksmith, shoemaker, public 
gin and mill, physician’s office, Masonic Lodge and school house, and an 
Episcopalian Church. Calling this a village, its western limit was the res- 
idence of Dan. Williams, Esq., the neighborhood Justice, and its eastern, 
the Training School for the education of candidates for the University of 
the Episcopal Church under the charge of the Rector of that Church. It 
was vacation at that institution, though three of the students were pres- 
ent, all of whom fell victims to the disease. It is estimated that within 
the above limits were gathered, white and colored, not more than one hun- 
dred souls. The surrounding country is thickly studded with small plan- 
tations, chiefly cultivated by their proprietors, who, according to their 
location, trade at Dry Grove, Terry, Crystal Springs, and Edwards. There 
were two physicians, Drs. West and Dickson, practising in partnership. 
Another physician, Dr. Mitchell, lived two miles north, whose time had 
been chiefly given to his plantation, gin and mills, but who gave his serv- 
ices with praiseworthy self-devotion during the epidemic. Dr. E. Crum 
and Dr. Herring, practising each about four miles distant, also went in and 
out doing what they could. 
Everything in the situation seemed to indicate more than ordinary secu- 
rity from contagion. The neighborhood had been sought by persons desir- 
ing to escape from threatened railroad towns, and applications for places for 
refuge were received by the people of Dry Grove at the very time when 
the pestilence, walking in its own darkness, was laying its hands on its 
victims. 
The middle of August, the pond supplying the public mill with water, 
was drained and deepened. The character of the deposits dragged out 
upon the adjacent soil, gave serious apprehensions of malarial poisoning. 
Hence, when on the first of September, Dr. Dickson, whose residence was 
nearest, Jack Stubbs, Howard Callendar, brothers-in-law and partners in 
thewvagon shop, Mr. Callandar’s daughter, E. Cherry, a student of the 
Divinity School, Miss Horton, and a number of colored people, were taken 
ill, no grave fears were excited. 
Dr. Dickson went to his father’s house, some miles distant, and was 
in a few days apparently restored. The Callendar family did not call in 
a physician, but as their case excited universal sympathy, night and day 
watches from the neighbors were in constant attendance. When, in a few 
days, the fatal termination of Stubb’s case became probable, the result was 
popularly attributed to imprudent exposure and want of medical advice, at 
the outset, rather than to any fatal character of the disorder. At noon, on 
Saturday, September 7, Stubbs died. Mr. Callendar and his daughter on 
the Bth, all having had black vomit. A number of cases immediately fol- 
lowed, but there were no further deaths until the 12th, when young Cherry was taken. Deaths followed daily. The case of this young boy, 
far from home among strangers, excited unusual attention, and being 
among the first, lie was nursed and tended with unremitting care and but 
an hour before his death supposed convalescent. In two weeks the physi- 
cian who attended him, and all who had been with him in his illness, were 
laid in the silent earth at his side. All indeed, save one, the writer of this 
sketch. 
A variety of circumstances combined to cause much individual suffer- 
ing. There was, after the first days, always “ lack of woman’s nurs- 
ing,” though no “lack of woman’s tears.” For a time it was impossible 
to receive and distribute the relief so generously, indeed lavishly, sent from 
friends. The scattered dwellings of the people, with the insufficient means 
of transportation, the claims of dear 'dying ones at home, interfered with 
those neighborly offices which all were more than ready to perform. A 
single instance, among many, may give an idea of the destitution. The writer 
called at a house where he found all the inmates, four in number, three of 
whom died, in bed. Two professionabnurses were there, but not a particle 
of food nor any, even the most necessary, conveniences of a sick room. He 
was himself riding a mule, every vehicle being in use, but what arms and 
pockets could hold was soon brought. His own case, with many advan- 
tages over others for assistance, may also strengthen the impression which 
can never reach the reality. As one after another the dead had been borne 
forth from my house, the attendants had been sent to more needed house- 
holds. Two who had been offered that night, had thus been sent, and my 
wife and myself were alone with a single lured nurse, a colored woman 
from New Orleans. The last stroke of that “ insatiate archer ” fell at two 
o’clock, and I arose myself and dressed for the first time and watched by 
the silent dead until morning. The expected help not having come, I 
walked out from that dwelling which I had once thought never to leave 
alive, in search of some me to bury the dead. I passed up the deserted 
street in vain. At last I saw a man on horseback, and called to him. He 
said : “ I have come for ice for my wife who is very low, but I can send it 
by a negro and I will make the coffin if I can find any lumber.” I replied 
that I would strip the ceiling from a room. He then said: “ I have a shed 
at home which I can tear down, and I will use that.” We went to the 
church ’yard, where I found the negroes we had employed to dig graves, 
and selected a spot. Our church yard was- filled, and I marked the grave 
outside. I returned to my home, sent the nurse to one who was soon to 
follow, and watched through the day alone. In the evening the coffin 
came and with it Dr. Mitchell and Mr. Gaston, my faithful assistant, whose 
hands had been full with the duties thrown upon him by my illness. But 
for these, I must have placed the dead in the coffin with my own hands. 
As it was, it was necessary for me to drive the little wagon used as a hearse. 
The dogs seeing the house deserted, followed, and made the funeral proces- 
sion. I repeated the glorious words of the burial service, and Mr. Gaston, 
before the grave was closed, went to his bed after three weeks of faithful 
service for the Lord Christ, to receive so early Ids crown of martyrdom. 
That very day, the Howard Association of Crystal Springs, sent two of 
their number, Judge Holt, a man of rare experience in epidemics, and Dr. 
Jones, to establish a depot of supplies. This reduced our chaos to order and 
relieved some sources of suffering. 
It was no fault of our people that so great confusion had existed. At 
that time there was not in the neighborhood of Dry Grove a man who was 
not ill himself or bound to the bedside of the sick of his own household. 
Those who could labor did their duty with a steady courage, -worthy of 
the desperate battle-field on which they fought. Our physicians, West and 
Dickson, remained bravely at their posts. The latter was himself one of 
the victims. From the neighborhood around, Drs. Mitchell, Crum, Dea- 
son, Herring and Jones, the three last were severely attacked but recov- ered. The family of Col. T. S. Dabney, three miles distant, came at a time 
when such help was most welcome and nursed until one of their number 
took the fever herself. Geo. C. French and Win. T. Gaston, Divinity stud- 
ents, labored until they fell victims to the unrelenting destroyer. Ular 
Flewellen, J. E. Johnston, young Allie Mitchell, Harry Carson, are among 
the survivors who can be mentioned with praise. 
The original source of contagion still remains an inscrutable mystery. 
Many remarks have been in circulation, all of which have been diligently 
scrutinized and their falsity ascertained. But whatever view may be 
taken of the origin there can be no question that the unexampled fatality 
must be attributed to local causes. The “ germs” fell into good soil and 
bore their fatal fruit. 
The scenes of suffering cannot be described; they can only be indicated 
by statistics. One household, the Coker family, ten in number, were all ill 
at once. Eight of these died within a week. The Morgan family, four in 
number, were all taken at once—three died. At the Episcopal parsonage 
all were sick at the same time, and but one recovered. 
The undersigned desires to say for himself that with a most profoundly 
grateful heart and a deep sense of the benefits conferred upon his people, he 
finds it impossible to make acknowledgment in words. He must be either 
much more, or much less, than man not to have felt in his heart the ex- 
tremity of human misery. He does not attempt even to himself to vindi- 
cate the ways of Divine Providence; that is presumption. But he can 
truly say that he finds his confidence in humanity strengthened, his con- 
viction of the power of a Christian faith deepened as he sees the old mar- 
tyr spirit not yet dead among the disciples of Christ. 
W. K. Douglass. 
CASES AND DEATHS AT DEY GROVE. 
Jack Stubbs, died Sept. 7. 
Hiram Callendar, died Sept. 8. 
Lulie Callendar, died rept. 8. 
Frank Cherry, died Sept. 12. 
Dan. Williams, Esq., died Sept. 14. 
Mrs. Phoebe Stubbs, died Sept. 15. 
Miss Nellie Horton, died Sept. 18.' 
AValter Williams, died Sept. 18, 
Mrs. Octavia Williams, died Sept. 18. 
Rev. Wm.K. Douglass, recovered. 
Hugh Stewart, P. M., died Sept. 24, 
Geo. C. French, died Sept. 22. 
Mrs. Sarah Douglas, died Sept. 26. 
Miss Netta Douglas, died Sept. 23. 
Henry M. Williams, died Sept. 25. 
Mrs. James Coker, died Sept. 24. 
Mrs. J. H. Flewellen, died Sept. 26. 
Sarah Flewellen, died Sept. 26. 
Mrs. Elizabeth Glowers, died Sept. 27. 
Miss Mary Coker, died Sept. 27. 
Miss Jennie Coker, died Sept. 27. 
Miss Bettie Caston, died Sept. 27. 
Zella Flewellen, died Sept. 29. 
Jimmie Stewart, died Sept. 29. 
Arthur Stewart, died Sept. 29. 
Henry Coker, recovered. 
Nettie Coker, recovered. 
Mrs. J. E. Johnston, recovered, 
Nettie Stewart, died Oct. 1. 
Miss Edith Caston, died Oct. 2. 
Charles Caston, died Oct. 3. 
W. Thomas Gaston, died OcL 3. 
Miss Jane Flewellen, died Oct. 3. 
Wiggins Gaston, died Oct. 4. 
Uiar Flewellen, recovered. 
James H. Stewart, died Oct. 8. 
Geo. Dixon, M. D., Get. 9. 
W. B. Herring, M. D., recovered. 
W. M. Deason, M. D., recovered. 
George Morgan, died Oct. 10. 
Charles Morgan, died Oct. 12. 
Mrs. Elizabeth Morgan, died Oct 12. 
Miss Mary Morgan, recovered. 
Mr. Calvin Griffin, died Oct. 33. 
Mr. Thomas Wall, died Oct. 13. 
Mrs. Mary Johnson, died Oct. 14. 
Mrs. Sraedes, recovered. 
Ethel Douglass, recovered. 
Miss Leona Rogers, recovered. 
Miss E. C. Moncure, recovered. 
Two children of Augusta Terry, date of 
their death unknown. 
Maggie Johnson, died Oct. 15. 
Miss Kyle, died Oct. 20. 
Mr. W. D. Kyle, died Oct. 25. 
Mrs. Amanda Johnson, Oct. 25. 
Mrs. Cooke, Howard nurse, died o“ct. 25. 
Susie McCowen, recovered. 
Mr. Calvin Williams, died Oct. 30. 
Miss Judith West, recovered. 
There were a large number of negroes ill from the first, of whom not 
more than one or two died, and it is doubtful whether these were yellow 
fever at all. 
Total cases, 60; total deaths, 46. PORT GIBSON. 
Population about 1100. Frst case, August 3d. Total cases in town and 
country, about 1500; total deaths in town and country, about 275. 
C. L. Barrot, Mrs. Mary Greer, John Leisher, Chas. Shreve, Sr., 
Mrs. Paul Barret, Malcomb Gilehurst,E. E. Leisher, (in-Chas. Shreve, Jr., 
Paul Barret, Levenia Greer, fant) Mrs. Chas. Shreve, 
Miss Sallie Burnet, Kugenia Greer, Mrs. Mary M. Lynch Dr. J. G. Strow- 
Ilev. S. B. Benron, Simon Harris, Janie Leonard, bridge, 
John Broughton, Rev. Geo. Hall, Johnie Lee, T. N. Stewart,. 
Jimmie Broughton, Mrs. Huber, Tyre Lilly, Geo. Scharff, 
Mrs. J. T5. Bertron, Mrs. T. C. Healeyßilly McCann, Mrs. Geo. Scharlf, 
Hr. Brumley, and two children,B. H. McClinton, Lr. H. C. Snodgrass 
John Crowley, T. S. Hawkins (in-Miss Jennie Mason,A. K. Shafer, Jr., 
Wm. Daugherty, fant,) W. H. Martin, Dr. W. D. Sprott, 
Andy Tomie Hawkins, Dr. Wm. Moore, Philip Sylvester, 
May Daugherty, Eva Humphreys, (D.Ella Moore, Adolph Thaler, 
Daugherty, B. H.) Duncan Moore, Mrs. Adolph Thaler 
AVillie Day, Ben Humphreys, (G. James Murphey, Rodolph Thaler, 
Joseph Day, W. H.) Simpson McClure, Tobias Thaler, 
Charlie Day, Mrs. D. B. Hum-Mrs. L, T. Newman,John Thaler, 
Miss A. Disheroon, phreys, Bernard Newman, Judge Jno. B. Trash- 
AVilliam Disheroon, Jacob Haeley, Sidney Newman, er, 
Lindseys R. Evans, John Hendorson, Corinne Newman. Mrs. T. C. Trevel- 
Mrs. R. L. Evans, Mrs. John IngramPatrick Nolan, lian, 
Mr. Faust, and child, James Nance, Jr., Casey Thomas, 
Mrs. Faust, T. E. Jones, Mike O’Day, Mrs. Tucker, 
Maj. J. D. Fairly, Eliza Jones, Katie O’Connell, Fritz. Ungerer, 
Butler Fife. Miss Fannie John-Mrs. Dan O’ConnellGen. J. D. Vertner, 
AArm. Fife, (child) son, Bertron Purnell, (infant) 
Eliza Fife, Dorsey Kilcrease, Mrs. R. S. Patton, Miss MaryAVheeless 
Wm. Fife, Thomas Kelley, R. S. Patton, Jr., Capt. H. 8. Wheeless 
AAr. R. Gordon, (son Mrs. Thos. Kava-Joseph Price, John AVoods, 
of R. F. Gordon,) naugh, Robert J. Price, Charlie AVeeks, 
Miss Lizzie Green, Mrs. S. M. Kirk-Mrs. Eliza Price, Jimie AVeeks, 
Miss Gayoza Green, bride, J. A, Price, N. S. AValker, (in- 
E nma Grilling, And. J. Louder, Price, fant) 
AAr. A. Green (daugh-Samuel Little, Mrs. John PeopleSj Dr. Thomas Young, 
ter) Geo. Leisher, Aug. Sammelson, Mrs. Dr. Thomas 
AVm. Guess, (child) Frank Leisher, Mrs. H. J.Simonson Young, 
DEATHS IN PORT GIBSON AND ADJACENT COUNTRY. 
Estelle Greer, Mrs. Sam’l Mackey,Mrs. Dr.J. G.Strow-Maj. Hasie (child) 
Joseph Green, bridge. 
Total number of colored deaths, 95. 
Total number of cases treated in the county, not less than 1,200. 
The above list of deaths is made up with the assistance of Howard offi- 
cers Gage, Englesing, Fulkerson, and J. L. Foote, undertaker. It is not 
claimed that it is a full list of deaths in the county, from the fact that to 
obtain a full and complete list is impossible. Many white and colored peo- 
ple have died from this fever of which I have no official information thus 
far. The Howards have extended their helping hand to every corner of the 
county that could be reached. Local pickets alone kept them from cover- 
ing the whole ground. E. F. Gordon, 
Oct. 31st, 1878. Health Officer, Port Gibson, Miss. 
LAKE. 
Population about 350. Total cases, 330. Total deaths, 80. 
AV. E. Crowson, Mrs. AV. E. Crowson, Frank Tate, Lee C. Scott, George Jones’ 
col.. Ann Bragg, col., Randall Flowers, col., W. H. Evers, H. Y. McFarland, Dr 
DEATHS AT LAKE. J. J, Tate, L. B. Wilkins, John Clay, W. J. Crosby, Rob't Davidson, Semp. Tate, 
Matthew Young, Mrs. W. S. Hoskins, Rev. Wm. Banks, col., John Bragg’s child, 
col., Mrs. Martha Lowry, Geo. F. Lowry, J. S. Yarborough, Mrs. Thos. Ray, 
Mamie Evers, Mrs. J. P. Snead, John Couch, Mrs. J. S. Yarborough, Carrie 
Evers, Chas. McFarland, Miss Lula Lowry, Mrs. Evers, Mary McFarland, S. D. 
Kennedry, J. N. Couch, John U. Crosby, Jesse Long, Sarah Bur ire, col., Mrs. 
Hugh McFarland, P. Saunders, Mrs. G. C. McCallum, Mrs. M. P. Saunders, 
Miss Fannie Saunders, Mrs. S. D. Kennedy, Sarah Ann Januarj', Miss Tate, 
Mrs. Evers’ babe, Mrs. Shackelford, of Meridian. 
Sept. ‘2B—Windotn Moody, col Oct. I—.Ella Burge Oct. 2—Mary Mc- 
Callum, Mrs. Kittie Scott, Chas. Banks, col., Oscar Long, Rob’t Hoskins. 
Oct. 3—Willie Weaver (let. 4—Lyda Adams, L. Ritter, nurse, Mrs. R. A. 
Ray Oct. 5--Mrs. Rachael Burge, Adolphus Long. m 
Oct. 6--John R. Weaver, Raney McGroarty, W. J. Adams Oct. s—Kate 
McCallum Oct. 10—Richard Burge, Henry Clayr Atkins, col. 
Oct. 11—Mrs. Jas. Stewart, Charley McCallum, Mrs. Stewards daughter. 
Oct. 12—Matilda Burge, col Mrs. Sarah Wells, Lafayette Weaver. 
Oct. 15—Tommy Weaver, Rob’t Tate. Wm. Nichols Oct. 20—Albert Cole’s 
child, col Oct. 21—Stella Burge, Miss Nettie Burge Oct. 22—Richard 
Burge. 
Dr. F. E. Daniel was assigned to duty at Lake by the Howard Associa- 
tion at Jackson. The following is an extract from one of his letters: 
One physician and four nurses arrived from Vicksburg. More needed. 
We want mattresses and blankets, also a druggist and a cook for the soup 
house. Every household is broken up and not a family has escaped the 
fever. 
After the storm many new graves sunk and emitted extremely offensive 
odors which attracted the buzzards. .Of course it was remedied, but seems 
to have strongly impressed the prevailing fever—which heretofore, al- 
though malignant in many cases, was amenable to treatment. It is now 
unmanageable, and treatment heretofore successful beyond the average re- 
sults, appears to make no impression whatever. Many cases have black 
vomit in the first stage, (during the fever,) and sometimes in a few hours 
after being attacked. The wind was from the north after the storm, and 
the graveyard is north of and near the town; and an excellent family liv- 
ing nearest the graveyard were all attacked at once, and most violently— 
seven in number. They are Mrs. Hugh McFarland, whose husband died 
recently, her three children, (two now dying,) her sister, Miss Fanny San- 
ders, her mother and father, Mr. and Mrs. P. Sanders. Dr. Gresham, of 
Forest, is in the same house, now convalescent. Amongst the recent cases 
in addition to those above mentioned are Capt. W. M. Thornton, President 
of the Citizens’ Aid Association. He is doing well. His wife is convales- 
cent, also Col. D. S. Holmes, and wife. Their son very sick. The last 
deaths are Miss Lulu Lowry—her father, G. F. Lowry, Col. Yarborough, 
Mayor of Lake, and his wife—several of the Lowry children are now down. 
You can form no idea of the suffering and distress here. The houses are 
generally small and several patients in one small room frequently. Many die 
probably who could be cured under more favorable circumstances; frequently 
the shock of seeing a child or husband or brother die and be carried out 
instantly prostrates a patient previously doing well. This fever was ex- 
tinguished here at one time, but the people, deceived by the appearance of 
safety opened up the infected houses and aired the bedding and next day we 
had some twenty new cases. Meridian has been and is still supplying us 
with everything. 
The facts with regard to the gasses arising from the graves, and the air- 
ing of the infected bedding, are significant and important, and emphasize 
the necessity of the utmost caution and the most stringent measures to pre- 
vent the spread of the deadly plague. In haste. 
Your friend, F. E. Daniel. MERIDIAN. 
It will be seen from the list of deaths from yellow fever, that there were 
in all from Sept. 24th to Nov. 7th, 86 deaths. The whole number of cases 
was 382, so that it appears that the mortality, great as it was, was less than 
at other places visited by this dreadful scourge. The first death from the 
fever is supposed to be Lewis Carter, a negro who carried the mails from 
the Postoffice to the trains, and who died on the 24th of September. The 
next fatal case was that of John Etheridge, who died on the 28th of Sep- 
tember. Up to this time the town had been remarkably healthy. There 
had been a few weeks previous some suspicious cases of fever. Brown 
Sprawling, a young man, whom it has since been learned was taken sick 
five days after leaving Vicksburg, had fever, and some other parties living 
near him also had fever, one of whom died. It is believed by many that 
these were the first cases of the fever here, and its origin. The night before 
Etheridge’s death, Mrs. Taggert and Messrs. Terry, Preston and one or two 
others were attacked with chills followed by fever, and on the first of Octo- 
ber Terry and Preston died. The same day Mr. Moesley was taken sick, 
and on the following day Messrs. Sadler, Tarver, Mr. and Mrs. Brookshire 
and two or three negroes. The Doctors hesitated about pronouncing the 
cases yellow fever, but the Board of Health refused to issue certificates of 
health, and the quarantine guards were discharged. The people of the 
town now became panic stricken and a general stampede took place. All 
the business houses but two were closed and almost every one that could 
leave town did so. It i's difficult to say how many were left here, but the 
number did not exceed seven or eight hundred and of these more than half 
were colored. There were already 12 to 15 cases and the disease spread 
rapidly. With few exceptions the first cases were fatal. Some of the phy- 
sicians denied that the disease was yellow fever, but after the night of October 
3d, when Willie Tarver died with black vomit, there was no longer any 
doubt but that the same disease was here that had desolated Grenada, Hol- 
ly Springs, Memphis, Vicksburg and other cities. The remaining citizens 
re-organized the Aid Society, and did everything in their power to see that 
the sick and destitute were provided for. Mayor Taylor and Messrs, W. 
A. Brown, W. T. McLean and A. A. Currie, of the Boards of Mayor and 
Aldermen, and Mr. Thos. Sullivan, City Marshal, Capt. R. L. Henderson, 
Sheriff, and A. R. Wilson, Jailor, all remained and rendered valuable ser- 
vices to the afflicted. Messrs. McLean and Currie fell at the post of duty, 
and Mayor Taylor was prostrated by a severe attack of the disease, but we 
are happy to state has no\y fully recovered. Drs. Redwood, Griffin, Philips 
and Smith, remained and did all that medical skill could do for the sick, 
and were finally aided by Dr. George H. Fowler, of Mobile. 
Many of our most useful and promising citizens have fallen, and sorrow 
and desolation visited hitherto happy families, but we have no space in this 
hastily prepared paper to do more than mention their decease 
From Meridian Homestead. 
Sept. 24—Lewis Carter, col Sept. 28—John Etheridge From Sept. 28th 
to Oct. 7th—T. J. Terry, ffm. A. Preston, Mrs. Jno. f agger t, McLister, W. S. 
Tarver, W. L. Sadler, Lera Hobson, col., J. Washington, col.. Peter Brooks, col., 
B. Thompson, col., Nancy Marshall, col., McArthur’e child, col., Augusta Wil- 
son. 
Oct. 7—Jas. Terrell, Calvin Peoples, col Cct. B—Bettie Meads, col Oct. 
9—R. J. Moseley, Mrs. Lipscomb, Mrs. Owens Oct. 10—Miss Taft Oct 11 
ffm. T. McLean. Chas. T. McLean, John Ward Oct. 12—Miss Mattie Phillips 
Mary Kilev, Nellie Childs, Mary Perry, c 01...... Oct. 14—Willie Owens, 
Owens, Sallie Echols, col Oct. 15—Ben Vail, Edward Tucker, Henry Harris, 
col., Mat Gallis, col. 
Oct. 16—Mrs. Ellen Bragg, Adaline Moore, col From Oct. 17th to 21st—El- 
LIST OF DEATHS. len Rainey, Ed. Habercorn, Willie Driver, col., Mr. Lawrence, W. V. Rainey, 
Mrs. Lawrence, Pierce Nelson, col., Andrew Carr, col., Nelson’s child, col., Peter 
Johnson, col Rob Harrington, col., Peter Johnson’s child, col., Mollie Pat- 
ton’s child, col. 
From Oct. 21st to Oct. 24th—Mrs. S. J. Tarver, Henry White, col., Mrs. Dr. 
Gould, Dick White, col., Jno. White, col Oct. 24— E. H. Tallichet, D. Pull- 
ham, col., B. F. Moseley, Emma Robinson, col., Josiah Jones, Nancy Marshall, 
col., Thos. nodgers. 
Oct. 25—Mrs. Holmes, col Oct. 26— E. V. Earlv, A. A. Currie Oct. 27 
S. C, Thielgard, J. Bell, col Oct. 28—Violet Williams, col., Rebecca Morris, 
col Oct. 20—John Henderson, Richard Goodin, col., Diana Lee. col. 
Oct. 30—Ch'as. Link, Mrs. Ben Williams, Win. Hoffer Oct. 31— T. R. Wil- 
liams Nov. 2—Lulie Sinclair Nov, 3—Geo. White Nov. 4—Mrs. W. P. 
Broach. 
Nov. s—Mrs. James Prestige, Jerry Jones, col Nov. 6—Ritta Adkinson, col 
Nov. 7—T. C. Enslen's child. 
Whole number of deaths 86. 
C. M. DIDDLE.—WRITTEN ABOUT DECEMBER IST, 1878. 
HANDSBORO, MISS. 
Near the middle and latter part of August there occurred in Handsboro, 
Mississippi City and vicinity a number of cases of fever pronounced by the 
physicians as malarial, bilious and otherwise; no deaths, however, resulting 
therefrom. 
At this time yellow fever was prevailing in New Orleans, Grenada and 
Memphis, spreading rapidly and becoming general throughout the South- 
ern country. 
Medical testimony regarding the disease was united, “that yellow fever 
features in initiatory cases were so absorbed by malarial elements as to ren- 
der their presence almost impossible to detect,” hence opinion was divided 
when the first genuine case of yellow fever appeared—Septemoer 2d. 
The second case appeared Sept. 10th, almost in the center of town and 
the subject a negro woman. There were a few cases between this date and 
October 1, after which there was a rapid increase, the disease becoming gen- 
eral. The principal seat of locality during the epidemic may be termed 
central. It early extended eastward on Main street, from Church to Gulf 
thence north to Magnolia, thence west to Bridge, thence south near its ori- 
gin to Main. 
P. Mateo, native of Aus-ria, died Sept. 24; ill three days; 26 years. 
Mary Ann Cleary, native of, Ireland; died October 12; ill nine days; aged 39 
years. 
John Cullinan, native of Ireland; died Oct. 12; ill four days; aged 72 years. 
Mrs. David McVay, native of Mississippi; died Oct. 15; ill seven days; aged 
26 years. 
Walter Cullinan, native of Ireland; died Oct. 16; ill four days; aged 34 years. 
Mrs. John Murphy, native of Handsboro; died Oct. 12; ill thirteen days; aged 
31 years. 
Dr. John E. Lyon, native of South Carolina; died Oct. 18; ill ten days; aged 
38 years. 
Daniel Andrews, native of New York; died Oct. 20; ill four days; aged 69 
years. 
Joseph Zundt, native of Switzerland; died Oct. 21; ill thirteen days; aged 33 
years. 
Elizabeth McVay, native of Mississippi; died October 22; ill eleven days; aged 
26 years. 
Monica Waycott, native of Handsboro; died Oct. 26; ill three days; aged 3. 
years. 
Georgiana Vierling; native of Handsboro; died October 27; ill three days;, 
aged 16 years. 
THE DEAD, Matilda Bailey, native of Handsboro; died Nov. 1; ill five days; aged about 4 
years. 
Alexander McVay, native of Handsboro; died Nov. 1; aged byears; taken sick 
October 13, and relapsed after recovery. 
Lewis Edward Hempstead, native of Mississippi; died Nov. 4; ill five days; 
aged 15 years. 
John G. Blacklidge; native of Mississippi; died Nov. 15; ill four days; aged 
51 years. 
Last death—Mrs. Rutland, December 23, 1878; last case, January 10, 1879. 
Contributions $l,lOO. 
SUMMARY. 
Origin—lmported from New Orleans; first case, September 2; first death, Sep- 
tember 24; last death, December 22; fever epidemic, October 12; epidemic ended, 
November 5; first general frost, November 1; lowest range of thermometer, 44 
degrees; number of cases (to date)—Whites, 98; negroes. 28; total, 126. Num- 
ber of deaths—Whites, 16; number made widows, 6; number made widowers, 2. 
J. D. Beany, died Sept. 9; Winston Hawkins, died Sept. 25; Mrs. John E. Row . 
land, died September 27; A.,8. Winston, died Sept. 28; M. A. Carter, died Oct. 1; 
Mrs. W. B. Brockett, died Oct. 1; John McEnery Brockett, died Oct. 4; Henry 
Chamberlain, died Oct. 4. 
AT BARNES HOTEL. 
ON THE BEACH. 
Chas. Walker, died Oct. 22; Pauline Clark, died Oct.l; John C. Craier, died Oct. 
19; Susie Latimer, died Oct. 23; Polly Jackson, died Oct. 28; C. L. Wells, died 
Nov. 15; Chas. Odom, died Oct. 27. 
WATER VALLEY. 
Total cases, about 250. Total deaths, 75, as follows; Adult males, white 
44—females, 7 ; adult males, colored, B—females,8—females, 5; 3 children, males, 
white—5 females ; 6 children, females, colored. 
From Water Valley Courier, Nov. 16. 
On the 10th of August, the authorities here telegraphed to Grenada to 
know if it was true that there was yellow fever in that city, and received 
a negative answer, from the Mayor himself. The next day, however, the 
tenor of the telegrams from Grenada were changed, and then it was that 
our people begin to realize the danger that threatened us. To add to the 
anxiety and suspicion of our people, on the night of the 10th of August, 
Mr. J. E. Booker, who had been working in Grenada, returned to his family 
in this city, quite sick. Sunday, the 11th, physicians were called in and 
the case of Mr. Booker was pronounced suspicious at least. This proved to 
be the first case of yellow fever. 
From the sth of October to the 27th, was the period of greatest gloom, 
the number of cases for that time being from forty to sixty. Almost every 
day there were deaths from yellow fever, and some days three and four in- 
terments. The majorities of the cases for this period was among the col- 
ored people, very few families of that race having left town, while many 
other families came from the country, making the population of the col- 
ored people during the prevalence of the epidemic even greater than in was 
before the fever began. 
It will be seen by the list, which we publish below, that while the col- 
ored people had more cases, the whites suffered by far the greater mortality. 
Aug. 30—Kenny Lees, engineer Sept. 7—Wm. Goodwin Sept. 12—Mrs. 
A. G. Buford, at Ccean Springs Sepi. 14—C. E. Summers. 
Sept. 18—Peter Williams, conductor Sept. 19— J. H. Fly, attorney; Jennie 
Morrison, col Sept. 23—Walter Reems, engineer, Harrisburg, Tenn; Mark 
F. Pate, merchant, at Philadelphia, Pa. 
DEATH ROLL. Sept. ‘24—Bill Brooks, col Sept. 2G—R. A. Long, Mrs. N. U. Gartine. 
Sept. 27— J. 0. Hendricks, City Treasurer and insurance agent. 
Sept. 28—Miss Jane Miller. Sept. 30— J. E. Becton, Master Mechanic, N. U. 
Gartine, Lige Miller. 
Oct. 2—L. M. Pennington, Train Dispatcher; D. Donahue, at Nashville. 
Oct. 5—G. W. Strong, Wm. White, B. W. Brewer, Bill Meeks, col. 
Oct. 6—W. H. Jones, engineer, at Ways 81uff......0ct. 7—H. Reese’s child. 
Oct. B—M. A. Gross, Draftsman and Time Keeper. 
Oct. 9—A. V. Simmons Oct. 11—Jeff. Miller, Jack Coachman, col. 
Oct. 14—John McClure, Mrs. Edstrom Oct. 15— W. L. Bartlett, Conductor; 
Tom Walker. Bagorage Master; E. Block, Hotel Keeper; Mrs. G. AV. Reed. 
Oct. 16— H. W. Freeman, Attorney Oct. 19—Mrs. E. F. Smith, David An- 
drews, col., found dead. 
Oct. 20—Miss Mollie Smith, A. C. Thorne. Oct. 21—Rob’t Townsend 
Tom Trainer. 
Oct. 22—Jas. M, Creps, Clay McMillen, John Mattson, P. W. Pennell, Time 
Keeper. 
Oct. 24—Thomas Reasons, child of Mrs, Edstrom Oct. 26—Mrs. Robert 
Prophit.,....Oct. 27—Jack Ledbetter Nov. I—Jas. Hall Nov. B—Gus.8—Gus. 
Holmes. 
Nov. s—Mrs. J. B. Taylor, Ike Watson, col Nov. 19—W. J. Mauldin, mer- 
chant; Miss Nellie Baker. 
We have been unable to ascertain the dates of the following deaths; Jack 
Howard, child of Thomas Mauldin, Kate Conway, Lucretia Ware, and two un- 
known colored women. 
JACKSON. 
Aug. 81—Joseph Sayle Sept. 28—Wm, H. Swett Sept. 27- William Mc- 
Callum Oct. 2—Junius Cranberry Oct. 3—Mrs. Ann Williams, col., Geo. 
C. Granberry Oct. 5—J. H. Ledbetter, Lewis Reinheimer, William H. Taylor 
Oct. 6—Alonzo L. Brunson, (in sth year) Oct. 7—C. Cosmani Oct. B—Creed8—Creed 
Wade, col., George Granberry Oct. 9—Mrs. W. H. Johnson, Andrew Wilson, 
M iss Ida Granberry. 
Oct. 10—James M>Kay, col Oct. 11—William Barrett, Mrs. Cosmani, Mrs. 
McCallum Oct. 12—Maria Haley, col., Johnnie Phillips, col Oct. 13—Wil- 
liam Mullet, William Ewing Oct. 14—Daniel Eschelman Oct. 15—Fannie 
Mclnnis, Henry Eschelman, Ophelia Newman, col. 
Oct. 16—Pierce Bonner, col., Willie Douglas, col., child, Matt Clark Oct. 
17—William L. Parker, Gertrude Washington, col., Eli Hammond, col , Joshua 
Wells, col., Robert Black. Oct. 18—Birdie Clint, col., child Oct. 19—Daniel 
Clancy, Fannie Crawford, col., Moses Devoty, col. 
Oct. 20—P. M. Watterson Oct- 21—Toney McDonald, child, Harvey Pierce, 
Geo. Morton, col Oct. 22— T. J. Jackson, col., Pinkey Beasley, col., Martha J. 
Kellar, col. 
Oct. 23—Wesley Burton, col., Mrs. Daniel Clancy Oct. 24—Milly Dickson, 
col., Edward Bailey Oct. 23—Joseph Muller, Mrs. Thos, Marion, Bettie Div- 
ine, Judy Redding, col. 
Oct. 26—Allen Joseph, col.. John F. Bayol Oct. 27—Jane Harrington, col. 
Oct. 28—Ann Harris, col., Minnie Barrett, Susan Johnson, col. 
Oct. 29—Patrick O'Leary, about 12 years, Lafayette Simpson, col., Sally 
Douglas, col Oct. 31—Mrs. Thos. Mclnnis, col Nov. 2—Henry E. Sizer, 
Annie Harrison, col. 
Nov. 3—Marceilus Langlev, col., Malvina Wallace, col Nov. 5—C. Eva 
Johnson, 4 years, Mrs. P. C. Daughtry Nov. B—P. J. Roach, Simon White, 
col., Joseph Kolb, in country. 
Nov. 11—Dan Crawford, col., Miss Louise Taylor Nov. 12—Anna Hill, col 
Nov. 13—P. Kolb Nov. 14—Eliza Godfrey, col Nov. 16—Ben. F. Glennon. 
Nov. 20—Mrs. Margaret Ryan. 
Nov. 21—-Annie Oliver Comfort, aged 7 weeks Nov. 26—Willle Coats 
Nov. 28—Miss Annie Wallace. 
Total cases yellow fever during epidemic, 490; whites, 173; colored, 317; total 
deaths from yellow fever, 84; whites, 49; colored, 3*; first death August3lst; last 
death, November 28. 
Total average cost per case, $27 03, including burial expenses. Mr. Swett, an employee of the Vicksburg and Meridian railroad, died in 
this city, Monday night. His attending physician has said that the case 
presented decided yellow fever symptoms, and there are circumstances 
attending it strongly presumptive of that disease. It has not been two 
weeks since he was exposed to the fever at Smith’s Station, and probably 
other infected places. Prompt measures were taken to prevent the spread- 
ing of the disease, and disinfectants are still freely used. The occurrence 
of this case warrants us in warning our absent citizens to remain away; and 
our authorities and won’i-go-aways, to continue on the alert. 
From Clarion, Sept. 25. 
From Clarion, Oct. 2. 
The yellow fever case of William McCallum, who had not been out of 
Jackson, naturally produced inquiry as to the probable cause. It has been 
ascertained that on the square on which his mother resides, a colored man 
man—Buck Patton—received into his family about five weeks ago, his step- 
son, from a badly infected place. A young daughter of Patto \ soon there- 
after died with a disease which the attending physician said at the time had 
strongly marked yellow fever symptoms. About the same time Gregg 
Richards, another colored man, living in the same lot, secreted a refugee 
from another badly infected place, who, under cover of darkness, probably 
had eluded the vigilance of the quarantine officers. Richards died very 
soon thereafter with what was then supposed to be a chronic case of long 
standing, but recent inquiry has induced the belief that he may have con- 
tracted the yellow fever before his death, by contract with the person whom 
he was harboring. Residing in that immediate locality, it is more than 
probable that poor McCallum, totally unconscious of danger, owed his death 
to this cause. Fortunately for the rest of the community the sanitary 
measures enforced by the authorities delayed the progress of the disease, 
else our town would ere this this have been enshrouded in the same gloom 
that has darkened so many other places. We have no patience to comment 
upon the criminal violation of the ordinances which were established to 
protect the public health, and which, in addition to the punishment it has 
brought upon the parties who were accessory to it, has brought unspeaka- 
ble sorrow upon at least one unfortunate family. 
Clarion, Oct. IG. 
The large number of colored cases over whites is attributable to the pre- 
ponderance of the former population, very few of whom left the town on 
the approach of the disease. It will be seen that the death-roll of the week 
just ended has not increased over the week before, and that thus far, it has 
been unusually small compared to other places of equal population which 
have been visited by the epidemic—a fact attributable to various causes, 
chief among them, the excellent sanitary measures provided in advance by 
our thoughtful authorities. Besides, our superb corps of able physicians 
have been on the alert, and from the start have contested every inch of 
ground with the fell destroyer. Time at this season of the year is an im- 
portant ally. Let us take courage. ‘•The stars in their causes are fighting 
against Sisera.” 
The deaths for the past week have averaged nearly 3 a day—a slight 
increase over the week before. On the nights of the 17th, 18th and 19th, 
there were light frosts without any perceptible effect upon the disease. The 
sick and death rates have somewhat decreased among the whites, and have 
largely increased among the colored during the past week. Last night 
there was another light frost, with what effect remains to be seen. Unless 
Clarion, Oct. 23. nature has reversed her ordinances, cool weather will extinguish the 
disease ere long. Our people who have borne their trials so calmly will 
not despair now. The darkest hour is just before daybreak. 
BOLTON. 
Peter Shield, Sept.—; M. Schwartz, Sr., Oct.—; Miss Annie Walton, Oct- 
-2; Geo. Walton, Oct. 9; Mrs. 11. A. Myrick, Oct. 1; E. K. Myrick, Oct. 25; Mrs- 
Mrs. D. J. Alexander, Oct. 16; Mrs. Jennie Fitzgera d, Nov. 5; Mrs. Ida K. 
Peebles, and Clifton Peebles, Oct. 11; Mrs. Ida McKay, Oct. 9; W. E Shofner, 
Nov. 12; Henry M. Wells and Eddie Wells, Nov. 19. Total, 14. Colored deaths 
at Bolton and vicinity, 43. Total cases, 167. Nearly all the whites had refu- 
geed; 
McCOMB CITY. 
Total cases, between 350 and 400. Total deaths 52—adult males, 24 ’ 
females, 11; boys, 9; girls, 8. Colored males, 1 ; female, 1. 
Oct, 4—G. A. Bovd Oct. B—Thomas Leddy, John Easley Oct. 10—ffm. 
Fleming: Oct. 11—Katie Doyle, B. F. Busby, John McNamara, John Fenger. 
Oct. 13—Dudley Atkinson Oct. 14—Victor Bauer Oct. 16—Willie Ab- 
bott Oct. 18—Mrs.Geo. Butland Oct. 19— T. 11. Brady, W. B. Freshwater. 
Oct. 20—Miss Katie Abbott. Willie Easley Gertie Uter, Dan. Felder, col., 
Preston Smothers, col Oct. 22—Mrs. G. A. Boyd Oct. 24—Dr. A. F. 
Strawn. 
Oct. 26—Mrs. S. Nelson Oct. 27—Miss Lena Bauer. L. B. Ford Oct. 29 
Katie Freshwater, A. Johnson Oct. 30—Mrs. B. Foley Oct. 81— B. N. 
Freshwater. 
Nov. I—Jas. Bowen, John Killian Nov. 2—Sam. Williamson, Jr Nov. 
3—Paul Thalheim, Thomas Foley Nov. 4—Fred. Thalheim......Nov. 6—Georgs 
Bewley, Celia Connolly, col. 
Nov. 7—Hiram Hester, Mary Smith Nov. B—Nettie Uter Nov. 10—Otto 
Thalheim. Mrs. Sopiah Tankersly Nov. 11—John Hay, Emma Thalheim. 
Nov. 12—Mrs. John Hay Nov. 15—Mrs. E. Strawn Nov. 16—Maud Sul- 
livan Nov. 18—James Mcßrain Nov. 19—Dr. B. F. Gatlin, Peter McNa- 
mara Nov. 24—Mrs. Sarah Sullivan Nov. 24—Thomas Sullivan Dec. 
Dec. I—Mrs.1—Mrs. M. E. Thalheim. 
It was our privilege to visit McComb City yesterday on a relief mission- 
We were furnished a list of forty-five persons—all white but one—who 
have died there of yellow fever since the 4th of October, out of about three 
hundred cases treated; the average population of the town being about 
eleven hundred. Some thirty cases are now under treatment. The family 
of Mrs. Laura O. Divine, formerly of this city, have been greatly afflicted. 
All the children, but one, have had the fever, and Miss Lettie was very 
low when we called to see her. We had the pleasure of meeting the 
Messrs. Greener, Kennedy, Gibson, White, Beard, and others of the noble 
Howards, who have done good work, in a quiet way, with but little outside 
assistance. We were also pleased to have an interview at Summit Quaran- 
tine Station, with John H. McKenzie, Grand Master of Odd Fellows, who 
has been indefatigable in his ministrations to the people of McComb City. 
From The Clarion, Nov. 13. 
DEATHS AT “VALLEY HOME,” TALLAHATCHIE 
COUNTY. 
Plantation of Dr. G. W. Payne, 27 miles west of Grenada, 12 miles north 
of Yalobusha river, and about 12 miles east of Tallahatchie river. Eigh- 
teen white population in the house—5 adult males, 8 adult females, 5 chil- 
dren. All had the fever. 
Deaths—Lena Montgomery, Humpbrie Montgomery, Mrs. Blackwell, Mrs- 
John Thompson, Mr. John Thompson, A. J. Thompson, William Payne, Mrs. Grose, Mrs. Russell, Battle Thompson, I)r. Geo. Payne, Mr. Smith Murphy, Dr. 
Turnjpseed, Mr. Sam. Berry, white, Colored, unknown, Garett Mariwether. 
A STRICKEN FAMILY. 
From The Clarion, Sept. 4. 
Several wreeks ago, a lady from New Orleans stayed at the house of Mr. 
Young F. Griffin, in Pike county, for several days, and then left. She was 
not sick herself, but carried the germs of the fever in her clothing and 
baggage. The following death-roll in the Summit Times tells the story; 
Griffin—At the “Wallace Place,” four miles from Summit, on Wednesday 
morning, August 21, 1878, Young M. Griffin, eldest son of Young F. and P. j. 
Griffin, aged 19 years, 5 months and 21 days. 
Griffin—At same place, on Wednesday, August 21, at 12 o’clock p. m„ 
Alexander Ware, third son of Young F. and P. J. Griffin, aged 13 years, 11 
months and 21 days. 
Griffin—At the same place, on Thursday, August 22, 1878, at 12 o’clock m., 
Young F. Griffin, aged 65 years. 
Griffin—At the same place, on Saturday, August 24. 1878, at 10:25 a. m., 
Mary Elizabeth, only daughter of Mrs. P. J. and the late Young F. Griffin, aged 
9 years, 1 month and 17 days. 
GARNER STATION. 
Thirteen miles north of Grenada, Miss., on Miss, and Tenn. E. R. Pop- 
ulation, previous to epidemic, about 150 ; during epidemic, 40. First case 
of fever, Sept. 7. Total cases, 30; deaths, 12—6 adult lemales; 2 adult 
males ; 3 young men ; 1 male child. 
Deaths—John Yanderwort, Miss Jesse Lee Robertson, Mrs. Dr. J. L. 
Combs, Mrs. H. Combs, Dr. J. H. Payne, Mrs. Dr. J. H. Payne, Harry Robert- 
son, Mrs. Broom, Mrs. Scobey, Morris O’Neal. 
TILLATOBA STATION. 
Population before epidemic between 80 and 100; during fever, 30—11 
whites and 19 colored. Total cases, in town and country, 41. Total 
deaths B—names not reported. 
THE McNAIR DEATH ROLL IN HINDS COUNTY. 
Hinds County Gazette. 
The following is a perfect list of the deaths from yellow fever in the fam- 
ily of Mr. L. D. McNair, 9 miles southwest of Raymond: 
A. G. Gibbs, aged 31 years, Oct. 8; Miss M. E. McNair, aged 23 years. Oct. 11 I 
L. D. McNair, Jr., aged 18 years, Oct. 19; R A. McNair, aged 39 years, Oct. 19 ; 
W. E. G. McNair, aged 21 years, Oct. 21; Miss E. L. llussell, aged 29, Oct. 21 i 
D. R. McNair, aged 33, Oct. 22; Mrs. L. G. McNair, aged 28, Oct. 22; L. D. 
McNair, Sr., aged 71, Oct. 23; Mrs. L. Allen, aged 73, Oct. 23; Mrs. S. Ham- 
ilton, aged 59, Nov. 12; Mrs. Allen and Mrs. Hamilton, were sisters of Mr. 
McNair, Sr. 
Thus in about one month the father, four sons, a son-in-law, a daughter, 
a daughter-in-law, a niece, and two sisters, all passed to eternity. 
Whites—T. C. Kittrell, Wm. A. Campbell,!. 11. McGuire, from Grand Junc- 
tion; Mrs. Helen C. Reese, Bennie Blackston, George W. Oury, Lyles Oury. 
Colored—Frances Harris, Dump Brown’s child, Mingo Vincen. 
WINONA. DEATHS AT HERNANDO. 
Hernando, Miss., June 11, 1879. 
Dear Sir; As requested, I enclose a complete list of deaths from yel- 
low fever at Hernando and vicinity during the epidemic of 1878. 
This list is complete and correct as to names and dates. I have copied it 
from the daily register kept by our Belief Committee, and I know person- 
ally that it is accurate. 
Truly yours, 
D. McKenzie. 
Sept. 5—D. C. Campbell, of Memphis, Oct. 12—Julius Haack, of Memphis. 
Sept. B—Mrs. R. K. West, of Hernando. Oct. 12—Robert Walker, col, of Mem- 
This case is disputed. phis, 
Sept. 9—Mrs. Peter Yorndran, of Mom -Oct. 13—Pat IJgon, col., of Hernando, 
phis. Oct. 14—Mrs. Niles, of Hernando, 
Sept. 12—Mrs. Butler P. Anderson, of Oct. 14—Jack CoghilJ, col., of Hernan- 
Memphis, do, 
Sept. 13—Mena Solfker, of Memphis. Oct. 14—Robert Gore, of Hernando, 
Sept. 14—Mrs. Barbara Johnston, of Oct. 14—David Gideon, of Hernando, 
Hernando, Oct. 15—Mrs. Waller, of Hernando, 
Sept. 16—Mrs. Schwartz, of Hernando, Oct. 15—0. Kellogg, of Hernando, 
Sept. 16—Mrs. Hildebrand, of Hernando Oct. 15—Mrs. P. O. Woods, of Memphis, 
Sept. Feldstead, of Hernando, Oct. 15—Donald L. McKay, of Memphis 
Sept. 25—Dr. J. W. Powell, of Hernan- Oct. 16—George Kapline, of Hernando, 
do. Oct. 16—Mrs. D. Gideon, of Hernando, 
Sept. 26— E. Denhard, of Hernando, Oct. 16—Eddie Gillespie, of Hernando, 
Sept. 26—Mary Washington, col., of Oct. 16—Capt. J. A. Monroe, of Her- 
Hernando, nando, 
Sept. 27—Mrs. S. B. McNecs, of Mem- Oct. 16—Mrs. J. C. Gillespie, of Her- 
phis, nando, 
Sept, 27—J. C. Avera, of Hernando, Oct. 17—Kattie Gillespie, of Hernando, 
Sept. 27— J. B. Ford, of Memphis, Oct. 17—Mary Monroe, of Hernando, 
Sept. 28—Bob Wise, col., of Plernando, Oct. 17—Johnnie Moore, of Memphis, 
Sept. 28—Mike Connelly, of Hernando, Oct. 18—Helen Bobo, col., of Hernando, 
Sept. 29—Mrs. E. J. Yorndran, of Her- Oct. 18—Hope Johnston, of Hernando, 
nando, Oct. 18—Robert Jackson, of Hernando, 
Sept. 29—Mrs. Henry Taylor, col., cf Oct. 18— W. W. Case, of Memphis, 
Hernando, Oct. 21—Frank Dockery, col., of Her- 
Sept. 30—James Flaherty, of Memphis, nando, 
Oct. I—Miss Mary Murray, of Mem- Oct. 21—Nathan Rice, col., of Hernan- 
phis, do, 
Oct. 4—Mrs. S. P. Reid, of Hernando, Oct. 22—Tilda Allen, col., of Hernando, 
Oct. 4—Mrs. Mike Connelly, of Hernan- Oct. 22—James 11. Baker, of Hernando, 
do, Oct. 24—M iss Laura Pnllin, of Ilernan- 
Oct. 4—Miss Ella Harder, of Memphis, do. 
Oct. s—Henry5—Henry Taylor, col, of Hernan- Oct. 24— E. Bullington. of Hernando, 
do, Oct. 24— G. C. Lewis, of Memphis, 
Oct. o—Mrs. Denhard, of Hernando. Oct. 24—Henry Haack, of Memphis, 
Oct. 6—Peter Yorndran, of Memphis, Oct. 25—W. L. Jones, of Hernando, 
Oct. 6—R. Hickling, of Hernando, Oct. 26—Jimmie Wilcox, of Hernando, 
Oct. 6—A. D. Thompson, col., of Her- Oct. 31— J. P. M. Pullin, of Hernando, 
nando, Oct. 31—Ferdinand Hickling, of Her- 
Oct. 7—Mrs. R. Hickling, of Hernando, nando. 
Oct. 7—Miss Ruth Pullin, of Hernan- Oct. 31—E iwi Hickling, of Hernandq, 
do, Nov. 3—Sam Johnston, col., of Hcrnan- 
Oct. B—Miss Ella Pullin, of Hernando, do, 
Oct. B—Miss Annie Harder, of Mem- Nov. 4—Louis Denhard, of Hernando, 
phis, Nov. 10—Oldman Nelson, col., of Her- 
Oct. 12—Mise Maggie Flaherty, of Mem- nando, 
phis, 
White refugees, 19; colored refugees, 1; total, 20; white residents, 39; colored 
residents, 15; total, 54; total deaths, 74. EXTRACT FROM COMMITTEE’S REPORT. 
The most difficult work of the committee to oontrol was the burial of the 
dead. Burials, during the epidemic, Avere conducted entirely by the com- 
mittee, except in one or t\Aro instances. The AA'ork Avas done through a bur- 
ial corps, in charge of a responsible member of the committee, appointed 
specially for such duty. This burial committee procured the coffin, saAV 
the body placed in it and buried Avithout trouble or responsibility to the 
family afflicted. The dead Avere buried within from tAVO to six hours after 
death, Avhen possible, the graves Avere all 4J feet deep, Avell filled, packed and 
rounded. This burial committee Avas conspicuous for its good Avork done, 
and I regret to say Avas equally so, for the futility among its members. As 
first appointed, it consisted of E. J. Vorndran, Y. J. Philippi and J. H. 
Baker. Mr. Yorndran died Sept. 25th. Geo. Kapline Avho Avas appointed 
in his stead died Oct. 16th, and Mr. Baker Oct. 22d. The death list of the 
working members of our committee, slioavs the fearfully deadly character of 
the epidemic. No member who came in actual contact Avith the sick, except 
Drs. Saunders and Jones escaped the disease, and only two of the members 
taken recovered. lam the only Avorking member taken Avith the fever that 
reported for duty afterwards. I Avas taken sick on the same day Avith Mr. 
Hickling on the 2d of October, and reported for duty on the Bth, Mr. Hick- 
ling died on the 7th. The President, Dr. Bullington, Vice-President E. J. 
Vordran, Secretary R. Hickling, J. H. Baker, superintendent of nurses, and 
Geo. Kapline of the committee on burials, all died at their posts, and each 
in his sphere had nobly borne his part, and should be held in grateful 
remembrance by the people in Avhose service they died. 
Total receipts $3 872 00. Total disbursements $8,672 50. 
D. McKenzie, for Committee. 
FRIAR’S POINT. 
First case, on Avharf-boat, August 17th. Last case, November Ist. Total 
cases, 18 Avhites, 7 colored. Adults—male Avhites, 12; female, 6; colored 
Deaths.—Geo. E. Alcorn, Mrs. Geo. R. Alcorn, J. W. Dwyer, Jas. T. 
Rucks, Jas. Maynard, Wood, col. 
Population, during fever, about 275. 
DEATHS AT LEBANON, HINDS COUNTY. 
Joseph Jacobs, 
Mrs. J. Jacobs, 
A. Harrison’s child, 
Ben Jacob’s infant, 
Ward, 
Mrs Moses, 
Mrs. O’Brien, 
Emmet O’Brien, 
Mrs. Monell, 
Robert McNair, 
Eddie McNair, 
David McNair, 
L. D. McNair, Sr., 
Mrs. Jas. Hamilton, 
Mrs. Allen, 
Mrs. E. Edmondson, 
Ben Jacobs, 
A. Gibbes, 
W a rd, 
J. M. Moses, 
Miss Bettie McNair, 
Miss Emma Roberts, 
Joseph Jacobs, Jr., 
L. D. McNair, Jr., 
Mrs. Ben Jacobs, 
Miss Essie Russell, 
Mrs. David McNair, 
Pat McDermon, 
Mrs. Fannie Noble. 
DEATHS AT YAZOO CITY, MISS. 
Rev. W. B. Littbjohn, Sister Zenobia, Jamss Kelly, 
Mrs. S. G, Harris, Sister Corona, Sister Mary LaAvrencc. 
Capt. Hal C. Harris, Father J. Monton, 
Total number of colored deaths, 1. DEATHS AT CANTON AND VICINITY. 
Miss Rachael Henry, 
Dr. Nath. W. McKie, 
Miss Elizabeth Henry, 
Miss Lizzie Henry, 
Mrs. S. D. Garrett, 
Mrs. D. M. Fulton, 
Miss Annie Steele, 
Col. D. M. Fulton, 
Miss Sallie Benthall, 
Miss Minnie Mann, 
Ben. F. Mann, 
Dedrick Feldman, 
James Wickham, 
Mary Vance, 
Mrs. C. Conway, 
Edwin Conway, 
Peter Capurro, 
Mike Harter, 
Fred Demarchi, 
Gee. Noe, 
Louis Botto, 
Mrs. D. H. Otto, 
Wyly Otto, 
David H. Shaw, 
Col. M. B. McMicken, 
Father P. Cogan, 
Dr. M. J. McKie, 
Miss Zoe McKie, 
Josie Benthall, 
St. Clair Jeffries, 
Wm. AVelsh, 
John Reid, 
Mrs. D. Wm. Reid, 
B. C. Gough, 
J. V. Fitchett’s child, 
Jennie Belle Scales, 
Mrs. P. Peyton, 
Louisa Demarchi, 
Jake Harter’s child, 
Mary Monnohan, 
O. A. Luckett, Jr., 
Barney McCoskey, 
Mrs. A. S. Lee. 
James Leonard, 
Wm. Jones, 
Daisey Benthall, 
M. Kennedy and child, 
J. B. Catlett’s child, 
Mrs. Billings, 
Mrs. Scheifler’s son, 
C. T. Collins, 
Monti Smith, 
Perry S. Stone, 
John Montgomery, 
Mrs. John Montgomery, 
Mrs. Jas. A. Smith. 
Miss Mittie Smith, 
Mrs. Mark Joseph, 
Frank Paul, 
George Van Buron, 
Dr. J. T. Magruder, 
Mrs. Leitcb, 
Pat Peyton, 
Rob’t Morris, 
Frank Demarchi, 
August Arnold, 
Sister Johanna, 
Miss Mattie Leonard, 
Freddy Leonard, 
Pinkev Scales. 
Miss Mary Hill, 
Mrs. P. Capurro, 
Joe C. Richards, 
C. Canalli, 
Chas. Clavarri, 
Jas. A. Coplin, 
Dr. A. H. Cage 
Mr. Petty’s child, 
J. Boersig, 
W. A. Langley, 
Miss Bridget Kennedy, 
Mrs. Linderman, 
Fddie Smith, 
Mrs. W. H. Benthall, 
Mrs. Smith, 
Joe Blanchard’s child, 
James Duffey, 
R. W. Durfey, 
Daisey Young, 
Ford, 
Jno. Ernst, son. 
Campbell, 
Guieseppe Chavivari, 
Mrs. Ben Alswcrth, 
Mrs. E. L. Thompson, 
Mrs. Schiefier, 
Mrs. Wilcox, 
Mrs. Rob’t Leonard, 
Chas. Green, 
Two children of Tom Peyton 
Susie Shackelford, 
John Gray, 
H. R. C. Ben well, 
John Gray’s child, 
Mrs. James Leonard, 
Willie Cassell, 
Mary Kelly, 
H. R. C. Benwell’s child, 
Mrs. Lucy Strohecker, 
Elward Lngue, 
Mrs. B. Barnes, 
Wm. Chambers’child. 
John M. Henry, 
B. Logue, 
D. Leitcb, 
David Fulton’s son, 
Mark Latimer, 
Fitz Semmes, 
Mrs. Minerva Benthall, 
Engle, 
Mrs. M. A. Wilson. 
Geo. Harter. 
Total number ot colored deaths, 57. DEATHS AT ROCKY SPRINGS, CLAIBORNE COUNTY. 
Love Cessna. 
Tom Goosehorn, 
Sallie Goosehorn, 
Nannie Ely, 
Mrs. Duvall, 
Mahala Duvall, 
Lilly Emerick, 
Aleck Emerick, 
Mollie Wallace, 
George Goza, 
George 11. McLean, 
Ellen Haring, 
Emily Harper, 
Ed. 0. Lurn, 
Laman McLemore, 
Susan Henderson, 
Mrs. George Goza, 
L. A. Thompson, 
Mrs. Mary Boggs, 
J. J. Harper, 
W. W. Brock, 
Rev. D. A. J. Parker, 
Mrs. D, A. J. Parker, 
Alice Foster, 
Mattie Harper, 
Mrs. 0. B. Harper, 
Dan Emerick, 
James Wright, 
Mrs. M. M. Wright, 
A. E. Flowers. 
Total number of colored deaths 12. 
DEATHS AT AND NEAR CARDIFF LANDING. 
Alice Thompson, 5 years, 6 months, 21 days; Miss Elizabeth Ross, 25 years, 2 
months, 13 days; Jesse S. Ross, 65 years; Manerva Wiley, 21 years, 4 months, 20 
days; Malissa Ross, 24 years, 9 months, 3 days; W. N. Ross, 29 years, 11 months, 
18 daysj'Mrs. Amy Murchant, 54 years; Mrs. Nancy Mathews, 31 years, 11 
months. 
List of deaths in Osyka, Miss., from yellow fever, from August the 15th 
to December Ist, 1878 : 
Aug. 20—Anna Barmore Sept. B—Wm. Dannies Sept. 12,—Maggy Sip- 
Sle Sept. 13—Mrs. Courtney Sept. 18—Mrs. Loeb, Mrs. W. L. Varnado, 
aby Varnado. 
Sept. 29—Isaac Heuman Sept. 30—Mrs. Mary Hart, Miss Janney Berdalis 
Sept. 21—Chaa. Wailes Oct. 3—M. D. Bond Oct, 4—R. G. Rowell Sept. 
6—Adolph Cohn Oct. B—lsaac Cerf. 
Oct. 11—Henry Wolf, Miss Caroline Snider, Miss Maggie Miller, Henry 
Keating Oct. 15—Moses Eastman, Joseph Rehorst Oct. 10—Wm. Ricks, 
Emanuel Cerf Oct. 17—Baby Bulion, August AVeis. 
Oct. 18—Granville Cutrer Oct. 19—Mrs. M. D. Bond Oct. 21—Henry 
Rehorst Oct. 23—Lehman Dryfus Oct. 25—Myer AVolf. Oct. 26—Ben- 
ney AVeil Oct. 27—Wm. Jones, Jr. 
Oct, 20—AVebster Ford, J. D. Ford, Jr Oct, 25—Simon Ford Oct. 
26—Clinton Ford Nov. 2d—A J. Ott Mov. 3—Chas. Redman, Eddy 
Borus Nov. 4—Frank Barnes, Jake Smithner. 
Nov. s—Mrs.5—Mrs. John Addison Nov. 6—Frank Butcher, Thos. Snider 
Nov. 17—Mrs. Joseph Hart Dec. I—Jules Moyse. 
AVhites, 46; colored, 7; total deaths. 53; total number of cases treated, 257; 
widows left, 6; ophansleft, (white) 29. 
Attending physicians—Dr. O. C. Thompson, AArm. Jones, Dr. Ellis, of Osyka 
and Dr. B, F. Taylor and Dr. Shuppard of New Orleans. 
OSYKA. 
VICKSBURG. 
Vicksburg Herald. 
The Sad Record.—We present to our readers this morning a long list 
of names that make a sad record for the South. In this beautiful country 
where the climate is unsurpassed on the globe, the plague made a record 
that will not be forgotten by this generation. From our busy thorough- 
fares the numbers are hardly missed, but a perusal of the list of the dead 
will cause one to shudder at the extent of our losses. The yellow fever was 
no respecter of persons. It mowed down the rich and the poor, the good 
and the bad alike. Whole families were swept away, and dear, familiar 
friends were taken in almost countless numbers. The names of useful, res- 
pected citizens, the loss of whom wrung the hearts of communities, are 
recorded with a few letters, and this is all that remains to us of them. THE DEATH LIST. 
July 28—Thomas Murphy, 24 y, first case, from steamer John Porter, died in 
the Hill City Infirmary July 24 Henry N. Bryan, 24 y, died on board the 
steamer John Porter, residence Freedom, Pa., 2G miles below Pittsburgh, Pa. 
Julv 25—James McCallum, 32 y. 
Aug. I—Franklin Townsenl, 20 y, came from New Orleans on steamer City 
of Alton, placed in a private Ward iu Hill City Infirmary, where he died, resi- 
dence Englewood, near Chicago, 1115—.....Aug. 9—Paul Stoltz, 26 y, died in the 
Hill City Infirmary Aug. 10— T. J. Thompson, 50 y. 
Aug. 12—Francis Ratigan, 44y, died in Hill City Infirmary. Jno. Levins, 15 
y, died in the Hill City Infirmary. Fanny Jones, col., died on a dray while on 
her way to the Hill City Infirmary ~,Aug. 17—Frank Baurdo, 18 y. Frank 
Sagona, 4y. Mr. Arnold. Mrs. Bridget Conway, 25 y. 
Aug. 18—Joseph Conway, 2 y, child.T Aug 19—Dominico Giovannini, 41 
y. Jas. Burns, 62 y. Unknown white woman. Howard Shelby, 27 y. Geo. 
Murphy, 38 y. Chas. Conlan, 38 y. 
Aug. 20—Mamie Baurdo, 9 y, L. T. Sehwink, 5 y, Jos. Stangel. 22 y, Ellis Ger- 
ard, 38 y, Mrs, Baurdo, 35 y, Maggie Gehbauer, 10 y, W. J. Ellis, 18 y, Louis 
Kuntz. 
Aug. 21—Mary Lynch, 14 y, Peter Sagona, 38 y, Geo. Guy, col., 38 y, J. Mar- 
rian, col., 6 y, J. Conway, 8 m, Abe Kaufman, Oy, Unknown man, Minnie Allen, 
G. Fowler, 9 y, Katie M. Pierce, 2 y, G. M. Burd, col., 21 y, Frank Stutz, 50 y, 
died in the Hill City Infirmary, Mike Delaney, 69 y, died in the Hill City In- 
firmary, Chas. Behring, 49 y, died in the Hill City Infirmary, Mrs. Giovannini, 
35 y, C. H. Gibbs, 40 y, W. S. Fleming, 35 y, T. Honlehan, 45 y, died in the Hill 
City Infirmary, Lizzie Roeshe, 2 y. 
Aug. 22—Mrs. Pelton, W. R. Russell, Chas. Baurdo, 18y, Mattie Burrell,24y, 
died in the Hill City Infirmary, Amelia Francis, 19 y, Frank H.Klein, 13 y, Jas. 
Hayes, 38 y, John Smoker, 28 y, David Morrow, Jas. Golden, Morris Winfield, 
25 y, Rose Downs, 11 y. 
Aug. 23—A. A. Bertoni, 28 y, Annie Brown, col., 34 y, Jno. Weyer, 25y, Felice 
Petro, 25 y, Louis Kellar, 39 y, Anderson Wright, col., 30 y, Mrs. E. A. Welsh, 
22 y, Mary S. Bobb, 12 y, Frank T. Brooke, 30 y. Jake L. Sehwink, 30 y,# Chas. 
Savard, 43 y, died in the Hill City Infirmary, Mrs. J. E. Johnson, 50 y. 
Aug. 24—C. E. Dohler, 3 y, Mrs. J. Russell, 72 y, Annie Johnson, 28 y, G. A. 
Russell, 22 y, Robt. R. Eggleston, 23 y, Margaret J. Foley, 2 y, Belle Cooper, 12 
y, Mary Rivers, col., 36 y, Nick Mullen, 35 y, Mary Ryan, 11 y, Unknown Ital- 
ian, 30 y, Frank C. Fisher, col., 28 y, Chas. Devlin, 28 y, Michael Kauth, 15 y, 
Geo. F. Brown, Jr., 21 y. 
Aug. 25—Emma Duval, 23 y, Mrs. Fannie Y. French, 29 y, died in Warren 
county, residence Vicksburg, Samuel Stevens, Jas. J. Walsh, 20 y, Thomas Mc- 
Namara, 40 y, Alex E. King, col., 25 y, Henry Hirsh, 2 y, R. Marks, 60 y, Angelo 
Demarchi, Lillie Tucker, col., 3 y, John Walker, col., 45 y, Sallie L. Ryan, 11 
y, Frank Johnson, col., 13 y, Phillip Fox, 2 y, Tim O’Brien, col., 28 v, Peter 
Guntz, 28 years, died in Hill City Infirmary, Cecilia Clary, 26yr, Adam Schmidt, 
50 y, A. Black, 35 y, R. Williams, col., 32 y, Katie Travis, 13 y, Mike McCabe, 
45 y, Sam Folz, 19 y, Mary Alien, 15 y, Mrs. M. A. Burell, 61 y. 
Aug. 26— J. A, Robinson, 86 y, John Spillaine, 32 y, M. G. Parlen, 49 y, died 
in the Hill City Infirmary, Chas. Parker, 83 y, died in the Hill City Infirmary, 
C. E. Jones, 27 y, died in the Hill City Infirmary, Pieroin, 29 y, died in the 
Hill City Infirmary, Vito Ponito, 30 y, died in the Hill City Infirmary, J. N. Mc- 
Ever, 28 y, died at the Hill City Infirmary, Unknown man, died in the Hill 
City Infirmary, Lewis Bryant, col., 2 y, Stella Thomas, col., 14 y, C. Jones, col., 
30 y, Geo. Elliot, 4y, Dave Moore, col., 40 y, Geo. Dexter, 10 y, Mrs. Margaret 
Wolters, died in Warren county, residence Vicksburg, 26 y, Tom Owens. 20 y, 
Bruce Brown, col., 21 y, Albert King, 18 y, Mary E. Hayes, 24 y, Willie E. Lit- 
tle, 3 y, Mary Larakin, 21 y. 
Aug. 27—Rosa Neely, 24 y, W. H. Smith, 30 y, Kate Davis, 34 y. L. Schwartz, 
38 y, Albert Parker, 32 y, E. H. Miller, A. Page, 29 y, James Semple, 48 y, Mary 
Coakley, 7 y, S. Thomas, col., 30 y. 
Aug. 27—Mattie Williams, col., 18 y., Henry Tucker, col., 2 y., M. Gray, col., 
11 y., J. Hardy, 50 y., died in Hill City Infirmary, Sallie Myers, 17 y., Ida Ta- 
tum, 19 y., died in Hill City Infirmary, Dr. D. W. Booth, 37 y„ George W. Hutch- 
eson, Jr., E. H. Searles, J. Cambridge, 10 y., M. Rylie, col., 50 y., G. Wehrman, 
6 years. Aug:. 28—C, Curtis, 23 y., Jos. White, 80 y., Ben. Schumacher, C. Whitehead, 
53 y., M. M. C. Hill, 42 y., Sallie Dickson, 16 y., Frank Dent, Jr., 6 y. 
Aug. 28—M. A. Wilson, col. 12 y.. Patrick Kinney, 38 y.. H. Owen, col., 20 y., 
John Winston, col., 20 y.. died in Hill City Infirmary, Geo. Carter, col., 21 y., 
died in the Hill City Infirmary, John Cleeson, 36 y., died in the Hill City In- 
firmary, G. Garden. 27 y., died in the Hill City infirmary, Thomas R. Quin, 35 
y., W. F. Sneelan, 2 y. 
Aug. 29—Wash. Strong, col., 17 y., S. Hassell, Leon Hirsch, Dr. L. E. Barber, 
40 y., H. Myers, J. Jones, col., 11 y., Lizzie B. Freeman, col., 22 y„ Mrs. Milley 
AVehrman, Thos. Noland, 31 y., L Fisher, 20 y., Patrick Bradley, 48 y., S. Ross, 
4 m., Hattie Moore, col., 29 y., xAlatt Reynolds, col., 26 y., C. P. Hennegan, 2 3t., 
J. P. Allen, 45 years. 
Aug. 39—Mollie McGuire, Albert Spongier, 21 y., Bridgett Doyle, 28 y., Annie 
L. Ryan, 9., Henry Perry. John Stringer, col.. 35 \r., Alfred Simpson, col., 5 y., 
C. AVolters, 10 m., died in AVarren county, M. Conners, 4 y., Ilenrj" E. King, 19 y., 
•Terry Murphy, 34 y., died in the Hospital, Fred Boettcher, 30 y., died in the 
Hospital, John F. Eggleston, 19 years. 
Aug. 31—P. J. Touhey, 35 3r., F. Keller, col., 70 y., Annie E. Fitzpatrick, 11 y., 
John Miller, 23 y., A. A. Bursely. 45 y., M. E. Netherland, 19 y., Mrs. R. H. 
Bowman, 19 y., AV. 11. Clements, 50 3 s., Angelo Podesta, 81 y., Mollie Neville, 19 
3rears. 
Sept. I—Helen AVatr, 9 m., S. Ransom, col., 23 y., Julia Jenkins, col, 40 y., AVm. 
AV. Huener, 4 ys., Pete Rouen, 86 ys., Lizzie Perry, 35 y., Rob’t Mitchell, col., E. 
Gant, col., 38 y., Brown Winston, col., 30 y., David Crump, col., 30 y., Henry 
Nason, col., Lit Cash, col., Harry Rutley, Cecilia Flieller, y., Mary Johnson, 40 
3'., died in the Hill City Infirmary, Dr. Ferro, 62 y, died in the Hill City Infirm- 
ary, Martin O’Donnell, 20 y, died in the Hill City Infirmary, Jerry O’Brien, 46 
y, Mrs. Ann Travis, Pat. Lamb, 18. 
Sept. 2—Father.!. H. McManus, 40 y, Louisa Haining, 35y, Maggie White, d 
3T, Charles Bradley, col, 11, John Parmer, col, 6y, I. P. Box, 40 y, Mrs. Delia 
McKenna, 36 y, Hugh Gillan, 35 y, Delia Morrow, 24 y, C. 11. Nathan, 26 y, 
Ma ggie Burt, J. W. Jolley, 28 y, Miss Jessie Alexander, 17 y, Jos. F. Doll, *6 
y, Mrs. B. C. Camillo, 25 y. J. AV. AVoodruff, 42 y, Hospital, Ellen Clark, col., E. 
Jordon, col., 45 y, Milton Cooper, Lee Rice, 49 3’ears. 
Sept. 3—Henry James, col., 23 y, Record, 35 y, Farnatore Moltedo, 40 y, 
Maliso Cros®, col., Harry Brown, col, 28 y, A. M. Stubble, 60 y, M. M. Schiller, 
36 y, Thos. Trainor, 46 y, AVarren county, Antonio Gomes, 14 y, Riddell. 20 
y, Lizzie Dixon, 20 Hospital, Rob’t Sims, col.. Hospital, Lummie Gerard, 7y, 
A. Simons, 45y, Hospital," C. F. Duggan, 28 y, Hospital, Isaac°Hanley, 43 y, M. 
McNamara, Clarence Enlow, col, 2 y, T. Haines, col., 35 y, Bettie Williams, col., 
40 y, Jos. Fegilno, 30 y, Ike Fagans, col.. 34 y, Hospital, Scott Tyler, col., J. S. 
Methua, AVillie Spengler, 21 y, Luke Mason, col., 32 y, AVarren county, Sam. 
Coleman, col., AVarren count3r, AVillie Haines, E. Thornton, col., Geo. Homan, 53 
y., E. Kalmbach, 4 y, Maurice Meyer, 25 y, Joe Jones, col., 32 y, Hospital, P. A. 
AVare, col, 25 y, Daniel J. Marchant, 13 y, AVarren county, J. A. Cooper. 26 y, 
Hospital. 
Sept. 4—Fred. Hardwick, Ida S. Huener, 24 y, AV. 11. Rice, col., 40 y, A. 11. 
Middleton, col, 24 y, Margaret Middleton, col., 41 y, Mrs. AVhite, 28 y, Annie 
Davis, col., 23 3', J. T. Tinney, A. B. Manlove, 20 y, C. Salley, Geo. Moore, 
col, 87y, Phillip Roe, 48 y, Wm. Scott, col., 35 y, Win. Jackson, col., 35 y, Bettie 
Roberson, col., 23 y. Miss Eliza Thrift, 23 y, Louisa Voeinkle, 3 y, AVillie M. 
Auter, 19 y, Caroline Roost, 36 y, J. J. Bowen, 40 y, Dave P. Kennedy, 4y, 
Thos. Allen, col., 21 y, Hospital, Geo.. Berry, 27 y, Hospital, Thomas.Kendall, 
19 y, Alice V. Hundermark, 14 ymars. 
Sept. s—Mrs. AVest, 28 y, J. H. West, 1 y, M. C. AVcst, 4y, Pomp Green, col., 
50 y, John Bodine, 48y, AV. V. North, M. McManus, 40y, Annie Davis, 21 y, Wm. 
Porter, col., 40 y, Mollie McCo.v, 25 y, Miss Addie Barnett, 22 y, M. Brown, col., 
41 y, Annie McKenna, 14 y, Hospital, Hugh McKenna, 11 y, Hospital, Joe 
Marona, 40 y, Hospital. 
Sept. 5—J. S. Blanchard, 30 y, Hospital, Gustave Harlan, 39 y, Hospital. Lou- 
isa Arther, col., 44 y, Maggie Mathias, col., 20 y, Calvin F«shback, 11 y, Henry 
AVilliams, col., 45 y, R. AValsh, 33 y, D. Davis, col., 24 y, Jake Zimmerman, 29 y, 
J. F. Ferguson, 48 3% Dr. P. F. AVhitehead, 40 3r, AVm. Miles, 23 y, AVarren coun- 
ty, Martha Ward, col., 7 m, Frank Coleman, col, 21 y, John D. Roach, 22 y, John 
Karney, 4 y. Miss Mary E. Horn, 20 y, Hospital, Charles L. Carter, col., 21 y, 
Robt. A. Hundermark, 45 3T, R. Anderson, col., 25 y, Hannah Graham, col., R. Langford, 2G y, Mary Entel, 22 y, Miss Lena Duffner, 18 y, Louisa Schmidt, 10 
years. 
Sept. G—Arthur Vincends, col., 6 y, Miss Mattie McClendon, 19 y, Maggie M. 
Leofold, 1 y, Chas. Hennesy, 4 y, Susie Wheat, col., 22 y, Fay Dunbar, col., 29 y, 
John Whitehead, col.. 40 y, —Moon, col., 5 y, Annie Parker, col., 8 y, Airs. 
Margeret Crawford, 40 y. Miss Mary A. Fitzpatrick, 43 y, Miss Martha Me Elroy 
18 y, Lucy Wilson, col., 8 y, Phillip Hubbard, 41 y, John Carr, col., 40 y, J. R. 
Levie, 30 y, C. Pellrin, 85 y, Hospital, W. McHenry, Hospital, Green Adams, col., 
Hospital, Sarah Williams, Hospital, Louisa McKenna, Hospital, Augusta Stew- 
art, col., Hospital, Sarah Caldwell, col., 50 y, R. TindaL, 26 y, Sister Mary Re- 
gis Grant, 22 y, Burtz, Mrs. Ann Fends, Mrs. Edward Ryan, 22 y, Thos. 
Metzler, Jr., 22 y, Unknown colored man, Hospital, J. G. Fitzpatrick, 31 y, Joint 
Cullen, 74 y, Chas. M. Rose, 27 y, Louisa M. Guscio, 2 y, Fulton Carter, col., 
Emma Clark, 10 y, Geo. Burns. 35 y, W. L. McCrady, Be’tiie S. Hanes, 3 y, Thos 
Fitzpatrick. 7 y. 
Sept. 7—C. Parvangher, R. C. Benson, 44 y, Mary Carroll, 23 y, Albert Ed- 
wards, Jacob Roost, 13 y, Jerry Murphy, 40 y, E. Melvaney, 87 y, Dolly Brown 
col., Francis P. Walmsley, M. Jacobson, Sister Mary Bernadine Murry, 30 y’ 
Sam Fields, col., E. Mosyel, col., Mrs. S. C. Potts, Isaac Robinson, col., 40 y 
Child, col., Mrs, Gussie Zucker, J. B. P. Dardinnac, 49 y, W. S. Harrison, 43 y,’ 
N. Camillo, 9 m. G. W. McGinty, Robt. Diargs. col., 24 y, Mary Wallace, col., 25 
y. Rev. Calvin Brown, col., 56 y, Martha E. Perry, 13 3', E. Margueritz, 56 y, 
Hospital. Nancy Glass, col., 45y, Hospital, Peter Burns, 40 y, Hospital, J. C. 
Wilson, 24 y, Hospital, Richard Mason. Hospital, Mary F. Owens. 13 y, Mrs. 
Minnie Lassell, 21 y, Peter W. Guecio, 7 y, E. F. Conners, 1 m. 
Sept. B—Waiter C. Rose, 23 y, H. E. Brown, col., 10 y, D. Shorter, 8 m, Frank 
Davis, 41 y, D. A. Shields, 24 y, Royal Chambers, col., 35y, Luke Thornton, col., 
38 y, Oscar Jones, col., 38 y, Lizzie Atwood, 6 y, John McCann, 22 y, J. W. 
Smarr, 21 y, Emma Crayton, col., Gy, Fred Miller, 36 y, Mary Alason, col., J. 
Moore, col., 22 y, died in the Hospital, J. McField, col., died in Hospital, D. Cole- 
man, col., 14 y, died in the Hospital, Wm. B. Lavins, 4 m, C. Sally, 26 y, Jas. 
Conway, 28 y, .lohn Simpson, Warren county, Abe Lowenberg, 16 y, S. M, Hain- 
ing, Hugh McCoy, 20 y, Justice Hudson, col., Rosa E. Schuler, 19 y, Jas. War- 
rington, 42 y, Mrs. C. Conklin, 26 y, Wm. Ferrell, col., 4 y, Robt. French, 4 y, 
Minty Brown, col., 21 y, Hospital, Jas. Moore, col., 22 y, Hospital, Antonio Han- 
nelia, 38 y, Hospital, Henry Lawrence, 20 y, Hospital, Carrie Fousse, 19 y, Josie 
Auter, 16 y, Alfred Berg. 
Sept. 9—Letitia Murphy, 14 y, Eddie Frank, 10 y7, Ella Duffner, 16 3’, Warren 
county, Mollie Dixie, col., 25 y, A. Burke, col., 40 y, Josephine Delaney, 24 y, H. 
Starks, col., Belle Lee Maloy, 13 y, Clarinda Scott, col., 45 37, Chas. Claver, 26 
y, Sarah Gra3T, col., 40 y, J. W. Alvis, 25y. Ral’h Rosenthal 30y, Honora Cody, 3 w 
David Kyle, 41 y, A. K. Ellis, col., 13 y, Margaret D. Harris, 10 y, Wm. Butcher, 
col., 5 3;, C. S. Boswell, 4y, A. Methua, 18 y, Lafayette, col., A. B. Caskey7, 
30 y, Gibson, 29 y, Bettie Baum, 33 y, Mary E. Dougherty, 10 y, Calvin Rus- 
sell, col., 14 y, Peacock, col., 40 y. Infant of Mrs. Box, Henry Meny, 49 y, 
Hospital, Caroline Roost, 12 y, Hospital, Jacob Lirgot, 28 y. Hospital, Jno Kelly, 
32 y, Hospital, Rosaline Roost, 8 y, Hospital, Lewis Cass, 29 y, Martin Keary, 
56 y, Emma Daymond, col., Francis Read, col., 17 y, Mamie Rooks, 7 y, Warren 
county, W. G. Moore, Jr., 16 y, Delia Tvargosk37, 21 y, Warren county, H. Car- 
rington, 50 y, Warren county. 
Sept. 10—Albert Wheat, col., 52 3T, Charlotte Mack, col., 30 y, Wm. Jackson, 
col., 60 y, Warren county, Wm. Cash, col., 22 y, Chas. Roeshe,'3l y, W. McDon- 
ald, 40 y, Jim Jones, col., 36 y, J. C. Brown, 33 y, S. Powder, 50 y, Jas. W. Geary7, 
23 y, C. Lewis, col., 21 3*, Katie Butler, 3 y, Robert Mays, 12 y, John Thomas, 
col., 32 y, Burrell Reid, col., 24 y, James Goldon, 45 y, Dr. J. B. Norri«. 32 y, 
volunteer physician from Chattanooga, Chas. Colovan, 27 y, Mrs. C. C. Knight, 
26 y, Dr. Sappington, 40 y, E. Carter, col., 32 y, Jeff. Porterfield, 18 y, Sister 
Alary Columba AlcGrath, 22 y, Mathew Frank, 16 y, Thomas Johnson, col., 35 
y, Katie Gallagher, 14y, Dave Harmon, 25 y, R. Wilson, col., 4y, John Dyke, 31 y, 
J. W. Hubbard, col., 3 y, Jas Mitchell, 29 y, Sam Donaldson, col.. 1 d, Jim Donald- 
son, col., Id, Antonii). Johnson, col.. 41 y, Jas McKenna, 10y, died in the Hospi- 
tal, John Smitta, 30 y, aied in the Hospital, W. H. O’Rourke, 35 y, died in the 
Hospital, Alaggie L. Arnold, 16 y, Joseph Alahin, 27 y, Lucy Johnson, col., 36 y, 
James jnevnolds, 40 y. 
Sept. 11—Chas. T. Kendall, 13 y, Virginia Dyke, 4 m, J. IT. Graff, 35 y, Airs. 
E, Rebay, 22 y, Sarah Maberry, 28y, Ben Green, col., 4w, Laura Coleman, col. 80 y, Hiram French, 40 y, Josephine Fishback, col., 18 y, Otto Wherman, 45 y, 
Lizzie Wherman, 1G y, George Bridge, 38 y, Chas. F. Taffe, 35 y, Mias Mary €>’- 
Connyr. 23 y. William Grinstead, col., 17, Abe Stringer, col.. 26 y, Edward Har- 
rison, 23 y, Miss Mary Geary, 18 y, Dr. Potts, Dr. Blichfeldt 89 y, volunteer phy- 
sian from Chattanooga, Primas Clowery, col., 24 y, Frankie Owens, 10 y, Albert 
Beling, 25 y, died in the Hospital, Julia Verger, col, 23 y, died in the Hospital, 
Thos. B. Walker, 14 y, Miss Maggie McMellen, 20 y, D. A. Culley, 49 y. 
Sept. 12—I Wagner, Mary Plump, col., By, Mary Briscoe, col., 85 y, Mrs. Ella 
Grammer, 31 y, John Harris, 8 y, Phoebe Carter, col., 60 y, John Brown, col., 35 
y. Rashell, col., 22 y, P, Ipolite, 29 y, died in the Hospital, Miss Minnie 
Haining, 20 y, Willie Holmes, 14 y, Florence Anna Dowart, By, Charles P. 
Sharp, 4 y, Katie Saunders, col., 22 y. 
Sept. 13—-Eva B. Moody, Eddie Rothschild, 3 y, Miss Virginia Angusto, 20 y, 
Hattie Duffner, 12 y, Warren county, Harriet Scott, col., 27 y, Orelia Rankins, 
col., 22 y,‘Geo W. Arnold, 21 y, G. V. Wood, 36 y, C. M. Carr, 32 y. died in the 
Hospital. Matt McClendon, col., 46 y, died in Warren cmfnty, J. W. Gralf, 7 m, 
Robert Wilson, 30 y, C. W. Kellogg, 31 y, J. D. Jamison, 47 y, died in the Hospi- 
tal, E. E. McGuire, By, Thos. H, Jones, 18 y, Oliver Dyer, col., 35, y, Thomas 
Edwards, c 01.,.36 y. Chattanooga nurse, Margaret Davis, col., 37 y, died in the 
Hospital, Frank Morris, col., 26 y, died in the Hospital, Nellie Doyle, 18 y, Mrs. 
Haining, 55 y, Mrs. C. 13. Harrison, 32 y, Warren county, F. B. James, col., 1 
y, Nat. Engle, 26y, W. Johnson, col., 18 y, Leßue C.Thompkins, 3y, John John- 
son, col., 26 y, Miss Bridget Mulvihil, 19 y, died in Warren county, Wm. Gan- 
non, 17 y, LeGrand Swafford, 8 m, Miss Mattie Mullen, 18 y, Freeman Edwards, 
col., 52 y, Daisy Munroe, 4, y, died in Warren county, Julia A. Walmsley, 10 y, 
Sister Mary Gonzaga Dailey, 22 y. 
Sept. 24—Sandy Sterling, col., 25 y, John McMorrow, 65 }r, Katie Haining, 12 
y, Hospital, Sanford Shellidayjcol., Warren county, Clotilda West, 7 y, Eliza J. 
Morrison, 27 y, Hospital, Josephine M. Hossley, Iy, D. O’Sullivan, 32.y, Flor- 
ence A. Hanes, 15 y, Rev John Vitola, Conway Floweree, 10 y, Geo. Gannon, 10 
y. Robert Marble, col., Delia Salley, 11 y, Miss Ella McCabe, 23 y, G. M. Thomas, 
3 m, Geo. M. North, 4 y, H. E. Lewis, Jr., col., 9 d, Phillip Hoggatt, 82 y, Matil- 
da Smith, col., 43 y; Mary E. Boswell, 7 y, Edward Ryan, 40, y, Anthony Blake, 
col., 21 y, Warren county. 
Sept. 15—James Anderson, col., 40, Chapman, Thos. H. Rigby, 21 y, resi- 
dence Vicksburg, died at Newman’s Grove, Jim Green, col., Oy, Calvin Porter, 
col., 42 y, Warren county. Jennie Brown, col., 22 y, John Augustine, 43 years, 
John Russell, col., 11 y, Henry Bolton, col., 9 y, Charlotte L. Green, 8 y, Gra- 
milla Vincent, col., 56 y, Warren county. 
Sept. 16—Lewis H. Haines, Carter Williams, col. 54 y, Mrs. Credon, 36 y, 
Miss Annie Bitterman, 19 y, Pierre Rivinac, 20 y, George Rebay, 45 y, John 
Snow, 26 y, Hospital, F. G. Shaw, 12 y, W. H. Edrington, 60'y, Ed. Massengale, 
40 y, Chatanooga nurse. Mrs. M. A.Bridge*, 27 y. E. V. Marble, col., 1 y, Geo. S. 
Walmsley, Jr., 2y, A. Jingles, 30 y, James Beresford, 9 y, A. L. Bridges. 6 y, 
Mrs. M. A. Cully, Delia Mann, 2 y, Phillip Drttshell, 40 y, James Smith, col., 17 
y,"James B. Cox, 19 y, Poladore Austin col , 19 y, Thomas Demarchi, 8 y. 
Sept, 17—Annie M. Wood, 4 y, Chas Hasie, 35 y, Lena Duffner, 1 y, Warren 
county, Carminio Bonizio, 28 y, Rev. Jeff Thompson, col, 30 y, Mary Jingles, 35 
y, Frank Mitchell, 40 y, Stephen Johnson, col., 30 y,Warren county, Geary, 
John W. Munroe, 11 y, Warren county, Violet Jackson, col., 24 y, Mike Golden, 
sy, Taylor Brady, col., 45 y, Mary A. Vanderburg, 13 y, Morris Geary, 45 y, 
Miss Mary J. F. Wolfe, 22y, W. R. Jones, 37 y, Wm. Hammond, col., 32ys, died 
in Warren county. George Heflinger, 30 y, Joseph Alerdice, 40 y, Mary E. Graff, 
37 y, Mrs Fannie Brown, 30 y, Norman Hunt, 35 y, Warren county. 
Sept. 18—Miss Sallie L. Tanner, 16 y, Miss Annie R. Tanner, 14 y, Cornelia 
Rivinac, 18 y, Bessie Owens, sy, died in Warren county, Robert Snow 69 y, 
died in the Hospital, Wm. Pintz, 48 y, died in the Hospital, Patrick Henegan, 
42 y, James Martin, 25 y, Willie Golden, 2 v, Joseph Spengler, 17 y. 
Sept. 19—James English, 34 y, Bernard Duffner, 3 y, died in Warren county, 
Mrs. Cyrille Lambert, 24 y, Rose Leonard, col., 22 y, Miss Rosanna Ragan, 36 y, 
died in Warren county, Mrs. F. J. Harris, 80 y, Mary Aiken, col., 50 y, Bill Rig- 
ley. col., 70 y, died in the Hospital, Henry Taylor, col., 1 y, L. Munroe, 8 y, died 
in Warren county, Lewis Williams, col., 75 y, Emeline Coleman, col., 40 y, Mat- 
tie’Smith, col., 33 y, Angus Cameron, 7 y, Miss Clara Wadsworth, 25 y, F. W. 
Goodrich. 25 y, W. J. Shuler, 22 y, Miss Riddell. 
Sept. 20—Annie McGinnis, 9 y, Watson, col., 2 y, died in Warren county, Miss Annie McCabe, 19 y, Frank C. Lewis, 25 y, died in the Hospital, Chas. 
Sutherland, 4 y, died in the Hospital, Wm. A. Fairchild, 41 y, John A. David- 
son, 18 y. 
Sept. 21—Andrew Duffey. 38 y, Fanny Pierce, col., 30 y. Albert Rothschild. 10 
y, Sandy Moorehead, col., 25, died in the Hospital, A, R. Kezer. 41 y, died in the 
Hospital, T. M. Baggett, 4 y, died in Warren county, Fannie Washington, col., 
30 y, Clark, 8 m, died in Warren county. 
Sept. 22—Mary C. Klein. 10 y, W. Mitchell, col., 6 m, Henry Jackson, col., died 
in Warren county, Mack Thomas, col, 25 y, Adams, 10 m, died in Warren 
county, Unknown colored man, died in Warren county. 
Sept. 23—Mrs. Wertz, L. Fort, col., Lucinda Jenkins, col. 7 y, Mary Henessy, 
2 y, died in Warren county, Patrick O’Neal, 10 y, died in Warren county, John 
Young, col., 30 y, Thomas Matox, col., 50 y, Henry W. Cook, 20 y. 
Sept. 25—Fred L. Flowers. 6y, died at Bovina, A. W. Hedrick, 25 y, Annie 31. 
Klien, 19 y, Willie 31. King, 0 y. 
Sept. 25—3Ialisa On*sley, col., 13 y, died in Warren county, Rosa Frank, Gy, 
Maggie Hennesy, 4y, died in Warren county, Thos. C. Russell, 3 y, Rosalie Col- 
lins, col., 83 y, Mary Toohey, 5 y, Annie L. 3lorgan, col., 20 y, Albert Ross, col., 
85 y, died in Warren county, Louis Turner, col., 23 y, died in Warren county, 
Minnie L. Yanderberg, 2 y, James J. Boswell, 2 y. 
Sept.2G—lsadore Meyer, 38 y, died at Bovina, Wm. M. Rockwood, 40 y, Chas. 
Reede, Lucy W, Cook, 8 y, H. Potts, col., 75 y, Mrs. Cameron, Dr. J. S Roach, 2G 
y, Bennett, died in toe Hospital, Albert Dugan, col.. 12 y, died in Warren 
county, Chas. B. Shottman, sy, 3lrs Augustine, 3lilton Harris, 5 y, Mattie 31c- 
Clenon, 1 m John Marcus, died in Warren county, Hanna Marcus, died in War- 
ren county. 
Sept. 26—Benny O’Brien, 6 y, 3linuie Green, col.. 6 w, Sister Agnes 3Veaver, 
Kingspight, 1 y, Phillip Drushell, 4 y, died in Warren county, Bettie*Tay- 
lor, coL, 30 y, Steplien R. 31ount, 83 y, Lou Williams, col, John Kluch, J. A Neal, 
51 y, died in the Hospital, G. C. Washington, col., 24 y, died in the Hospital, 
3lrs Schendal, John Sagona, 3 m, died in Warren county, Minnie Schendal, G y, 
Kate Hennesy 1 y, died in Warren county, John Golden, 6 y. 
Sept. 28—Richard M. Dohler, Jr., 2 m. 
Sept. 28—D. R. Black, 40 y, died in Warren county, Elisha Clark, 22 y, L. 
Sadler, col, 34 y, died in Warren county, Wm. J. Feelan, 5 y, died in Warren 
county, Willie Geary, 12 y, Thos. Fultz, col, 32 y, died in the Hospital, Oscar N. 
Stith, 32 y, died in 3Varren county, Matt. Willingham, 34 y, died in Warren 
county,C. F. Davenport, col, 3y, Valentine Zollinger, 45 y, died in Warren 
county', Chas. 31. Reynolds, 1 y. 
Sept. 29—Marks Brown, 20 y, Zack Taylor, col, 43 y, died in Warren county, 
Rob’t Jingles, sy, Julius Busman, 21 y, Miss Laura Ford, 22 y, Mrs. 3lary M. 
Puneky. 22 y. 
Sept. 30—Isadore 3layer, 22 y, Carrie Williams, col, 1 y, James J. Fox, 23 y, 
died in 3Varren county, James McGinnis, died in Warren county, Alex. M. 
Butler, 3y, 3lrs. 31. L. Jordan, 56 y, Ignatius O’Leary, 1 y, Israel 3lendle, 9 y., 
3V. J. McGinty, 26 y, John 31. Scannell, 19y, Albert A. Flowers, By, diedin War- 
ren county, Willie Weatherly, 5 y, C. 3V. Dwight, 3lary A. Smith, 18 y, Daniel 
Schiller, 35 y. 
Oct. I—Robert Jones, col, 47 yy Bertha Schendal, 9 m, 3lrs. R. C. Adams, 30 y, 
N. O’Neal, 54 y, 3Varren county. Maggie 3loore, col, 5 y, Warren county, Her- 
man 3Vesche, 24 y, died in the Hospital, 3liss 31. A. R. Evans, 18 y, died in 
Warren county. 
Oct. 2—Mrs. Carrie T. Russell, 29 y, Henry A. 3liller, 24 y, Oscar F. Genella, 
18 y, W. H. Peoples, 40 y, died in the Hospital, A. Alexander, 57 y, Wolf So- 
kolosky, 28 y, Joe Holmes, col, Warren county, Antoine 
Bowen, 5 y, John Latcher, 16 y. 
Oct. 3—Terrance Laughlin, 10 y, John Chatam, 20 y, 3Y. Russell, col, 9 m, 
3lary Allen, 20 y. 
Oct. 4—Violet 3'larcus, sy, A. W. Dennett, 22 y, died in the Hospital, Sam. 
Scott, col, 50 y, Eliza Sheppard, 24 y, Warren county, Ida W. Huner, 9 m, Cath- 
erine Lucett, 37 y, Herman Mendel, 34 y. 
Oct. s—3larcus Schendal, 4 y, Chas. Bingham, col, 40 y, Warren county, Su- 
san Cox, col, 50 y, Warren county, Kate Harris, col, 19 y, Maurice Schendal, 37 
y, James Anderson, Warren county. 
Oct. 6—3lrs. 3lattie E. Bacon, 35 y, 3linnie Drushell 13 y, Warren county. 
Oct. 7—Dr. 31. Blackman, Warren county, E. 11. Hammett, 1 y, Warren, 
county, Arthur N..Bacon, 2 y, Sam Williams, col, 5 weeks, Henrietta Terrell, 
col 27 y, 3Yarren county, William Q. Arnold, 18 y. Oct. B—Fred Walker, col, 8 y, R. Kalmbach, 45 y, Bessie K. Powell, 3 y, 
Henry Powell, col, 25 y, died in the Hospital, Irwin Dixon, col, 30 y, Warren 
county, Charles C. Spengler, 9 y. 
Oct. 9—Lizzie Orey, col, 32 y, Barney Bog’e, 45 y, verdict of the jury ; came 
to his death from yellow fever. Gus.E. Marks, 27 y, Mrs. Sophia W. Woods, 
66 y. 
Oct. 10—Minnie Mendel,'s y, James Lewis, col, 30 y, Isham Davenport, col, 40 
y, Warren county, James B. Jackson, 1 y, Warren county, Houston Fate, 39 y, 
died in the Hospital, Patrick Collins, 31 y, died in the Hospital. 
Oct. 11—E B. Davison, Jr.. 4 y, John King, 4 y, Warren county, Lafayette 
King, 2 y, Warren county, Joseph Weyer. 22 y, Warren county, Julia Crecey, 
col, 8 y, Warren county, Alois Zollinger, Warren county, Dr. Hapholdt. 52 y, 
died in the Hospital, B. Worthey, col, 5; y, Warren county, Betsy Minor, col, 
50 y, Warren county, Annie Floyd, 13 y„ died at Delta, Louisiana. 
Oct. 12—Augusta Baum, 11 m, Warren county, B. N. Jordan, 32 y, Warren 
county, Charles Owens, col, 18 y, Warren county, Ellen Willingham, 1 m, died 
in the Hospital. 
Oct. 13—Willis J. Bacon, 4y, Mrs. E. L. Gray, 42 y, died in Warren county, 
Samuel J. Hassell 2 m. 
Oct. 14—Lucelia Winbush, 6m, John W. Brackett, 30 y, Sophia Haven, 6 y, 
Warren county, Joseph Feibleman, 21 y, died at Delta, Louisiana, Barbara E. 
Latcher, 13 y, Louis Schaffer, 9davs, Geo. S. Yerger, 35 y. 
Oct. 15—Jeney, col, 6 y, Floyd Porterfield, 6 y, died at Delta, Louisiana, Hor- 
ace H. Snead, 1 m, George C. Cox, col, 1 m. 
Oct. 16—Levie Cook, col, 25 y, Mrs. C. Goldberg, died at Delta, Louisiana, 
Frank E. Love, 21 y Oct. 17—Lieut. H. H. Benner, U. S. A., interred in 
National Cemetery, Helen Tilitz, Oy, Warren county, Antonio G.Bobb, By, War- 
ren county, John Griffin, 45 y, died in the Hospital. 
Oct 18—Miss Carrie Lacroix, 13 y, died in Warren county, J. M. Dalton, 52 
y, died in the Hospital, Mike Laughlin, 30 v..../.Oct. 19—Percy Smith, 13 y, 
Warren county, Louisa Graves, col, 72 y, Will H. Hall, 24 y. 
Oct. 20—Julia Curran, 18 y, Freddie B. Miles, 17 y, Clayton Augustus, 67 y. 
Oct. 21—Sam Steele, 28 y, Delia Dorsey, col, 29 y Oct. 22— R. J. Hill, 
col, 1 m, Edwin B. Hill, 30 y, died in Warren county, Virginia Kidd, 23 y, War- 
ren county. 
Oct. 22—Mitchell Cox, col, 7 y, S'acey A. Hoggatt, died at Mounds, Louisiana 
Jacob L. Katzmier, 18 y, died in Warren county Oct. 23 Ransom, col, 9 
days, Ida Smith. 16 y, Warren county, Dr. Lewis Gilland, died in Delta, Loui- 
siana, Mary Belle Peale, 9 y, died in Warren county, Capt. E. B. Willis, 52 y, 
G. W. Edwards. 61 y. 
Oct. 24— N. V. Jane, Jr., 7 y Oct. 25—Edward O’Neal, 40 y, Mary 'E. 
Meyer, 2 m, Alex. V. Brown, 45 y, died in Delta, Louisiana, Mamie L. Katzen- 
mier, 3 y, E. Jacobs, col, 1 m, Bessie S. Hammett, Warren county, Unknown 
white man, 45 years, Warren county. 
Oct. 26—Maj. J. B. Corkern, died in Delta, Louisiana. Ada A. Smith, 11 days, 
Warren county, John Lahen, 50 y, died in the Hospital Oct. 27—Charles 
Sanguinetti, 17 y. 
Oct. 28—John M. Wall, 3 y, Clara J. O'Hara, 1 y, Andrew Richards, Marshall 
Smith, 4 y, Warren county Oct. 29—Moses Conway, 5 y, died in Delta, Mrs. 
J. B. Corkern, died in Delta, Mrs. Mary E. Lawrence, 21 y, died in Delta 
Oct. 30—Mead Hvlliard, 38 y. 
Oct. 31—B. O. Tucker, col, 1 y Nov. I—? Miss Henrietti Jones, 53 v Nov. 
2—Halsie Howard, col, 70y, Warren county, James Cunningham, 78 y, Mrs. 
Jennie N. Fitzgerald, 29 y, died at Bolton, Miss Nov. 3—lnfant child of M. 
O’Neal, 1 week. 
Nov. 4-James P. Raney, 35 y, died in the Hospital, Sandy Buckley, col, 2 m, 
Martin Kanard, 20 y, Warren county Nov. 5—C. Alexson, 48 y, Warren 
county. 
Nov. 7—Tom Smith, col. 50 y, Frank Lewis, col, 86 y Nov. 9—William Arm- 
stead, 15 y, died at Ditchly, La Nov.ll—Miss Mossinger, 12 days Nov. 15 
—Nora Carson, col, 20 y. 
Nov. 16—Samuel Kahn, 30 y, died at Delta Nov. 17—Belle Thomas, col. 
Mary Hughes, colored, 25 y, Remains of Mrs. Cooley and two children ; removed 
from Louisiana. 
Nov. 20—Clifton Fitzgerald, 8y Nov. 22—John Mannell, 36 y, died in the 
Hospital. DEATHS IN WARREN COUNTY, FROM YELLOW FEVER. 
There may possibly be some few errors in this list, as there has been no 
regular record kept of the deaths, and we were, therefore, compelled to 
depend upon the memory of persons living in the different portions of the 
county, from whom we obtained the lists. 
From Vicksburg Herald. 
Miss Bettie Collier, 18 y, 
James Collier, 64 y, 
Miss Alice Collier, 15 y, 
Eola Maud Trindle, 1 y, 
Wm. George Trindle, 8 y, 
Margaret Belle Trindle, 4 y, 
Miss Agnes Axelson, 16 y, 
Cornelius Axelson, 44y, 
Henry P. Axelson, 18 y, 
Mrs. Mary Standard, 68 y, 
Mrs. Millie Standard, 23 y, 
S. W. Me Ham, 39 y, 
G. B. Mcllarn, 1 y, 
Mrs. S. H. Me Ham, 33 y, 
Miss H. G. McHam, 6 y, 
Mrs. Ryan, 
Ryan, 
Mcrris Solomon, 4 y, 
Wm. Loyd, 52 y, 
Sophie Loyd, 46 y, 
Freddie Loyd, 12 y, 
Miss Annie Loyd, 16 y, 
Albert Loyd, Jr., infant, 
C. A. Warnaph, 25 y, 
Miss Bettie Beall, 10 y, 
Miss Katie Gibson, 15 y, 
Miss Emmie Gibson, 13 y, 
Westerberg, 55 y, 
Mrs. Patience Kline, 60 y, 
Mrs. D. B. Nailor, 60 y, 
Ninion E. Kline, Jr., 2l y, 
Larson Vickstron, 24 y, 
Lewis Holt, 55 y, 
A. Oberg, 20 y, 
Mrs. Sallie Monette, 44 y, 
Miss Annie Kline Monette, 18 y, 
Gibson Monette, 12 y, 
C. A. Larson, 30 y, 
Mrs. Sophia Pettit, 16 y, 
Dr. Wm. E. Monette, 44 y, 
Mrs. Mary E. Featherstun, 48 y, 
Wesley Featherstun, 10 y, 
Miss Laura Featherstun, 10 y, 
Abbie Featherstun, 15 y, 
Willie Featherstun, 12 y, 
Miss A. A. Rundell, 30 y, 
W. B. Cleland,26 y, 
Bobie Cleland, 4 weeks, 
Mrs. Sarah Billingslea, 67 y, 
Wm. Bullock, 20 y, 
Jones Wilkins, 34 y, 
Joe. Johnston, 32 y, 
Mrs. Joe. Johnston, 29 y, 
Miss Annie Johnston, 
Dick Taylor, 45 y, 
Eddie Taylor, 13 y, 
George A. Tribble, 25 y, 
Mrs. George A. Tribble, 22 y, 
Dr. B. H. Gotthelf, 60 y, 
Isadore Meyer, 20 y, 
A. C, Cameron, 55 y, 
Benny Cameron, 23 y, 
L. Cameron Fox, 25 y, 
Airs. Roberts, 28 y, 
J. A. Mclnnis. 30 y, 
Mrs. Ran a Mclnnis, 26 y, 
Mary Belle Mclnnis, 1 y, 
Aleck B. Powell, 32 y, 
Clarence Powell, 4y. 
Augustus Newman, 54 y, 
Mrs. Sallie Newman, 48 y, 
Mrs. Dr. J. C. Newman, 54 y, 
Mrs. Chesley Newman Brabston, 26 y. 
Dr. Geo. T. Birdsong, 30 y, 
Mrs. Ben. Dart, 27 y, 
Julius Dart, 1 y, 
Maj. J. Reese Cook, 63 y, 
Capt. E. Bryant Willis, 52 y, 
Louis N. Shannon, 33 y, 
Marvin, 55 y. 
Dr. W. J. Nesmith, 35 y, 
Miss Matilda Edwards, 20 y, 
S. B. Wall, 64 y, 
Willie Spears, 16 y, 
Mrs. Weaver, 60 y, 
Lawrence Lanier, 24 y, 
Aaron C. Brooks, 34 y, 
Child of Mrs. Holt, 
Adolph Lorcli, 27 y, 
M. Baker, 
L. Kins', 
John King, 
Wr. R. Cushman, 
W. A. Cushman, 
C. B. Cushman, 
Mrs. M. Cushman and two children,. 
Mrs. M. E. Kendall and child, 
Mrs. W. R. Cushman and child, 
Airs. D. W. Clark, 
Pour children of Mrs. Jas. Higgins,. 
Mrs. J. C. Jones, 
J. L. Ketzenmier, 
Mr. Martz, 
Mrs. Martz, 
Mr. Wertz and two children, 
B. T. Edwards, 
Miss Matilda Edwards, 
S. W. Wahl, 
Mrs. Jessie Standard, 
Henry Jones, 
Wilson. 
Mrs. Wilson, 
Mrs. Margaret Johnson, 75 y, 
Henderson Hall, 68 y, 
Thomas Hall, 22 y, 
Mrs. M. A. Hall, 27 y, 
Mrs. A. Brown, 30 y, 
Dr. Ferriss, 40 y, 197 
Morris H. Gotthelf, 21 y, 
Miss Strealy, 6 y, 
Jerry Streely, 4 y, 
Ben. Davis, 48 y, 
Mrs. Ben. Davis, 40 y. 
Judge Davis, 6 y, 
Sally Keller, 24 y, 
Jaurdie Oates, 14 y, 
Addison Oatis, 60 y, 
Lesly Oatis, 32 y, 
Warren Oatis, 25 3r, 
Laura Otis, 27y, 
Amanda Oatis, 16 y, 
Fannie Oatis, 14 y, 
Willis Oatis, 11 y, 
Laura Ferguson, 5 y, 
Mr. O’Brien, 55 y. 
Son of Mr. O’Brien, 12 y, 
Mr. J. W. Finch, 88 y, 
Milton H. BLglow, 40 y. 
Robert W. Chapel, 50 y, 
Wm. Bullock, 
Mrs. Biblingstene, 
Dr. Brodsing, 
E. Flowers, 
Mrs. L. Fox, 
D. A. Cameron, 
Mrs. J. W. Gray, 
J. W. Powell, 
S. W. Shannon, 
Aaron Brooks, 
Mrs. Jewell. 
Mrs. Dr. Ferris, 30 y, 
Son of Dr. Ferris, 4 y, 
Charles V. D. Riddle, 
Lottie Tuley Riddle, 
Thomas Riddle, 
Charles Hollman, 
Mrs. J. C. Jemerson, 
Alex. McCarty, 
Mrs. McCarty's infant, 
James C. Watts, Sr., 
German Gardner, 
James Dye. 
Miss Ada Brown, 
Miss Lillie Snyder, 
Miss Sallie Snyder, 
Mrs. Wilson, 
Miss Cora Wilson, 
Mollie Wilson, 
Willie Wilson, 
Mrs. Dr. Ferry, 
Douglas Ferry, 
H. T. Jone°, 
Wm. Mac Ever, 
Mrs. Holt, 
H. Leach, 
J.’N. AlcEnnis, 
Airs. L. McEnnis, 
Mrs. AV. H. Bigelow, 
Airs. Joseph J. Fox, 
dohn Alclnnis, 
Alary E. Smith, 
Dr. ffuyman, 
Herald, Saturday, Aug. 24. 
The shadow of a great woe hangs over our devoted city. The number 
suffering from the pestilence is fearful, as accurate reports published else- 
where will prove, and every hour swells the list. The medical fraternity 
of Vicksburg are worn out, and many of them are on the sick list. Let 
immediate application be made for competent medical assistance. Vicks- 
burg and Grenada are twin sisters in sorrow, and we have not the heart to 
dwell upon the heart-rending subject. All that humanity and self-abnega- 
tion can accomplish is being done, but aid must come f»om sections not 
stricken. Yesterday we saw corpses hurried to the grave without attend- 
ant, and God only knows the ghastly sights and scenes of pain transpiring 
in Vicksburg to-night. AVe haveseen thehorrors of the battlefield, and have 
tasted the sorrows and deprivations of prison life, have buried comrades/ 
and friends on lonely, far-off battle-fields, but we have never, in a varied 
and eventful life, witnessed anything which so awakened the sensibilities 
of our nature. Alay God have mercy on us all. * * * , * 
All of tiie physicians in the city have had to refuse applications on ac- 
count of sheer physicial inability to give them proper attention. They 
are overworked, and if the progress of the disease is not arrested they will 
soon be hors du combat. There are at least one hundred new cases in the 
city, and the whole number sick—not including those under treatment— 
swells into the hundreds. This is not a statement published to excite ap- 
prehensions, but to lay the facts before those who are able to lend their 
assistance in this hour of our bitter need. 
THE SITUATION IN VICKSBURG. 
LEBANON DISTRICT, HINDS COUNTY. 
Joseph Jacobs, Airs. J. Jacobs, child of A. Harrison, infant of Ben Jacobs, 
AArard, Airs. Aloses, Airs. O'Brien, Emmett O’Brien, Mrs. Monell, Robert AlcNair, 
Eddie AlcNair, David AlcNair, L. D. McNair, Sr., Airs. Jas. Hamilton, Airs. Allen, Mrs. E. Edmondson, Ben. Jacobs, A. Gibbs, Ward, J. M. Moses, Miss Bettie 
McNair, Miss Emma Roberts, Joseph Jacobs, Jr., L. D. McNair, Jr., Mrs. Ben 
Jacobs, Miss Essie Russell, Mrs. David McNair, Pat McDermon, Mrs. Fannie Noble. 
Alice Arnold, Julian Adams, C. Breath, Henry Barthe, Frazier Barnard, child of 
Canape, Wilfre Combel, Hubbard Cameron, Mrs. Doyle, daughter of Mrs. Doyle 
Miss DeWolf, Eliza Davis, Mrs. Dore and daughter, Alphonsine Estapa, Francis 
Estapa, Josephine Estapa, Sister Etiena (St. Joseph Convent) Lena Fischer, Ber- 
nedina Frederick, Barbara Frederic, Mary Foster, Susie Foster, Harry B. Fair- 
child, Ella Fairchild, Stephen Franklin, Joseph Gonzales, Malcomb Henderson, 
Henry Howell, John Henderson, col., Sallie Johnston, James Johnston, Mrs. E. 
Krost, Mr. Klein, W. B. List, Ellen Lawler, Emma Lawler, Dan. Lawler, Lissa 
(adopted daughter of Simon) Pbilman Lamourant, Victor Lassabe, Delphine Las- 
sabe, Bertrand Lassabe, Miss Lawlor, Geo. Mayo, Ephraini C. Mudge, child of 
Muller, Helen G. Mayfield, G. S. May, Antoine Maggiore, Mittenberger, Odile, 
Abel Nicaise, Rebecca Nicaise, Carolina Prestel, Nicholas Prestel, Antonio Pierre, 
Mrs. Helen Suarez, Regina M. Suarez, Walter Sylvester, John J. Saucier, Capt. L. 
L. Taylor, Alfred Taconi, Jules Taconi, Salvador Tarrant, Steffano Terzia, P. Vas- 
sali, Francois Valconar, Yicelli, Vicelli, Vicelli, Mrs. White, Stella 
Walters, Geo. Williams, col., Annie S. D. Wolft', and 9 unknown. 
BAY ST. LOUIS. 
BILOXI. 
M iss Dunn. 
STONEVILLB, WASHINGTON COUNTY. 
(Several of these names are included in the list at bottom of Greenville list, on 
page ICS.) 
Ida Brown, Jno. Byrne, Walsh Burdett, Miss Burdett, Nathan Burdett, Sam 
Crockett, Geo. Dawkens, three children of Davis, J. E. Evenitz, B. F. Foley, 
Dr. A. S. Gerdine, Dr. Thos. Gaddis, Dr. Griffin, J. W. Hill, M. Hartman, Henry 
Jones, Dr. Kirby, Jacob Kleiber, Jr., Jacob Kleiber, Sr., Adolph Kausler, Henry 
Lender, Mrs. Nancy Lamkin, Henry Monk, M. J. Morzinski, child of Morzin- 
ski, C. K. McAlister, Mrs. A. W. McAlister, Mrs. Win. Montgomery, Dr. Win. 
Montgomery, Phil McLean, Mrs. Rebecca Mcllvin, Pat. McKeon, Andy McDonald, 
Dr. Oden, Thos. O’Brien, Dan. Olson, Priest, Sr., Priest, Jr., Pat. Quinn, 
James Steverson, D. L. Stone, Blanche Snowberger, —— Spears, Dan. Shaunchau,. 
son of J. B. Walker, Eddie Winters, child of, Winters,-Jack Winters, Mrs. C. 
A. Winters, Willie Wingfield, Walter Winfield. 
Father Charles, Joseph Ryan, Col. Strout. 
OCEAN SPRINGS. 
SENATOBIA. 
C. W. Creager, Mrs. Mira Davis, Mrs. D. L. Dean, Dabney Dickey, Mattie Dickey, 
George Dickey, Margarett, McGehee, Mrs. Cora Parker, Mrs. A. V. Saunders. 
Wm. Collins. 
HORN LAKE. 
TRRRY AND VICINITY. 
Lisa Grayson, col., Jane Grayson, Dr. H. R. Godman, Joe Samson, col., one 
unknown. 
CAYUGA, HINDS COUNTY. 
Gen. Thos. M. Griffin, Mrs. Griffin, Mr. Hack, one colored. MASONS WHO DIED OF YELLOW FEVER. 
AVashington Lodge, No. 3, Port Gibson—H*nry S. AVheeless, Aug. '26; Claude 
H. Barrot, p. m., Sept. 11. 
Pearl, No. 23, Jackson—Edward Steinberg, p. ji., at Greenville, Sept. 13; 
Win. M. Compton, near Holly Springs, Oct. 23; Geo. C. Granberry, Oct. 3. 
Hazlehurst, No. 25—M. W. Trawick, at New Orleans, Oct. 8. 
Vicksburg, No. 26—AVm. A. Fairchild, p. m.. Past Grand Commander Knights 
Templar, Sept. 20; Chas. H. Taffe, Sept. 11; James Warrington, Sept. 8. 
AVm. H. Stevefs, No 121, Vicksburg—Chas. H. Nathan, Sept. 2; R. Kalmbach, 
Oct. 8; J. AV. Conklin, Oct. 11; C. Y. D. Riddle; Benj. C. Bookout, Oct. 17. 
AValnut Hills. No. 194, Vicksburg—Taurston J. Thompson, p m., Aug. 10; 
Geo. H. Heflinger, Sept. 17. 
Other Masons who died in Vicksburg and Vicing—Dr. J. B. Norris, of a 
Lodge in Chattanoosca Tenn.,Sept. 10; B. H. Gotthelf, (Jewish Rabbi,) of Louis- 
ville, Ky., Sept. 7; G. AV. Edwards, of a Lodge in New York City; J. F. Teuny, 
of a Lodge in Boston, Sept. 2; J. P. Allen, non-affiliate, Aug. 29; Dr. P. F. 
AVhitehead, non-affiliate, Sept. 5; Geo. S. Yerger, of Mississipp. Commandery, 
No. 1, Jackson, Oct. 14. 
Grenada, No. 31—R. Coffman, p. m,, August 21; A. P. Saund m-s, p. m., Aug. 
28; O. B. Rollins, P. m., Sept. 9; C. M. Coffman, Aug. 21; R. A. C dlins. Aug. 26 ; 
AV. AI. Hankins; Dr. E. AV. Hughes, Aug. 81; Dr. AV. AV. Hall, Aug. 30; 
Dr.lW. B. B. Mav, Sept. 7 ; Dr. J. L. Milton. Aug. 15; R. A. Irwin, Sept. 4; J. 
AI. K nox, Sept. 7; John T. Aloore, Aug. 24; T. E. Peacock, Aug. 12; Jacob 
Poitevent, Aug. 27; Henry Rafalsky, Aug. 20; AI. AVile, Aug. 27; AVm. AVillis, 
Sup’t. So. Ex. Co., at Alemphis ; S. S. Angevine, Aug. 28; John S. Paine, Oct. 
27; AV. A. Dejarnett, En. Ap., Aug. 22. 
Other Alasons who died at Grenada and Vicinity—AV. C. Eskridge. Command* 
ery No. 15, Aug. 15; AV. T. Cole, p. m., Ebenezer Lodge, Senatobia, Sept. 2; Dr. 
P. F. Fitzgerald, p. m„ AVm. Cothran Lodge, No. 361, Oct. 13; AV. A. McMillian, 
Lexington Lodge, No. 24, Aug. 11; Thos. Powell, of Garner Lodge No. 376, Aug. 
16; Butler P. Anderson, of DeSoto, No. 299, Tenn., Sept. 1; John Morrow, non- 
affiliate, Aug. 15; R. S. Bowles, non-affiliate, Aug. 15; 11. AI. Jones, of Michi- 
gan. 
Number of members of Grenada Lodge, sick of the fever, 25; died, 18; mem- 
bers of brothers’ families sick, 105; died, 42; widows surviving, 7; orphans, 47. 
Holly Springs Lodge, No. 35.—Harvey VV. Walter, Past Grand Master, Sept. 
19; AVilliam Clark, ; Thos. A. Falconer. Sept. 5; Howard Falconer, 
Sept. 20; Jas. Nutall, Sept. 5; B. P. Oliver, Sept. 5 ; Clem Keid, Sept. 10 ; Sara’l 
Abernathy, Sept. 6; AV. O. McKinney, • ; AV. T. Long,; Joseph Herr, 
Oct. 1; Chas Schneider, Sept, 10; R. AV. AlcClain, Sept. 4; AV. F. Megary, 
; U. H. Ross, Sept. 9. 
Other Alasons, who died of fever, in Holly Springs and vicinity—E. AV. Up- 
shaw, non-affiliate, Aug. 13; Dr. AV. M. Compton, of Pearl Lodge, No. 23; John 
Chenowith, of Tennessee, Sept. 6; R. L. Watson of late Geo.R. Freeman Lodge, 
Sept. 7; AVm. Crump, of late Geo. R. Freeman Lodge, Sept. 10; J. AV. Brannon, 
of Cornersville Lodge No. 284, Sept. 13. 
Mississippi No. 56,—Dr. H. C. Snodgrass, Oct. —. 
Wilson, No. 72.—AV. J. Adams, at Lake, Sept. 18. 
Ebenezer, No. 76, Senatobia.—AV. T. Cole, p. ji., at Grenada, Sept.2; R. L. 
Wait, Sept. 2. 
Pontotoc, No. 81.—AV. R. Todd, Sept. —. 
Coahoma, No. 104, Friars Point.—George R. Alcorn, Oct. 17. 
Claiborne, No. 101, Rocky Springs.—J. J. Harper, Oct. 28; Rev. D. A. J. 
Parker, Oct. 28. 
Bovina, No. 112.-*-D. A. Cameron, p, m., 6| years. Oct. 13 ; R. AV. Chappel, 
Oct 17; S. B. Wall, Oct. 21; Jones S. AVilkins, Oct. 15; J. B. Johnson, Oct. 5; 
J. W. Finch, Oct. 17; F. H. Featherston, Nov. 20. 
Hyland, No. 113 —Dr. W. E. Alonette, p. m., Nov. 7; John AV. Hullum, Oct. 8. 
Unity, No. 117. Edwards.—Dr. AV. B. Williamson, p. m., Sept. 27. 
Patton, No. 129, Lauderdale Springs—A. A. Currie, at Meridian, Oct. 26; 
B. C. Estus, Oct. 26. 
Lauderdale, No. 308, Meridian.—AV. T. McLean, p. m., Oct. 11; John Ether- 
idge, Sept. 8. 
Non-affiliate? who died at Meridian and vicinity.—AV. V. Raney, between Oc.t—; Dr. J. JH. Lyles, at Lauderdale Springs, Oct. ‘do; J. C. Peters, 
Nov.—; John AVard, Oct. 11; E. V. Early, Oct. 20; R. J. Moseley, Oct. 9. 
AY ate r Y alley, No. 132—John E. Becton, Sept. 80; L. M. Pennington, Oct. 
2; and J. 0. Hendricks, of St. Cyr Commandery, No. 6, Sept. 27. 
Bay St. Louis, No. 147.—John J, Saucier, Oct. 15. 
Jeremiah, No. 158.—John Fennell, at Holly Springs, . 
Auburn, No. 166.—Joseph Jacobs, Sept. 5; J. M. Moses, Oct. 11. 
Madison Station, No. 192—John A. Gould. 
Pascagoula, No. 202.—R. G. Davis, at Scranton, Oct. 20. 
Greenville, No. 208.—AY. A. HaycraH, p. m., Sept.s; Edward P. Byrne, p. 
m., Sept. 6; Newman J. Nelson, Sept. 18; Lyman Stowell, Sept. 5 ; AVm.J. Man- 
ley, Sept. 18; Geo. AY. Elliott, Oot. 5; John Manifold, Sept. 25. 
Other Masons who died at Greenville.—Edward Steinberg, Pearl Lodge, No. 
23; John H. Nelson, Tillman Page, Duncan C. Green, A. B. Trigg, M. J. Mor- 
zinski. 
Rising Glory Lodge, No. 215, Osyka.—M. D. Bond, Oct. 4; Isaac Cerf, Oct. 
8 ; J. A. Ott, non-affiliate, Nov. 2. 
Tunica, No. 257.—Dr. J. F. Sample, at Memphis. 
Cornebsville, No. 284.— J. AY. Brannon, Sept. 13. 
Lake, No. 298—Dr. G. C. McCallum, AYor. Master, Sept. 8; AY. IT. Evers, Sen. 
AYar., Sept. 9; J. H. Crossly, Treas., Sept. 26; Lee C. Scott, Sen. Dea., Sept. 7 ; 
J. N. Couch, Sept. 25 ; Robert Davidson, Sept. 13 ; Geo. P. Lowry, Sept. 22. 
Tupelo, No. 318.—M. L. Leake, at Louisville, Ky., Sept. 13. 
Abbeville, No. 320.—S. C. Arnold, at Memphis. 
Dry Grove, No. 321—E. Coker, Aug. 8 ; J. C. Stubbs, Sept. 7; AY. D. Kyle, 
Oct. 25 ; J. C. AVilliams, Oct. 30. 
Bolion, No. 326.—A. Alexander, at Vicksburg, Oct. 2. 
John A. Galbreath, No. 331, Brandywine Springs, Claiborne county—James 
1. Brumley, Sept. 1; J. D. Fairley, Aug. 23; T. 15. Jones, Oct. 7. 
AVm. Cothran. No. 361, near Grenada.—'Dr. P. F. Fitgerald, AYor. M., Oct. 13. 
Newton, No. 372.—AY. D. Maguirk, at Lake, Sept. 24. 
Garner, No. 376.—Tho=>. Powell, Aug. 16. 
H. C. Robinson, No. 379, Areola, AYashington county.—Dr. A. S. Gerdine, 
Sept. 23; Dr. Thos. A. Gaddis, Sept. 80. 
McComb City, No. 382— G. A. Boyd, Oct. 4; Dr. B. F. Gatlin, Nov. 19. 
PHYSICIANS WHO DIED OF YELLOW FEVER. 
List .of Physicians who died of yellow fever, in Mississippi, during the 
epidemic of 1878: 
Grenada.—E. AY. Hughes, Wm. Fielder, AY. W. Hall, R. S. Ringgold, Henry 
Gillespie, P. F. Fitzgerald, Dr. Wolfork. 
Vicksburg.—P. F. Whitehead, D. AY. Booth, L. E. Barber. 
Volunteer.—Dr. Sappington, J. B. Norris, Dr. Blickfeldt, J. S. Roach, Dr. 
Happoldt, Dr. Blackman, Dr. Potts, Dr. Glass. 
Warren County.—W%J. Nesmith, Wm. E. Mornette, Geo. T. Birdsong, Dr. 
Leatch. 
Canton.—N. AY. McKie, M. J. McKie, A. 11. Cage. 
Livingston.—J. T. viagruder. 
Holly Springs.—AY. M. Compton, J. AY. Fennell, F. M. Fennell, Chas. AYt 
Bonner. 
Volunteer from Austin, Texas.—T. D. Manning. 
Volunteer from Albion, lII.—J. C. Lewis. 
Lake.—G. C. McCallum, J. J. Tate. 
Dry Grove—Geo. Dickson. 
McComb City—B. F. Gatlin, Frank Straun. 
Edwards.—AY. B. AVilliamson. 
Hernando.—J. AY. Powell. 
DeSoto County.—D. L. Bridgeforth. 
Greenville.—J. V. Ales ander. 
Volunteer from Ft. Coupee, E. Archer. 
Vicinity of Greenville.—A. S. Gerdine, Thos. Gaddis, J. L. Griffin, J. 11. 
Oden, Dr. Kirby. 
Port Gibson.—J. G. Strowbridge, 11. C. Snodgrass. Dr. Brumley. 
Handsboro.—John E. Lyon. A PEN PICTURE 
OF THE SITUATION IN THE HEART OF THE YELLOW FEVER DISTRICT. 
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 18th, 1878. 
John Hodge Esq., Lockport, N. Y : 
From the Lockport, (N. Y.) Daily Union. 
My Dear Sir and Bro.—I am in receipt of the Daily Union of the 
10th, containing the appeal of our Grand Master to our Lodges in Missis- 
sippi for help for our afflicted communities, and the kind editorial reference 
to myself. I suppose that lam indebted to you for this fraternal and per- 
sonal courtesy; and I suspend for a moment the busy work in which I am 
engaged to express to you my thanks, and to acquaint you with the sad 
condition of affairs in our section at this time. 
The telegraphic reports give you the number of deaths daily in New 
Orleans, Memphis, Vicksburg, Grenada, Holly Springs, Port Gibson, Can- 
ton, Greenville, and other places where the yellow fever is prevailing, but 
no one but an eye-witness can realize the confusion and desolation, and 
destitution, consequent upon the present scourge. In New Orleans, the 
deaths to date number about 2,000; Memphis, now over 100 pel day; 
Vicksburg about 500, thus far; Grenada, about 200 whites out of a popu- 
lation of about 2,500; at Holly Springs, one hundred of the best citizens 
have died within the last two weeks: at Canton, about 60 deaths to date; 
ai Port Gibson, about 100; from Greenville, on the Mississippi river, we 
can learn nothing definite, as telegraphic communication has been inter- 
rupted. 
The fever has also broken out at Bolton, on the Vicksburg railroad, 18 
miles west of here; at Dry Grove, in the lower part of this county; at 
Lake Station, 45 miles east of here, and at several other places in the 
State. 
When the fever became epidemic in New Orleans, this city and Vicks- 
burg quarantined against New Orleans; when it appeared in Vicksburg, 
this place and many other points quarantined against Vicksburg; and 
against each successive place where the fever appeared, the health and 
municipal authorities of all the surrounding counties and towns issued 
their quarantine ordinances, and established their quarantine stations,with 
officers and guards to enforce them. All who could conveniently do so, 
lied from the infected towns on the first approach of the fever. Of course 
many have felt it their duty to remain, such as physicians, druggists, min- 
isters, journalists, and some public officers, and some not occupying public 
positions, who were anxious to serve their afflicted fellow-citizens in every 
way possible. But the majority of the white population of all the places 
named, and many others, have gone to distant States, or are living in the 
country adjacent to their homes—some in log cabins and others in tents, 
many without sufficient food, or good water, and beyond the reach of med- 
ical attention in case of sickness, In this city, for instance, where we 
have been wonderfully spared, in having had only one case of fever—on 
the 31st of August—there are not more than four hundred white persons 
who remain. Of my own household, of eleven white persons, I am solitary 
and alone, and have been for five weeks. My family are eighty miles 
south of here, in a section of country supposed to be safe, but even in their 
vicinity, the fever has been scattered by refugees from Port Gibson. Our 
colored servants have remained, and they take very good care of me, 
and I of them. There is only one other white man on the square. In 
scores of houses there is not an occupant; in others, the old servants are in charge, and all, I am happy to say, have been faithful to their trust. So 
far as I have learned, the property of absentees has not been disturbed. It 
is true, our police force has been greatly increased, and constant vigilance 
is exercised. The public belrrings at ten o’clock at night as a signal for 
all to retire from the streets. 
When the stampede first took place from here and other places, the col- 
ored people generally remained. Heretofore they have been compara- 
tively exempt from the fever, but tjiey are equally subject with the 
whites to the present type of the disease. When they begun to realize this 
fact, many were quite willing to leave, but the quarantine regulations 
against infected points are enforced without regard to “ race, color, or pre- 
vious condition.” Hence the five thousand or more colored people in 
Vicksburg, and the two thousand or more here, had to stay and take their 
chances. Their subsistence became a matter of immediate concern. Those 
who gave them employment and paid them wages had gone, and all oppor- 
tunities of providing for themselves and families were abruptly closed 
against them. Hence the applications that have been made to the Govern- 
ment for rations, and its prompt and timely furnishing of the same. 
As before remarked, this place has wonderfully escaped. Vicksburg is 
only 45 miles west and Bolton still closer on the same line of railroad. 
Canton is only 23 miles north, Dry Grove 18 miles south. Freight and 
passenger trains to and from New Orleans and Vicksburg passing through 
here daily and yet we have been spared. We are duly grateful, we trust, 
to a kind Providence, and we feel that the precautionary means used have 
been blessed to our preservation. In the first place the city has been 
thoroughly cleansed and disinfected. Carbolic acid is daily sprinkled on 
all the streets, and car loads of lime have been scattered about on all the 
highways and private premises. The invoices of carbolic acid will amount 
to about one hundred barrels, thus far, and we think it the best investment 
the city has ever made. Its now delightful odor is inhaled not only by the 
citizens, butby the people in the surrounding country, for miles. In addi- 
tion to this, we allow no one to come here from or through any infected 
locality. The train from the North, for instance, has to stop at the quar- 
antine station seven miles above here, and discharge its mail and express 
matter, and then go through the city at the usual rate of speed. The train 
from New Orleans proceeds to said quarantine station, without stopping in 
Jackson. AVe have to send our paper (The Clarion) to that point to be 
mailed. The train from Vicksburg has to stop a respectable distance from 
town also. Freight trains from the North, and supplies for Vicksburg, are 
passing from one road to the other without hindrance. The Mayor and 
health officers have been inexorable in the enforcement of the quarantine 
and sanitary regulations, and every citizen is co-operating. If a stranger 
would appear on our streets now he would have to show “ his papers ” 
about as often as he met a citizen. All the public and private roads leading 
to the city are picketed, and the Mayor’s permit, countersigned by the City 
Clerk, and stamped with the seal of the city, is now necessary in order to 
obtain admission within the corporate limits of Jackson; and the same 
document is necessary in order to get out. A colored woman was heard to 
remark the other day, that she thought the city was too closely canteened, 
and another expressed the hope that the pontoon would be raised. “Quar- 
antine” is a new phrase in their vocabulary, to which they will in due 
time become accustomed. 
Well, I find that I am writing you a long letter ; but I cannot close with- 
out a reference to the particular work in which I am engaged in connec- 
tion with our present troubles—a work that has grown upon me until my 
strength for further duty is almost exhausted. AVhen the plague first 
attacked Grenada and then Vicksburg and Port Gibson, I called our Grand 
Master’s attention to the propriety of affording such relief as we could from our Grand Lodge Treasury. In my suggestions, he most heartily 
acquiesced. Just then, on the 21st of August, I received a telegram from 
the Masons of New Orleans, that they had sent me two hundred dollars 
for the relief of their distressed brethren in Mississippi. In a dispatch to 
the Associated Press, this fact was stated, and also that I would be glad 
to receive and distribute such relief as might be sent me by the craft 
wheresoever dispersed. As Grand Secretary of Masons, and as Grand Treas- 
urer of Odd Fellows, I have been kept very busy receiving dispatches and 
money packages, acknowledging relief and distributing it to the Masonic, 
I. O. O. F. and other recognized Relief Committees at the various afflicted 
points in our State. For this purpose, the telegraph companies gave the 
free use of the wires, the express companies mark every package, large and 
small, “ 1). H.,” the banks charge no discount or exchange, and the rail- 
roads carry supplies, nurses and doctors all free of charge. I supposed, 
when contributions first began to reach me that the aggregate might 
amount to five thousand dollars. My entries up to to-night show nearly 
thirty-five thousand dollars!—and all this, (save about $2,500,) from the 
Masons and Odd Fellows of the Union,—contributed, not for members of 
the Orders only, and their families, but for all in distress. The general in- 
struction to me is, put it where it will do the most good. As far as pos- 
sible I have placed it in the hands of the Masonic and I. O. O. F Commit- 
tees, but they have been zealously co-operating with the Howards, and 
helping ail, regardless of race, color or class. lam now, for instance, buy- 
ing up a car-load of beef-cattle, and a car-load of sheep for shipment "to 
Vicksburg this week. To-day I sent a thousand dollars to Rev. Dr. C. K. 
Marshall, who has been laboring like a hero among the poor people of 
Vicksburg since the first of the fever. I telegraphed him notice that a 
good Samaritan like him ought to have the means of dispensing relief at 
discretion. He has just replied: “A thousand thanks. I will give a 
good report of it.” In several instances, those remitting the funds have 
charged me to see to it that those who are made widows and orphans by 
the plague, and who have peculiar claims upon the fraternities for whom 
lam acting, shall not be forgotten. How many there may be, cannot be 
ascertained until the close of the epidemic ; but I feel so solemnly the ob- 
ligation thus imposed upon me, that I shall discharge it as judiciously as 
possible, to the extent of means that may be sent me. A letter from the 
Grand Master of the Grand Lodge of West Virginia has called my atten- 
tion to the Hufflington family, who went from Wheeling to Grenada. Six 
out of the family of eight died within a few days. lam trying to get into 
communication with the surviving two, but although I have written to 
them, and to the relief committee, I can learn nothing. To show you how 
difficult it has been to distribute systematic relief to that point, I will 
give my own experience. My first remittances Avere to Dr. Hughes, a 
zealous Mason. After his death, I remitted to the Relief Committee; on 
their death, I remitted to the HoAvard Association, and on the very day 
that the only surviving member of that Association acknowledged the 
receipt of a package of one thousand dollars, he was himself attacked Avith 
the fever. I then noticed in a Memphis paper, that Bro. Ayer, the Noble 
Grand of the Odd Fellows’ Lodge, Avas among the survivors, and so sent 
him five hundred dollars, but the package reached there a fe\v hours after 
his death; and the express agent, Mr. Armistead, notified ms that he had 
it in his care. In a feAV days, the express agent Avas prostrate, and the re- 
port to-day is that he may possibly recover. Of course terrible suffering, 
destitution and death must be the rule, when those Avho Avere willing to 
administer relief have themselves been hurried to the grave. God help 
the people of Grenada! Until several decided frosts shall come, and until 
the entire toAvn shall be thoroughly disinfected, it avi 11 be unsafe for any 
person to breathe its atmosphere, and therefore but few avi 11 venture to 
their relief. Among the brightest and best of our Masonic lights that have been ex- 
tinguished by the plague, I may mention Past Grand Master A. J. 
Wheeler, editor of the Masonic Jewel, Memphis. He was a chairman of 
the Masonic Relief Committee, and had won the name of a hero in former 
trials to which the people of Memphis were subjected. But he went down 
in this. At Vicksburg, our Grand Commander, Sir W. G. Paxton, has 
been down for several days, and to-day word comes that his co-laborer, 
Past Grand Commander W. A. Fairchild, has been attacked. 
In the matter of contributions, the Empire State has done nobly. In 
due time I will send you as complete a report as I can prepare of this ter- 
rible ordeal through which we are passing, and will place on enduring 
record the loving words and material aid that comes to us from every 
quarter. May the good people of Lockport never feel the shadow of a 
yellow fever plague settling down upon their fair city. 
Fraternally snd sincerely yours, J. L. Power. 
The following passport to Mr. Hodge, which illustrates the method of 
passing quarantine, was enclosed with Col. Power’s communication: 
Mayor’s Office, City Hall, ] 
Jackson, Miss., Sept. 18th, 1878. j 
[l. s.] John Hodge has permission to pass the Quarantine on the Livingston 
road until further orders. John McGill, Mayor. 
By the Mayor: 
Harris Barksdale, City Clerk. 
THE MASONIC PROTEGE. 
For some time past a committee of the Masonic fraternity of Sacra- 
mento, consisting of N. Greene Curtis, Past Grand Master; William M. 
Petrie, Past Master, and J. A. Fillmore, have been looking anxiously for 
the arrival of Master Walter Wilcox, a little five year-old orphan boy, 
whose parents died of yellow fever in New Orleans, who was put on the 
cars at the latter city, ticketed for Oakland, where lie has a grandmother 
named Mrs H. Carey, who agreed to raise him if he was sent to her. The 
little fellow has been heard from at various times through the Eastern 
States, where he was received and taken in charge by the Masonic frater- 
nity, his every want looked after, and he was seen safely on his journey. 
The little fellow left New Orleans on the second of October, having a let- 
ter indorsed by the Deputy Grand Master of the Masonic fraternity of the 
State of Louisiana, bespeaking for him all the kindness and attention pos- 
sible from the conductors and members of the fraternity wherever he 
should arrive, also setting forth the circumstances of the death of his 
parents, a copy of which appears below : 
Sacramento Daily Bee, Oct. 28. 
New Orleans, October 3, 1878. 
The bearer of this is Walter Wilcox, who has been orphaned by the epi- 
demic which has prevailed in this city. He is five or six years of age, and 
he is now enroute to San Francisco, via Louisville and Chicago. He has 
been forwarded from this point by the Masonic Relief Lodge, and is the 
holder of a through ticket, No. 356, and funds have been placed in the 
hands of the conductors to defray the necessary expenses which may be in- 
curred on his account. He will be received at Chicago by parties repre- 
senting the Masonic Relief Lodge in that city. I bespeak for him on the 
part of railroad men between New Orleans and Chicago every possible at- 
tention looking to his comfort and protection. 
(Seal,) F. Chandler, 
General Passenger Agent, Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad. The conductors of the Sacramento division were requested to keep a sharp 
look-out for the boy and telegraph to this city when he was on the train 
coming West. Accordingly a dispatch was yesterday received from M. J. 
Goodrich, the conductor of the express train which reached here late last 
evening, saying the boy was on board, and the result was that when the 
train arrived here last evening a large delegation of Masons and the com- 
mittee were at the depot to receive him. 
When the cars had stopped N. Greene Curtis, Past Grand Master of the 
Order in California, went into the sleeping car, found the litlle fellow, and 
soon appeared on the platform carrying him in his arms. The scene was a 
most affecting one, and drew tears from eyes long unused to such exhibi- 
tions of weakness. The head of the little boy reclined on the shoulder of 
Judge Curtis, whose silvered locks and beard showed more strongly with 
the contrast of the wealth of golden hair worn by the boy. The little arms 
Avere lovingly entwined about the Judge’s neck, and an air of confidence 
and perfect happiness was apparent on the child’s face, as if he felt that 
everyone of those men drawn up in line were his friends whom he could 
call upon for aid. About the little fellow’s neck was a ribbon, to which 
was attached a shipping tag, on which the following was written : 
Chicago, Oct. 22, 1878. 
The bearer of this is Master Walter Wilcox, an orphan son of a brother 
Mason. He was orphaned by the yellow fever in New Orleans, and is en 
route to Oakland, Cal., to join his grandmother, Mrs. H. Carey, who will 
meet him at the depot. He has been forwarded by the Masonic fraternity 
and is the holder of through tickets, and funds have been placed in the 
hands of conductors for incidental expenses. 
(Signed) H. Holcomb, 
Garden City Lodge. 
As soon as those present had seen the little traveler he was taken in a 
carriage to the residence of W. M. Petrie, on J street, between Eight and 
Ninth, where Mrs. Petrie took him in charge and where he still remains, 
full of life and happiness and evidently well satisfied with his new home. 
This morning the little boy was furnished with a full outfit of under- 
clothing and a new suit by E. Lyon and W. M. Petrie, and to-day he has 
been visited by a large number of ladies and gentlemen, many of whom 
left some token of their feelings for the little orphan. 
The boy will be kept here until it can be learned who are the proper par- 
ties to send him to in San Francisco or Oakland, and will be sent forward 
from here with a tag from the Masonic fraternity of this city to their 
brethren at the Bay. 
When he was taken from the cars yesterday, a lady passenger, en route 
to San Francisco, stated she was abundantly able to provide for the boy, 
and expressed a wish to be allowed to adopt him, but he will be sent to his 
relatives before any steps are taken regarding his future. 
He also carries credentials from the Grand Lodge of Free and Accepted 
Masons of the State of Louisiana, signed by Edwin Marks, Deputy Grand 
Master of Masons of the State of Louisiana. This letter recites the cir- 
cumstances of the death of the boy’s parents from the yellow fever and the 
sending of him to California, and concludes thus: 
“To a child of his tender years the journey is one fraught with difficul- 
ties, privations and dangers, and he will need the kind offices and protection 
of all humane people he may meet, and to all such I commend him with 
the hope that for the time being he may be regarded as their own.” 
The seal of the Grand Lodge of Louisiana is attached to the above. 
He also had with him a letter fromD. N. Welch, General Superintend- 
ent of the Pullman Palace Oar Company, instructing all Pullman car con- 
ductors to look after the boy and give him every attention in their power. Also, a card from Charles Hubener, stenographer of the L. and N. and 
Great Southern Railroad, at Louisville, Kentucky, on which was written; 
“Master Walter Wilcox—May Heaven guard and speed him on his jour- 
ney, is the wish of his friend, Charles Hubener.” 
HEROISM OF THE SOUTHERN PEOPLE IN WAR AND 
IN PESTILENCE. 
London Standard. 
The younger among us cannotperhaps remember the keen, warm sympathy 
with which the English of ’Ol-05 witnessed the heroic struggle maintained 
by their Southern kinsmen against six-fold odds of position, resources, van- 
tage ground simply incalculable. Even those who from sympathy with 
the Northern States were unfavorable to the cause of a great nation revolt- 
ing against tyranny, could not but feel proud of our near kinship with the 
incomparable soldier—so designated by the enemies—which on fifty battle- 
fields, maintained, and at last, when all hope was gone, hold for six months, 
with 45,000 men against 150,000, a slender line of earthworks thirty miles 
in length; who marched out 28,000 strong, and after six days retreat in 
face of a countless cavalry and overwhelming artillery and infantry press- 
ing them on all sides, surrendered at last but 8,000 bayonets and sabres. 
It is this people, the flower and pride of the great English race, on whom a 
more terrible, more merciless enemy has now fallen. There can be now 
no division of sympathy, as there is no passion to excite and keep up the 
courage needed for the occasion. Yet the men and women of the South are 
true to the old tradition. Her youth volunteer to serve and die in the 
plague-stricken cities as readily as they went forth, boys and gray haired 
men, to meet the threatened surprise of Petersburg—as they volunteered to 
charge again and again the cannon crowned hills of Gettysburg, and to en- 
rich their blood and honor with a name of a new victory, every field around 
Richmond. Their sisters, and wives, mothers and daughters, are doing 
and suffering now as they suffered from famine, disease, incessant anxiety 
and alarm throughout the four years of the civil war. There maybe among 
the various nations of Ayran family one or two who would claim that they 
could have furnished troops like those which followed Lee and Johnston, 
Stewart and Stonewall Jackson; but we doubt whether there be one race 
beside our own that could send forth its children in hundreds to face in 
towns desolated by the yellow fever the horror of a nurse’s life and the 
eminent terror of a martyr’s death. 
The Howards—From Whom and Why they Took the Name. 
John Howard, F. R. S., was born in 1729, at Hockbury, near London, 
the son of a tradesman, and inherited an independent fortune. It was not 
used for any low ends, not even for that higher of low ends mentioned by 
the poet who advised the acquisition of wealth : 
“ Not for to hide it in a ditch. 
Not for a train attendant, 
But for the glorious privilege 
Of being independent.” 
Far from seeking independence, he used it in making himself the slave 
of humanity in a physical sense, but thereby secured that noble independ- 
ence of a man whose moral nature lifts him above all trammels of sense 
and low desire. He visited most of the prisons of England, and induced 
the Commons to begin a system of prison reform. From that, 1784, he spent his life traveling over Europe, visiting prisons and hospitals, nursing 
and relieving the sick, sharing the prison fare with the worst criminals and 
exhibiting the most heroic devotion. He was temperate, self-denying, sim- 
ple in habits, and in diet, rigidly abstemious! In 1860, after a life-time 
spent in a good work, he died on the field of honor at his post. His last 
act was one of a piece with his life. A terrible pestilence of fever had 
broken out on the Black Sea, and he hastened to labor for the relief of the 
suffering and study the causes of pestilence in the interest of coming genera- 
tions, when he was stricken down at Cherson, and died away from country, 
home and friends, but died at his post, walking the dreary round on his 
beat, guarding others against death. Such a life is fitly perpetuated in the 
name of Howards in our cities, where hundreds and thousands of heroes, 
imbued with the same humanity, enlisted in the same cause, with the same 
bright crown, either in an honorable death nobly won, or an approving 
conscience. 
THE HOWARDS OP THE SOUTH. 
“Cover with the shield of thy protection such as are exposed to danger.” 
The gloom is in our cites, and the darkness everywhere, 
For the hot breath of the fever fills the hot September air; 
From tire city and the village comes the weary cry, “howlong! ” 
Oh ! bravest hearts in all the South, be tender and be strong. 
From the New Haven Journal and Courier. 
Brave hearts that cheer the dying, brave hearts that watch the dead, 
Brave hearts that bear up nobly the stricken fever head, 
God will reward your ministry of tenderness and love, 
And write your name in glory on the honor roll above. 
The North will send her treasure—her silver and her gold, 
You give your time, your courage and sympathy untold; 
Brave hands thatfight the fever with many toils and cares, 
We send you love and sympathy and keep you in our prayers. 
All through the days of fever and weary nights of pain, 
For you our tears are falling, as falls the silent rain ; 
Brave, patient, tender nurses, whose hearts have proved so true, 
As you remembered others, may Christ remember you. 
From hospital and sick room goes up the bitter cry, 
From the little helpless orphans who fold their hands and die ; 
God give you faith and patience to endure the fever’s breath, 
And shield with his protection from danger and from death. 
Watch by the sick, dear Saviour, in all their pain and loss, 
To all the sick and dying send the comfort of the Cross ; 
Take Thou this deeadful fever from our stricken land away, 
And hold these patient nurses in Thy dear love to-day. 
DR. MITCHELL ON YELLOW FEVER. 
Memphis, October 10, 1878. 
Dr. N. C. Knox, Courtland, Miss : 
Dear Doctor—la relation to my mode of treating a yellow fever patient, 
I submit the following; Empty the stomach of the patient, if a meal has 
been taken within the four hours before before the invasion of the disease. 
Commence treatment by giving ten or twelve grains of calomel, followed in 
PUBLISHED FOR THE BENEFIT OF COUNTRY PHYSICIANS. six hours afterward by a dose of oil; reaction is established by a mustard 
foot-bath ; perspiration is to be kept up for twelve or sixteen hours. If 
the temperature ranges above one hundred and two, sponge with cold water 
and whisky (equal parts) from head to foot for forty minutes. This should 
be kept up until the temperature is Drought down to one hundred and one, 
and if the patient is restless, keep up the sponging with tepid water and 
whisky after the fever has entirely subsided. This, in my opinion, is the 
only measure to secure quiet, rest and sleep. Give two ten-grain doses of 
quinine within the first twenty-four hours. As a diaphoretic and diuretic 
use bicarbonate of potash, chlorate of potash and sweet spirits of nitre. 
For the first forty-eight hours use tincture of gelsemium. If after the 
subsidence of the.fever there should be a rise of temperature at night give 
quinine freely the day following. Repeat this each day as long as the tem- 
perature rises a night. 
After the first twenty-four hours of illness there must be absolute quiet 
of body and mind for the next five days, I do not permit any one to go in 
the sick-room but myself and nurse; in fact, the world closes on the patient 
until I turn him loose; he sees nothing, hears nothing, and remains per- 
fectly quiet in bed. 
The use of the bed-pan is essential to recovery. When the fever subsides 
give the blandest articles of diet, such as milk and lime-water, and rice- 
water, followed by chicken broth ; no solid food to be taken for ten days. 
I do not permit my patient to sit up in bed until the ninth or tenth 
day. 
Give small quantities of ice and draughts of ice water or any cold teas at 
short intervals and in small quantities. 
Irritability of stomach that comes on with the invasion of the disease 
will usually subside within twelve or eighteen hours, without any treat- 
ment addressed to that symptom. If it appears later, I use 
sinapisms or blistering ointment to slight vesication. Creosote, in small 
doses, I use sometimes with decided advantage. 
After the subsidence of the fever, and during the stage of prostration, I 
use stimulants very cautiously, and prefer milk punch in small quantities. 
During the sixth, seventh and eighth days, or during convalescence, I pre- 
fer the malt liquors, such as ale and porter. 
Champagne I never use. My experience is that that it is decidedly in- 
jurious to the patient. Very truly yours, 
R. W. Mitchell, M. D. 
(CIRCULAR OF MISSISSIPPI STATE BOARD OF HEALTH.) 
DISINFECTANTS. 
The following resolution was adopted by the Board of Health : 
Resolved, That while we do not advise the disuse of the popular disin- 
fectants in purifying the exhalations from cess-pools, privies and other foul 
accumulations, we desire to announce the fact that observation and experi- 
ence in the late terrible epidemic, do not demonstrate their efficacy and re- 
liability in destroying the germs or cause of yellow fever. 
The object of disinfection is to prevent disease. It is known that cer- 
tain diseases are the result of an infective poison ; and it is also known that 
this infective poison has a close connection with the decomposition of ani- 
mal and vegetable matter. 
Cleanliness, pure air, pure water, good food and proper clothing are great 
safeguards against infectious disease. Artificial disinfectants cannot be 
made to supply the place of these essential conditions of personal and public 
health. 
Hence the first rules against infection, are : 1. That no house refuse, filth, excremental matter or foul dirt, produc- 
ing noxious gasses, should be allowed to remain about inhabited premises. 
2. That all occupied dwellings should have an abundant and uninter- 
rupted supply of pure fresh air. 
3. That all water used for cooking and drinking shall come from uncom- 
taminated sources. 
Some diseases are capable of rapid increase and multiplication in filthy, 
foul and damp places, hence all unclean and damp places about dwellings, 
places of business and places of public gatherings, should be cleansed and 
dried. 
Disinfectants are naturally divided into three classes : 
1. Those which chemically destroy or effectually restrain the contagious and 
infectious virus. 
The principal of these are heat, nitrous acid gas, sulplmrous acid gas, bro- 
mine, sulphate of iron, sulphate of zinc, chlorine and ozone. 
2. Agents that arrest chemical change and check the fennentive process— 
antiseqitics. 
They embrace most of those enumerated in the first class, the most im- 
portant of which are nitrous and sulphurous acid gases, carbolic and salicylic 
acids, chloride of zinc, chloralum, bromo chloralum, sulphate of iron and per- 
haps thymol. 
3. Deodorants and absorbents—agents that destroy putrid exhalations and 
physically restrain noxious compounds. 
The principal of these agents are dry earth, charcoal, quick lime and chlo- 
rine. 
From the long list of disinfectants the following have been selected, as it 
is believed they will meet all ordinary demands. 
I.—FRESH STOKE LIME. 
Application.—To absorb moisture and putrid fluids. 
How Used.—Pulverized and scattered over places to be dried. In damp- 
rooms, it should be placed in pans in liberal quantities. Mixed with water 
it is used to lime-wash walls and ceilings. It is useful when spread over 
heaps of fresh manure as a preservative. 
2—CHLORIKxVTED LIME. 
Application.—To destroy putrid gases and check putrefaction. 
How Used.—K solution of chlorinated lime made by straining and decant- 
ing a gallon of water into which a pound of lime has been dissolved is a 
a good disinfectant fluid to use in washing the bodies of those who have 
died of small-pox, cholera, scarlet fever and other diseases. It is a good 
solution to use in the sick room for cleansing the hands of the nurse, and 
into which small articles can be immersed which are awaiting an opportun- 
ity to be boiled. 
To generate chlorine gas, pour 'strong vinegar or dilute sulphuric acid 
upon chlorinated lime placed in pans in the room. Or, place in an earthen 
vessel four ouncss of peroxide of manganese and pour upon it one pound of 
muriatic acid. 
Chlorine gas is regarded as an efficient disinfectant, but it must be efficiently 
applied. It is very efficient in disinfecting confined or infected atmosphere 
and porous substances. Its rapid diffusion and power of penetration are 
great. It destroys sulphuretted hydrogen, ammonia, and all fetid organic 
compounds. Its odor penetrates far beyond its power as a disinfectant, 
hence its real degree of influence may bo deceptive. It can appropriately 
be used in disinfecting foul cellars and rooms unoccupied. 
B.—-DRY EARTH. 
Application.—To absorb effluvia from decaying animal and vcgatablc 
matter, and appropriately human excreta. Dry Earth is nearly a complete disinfectant if used in sufficient quanti- 
ties to absorb all moisture. It is especially applicable to the deodorizing of 
privy contents, where the basin is shallow, with a limited quantity of fluid. 
It should he abundantly applied. 
4.—SULPHUROUS ACID GAS. 
Application.—To disinfect rooms and infected clothing. Applied only in 
case of unoccupied rooms. To be effectual in destroying disease germs, the 
fumes must be so strong that they would destroy human life. 
Can be used in disinfecting rooms and clothing after cases of yellow fever, 
small-pox, scarlet fever, cholera and typhoid fever. 
Sulphurous acid has long been esteemed as a powerful disinfectant. It is 
to be preferred to nitrous acid or chlorine gases, because of the great irrita- 
tion these latter produce upon the mucous membrane of the air passages 
when inhaled. 
These gases should only be used under the direction of a competent phy- 
sician. 
How Used.—Place in an earthen vessel or iron kettle containing a small 
quantity of ashes, a few live coals, upon which place from one to four 
pounds of sulphur, in powder or fragments, according to the size of the 
room. One and one-half ounces is the proper quantity to each 100 cubic 
feet of space. 
To guard against accident by fire, it is well to place the vessel on some 
fire-proof article or suspend it over a tub of water. As soon as the sulphur 
is ignited, the room having previously been rendered tight, should be 
closed and remain closed for twelve or twenty-four hours. 
Ventilation, and painting the wood-work, white-washing and re-pape r- 
ing the walls, will complete the process, and fit the room for re-habitation. 
S.—SULPHATE of iron (copperas.) 
Application.—To disinfect privies, cess-pools, drains, sewers, and all ves- 
sels and places receiving the discharges of the sick. It decomposes the sul- 
phuretted hydrogen and the ammonical compounds so poisonous and offen- 
sive in privy vaults. 
How Used.—Dissolve eight or ten pounds of the copperas in eight or ten 
gallons of water. Add to this solution,one pint of the impure carbolic acid. 
The solution will be rendered more complete if hot water' is used. A privy 
which accommodates an ordinary sized household will require at least one- 
eighth of this quantity twice every week during the hot summer months. 
Masses of filth in privies, sewers or drains should be thorougly saturated 
with it, at brief intervals, until all offensive odors are gone. 
6.—CARBOLIC ACID. 
Application.—Mixed in the proportion of one part of acid to from forty 
to one hundred parts of water. 
How Used.—In solution in water of varying strength, according to the 
purposes to which it is to be applied. It is especially adapted to disinfect 
sewage, foul grounds, drains, sinks, foul heaps of manure or, garbage, stables, 
privies, and the air of foul places. On account of the offensive odor of the 
impure it would be better to use the pure acid. 
7.—HEAT. 
This may be applied as dry air, or boiling water, or heated steam. 
Dry Air.—Hot dry air is the most powerful and complete disinfectant. 
It chemically disorganizes noxious substances, and by producing thorough 
desiccation, prevents putreficative change. 
It also sets in motion atmospheric currents which mechanically dissipate 
morbic agents. It has been proved that a temperature of 212 degrees 
Fahr., destroys the virus of small-pox ; one of 200 degrees that of scarlet fever, and that vaccine virus being subject to a temperature of 140 degrees 
becomes speedily inert. 
In the use of dry heat two things are to be observed : 
1. That the heat shall be equally distributed throughout the fabric so 
as to secure safety in all its parts. 
2. That the temperature shall not be raised so high, or continued so 
long, as to destroy the fabric. 
A temperature of 240 degrees or 250 degrees should be employed. This 
degree of heat can be applied to white woolen fabrics, linen, cotton, silk 
and paper, for two or three hours without danger. A longer time produces 
discoloration. An oven cautiously heated may be used to disinfect small 
articles. 
Such articles or infected garments as will admit of being boiled, should 
be subjected to this process for at least two hours. Until such a process is 
commenced, all infected articles should remain immersed in some of the 
disinfecting fluids already mentioned. 
For infected substances and garments that May be destroyed, heat to de- 
struction should always be used. 
B.—FRESH AIR, PURE WATER, AND SUNLIGHT. 
These are God’s free gifts to all. These benign and conserving agents are 
always at command. They have no substitutes. Accompanied by an 
even temperature, they promise all that is needed in most cases in the sick 
room. 
There are a number of other disinfectants. Among them may be men- 
tioned, pulverized charcoal, nitrous acid fumes, permanganate of potassium, 
chloralum, bromo chloralum, chloride of zinc, sulphide of zinc, sulphate of zinc, 
iodine and ozone. 
It is suggested that”the graves of those who died of yellow fever, be cov- 
ered with fresh stone lime and re-mounded. 
Note.—Most of the foregoing has been gathered from an article on disinfect- 
ants by Dr. E. L. Griffin, President of the Wisconsin State Board of Health, 
and published in the Second Annual Report of that Board. 
RELIEF DISBURSEMENTS. 
(continued from page 64.) 
1878. 
Nov. 21. Burial expenses of H. P Voucher No. I $ 20 00 
Dec. 20. Dr. R. M. D., Crystal Springs 2 60 00 
Jan. 29. Holly Springs Commandery, No. 3 3 300 00 
Jan. 2. Holly Springs Chapter, No. 5 4 200 00 
Jan. 13. Masonic Relief Committee, Vicksburg 5 1,000 00 
Jan. 17. Mrs. M. P., Okoloua 6 30 00 
Jan. 20. Family of a Knight Templar, Jackson 7 25 00 
Jan. 20. Expenses of messengers to Tchula during epi- 
demic 8 10 00 
Jan. 20. Misses M., Okolona 9 25 00 
Jan. 20. Mrs. L., fare to New Orleans 10 7 35 
Jan. 20. Widow and children of Bro. 0., Paulding 11 100 00 
Jan. 25. Daughters of Bro. A., (who died at Vicksburg,) 
Atlanta, Ga 12 100 00 
Jan. 27. Mrs. E. D., Jackson 13 25 00 
Jan. 27. Mrs. E. J. C., Jackson 14 10 00 
Jan. 27. Dr. T. G. Birchett, Vicksburg, for needy families..ls 150 00 
Jan. 29. Children of Bro. J. A. R., Ashland. 16 75 00 
Jan. 29. Mrs. W. and children, Edwards 17 75 00 Jan. 29. Children of Bro. Butler P. A., Memphis 18 150 00 
Jan. 29. Mrs. A. P. S. and children, Grenada 19 150 00 
Jan. 29. Mrs. L. and children, Handsboro 20 100 00 
Jan. 29. Mrs. B. and children, Scranton 21 50 00 
Jan. 30. Mrs. R. L. W. and children, Senatobia 22 150 00 
Jan. 30. Mrs. G. E. D., Senatobia 23 50 00 
Jan. 30. Mrs. J. E. W. and children, Senatobia 24 75 00 
Feb. 8. Miss A. S., Senatobia T 25 25 00 
Feb. 3. Orphan children of Bro. C. H. M., Brandon 26 25 00 
Feb. 3. Mrs. V. H. F. and children, Yazoo County 27 150 00 
Feb. 3. Widow and children of P. J. R., Jackson 28 50 00 
Feb. 4. Widows and orphans, through Bro. WD. Christmas, 
Eulogy Lodge, No. 248, Holmes county 29 40 00 
Feb. 4. Protestant Orphan Asylum, Natchez 30 1,000 00 
Feb. 4. Children of Mrs. J. J., Jackson 31 50 00 
Feb. 5. Widow and children of Dr. St. 0., Yaiden 32 100 00 
Feb. 6. J. W. H., Edwards, for supplies to sick in Lebanon 
neighborliood 33 50 00 
Feb. G. Mrs. Laura A. J., Port Gibson ..34 GO 00 
Feb. 6. Mrs. 8., Port Gibson 35 40 00 
Feb. 10. Orphan son of Bro. M. L. L., Tupelo 3G 100 00 
Feb. 10. Mrs. H. R. G., Terry 37 50 00 
Feb. 11. J. J. W., Grenada .38 50 00 
Feb. 11. Mrs. F. A., New Orleans 39 50 00 
Feb. 12. Mrs. R. Y., Newton 40 50 00 
Feb. 12. Orphan child of Bro. A. S. G., West Point 41 200 00 
Feb. 14. Children of Mrs. S., Canton 42 60 00 
Feb. 14. Mrs, W., Chicago 43 25 00 
Feb. 15. Mrs. W. D. McG., Lawrence Station 44 50 00 
Feb. 15. Fred. Meyer, nurse, ticket to Memphis 45 9 50 
Feb. 15. Catholic Orphan Asylum, Natchez 4G 200 00 
Feb. 15. Miss Ophelia IL, Pontotoc, Miss 47 IGO 00 
Feb. 17. Young Men’s Christian Association,- Greenville, 
for widows and orphans 48 100 00 
Feb. 17. Family of Bro. J. W. W., Greenville 49 100 00 
Feb. 17. Orphans of Jonesborough Lodge, No. 249 50 75 00 
Feb. 19. Widows and Orphans of Dry Grove Lodge, 
No. 321. 51 100 00 
Feb. 20. Orphan son of Frank Parish, late of Chulahoma 
Lodge, No. 55 52 50 00 
Feb. 22. Widows and orphans of Newton and vicinity 53 100 00 
Feb. 22. Mrs. O. D. W., Holly Springs 54 50 00 
Feb. 22. Mrs. E. D., Jackson 55 10 00 
Feb. 24. Family of Bro. A. H. K., Natchez 5G 100 00 
Feb. 24. Family of Bro. J. C. Hollinsworth, Tabernacle 
Lodge, No. 340 57 10 00 
Feb. 27. Needy families in Episcopal congregation, Holly 
Springs..... 58 100 00 
Feb. 27. Water Yalley Lodge, No. 82, I. O. O. F 59 100 00 
Feb. 27. Miss M. A. P., Jackson ..60 25 00 
Feb. 27. Sir Kt. J. H. L., Canton 61 25 00 
Feb. 27. Mrs. L. and children, Canton 62 50 00 
Feb. 27. Canton Lodge, No. 28, widows and orphans 63 75 00 
Feb. 27. Bros. W. H. C. and J. W. 8., Canton G4 125 00 
Feb. 27. Family of Bro. A. K., Canton 65 100 00 
Feb. 27. Widow and children of Bro. 8., Canton 66 75 00 
Feb. 27. Mrs. L. and family, Canton G7 50 00 
Feb. 27. Mrs. J., for caring for S’s. children, Canton 08 25 00 Feb. 27. Widow and child of Bro. A. McC., Canton G9 25 00 
M’ch 12. Widows and orphans of Bovina Lodge, No. 112 70 50 00 
Feb. 25. Widows and orphans and of Bovina vicinity 71 800 00 
M’ch 1. Widows and orphans in Methodist congregation, 
Holly Springs 71 150 00 
M’ch 3. Mrs. N. S., Byram 73 25 00 
M’ch 3. Mrs. G., Jackson 74 36 16 
M’ch 3. Strohecker children, Canton, transportation and 
cash 75 48 30 
M’ch 4. McCallura orphans, clothing, transportation and 
cash 76 118 96 
M’ch 4. Mrs. C., Dry Grove 76] 25 00 
M’ch 4. Gen. A. M. West, for afflicted and needy colored 
families in Holly Springs 77 100 00 
M’ch 4. Rev. E. D. Miller, Holly Springs, afflicted and 
needy families in his congregation 78 100 00 
M’ch 4. Mrs. A. M. 8., Brookhaven 79 50 00 
M’ch 7. Mrs. Mary G., Wayne county 80 25 00 
M’ch 7. Mrs. 8., Jackson, boarding orphans 81 25 00 
M’ch 8. Park Bank, New York, refunding duplicate remit- 
tance to Holly Springs 82 398 90 
M’ch 8. Mrs. 8., boarding orphans 83 50 00 
M’ch 7. Bro. A. M. G., Canton 84 25 00 
M’ch 7. Bro. A. M. G., Canton 85 25 00 
M’ch 7. Mrs. J. H. N., Oxford 86 60 00 
M’ch 7. Mrs. A. McC., Oxford 87 50 00 
M’ch 11. Family of Bro. W. F. E. Jackson 88 32 50 
M’ch 12. Mrs. S. F., Holly Springs.* 89 100 00 
M’ch 14. Mrs. Y., Jackson 90 25 00 
M’ch 19. Mrs. D., Holly Springs 91 50 00 
M’ch 19. Mrs. D. and children, Jefferson county 92 50 06 
M’ch 20. Mrs. Mary R. S, Lawrence county 93 25 00 
M’ch 26. Five orphan children of Bro. J. J. IL, Claiborne 
Lodge, No. 110 94 150 00 
April 1. Mrs. L., Holly Springs 95 50 00 
April 1. Mrs. J. C7K., Canton .-...96 30 00 
April 1. Mrs. R. C., Brandon 97 75 00 
Aprii 5. Mrs. G., Wayne county 98 54 00 
April 7. Mrs. G., Osyka 99 10 00 
April 10. Orphan children of Bro. J. A. C., Dry Grove 100 50 00 
April 19. St. Mary’s Orphan Asylum, Natchez 101 50 00 
April 20. Mrs. M. and family, Jefferson county 101■] 33 00 
May 1. Stockman Lodge, No. 19, I. O. O. F., Macon 102 1.00 00 
May 15. Miss O. R. H., at Surgical Institute, Atlanta. 103 50 00 
May 22. Jas. L. Ridgely, Grand Secretary Grand Lodge 
U. S., surplus I. O. O. F. relief fund 104 1000 00 
May 31. Mrs. G., Jackson 105 20 00 
June 4. Family of Bro. H 106 53 90 
June 17. Mrs. L., Jackson, whose house was destroyed by 
fire 107 100 00 
June 20. Bro. H. E. C., Oakland... 107.] 5 00 
June 27. Bro, D., Jackson * 108 50 00 
June 30. Widow and eight children of Bro. G., Smithville 
Lodge, No. 165, Monroe county 109 105 00 
Disbursements, pages 56 to 64 62,786 66 
Total $10,902 57 
Total to July 20, 1879 173,689 23 INDEX. 
Page. 
Acknowledgement, to Masons and Odd Fellows of United States 10 
Adams, W. J., tribute to memory of 150 
Alcorn, Geo. R., tribute to memory of. 153 
Alexander, A., tribute to memory of. 124 
Allep, J. P., tributes to memory of. 122, 150 
Anderson, Butler P., tributes to memory of 129, 147 
Autrey Rifles, tribute to deceased members of. 157 
Barrot, C. H., tribute to memory of 151 
Bay St. Louis, list of deaths in 198 
Biloxi, list of deaths in 198 
Bolton—List of deaths in 184 
Bovina Lodge, No. 112, tributes to deceased members of. 125, 158 
Bromley, J. I., tribute to memory of. 151 
Cameron, Daniel A., tribute to memory of 123 
Canton and vicinity—List of deaths 188 
Cayuga, deathshn vicinity of. 198 
Claiborne County, tribute to the Masonic Dead of . 151 
Clark, Prof. Win., tribute to memory of. 148 
Coffman, Ralph, tribute to memory of. 128 
Compton, Dr. Wm. M., tribute to memory of... 147 
Conklin, J. Wilson, tribute to memory of. 124 
Correspondence—Accompanying relief from Masons 11, 75-91 
accompanying relief from Odd Fellows 12, 91-9G 
accompanying reliefjrom other sources 90-100 
Disbursements, to afflicted communities 50-64, 212 
Disinfectants, circular as toby State Board of Health.': 208 
Dry Grove, description of the epidemic at 174 
list of deaths 176 
Edwards, Geo. W., tribute to memory of. 124 
Fairchild, Wm. A.—tributes to memory of.. 123, 149 
portrait of, (see frontispiece.) 
Falconer, Col. Kinloch, tributes to memory of 134, 135, 146, 150 
Falconer, Howard, tribute to memory of 140, 140 
Fairly, J. D., tribute to memory of 151 
Friar’s Point—Deaths in 187 
Garner Station—Deaths in.j 185 
Gerard, A., tribute to memory of 133 
Gerdine, Dr. A. S., tribute to memory of. 154 
Gotthelf, Rev. B. H., tribute to memory of. 122 
Gratitude—Expressions of from recipients of relief 101-110 
Gray, Judge J. C., tribute to memory of 132 
Green, Rev. Duncan C., tribute to memory of 148 
Greenville—List of deaths in 167 
tribute to Odd Fellows deceased 156 
tribute to the Masonic dead of. 159 
Grenada—Dr. Cochran’s report as to the origin of fever in 160 
list of deaths in 162-164 
incidents of the plague in 164-166 Page. 
Grenada, tribute to physicians of. 131 
reports of receipts and disbursements by Masons and Odd 
Fellows 69, 70 
list of Odd Fellows who died of fever 70 
tribute to Masonic dead of 126-129 
Griffin Family—members of who died 185 
Hall, Dr. Wm. W., tribute to memory of 127 
Handsboro—List of deaths in 180 
Harper, Rev. J. J., tribute to memory of 151 
Heflinger, Geo. F. tribute to memory of 123 
Hendricks, J. 0., tribute to memory of. 157 
Hernando—Deaths in 187 
Holland, Col. W. J. L.—tributes to memory of b..136-138, 147, 150 
his last dispatch 163 
Holly Springs—Tributes to deceased members of bar 141-144 
list of deaths in 168-170 
description of during epidemic 170-174 
tributes to deceased Knights Templar 157 
Horn Lake, deaths in 198 
Howards—origin of the name 206 
poetical tribute to 207 
Hughes, Dr. E. W., tribute to memory of 127 
Hullurii, John W., tribute to memory of 125 
Jackson—Death of young men in 149, 150 
list of deaths in 182 
Jones, Thos. E., tribute to memory of 151 
Kalmback, Reynauld, tribute to memory of. 124 
Lake—List of deaths in 177 
Lake Lodge, No. 298—tribute to deceased members of. 153 
Lebanon, Hinds County—Deaths in 187, 197 
Masons,who died of yellow fever 199 
Masonic Protege, his trip to California 204 
McComb City—List of deaths in 184 
McNair Family—Members of, who died 185 
Meridian—tributes to the Masonic dead of. .' 154-150 
list of deaths in 179 
Milton, Dr. J. L., tributes to memory of. 128, 133 
Monette, Dr. Wm. L., tributes to memory of. 124 
Norris, Dr. J. 8., tributes to memory of. 122, 144 
Ocean Springs, deaths in 198 
Osyka—List of deaths in 189 
tribute to deceased members Rising Glory Lodge 158 
Parker, Rev. D. A. J., tribute to memory of 151- 
Peacock, Thos. E., tributes to memory of. 128, 133 
Physicians, who died of yellow fever 200 
Port Gibson—List of deaths in, and vicinity 177 
Press, tribute to deceased members of the 150 
Receipts, summary of. 5-8 
from Masonic sources.. 19-37, 55 
from I. O. O. F. sources 38-47, 35 
from miscellaneous sources 49-55 
Redding, Wyatt M., poetical tribute to memory of 130 
Relief—by Lodges and brethren direct to afflicted points 71 
total, estimated, sent to Mississippi 74 
Relief, distribution of 8, 13, 56-64 
Reports to Masonic Grand Lodge 3-16 
Riddle, C. Y. D., tribute to memory of 125 Page. 
Rockwood, Wm. A., tributes to memory of.... 138, 139 
Rocky Springs—Deaths at 189 
Rollins, O. B., tribute to memory of. 128 
Sample, Dr. John F., tribute to memory of. 147 
Saunders, Avery P., tribute to memory of. 127 
Senatobia, deaths in 198 
Shearer, O. Y., tribute to memory of. 151 
Snodgrass, Dr. Henry C., tribute to memory of. 151 
Southren people, their heroism in war and pestilence 206 
Stoneville, Washington county, deaths in 198 
Terry and vicinity, deaths in 198 
Taffe, Chas. F., tribute to memory of. 128 
Tenny, J. T., tribute to memory of. 122 
Thompson, Thurston J., tribute to the memory of. 121 
Tillatoba Station—Deaths at 185 
Tributes, to the Dead 117--159 
Upshaw, Col. E. W., tribute to memory of 141, 151 
Valley Home (Tallahatchie county,) Deaths at 184 
Vicksburg—Report of Masonic Relief Committee i 05 
Report of Odd Fellows’ Relief Committee 67 
Tributes to Masonic Dead of 120--126 
Tribute to the Physicians of. 144--146 
List of Deaths in 189--195 
Walter, Col, Harvey W., tributes to 117-119, 142, 143, 146 
Portrait of—(See frontispiece.) 
Walton, Judge Thomas, tribute to memory of. 131 
Warren County, list of deaths in 196 
Warrington, James, tribute to memory of. 122 
Water Valley—List of Deaths in 181 
Wheeless, Henry S., tribute to memory of. 152 
Whitehead, Dr. P. F., tributes to memory of 122, 110, 145 
Wilkins, Jones S., tribute to memory of. 124 
Winona—Deaths in 185 
Yazoo City—Deaths in 187 
Yellow fever—how to treat it 207 
Yellow fever district, a pen picture of 201-204  
Page 24—Total from lowa should read $ 2,238.05 
Page 2G—Total from Minnesota should read 1,050.00 
($300.00 received Sept. 10 being omitted.) 
Page 33—Total from Pennsylvania should read 1,482.05 
(the total from Sir Chas. E. Meyer being $475.00) 
Page 37—The total Masonic receipts should read 48,357.44 
Page 48—The total I. O. O. F. receipts should read 10,160.00 
Page 55—Total Miscellaneous receipts should read 12,751.24 
Grand total receipts should read 77,269.34 
Page 211—Cancel disbursement to Holly Springs Commandery 
$300.00, and Holly Springs Chapter, $200.00, and 
deduct same from total on page 213. These amounts 
being included in disbursements on page 57, and 
voucher inadvertently filed with the series on page 
211. 
Extract from Final Report to Masonic Grand Lodge, February 4, 1880; 
While on the subject of finance, I am happy to be able to submit to Grand 
Lodge a final report on the Relief Work, which has occupied so much of my 
time since August, 1878. The total receipts may thus be stated : 
From Masonic sources $ 48,357.44 
From Odd Fellows 16,100.00 
Miscellaneous 12,751.24 
Total $ 77,209.34 
When the Grand Lodge met last January, I had disbursed, as 
per vouchers then submitted, the sum 0f.... 62,786.51 
From that date to JuneoO, 1879, voucher l\To. 1, to 109, as per 
detailed statement in Epidemic Report, pages 211 to 213 10,202.57 
From July Ist, 1879, to January 29, 1880, vouchers 110 to 168 4,409.10 
The story of this relief work was told at last Grand Communication, and 
has been detailed in a volume of 210 pages, two thousand copies of which 
Total $ 77,398.18 have been distributed to the generous contributors in every State and 
Territory and to several foreign countries. 
From every quarter, I have received gratifying, and often extravagant 
expressions of satisfaction, of the exhibit which has thus been made of the 
large sums of money which poured in upon us in the time of pestilence and 
death. I trust that lam truly grateful for the opportunity afforded me of 
dispensing the benefactions of the humane and generous every where, to our 
stricken and impoverished communities; and if, in the discharge of the 
duties and responsibilities which the emergency seemed to warrant me in 
assuming, I have acquitted myself so as to merit the approval of you, 
brethren, who best know me, it will be ample reward for the heavy labors 
and anxious cares attending the disbursement of so large a sum, with unlim- 
ited discretion as to how and to whom it should be distributed. In review- 
ing my work, I would not recall a single disbursement, and my only regret 
is that I could not give larger amounts in many instances. While I rejoice 
that this work has been brought to a close, it will be a matter of regret that 
I cannot respond to the occasional calls for assistance that I am sure will be 
made upon me. 
The Committee to whom my books and correspondence have been referred 
will make their report during the session, and I flatter myself that they will 
find every disbursement sustained by a satisfactory voucher. 
The disbursements of the past summer include $500.00 to Memphis, 
$lOO.OO to Concordia, $lOO.OO to General Hood’s children, and $lOO.OO 
toward sending some orphan children to relatives in England, their father 
and mother having died of yellow fever at Concordia. It has been my 
privilege to send several children, orphaned by the plague, to their friends 
in other States. Two that I sent to Ohio were received and cared for in 
Chicago, and forwarded to their present liome at Lima, by our Grand 
Representative, Past Grand Master DeWitt C. Creiger; and twTo that I sent 
to Charleston were tenderly cared for on the route, and at Atlanta, by 
friends to whom 1 had telegraphed. Mr. Clarke, General Manager of the 
Chicago, St. Louis and New Orleans Railroad, very kindly furnished free 
transportation for these children—two of them to Grand Junction, and two 
to Chicago. The Memphis and Charleston Railroad also made a generous 
reduction. Indeed all the Railroads, and the Express Company, honored 
the many demands which I made upon them in prosecuting the work of 
relief. It has been said that railroad corporations “have no souls;” but 
after many calls made upon railroad managers, during many years, in behalf 
of those destitute of means to travel, I can say that not one has been denied, 
and that, as a rule, railroad men have much of the “ milk of human 
kindness ” in their composition. 
I had set apart, and invested in a Mississippi 8 per cent, bond, the sum 
of $500.00 toward the support of the infant daughter of Bro. M. D. Bond, 
the Senior Warden of Rising Glory Lodge, No. 215, the father and mother 
having died when the child was only four days old. "When I visited Osyka 
on relief business, the child was six weeks old. I told the grandmother 
that the Masons and Odd Fellows of Mississippi would adopt the child ; 
and Bro. John 11. McKenzie, then Grand Master of Odd Fellows, who 
accompanied me on my visit, heartily ratified the proposition. I left $lOO.OO 
lor the immediate care of the child, intending to send the interest of the 
$500.00 to be invested, semi-annually to its grandmother. During the 
epidemic I had received large contributions through Bro. John I). Caldwell, 
Grand Secretary of Ohio, and packages amounting to about $600.00 had 
marked on them instructions to this effect: “ to be invested for some child 
or children orphaned by the plague. ” I concluded to concentrate these 
special contributions on this special object. I asked for and was granted 
the privilege of naming the child, and named it Mary Caldwell, after the wife of Grand Master Cunningham, of Ohio, and after the worthy Grand 
Secretary of that jurisdiction, both of whom expressed great satisfaction, 
and stated that the Grand Lodge of Ohio would see to it that Mary Cald- 
well should be provided for in the years to come. But this child, on whom 
so many had centered a substantial interest, died on the 25th of May last, 
and the expenses attending its sickness and burial constitute one of my 
vouchers. Of many affecting incidents in the relief work, this one touched 
mo most, and although not permitted to carry out our good intentions, we 
have the satisfaction of knowing that the object thereof is secure forever 
against all want and care, and sorrow and sin. So mote it be ! 
IJEPOET OF COMMITTEE ON THE BELIEF WOEK. 
In Grand Lodge, February 5, 1880. 
To ike M.\ W.\ Grand Lodge of Mississippi : 
The Special Committee appointed at the Sixty-first Annual Communica* 
tion, to which was referred the E.-. W.’. Grand Secretary’s “ Report of 
Belief Work during the Epidemic of 1878,” having completed the exami- 
nation begun twelve months ago, beg leave to report that the receipts were 
as follows, to-wit: 
Masonic sources $ 48,357.44 
Odd Fellows 16,160.66 
Miscellaneous 12,751.24 
Total from all sources $ 77,269.34 
That the total disbursements amount to the sum 0f.... 77,398.18 
Showing an excess of disbursements over receipts of. $ 128.84 
This excess of disbursements resulted from the Grand Secretary having 
charged himself twice with certain receipts aggregating that amount. 
The Committee, acting upon the expressed wish of the Grand Secretary, 
and in view of the- great responsibility devolving upon them, have made 
their examination thorough and critical, and are prepared to report that 
the extraordinary trust suddenly imposed upon E.-. W.*. Grand Secretary 
Power, as the almoner of the bounties of the generous and charitable of all 
classes, has been wisely and faithfully discharged, and that his report is 
supported by proper vouchers for every dollar disbursed. 
The Committee therefore recommend: 
Ist. That said Report be approved and adopted, and that the same, 
together with the accompanying vouchers, be filed among the archives of 
this Grand Lodge. 
2d. That E.'. W.‘. Grand Secretary J. L. Power be reimbursed out of 
Grand Lodge funds for the sum shown by this report to have been disbursed 
by him, in excess of receipts, to-wit; the sum of one hundred and twenty- 
eight dollars and eighty-four cents. 
Respectfully submitted, 
Robert C. Patty, 
C. L. Lincoln, 
A. M. Hicks, 
B. T. Kimbrough, 
J. S. Jones, 
Committee. 
The report of Committee was adopted by Grand Lodge, by a rising vote ; 
and on motion of Past Senior Grand Warden IT. M. Street* the public press 
generally was requested to publish the same. Extract from Report, as Grand Treasurer, to the Grand Lodge of Odd 
Fellows, July, 1879: 
I beg leave, also, to submit a statement of my work, as your Grand 
Treasurer in the receipt and distribution of relief during the epidemic of 
last summer and fall.' As Grand Secretary of the Masonic Fraternity, I 
submitted to the Grand Lodge in January last, a detailed report of the 
Relief Work, including all funds, from all sources, that came into my hands 
As my labors were not yet completed, my vouchers were referred to a 
committee, who will hereafter give their report to that Grand Body and to 
the public. In the meantime, and within the next ten days, I will be able 
to send to all the generous contributors a detailed report of the disburse- 
ment of all funds entrusted to-me ; and I also submit to this Grand Lodge, 
a full exhibit of receipts and disbursements on account of yellow fever 
relief, and the distress resulting from the epidemic. 
On the loth of May last, I estimated that of the general fund then on 
hand the proportion contributed by Odd Fellows, amounted to about |I,OOO, 
and this amount, after consultation with Grand Master, I forwarded to It. 
W. J nmes L. Ridgoly, Grand Secretary Grand Lodge United States, to be 
invested as a surplus fund for relief, as the authorities of the Grand Lodge 
may find it necessary hereafter to dispense it. 
Early in September, the Grand Master and Grand Patriarch of this 
jurisdiction received official inquiries from the Grand Sire of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States, as to whether this Grand Lodge had complied 
with the law of the Supreme Grand Lodge, enacted in 1875, which among 
other things, provides that “ when any jurisdiction shall suffer under some 
great calamity, and a relief committee shall be duly authorized to receive 
and disburse money to the sufferers, it shall be the duty of the M. W. 
Grand Master of such jurisdiction to see that the Treasurer of such fund 
shall execute and deliver to him a bond to secure the money placed, or to 
be placed, in his hands, for the purposes of relief;” also, that one of the 
conditions of said bond shall be, that should there be any surplus left in 
his hands, after the purposes for which such fund is contributed have been 
completed and performed, then the same obligor shall pay the same to the 
Grand Treasurer of the Grand Lodge of the United States upon the order 
of the M. W. Grand Sire.” 
Our Grand Master, and Grand Patriarch, replied substantially, that 
although the above law had not been literally complied with, it was com- 
plied with in spirit, and that the Grand Treasurer was ready to receive 
and disburse all funds that might be sent him. There was no time then 
for making bonds. Most of our people, who would be considered as good 
bondsmen, were not then in the yellow lever district, and even were it con- 
venient to make any required bond, I would not have executed it under 
the circumstances. It must be a matter of sacred trust, or not at ail; and 
how that trust has been discharged, an examinatioli of the work will fully 
show. Recognizing the propriety and wisdom of the law of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States, on the subject, I closed the account so far as I. 
O. O. F. funds were concerned, by sending the surplus to Bro. Ridgcly, 
and his receipt, dated May 22d, is herewith filed. 
To the credit of the generous contributors of our noble Order, be it said, 
whether the relief came from Grand Lodges, Subordinate Lodges, or indi- 
vidual brethren, I was not restricted in the disbursement of funds to 
afflicted Odd Fellows, or their families, but the general wish expressed was, 
that I would use the money where it would do the most good in relieving 
the sick and needy. 
I respectfully suggest that the Grand Lodge adopt a suitable expression 
of gratitude to the generous contributors, and that our Grand Reprcsenta- tives be requested to present the same at the next session of the Grand 
Lodge of the United States. 
Fraternally submitted, 
J. L. Power, Grand Treasurer. 
Extract from Proceedings of Supreme Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows, 
pages 111, 112, 113, of 1879: 
To the R. W. Sovereign Grand Lodge of the Independent Order Odd Fellows : 
In accordance with instructions from the R. W. Grand Lodge of Missis- 
sippi, we hereby submit the report of a special committee appointed at the 
last session of that jurisdiction, to take into consideration the report of the 
R. W. Grand Treasurer, as relates to the yellow fever fund, which we ten- 
der as a tribute of our appreciation for the liberal responses to our calls 
for help in our time of trouble and tribulation, to our brothers of other 
jurisdictions, for their prompt and liberal responses to the call of our Grand 
Master. Respectfully, 
A. B. WAGNER, JOHN H. McKENZIE, 
Grand Representatives of Mississippi. 
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL COMMITTEE APPOINTED TO PASS UPON THAT 
PORTION OF THE GRAND TREASURER’S REPORT AS RELATES TO 
THE YELLOW FEVER FUND. 
The Special Committee appointed to pass upon that portion of the R. W. 
Grand Treasurer’s report as relates to the “ Yellow Fever Fund, ” sub- 
mitted the following report, which was adopted by a rising vote : 
To the It. W. Grand Lodge I. 0. 0. F. of Mississippi: 
Your Special Committee, to whom was referred that portion of the Grand 
Treasurer’s report which relates to his management of the funds placed in 
his hands for the relief of the yellow fever sufferers during the epidemic of 
1878, respectfully report: That we find said report so full and ample and at 
the same time so satisfactory that we cordially recommend its entire appro- 
val by the Grand Lodge. We further recommend the adoption of the 
following resolutions: 
“The Grand lodge of Mississippi, fully appreciating the eminent servi- 
ces rendered in the cause of suffering humanity by our M. W. Grand Mas- 
ter, John H. McKenzie, and E. W. Grand Treasurer, J. L. Power, dur- 
ing the late terrible epidemic, and profoundly conscious that, in the admin- 
istration of their sacred trust, they have not only won the highest honors 
that can be accorded to true manhood, but that their conduct has reflected 
credit upon Odd Fellowship itself. We desire to give expression to the 
deep and lasting affection and regard entertained by the brothers of this 
jurisdiction for these distinguished officers. 
“ We recognize the fact that they have fairly won the ‘ Golden spurs of 
Knighthood,’ and that henceforth they must march in the van of our great 
brotherhood—leaders, indeed, in thought and action. 
“ Upon our records should be engraven, in letters of gold, a tribute to 
their unfaltering courage, tireless energy, and distinguished devotion to 
duty, that those who come after them may know how Odd Fellowship has 
stood the test of danger and of trial. 
“ And when the history of the epidemic of 1878 comes to be written, the 
faithful chronicler of the events of those troublous days will attest their 
devotion to truth and justice by dedicating a page in that sacred volume in 
commemoration of the noble work performed by John H. McKenzie and 
J. L. Power ; therefore be it 222 
Resolved, That this Grand Lodge further evidences its admiration and 
love for onr worthy brothers by adopting by a rising vote a resolution of 
thanks for the able and efficient manner in which they have discharged the 
other high and onerous duties of their respective stations. 
“ Resolved, That this Grand Lodge desires to make public and fitting 
acknowledgment of their heartfelt gratitude to our brothers of other juris- 
dictions for their prompt, cordial and liberal response to the call of our 
Grand Master for assistance in our days of trial and hour of need. 
“The plague of 1878, coming upon our people with startling suddenness 
and unprecedented severity, our own resources for relief were soon exhaust- 
ed, and but for the timely and liberal aid of our brothers in more favored 
localities, the distress and suffering in our own jurisdiction must have been 
vastly greater than they were. 
“ We would like our brothers to know and feel that we are not ungrate- 
ful for their kindness nor unmindful of the charitable and Christian spirit 
in which their aid was tendered. 
“ May their generous acts of practical charity, and active benevolence 
return to them as blessings, as angels of mercy and consolation, in any trial 
through which they may be called to pass, and ever plead for them before 
the throne of our Father and our God. 
“ Resolved, That our Representatives to the Grand Lodge, I. O. 0. F., 
take proper steps to communicate to our brothers the gratitude and feel- 
ings of this Grand Lodge, either by communicating a copy of the foregoing 
resolutions or otherwise, as they may deem best. ” 
(Ssgned) JOSEPH HIRSH, D. N. BARROWS, 
H. S. VAN EATON. 
A true copy: 
J. T. McCown, Grand Secretary. 
APPRECIATIVE EXPRESSIONS ESOIiI BRETHREN. 
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, August 11, 1879. 
J. L. Power, Grand Secretary— 
Deaeßro. : Your “Report of the Epidemic of 1878” was received to- 
day. As you say, it is “ a practical demonstration of the generosity and 
gratitude of the American people.” I regret my inability to place it before 
all our people, fori feel it would annul the power of politicians to keep 
alive the damnable feelings of animosity which, I must acknowledge, per- 
vades some portions of the Northern States. I have sometimes thought 
that the hand of an all-wise Providence was visible in the sufferings of 
your people, and the noble acts of our Northern friends in trying to relieve 
their sufferings and tide them through the terrible, hurricane of death. It 
has no doubt brought the hearts of the suffering ones, and those who tried 
to relieve them, closer together; and the sentiment that we are brothers 
and citizens of one common country is gaining ground, and the efforts of 
political “hacks, ” to stir up strife and animosity are becoming more and 
more futile every hour. 
My sentiments are : “ Damned be he who first cries war ! ” 
'With love and respect, yours fraternally, 
John W. Woodhull. 
Cincinnati, December 23, 1879. 
* * * lam also obliged for the very interesting pamphlet, “ The Epidemic of 1878 in Mississippi.” You have done your work well, and 
such a minute report, so unusual in such cases, and jet always wanted, docs 
great credit to you personally, and is most honorable in your Grand Lodge. 
I do most sincerely trust that the time is remote when there shall be an 
occasion for preparing another such report. When it does come, it is to be 
hoped that it may he done by some one who will imitate your most excel- 
lent work. * * Truly and courteously yours. 
223 
E. T. Carson. 
Oxford, Miss., October 16, 1879. 
* * * Please accept my cordial thanks for the copy of your “ Report 
of the Epidemic of 1878.” I shall treasure it as a faithful record of the 
trying, the crucial ordeal to which our people were subjected ; of the noble 
courage and self-sacrifice with which it was borne ; of the work of heroic 
benevolence which you and some others performed ; of the useful and 
splendid lives that closed during those dark, historic days of the awful 
pestilence. * * * Yours very truly, 
R. W. Jones. 
Chicago, August 19, 1879. 
* * * Please accept my thanks for this renewed evidence of your 
good will. I have read the Report, and while I tender you my sincere 
congratulations for your splendid and heroic work in behalf of suffering 
humanity, and commend the high sense of honor displayed in your labors 
and in framing your report, I do pray God that you may never again be 
called upon to undergo and suffer thus. 
With assurances of profound regard, I am 
Fraternally yours, 
DeWitt C. Ceeigee. 
Natchez, August 28,1879. 
•x- * -x- Many thanks for your very valuable work on the great 
Epidemic. It is a thrilling and wonderful record of human suffering, human 
sympathy, and of your own unparalleled energy and self-sacrificing labors. 
1 can scarcely read it for my tears, but the more I read it the better I love 
our country and its noble charities. I shall have the volume bound in the 
highest style of art. Truly yours, J. F. H, Claiborne. 
Clixtox, Miss., September 9, 1879. 
* * * Accept my thanks for the volume, I shall place it in the 
library of the College, that future generations of students may learn of the 
noble deeds and manly qualities displayed by our people during the fearful 
epidemic of 1878. Your truly, W. S. Webb. 
Yicksbueg, Miss., September 3, 1879. 
Col. Power—Esteemed Feiexd : I have read your interesting yellow 
fever financial report from end to end with profound satisfaction. You 
have built a lasting monument to hand down to the future. Your toil and painstaking, and ceaseless labor for the vast multitude that sweeps round 
you as its centre—forcibly illustrated in your report—will fix your name 
indelibly upon the marvelous history of this epoch. And having done so 
much, and done it so well, before you have felt the weariness of years, 
what may we not hope for coming years from the same zeal and philanthro- 
py ? May Heaven reward you—men cannot. I send you many thanks 
for the valuable present. 
Ever and very truly yours, C. K. Marshall. 
* * * Three copies of your Epidemic Report received. Thanks. It 
manifests a huge work in behalf of suffering humanity, for which you are 
entitled to great credit. Fraternally, D. C. Dawkins, 
Jacksonville, Fla., August 13,1879. 
Grand Secretary.