The weekly Lancaster gazette. (Lancaster, Ohio) 1852-1855, 1853-08-18
Friday, August ~. 1883.

NEWS FROM THE PLAIHs.-A letter re-
ceiVed this evening by Mr.. TaIImadge from
the company that started out under his aus.
pices last spri5g, states that there has been
no sickness among the men and that the
stock was doing very well. The riding
mules were little wearied; buta weeks
rest at Salt Lake, which they expected to
reach on the 10th OF July last it was thought
would enable them to 60 through without
any difficulty. The letter 10 dated the Gath
Of June. They have bad no difficulty In Sc
curing food FOR the horses, and the only mis-
fortune they have met with was the break.
ing ofa large portion Of their Dishes. This
has been very fortunate company, having
met with no sickness or other accidents
We CLEAN these items just as we go to press
and are compelled to be briefl
The Er DEMIc AT NEw ORLEASs.-Tho
Howard Benevolent Association Of New
Orleans having exhausted all their fund
have in view of the continued spread OF the,
pestilence there, addressed an appeal to the
Lousianians and other benevolent indiyiJ-
uals at the North. An Episcopal Clergy
man Of New Orleans, in letter to Rev.
DR.. Hawkes., OF New York, says:
81 have this day visited forty -four persons
sick with the fever, and by tomorrow do
not expect to find ten Of them alive. am
going from house 10 house, from one scene
Of the most appalling wretchedness, only
to see annother, worse, if that be possible,
than the last Ny dear friend, for Gods
sake, help us. Get what you can aud remit
it TO me for the "Howard Association (you
know all about it, for you are member }
and the poor will bless you. This morning
| went into lonely little hut, and there !
found the father dead, the mother hugging
her babe, only four days old, TO her heart,
striving to nurse it, while the black vomt
was actually streaming from her mouth
Such are the objects for which plead.
"The mother is since dead, the babe is
alive. took it and got black woman to
be It's mother:not one cent had these peo-
pie. My friend, | could give you a great
many similar cases of suffering but forbear
You will, know, help us to keep these
poor DYING creatures.
In response to this appeal, several of the
leading merchants Of New York inmedi.
ately subscribed the sum of 81 ,465 of which
s 600 was remitted to the Howard Asso-
citation on Friday, and similar amount, it
was expected. would be forwarded yester-
day. The subscriptions in New York, dur
ing the present week, it is said, will prob
ably reach S5 900. The citizens of New
Orleans and Of Louisiana, now at the North
held meeting at the A stOr House, in New
York, yesterday, to take into consideration
the distressed copdition of their fSlow-cit-
liens.
! The yellow fever deaths in New Orleans
ON the 3lst iIt. were lI9; on the lst inst,
| LOG; on the 2nd, ll5, and on the 4th, l23.--
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FIsHERY NEGOTIATIONS. 1t is alleged
that Mr.. Champion, the British Minister, in
bis negotiations Secretary Marcy, on
the fishery question, demands that the U.
States Government, shall repeal its boun-
lISe Ou COunon. 10 Ilfto thHlIOt uC upnO
except by Congress, it is doubtful il bir.
Marcy undertakes to guarantee it. The
correspondent of the Republic, from whose
letter we learn the foregoing, says:
"He also demands the issuing ofAmeri-
can registers to vessels built in the British
provinces, and asks that British vessels be
admitted to'free pattittphtioiiiin the Allan
tic and Pacific coasthg trade. In return,
he proposes to yield us free fisheries close
in the shore; thus abrogating the three mile
restriction to which we submitted by the
treaty Of 1918. AS we claim as right,
sustained by indispdtibc evidnce, all that
Mr.. Champion proposes to yield US, except
the privilegre offshing within distance
of three miles from British shore, it is not
probable the negotiations will agree on any
such terms"