The daily republic., 1853-08-27
Frsss ,tAe Unism Of yesserdey.
French Nails VIA Enela nd.

Complaint having been made to our Post Office
Department that the French mails, and particu-
lary French newspapers, were detained in Eng
land, so as to be forwarded by British instead Of
United States steamers, the Postmaster General
brought the subject to the notice of the British
post authorities, and has received from them the
following answer, which has been handed to
for publication:
GENERAL Posr OFFICE,
83Ad LONDON, August Q, 1853.
SIR: The Postmaster General having had un-
der consideration your letter of the 7th ultlmo,
with its enclosures, / am directed by his Lordshlp
to inform you that he has made inquiry respect
ing the alleged preference shown by this Depart
ment to the British contract mail packets, IN
despatching by them newspapers from France in
tended to be sent by the United States mail pack
cts, and that he IL convinced there is no founda-
ton for such complaint.
The newspapers from France for the United
States are made up in France by the Fyenth post
office in closed mails, and such mails, when spe-
cialy addressed to be forwarded by British packet
or by United States packet, are despatched ac-
cording to their direction; while in those cases
where no special address is put on them the mails
are forwarded by the first packet leaving Eng
land, whether under contract with the British or
the United States Government. I'm
have the honor to be, sir, your obedicnt hum
| To the POSTMASTER GENERAL, &C., &c., &c., 81
Washington. sa n-aE
The Pestilence at New Orleans.
The New Orleans papers Of the Goth have
reached US, from which we make tho following
summary of incidents:
9 Twenty physicians publicly offer their servi
ces gratuitously, at the call Of the Howard Asso-
citation.
Two printers--O Octavius G.. Cautley, native
of Alabama, engaged in the Delta Office, and
Thomas McElroy, native of Pennsylvania, aged
80 years-died on the 10Th of yellow fever 10
The Delta, in noticing their deaths, says;
ssThese are the first deaths among the craft we
have been called upon to record, and we need
scarcely say that we sincerely hope they may be
the last. Many of them are now sick; some have
recovered, and are about again. The sick among
| them are well cared for, their brethren spare
no pains to comfort them and assuage their suf-
ferings.'
| The following we take from the Picay,sne:
| "PosT OFFICE HouRs.-In another column
will be found an advertisement from Postmaster
Kendall to the effect that hereafter during the
prevalence of the epidemic, the post office will
close daily at p. m. No one, we suppose, will
make any objection to the change. The postmas-
ter says in a note to us written yesterday:
| s'Three Of our clerks have the fever, and we
are actually liable to complete interruption in
mail matters 1t is absolutely necessary that our
clerks, who work from half after a. m until
lip. M, should have time for their meals. Two OF
our principal clerks have eaten nothing since
daylight this morning @
WoRrHY OF IMIrATIoN.-We heard yesterday
of lady, now stopping at one of the Lake Shore
watering places, who, on learning the number of
children made orphans by the present sickness,
wrote over to her husband in the city to select
one of them and send it over, she promising to
raise it one of her own family If every lady
in town, whose means would admit of her thus
taking charge of child and adopting it as her
own, would act like the lady in question, what
misery would it not alleviate!-Trt.e Delta.
| We were informed on good authority last eve
ming that the of fever in the city nfrmaries
were less malignant and less numerous than they
have been for some days past. We trust this may
indicate tendency to decline in the epidemic.
| [Picau,sale.