The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1854-01-24
snHerirg or Emigrants ON tho MississsPpa
River.

saHsri"g OF Enisr.nts ON tho AisaisssPpa
SICKNESS AND DISTRESS AT CAIR0-YOURrKR
LARGE STE AMERs COMPELLED TO LAY UP-BaHAK.
ING OUT OF CHOLERA And YELLOW FEvg2-xxR
sAGEs OF rHS MAYOR OF LOUISVILLE.
BY the following extracts 1t win be that great
number Of steamers loaded with upwards OF two thou
sand emisrant have been compelled to lay up at Cairo.
In consequences OF the suspensiop of navigation Cairo
in the State Of Illinois, the Mississippi. river, short
distance from the mouth OF the Chic and about two hun
dred miles below ST. Louis
From the st. Louis News, Jan. 1871
learn TINS morning - coming from the Secretary
number Of foreign emgraLts Cairo brought so far %
their oestr alton to this port there detained by the
the Of families chidren lsck on u,esna
and other causr, to get further their ,urney We
ing Ind to pay, at mse IS high As y cents for ~
of bread Efforts have been msds In this city to as.S
the r.ef AM as mns.. -. cars offered for the
hire conveyance to send them provisions but with
This is . cass OF unwontsd hardship and the pros.
psct again dismal in the extreme for any change for
s - sa;s
relieve the suffering that already endured and like to
enfue, among those emigrAnp At Cairo.
Since writing the above We ind the following sad
count in the Evansville Journal Of the 9th
The j. NJ stockwen, here yesterday morning from New
teen large steamers had been to stop At that
place and had turned out two thousand deck pas
senses VINO vere suffering Intensely and diving In largo
na IN n. .soin;0s ocSs Z
or no food and no possibility Of gstog away The Stock
she mt o o"r MI Ssa asc. ana eaon
From the st, Louis Democrat, jan 1871
FOR Gay or two past painful accounts have been
immigrants destined for this city and put At Cairo
In consequence OF the closing OF navigation The case
taudt hA linz audth oanfinc
Ing we have been requested to inform that
his Honor the Mayor yielding to the nests Of many
the wards Of the city to round and receive from the
citizen: sueh contributors a. their circumstanoss and
feelings mny siss.s This duty win b. p
agents appointed by the German and Irish smigrsnt
cistss. As amount is collected su oient for
worthy to Cairo to provide for the of the
sufferers 1t L. to be hoped not less FOR the Of human
BE- taken TO- day viii be large and such as 70 carry sss
tual relief to the theuiand or twelve hundred destitute
beings thus thrown upon shores Yesterday two O.
collections and In the course Of hour and hAl
ceived three hundred dollars to be devoted to this object
We hear n, q ssd ststs Of snsirs A. Cairo In oon.s
~ the snsnsnson of nayiraon fourteen i.rrs
have been compelled to lay up, and have thsrs
set ashore some two thousand deck passengers chieAy
smigrans. These periops wore suffering dresdiuy fron
want and sickness was rapidly din.hDg their aumbess
very many Dying daily from cholera and yellow fever.
They were staying In the adjoining woods keeping mp
large rss and 1t the last accounts there pos
biNty Of getting away.
from thu Ct Iouis Repnblicap Ian Is1
our c.sns .rs ssssv .Hsps ~ tSs ssct tS. .,,.
number Of emcrsnts ssid 10 h. ovsr tvo thons.nd n
cumhsr srs a. csiro srTa,su. 80 49,, ~" ~, =. !.
cemepcv Of the Weather. ca mnsd ont nnaa treas Ard
budding together around ares In the vooas but ~
suerr from the want OF provisions AVID from, soknees
It's occasion that appeals to the ympsthiss OF every
one ana we are glad TO see that stsps have besn asn
for their relief
The Mayor win be seem In yisw Of the existing air.
hsu.
sd for these suffering emisrants And We sre slsd n
being able cord the fact that yesterday In short
time contributions were crsdtable to the gsnsrosty
of our citizens The Iish and German emgrant sose-
mea IA and en,.e borch, for mora IN Suysh thsn, ~S
-. 80 ~. ~ .o, ~ 4iIo. snoin "Ase