The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1873-05-21
Late Foreign News.

Lnte Foreign News.
The bark Clara Satil arrived on the 18th, bringing
few San Francisco papers from 23d to Goth of April
| but no mail.
The horse epidemic was spreading throughout the
State of California and interfering with all kinds of
business. We give q full account below, taken from
the Chronicle.
Heavy foods had occurred in Canada, doing great
damage.
H. C. Bowen, proprietor of the New York Ldepen-
dent has been arrested and held to bail for libel and
gave bonds in the sum of 100000.
The trial of TichbOrne for perjury has been COM
menced in England.
American political news by this arrival is not i'm
portant.
1927 RECOVERED THE ATLANTIC.
HALIFAX, n. s., April 25th.-The weather to-day
is favorable, for the first time in week, and divers
are enabled to resume work on the wreck of the At
lantic. Up to the time the steamer left several
of goods had been recovered. On account of the
great difficulty in getting the cargo out in the present
position of the ship, the wreckug party have decided
to blow off part of the starbOard side tomorrow, if
the weather continues fine. Work will be actively
prosecuted. Captains willsams and Merrill, who
have been at work all the week, returned to the city
to-day.
So far, 327 bodies have been recovered 2O7
still on the vessel Mrs. Dorr, of Vermont, who is
here looking after the bodies of Mr. and Mrs Fisher,
offers 81 900 reward for their recovery. Vessels
irving from report passing bodies floating in the
water of the coast.
THE RESIGNATION OF MINISTER LONG
Has not been accepted yet, and action will be
taken until after the return of the President, two
weeks hence. 1t is not improbable that Mr. De Long
will be retained, as the best way to dispose of the
large number of strongly backed applicants for the
Japanese Mission. There are no charges against De
Long and if be is displaced it will be to satisfy po
lcal element which is too powerful to be easily re-
sisted or ignored.
BOSTON LOSES FoRrY-THREE VESSELS.
wAsH1NeroS, April 25th.-oficial returns made to
the Bureau of Statistics show that vessels
of the aggregate tonnage of 10000 tons, belonging
to the port of Boston, lost during the quarter
ending March 31st, 1878. Among the vessels lost
were seven barks of 800 tons each ten briggs and
schooners of 100 tons each. The loss of such large
number of vessels belonging to single port, and in
such brief period, is unprecedented.
The EpIzooue.
THE PLAGUE ON THE INCREASE IN SAN FRANCISCO.
In every direction serious inconvenienees being
felt in consequence of the alarming prevalence of the
horse disease. Whatever hopes at time
tertained that the dstemper would be mild in type
and limited in extent are now utterly routed, for
the evidences that not per cent of the horses in
the city have escaped the epidemic, the ravages of
which have being hourly increased. The streets are
already nearly destitute of horses, and the few that
are to be seen show the well known symptoms of
sickness. Some are SO badly afflicted, indeed, and
cough with much violence that it seems a cruelty
to work them, notwithstanding the ncaculable in
convenience which their withdrawal would occasion
the public. The greatest hardship is experienced by
postal, letter and newspaper carriers and express
messengers whose routes in the suburbs, they
have to walk several miles badly formed roads
HUMAN SUBSTITUTES FOR HoRsEFLEsH.
Cinnamon have already besn engaged to draw
some of the wagons used in the transportation of the
mails between the PostOfice and the ocean steamers
Vegetable and milk wagons are likewise being drawn |
into the city by men. and it is confidently expected
that in a few days all the vehicles to be the
streets will either have oxen or men attached to
them.
Sick people exposed to great suffering aud dan
GER on account of the universally Of the epizoOte,
as physicians having their horses laid up, arc OBJ
ged to do all there visiting foot. and consequent
" cannot make the requisite haste in of garet
Some of the street-houses sending goods around
in wheelbarrows and handcarts. But few drays are
in service, and the prices for handling doubled
and in some instances quadrupled.
Wells, Fargo Co.'S horses are all sick, bnt those
east affected are kept work, that yet but lit
lie inconvenienee has been experienced in the trans
lction of their business.
THE FIRE DEPARTMENT.
In reference to horses of the Fire Department.
hospital has been provided Nina street, where
III the cases will be attended to- and in order to pre-
erve the efficiency of the Department ropes have been
furnished at the various engine-houses, that man
,ower can be made available if necessary. Every pre-
,aution has been taken to meet the emergencies of
ire.
Nearly all the slaughter house teams are diseas-
d, and yesterday the Wholesale butchers made ar
an gements for supply of to haul the beeffrOm
,utchertoWn to the city.
SOCIAL IscoEvEzIExcEs.
Numbers of persons are observed at all hours ofthe
az waiting at street-eorners and other points for
ars which do not come, nearly all the eompanics
Aving found it necessary to discontinue running
heir cars with the exception Of occasional at
regular times. Hacks scarce that social par
les are held under the greatest disadvantages.
DEATHS ,
Are not nfrequent, proving that the disease has