, 1879-01-06

wrctched population, and has brought them
tace IN face With famin. equa!!ng TINT Of
Persia AMI China. The coffee trop has failed
ent!rrty, and the vast herds in the interior have
died of. leaving the natfves without suh-tst-
cllee nr the prospect of living without AID from
ahroat. The prnTtnce Is so remote from
the scst of Government and the muya popuious
parts of tic Empire that. unless oncEgcsiu anil
Immediate steps arc taken to relieve the fam
ishcd and pfaguc-stFtcKcn people, It IL probable
that tho deatlI-ratc sni tho erenrs Of horror In
Will fat exceed thote Of the yel'ow-fever cities
nf tha Southern Unitcs! statet. The smnli-po1.
witvh II addiig ~ tlio horr.,rs Of famine In
Gcara, was brought fr.',n lso jnnstto by retsing
atJpe thu. la. 20 far resisted the treatment OF
the native pt,ystcIan.. Tha death rate Is CON
stant1y tncrcasin9. The small ctty Of fortale1a,
which at best afforded but scaht scco'n1n;nla- Ia
,sa en; e. " % e. S.s ssSs 'eaet
relief aud ahelscr ln y, and the rtElfcnt plague
u sweeping them o1 bv the hundreds: There
IA uo escape save rs vcssels from, thd port.
cpldctnls: anil IN thu Interior 10 nothing but tho
slower, though hurcr. death by starvation.
;, \ Wsrad re.'orser Yesterday called uoon TIE
Brazilian Consul, a. No. ~ Hroadwav. for the
sard!n0 tic ealn1n,ty which i. Visiting the
proYtuco OF Eearn. Brazil. 4enor Salvador De
Mrnioura wns found in hia office, aud, in
answer ~ the inquiry, stated that tnsclli0tncc
EEGCIfGu HS iIl{lb If1Hl tUnlEkuEAF
and moro ttun confirmed, thu Mfr.i'd's tclcEra'n
In REGARD IL tho famine and pcst!lrnco In Ceara-
The famine which is now prevailing IN this
northeastern province Of lfraxil," salt HGhnF
Menduntx, "is not a ncw listress, but Is thu
prufongatinn ot thu famine ri 1s5U, and has bc.
tofc been oroasht tn thu t.otce Ut tho people Of
The Chttcd Statct. ~ that year tho ,ntsf0r-
tune VI tho teorle Of this unfortunate province,
wllirf, II now Increasing. rcecfytrt tic nro1npt
md efficient nttentEon uf the brazilian Norcrn-
ntcut, which Gxpct,tcd uearls $sAkl,tN0 In atlc-
Waiting II. Tile failure III the raIhs fur tile year
the rcsuuryra Ut tic people Ut Ctura, and the
consequence ia funinc.f ...
Bcnur Menlo,,ra statet1 t!lat tue brazilian Gov
erl,ncnt was still rendering n!d IN the lhnla'iru
people, nnL would rapidly assist u many as
puy*.bc to fcaye " until tic ra!.,s had rendered.
IL Int,nhftnhtc atI possible to cultivate. In re-
garu tu ussis,n,.ce from outside tho Empire. tho
Cutlsul saiu TINT, nt',ouEf. Ielicucr wunld pre-
vent bIm trun publicly xuItt ttEnu nil frOn, the
E,titeu Statea, Ana esporially fr0n, New York
CITY. w!lute merchants had asrrsly voluntarily
contributed tn the ad III Ills suffering country
i1ri1, he would nevertheless Ela'lty acccpt any
assistanee In tciln!F Ut the sufferers t,as should
b. rendered, Us would tllu bruxflau AtInlAtEr At
Warrington
Papers from pcrrambucu, received At the
otllue Ut tile 4to,p .H"ntf5, gfye additional par
ttrulnrs Of the raga1cs ul tho smallpox In Fort
alcz, and Of The ctfects uf thr faini1e In the ln
teriar. Tbs resttlrncc hah reached the other
ecap0Et towns Of thu pT0Tlnco, mid vessels trotn
the cupst towns anu 1afu jaEtorI have quit tho
ports, Willie Others mrs watucd OF aud do nut
touch,