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Show TELEGRAPHIC FKYEK'M FUOL1C. Tbo Noultt a Combined Hospital Hos-pital and Graveyard. Oue JlllMou Dullurs Mast bo Had WasbiDKton, 8. The fut!ow"mg appeal ap-peal wan letiutd to day: To Chambers of Commerce and the Charitable of 'the Chief Cities of the Union: The cry of anguish Irum stricken cities and people ol the uouth has been ftDswered by a noble buret ol charity from tbe people ot the cities ot the country. Contributions, nret and email, huve been extended to the Buflerora. The secretary of war1 has generoualy extended tbe aid of government to the poor and needy 0 the peat ridden cities, but great &r has been the charity, the necessity is yet greater, aod the sums eubucnbtd are yet inadequate to the wants of the ...(fori no. In New Orleans. Vicks burg and Mt mpbis, as well aB in the smaller towns of Holly Springs, Grenada, Gre-nada, Port Gibson, Canton, Green ville, BrowuBville, Baton Rouge and Delhi, all business is euspeuded. It is estimated that in the Buspension ol business ol the MisBiBip pi river, south ol Memphis, over fitty steamboaU are titd up, their crews discharged, 'long-shoremen 'long-shoremen and gangs of stevedoreB and other laborer, who were engaged in the receiving and discharging of freight, are without employment. Four great lines of railroad are para-lizcd para-lizcd and their employee are idle. Nearly every place of business in the cities and towns where (ever prevails, are closed and their employ G dia charged These employes are poor ana dependent upon their labor lor support It i8 estimated that of these unemployed men there are io New Orleans 15,000, Memphis 8,000. Vicksburg, 2,000. Smaller towus, 2,000, making a total of 27,000 die-charged die-charged workingmen, most of whom are heads of families, and represent a total population of not less than 108. 000 in actual and desolate waut These people have no means to get away from the pest ridden cities. JFor them there is no labor, do wages, 110 bread, nothing but dea'.h or star vatiou, and this conclusion must last at least lor Bixty days, for there will be no stay of the pea tilence, no resumption ol business un til frost. Averaging the Bupport ol each individual at twenty ceuts per day, which is ten cents lees than the coat of army rations, for fifty days' support ol the eufienne and destitute will cost over $1,000,000, and this for subsistence alone. Nothing for medi cine, clothing and proper sustenance for tbe Bick and burial of the dead haa been taken into account in Ibis estimate. It has occured to the un dersigned that a comprehensive system sys-tem of relief should be at once inaugurated in-augurated to avoid the appalling dh-tress dh-tress which will sicken aud Bhock humanity, when to the awlul destruction de-struction of the plague are added the horrors of f..miue. We suggest that in each of the great citieB of the United States a central depot for the reception of suflerera, ba at once opened where contributions ol provisions, tea, coffee, wineB, medi cines and clothing may be Bent. The lines of transportation over both land ' and water have volunteered to trans port supplies to the stricken cities free of charge. Let New Orleans, which 1 is tbe mont accessible by sea aud land, and which haB more facilities for transportation, be constituted s. central depot lor the reception of sup plies, btch can be lorwaraea to tne Howard and Peabody associations of that city as fast as collected. Let Vicksburg, Memphis and BQialter towns, that are atiected, send to New Orleans their agenlB to aid in receiving, distributing and forwarding forward-ing pro rata euppiies to the respective res-pective towns, and cities for which they are destined. We appeal to tbe Chambers of Commerce ol great cities to inaugurate this move ment forthwith; we appeal to uncharitable un-charitable and good; we appsal to ministers of God for their influent and their contributions. Even thu suialleat donations of providiont", medi cities and money will be nccepiabUi The cbaiacter ol tbe noble gentlemeu who compose the Howard association, Peabcdy association and Young Men's Christian association are guarantees guar-antees that all charities donated will, he properly and honestly applied, la the name of a common country and kindred humanity, we invoke for our Btricken, dying and starving people the charity of those whoBe homes ai.d loved ones are secured iron) tbn pestilence that walketh in darknen and the destruction that w-iatetti t noonday, ( igoed) E. J. Ellie, La.; K. M. Gibson, La.; John T. Morgan, Ala.; Wm, H. Me-; Ardle, Miss ; Cyrus Bus-ey, President New OrleanB Chamber of Commerce. The secretary of war, white extend ing government aid to yellow fewer Bufi'ererd, has repeatedly declnred thai be was governed by no other law ttiau thai of humanity, but depended on1 the approval of the entire country for h; action. No one here doubts thai he will have cougrt-sdioui.1 snoliou, but in order to give eome i.dhurance, Colonel McArdle, of Vickohurg who came hither in behalf ol yellow fever i-uflerere, addressed a letter to Representatives Repre-sentatives Blackbnru, Ellis and Gib son on the subject. They replied that if it should become necessary to puns a law validating and ratiiying the secretary's actioj, it would certainly meet with their most cordial Bupport. New Orleans, 9. New cases, 144, deaths, 87. Chicago, 9. - Tbe following dis patch from Vicksburg was received at oaidnight: Bishop Elder's conditiou if very critical. No hopes are eoter tained for his recovering. Bishop Leroy reached hiru last night Canton, Miss., 9. Tweuty cne new oucs and 4 deaths in the la-st twenty-four uoutb. The fever seem-to seem-to ho spreading in the country. Memphis, 9. The condition f-f tur city grcwa more dtsperaie every hour. Of tbe new cases it is useless longer to keep count. Whole fiitiiiiies are stricken down within a lew hours, aud the call for nurses is greater thau can be supplied. Yesterday there were about 100 deaths and 300 new cases, and today up to noon 7' deatha are reported, and the deaih rate to-day will probably exceed thai of any previous day. Among the deaihs repirted this morniug ar? Dr. E. C. Slater, paator ol the Fir-i Methodist church; Sister Catherine ot St. Mary's Episcopal church; M- Co tello. Wm. A. Rodd, Jacub L'rb, Dr. Nelson and H. W. Ferguson, whu died at Camp Joe Wiih imtj. Schuttler Wagons! The UtfhtP!t draft and most durable WwRona in the ma'kot. Timber tho host and is thoroughly reasoned. All sizes of tho newlv-improvod Farm Spring Schuttler Wagons constantly on hand. 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