SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 90, 17 November 1880, Page 3

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL

AMERICA* SUMMARY. The Stevens floating battery has been sold to the Columbian Government, and will be immediately put m commission. The battery cost 2,000,000 doli. and vai aold for 55,000 dols. .. A frightful' accident|hat occurred on the ■ Pennsylvania Central railroad. In a collision beiwean trains, 24 passengers were killed and 30 or 40 vrounded, a mistake m signals was the cause. The Chicago citizens celebrated the ninth anniversary of their great fire by a grand military parade. A passenger traia o» the Indianopolis and St. Louis road recently ran through an open switch at Nokomis, Illinois, and collided with a freiglit traia, which caught fire and was entirely consumed. The passengers escaped safely. A special train of cars with the September Australian mail chased the regular train ond catnght it a,t Omaha, gaining 24 hours, and enabling connection with the steamer at New York to ba made. The mail will thus reach England m 40 days from Sydney. Captain Foreman, of the British ship Adieu, arriving at San .Francisco, from Newcastle, New South Wales, on October 9, report* that on September 15 he passed | Christmas Island, said to be uninhabited and I from the deck discovered the wreck of a [ vessel we'l up oh tbe sand m the SouthEast Bay. Close to tke wreck he wade out a hut, but there was no indications of life about it. Owing to the very rough weather he was usable to land, so tbe wreck and hut remain a mystery. "The Journal &f- Trad& October. &th, as-: titnnt«3 fvovn the wbcat -growing returns to hand to the. 25th of September that this year's total return of American wheat will not exceed 465,691,C30 bushels, and probably may preve 10,000,000 bushels less. The Californian and Oregon out-turn is estimated at 38,0p0,00p bushels. Too requirements foe home. consumption frea\ this season's .crop, are placed at 261,000,000 bush els, leaving 184,000,000 bushels surplus. California and Oregon are credited with 28,000.000 surplus -for export. ■ California is importing four Normanby stallions, valued at 1600 to 2.000 doLUrs a piece. ■ California salmon eggs are being exported to Europe m large quantities. Ex-Senator Pelig Spray ue, of Massachussets is dead. JJty Gould has purchased the. New York World, pay ing' 400,000. dollars for.it. Tke Secretary of the National Woollen, Growers' Association, William G. Markham, has, m obedience to an o.rder, shipped two rams and two ewes to Australia. They were sent by tkjt. London route to v avoid frequent changes m the railroad trip to San Eranciseo. Mr. Mar-kham, sent three car loads of sheep some time ago to Japan, where tb,e the Government is striving to develop the best wool and carcass-producing animals. The Admiral of the British fleet m Pacific waters has been ordered to proceed immediately to Oallap, P»ru, and protect British interest there. Messrs. Moody aijdJSankey, Jthe revival^ ists, |are ill S"an Fraicisco Hclding religious meetings^ A Colony of- Catholic Connnemarra peasants have, been settled by the Rev^ Father

acres, a, horse s>nd a cow. Many of these colonists left Ireland last Spring shodle?s, A mercantile convocation has been held m New York. Among othtr matters discussed was the revision of navigation laws, and adoption ef some plan of improvement of th« neglected shipping interest of the United States. White drinking m a saloon m San Franciico, a sudden madness seized a man named Barrington, who killed his. friend named M'Doaald o» the spot, shooting hi:u three times. Both men were connected witli respectable business houses. 11l feeling is growing between members of the Chinese Embassy and th# people of New York. The Chinese treat those brought m contact with them as inferior, and they m turn ridicule the dress and manaers of the Celestipl diplomats. Wbm occasion j serves they are also frequently assaulted. The statue of Robert Burns, m the Hall, Central Park, New York, opposite that of Sir Walter Scott, was unveilad on October 2nd. Horse distemper is raging m New York BrcAlyn, and Jer-ey City. There are about 8,000 animals invalided. The disease has also appeared m Chicago. Neal Dow, attributes the Republic defeat m Maiue to its leaders catering to their own selfish |.nterc»!:, and the Republic officials neglecting to enforce the prohibitory law. Theodore Glancey, editor of the Santa Barbara (California) Press, was shot on the first by Clarence Gray, and killed for stating m his paper that" Gray was unit for an office to which he had been nominated. Tlie professional four-oared race which took place at Lake Manuata, Maine, on the 29th iilt., distance three miles with a turn, was won by the Unions of Portland. Time, 19 mitt, and 40 see. the professional scullers, race over the same course, was won by J. Grandour, of Toronto, m 22mm. aud 30secs, dofenting Plaitsed Lei and Teneyck. The professional double sculling race, over the same course, was woh by Teneyck and Kennedy, defeating Boss and Davis, and Lee and Ga«dour. Time of the winners— 20mins. This is the fastest time on record for double sculls. Mike M'Coll, the heavy weight champion of America, has besn drowned from a Mississipipi river steamer. In the Presbyterian Assembly, as Philladelphia, on the 7th ult., Principal Kinross, of Sydney, read a paper on " The Condition of Religion m New South Wale;-." He stated that, of the total population of that colopy, about 7C },0C ?, not a tenth, are Presbyterians, and not a third attend a place of public worship. Tom Hughes of London, who has founded a colony at Rugby, on the Cincinnati southern railroad, line, on October sth made an•loquenfc and thoughtful address. Work on the great Santo Tunnel, Virginia, Nevada, has beeu suspended, if not abandoned. James Thomas Evans of Sydney, recently m the employ of the New South Wales Gover.ument, and whose duty was to draw cheques for the payment of Government officials was charged on a warrant for forgery and ta.ken from the ship Cambrian Monarch immediately on arrival m port on September 7th. The deteotive had anticidated the arrival of tha ihio by taking pas. , sag* m the R.M.S.S. Zealandia from Sydn ey on August 12th. As soon as the fugitivasaw the detective ha recognised him, and submitted qu,rotly to arrest by SanPrancisco officers, and turned over the balance, ahout £50, of the proceeds of h,is, forgery. He is said to be very respectably Jeonne'cted. He was taken before Judge Ferra 1 , and application was made for his return to the colony under the Extradition Act of 1842. News from the Jeanet „' the Bi inett, Artie exploring ves<>eL. lias been received up to August 29, 1879, and published m the He. 'aid. The letter was dated Cap? Sorudezanian and came officially tbroi'gh the Rjsiim Cta;\jd de AJfiiVs. ".lt was writ' en when the vessel was on tne pp,int of sa'ling for Urangel, and officers and: men were all well. The Panama Can«l Syndicate has not yet been perfected, an; \ -o definite progress, has beeu made towar.h Mat end. By the election of John Taylor, First President of the Mormon Church vice Bri'ham Young, control is given to the English saints. Governor Murray of the Territory, ia his report to the Secretary of the Interior, just made, advise:, the abolition of all anti-Mor-mon laws, or else their immediate and rigid enforcement. The present policy of vacoillation has brought the Government iato con empt. CANADA. Sir John McDonald stated on the 27th m reply to t,n address of welcome that the Syndicate bad bound itself to complete the Canada-Pacifij Railroad m ten years, and had gife* a money secu 'ty. Ahoto operate it for ten yea-s afler completion. The Syndicate was bound te pl«ce tends m the market at om.-e aad carry out a systematic scheme of immigration. * The road would not cost the olr] prorinces of Canada a cent. He was entbusiaseic m his anticipation of Gorman capitalists aiding m directing a stream of immigration to Canada, and English capitalists were m a fever to bur land m the north-west. He had accepted an offer of Tiiomas B.assey, M.P. for 46,0 CD aocea near the base of tae Rocky Mountain*. An Order m Council, published on October 9th, states that from aud after the 14th ••ptember, 1880, all British territories aud possessions of North Americ ., not. already included within the Dominion of Cauacia, and all islands adjacent thereto shall, with the exception of Newfoundland and its de~ '. pendencies, become part of tha, Canada Dominion. GREAT BRITAIN. Sir Charles Dilke takas the place of W. P. Adams on the Board of Public Wovks, and Leonard Courtney, M.P. for Liskard, take 3 Sir Charges Dilke's . place m the ■ Foreign O%e. The fbm of Henry Br.'ttain, jun., doing business m Bipmigham, Bombay, and Calcutta, has. failed, liabilities £150,0 CD. Archbishop. MeCabe, of Dubl : n, has written a pastoral l«tt«r deploring the silence of the Irish leaders m whose presence threat 8 of violence to landlords have been mad<s. A fea-ftd gal« raged on the Cornwall coast on. October 7ih. Harbor, works and quays were damaged, and many small yacht?. asd boats destroyed.. Worth, the man milliner, has given opinion that American, silk is nowsaperior to French, and many French ladies are supplying themselves m the markers of the. United States. Arms are largely imported inte Ireland, and freely bought m. many peaces. Tjie manager of an establishment i» Dublin boasts that he has. sold 14C 1 1 ides m. a s&ort period. In. Belftst, breech-loaders ar» advertised at 15s, and there is a brisk trade m rifles m all the small country towns. ; The Parne.'l demonstration, at Cork, on the 3rd, was an, imposing affair. The Mayor, and Corppration presented an address to the agitator, and the city and- shipping wese coy »red with, banting ; 50,000 of the. public were present. Mr. Parnell- declared that landlordism Had been created for maintaining English, qule m Ireland, and must faU> 1 Voices cried out, "As Lord Mountinorris feu." : ■ ' * . A meeting of- 500 Oraageinen, m Gilford, ■ Cfton}^ PPTflj § as »/?d % r «B>Qlutipn calling pa.

the Government to suspend trial by jury, and declaring that citizens of the United States and foreigners were abusing the hospitality of the country by denouncing institutions of the United Kingdom, and should be expelled on the sth October. Mr. Parnell addressed a meeting of 10,000 people m Kilkenny. Nine members of Parliament »nd 50 priests were present, he announced that, when sufficient information had been collected, the Land League would organise m great strength against paying rent or. the estate of every renting landlord. Members »f the Landlord's Association waited on the Lord-Lieutenant, and impressed upon him tlae necessity for immediate steps to be taken for protection of life and property. The barracks at Athlone, Cnrlow, and Sligo and other places m the West of Ire- | land, are to be prepared for the full complement of troops the buildings are capable of accommodating. In view of the abortive proceedings against Davitt, Ballley, and Keller, the Government abandoned proceeding by summon or arrest, a«d determine on the second to move m the Queen's Bench division for a conditional order for criminal information aga ; nst the Land League. The parties pro-, ceeded against will be the members of' the local branches, who participated m preventing the bidding m sale of farm le»«s from which tenants had been ejected. A precess server was murdered on, the Ist. John M. Harvy, one of the principle members of Boss Tweeds, Now Yovk Muui_'r>; ring, has d:ecl m London. The race between Joe Cannon and Harry Thomas, for £100 asfi'^a bot of £100 to £80, was rowed on the 4lh, over the Thames championship course, four milee and a quarter. Time 24min. 21sec. It whs a tame affair, Hanlon and Trick,ett were present. Lieut. Sohwaka's discoveries m, Arctic and Polar m liters generally are yet discusi sed by the L3ndon press. Anwiij the latest contributions to literature on the subject is a letter from Cheyne, m reply to an article m the Standard. "It was ual the arctic regions," he says, " that sent Franklin's men to the next world ; they were murdered by the contractor who supplied them. The expedition to which I belonged had tins labelled beef and mutton, which con* tamed nothing but offal. George Cou.ll, the sailor who steeled the Shannon, m action with the Chesapeake, off Boston harbor m 1813, is dead ; aged 95. He was buried with military honors. The imports of Gre it Britain for September last were m value £6,500,000 greater than last y;ir, and the exports greater by £2.500,013 for the same tine. The ship Cambrian Monarch s from Syd- | ney, on August 6th, for San Francisco, was I boarded by a boat's crew of Pitcairn islanders. They sent letters and sketches to persons m England and America. The islanders are reported as m a flourishing condition. FRANCE. The Vatican thraatens to recall the papal nuncio from Par's if the Jesuit decrees are enforced. The authorities have refused to allow W. Blanqui, Pa.yatt, and Rocheford to speak at a political meeting on Sunday, the 30th. The meting was called to protest against intervenfciom m the East, and the Government pre Tented it on the ground that the subject would lead to unnecessary excitement amengthe people. The German Fraoiscana have been evicted and the English Passionists are threa- ' nod with the same fate. Vrance refuses, under any circumstances, to participate m the occupation of any Turkish ports. The Government has commenced proceedings against Felix Piatt, journalist, for an article justifying the attempt of Perezowski, the Pole, to shoot the Emperor of Russia m 10U7. The Carmelites expelled from France, and all Italian monks, have been ordered to quit instantly, and fourteen Jesuit professors have been ejected from the College of Toulouse. There is dissension m the French Cabinet. Jules Ferry thinks it a paltry thing to direct his effoi-fcs to the dispersion of 13,00 ft unrecognised monks, and nuns, when there are 112,000 who cannot be disturbed being already recognised. The Minister of the Interior, however, regards the disper sion of these 13,000 as an achievement which may dispense with the necessity of any other programme. Two editors have heen imprisoned fixlibel on President Grevy. The. radicals m Paas talk of inciting Garibaldi to visit that city. RUSSIA. On the ninth (old style), the marriage of the Czar- with the Princess Dalmoiv ti was solemnized m the chapel of llie lmperial palace. The Czar's, family disapproving, the Czarewich went went to Hafsal on tbe sast Lorian coast, and the Grand Duke Valid:mir went, aboard hip yacht m order that they might not witness, the ceremony. The Grand Duke Nicholas and the. Minister of War wer« present. The newly married pair are with the bride's family m Ljvidia. The. Czar has purchased for his consort the pnlace of the Grand Duchess Catherina, paying 2,000, C .10 roubles for it. Hnrtman has telegraphed, to the Internationalist a full description of the mine which was to have blown up the Imperial Palace of Alexandria. H» explains that t K .is plot failed because an hour before the ppjsage of the train, a carriage came along the line and cut the wire connecting thedynamite with the battery. Hartman says that there are 13,000,000 organised radicals. ] m Russia,. I ITALY. On recount of the number of French J"a3uits ts':i"g refuse m Italy, the Govemmeat intends to revive a measure host'le to the order m 1573, but allowed to fall into dSL'BJ. TURKEY. One of the murderers of Dr. Parsons, the American Missionary, has been condemned to death, and two others to fifteen yeai-s penal servitude. SWEDEN AND NORWAY. The Press of these countries are m hot discussion on the question of repeal of the Act of Union, and tha establishment of a Norwegian repub r e. The Swedish jo.irnals maintain that the honor of Sweden is involved, and strang measur«3 should b» em~ ployed, if necessary. Relations between the King and Norwegians are very strained, and a large majority have denied the King's right to an official rote. SWITZERLAND. The greater part of the village of Yessy has beeu destroyed by fire.