American News

Auckland Star, Volume IX, Issue 2465, 15 February 1878, Page 2

American News

Mr Creighton, agent for New Zealand", in San Francisco, sends by the City of New York a consignment of hali-a-niillion whitefish eggs. The United States has signed a treaty of: peace and commerce with the iSamoanIslands.

The barque G.M. Tucker is charateredin New York (19th) for Dunedin and Wellington ; 42s 6d per ton. General McClellan was installed Governor of New Jersey on the 15th. The Spanish Government has proferredv peace to the insurgents in Cuba. The principal portion of the -town of: Winthrop, Jarvey, was destroyed by fire on the 2nd.

The tenure by which Hayes holds the office of President of the United States is tobe investigated. Memorials to that end are being presented from all quarters. The first came from Maryland.

General O'Neill, Fenian leader, died on January 7th, of paralysis, at the Hospital of Mercy, Omaha, Nebiaska. He leaves a wive anil three children. The funeral was imposing. Henry Ward Beecher offers to give up a quarter of his salary, because pew rents have fallen off. His salary "will still be ] 5,000 dollars per annum. Moody and Sankey are preaching to audiences of 10,900 persons at Hartford, Conn.

The merchants of New York propose to abandon the system of commercial travellers.

A tramp being ordered out of Funrwal's bagging factory, Brooklyn, deliberately applied a lighted match to a bag of jute. The fire that ensued involved a loss of 8,000 dollars. . One hundred and thirty employe's had a narrow escape from burning and suffocation.

In a suit against the Direct Cable Coni' pany, it has been held that the Company is not responsible for losses caused by imperfectly written dispatches, unintelligible tothe operators. Hexter, Tully, McCue, Heboe, and Dennis, Pennsylvania " Molly Maguires," have been sentenced to be hanged. The Bank Presidents of .New York, Boston, Baltimore, and Philadelphia, have organised themselves into a committee tooppose a bill to renionetise silver. It is said the President will sign the bill if Itpasses Congress. A mob of 150 roughs took possession of Lead City, and caused great disturbances. The citizens are arming and organising to protect life and property. The Californian Senate passed a. netf Riot Act, which provides that any person who, in the presence of 25 or more persons, shall say anything with intent to incite a riot at the time or subsequently, or shall advise forcible resistance to any of the State laws, shall be punishable by imprisonment for not less than two years, or a fine not exceeding 5,000d015. The Indians raided Mason County, Texas, killing two men, and running; off a large number of horses and cattle. - United States troops and Texas Raagers are in pursuit. At Boston, a demonstration of 4,000 unemployed marched to the City Hall and presented various resolutions to the Mayor, who said he had no authority to give them employment, but the City Council would do what it could for them.

An explosion took place at Pott's colliery i near Ashland, killing four men, and wounding three others. 500 unemployed men were engaged in New York at one dollar a day. The Military Affairs Committee of the United States thinks the army of 25,000, too small for America,. At Salt Lake, the Indians having refused to surrender a murderer, three companies of United States troops surrounded the encampment, capturing fifty-five men and 250 horses.

Twenty-five murders were committed in Kemper Country, Mississippi. During the Uial of one of the murderers, a horde or.

truHiaßß filled''the'-Court-house, the Judges residence next door., invaded the bed-rooms., and gazed in -astonishment at the pianos. The - Judge, and .officers of the goal were ■obliged to take shelter in the gaol, and armed themselves with loaded guns. The mob attacked the gaol, but were repulsed, and then arose the cry " fire the gaol ! .and-this fiendish- order was carried out. The .judge,-his family, and the officials rushed*outy but were all shot. One of the daughters named Cornelia survived her father two days. SHOCKING CONSPIRACY. Intense excitement was caused at Red Oak, lowa, by the discovery of a conspiracy tOTuin a number of respectable young girls, In which'twelve men—several of them married—-were implicated. The girls were decoyed into offices, hotel parlours, &c, under the pretence of passing the evenings in sociable games, and the ruffians succeeded in 'effecting -their objects on the daughters of a lawyer and a minister. The minister's was only 15 years of age, and-was kept away from home foar days before she was discovered. Five men, two of :thera being married, were arrested. The parents are amongst the most respected citizens.in;the town* and the offenders also moved in .good society.