AMERICAN

Bruce Herald, Volume XI, Issue 1016, 7 June 1878, Page 3

AMERICAN

San F_.a_-tc.Bco, May 13. • . v . i ,,-. . i. -i j^Many people in and alone the coast are starving through the incessant failure of thecrops/and have been compelled to eat doge. Hundreds are dying from ecurvey. °' ' - The Bolivian barque Premaigo sailed for New Zealand with timbe r _v r Kearney has been deposed from the presidency of Diaz. The Government of Mexico has been recognised by the United States. Canada is fortifying vigorously and extensively. „ ' The Marquis of Lome and, the Earl of Dunrobin will visit Western -America. William Smith O'Brien, of .the,. Bonanza, had' in his will provided for six millions of doH*? 3 ' The general impression is that he is worth from fifteen to twenty millions. Remington and Sons, rifle manufacturers, of New York, have suspended payment on account of inability of foreign Governments) to pay claims for arms furnished. ' , ' The British Minister of Washington has a list of every Russian agent: and every representative of the Irish element working in the Russian and Fenian interests. - - A Fenian attack or feint on Canada, Is said to be intended if Russia and England go to war. _ — . The Fenian commander made his debut at New York to a large audience, and met with favourable criticism. „ The German steamer Sienberg of Hamburg, chartered by the Russian Government, is lying-off Ellsworth, Maine. She has on board forty Russian - officers and five hundred Russian seamen. Their object is supposed to be to man privateers, and they are waiting about Maine until determined where to land. Several of the Russian officers have been previously on the Pacific coast, and in India and China. The Hamburgh steamers Hammond, Westphalia, Tunrigia, Franconia, and Rheinena- have been chartered by the Russian forces. Russian officers are get ting numerous-in New York. The Russian Minister has removed his residence from Washington to New York, in order to be in a moire convenient posi , tion. for the rapid despatch of business in the event of war. . New York dealers have . received numerous letters from California, asking the price of arms. The impression is that hostilities are probable between the working men and CMnese factioris. Quarrels between the Orangemen and Catholics at Montreal lasted several days. The' Fenian Brotherhood near St. Albans, Vermont, are oi^aniang.