AMERICA.

Clutha Leader, Volume IV, Issue 192, 15 March 1878, Page 6

AMERICA.

A commission reporting . on the revenues of the American Government showed a startling falling off. if it continues special legislation will be necessary to provide for current expenses. A tidal wave swept the coast of Peru, and damaged the Great Mole at Callao, A congress of United States naval officers recommended the apportionment of fifty thousand dollars for an Arctic expedition. William Hastings, of California, has petitioned Congress to relieve him from iiis allegiance, on the ground that Government is corrupt and justice denied him. The Chicago Courts ruled that persons taking copyright plays by shorthand were criminally liable. Deputy Grand Sir John B. Harman, U.S Oddfellows, has been commissioned to visit the Australian colonies. Senator Grant, a New York ring fugitive, has surrendered himself to justice. Sir Alexander Gait, of Canada, has arrived in Washington to promote a commercial treaty between the United States and British America. A Canals labourer's wife has given birth to twins attached by a ligature similar to the Siamese twins. Fearful gales have prevailed along the Atlantic coast. The shore was strewed with wrecks, and there was great loss of life.