AMERICAN.

Clutha Leader, Volume VI, Issue 340, 16 April 1880, Page 7

AMERICAN.

San Francisco, March; 6th. Bennett,, of the Herald., will organise a; racing stable in England. Hanlon, the rower; proclaims that he can beat any man in the world i for 2000 dollars five seconds in five miles. '*'■■' : • 'The, Ottawa Government has subscribed 100,000 dollars to the Irish, fund. As a pendant to this it is stated 'that the unemployed in Ottawa are carrying the black flag arid demanding work or bread from the authorities. ■„ J .; -. s , -;:■ ' «-..-.■- March ,2o. ; .- --j ,-The steamer City of Sydney, which had, been delayed till the 6th to wait for. the; Australian closed mail overland, was further delayed; till the 20th by damage from -a., fire, which out, in the fore-hold .. oor,n r , Saturday night, . the, .14'thr flhe c ! argo.and,gppds were a, good 'deal ..injure^ p .l?ut the damage 'to ; the.j 'vessel was small, and will be covered \iyy 1:500.,. lv v ,. ; .C^ K ''' u: T'i:^ — Henry Rettiri^ the famous pianist, is a passenger ; ; on board 1 tbJB Ci.ty : of Syd- ' .ney.fpr| the !: col6riies; ii!)j3 "' ''"'"' '' : '" "'/'; ; ;' * business is depressed in> Sari' ; 'Fran;;' cisco,idwi'ngT6ldbouivagitatio ,tal is- jshowirig; x sigris s ;of ' withdrawing ie'asjward. „.;' ""'Fifte'en" 1 mining prospectors i in -Gold • ra^dwere killed by Indians^ !i

;_-•"/ - --..-■ ■',;""',■ ■'.■"'•'•■.""■ Under the new Constitution; th.c Chinese are not - allowed to "be employed i» : factories, mills, _&c. To enforce this,, processions of wnite labourers havebeen* visiting the different places of employment' and inieflviewing tbe em*ployeps. Their visits are marked by rude language and> threats. The representatives of the Working:*Men's party;in the Legislature are, also* i making .themselves conspiouous by re- ■ jSistingt the- Speaker's ruling and obstructing legislation. Fois a few dayspast, howevee, Mayo, Killoeh, Kearney,, and other local agitators, have not been* so active, in stirring up strife as before j; and this quietude i& said to be caused by a warning from- the .leaders of the* Vigilance Committee of 1856, that" property values had suffered quite-enough-by this senseless turmoil. ■ United* States troops from various - parts of the coast have been ordered to-* concentrate on San Francisco, and the 1 • local militia has been held in readiness- , for a risin g-. Kearney was arrested on the 20th, . and fined 100d015.,. with six ■months'"" imprisonment. ' A journalist and* clergyman of Rich--;mond, named L. R. Dickenson, held in* great repute there, had decamped after committing forgeries- to a large** amount. Tilden has lost the Pennsylvanian» support, and is generally losing grounds in tlie race as &■_ Presidential candidate--for the Democratic party. The British Arctic Expedition sails*in May nest. The new route by Acheson to Peka-~ arid Santa Fe Railroad- between the--Atlantic and the Pacific States deVelopes under better prospects than at" first were proposed! It is intended to^make a terminus at Griganes, and theDirectors have succeeded in obtaining" from, the Mexican Government sucb> concessions as will practically give^them a monopoly of the Australian and* New! Zealand and' South and Central*' American business. Those interested 1 * claim that this route- will be 300 miles--shorter than the present route between^ New York and San Francisco, and that"it will bring Australia and- New Zea- ■ land 100 miles nearer to New York.-: than they now are. The Chinese Government propose to«---retaliate and , make its foreign policy conform to the ancient usages of the— Empire. A delegation of Chinese had*. been sent to Washington from San> Francisco to find whether the Government intend to protect their countrymen in the peaceful pursuit of industry in the United States, An explicit answer is required. A Chinese Masonic Society has been:*formed at, l^ew York, Dr C. C. Cox, United States Commissioner to the Industrial Exhibitions at Sydney, has returned invalided by. the late steamer from that port, and« says the American display at the Exhibition, although not large, attracted a <-. great deal of attention. The Exhibition which is to take place in Melbournein October this year, will, in his^" opinion, be on an extensive scale, and American v ' industries will be more largely shown. The doctor furtherthinks that trade between the Pacific?' Coast and Australia will b 9 greatly in- ' creased by these exhibitions. Dr Lesseps had a quiet reception on» his arrival in Now York. Railwaymen in Washington say he will offerthe presidency or vice-presidency of the^ Isthmus Canal Co. to General Grant, and that he expects, by means of that 1 offer, to secure the placing in the • States of one- half his proposed capital. In his interview with President Hayes, the great engineer was given plainly to~ understand that the States must have a* ..preponderation of influence on any: Isthmus Canal Co. Dr Le&seps was*disappointed with this interview, and}* merely said the canal was a business, and not a political proposition. Alluding to the preponderating influences,. s the London Standard remarks that this, is something about which England will* have a : word to say. Neither at Panama nor Suez must any power interferewith commerce. Dr Lesseps arrived at San Francisco on Marcti 6th, and wascourteously received by the French consul and the . commercial public generally. He leaves for Europe on the* .Ist: .••"' =-. '- ■■■ ■ ■ ■ , -■-."■ A special contribution named the- " Bush Fund "' has- been made in S\n> Francisco for the purpose of employing*needy ones on the public works at Idol, a day., , ' St.: Patrick's Day was -'not generally observed;! W. S. money, heretofore devoted to parades, &c, was- sent to the" Irish relief fund. J-. O\ Flood-, the Bonanza King;,, having soJ d lout all. his real and per— ;sonahproperty to his partner, will, go to-" New. >York for residence, He canoote stand the constant attacks; oh. him .in* ■• SatT Francisco. : j Mr P&rnell will return; after the Parliamentary elections' to' America. 'He' b^as 'raised 200,000dols. for Ireland, anc& . [remitted 20j000> „ - „.,,..*,.•■-,-...•..■ • TheiPanama Railway feel anprehenjsions/at 1 the proposed road across the* |TstHmus of Tehentepek. The route is= '{ 1 250" miles fearer^ Ban" FHiiciscO; on one-rT; 'side^arid^ foil the Ijojmer., i,',oL'iy -/U"^-.- vv''-t .rf'tn^r;'---l i- A -leading ;' Jspvrl Yojrl^ ; ciiti|e|i^inv&^ • strong. jßpjpeal) -asks that^Kel'^^gijjett,-^ rto'the starvinffv'AmericanC^atlu'oTOepa^iv 5 well as*, tovvthe •■•distr.essea^tT|Bq^-^:v^; v i )■:. The jNew ':- York I Her 'alb^risli^iwlielr;^ ; fund- had reached