AMERICA.

Daily Southern Cross, Volume XXVI, Issue 3970, 13 May 1870, Page 4

AMERICA.

The New York Tribune's special says the rumour is renewed that the Pacific Mail Company intend to withdraw the California steamers, and concern their business with the China trade. The business by the Isthmus is very small, and the Panama Railroad has refused to reduce its rates to allow the | steamers to compete successfully with the j overland route. It is stated chat the California line has withdrawn a steamship to be employed in the new American line to Europe. J The Tribune's special says in a letter from Nova Scotia: — "It is asserted on pretty good authority that the United States Go- j vernment has been sounded on the subject of annexation, and has expressed itself favourable, and is ready to open negotiations as soon as the people, by a fair vote, desire annexation, and send delegates to Washington for that purpose. " A late number of the Yarmouth (Nova Scotia) Herald says the people of the "Western counties, with few exceptions j are stiongly in favour of annexation to the United States, and, from reports that come from the East, they are willing and seem very much the same Newfoundland despatches report that there is great discontent at the refusal of the British Government to afford further military protection. The Newfoundland organ of the Canadian Dominion says the feeling in favour of annexation to the United States is increasing, and an announcement to that effect is talked of. The Dominican Republic has formally declared the annexation to the United States. The vote being taken by the Government shows an ovei whelming majority m favour of it. The Judges of the Superior Court, Cincinati, have rendered their decision in the case involving the leading of the Bible in public schools. The action was to dissolve an injunction heretofore granted, restraining the operation of the resolution of the School Board providing that the reading of the B ble and all religious instruction in public school shall not be permitted. Judge Hogan held that the provisions of the Constitution recognised the religion of Christianity, and <ickiio\v.i edged that rehqion and morality ■» ere neaes&ai yto good government ; and that the State iibod religion as a means to promote good government ; and therefore the exclusion of all religious instruction from public schools was contrary to the provision of the Bill of Rights. Judge Storey concurred, and the injunction was made perpetual. Judge Tait dissented. The World having asserted that Greeley sought refuge under the table and windows of a restaurant during the July riots, the Tribune pronounces the author "A liar — a graoeless, shameless, villainous, detestable liar." Private letters from Madrid say the Spanish authorities will sell Cuba to the United States for G0,000,000d01. in gold, but the present temper of the Spanish people precludes negotiations for this object. Governor Seward and party have arrived^ at Baltimore in the steamer 'Cuba,' from Havana. The ex-Secretary is in excellent health and spirits. An English gentleman, who ig looking at Californian investments, desired to invest in a shave and shampoo, tor which he paid Idol. 25 cents. He was offered land at that price per acre : and he complains that in San Francisco he has to pay the price of an acre of land for a shampoo. The Supreme Court of the United States, in a case involving the validity of a divorce granted in Indiana, held that, being valid by law in that State, under the Constitution of the United States it must prevail in every I portion of the country. The Minnesota Senate, by a vote of 12 to 9, passed the House bill to provide for the submission of an amendment to the State Constitution allowing women the suffrage. 7he bill provides for taking in separate boxes the votes of women on the amendment. The Governor will probably sign the bill. Inbense excitement, says the Bulletin, prevails at San Diego, created by apparently well-corroborated evidence of the discovery of rich gold mines in that vicinity. The exhibition of 1,2001b. of rock brought in from the George Washington ledge, seems to have started the big rush to the new mines. The half -ton shipped to Kountree and McMnllin, of San Francisco, will yield from l,ooodol. to 2,000d01.