THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 209, 11 September 1875, Page 9

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

ARRIVAL OF THE S.S. MIKADO AT AUCKLAND. (PER PRESS AGENCY.) _ Auckland, Thursday. The Mikado has arrived. She left ’Frisco at noon on the 16th ultimo. Passengers for New Zealand—Cabin : Miss Poole, Mrs. Vou Tempsky, Messrs. Parison, Shipley, Burchett, Whitaker, Darky, Seward, Luckloff, Fitzroy, Isaacs, Mr., Mrs., and three Misses Brettel, Mr. Blondell, and 12 steerage ; 18 cabin and 35 second class for Australia. GENERAL NEWS SUMMARY. The German Government have addressed a formal complaint to Russia rc the infraction of the frontier at Dombrowa. The Russian soldier who originated the difficulty has died from wounds received in the affair. Colonel Baker, convicted of an assault on a lady in a railway carriage, has been dismissed from the British army. A battle has taken place between the Carlists and Alphonsist troops at Andant. The latter were repulsed with great slaughter. The Times iu a review of the corn market concludes by saying that the damage to the crops is not so serious as was at first feared. Hop blight is damaging that crop. Two hundred Jesuits were ordered out of Costa Rica on the representations of the Freemasons.

Gladstone’s pamphlet has elicited a reply from Cardinal Manning, who says Gladstone is one of the chief apostles of revolution against the peace of the Christian Church. The Bishop of Gnezen, who had been acting in place of Archbishop Lehehowski, has been expelled from liis diocese by the German authorities.

The Madrid Government intend sending 10,060 troops to suppress the Cuban insurrection.

The United States Government has called in 10,000,000d015. more of paper money. A clerk of Blake, Robins, and Co., San Francisco, has levanted with 25,000d015. A terrible railway disaster occurred iu Chili on the Santiago and Valparaiso Railway. A train was passing over a bridge when it gave way, and the whole train, containing fifty persons, was precipitated into the river. The lamps were broken aud set fire to the train. Half the passengers were crushed or burned to death.

Several Carlist villages have submitted to the Government.

The frontier difficulty between Russia and Germany originated through the Russian frontier guards at Dombrowa trespassing across the frontier, when a serious scuffle ensued with the Prussian guards, several being wounded.

1500 mill operatives have struck at Fall River, United States, rather than submit to a 10 pier cent, reduction in wages.

Serious riots occurred at Glasgow on August the 9tli. Many were badly hurt. The Catholics, armed with hatchets, steel knuckledusters, and knives, were organised under leaders. The Volunteers and troops got in readiness. Several of the men taken into custody were said to be head-centres. The riot was suppressed by the arrest of the ring-leaders The French Canadians at Montreal opposed to compulsory vaccination attended a meeting of the City Council, at which the subject was to he discussed. They smashes the windows with stones, and created a riot, which compelled the postponement of the consideration of the subject. ' The jury at-Ucn b to try the leading Mormons for.Re"Mountain Meadow massacre was discharge)} without a verdict. All the Mormons on t*o jury held out for acquittal. ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS. (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT.) Auckland, Thursday. The Mikado brought 538 cases of salmon aud a quantity of miscellaneous goods. She is three days under her contract time. The Taranaki, which takes the Southern mails, not having arrived yet, will cause a delay in the despatch of them. She will return immediately after her arrival. The Mikado proceeds to Sydney to-morrow morning. The run from San Francisco was made in twenty-two days twenty-one hours.

A waterspout broke over Rhenish Prussia. Several houses and bridges were washed away. Thirteen people were drowned. The proposal to federate the South African colonies lias caused a reaction in favor of the Colonial Office among the settlers, who have received the federation scheme most favorably. A stir has been created in Scotland on the subject of ritualism, in consequence of the minister of Danse, Per wick shire, putting the initials 1.11.5. on the communion cloth, and celebrating tlie communion more than once a quarter.

At an entertainment given to the Tlon. Mr. Fox by the United Kingdom Alliance a resolution was passed welcoming him as a “patriotic statesman and earnest social reformer,” on the motion of Mr. Rope, Q.CJ., seconded by Cardinal Manning. Mr. Fox, in reply, bore testimony to the good working of the main liquor laws as observed by him during bis recent visit to the prohibition states. .John Bright received a letter, urging him to give his support to the effort by Whalley to bring a man over from New Zealand wlio is the real Arthur Orton. Bright replied in an able letter, showing that the real Arthur Orton would never come from New Zealand, as he was now in Dartmoor gaol, lie traced the leading points of the trial, showing clearly that the Claimant was an imposter. In Parliament Whalley asked the Home Secretary whether a communication had been addressed to him from Now Zealand, expressing readiness to prove that Arthur Orton was iu that colony, and would appear if guaranteed a free pardon for the offences alleged against him. Mr. Cross replied that as he had no reason to suppose that Arthur Orton, who was in prison in England, could be in New Zealand, be must entirely refuse to grant any freedom from arrest to any person in that colony. An Old Catholic conference was held at Bonn. There were about thirty English and American clergymen present, and several Arcliimandrates and Bishops of tlie Eastern Church. Dr. Bollinger’s plan of confederation and intercommunication among separated churches was considered. The union is to be based on the mutual recognition of primitive truth in the Bible and early fathers. The conference has nearly agreed on a formula for the procession of the Holy Ghost, to bo observed in Eastern and Western Churches. Bismarck prohibits the proposed pilgrimage of German Catholics to Lourdes. Eighty thousand Bonapartists celebrated the fete of Napoleon by attending high mass at the Church of St. Augustin. Letters from Cape Coast, West Africa, protest against the miseries inflicted by the King of Dahomey in that part of Africa, and describe the horrible human sacrifices carried on. There are French factories and missionaries there, but they dare not interfere. AMERICAN NEWS. At a meeting of the Presbytery of San Francisco the Rev. R. S. Scrinigeour, of the Presbytery of Dunedin, New Zealand, was admitted a member of the Presbytery. One practical result of the Beecher-Tilton scandal has been the suspension of J. B. Ford and Co., New York, who were publishers of the Christian Union, the popularity of which rested chiefly upon the articles contributed by Beecher. These articles were interrupted by the scandal of the trial, and the subscription list has woefully fallen off. This is said to result, to a very great extent, from the belief iu Beecher’s guilt. Then also, his “Life of Christ,” the first volume of which was written four years ago, people do not care to buy, unless they may be able to purchase tlie other volume. Many also will not purchase it at all since the ventilation of the scandals. The first volume fell dead in England as soon as the Tilton exposure reached there, so that whether innocent or guilty, the scandal has not only had its damaging effects upon Beecher and all parties directly interested, but also upon innocent persons connected iu business enterprises with him. Tilton s counsel also served a notice of a new trial. Notice of trial for 100,O00dols. for libel at the suit of Theodore Tilton against the Brooklyn Eayle and Thomas Kinsella, was entered also. It is rumored that Moulton will shortly make an effort to secure Beecher’s indictment and trial on a charge of perjury. By a fire iu Sacramento (j6,ooodols. worth of property was destroyed. A widespread conflagration was prevented by shade trees. (PEIt PRESS AGENCY.) Tlie riots in G lasgow originated over the O Connell celebrations, and the combatants were Orangemen and Home Rulers. The mail steamer Boyne struck on the rocks between the Isle of Man and Brest (.sir) and was wrecked. The crew and passengers were saved. The clerical party in Italy have had a victory in the recent elections. They have formed an offensive and defensive alliance against the Liberals.

An additional hundred thousand dollars of specie was recovered from the wreck of the Schiller.

Central Asian despatches report feat a revolution has broken out. Hokua Khan IBs fled His forces joined the insurgents.

The electoral excitement at Colombo A likely to cause war.

A massacre occurred at St. Miguel, Panama. Telegrams regarding it state :—“ After the barracks had been taken nothing was heard but the savage yells of the assailants dispersing in all directions, breaking open the doors and windows of tlie houses of merchants and others, robbing, pillaging, and assassinating; iu their fiendish occupation applying torches to houses, and whatever else their whims proposed. Amidst this the cries, “Death to foreigners,” “Death to heretics,” were constantly hoard. T 1 10 town remained for three days at the mercy of the assailants. During that time all classes of crimes were committed ; and even those who took refuge in the church wore threatened with assassination bv the mob.

The losses in property will not fall short of one million of dollars. The foreigners in tlie place have addressed a letter to their respective Governments for tlie purpose of making the Government responsible for it.” President Gondales, of Salvadore, had about fifty of those engaged in the recent fanatical outbreak shot in squads at towns between San Miguel and the capital, causing the padres, who occasioned the riots, to witness the executions. Many of these victims confessed they were set on by the padres, by telling them they might rob the rich provided they gave a part t»> the Church. Great sorrow and indignation is expressed throughout Central America at the events in San Miguel, in which the respectable clergymen join. Gladstone has published another pamphlet, discussing tlie question of the Papacy. He makes a strong attack on the Papacy, from which he predicts future trouble to Great Britain; and on the Continent, he declares that the Papacy will seize the first opportunity through bloodshed to maintain its rule, and, if necessary, even plunge the world in war. Fifty mills are closed in Ashton, England. Eight thousand operatives arc thrown out of employment. Fifty-one mills are closed in Dundee ; 1'2,000 persons are thrown out of employment. Both employers and operatives are resolved not to yield. The Oldham strikes extend to all the mills ; 20,000 persons will be out of employment. The Pope lias written to the Archbishop of Naples, anathematising Italian national Catholicism.

A telegram of the latest date says all the Turkish regiments in garrison at Roumauia and Bulgaria have been ordered to march to Herzegovina. The insurgents burned some villages, and massacred the whole Mahomedan families. The Austrian Government has notified the necessity of forming measures for the suppression of the insurrection in Herzegovina. At the O’Connell Centenary celebration, Dublin, 40,000 persons lined tlie streets. Members of the Fenian Amnesty Association marched with banners at their head hung with chains, and flags draped with crape. Lord O’Haghan was to have delivered an oration, but was unable to attend. The Mayor essayed, but was cried down with shouts for Butt. The Mayor withdrew under the protection of the police. Butt and other members of Parliament addressed those present. There were no disturbances. A sermon was delivered by Dr. Croke, late Bishop of Auckland, now Archbishop of Cashel. It was much admired for its eloquence. It is sharply critised by Liberal Catholics for drawing a new Ultramontane line, which virtually excludes Liberals from the Church. The Dublin Mail says nine parts of the discourse were devoted to the Church and one to O’Connell. A grand banquet, at which the Lord Mayor presided, was given at the Exhibition Palace in the evening. The proceedings were marked by no incident of interest until one of the regular toasts, viz., “ The Legislative Independence of Ireland,” was reached. This the Lord Mayor announced, and called on Charles Cavan Duffy to respond. Duffy, on rising, was greeted with tremendous uproar. There were shouts for Butt for twenty minutes. There was a scene of wild disorder. The Lord Mayor made repeated attempts to gain a hearing, but iu vain, and vacated the chair. Dr. Butt then rose and began to speak, when the gas was extinguished, and the company dispersed in great confusion before the series of regular toasts wore finished. Inquiry into the latest revolutionary movement in Peru shows that the Arequipa friars of the Convent of Our Lady of Mercy were actively concerned in the revolution. Some forty conspirators were captured in the monastery, and the Bishop of the diocese has been appealed to to close the rebellious institution. According to accounts from Damascus, cholera is raging there. Four hundred cases are reported daily, but tlie real number is concealed. The Christian quarters were deserted. Sudden deaths were occurring iu the streets. There are no physicians nor medicines to supply the patients. Disease is also bad at Antioch and Saligah (?), and among the Druses. The mission schools are closed, and the children dispersed. The Spanish Government decree is promulgated, ordering a levy of IOO,OOC men for military service. Tlie levy includes youths who shall be nineteen years of age before the 21st December next. Another decree directs the Minister of Finance to redeem the floating debt issued, by consolidated scrip of (10,000,000, in order to guarantee future loans and advances. The man-of-war Victoria is bombarding the city of Lexescavan on tlie coast of Abysiuia. The inhabitants were preparing to invade Kgypt. The Khedive sent reinforcements to the border. Extensive floods are reported in the Punjaub, India. Travelling on the railways is interrupted. A lawyer of Hatherleigh, Devonshire, is the winner of the Queen's Prize at 'Wimbledon this year. The .Agent-General of Canada is cautioning immigrants against going there in the present state of trade, and says to do so just now is almost criminal, it being disastrous both to emigrants and the colony. AMERICA. San Francisco, August 17The Vasco do (lama is the first boat of the new .service, and leaves on October 1 1 . The San Francisco papers protest against the dangers of tlie Fiji and New Zealand coastal service, and also regret the appearance of Hall’s name in connection with the new service, and deny that Hall has secured any special concession from the Overland Railway. Further litigation is probable in the BeccherTiltou case. Beecher’s publishers have failed, owing to the cessation of the demand for the Christian Union and the “Life of Christ.”

A disastrous flood is raging in Indiana. At the beginning of August the Terre Haute

River was swollen to three miles wide. Six million bushels wheat are reported drowned out. Several houses at Roelshill were washed away and miles of railway embankment, and thirty bridges destroyed. On the Evansville seven bridges wore destroyed, and a large bridge at Reels ville. The embankments were washed down in all directions. In Mississippi, Missouri, and Illinois the railroads wore similarly damaged by floods. Tlie American Centennial board of finance, at Philadelphia, announce that they require a million dollars more for the building, and appeal to the citizens for aid. A lynching case is reported from Nashville, Tennessee. ■ Oil the Ist August the most prominent men in Rutherford became disgusted at tlie slow process of trying Jesse Woodson, accused of murdering Mrs. ( kIITO tt, and taking forcible possesion of him, liung him on the same tree as Joe Copeland and Joe Woods, two notorious ruffians. When taken down seventeen shots were found in him. Measures are to be taken to punish the members of the mob.

A fatal explosion occurred at Bridesburg arsenal, Pennsylvania, on the 7th August. The building was burned to atoms, and several lives lost. The scene of the accident is near the mouth of the Delaware. Tlie explosion originated in the laboratory.

New York, August 17

Wool more active ; prices variable. Sales —Californian spring, ISc. to floe. Boston sales large. No Australian quoted. Spirits of turpentine—Sales, 32c., steady. Rosin, no life in market.

San Francisco, August 17

The wheat market is weaker, but there is no pressure to realise ; there is little offered for less than 2dol. 25e. Flour, superfine, odd. to sdol. 50c.; extra, (idol. 25c. Liverpod quotations—-" Wheat, 11s. 3d. to 12s. 3d. Lsual amount of barley offering. San Francisco brewing, Idol. doc. to 2dol. SOe. Wool, choice long, 24c. to 27c. )>er lb. Oregon salmon, 7dd. to Sdol. in lbs., 4dol. 50c. for half lbs. Petroleum—Devoe’s nozzle, 251 c.