ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

New Zealand Mail, Issue 661, 24 October 1884, Page 1 (Supplement)

ARRIVAL OF THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL AT AUCKLAND.

(Per s.s. Zealandia). (UNITED PRESS ASSOCIATION.) THE WRECK OF THE GUNBOAT WASP. A SENSATIONAL ELOPEMENT. THE ROYAL PRINCES AND THE FRANCHISE BILL. ANTI- VACCINATION BITTERNESS. (HEAVY ACTIONS AGAINST A NEWSPAPE R. THE IRISH NATIONALIST MOVEMENTS. MR GLADSTONE AND THE HOUSE OF LORDS. PRECAUTIONS AGAINST DYNAMITARDS. TERRIFIC HEAT IN THE UNITED S' states. MURDER OF A HALLELUJAH LASS. THE PANAMA CANAL. EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. ENGLISH SUMMARY. San Fean cisco, September 26. A piece of plate and a purse, of gold were given to Captain Jones, of the Greely relief ship Loch Garry, at London. Eastbourne, the famous Sussex watering .place, is crowded with Americans, scared by the cholera from the Continent. # Th° laving of the last deep sea section of the Irish shore end of the new BennettMackay cable will be completed about the -'sth October. Bennett is in San Francisco consulting with John W. Mackay about this k'TThe British gunboat Wasp foundered off ■ Tory Island, on the north-west coast of Ireland on September 23. Fifty-two men in- ■ eluding all the officers, were drowned. Only six persons were saved by clinging to the wreckage. The vessel struck at 3 o’clock in 1 the morning during a haze. - The cew steamer for the Cunard line, the Etruria, was launched in Glasgow on September 22. A great banquet followed the launching of the vessel, which is built to be the 2 fastest steamer afloat. According to a despatch to the Is ew jl ork Morning News, dated London, the correspondent of a well-known American newspaper had eloped from London with.the young wife of an English nobleman, and it is believed they have taken passage for the Australian colonies. The curious part of the affair is that the journalist is old enough to be the father of the lady. The names are not •made public. . A furnished house in Hampshire has just been taken for the Ticbborne claimant who will soon be released. An ample allowance has been subscribed for himself and bis two •daughters. , _ It is.saidithe Duke and Duchess of Lonnaught will visit the United States next year, returning from India by way of California. Late despatches say the price of bread is much discussed in England and Ireland, the public complaining that though wheat never reaches 40s per quarter, and barley not above 355, the price of bread remains exactly the same as when the price of wheat was ten shillings higher. The Grand Duke of Hesse intends to spend sis weeks at Balmoral, and this ha 3 caused a discussion of the Madame Katomine affair. The latter has announced her determination to fight the case iu the Courts as a finale. She has refused all bribes, and returned the first instalment of her allowance. The case will be heard on October 16. Edwin Hine, the apostle of Anglo-Israelism, starts for the United States on the Ist October. He proposes to make a lecturing tour of America, and then go to Australia. It is not expected that the infant Duke of Albany will survive the winter. Parliament will be asked at its coming seseion to make provision for the eldest son of S the Prince of Wales. A rumor was in circulation on the 22nd that the Prince of Wales and Duke of Edinburgh had announced their intention to vote for the Franchise Bill at the autumn session. Bismarck is about to visit the Prince of Wales at Abergeldie Castle. An American frigate, name unknown, ran ashore on the evening of September 13 at Flamborough Head iu a fog, but got off without assistance. ' An English Church paper savagely attacked General Wolseley and Lord Northbrook for starting on their Egyptian mission on a SunVictoria is at Balmoral for the autumn. She is said to be in an extremely gloomy state of mind, and visits John Brown s grave" daily. . Over 3000 people at Leicester were recently summoned for defying the vaccination laws, the feeling against which is incredibly bitter all over England. Rev. Mr Trackleton, a Presbyterian clergyman of Tullamore, has brought a suit for £60,000, and Mrs Brown for £20,000, against the Dublin Freeman’s Journal for damages. The Journal printed an article in its columns stating that the clergyman had eloped with Mrs Brown to Paris. A fund will shortly be staited, at the suggestion of the United Ireland newspaper, on

behalf of the Birmingham dynamitards, Daly and Egan. Fifteen thousand persons attended the funeral of Duggan, at Dublin, on September 14. Among them were O’Brien and Davit,t. Admiral Courbet, commanding the French naval force iu China, is claimed to be an Irishman, his father being a Cork man, who on emigrating to France' added “u ’ to the original name of Corbet. At a meeting of the National League, at Ballinasloe, on September 21, J. M. Kenny, M.P. for Ennis, declared that Ireland would never be contented till she was free. lhe Irish members of the Commons were opposed, he said, to the Liberal Government because they expect more from the Conservatives. Resolutions were adopted in favor of an Independent Government and a peasant proprietory. Parnell was cheered as the future Premier of Ireland. Thomas t-exton retires from Parliament aB the representative of Sligo, and will contest another seat. _ The municipal authorities of Limerick formally resolved, on the 26th, not to pay an extra police tax, or to send a deputation to Earl Spencer, Lord-Lieutenant, whom they denounce as a tyrant. The vote stood 18 to 2. Extra police were appointed by Government on the plea that the local authorities did not furnish sufficient protection against outrages, and the cost of their maintenance was assessed upon the communities to which they were assigned. This is the tax that Limerick refuses to pay. Sir Stafford Northcote, in an address to the Conservatives of Edinburgh, stid the action of the Government on the Franchise Bill demonstrated a desire to raise grievances against the House of Lords.

In a rowing match at Southampton on September 17, for £6O, an eighteen-oared crew beat by two minutes the cutter’s crew of the United States flagship Lancaster. The cutter’s crew handled fourteen oars. The Southampton crew, although the Americans had a slight lead at.the start, were soon ahead. The victors were winners by 200 yards. The time of the winning crew was 42min 27sec. The betting at the start was 3 to 1 on the Americans, In the evening, an amateur club entertained both crews. Bailey, coxswain of the American cutter, said they were never beaten before. The crew of the Lancaster stood ready to back their cutter’s crew for from £IOO to £IOOO against any other boat in England.

Mrs Weldon, who won her own case against Drs. Winslow aud Temple for illegally confining her in a lunatic asylum, i 3 again before the London Courts in the various capacities of plaintiff, defendant, and counsel. Since her first success the lady is said to have become a monomaniac on litigation. A London despatch, dated September 24, says the lately divorced Laly Golin Campbell recently applied to a leading newspaper for the position of correspondent with the Egyptian Army. Being denied, Bhe has sought retirement at the home of her mother, Mrs Edwin Maghlin Blood, in Ireland. A writer suggests to the English people of moderate means that they go for their grouse shooting, not to prohibitively expensive grounds, but to America, where, according to his calculations, a man can have ten weeks’ sport and pay his passage back and forth for 200dol. At a meeting of the Land League in Dublin on September 16, William Redmond denied that Irishmen were becoming apathetic to national movements, and expected that during the coming winter the cause would receive as great a support as it has ever had. He stated that, until the visit of himself and Sexton to Boston, the Irish Americans were entirely unaware that fioancial help was needed to forward the interests of the Irish, national cause.

Gladstone left Midlothian on September 26. On parting, he thanked his constituents with much warmth of expression for the encouraging reception accorded to him throughout his tour. The many honors shown him were due, he believed, to the great cause which he represented. He also spoke at Carlisle. Among other things of a like tenor, he sa,id in the'present crisis the Lords ought to study the best means to provide that the House of Lords shall not fall. This end can best be secured by their acting with moderation and prudence. GENERAL SUMMARY. The authorities have ordered increased precautions at Dover to prevent the landing of dynamitards endeavoring to reach London from, the Continent. English detectives accompany each steamer crossing the Channel, subjecting each passenger and all luggage to the closest scrutiny. A despatch, dated London, September 24 says the Cabinet is greatly impressed by the attitude of the country, and have resolved to create fresh Peers if a small majority rejects the Franchise Bill a ’second time. A special from London, dated September 23, says a curious political rebellion is now in progressin the county of Mayo. Ihat county is now represented in the Commons by Mr John O’Connor Power, and the Rev. Isaac Nelson. Mr Parnell desires these men to contest the county again at the next general elections, but a number of IMayo Nationalists object to dictation, and propose quite a different programme. They have decided no loDger to submit to Parnell’s autocratic sway, and will put in nomination candidates of their own selection. Their choice has fallen on Captain Boycott, who was recently the most execrated man in Ireland, and John William Nally. The growing popularity of Boycott is one of the most curious facts in current Irish history, and moderate observers consider it a sign of waning influence of the Irish National League. The local Parnelites ridicule the idea of any successful opposition being possible in the county. The R.M. steamship Zealandia, at San Francisco September 7, from Sydney, Yia

Auckland, made the fastest passage on record from the latter port to Honolulu.

AMERICAN SUMMARY.

Richard M. Hoe, printing-press manufacturer, died at Tarrytown, New York, aged /0. Rev. Dr. Newman Hall, of London, preached to crowded assemblages in Freemont Temple, Boston, on September 21. He strongly urged the practice aud virtue of temperance. California fruit growers are becoming apprehensive that the products of Meixcan orchards and vineyards will drive theirs from the markets of the United States. They therefore ask protection. _ The Bank of New Brunswick, New Jersey, stopped Dayment on September 6 at 12.45. and the cashier committed suicide the same day The president, Mr Rewoyn, followed his example on the Bth. The daughter of the latter when she heard of her father’s death, attempted to drown herself in a well. Th? bank did nearly all the financial business of the city, and its failure has worked incalculable mischief to its customers. It perished through the manipulations of a ring of political and financial tricksters. One curious feature of the affair was that the mob blockading the door of the defunct institution caught a New York Times’ reporter, aud wanted to lynch him, asserting that all the trouble arose from his paper calling attention to the rottenness of the bank. He had difficulty in saving his life - . , . , . J. H. Squier, a private banker, of Washington,'and John Woscosner, a prominent banker of Corpus Christi, Tayes, also “ suicided ” on September 10th, on account of financial diffiA heated term commenced in New York on September 10 with disastrous consequences. The temperature ranged from 75deg tolOOdeg. Nine deaths occurred at Bellcone Hospital ou the 10th, and twenty-five deaths on the 11th, all from heat. Business had to be suspended in a great degree, and the street car routes were lined with dying and dead horses. In Pittsburg, where the thermometer was 99deg, the public schools were dismissed. In Philadelphia, many persons died from the heat ; and from Washington all who could get away left, among others Commodore Schley, who said that after his recent experience in the Arctic such a high degree of temperature meant death. A feature of the present campaign is the nomination by the Equal Rights party of a woman—Mrs Belva Lockwood—for the Presidency of the United States. The Duke of Sutherland has requested, the American Fish Commissioners to send him a large shipment of little neck clams, with instructions how they should be cared for on arrival. It is intended to transplans them in England. The latest return of the wheat crop of the United States is now estimated at 530,000,000 bushels, of which California is credited with 45,000,000 bushels. Foreign immigration to the United States has fallen off 13'64 per cent for the part month (August). The remains of a party of American miners massacred by Apaches were recently discovered iu Sierra Madre mountains, Mexico. Among the party killed were Bob Henry and Edward B. Carroll, old prospectors, who discovered the celebrated Pilgrim’s Rest. They were placer miners in South Africa, also were the first to discover silver, in 1877, on the borders of New South Wales and Queensland. The hop yield of Puget Sound this season is estimated at 2,000,000 pounds. A case of genuine yellow fever developed iu New York on September 21, creating great excitement among the health authorities. “ Sitting Bull/’ the Indian chief who gave so much trouble to the United States troops, is now, with some other redskins, on exhibition at the Eden Museum, New York. The whole party, accompanied by some priests, attended St. Xavier’s Catholic Church on Sunday, September 21. The business depression in the iron and steel trade of Pennsylvania is deeper than ever, and where a large reduction of wages is not submitted to by the operatives the establishments are closed altogether. Only onehalf of the mills and glass factories are in operation iu Pittsburg, and there is great distress among the poor in consequence. Prominent rabbis of New York are making arrangements to celebrate the centenary of Sir Moses Montefiore, whose 100th birthday occurs ou October 25th. The Panama Canal Company has signed a contract with the New York Dredging Company for the cutting of the last section of the canal. The contract provides that the work shall be finished in 1887. _ De Lesseps will visit Panama early in ISSS. Miss Lucy Johnson, a Salvation Army girl was murdered by a crowd of young roughs at Albany, New York. The Salvationists were entering the Hall, when the attack was made. Isaac Newton, chief engineer of the Oooton (New York) Water Department “ suicided ” on September 15, by cutting his throat. Newton was eminent in his profession, aud managed the Monitor iu her fight with the Merrimac. . . An immense temperance meetmg in x>oston Mass., on September 19, was addressed by the Bishop of Rochester, England, and Bishop Preddock, Canada. The steamship Ocean King left Montreal.on voyageurs on board, as a force to navigate the Nile under General Wolseley’s orders. The Grey nuns of Montreal have sued to recover 100,000dols paid as taxes, claiming that by the terms of the cession of Canada bj France to England they were exempt from taxation, and the money was obtained under false pretences. . Michael Solomon, a member of the Legislative Couucil of Jamaica, has been ou a visit to the Canadian authorities for the purpose of

promoting a trade union between the colonies. The proposition is favorably entertained. Thomas Fawcett, a banker of London, Ontario, and head of several agencies in Ontario, has failed. His liabilities are estimated at 2,000,000d01s ; assets, 500,000d015. Despatches from St. John’s, Newfoundland, of September 23, say that in White Bay 3000 persons are starving, and transient aid is given by passing vessels, A great harbor demonstration and mass meeting is announced to be held at Hamilton, Ontario, on October 1. Working men from all parts of the province will take part. Resolutions are to be offered demanding the immediate stoppage of Chinese immigration, and the expulsion of all Chinamen who refuse to accept civilization and citizenship ; immediately to recall all immigrant agents in Europe or elsewhere ; and the expenditure of money thus saved to be used on public works, so as to give Canadians employment in their own country. The lifeless body of the Hon. Gillies Leigh, M P., was found od September 23 at the base of a precipitous cliff on the Big Horn range of mountains, Wyoming territory. Leigh was one of a party of tourists, and left camp on the 14th for a stroll. He was not heard of afterwards, till eight days’ search revealed his corpse. The remains were carefully coffined and sent to England. Henry Clay, grandson of the celebrated American statesman, was killed in a barroom row at Louisville, Kentucky, on September 23—shot by a barkeeper. The Secretary of the Treasury ha 3 directed the New York Collector of Customs to admit duty free the Ascot Cup, won by James R. Keene’s Foxhall. The cup had been in eus'tody of the Collector nearly three years, Keene refusing to pay' the duty. Reports from Seattle, Puget Sound, of September 23, say bop gathering is in progress, but. the weather is unfavorable, and pickers scarce. A considerable portion of the crop will rot on the vines in consequence. The estimated yield is 2,C00,0001b. Sarah Bernhardt, the actress, intends to make a tour of the world, including Australia aud California. She is paying up her debts in instalments to avoid the sale of her effects, John L. Sullivan, the American champion, prize fighter, proposes to box Billy Farnan, the Australian champion, and Alfred Greenfield. James G. Williamson, an Australian manager, arrived from Sydney by the steamship Zealandia on September 6th. He hascommuuicated his views on the colonial stage to the San Francisco Press. He left on the 16th for New York and Europe. A wedding party "of seventeen, including the bride and officiating clergyman, were poisoned at Bloomington, Illinois, hy eating canned fruits. Three died immediately.

The barque Oberon from Newcastle, June 16th, to San Francisco, has been burned at sea. The crew were saved. The Rev. A. W. Blossell, an Irishman, recently arrived at Castle Garden, New York, among 500 Mormon immigrants. He i 3 the first Irishman who has come over as a Mormon in fifteen years. Messrs Burdett and Ford, of New York, carrying on an extensive business with England and America, failed on September 24th for 500,000d015. Lawless miners in the coal districts of Pennsylvania, known as the “ Molly Maguires,” have reorganised, and are now waging quiet but deadly war against Hungarian and other European operatives recently taken on. A number of the latter were found stabbed to death. The citizens of Lewis County, Tennessee, where the iMormon elders were recently murdered, have ordered all of that faith to leave the place within thirty days, or Bhare the murdered ones’ fate. - THE CHOLERA. A despatch from Naples, dated September 13, says the better sections of the town are deserted, and all the sbop3 in Toledo are closed at 4 o’clock in the afternoon. The theatres are all shut, and many of the poorer streets are silent as death. Even the cafdjare all closed, and the only sign of life is the joiners’ hammering of rough coffins in some of these streets. Absolutely everybody is either dead or sick. In one street, Yia Duchessa, thirty cases "occurred in a single house. The smell of burned sulphur is everywhere, and_ the wretched people of the poorer classes are either stupified or frantic. Out of sheer perversity people eat more fruit and vegetables than usual. A woman selling fruit on a corner fell over dymg of cholera. Crowds made a bonfire of her chair, stand, and fruit, and then left her to die. Nobody would carry her to the hospital. From midnight of Friday, September 12, till the following Sunday afternoon, there were 1229 cases of cholera and 687 deaths. The president of the White Cross Committee received offers of personal aid from all parts of Europe, but he intimated that funds were more needed. The departure of the King led to excesses on the part of the people, and increase of the epidemic. The British Consul at N"aples had secured a separate ward for the British and other foreign patients. On the 16th the Government were considering proposals to destroy the infected portions of the city and rebuild them. The poet Cavaletti arrived on the 17th, with four squadrons of men from Milan and Tuscany mostly Garibaldians, to assist in caring for the sick. Outbreaks on the part of the rabble had constantly occurred. At Giffaui a mob opened the Lazaretto, liberated the people who were there for treatment, and threw their beds into the streets. The cordon about La Spezzia was relaxed, and over twenty persons allowed to leave by sea, after a quarantine of a fortnight. Barracks were erected iu Carnpo Marto to shelter indigent families. The police finally succeeded in breaking up religious processions which were found to be promoted for sordid speculation Two huudred and sixty-five persons died iu the

twenty-four hours ending midnight of September 17. King Humbert left Naples on the 15th September, after telling the Mayor that he departed satisfied that the cholera was decreasing. The captain of an Italian baique which arrived at the quarantine grounds at Quebec on September 13, from Marseilles, with a clean bill of health, says the cholera at that port is much worse than is made public. A death by cholera was reported in Stourbridge, Worcester, on September 16. It was reported from Toulou on the 18 h that the epidemic had increased. A repott from Naples of the same date was to the effect that the cholera had spread to the west end of the city, and the director of the incurable hospital had fallen a victim to it. The workmen of Spezzia were not allowed to leave the city to work. There were no deaths from cholera at Marseilles on September 20. The United States consul at Naples telegraphed on the 22nd that the condition of affairs was more encouraging. There were fewer cases and deaths. The number of cases for the twenty-four hours preceding his telegram was 305, and of deaths 97. On the 23rd September the cholera was reported on the increase to an alarming extent. In Geneva, 68 new cases were reported on that day. Since the outbreak of cholera in Naples, up to September 25 there had been 10,203 cases and 5385 deaths. Reports from the provinces in the south of France announce three fresh cases of cholera and three deaths. MEETING OFTHE THREE EMPERORS. The Journal de St. Petersburg, of September 16, said the meeting of the Cz ir and Emperors of Germany and Austria dominated the whole political situation, and indicated a policy of peace. The right-hand side of the palace was occupied by the German and A ustriau Emperors, while the other side was giveu up to the Czar and Czarina. Extraordinary protective measures had been tak*n on the journey from Warsaw to Skit-raievicz, and the only persons on the train besides the Imperial travellers were soldiers. In reviewing the troops on the 16th, the three' Emperors wore Russian uniforms, and marched at the head of their respective regiments, of which each was honorary colonel. They formally saluted each other in passing. The farewell at the frontier on the 7th to the Emperor of Germany by the Czar and Czarina was of a most affectionate character. The Emperor frequently kissed the Czarina and Grand Duchess Maria. TROUBLE IN TRIPOLI. Despatches from Zaira, in Tripoli, of September 16, announce a serious revolt against the Turkish Governor. It seems that he had fallen in love with a young Arab girl, who was also beloved by a young Arab sheik. The Governor, in a fit of jealou3 rage, had the sheik flogged nearly to death, aud afterwards impaled him by his own hand. His brother, in revenge fired two shots at the Governor and missed him. The wildest excitement ensued, the populace demanding the death of the Governor. A Turkish troop charged .a mob numbering over 1500 men without effect, aud reinforcements had to be sent for. EGYPTIAN AFFAIRS. Telegrams from Gordon had complained of the slowness of the authorities in sending him relief. A despatch from the French Consul at Khartoum was received at C uro ou Septtmhor 22, confirming the previous reports that the seige of that city had been raised, and that the country in the neighborhood of Khartoum is freed from the rebels, aud the ■obtaining of food supplies is comparatively easy. It was believed in London on September 22 in military circles that Government was in receipt of further advices from Gordon, which indicated that he is fully capable, not only of holding his own, but of accomplishing the full extent of his own mission with very little military assistance. London, September 23. The departure of various reinforcements under orders to sail for Egypt has been countermanded. Active preparations beiug made for an Egyptian campaign are, however, continued. Contingent troops to form a camel corps left London for Portsmouth on September 26. One thousand persons witnessed their departure, and cheered them heartily. The rest of the volunteers fjr the same corps, to the number of 800, left Aldershot on the same day. Despatches from Saakiua (September 26) say the friendly tribes of Amarara have come in asking to be supplied with food and arms to continue warfare against the Hudendowas. The rebels are impeded in their movements by the number of their wounded. Osman Digna has over 200 followers at Timai ; the rest have been dispersed by want of supplies. Handoob is unoccupied, and the road to Berber is clear of the enemy for many miles. THE FRENCH IN CHINA. M. Paternotre was instructed on September 19 to be cautious iu receiving overtures from the Chinese, as it is now believed by the French Government that they are not in earnest, and were only manoeuvring to gaiu time. Courbet, the French admiral, finds his position in regard to the rights of neutrals in Chinese waters so embarrassing that he ha 3 telegraphed to M. PeyroD, Minister of Marine, for instructions. The French had added to the previous' complications by destroying the police junks in the mid-river, which acted for the suppression of piracy. Neutral fleets are now compelled to suppress pirates. A Shanghai despatch of September 22 to the London Times, says a new complication had arisen. The blocking of the mouth of the Woosung River was ordered by the Chinese authorities, although a passage for the ships of

neutrals is to be left. A veritable panic pre vailed at Shanghai, and the merchants of the neufral ports had asked the commanders belonging to those ports to take some action. The British Consul advised the Chinese authorities to obtain skilled English assistants to keep traffic open. The Russian Consuls have offered to protect French wh ?“‘ ever the French Consuls leave. The_Ku.su fleet in Chinese waters comprises lroncl £ * three cruisers, and six gunboats. Three other ironclads are expected. Considering the small ness of Russian interests, this strength C ° AnotlS dejS 1 'Published in the Koodoo Times on September 22, says a Fran co-Russian alliance means the disintegration of China and its partition between these two countries, France taking the three southern provinces and Russia having China as a recruiting ground for her armies, the two countries being connected by railway. The alliance also means a Franco-Russian preponderance in Europe, and therefore is fraught with danger to Germany. It also means the extinction of the Chinese'trade, and imperils all English possessions in the East. , Paris September 24. It is reported that the suspension of French operations in China is due to German mediation. Admiral Peyron, Minister of Marine, has refused to request both General Briere de Lisle in Tonqurn, and Admiral Courbet in China to recommence warlike operations, with the view of hastening a crisis. General de Lisle is sanguine of success there without reinforcements. WORK ON THE PANAMA CANAL. Ac expert sent by the Montreal Gazette to critically examine the Panama Canal reports under date of September 23rd. If hts statements can be relied on, the . canal is in a very bad way. He says that during the paet six months but little substantial progress has been made. Notwithstanding the company has been claiming to have had nearly 16 000 men at work, near the close of August, there were only 7000 men, and owing to the sickly season 440 were in the hospital. Apart from that, nearly 160 were under treatment in their own houses. The laborers now employed are nearly all Jamaicans. The lack of spirit and energy is everywhere observable. Heavy rains interfere greatly with the work, and earthworks are swept away by the tropical downpours. It may be safely said that from May to the middle of December fully half the time originally calculated on by De Lessep is lost owing to rains and floods. Chaos, confusion and bad management are observable in all departments. The writer is informed on excellent authority that 80,000,000d0l m gold have been spent up to this time, or two-thirds of the whole capital of De Lesseps’ published estimate, and only one-twentieth of the actual work is completed. The company cannot deny it and prove denial. The day of reckoning is coming when the Paris directors will face the unfortunate shareholders. The awakening that awaits the latter will be painful and lasting. It is announced that De Lesseps will be in Panama in January 1885. This will lead up to a new loan of a fabulous sum, estimated at 60,000,000d0l in gold. A single flood like that of 1879—and they are .regular callers about every five years —will fill the valley and undo the greater part of the work done.