ARRIVAL THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Southland Times, Issue 3324, 14 February 1879, Page 2

ARRIVAL THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

, — «, «>. — — " .^.AUCKLAND, Thursday:.* The mail steamer Australia came alongside the wharf shortly after nine this morning. -- w_ %j. *i SA S ESAJ&SISCq, J A?- 2, 1 "- a_ The mail steamer was detained here thirty hours, owing to the long passage of the mail across t-thej 1 Atlantic. Severe snow storms 6ccurred*on the Continent and in America. Mr Duncan, formeily. of Dunedin, died at "his' daughter's fesidence;-FFUitvale;--*Oak-*: land. .i t. "-. ~. j . t i jA*sr..2o. The Oxford University boat crew declined -to row the Harford crew because of the lateness", of the date. The Right Hon. W. E. Forster, speaking at a soiree at the Bradford Chamber of Commerce, said they did not know the strength of .protection in/ the United States. It was -particularly disheartening) but he thought i that no threat of imposing customs duties would have any effect ; the United States would.only .thereby be provoked to join issue to see which side was the .strongest. Besides", such policy -would be impracticable ; because to bring serious pressure on the United States it would be necessary to tax such vital "necessities, as wheat.and Oatmeal. The Noitb" Wales Quarrymens' Union has 'offered the same premium to its members who emigrate!! as that offered by the North Wales Miners' Association, namely, £7 to thos * emigrating ' to America, <and £1 4 to Ithose, desiring to go to Australia. <The/ Quarrymens' Union offered £2 additional to any member emigiating west of Chicago. It is believed ;that many will accept, as the sraaUer quarries 'mostly remain closed, i' 1 . w.„j •'\ > " The cotton mUls at Preston have given j notice of reduction of —wages from 5 to 10 • per cent. A _■ BERLIN, Jan. 20. Bismarck has written and caused to be ■ published a letter appealing to the agricultural community of Germany, to afford A hirn their united and vigorous support, in his work of fiscal reforms. He refers to the new duties ,- to be imposed on imported corn, and cattle, and expressed his opinion that such taxation has become an unayoiclable necessity. , At Briefeu (?)", the police prohibited the collection, solicited , by socialist leaders, and arrested a man" for persisting in doing so. ' Prince Bismarck is preparing to submit to the Feudal, Council , a law for the regulation of railway tariffs., ' ,' Herr Bemmingsen, president of the' Land Tax Committee, lately protested his inability to protect outsiders.fi'om rhetorical insults by members. He undoubtedly played, designedly 'or not, into the hands -of the Government | with regard to parliamentary discipline, till the North Gazette exultingly declares, this | protest to be a declaration of bankruptcy of | disciplinary ppwer. (,j • , ( i The Czar of Russia has ordered the author- i ities of East Siberia to immediately dispatch, I overland, a pledge expedition to ascertain ' the > whereabouts ■of Norden Kgolds' expedi- : tion. Major St. John, of the British army, was fiied upon in the streets of Zandahar, by a frantic native, but was not wounded. The man was hanged. A lieutenant of the Royal Artillery was severely wounded, and two soldiers slightly stabbed. Thejassembly of Bulgarian notables to elect a prince has-been postponed foi ,J a week. Mukhtar Pasha has appointed Jarmard as a meeting place for the frontier commission. The Greek delegates .have been instructed to insist on the .cession . of v Jarmard,, Greek .journals urge Government 'to^remain firm" oh' this point. . The steamer Oberh6h,fioai New Orleans to Liverpool, went ashore in a. gale, in White's Bay whilst entering ' the harbor. ' "The vessel had previously lost her propeller. A popular vote throughout Switzerland re-sulted-in a , large . majority in favor of siibY,ehtibh (?)"to' the St.- Gothard and other Alpine railways. ■ '•' •.' " ■'•''■ A despatch from Vienna hints that the delay to the signation of the Convention is due to the revival of Russian influence at Constantinople,' and : intrigues' to prolong? 6c-. icupation. , : -.-., .•-,-, - „'...!:' . -• It is semi-officially stated "that the exchange of views relative to the joint occupation of Eastern RbumeUa has been Without result. It does -not at present appear likely that such a scheme could he. carried but. The construction of barracks for 15,000 men in Constantinople has been ordered. The following items are under date— New . York, Jan. 20 :— The loss of the Worth street fire at New York is 2,600,000 doI.~ " " ""**' -Archbishop Purcell has filed a deed rop trust to secure his creditors. f 4 The following- fires .are- r reported : — The" New Market, - Lecture and {Sunday School Rooms, and the First r Presbyterian Church '. wereiburned this morning, . The loss, is esti-, mated at £20,000. The Emanuel' Cbhgre- ... gational ; Church, Boston, was burned to-day ; loss,' £so,ooo. The' woollen mill of ' Messrs John Brown and Son, Philadelphia, was' burned this morning ; loss, about £15,000. Several smaller fires also occurred during the last four days. At Gensee, Illinois, Mr Kidders flourmiHs were burned ; the loss^ is £37,000. At "Omaha the Occidental Hotel was burned, the same morning ; it cost £20,000. A Bill granting; an-; amnesty to Morman polygamists has been introduced into the Senate. Mr Edmonds delivered an elaborate speech on a resolution by .him;..which provides for terminating' so**' much- ' '6'f the Treaty of Washington as alludes to the | fisheries by giving the notice required by its ; prohibitors. The _resolutipn was referred to the Foreign Relations' Committee. Accord- j ing to present appearances the resolution will be adopted by the Senate without opposition, and the President wUI promptly give j the -required notice to the Government of J Great Britain. - ' r Mr J. G. Harrison, formerly of Auckland, will have a public reception at San Francisco ' in recognition of his services in connection with the presentation of the Beaconsfield ' testimonial, in' England: ' ' f ' : * GENEVA, Jan. 20. The Council df Stele has asked for 10,000 francs to reUeve destitute workmen.. BERLIN, Jan. 21. It is stated that Prince Bismarck ' has decided to withdraw ' the ' Parliamentary Discipline Bill, leaving- the matter to the decision of the' Reichstag. *, rl . LONDON, JAN. 21. The liabilities pf the , Gottesburg Commercial Company are £200,000. The faUure was caused by advances, to Swedish timber merchants and the'paper inUls. ' ' The Afghan war progresses satisfactorily, the British being victorious everywhere. At the ; date of the last despatch General Brown was reported to have occupied Jellalabad without opposition on -December 31. The notables of tbe city ' came but to meet him,and the .inhabitants were friendly. The Ameer left Cabul in December to accompany with his escort and body' guard General Brasgonoff of the Russian legation. A portion of the Ameer's escort deserted him, and returned from, Turkestan to their homes. It was rumored at the- 'same- time that Yakoob Khan had been 'proclaimed; Ameer by the chiefs of a large section of the Afghan nation. The truth; appears to be that Yakoob reliedonlyonhis remonstrance with the Afghan chiefs and on the Ameer, intimating his intention of flight. *rje was invested with authority subject tO'insfcriptipns from the Ameer, who intends visiting St. Petersburg, to adctress the' European powers, and Jay his. case against Britain before them. General Kenpan (!) telegraphed for instructions as,to how to receive him. - The report that Yakoob Khan appeared rat JeUalabad, and tendered bis submission ..«on the 27th of 'December/ is untrue, Yahoob endeavored to organise a Government, and take measures for defence, but. the ' trooos refused to accept him, as a leader. \ As they failed to take the oath and stand fhy r him, Yakoob refused .to' pay them, upon which four regiments deserted, and ',Vali Mahbmmed refused to "obey the Yakoob's -orders. • f " l "_"' , On entering Jellalbad the British found a proclamation by the" Ameer, dated Nov. 11, proclaiming a holy war against- England proving that Shera Aii anticipated the ViceToy's ultimatum by one day. ' " A Calcutta despatch says: Before* leaving o*t,bul,' Share .Aii wrote to'the Viceroy of India stating thpt be \yos4 wtyrn' to Afghanistan

af ter laying his case before the congress at St. Petersburg. Major Cavagnari. is instructed • to receive any peaceful overtui-es.in ."ivefyl friendly manner. So far Yakoptf Khan 'has*' I made no sign Of fighting. Disturbances in j the vicinity of Khyber Pass occurred, the Pass ! being closed three days; except to; strong convoys. This compelled temporary atiand- s onmentof;the Prefect, to conSouc|.a ; telegraph through the Pass. - TJT- -:'"-L-\ %TThe usual reports of chaotic confusion"inl-^ the Commissariat transports department come -frpjn ;, thCjl r,pnt__ ;One,Si.kh jegiment has been - wHhdrawii _ roni the^eld : because^ half thejmen were sick and several died. One EnglKfi/regiment has heehf Withdrawn from the'lieidr - 6n : -similar "grdiinds.^and an English regiment was also withdrawn from ■•-, Under date January J0, .& -despatch from" ; Hazie says :— General Roberts has arrived within sight of the residence of th^e'Gqverhbr.' of Khost; whp^sent: in his siibmissiontoj'the .Viceroy, and .'•'telegraphs that Said Mi3Lhqmet[ chi,pf v of Khumar YaUey, whp-r^ frieh dly v letter';*; by.' v Majpr , CavaVharij; is* ex> "*; pecte'd at: ■■". Jellalabad *on* : iahuiffy^_T""The;t ■ British Under-generals S^ are within 'three days, of G&hdahar, having * made_.a. roadacross the ran^e, and so avoided conflict "jntk-.'theV-.e^^^ rbhteT The 'Goverriment;bf'' ,i CanQ*aHaiv'.has. : : called oh; all male inhabitantS;of ■ the province; to resist the British,! and' the, call has been generally; responded toT No ; combatants are lef t" in\Gahdahar, ahdit; is reported' that the ;Mghans, , flooded thelva^ and the 1 'defensive ; t ;portiohTbeyo'Dd- toccheckk k the, advance! '"bf • theTe'nem^.T' THis iwas the ■ pd§itib'U pf affalrs^"s<ral&ii_^^ Jahuairy 10T A, .band ;.pf ' v M^hi; cently made an eScufsip'n ;int^;Br_tish terri-. tol-y,' and : '-pluhdei'ed^ i the inhabttah ts. r ■ They.' 1 wei-e pursued by cavah-y, anda-etreatedto the-'' hiil^ ;i bui;part of t^ *inf orceiiettts. wer'e';sent . ' tQ- : prevent «, repeti-^' tion of tne.raid..! ■'•■.;-..-..'•' aA^ :.7au''[ 777:- :7A' The' "Dondpn Times, J;animry 6, says:—Rectification T bf the Afghanfr.dntielri-vvUl!prOba^^ consist in . the ; i-etehtioh- "bf • 'the' rPeshawur Valley; and 1 the ' 'Kiirrah;'^ 'YaUe^;-ahd v Khyber \ Pass, butjthere ' isffe-ason .-tp' believe that- the;; intei-vening'bpaces will *rib'tf'be"?_imeWded;-'^- '''"'■''.' ; A^Ja'lctaf ta despafeh,^"Jahuß^tT' m tl m^esi ; that'^eheral; Robert : rea-chsßd'';Kakante' yiesferday^ 'The*' TJepiity- ■;'■ governor Tpf Kho'st ; :'e"am.e th^ transf er' to 'the British ' commahdbr :repbrts: arid xecords ' ' wnichi il; is ! -supposed-, 'contain : full information regarding the revenues Of : the ; Ehp3t^ aucl^ l Khusiih districts^ ' ThPipeople of Khb'st were' first unfriendly, but were soon' reassufedT^'-^-' T-T - : A-'^.. a ■'■-"> AA' :■-'-• " ; T*: ; Onthe.Btii,the.con-esp6ndeh'tTvith Q(aettah v column arihouricedthatthe ■eommahderofithe : Britishadvahced cavalry sent back a despatch stating that the Governor of^ Candahar occupies a defensive positibhTpiQ Panak River.. Generals Stuart and /Biddulph will commence . joint ,attacks.'^^^ They hppH ib qpfeat the Govei-ni ment and enter Candahar" abptit' the lOthi ' ' .TO ■:? -ST.= PETMsBf RGK^Jan. 8. T The Angei TRiesse - semiofficially, and for the' 'first- ( time, admits -that' iShere;^ Aii has entered Russian' tei-ritbijp-,' saying it believes the news , is correct,; ;hut does not believe he was.accompahied by his. troops. '•• laa'A>: Z: .'■-! >iognw7(y^^iity,.:;. ..-A,. despatch froni. Hagarper- announces that Genffifai; Rpb'erts :^yisitedthe.p^ihc^ar^ipst chiefe : .;on 'Mpuday, 'TaiidT'i^as saluted by the Afghan garrison, ' but' tneV attitude •of "th.c maraudings Jtiibes around his,, camp was, so' •threatening' 'ithat' his -forces passed ,all night, under arms. The garrison :' at 1 Tiievb^ which' has .. ,.aiso been threatened, have .requested Genpral Roberts ib send them ' Reinforce- ; ment.' ■" " ;: ■'"•'■'■"'-"-;'.'' ''--':'■' /T"'- ''■''; ; ; '' : -,: (i - i Last, Tuesday General.Robert^s,vfindi^g'hbstUe tribes .collected in, considerable^ numbers, attacked them withrthree small columns, and] was ..completely victorious.* Fbrty.troopers of the Puiijaub Cavalry 7 charged a mass, of the enemy, killing linearly; three hundred. The. skirmishers of the lOth-'Hussara brought in > 'one •huhdi-ed a' 'quantityi.'bf grain, and -a 'large' number, of'-caftle. The British, loss was taifling, ' and _ the victory is expected'' to have'a 'great: moral :AA _ , . .'.; '..;,,; , .. . ..~ LONDON,, JAN. 13... A despatch from Calcutta says ' General Stuart's forces have marched through CabT' ■dahari' -' T<i '. . .-.. i: M - : ; ;: ' A despatchf from. iLahore states - there are strong rumors that YakpobKhan, is quite, disposed to make^ irienqiy arr'arigemeht_,--and. : also that- General Roberts leaves a small .garrisqn'ih The health of the troops was . gppd.' They are 'settiihgrdbwE'' conifpvtabl'yT iii diteerent camps fbf the winter. 1 ' ; . HoweVer, sickness is i certains ,.tp . increase, but ; 'Hot suffi.-" ci|eptly.:t;p;make serious inroads bhthe stTength • of 'tjhe'f brfee.; ,\ The "most unhealthy' positions ■ are \prbhilbly J JL% Mttsiid and ' D.akaha: A] - ; iGreneraf | 'Stuart's "trbbps , ra'arched' through dandafiary ..' and encamped bn^lie '! Ghuznee" road," suppli^' being^^plent^uU"y* offered .by the' people^ who ; ; shbwed r a s .' friendly spirit along the' Whole of General Stuart's line of march, in fact the popidatibh has been quiet? There has been no 'noles'tibu of ''baggag^''or attempt to interfere with the progress of the •columns? ' AA: : . •"..■:.' A: AAA AAl : " : -.'A .A' A A.u LONDON, JAN. 14. A correspondent telegraphs uriderr-date January IS- that (General; Cameroti ;in vited /the : Ameer to Tashkaad, but that .the Ameer lean/ : not-arriye before-'-'February^Ss^lthis -^redibl^ asserted that Yakoob Khan will soony usurp ,the throne, of Cabul, '„ . . J „ ... A. ... ST. PETERSBURG. Jan. 'ls.j Shere Aii hef ore leaving Cabul declared his readiness to become a vassal of the Czar. Thq /Ameer/ in 'consequence' rof s the ;Tef qsal of Russia to mediatej-.has^ab^ndon^djW hopeless the idea of interesting- the European povyers inthe^ cause. ;' ,r t -'7 7-;- r . . . -.-. '-■■'■■•■ •■ -i-^-. '.' - - JA-N.17. A dispatch dated Candahar, says General Stuart received the intelligence that Yakopb Khah Has fled 'from Jellalabad, and reporjts that the Khan bf Kemor^supposed to be the most influential leadet bf the frontier tribes, has' come into " trie British camp to pay-his respects. * ' , L '-' ' CALCUTTA, Jan. 17. The troops < left -Candahar hy Cabul gate on Bth. ' ' J , A mail front. 'Herat for; the/late Governor of Ghuznee was captured. Kelat Ghilza is reported without a garrison, and anarchy prevails at Cabul. , o . , The Zelza Chiefs are urging Yakoob Khan to make friends with the British. rvAfghan deserters Gonfirm the reports of the disorganisation of_their.army. " * There have been slight marauding disturbances in Kbjjst Pass, but the;maruaders were punished. LONDON, JAN, IP. From. Candahar there 'are reports of Generals Stuart and Biddulph reconnoitering towards KhdattGalzai on the road to ,-Cabul, and Quaslik on the road to Herat. , .< t A despatch from Lahore states that various nunauthenticated rumors ,are - current that Shere AU intends returning to Cabul. BERLIN, Jan.' 11. > 'i ' Conservative journals agree in expressing scruples about the articles in the Parliamentary' Discipline Bill, which provides for handing an offending member over to the Court. This is interpreted to mean that the Government wUI sacrifice that provision because a constitutional difficulty has been discovered, and not as a concession to the Reichstag. 'Up to the end of last 'year the > total number of injunctions served in accordance with "tbe anti-socialist law was 457, and were applied to 189 club 3 and societies, 58 periodicals, and 210 non-periodical publications. The '-•number of persons expelled! from the Empire under the same law was 64. It is semi-officially announced that the Parliamentary Discipline Bill was brought forward by direct command of the Emperor Wmiam. '• ' '' Jan. 16. v Jt is credibly reported that the Crown Prince Frederick "William has giv,en assurance that- Prussia -does not intend to incorporate the Duchy of Brunswick. It is rumored, however, that a project exists for making , Prince Henry'of Prussia Duke-of Brunswick. The present Duke has consented to a^BUl which will shortly be submitted tq .the Diet ■ whereby if the succession be .not settled with- ' in a year r from his death a regent shaU be chosen from the . princely families -of Germany. The BerUn journals publish a semiofficial note which says the reported 'statement of the Crown Rrince Frederick WiUiam that Prussia does not intend to incorporate the Duchy of Brunswick must not be assumed to be authentic because it is officially denied.' "■' - ' ' * 'J1N.17. ' The Post- reproduces a statement -in the Cliioago^ette tljat," according to a new Jaw

■i^a^itdpp^"-hy';Priiww/the Duke of Cum-. ; beriahd irit&t reaoauce his^ hereditary claim „t6T|h"e throne of Brunswick as well as of Sanb'ver to obtain the restoration of his s^fiie3tered property/. 7-y' '■ : Jan 18. - TJournals state, under reserve, that as soon: as: the socialist-democratic deputies come to the^dpening of the, Reichstag, they will be e^'p*elledT' ?s^T]T. T : ' - ' - ; ,^ It is rumored that Bismarck is preparing a "bill authorising the opening of all letters on the frontiers. . :?_-:'- -T^r^^TTTr fTS'RDMETraSHEI^. The Pope's encyclical letter occupies seven columns in the Asevafo Romano/. TPxe Pope inveighs against the socialistic, communistic, and nihilistic tendencies of the day, which 3SJy^^np^nger^ .against civU and rehgipus .sta^ of ' matrimony ignores the rigfits ; 6f^'p'k)perty, claiming everything, however; legally -inherited^ or honestly acquired, audi "attempting eyentfie;iives of " SingsJ . : All this -springs 'fromjthej, refdrmStibh: which opened the sluice-gates of scepticismjtill-godless governmeats^haye; arisen : pne;after another, ; and the-Redeemeii of the /wbrldis-ignbred.' -Youths aire trained; to believe that mens: destinies are bounded: by thepreseruVand not-by any hereafter, and '[hehce'the' iinpatieht ''and aggressive i _r»iri'tl ■ which seek gratification at others, ; expense. This is natural to devilsj ; . the pareni^ ; of-, the Reformation, and was vindicated by previous pohtifEs • from Clement Xll''^v-Pins.llXiiih^ their aUocntions, and encyclical:, letters, but the .church'warning ;is; inow Imore. than ever required. Equality '"- demanded • jby sects-/is contrary. to scripture! Kfth'ere;are distihctions between the a^geK^ih?lheavehtherermust be distinctions between, .men. ,qn earth.; -There t tyranny prevails; the ChnrchTshield^'the,oppressed ;and where tyranny Is too" strorigj r she 7 enjoins^Tesighatipn'.T' The Pope.justifies the; marriage ahdsuhservience -•of.'womah>tp^ man, of thie^child to the parent; 'and ofcservanti to'master. r ' Suchf subserviency, "; Mghtjyo^ob- -•' served in the State as in the fatnUjv wou'Ulf operate- : on earth i it?T''dbl^'m> heaven. Poverty,:^ Of which socialism is impatient, is i corrected by - the ' ChufchTwhich, besidesher * p\vn-charities', enjoins' alms-giving as the rule ' tp'be adopted, and she thus' reconcUes- the poor. Such is her .solution of the. evUsfor which socialism j seeks~ v : a. revolutionary remedy. .Let, ,"thei^'s,fe7-''aii* > principaUties : and''. ■ •-prihces^T^ept'thifj^^ Ghurcnsi'safeghardi bf? earthly, and ; her' •'surety' of .. hi&vehlyithihgs. The State regards theTencycUcallfetter.'as an : appeal to -all Catholics to organise TaTcrusade agaiisfc murderous. linititutiohs/T.ahJdi ,wjft^_ that object to participate : -in- political ",elecV < tions. * ■%-: ■.■.,.-,-,:' 'AA-A -....."' -rTT.TTTTT ' - ■■■ aaZ:77:7..'Z : '.■','"''■■ Z^Zi^77 ... In additipii toijthe'pi-bpbsedappoiM •of several apostolic vicars to parts of America destitute of episcopal churches, the Vatican intends to establish several .new bishoprics in , the. ( United' States, a new hierarchy difrei'ent : from"the' present t>he;- r" j . :ThejPope has sent a circular.: to.; all. bisbppis outside of Europe with the view of extending collections of Peter's. .Pence .in ail 'part's'lof the world.