AMERICA.
Sax Fbancisco, Nov. 21. Ten days before the President ial election a letter was published in the New York papera purporting to have been written by General Garfield, the Hepublican candidate for the Presidency, in which were statod some exceedingly obnoxious s?ntimeuls upon the Chinese question, a subject upon which the American working claseo3 have but ono idea — as to its evil. General G-arfield promptly pronounced tlio let* or a. forger v, but it wag v/orked so systematically and thoroughly by tlio tleraocrutic party managers a6tocreateagreatsensation, and undoubtedly lost the Republicans tlio three Northern States. An Englishman named Kennard Philip was arrested as wr'ter of the letter, and examined before the Now York magistrate. 'Ihe letter was piovcd to be a forgery, and two men irr.} licati d in the matter, and who had been wi! nesses fer the defence, confessed their crime, and wore bound over. They exonerated Philip from uil knowledge of the forgery. No document of liila years hus hud such an efTtut politically as tliis letter. General Garfield liitnerlf ttates that it ciime nrar defeat ing him. The Bisector of the United States Mint says that the gold coin and bullion in the country amount, to 528.000/'Oodol besides J-5,000[00J flol oi' bullion in ! i t-j. A farewell dinner Mas pivr-i <.o Mr lhomae Hughes on Nov. 5, ai i»'ew York city, by prominent citizens. Mr Jlughcs guvc u brief hiatory of the co-operative movement in England, and also of his Rugby Colony in the Stato of Tennessee, which latter ho expected to prove very successful. A naval review before Preeidcnt Hayes was held at Hampton road, Chesapeake Bay, on Nov. 0. The display *-as not very imposing. The laet of this season's whaling fleet has arrived from the Arctic. All vessels report an unusually good season in tho far north, and the majority of the captains think that if the Jeanne! te succeeded in rr aching Wrangl* Land, the Ir'ghcit lacd jit as
covered on this Bide of the American Continent, that she would safely winter there, and be ready to resume her explorations when, the season opened. This view is sustained by Professor Nordensijold, the Norwegian explorer.
Vigorous efforts by the health officer* soon stopped the spread of small- pox, and latterly only ono or two eaees a day are reported, But few cases proved fatal. Owing to the scarcity of Sydney coal it has risen to ten dollars per ton, and there is a prospect of a further advance.
Wheat is advancing. Chevalier barley is higher at Idol 15c to Idol 25c.
AMERICA.
Star (Christchurch), Issue 3949, 14 December 1880, Page 3
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