The Can Francisco Mail.

Clutha Leader, Volume I, Issue 8, 27 August 1874, Page 5

The Can Francisco Mail.

The Tartar arrived at Auckland on Monday with tbe English mails. The fol- ~ lowing is a summary of the news : — San Fbancisco, July 28th. The ship Warrior Queen, from Otago, went ashore at 6; p.n\. on 20th July, four miles north of Point Reyes, near San Francisco. The boats were got oufj immediately. The captain remained aboard all night, and at 4 a.m. the following day, all hands left. Remarkable charges have been made, by Theodore Tjlion against the RevvTlenry Ward Beecher, the celebrated preacher at Plymouth Church, a brother to Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Tilton charges hirinwith criminal connection with Mrs. Tilton, the time and places being specified. Mrs. Tilton published a card denying the thing in toto. Mr. Beecher is preparing a statement, defending himself, and totally denies the charges. The whole matter is before a committee of Mr., Beecher's friends, whd are investigating the charges. Another great conflagration has devested Chicago., The fire broke out at 3 p m. on July 14th, and continued- with unabated fury until 2 a.m. on. the 18tb,.. ; during which time it swept down some of . the finest buildings of the city. About Iff blocks were hurried. > The loss is estimated > at 3,000,000 dollars, covered by about 800,000 dollars insurance. A terrible storm, broke over the eastern part. of Nevada,^hear VEirreka, with full' force. In addition to a water spout, which) bad been gathering for hours, "and burst and deluged the town, twenty-one lives were lost. The Government intend to prosecute all Mormons at Salt Lake who have gone into*: polygamy since the passing* . of the Polygamy Bill. Eleven perse ns have been murdered "iiii&v w housed »n~)3penccr-<i3outtty-by r pßVßona«iHhA2i; intended to rob it. . The floods in Pensylyania deluged, several towns, and twenty-two miles of country were submerged. Two hundred lives were lost,- and a million dollars' worth of property was destroyed. . In Alleghany city the sewers burst, arid-tbe water, rushed! down the, streets to a depth qf ten feet; sweeping away houses and drowning many persons. Pittsburg suffered most.