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Cromwell Argus, Volume III, Issue 147, 3 September 1872, Page 6

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The Nevada arrived at Auckland on the | 28th inst. The Health Officer at once pro-j ceeded to the Heads, thoroughly inspected i the vessel, and reported that there was no sickness on board. Her passage occupied, sixteen days nine hours. She was detained for nine days at Honolulu., owing to a breakdown in her machinery. She brings o5 pas- i sengers and GO tons cargo. GENERAL SUMMARY. The Nevada's news is to July 15. The Ne «?■• York Herald's letters from Mr Stanley give a h'story of his meeting with Dr Livingstone, and the hitter's account of nis explorations. They say that the Chamber! is the head of the Nile sources. The Doctor tells of two countries through which this great river inns. He speaks of ivory | being so cheap and plentiful that it is used ; for door-posts ; of skilful manufacturers ; of fine grass cloth, rivalling that of India; of people nearly white, and extremely handsome, whom he supposes to be descendants of the ! ancient Egyptians; of copper mines at Katauga which had been worked forages ; and of a docile friendly people. Dr Livingstone laud Mr Stanley explored the head of Lake I Tanganyika, and returned to Ujiji, where J they spent Christmas. Mr Stanley says he i found Dr Livingstone in a very destitute condition, he having been robbed and deserted by his men. He looks only about 50 years of acre, and is quite hah' and hearty. In March. 187-'. he b; gan to organise an expedition to explore doubtful points, which he | thinks will take about eighteen months, when he will return to England. Storms and floods, particularly disastrous. have occurred in Cheshire and Lancashire. A large amount of property has been de- ! stroyed, and several lives lost. Geneva, July 15. Count Sclopishas been elected president, of the Board of Arbitrators. The English I Agents make a strong contest against the American claims ; but the prevailing impression is that the award in favour of the United States will be a large one. The proceedings will be conducted in secret. The indirect claims have been withdrawn.

Loxoox, July 10. Lord Chief Justice Coekburn lias been j created an carl, in recognition of his services in connection with the Alabama Arbitration j Commission. The Times says that the nomination of | Greeley by the Democratic party is a llagraut I instance of demoralisation. The Democrats swallowed their opponents' platform, the | candidates confessing that they had none of j their own. Nobody believes that Oreeley i could be President four months without p>aki ing a terrible mistake. The Times cannot believe he will be elected.

When the Prince of Wales passed through London en route to Bethnal Green, on the occasion of the opening of the Museum there 1 ., the streets were thronged, the crowd b in ;

I almost cpinl to the gathering that took place to witness the Royal Thanksgiving. A London despatch states that the lock- | out of building carpenters was the result of a (refusal of the men to accept the compromise (offered by the employers. Twenty thousan.l | masons, bricklayers, and joiners are out of work. The reason assigned for the strike is the increase in the cost of living. The ship Omaha, from Liverpool for Calcutta, was wrecked on the Uooghly river, and sjven of the crew drowned. The ship Lapwing, running between Liverpool and Rotterdam, collided with an unknown vessel oil* the Isle of Twentyone lives were lost. Cebecilla's baud of insurgents were dej feated at Tarragona, and Cebeeilla was ' wounded and captured.

The International Prison Reform Oongresj ha 3 commenced its sittings in London. He. presentatives were present from every civi« lised country in the world. The Earl of Oarnarvon presided. The Archbishop of Madrid is dead. M. Ga.nbetta, in a speech, praised the French iiepublic a3 the embodiment of the principle of self-government, order, and prosperity ; and he complimented M. Thiers in high terms, declaring his administration had been a great success. Mr Stanley gives the following account of his journey in search of Dr Livingstone He and his men, after considerable difficulty bad reached the suburbs of Ujiji, where thtv fired oil' their guns. The astonished natives Hocked out, and he noticed in the centre of a group of Arabs a pale-looking grey-bearded I white man, wearing a naval cap with faded gold band, and a red woollen shirt, preserv. ; ing a degree of calmness before the Arabs. J Mr Stanley said " You are Dr Livingstone, I I presume,"and he smiled and answered "Yes." ! He informed Mr Stanley that he started in j March 18oo,with twelve sepoys, nine Johanna men, and seven liberated slaves, and travelled up the banks of the Itororua. Hia men became frightened, and deserted, and reported him to be dead, as an excuse. He : crossed the Chaiuberi, and discovered it not I to be the Zambezi, but a totally distinct 1 river. Ho explored it for 700 miles, and ! found the Chaiuberi to be without doubt the j source of the Nile, the length of which rivet I he estimates at 2GOO miles.

AMERICAN NEWS. Another fearful railway accident has oc] : cm-red in Canada, between the night and ! morning expresses, which were full of pas] | sengers, and many Ministers of the English i Church, homeward bound from the Synod at ! Toronto. The engine jumped off the track, I carrying death and fearful tortures to scores lof the passengers. The baggage car remained I on the track, and telescoped the smoking car, j second car, and passenger car, leaving them 1 on the top of the engine exposed to the es I capiug steam from the boiler. The evidence against Stokes for the murdei I of Fisk is concluded ; but the jury were unable to agree, and after being locked-up for two nights, were still un ible to find a verdict. The New York strikes are nearly ended, The piano-makers resume work at ten hours.