MAIL ITEMS.

Dunstan Times, Issue 1058, 28 July 1882, Page 3

MAIL ITEMS.

By the San Francisco Mail The Duke of Edinburgh narrowly escaped drowning at Bayonne, France, on the 29th June, whilst with a fishing party. He was carried under at first, and after half an hour’s struggling reached the shore. A man supposed to have driven the car containing Lord F. Cavendish’s and Mr. Burke’s assassins was arrested in Cork. “ Tug” Wilson, the English pugilistic champion, challenges Sullivan, of Boston, to fight him under English prize-ring rules for 2500 dols. a side.

An express train leaving Longbranoh on the morning of the 29th June ran over a bridge crossing a branch of the Shrewsbury river, and six cars dropped on their sides in about four feet of water. The cars were full of passengers, and about one hundred were more or less injured. William Garrison son of Mr. C. Garrison, is not expected to live. Messrs. Arthur Served, ex-Presi-dent Grant, Robert Minturn, George Blanchaud, John T. Raymond {the comedian), and Mr. Woodiuffe are among the injured. Messrs. James M'Blaney and George W. Bemorest, of New Vork, were killed. The cause of the disaster was the moving of the track for the M onmouth races, which was not properly spiked, and spread when the wheels struck it.

At Atlanta, Georgia, on the 2Sth, O. L. Clarke, the editor of the Republican, was cowbiiled publicly by an editor named M ‘Caulis.. Clarke had reflected on the evidence given by M’Caulis in a recent trial.

A heavy fine of 11,150 dollars was imposed on Captain Fenwick of the British barque Strathisle, by the United States District Court at San Francisco, for bringing an excess of coolie passengers. The Journal des Debats says:—“ Great B.itain is right in desiring to act alone in Egypt. We firmly believe that France will afford her no assistance. The control of the Suez Ganai belongs by right to England, and will belong to her de facto. It is for her a question of life and death.” Charles W. Guitean, Garfield’s assassin, paid the penalty of his crime in the gaolyard, at Washington, on Friday the 30th ult. The drop fell precisely at 12.40. His death was apparently painless, and he dropped shouting “ Glory ! "glory ! glory !” A mock execution of Guitean took place in Auburn, California on the 30th. An effigy of the murderer was hanged in the presence of a large crowd of people. Mrs. Dumore, Guiteau’s divorced wife, indignantly denies the statement that she had endeavoured to get his reprieve. In a “ poker” case, before the New York Courts, Week, the plaintiff, swore he lost 450,000 dols. in one house, the defendant Scott, and another man named Hedge being the dealers.

A contract has been made by a combination of cigar merchants in the Eastern States with six companies of San Francisco for 1000 Chinese to be employed in New York and throughout the East in the manufacture of cigars. Dr. Jules Ceivance, and a party of 17 men, exploring the tributary of the river De Ea Plata were massacred by the Otah Indians in Bolivia.

King Kalakua, at Honolulu, has ordered two thrones to be constructed at Boston, as barbaric in splendour so far as gold leaf and satin brocade can make them. Michael Davitt has arrived in New York. He said the object of his visit was tw’o-fold —first, to contradict the rumours of a split in the Land League movement ; second, to explain the work done in Ireland by the Ladies’ Land League, His real object is for the collection of additional funds to meet the expenses of the agitation. He denied that there was any disagreement between Mr. Parnell and himself on the policy to be pursued.

Seventy-five people were poisoned—not fatally—by cheese manufactured by a man at Michigan. The microscope showed the cheese to be full of parasites. Special policemen are guarding the Premier’s London house, owing to ’ the receipt of a threatening letter purp ir ting to come from Fenian assassins.

Threats of assassination are made against the Duke of Westminster, and his servants are all armed. They talk of blowing up the house. Personally the Duke attaches no importvnoe to the threats.

Engineer Melville found the bodies of De Long’s party (from the lost exploring ship, Jeanette,) on May 23. They were in two places at Lenaditta, Siberia, 500 and 1000 yards from the wreck of their ville stumbled on De Long’s hands sticking out of the snow, about 30tt. from the edge of a bank. They were under about 4ft. of snow. He al«o found the body of Dr. Ambler. The bodies were about three feet apart. A Chinaman named Ah Sam Ling was at their feet. All were partially covered by pieces of blankets. All the others except Alexia were found where the tent was pitched. Lee and Knox were close by two boxes in the records tent. None of the dead had boots on, their feet being covered with rags tied on. In the pockets of all were pieces of burnt skin and of .clothing, of .which they had eaten. The hands of all were more or less burned, as if when dying they had crawled into the fire. Boyd lay over the fire, his clothing being burned through, but the skin waa unscorched, Collins, the Herald correspondent, had his face covered with a cloth. All the bodies were buried in a mausoleum on the top of a hill, and a huge pyran.i I and cross erected, with the names of the dead inscribed ou it. Melville searched for Lieutenant Chipp’s party in the second cutter, but found no trace of them.

Mr. John Barry, M.P. for Wexford, proposes to canvass the United States shortly, in Order to reconcile contending factions of Fenians and Land Leaguers, and at the same lime secure increased financial support to Mr. Parnell