ARRIVAL OF THE NEBRASKA

Evening Star, Volume IX, Issue 2676, 14 September 1871, Page 3

ARRIVAL OF THE NEBRASKA

WITH THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL. [The following was issued last night ns a Second Edition,] LATEST DESPATCH TO GREVILLE. August 15, Disturbances have occurred at Strasbourg between the Prussians and the citizens. A number of both parties were killed. It is reported that tl ere arc serious disagreements between the French and German Governments in reference to the Frankfort peace negotiations. '1 he difficulties are likely to lead to ciimplications, resulting in a suspi nsion of the treaty of pence negotiated at Frankfort. Pa- is is reported to he in a very excited condition. A revolt of the army is expected, and rumors ai - e afloat of the intention to declare M‘Mahon Regent-General. A stampede from Paris gives color to the belief in impending trouble, if not a crisis. An Orlcanist scheme is ripe for a <-anp d'etat, with a proposition for making Thiers head of a permanent Executive. Thiers is consequently very unpopular. San Francisco, August 16. The Industrial Exhibition has been opened. Eight specimens of the plants sent by Colonel Haultain have been favourably commented upon, as have been the specimens of rope made from flax. Oats, gum, and a column representing tbe gold taken from the Thames, are the only New Zealand exhibits. Two fatal cases of cholera have occurred in Paris, and three cases are reported on board of vessels from Constantinople. Scott’s cjntenary was celebrated in London on the loth by a banquet, at which 400 titerary men were present. There were celebrations at New York and various American towns on the same day. J he Edinburgh celebration was on the 9th, on a most magnificent scale, ami was wry successful. Intelligence from Para (Brazil) states that cholera in a malignant form is raging there. The British Consul and nearly every stranger died from it. Biots have taken place at the Amador Mines, California. The secretary was brutally murdered. Order is now restored. A great storm on the coast of New Foundland and Labrador, destroyed 925 fishing smacks, 23 dwellings, 40 stores, and 300,000 dols. worth of property. The Staten Island ferry-boat, crowded with passengers, exploded a boiler. The concussion was terrific, shattering the fore part of the boat, killing fifty and sca’ding over a hundred people. The cries of the poor halfboiled victims were heart-rending. Some, delirious from pain, and many children, jumped overboard. Some of the little ones legs were cooked, and the muscles laid bare. The bodies were scalded, some beyond recognition. . Intelligence has been received of the destruction of the City of Ponta Patrc, an island of Gaudaloupe, W.L 30,000 people were rendered homeless. Shipping. Arrived, July 31—Gyrene, from Lyttelton. Sailed, 27th—Peter Denny, for Otago ; 28th, Glenmark, for Lyttelton. COMMERCIAL. San Francisco, Ang. 10. Flour quiet. Oregon extra at from G dols to G 50 cents for local brands. Superfine, G dols to 6.25 cents, extra G. 75 cents for sacks of 19G pounds. The wheat market inles (inn and quotes a fair choice at 2.15 c to 2.25 c per 100 lbs. Liverpool market remains at 1 Is 7d per cental. The barley market is firm ; old, 1.85 c. to 1.95 c. The oats market is steady, and prices for fair choice are 1.70 c. to 1.90 c. per 10,0 lbs. Stocks of all kinds of cured meats are good, and there is a fair demand. Two »cw steamers have lecu placed on

Webb’s line, to carry freight without transhipment at Honolulu. Boston sales of wool were at from 52c. to 57 c. New York, August 14. Shipments to Australian Potti continue to be moderate, except of kerosene, in which movements are more active, otherwise there is nothing doing. Freight is firmer, owing to the difficulty of getting vessels. Three vessels are loading for Melbourne.