THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Evening Star, Issue 3868, 17 July 1875, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

ARRIVAL OF THE CITY op MELBOURNE. Auckland, July 10. The City of Melbourne, with the English mail via San Francisco, arrived to-day. She made the outward passage in ninety hours under contract time. She left San Francisco on June 21, and made the run to Honolulu in eight days ; left there on the Ist July, and notwithstanding a long continuance of rough weather, which caused a delay of two days, accomplished the return trip in twenty-four days one hour. Passengers : For Sydney—Madame Kistori. For New Zealand -J. Goldsmith. J. Hayburst, Captain Jarvis, R. Steele, Honeywell; and seven in the steerage.

LATES! TELEGRAMS,

London, June 21. Messrs Moody and Sanlcey are preparing to visit Eton to conduct a service specially addressed to the students. Their intention has caused a great sensation and much controversy. Three persons in Duhl n died fiom whiskeydrinking during a fire. Seventeen more are in the hospital from the same cause.

The Federal troops in Mexico have been de feated in several towns.

Intelligence has been received from Shanghai that the British Consulate at Ching Kiang has been attacked by a nr.ob, and that the native soldiery and foreign residents were protecting it- The English and American squadrons are ordered from Shanghai to repress the outbreak.

The ship Champlain, bound inward to San Francisco, was wrecked dose to that port The captain and several of the crew were drowned.

GENERAL NEWS,

■ London, June 2. The Pacific Island Protection Bill has been extended to New Guinea

The 1 Times ’ publishes two columns of a review of the ‘ New Zealand Handbook,’ and praises Sir J. Vogel in unmeasured terms. In reply to a deputation to Cord Derby, urging intervention in the Coolie traffic and in the Cuban war, he said the present time was not favorable to British interference. Bodies much mutilated continue to come ashore from ttie wreck of the Soh Her The Working Men’s Societies of Paris have opened a national subscription, to provide for sending delegates to the Philadelphia Exhibition.

The European crop reports are rather more favo Able.

The Prussian Diet has finally passed a Bill withdrawing seat grants from the Catholic clergy.

The German Government proposes shortly to establish a central ■> ■ aritime observatory at Hamburg, similar to those in Great Britain and several other countries.

A violent storm swept over Paris and other portions of France on the 9th. In Paris the traffic was wholly suspended on the streets, and many accidents are reported. The damage is estimated at 11,000,000 francs, A terrible earthquake occurred in South America. The earthquake violently visited the city of Riccala, Columbia. In New Canada a portion of the church fell down, and many houses were destroyed. Oaueena was also destroyd, and the loss of life was frightful, thousands perishing. There is much excitement m Panama over the calamity. The city of Ciccula was entirely destroyed, and hut few families were saved. A ball of fire issued from the volcano and set fire to the houses. Another month was opened in the volcano on the side Santiago, in the ridge called Guaolune. Sixteen thousand lives are esti mated as lost.

Sixty persona were drowned by the capßizh g of a lighter in tlie ! agU' f at Lisbon The British Envoy to Bnrrnah ban been instructed to demand of the King ini immediate explanation of the friendly reception by his Majesty of the Chinese general who is implicated in the murder of Colonel Margary, 'he British explorer. The Pope suffers much from lumbago. He Js not confined to his bed, and holds audiences as usual, yet much anxiety prevails. The Oriental Telegram Agency publish a despatch reporting a' heaving ey 'lore on tin* f hinese coast, with the wreck of severed vetfeht.

-fhe Corporation of London have re-olvci to invite the Mayor of New York to an inter national municijwl banquet m-xt month. The Emperor of Germany has ."mferm the Order of Civil Merit on the Hon. Geor, Bancroft, the law historian, r.cd l.omdellow the poet. °

Affairs in Spain continue r.a unsettled as ever. The agitation for the re-establishmcnt of the Republic is manifest. At Madrid, a comt eteut authority officially reported that the Carlisle muster 5,800 go,,d soldiers, besides an equal number of second rates, and wrl continue victorious so long as the war is conducted as at present. The Cavlist Com-

mitrtee state that General Saxalles defeated Alfonso’s troops at Blanest after two days’ fighting, capturing their guns, stores, and 140 prisoners. The l 'ersian Railr a I Commission to Fatkertragen lapsed because the contract was not ulfilled.

Wieskinger, who attempted to extort money by implicating persons in a plot to assassinate Bismarck, has been committed for trial.

ihe town of lacao, Province, of Gaang Fong, was visited by a terrible hurricane Considerable pi opeity was destroyed, and the -hipping in the harbor suffered severely. Th ■ storm was unusually violent, and lasted several hours. A number of lives were lost,

The steamer \'ie',<sburg struck on some icenergs off St John's, Newfoundland. The vessel sank, and fifty men were drowned. One boat •vdth five men was picked up, and another with thirty reached land. The men in the boat pickedjup were in a very exhausted slate, and their feet and legs were so much swollen that their boots had to be cut from their feet. James Crowley, one of the rescued men, says at 9.30 p.m. on Monday the ship was stopped among heavy ice, and was hove-to. \fter she got clear, and whilegoingat full speed, shestruek the bergs. Phe engines were immediately reversed and the ship struck heavily on the port quarter, carrying avay the fans of the propellar, and a hole was knocked through the plates in that quarter, through which the ship made a quantity of water. The captain gave orders to launch the boats, with their respective crews, and told them to mind that the distance from St. John’s was 120 miles north-west. The ship sank about ten o’clock, floating boat No. 2 from her davits, with the chief officer and about thirty people in her. They got clear and pulled to windward. After the ship went down they saw the captain and some other persons floating on a bale of hay among the wreckage, and they tried all they could do to nick them up, but owing to the boat being half fullofwaterandtheiceabout they ware not able to do so. Interviews with several survivois of the wreck show that those of the crow and passengers who escaped in the boats abandoned the vessel and those on board to their fate in a manner somewhat discreditable.

A despatch from Berlin to the ‘ Daily Telegraph ’ rtportsjthat Prince Bismarck before leaving for the country received foreign representatives and gave each an assurance of the peaceful disposition of Germany. The fourth Larien exploring expedition has just closed its labors on the Isthmus. It is hardly probable that the cost of a ship canal across the Isthmus will be less than 60,000,000 dols., while the maximum cost may reach 100,000,000. The steamer City of New York was launched at Cheater, Pennsylvania, on June 5 She is the second of three in course of construction for the Pacific .Jail Steamshjd Company, the contractors for the Australian mail service. The City of San Francisco was launched about a month ago, and is far advanced towards completion. Ihe third will be launched about July 4, and named the City of Washington. The City of New York is 3,500 tons ; extreme length, 353 f t; beam, 43£ ft; depth, 31ft from spar to deck. She is barque rigged, and spreads 17,000 ft of canvas. The six boilers were tested to a pressure of 901bs. Extraordinary attention has been given to the pumps. Every known precaution has been taken for the speedy extinguishing of fire and for the saving of fife. She has ;en metallic lifeboats, calculated to accommodate 500 persona.

A disastrous fire at Toronto burned half a block, from Young to Victoria and North Stewetter streets.

Indian depredations and robberies of horses have occurred. Mexico is in a fearful condition. One despatch states, “ a civil war is now an accomplished fact.” Correspondence from Morelia says—“ From two to three hundred men of Gonzalez’s gang (called El Rancheros), attack- d the town of Tattajanrina, fortunately occupied by the Prefect of Zitannaro, with fifty men, who, together with the citizens, succeeded i* defeating the enemy, but was unable to pursue him. In the meanwhile, the Federal troops a* Zitanuara were attacked and defeated by another band. Last week the town of Zimora was occupied by one hundred Pronunciations, and all their horses, with some thousand dollars, carried off, though the garrison consisted of three hundred men ; but their commander said that; he dared not permit his men to fight, being afraid they would have joined the rebel, and sacked the town. The iusurrectionUts entered the village of Cutzo, plundering and setting fire to the house of a pawnbroker. The 11th cavalry, under Capt. Guzman, as well as the militia, were routed by a body of Guerillas, and their escape was only due to a quarrel between their assailants regarding the plunder. Other National guards were defeated, with a loss of fifty men killed. Another body, with the Federal troops under Artergan, was beaten, and a chief killed. Latest despatches from San Louis Poto.-i mention t' at the Fedeial troops had also been defeated in that State, with forty men slain and 150 made prisoners. Two well-bred stallions were purchased f-r Australia, at San Jose, for 10,000 dollars, to improve the breed of horses.

Accounts relative to the grasshopper plague continue to he of a moat disastrous character. A Nebraaka despatch says an immense army of grasshoppers covers an area extending* in breadth from one end of the .State to the other, and crossing the Union Pacific Railway in a northerly direction, A large number covers the ground from Omaha to Columbus, bringing utter destruction to many beautiful fields of grain. Many farmers lost their entire crops in a half-hour’s time, while others in the same vicinity suffered little. Reports from Florence say the fields were stripped of everything. In Washington County, the grasshoppers are reported as having left in a body, after devoui ing everything green. The grasshoppers in Petaluma devoured the tops off five acres of potatoes.

The Arctic expedition has sailed. A special prayer will he used on Sundays in moat of the English Churches for the crew aud their success. The nation is intensely interested in the event.

Meratane, a Paris spiritualist, who professed photography of deceased persons, has been convicted of swindling, and sentenced tosix months’ imprisonment.

In the Itidian Chamber, Garibaldi’s Bill for the improvement of the 'liber passed, with a single amentment, by a vote of 98 to 57.

The French Assembly passed the University Education Bill by a majority of 51. This is regarded ns a victory for the Ultramontanes, as free Professors are clerical.

The Archbishop of Paris laid the foundation stone of a new church on the heights of Montmartre, dedicated to the sacred heart of Jesus. Ihe ceremonies were imposing and solemn. The attendant throng indulged in the requiem. There were cries of “ Long live his Holiness Pio P ono.”

An official gazette, commenting upon Earl Derby's statement in the House of Lords, admits that the increase of the French Army created a certain amount of uneasiness, which was not attended, however, with warlike resolves or deliberations in Germany. The idea of requesting France to reduce her forces or discontinue her military organisation was never entertained or mentioned.

The Austrian Government threaten to close the D niversity of Gratz because of the demon stratum made there by the students against Don Alfonso, a brother of Don (larlos, the Spanish Pr tender, who is accused of murdering some Gomans in Spain without provocation or excuse. Don Alfonso is a relative of the Austrian Emperor, who is very indignan at the conduct of the students. ' As admitted by the London ‘ Times,’ the Bessemer steamer, wh'ch was to do away with the horrois of sea sickness in crossing the Knglish Channel, L an undoubted failure,” The London rate of discount in the open market on tinea months’ bills is A teiriblo di aster occurred at the French Citholic Church at Holyoke, near Sringficld. During the service, when seven hundred people were in the church, some light materia l around the altar ignited, and the building was immediately in (lames. A barful panic endued, people jumping fiv-in the r allerii .«< noon the lo ads of those below, and piesaing to the door*, which became blocked up with the dva’d. A hu.ndrcd and twenty prop e wore roa-ted or crushed to death, and,many were injured. 'J be fire in Dublin (referred to above) war. an exe : ae bonded store, 'i here were l.fiOd puncheons of whiskey in tie Gory and t.lm mo)> rolled several casks into the street, help ing themselves to it. Many explosions took

place during the progress of the flames, and the whiskey flowed down the streets, the crowds collecting it in pails and hats. Thirty-five houses and five thousand casks of whiskey were destroyed by the fire. By an earthquake in Asia Minor 2,000 lives are reported to have been lost. The Archbishop of Canterbury has recognised with approval the services of Messrs Moody and Sankey.

AMI: RICAN SUMMARY,

{From our own Gorrenpondml.)

Auckland, July 16. An Indian raid took place at Harper’s Handle, Wyoming, on June 5. They carried off 190 horses.

There was a strike of the coal yard employes in Chicago «n June 3. The Non-Union men went to work, but the Unionists assaulted and stopped them. Valentine Gleason and Charles Ralston, alleged to be accomplices in the Pettis bond forgeries, have been arrested.

The Court of Commissioners -n the Alabama claims have made several further awards to business firms.

Taloott, a silk buyer, has been arrested in New York for the alleged buying and selling of smuggled goods, valued at 400,000 dollars.

The American rifle team for Ireland sailed from New York on June 5 in the City of Chester. Their departure was witnessed by a large crowd. Very rich sp oimens of quartz have been brought into » City. Some contain as much as half goal In Pennsylvania one Dickenson addressed a convention advocating political organisation for checking the evils of intemperance Miss Jackson, a young lady of respectable parents, bos been brutally outraged by a negro near Baltimore. The violator was captured and punished. At the National Temperance Convention at Chicago a resolution that women are entitled to the electoral franchise was defeated by 73 to 32. An Indian conference will be held at Washington to arrange fer mining and hunting on the Black Hills. Mr Hammond, the revivalist, as the ‘ Alta ’ says, opened hisbatteries on thesinnersof Portland, Oregon, last month. The removal of Governor Axtell causes rejoicing among the Gentiles of Salt Lake City. Ernest Thoraut, an old resident at Maryville, committed suicide by shooting himself with a pistol in a room at a restaurant. A valuable antimony mine has been discovered near Headaburgh. A rich strike of black quicksilver ore has been made in a loop mine at Benicia. The ‘ Panamint News’ gives particulars of the breaking tip of a gang of Mexican desperadoes in Injo country. Three were killed by six citizens and the lest cleared out. In Virginia a runaway circus waggon knocked its way inside a house, severely injuring two ladies who were in bed.