AMERICA, VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

Grey River Argus, Issue 957, 21 August 1871, Page 2

AMERICA, VIA SAN FRANCISCO.

July 20. A groat riot has occurred in New York on 12th July, the Catholic Irish turning 1 out in immense force to pr^yout violence i by Orangemen) in thd procession on the " anniversary of the battle 1 of the Boyne. The National Guard an 4 police w,ere fired npon by a mob of Irish/numbering several thousands. The troops swept the streets with musketry, killing 60 to 100 rioters, and wounding 300 to 400, many mortally. The arrested- many ; rioters, who will be tried, and seized a great quantity of arms at head-quarters. The riot Was crashed* immediately. The affair has caused intense feeling throughout the United States, reviving the . old antiCatholic sentiment among Americans. •The five per cent, loan, to replace.the old bonds at higher rates, was not. successful, and will probably be withdrawn from: European and American markets; The funeral of Thad. Lincoln, youngest son of the late . President r took place at ( New York yesterday. A terrible railway accident occurred at ! Nashville, Tennessee, on the morning of July 4th. Fifteeu persons were killed, and twerity-three wounded. The Fourth of July, was celebrated spiritedly throughout the United States. A fire occurred at Treka, California, last week. Loss, 300,000d01. A processipn, in honor of the i twentyfifth anniversary of the Pontificate of Pius IX., was held at San Francisco otf July 2. ? It was an imposing affair, the , civic authorities and military numbering 14,000 people. Italians will celebrate the occupation of Rome, as capital of Ttaly, by a procession on Sunday next. - 'I'! Bramberger, late Private Secretary to Jeff. Davis, late President of the Southern Confederacy, was arrested last week in San Francisco, on two charges of forgery, and sprang overboard from a vessel. in ; the harbor in which he. was attempting to escape to Mexico, but was rescued and com- , mitted for trial. ; ~ i Explorations along the line of projected Canadian Pacific Railway have been com- ~ under the auspices of the Canadian Government. Active operations against. Apaches have been commenced by American troops in Arizona, acting in conjunction with the Mexican troops. ■ '•'■■-■ 4 fire in Marysville, California, yesterday, destroyed one hundred thousand dollars of property. \ New Zealand beer, received by ; the last steamer, was well liked in San Francisco. New Zealand hemp samples were highly approved, and a quantity could be sold here at L 22 to L24-per ton of 20001bs. Contributions of 70 tons of manufactured articles of all descriptions have been received from. Japan,<and, 11 tous from China, for exhibition at the San Francisco Mechanics' Fair, which opens, next, month.