NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Kumara Times, Issue 467, 26 March 1878, Page 2

NEWS BY THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

(Special to the " Post.")

Philadelphia, January 31. The steamer Metropolis was wrecked at Cuvrihick Inlet to-day. She left port bound for Para in Brazil. She was double-masted, 800 toim tmrden, and built at Newbury Port, Mass. Her cargo consisted of 500 tons of rails. She had 200 laborers on board. Great confusion prevailed, and on account of the gale and the roaring of' the surf the officers could nob be heard. About fifty of the passengers and crew were washed ashore. From the statement of the sailors who have arrived at one of the signal stations it appears the vessel encountered a heavy g a i e f,.,, m the southeast. The vessel swuw broadside on to the surf, which made a complete breach over her, and washed manv people over into the .sea. About 200 persons are believed to have been drowned.

At Bodi, in Monro county, Jaok Braslin and a man Blair met in a bar-rooua and commenced an an»ry dispute, both under the influence*of .liquor,. Braslin more so than Blair. After, quarrelling some time Braslin exclaimed that li* was chief, which claim Blair disputed, saying that he was willing to tight him any distance from a handkerchief's length to forty paces. The two men went out into the street seeming moro pleasantly disposed towards one another than they had been

during the day. They placed themselves then eight feet apart, and at a signal both fired effectively, Blair being struck in the shoulders by ''Braslin. After the first shot, both fired rapidly until their revolvers, each six-shooters, were entirely emptied. Not satisfied with the result, each started to get a fresh pistol. Braslin returned to the bar-room, and Blair started around the corner of the hoase, where he secured another pistol from an acquaintance, with which he returned to the bar-room and shot Braslin in the abdomen, inflicting a wound of which Brazlin died in fifteen minutes. After firing the first shot Blair fell to the floor, from great loss of blood, it was found, he having been shot in ' four different places. Two hundred and fifty Costa Ricans, under Francais Mora, nephew of a former president, invaded Greytown on the 11th. The insurgents seized and carried away 500 stand of arms. Their party is opposed to General Gaurdrass's government, and will endeavour to overthrow it. They seized one steam boat on the San Juan river, and utarted for the interior, intending to land on Costa Eican territory and proclaim a revolution.

One hundred and twenty more failures were reported during January in New York, the largest number in any one month since the panic of 1873. The liabilities amount to 7,000,000 dollars.

New York, February 11. The schooner Speedwell, fiom Cadez, has arrived with the captain and crew of the schooner Sallie M. Steelwan, bound from Charleston for Baltimore, which was abandoned at sea. The captain makes the following statement:— " January 20th.—Twenty miles southeast from Hatteras we encountered a terrific gale lasting seventy hours, which wanned everything moveable from the decks. We used our la«t provisions on the morning of the 23rd January. Oh tho night of the 24th, during a gale, we sprung a leak. On the 27tih', ,i£ree of the crew gave out, leaving only four to manage the vessel and the pumps, aud they were fast becoming exhausted. On the 30th, George, a seaman (colored), became crazy, and attempted to take the life of Walter .Simpson, oiie of his shipmates, but whs. instantly killed by thfe latter, who dining the afternoon eat a portion of George's dead body. On the 31st we were rescued. Before' leaving the' schooner the crew were so crazed with hunger that it Was sug*> gested they should be obliged to cast lots for one of their number to furnish food to keep the. others alive. For eiyht days uothi'ig passed their lips, except fre*h water and tobacco. Finally one of the sailors was killed in a quarrel, and his body cut up. The upper part-was thrown overboard, and the limbs salted down for food. From the thigh steaks were cut almost before the. flesh was-cold, aud then broiled. These weie eaten with relish by the starving men. The crew consisted of captain, mate, and four seamen, three of the latter colored

Salt Lake, February 16. The Legislative Committee, co whom was referred the recouamendatifcn against polygamy, have made a report claiming that polygamy id sustained by the Bible, and is of divine ordinance. Thev cannot legislate against reJigious belief and practices.