NEWS VIA CALIFORNIA.

Kumara Times, Issue 532, 11 June 1878, Page 2

NEWS VIA CALIFORNIA.

[press agency.] Pera, May 6. Advices from Adrianopie and Phillipopoiiri of May 2 report continued lighting about Haskal, in which district 21 Mahoramedan villages have been destroyed. The Russians lay the blame on the Bulgarians and the Bulgarians on the Russians. There have been, many arrests at Adrianopie among the Bulgarians accused of complicity in the destruction of Turkish villages. The insurgents have not yet descended into the plain further west than Haskal, hue the Pomaki (Bulgarians who have b-eu converted to Islainisrn) of the Bretanana Valley, cooperate with the main body of the insurgents, furnishing a contingent, and holding the mountain passes. To counteract this movement, a Russian force is marching . upon Sophia. In the North the insurgents have taken Rahova and other places. Thirty-eight wounded Russians have bi-en brovicht to Phillipopolis, and the main body of insurgents is estimated at inclusive of scattered bands. Information comes that many Greeks have joiued, and that there is communication between the leaders.and the insurgent bauds of Thessaly, which se-ihs credible when it is rememlKered thai the Gie<'k insurrection was anti-Slav, rather than anti-Turk. Theis also stems reason to expect that a strong Albanian-contingent' will join the insurrection. The Mussulman insurrection in Roitmelia was provoked by Bulgarian severities, and has acquired alarming proportions.- The principal ■focu« is in the Ithodope mountains, and the troubles extend over 10,000 square miles. Thirty thousand Russian troops are engaged. The insurgents are armed with the cannon and ride's left behind by Sulieman Pasha in his hurried.retreat. They refuse to recognise the treaty. San Francisco, May 13. Colonel 1 W; G. Ronwill, U.S.. Consul for Auckland, and S. M. Dawson tJ. S. Consul for the Samoa Islands, ; are passengers by .the steamer City of Sydney. ; Herman Muldelar, suspected, of setting fire to a house in California, was taken from the custody of a constable by an armed mob, and literally riddled with bullets. The barque Currie Wyman has been chartered at New York for Dunedia and Wellington, at 355. The barque Morrow Castle gets .£12,000 from. New York to New Zealand and back. The l>Bl que Olnstee gets 35s from New York to Auckland and Wellington. ' J. Wenning, an Englishman, formerly editor of a New York paper,

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sued Erasmus Brooks, John Kelly, j and Augustus fechell, of the Evening / Express, for libel, damages 50,000d015. A hundred vagrants were arrested in j one niyht at St. Louis. j A Vigilance Committee is formed at • Omaha to suppress nightly robberies by i tramps. j Sandford Fleming, chief engineer, ! pronounces in favor of Burrard Inlet, Paget Sound, as the terminus for the Canadian Pacific railway. The so-called Japanese Indemnity re- j turned to Japan. j Professor Andere and party, the I French astronomers are engaged at Og- ! den taking observations of the transit of J Mercury. Three photos were taken i' up to 1 p.m. after which 75 photos ■were taken up to the time of the exit. The observations are regarded as satisfactory as they confirm previous obser- \ vations, for the motion of the perihelion of Mercury. Twenty-cent stiver pieces are coming into circulation. The syndicate has taken additional 5,000,000, American 4£ cents bonds making a total in Europe of 20,000,000, ! dollars. I Dr Rumbolt was taken to the ! Bellvue Hospital, New York, suffering from acute insanity. In view of the rumors of Russia preparing a fleet on the Pacific coast to i be ready in the event of war with Etig- j land, the following despatch from Yoko- j hama, Japan, was received at New I York, and may have some significance. j It was received by the owner from the master of his barque :—" Things look j •warlike here. Can sell vessel to good j advantage. Answer what will you i take." | James Henderson, of Toronto, started I from that place on May Ist, to walk j a distance equal to the circumt'er- { ence of the earth. He proposes to ! walk 40 miles each working rlay for' two years, which gives him a day over which is required to accomplish 25,000 miles. During his walk lie will try to I down the best records of various i distances. He will continue his walk j in the principal cities of Canada the j United States, crossing afterwards to | Paris, and then the principal places in | Great Britain and the Continent. { Henderson stands six feet in his, stock- ! j ings, and is 28 years old. I The Rev. J. J. Ray, reformed Brah-1 min priest, has been found guilty of j •bigamy, j oSew York brewers are receiving ;• large orders for beer to be sent to Ger- : i many. ; , The Cuban sugar crop fell short i j noarlv. 140,000 tons ot last year. ' ■ Charle* Morgan the great steamship j proprietor, died at New York. j i John Kunk Boyhood has been j 1 bunged at San Francisco, for the mm-- j : "ber of a police officer named Cootes. j He shot him dead because he arrested j : his friends. j "William Morton, president of the i Union Telegraph Company, is dead. | : The Canadian Government have de-: cided to tax all imports from the United States. A tremendous storm took place in the State of lowa, demolishing buildin srs and destroying life. Houses were lifted from the ground and dashed i >iuto splinters. I The heirs of General Lee are making good progress to recover their father's! 'Confiscated estate at Islington heights. I It is announced that the Columbia j 'College hoat crew will positively go to ; Europe in June. ! At Congress, a Mr Douglas, of Vir- i :ginia, charged with drunkenness on the floor of the House, and with making a show of himself, denies the impeachment, and says he was suffering from a peculiar illness. The emigration of coloured people €rom the Southern States to Liberia, in Africa, continues. The ship Azor* left for Charleston with 250 passengers, one-fifth of whom were young children. Leamington, the celehiated racer, fell dead in his tracks at Philadelphia. The Canadian dailies do not antici-1 pate any serious difficulty from Fenian ' raids or,Russian cruisers. In the case ' of war Canada would be exposed to serious danger. Edward Megy, leader of the Commune at New York, who is said to have caused the death of Archbishop .Darboy at Paris, has been arrested for threatening the life of Harry W. Marks, attache to the New York; "World. The potatoe bug has made its appearance in New York. Farmers are replanting potatoe fields with maize. The Russian Minister refused to be interviewed regarding the European situation. In reply to a question whether he oonsidered war inevitable, he said evasively, " Wiser men than I are doubtful on that point." The United States Treasury has wnder consideration an offer from a ißonanza firm, ; ood and O'Brien, to furnish all silver bullion the Governmay need.