AMERICAN NEWS.

Manawatu Standard, Volume X, Issue 1461, 22 September 1885, Page 3

AMERICAN NEWS.

San Francisco. August 29. Charlestown, South Carolina, was struck by a cyclone on the morning o± August 28th; One- fourth .of the houses m the city were unroofed or damaged. Shipping interests m New York are m a deplorable state. Hundreds of unchartered craft are m the docks. Freights are expeete'd to go even still lower m the next two years. ... Lee and Hanlan had a three mile race at Jamaica Bay, Long Island, on August 22nd. Hanlan won by two length*. General Grant made no will, having nothing to dispose kof. His widow depends upon a Congressional appropriation and her husband's new book on the Civil War, from which a rich return is expected. # The British barque Haddingtonslnre, from Columbia River, bound for Liverpool, was disabled m heavy gales at the Equator. Four men were 1 swept o erboard. They then, i headed for San Francisco for repairs, but owing -to.' a dense fog she was wrecked above Point Keyes light. The captain and 17 hands were drowned, only one man being rescued." ■ ■■' • The Peruvian Government forces were defeated by the rebels at Gonta; on Aug. 18, after a five hours' battle. The Peruvian commander shot himself . M. de Lesseps' representative at New York declares that the Panama Canal is making satisfactory progress, and will reverse "a good many prophecies of failures. On the other hand, the engineer, Mr Manbcal, reported to the Secretary of the American Navy tnat 70 per cent of the whole distance is yet untouched, and the work done represents less than 6 ! per cent of the total, and that the work cannot be completed for less than 275,000,000d015. and m 14 years. The project for an Australian line of steamers, conrjecting with the Canadian Pacific RailWay is still agitated.