THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

Manawatu Times, Volume IV, Issue 45, 5 June 1880, Page 3

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

■■"• GENERAL «UM.iV[AI?Y. London, May 8. The jOnion .steamship America, bound for the Cape, -.foundered on 23rd April. Grew arid passengers safely embarked m eight boats, three of which were picked upi arid the others seen going towards the Cape. Dir. ;P.ea.rs.6n° has been consecrated Bishop of Newcastle, New South Wales, The Chilian fleet has bombarded and much damaged Callao. Lima is now menaced. The Chilian army is advancing on Tacna. ' A collective note from the European powers to the Porte advises Turkish troops to rebccupy districts ceded to Montenegro, but occupied by Albanians ovring to the premature withdrawal of Turkish troopi. There is a terrible famine m Kurd.is,.tan, Armenia, Western Persia. The Lord. Mayor has opened subscriptions. 4 .Pa wcett," m returning thanks for re-< election a.t Hackney, severely commented on the disclosure of the Afghan war, showing. -that the expenses were yunder-estimated four millions. He said the responsible parties must be peremptorily called to account, and England must help India to defray the expenses. /•San Feancisco, May 10, ;•:. The anti-third term convention met at St. Louis, and adopted resolutions opposing the nomination of Grant for the, Presidency, and providing for the assembly of an independent Republican Convention if Grant is nominated at ■ Chicago. The Tariff Committee representatives at Washington propose to reduce the duty on wool to 45 per cent, ad valorem. On Friday night, April 23* about eight o'clock, the Rev. Isaac McKallock, son of Mayor McEallock, of this city, enteredrthe Chronicle office and attacked Charles Do Young, the senior proprietor, pistol m hand, and shot him dead. iYoung was circulating a pamphlet containing an account of McKallock's trials for adultery, m Boston m ; 1857, a copy of which fell into McZallock's hands. The end of this unfortunate man was a sad commentary of the reckless style of American journalism. While the body was being taken from, the offi.ce to the morgue a large mob of people forgot so far common decency as to give clieersfor lie Kallock, and hooting! for the victim. The coro-. ner's jury returned a verdict of murder against McKalloch. There is a general depression m prices of merchandise and all products m Eastern markets, consequent on over trading, and a further reduction is looked for. Tho Herald estimates that the' dele-^ gates so far elected by the Chicago Republican Presidental Convention will stand as follows :— Grant, 255; Blain, , 214 ; Sherman, 90 ; Edmunds, 32 ; Wasburne, 13. The adoption of an amendment m Postal ; Proposition Bill, authorising omission of heavy extra charges for trans-continental carrying of Australian mails, has been procured m tbe House, .The may strike m out, but this is hardly probable. Liberal concessions have been made by jNicaragua to the United States for inter-oceanic Ship Canal Company. In spite of^pubiic opinion the Mormons have formally opened a church of that faith m Chicago, but they are silent though on the subject of polygamy. , 4 . Impeachment of Mayor McEalloek, of San Francisco,, will be attempted by Board of Supervisors. H*e is charged with incendiary utterance and address. Six of Brighajn Young's daughters have beea excommunicated from the Mormon Church at TJtah. fox trying to recover 1,000,000 dollars stolen from them by the executors of their, father's estate, Apostles Canon, Car^ngton, and Young.; «— •■-!-' ! T Immigration is increasing. Th.ere will be 'probably 50,000 land at New Y.ork for the present month, mostly Germans. - ;„:, A mass meeting, to endorse approval, of Kearney, the San Francisco agitator,. an<j... denounce, his imprisonment, has beetfheld at New York. ' ' .Califbrnia. and the. Pacific coasfe has been visited by a tremendous storm of .sind and rain, lasting upwards of a week.' la. the States most disastrous effects are apparent, overland blocade, stages papsized, trees broken, bridges swept ja,wayyi and several deaths by drQwoingrepdrted. ; I ; j^p. tain 'Matt Cox, well aid f avpra.bly i^npwn by- all cbnn'ectedr with shipping m Pacific' waters, and for many years having jjhar&ebf the Pacific Mail Company's affairs, died suddenly on 18th. Gold •watches, have been sent by the ; Queen tp, : the. Vaide-:de-camp and groom jwhp aßsisted'tbfi Princess Louise at the. . lim e/pf hjr late.; sleigh accident m Quebec .;. ;."„ - : .- .'.:■.;.:■■'.■ ' ■■■■■■■'. t- .. .. '- '■