SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SUMMARY.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume VIII, Issue 30, 4 February 1873, Page 4

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL SUMMARY.

New York, December 26. — A severe snow storm has occurred, Business was interrupted, and the streets were impassable. The thermo - meter stood at ten degrees fcelow zero. There was great suffering among the poor. Other parts of America fared still worse; railway travelling was suspended, and steamers were detained in all directions. The floor of a Baptist Church in Philadelphia gave way and precipitated 500 persons into the cellar below. Fourteen were killed, and forty seriously injured. December 28 — The Amythas was lost on the royage from Hoiyhead to Workington. All perished. The ship Benares, on the voyage from Hong Kong to Ban Francisco, went ashore on the Loo Choo islands, and all the crew except five were drowned. A storm swept over the British Isles on the 18th December, when trees were uprooted, conservatories smashed, chimney stacks demolished, and dozens of houses unroofed. A large factory was levelled to the ground a«d forty people injured at Liverpool. The Great Brit»in dragged her anchors in the Mersey, was pitched against the pier head and stove in her stern, and the water swept into the cabin. A tug went to her assistance and was swallowed up by the sea. The Melpomene went ashore. Church steeples were destroyed at Clifton, Yeovil, Crewkerne, and Taunton. In Wiltshire, ninety magnificent forest trees were demolished. A stone wall at Richmond, nine feet high and 100 feet long, was prostrated. Several accidents occurred to gasometers, leaving whole districts in darkness. The wind pressure was the highest ever known in England. January I.— The Fifth Avenue Theatre has been burnt down. The ship B. C. Winthorpe from Antwerp, reports a meteoric shower off Madeira lasting three hours. Over a thousand meteors at one time were constantly visible in the air. January 9— A rain storm turned into sleet and everything was frozen. Telegraphic communication was stopped by the collection of ice on the wires, and the poles fell with the weight. The whole of New York became isolated. Washington, January 7. — A proposal has been made to the Postmaster-General and Australia and the intermediate American ports for a mail service, and the rate is one that will ensure the granting of a subsidy. 100,000 dollars are asked of the United States with a guarantee that splendii vessels shall be employed. The steamers belonging to the Inman line are probably intended. The low rate of subsidy, and the financial responsibility of the parties offering render it almost certain that arrangements will be concluded. The ship Peruvian, from Singapore to Boston, struck on the bar at Cape Cod in a storm, and went to pieces. All the crew were drowned. General Dix has been elected Governor of New York. Stokes is sentenced to be hanged for shooting James Fisk. loNDOif, December 31 . — Advices from the Cape of Good Hope to 28th November, state that heavy gales had occurred, and several vessels been wrecked. Thirty persons were lost in the Allan steamship from Germany. During a missionary meeting at Stafford, the floor gave way, and many persons were injured. A railway accident occurred near Glasgow when forty persons severely injured. London, January l.—The revenue of Great Britain for the pa»t quarter was £15,000,000 ; being an increase of a million over the previous quarter. The Russian Government has frankly communicated to the British Government its plan of campaign in Central Asia, and offered to allow England to witness it. Paris, December 31. — The Union newspaper announces that the brother of Don Carlos will assume the command of the Carlist bands in Catalonia. President Thiers has received the Japanese ambassadors, who wore the usual diplomatic uniform. France will pay Germany two hundred million francs to-morrow, and seventy-five millions each month until May. Riviere has made his official report of the progress of the preliminary investigation into the case of Bazaine, Two hundred and seventy ■witnesses have been examined.