SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XI, Issue 265, 6 December 1876, Page 4

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

The general Bummary consists of. American papers to November 8, and AUentia despatches to the 7th. ' . The Spanish Government have submitted to the Cortes a Bi!l restoring constitutional guarantees to all except the Basque provinces. A Times : despatch of November 7 says Russia tried te raise difficulties in regard to *be line of demarcation during the armistice, proposing an arrangemeat by which: the Turks should retire from Moravia Valley. Except Germaayi which would nor interfere, all the Powers have appointed Commiseionera for drawing a line of demarcation. '--'; ''■' A Belgrade despatch to the Timts says:— "lt is reported that General Tchernayeff will sojourn' in Russit during the armistice. , Rassian officers express a belief that thousand Russians have fallen in the Valley of Moravia alone. They openly accuse the Servians of bayoneting Russians who attempted, revolver in hand, to urge them to attack the Turks. The. Standard! a Belgrade correspondent reports 'that some wounded Russian officers Have been robbed and hacked to pieces by .men appointed to carry them to the rear. A special to the Standard from tbe Bosnia reports that the residence of the Austrian Consul in that town has been aet on fire by the Turks, and that the troops who were, summoned to extinguish the 'flames plundered the house, Montenegro has accepted an armistice on the same terms as Ssrvia, The- Dufke de Cazes, . Minister of Foreign Affairs for France, said the essential in tereets of France were not involved in the Eastern question., - The country needed peace, and it Europe failed, they were sure ; of being able to maintain it % themselves. Previqas to the armistice the Servian population in the vicinity of the seat of war underwent terrible hardships. The Belgrade correapondeot of the Times states that ,in the cbautry between Parajjiri and Belgrade and ia the mountains near Saitschar there are 110.000 woraea and children: almost' *literaily starving. *■'''■>'*■- The Montenegring have cut off Miikhtar Paiha'd cbmraunication with Trebinjee, and have reinvested Niceia. Great distress prev.aiis, in Montenegro Qotwithstahßlng ' the 'military success, because Of the'necessiJy of maintaining a large number of refugees. It is rer ported that there are 11,000 hou^eleas refugees dying of starvatioa in the mountains around Belgrade. .The Marquis of Hartiogton, leader of ! the Liberals, has returned to Loudon from Turkey. He spoke at a private meetiug of the Liberals, aud advotated the immediate co avooaMon of Parliaoient. The Marquis indicated his itite.ntioo to oppose the 1 policy of the Gdver&inent, and would support a modified autonomy^ in the Christian provinces of Tuikey. Advices from Tiflis state that the Tuikish Consul-General and bi» wife were aesaasinated, stated to be by robbers: ■; Russia ys making every effort to discover the murdetefe. L.;The troopship Himalaya is preparing to take six companies of Royal Engineere and two companies of Transport Corps to join the British Mediterranean fleet. Tbe order was given some days ago, when the aspect of affairs waa more threatening than now. A religious agitation has begun in Morocco with the object of procuriug help for Tuikey. The Christian's apprehend a Moslem outbreak. Foreign Cousuls have communicated with their Governments on the subjeot. The Liberal newßpapera of Berlin are almost unanimous io vigorous declaration egetinst the establishment 1 - of tbe Russiali power in the Turkish provinces; The Volks Zei\ung urgea the propropriety of piacing reforms nnder English instead of Russian control. A despatch from the the Times to Berlin Ea'ya :— " There is reason to believe that Rassia, being herself averse to war, is endeavoring to induce Greece omJ Roumania to take . the field. They however hesitate. The Russian ironclad squadron- will winter in Italian waters, to be ready to proceed to the East if riiecessary. The Times announces 'that General Sclsouvalotf, at tbe express desire of the .Czar, has declared to Lord Beaconsfield that the Russian Government entirely repudiates a recent offensive article in the Golos newspaper. A conspiracy ha* been discovered to depose the Turkish reforming Government, and assassinate the Giand Vizier and Midhat Pasha, Several arrests have been made. The Servians attribute disasters to the incompetence of General Tchernayefl. Baring, Secretary of tbe British L'igaJion, is reported to have resolved to leave. Philipopolis, convinced that tha commissioo for tbe puuishraeut of perpetrators of Bulgarian atrocities i? B delusion and a mockery. The worst criminals ate rewarded, and humane and moderate men are in disgrace. The old panic is renewed, and most trustworthy gentlemen have travelled with the utmost speed to Constantinople to inform the British ambassador lhat;tbe Turks threaten a new massacre, and had even appointed a day for beginning the slaughter. The Alexandra Palace Company, I/ondon, hava filed: apetition of iDsol^ veney. ' s ' ' ' Ao Indian newspaper, the ' Pioneer,' sums up the prospects, as to .famine in ; Bombay ' v aa [follows:-^" There is famine

in Shelapore, extreme dearth in Poonah, and great scarcity in six other districts. All these districts will yield only a portion of their ordinary revenue. It is hoped tbat the distress may be relieved at one-sixth of the cost of the Bengal famine. The man-of-war Nelson, 7|ooo tons displacement, 6,000 horse-power, and 20 guns, has been launched at Glasgow. Nearly every Bishop to whom an invitation to attend the Pan-Anglican Synod has baen addressed, has either accepted or replied. Some of the most influential American bishops have stipulated that if they attend, all subjects of interest and importance shall be perfectly, free and open to discussion. Ttie Synod will probably be much occupied with matters affecting the Episcopalian Church in America. Slade, the Spiritualist, has been exposed by Dr Lankester ia London, and was sentenced to three months' imprisonment under the Vagrant Act, The Standards Paris special correspondent reports a duel fought on Swiss territory between Viscount Barnel des Roches and Paul Gerald. The latter was pierced by his antagonist's sword, and his life is ia danger. The affair is .the result of a political quarrel. Advices from Cape Coast Castle to October 5, announces that the Dahoraians are threatening Gratlipopo. Tney have taken two of the adjacent village?, killing all men and carrying off eighty women and children. • ' .' J . i he London. Times has a favorable leader on New Z^alaad affairs, but compares the colonial debt unfavorably with that of other colonies. It concludes : — ("They are trying a hazardous experiment, and we trust that they are not rashly discounting the value of reproductive works which the next generation may still fiod charged on colonial exchequer." Senator Morril estimates the total [expenditure ofthe Uaited States ■ Government since 1777 at fifteen billion dollars, of wbich eleven billione haye been spent during the Jußt sixteen yearst The English ship Rydal £LII, from Cardiff,, is on shore, with the loss of nine hands, near Spanish Town, California. Great activity is reported in the Boston r wool market, the result of ! higher prices in the English -market.Hales of 140,000 pounds a^t 35 to 45 cents were made. ' ; A. massacre of peacaful Sboshone Indians by tba Sioux is reported near Wyoming. Only one. escaped. : • In a panic at the Royal Chinese Theatre San Francisco, nineteen Chinamen were crushed to death and , nine fearfully injured, Brigham Young is reported to be dead, but the report wants confirmation. > - ! ' .. ** Sitting Bull " has had the impudence to ask permission for his warriots to visit the Pak Agency and trade for ammunition. Raids ace looked for [from (lie mountains at the head of Saviite. ' ' ;' There is a great medical controversy i in San Francisco. Allopathy tried hard to get hqmosupathic doctors and others under their supervision by law. They have been unsuccessful. The; effects of Chinese immigration , still presents a great social problem, , and is extensively. discussed by American journals. ■ The Pacific Mail Company's steamer i : Colima is detained by the Marshalat New Yoik for nonepuymeots of taxes. Tie company will coctest the seizure, as they claim to have paid rates in San i Francisco.' " • . . . Mooaieur Blanc Blind, tnusioiau, murdered: bia wife, a talented- actress, ibrough jaalouay. The early raiiis in the Western States have done much damage.. ;.' V; It is estimated tbat New York spent half a million dollars in caraying on the Presidential cooteat in other States. MEXICO. Cortina has returned to Rio Grande, and threatens to involve Mexico in a war with the United States. Protestantism is striving for supremacy in Mexico. WEST INDIES. There is still . great prostration of 1 geueral business in Jamaica, in consequence of a; commercial panic. Confidence isj however, : now being ' restored. The trial of the Barbadoes rioters was commenced before Judee Phillips. The Judge was sent from Natal by the Colonial Office. Governor Hennessy is so unpopular that he ia hiesad in the streets as he passes in his carriage. At the islands of St. Martin, St. Barlz, and Aogilla much damage has been done by gales. At tbe former placeseveral vessels have baen stranded. ■ Great havoc is reported, especially io the French quarter, as runny as 215 1 bousee being destroyed in that part alone. Much distress prevails among the poor of these ielands. A coi respondentat Sf. Bartz writes that for(y houses were blown dotvn and destroyed, about sixty persons being injured. -