SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 92, 20 April 1877, Page 2

SAN FRANCISCO MAIL NEWS.

Lee, the author of the Mountain Meadow massacre, has. .been .executed. . He m#de a c^nfesgion implicating Brigham Youngf,7'and said he only did as he was ordered, and Vas ■ promised celestial rewards. The confession i ha? caused great sensation at ' Salt Lake. The.Bashi Bazouks have plundered andburned two Herzegovinian villages; and murdered a number of the inhabitants. 7 A resolution iti favor of the union of tfew Brunswick and Prince Edward's "island has . been carried by the Nova Scotia Legislature. ; An Amsterdam hanker has offered Russia! a loan of twenty-five million roubles at eight' percent, but insisted "oh her disarmament,: and there being' no further Ama =for five' years. The offer .was declined. The Times cites this as a proof of the bad state of Russian credit. lt is said thatat.the recent" Socialist trials. * FPjiTOj andjunexpected ramr^cation pt thej movement amongst, the higher "classes were' disclosed. •«-•■•■••■ * Russia has sent Montenegro twelve months'! provisions. Smallpox is still raging. ; . There is much excitement in Jamaica over the prosecution of the press for sedition. A committee are collecting -subscriptions for the defence. Trade depression jn Germany has assumed, serious proportions, and Jabc-p riots have occurred. A famine is feared iv Silesia. The newspapers have coupled their Royal greetings with the wish that the Emperor may see the speedy recov^y of the nation from its financial crisis. * In Pensylvania 400 colliers a#d 60,000 men are idle. The Cretans have refused an embassy to the Turkish Parliament. A British war steamer has destroyed seven villages on Congo River, West Africa, killing three natiyes as punishment for plundering' an American schooner. The Court of Queen's Bench at Halifax has dec:ded that no evils ar ( e Jikfily to arise from the seal difficulty. "' * The Chinese troops have captured the city of Manas .-Mid slaughtered a large number of the irsurgents. This is expected virtually ' to end the outbreak. Outrages have been committed by* the citizeng of Chico, Calif ornia, on some Chinese. Earl Derby defended Mr Elliott, and challenged his opponents to bring, a motion rais- ' ing the question before Parliament. He said it was moved to create greater horvon than those of Bulgaria. A new revolution is expected in Mexico, President Diaz' friends are forsaking. him. Active preparation is being made by Turkey jto fortify Kars and other positions on her Asiatic frontier, and 130,000 troops I

have been sent there. The Russian iot&ei onHhe Asiatic" 1 frontier.- ate .estimated' at ipo,o'oo. .-' v . * , .-.yx ■ The fortifications at Trent in Austria arc being carried out in consequence of a rumored alliance between Italy and Austria, involving ,th_ seizure of part of Tyrol. a7'\_ -*<■/) Outrage's equaiflhg' % tho3e" of Bulgaria Hare""' reported in connection with the new rising in Bosnia, where the Bashi Bazouks have been burning villages and massacreing the refugees. Six hours fighting took place, between a large,.body and the Bosnian insurgents, which .resulted in great losses to both sides. The Turka are retiring. iX •*, ■■ Tlie number of famine-stricken men employed on the Madras works has decreased to eighteea-hundred, and those, on . the, JBombay works to 37,000. Violeut scenes have occurred in the Transvaal Republic in opposition to President Burgess. A proposal has been made for annexation to Great Britain;- The life of the British envoy is threatened. The commander of the Spanish forces in Cuba reports a successful campaign. The Pope has been very ill, ard his life is despaired of. K. .._.: