THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

New Zealand Times, Volume XXXI, Issue 4828, 12 September 1876, Page 2

THE SAN FRANCISCO MAIL.

GENERAL SUMMARY. London, July 18. Sir Stafford Northcote becomes leader in the House of Commons. Disraeli’s acceptance of the Privy Seal is believed to be only temporary. He retains the Premiership, it is thought, only' till the end of next session of Parliament, when Lord Derby succeeds him. The Cabinet is to be reconstructed. Ladyday procession at Belfast resulted in a riot. Many of the injured were sent to the hospital. There is a crisis in Spain on the return of Queen Isabella. It is considered that it bodes no good. The Cuban insurgents gained two victories over a small body of Spanish troops.

Servia has an army of sixty thousand men. They have taken up a strong position commanding the mountain passes, to resist" the advance of the Turkish army numbering one hundred thousand. It is understood that Prince Milan informed the Consuls he was willing to abandon war if England and. Austria would assist him in negotiating peace.

There was a prospect of the peace party in Servia prevailing, when the arrival of a- large body of Russian volunteers created a warlike reaction.

The Ottoman Embassy in London officially deny that the Imperial troops burned the Servian villages in the Turkish territory. ■ They were burned by Servians. The crown jewels of Servia have been pledged ia Vienna for sixty thousand florins. The Turks were repulsed in several minor engagements. - _ A revolution has occurred in the Columbian Republic. There was slaughter in the streets of Carthage. 1 The clerical party defeated the conservative party in two engagements. 1 Oakley for co-operative bank frauds has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment. Smallpox is still prevalent in San Francisco.

The Sioux war still continues. General Terry is reported to have met the Indians on August 14th, and defeated them, but with the loss of 300 of his own men, and killing 700 of the enemy. Reinforcements are still being poured from all sides to the front. The chief Sitting Bull is reported as badly shot in the last encounter. Scouts report that the main body of the Indians is encamped on the Sinking River. Large bands of Indians have been seen moving northward into British territory, and it ia : believed they will not make a further stand this year. Disclosures have been made respecting arms and ammunition supplied to the Indians. It is calculated that 148,000 rounds have been sold from two or three agencies.

General Gibbons has written to T. C. Powers, of Fort Benton, to whom weapons were shipped, holding him responsible if any material reaches the Indians.

The Ute warriors, under, their chief Douglas, have joined the United States army against the Sioux. ADDITIONAL MAIL NEWS. The mail news by the papers contain long telegrams relative to the Turkish war. The Servian general with twelve thousand troops attacked the village of Fizgoovf by twelve thousand Turks. After severe fighting the Servians withdrew, and neither gained a victory. The Servians lost two thousand, and the Turks probably an equal number. A subsequent engagement resulted in alternate success for Servians and Turks, but the Servians were ultimately driven across the Timook river into Servian territory. The Turks crossed the Servian frontier and defeated the Servian army, killing three thousand. The Turks after several sharp engagements then advanced down the valley of Timook, driving the Servians before them, and they carried the heights south of Saitschan commanding that town, and opened fire. Before sunset the Turks were in possession of the town. The roads from Saitschan, Rujusohenatz, and Alexiuatz to Paratchine are crowded with Servians, who with their wives, children, cattle, and household goods, are flying before the invaders. The Vienna correspondent of The Times writes that military, critics approve of Sohernayofi’s strategy, and declare that inferiority in numbers of his army alone obliged him to abandon the Turkish territory and stand on the defensive. He has evacuated Gorgnsolatz and Saitschan, and it is expected his forces will withdraw from the whole line of the Timook, enticing the Ottomans to follow him through the gorges between the valleys of the Timook and Moravia. He has an army of 60,000 men occupying a strong position. From Alexinatz to Paratchine the Turks have 100,000 men, divided into three armies.

A special to the Daily Telegraph reports that the English consuls at Belgrade and Constantinople have been directed to inform the Servians and Turks respectively that if they will consent to mediation of the Powers England is willing to act. A letter to the Daily Neils, dated Phillipopolis, July 21, says an investigation into recent attrooities is proceeding, and it will probably be reported that sixty villages have been burnt and 1200 persons killed. There are horrible scenes at Batok ; 7000 bodies have been lying there since May 17, decomposing in the sun. No crime that could be invented by Turkish ferocity has been left uncommitted. There is urgent need of assistance for starving families. The Montenegrins have obtained a decisive victory over the Turks at Frebinga. Selim Pasha was killed, and Osman Pasha taken prisoner, and 2 colonels, 3 lieut.colonels, 7 majors, and from 5000 to 6000 men. Two battalions of infantry and one of chasseurs were destroyed. The number of Turkish inferior officers killed was enormous. The pursuit was continued to the walls of Balki, and corpses were thick on the road before the citadel. Besides artillery and trains, the Montenegrins captured 5000 horses and an immense number of arms. The Turks were' greatly outnumbered. Thirty thousand Bulgarians, principally old men and women, have taken refuge in Servia. The atrocities committed by the Turks in Bulgaria and Servia are reported to be beyond description. Surgeons and officers are arriving at Belgrade from all other countries. In the House of Commons Under-Secretary Bourke said that several representations have been made to the Porte regarding the crueland attrocious scenes in Bulgaria, The Porte had been informed that “ the recital of these deeds has created in Englishmen the greatest indignation and horror.” I have reason to believe that those occurrences ceased some little time ago, and that punishment has been inflicted by the Porte upon the perpetrators. A British consular agent has been appointed' at Phillipopolis, with special instruction on the subject of these atrocities. The New Zealand Trust and Loan Company have declared a dividend of ss. per share, free of income-tax (making 10 per cent.’ for year), and carrying forward a balance of £1555. For the New Zealand Government 5 per cent. Loan (£1,250,000) tenders were opened by the Crown Agents for the Colonies on the 9th July. Debentures are in sums of £IOOO, £SOO, £2OO, and £IOO, secured on the Consolidated Kevenues of the colony, and bearing interest from 16th July, the principal being repayable not earlier than five years, and not later than thirty years from that date ; adververtised minimum was par. It was found that the tenders amounted to £184,000 at from £IOO to £lO2. 10 per cent, of the balance of the loan has since been taken at par. The heat in Spain and France is intense, exceeding anything since 1800. Madrid is deserted. Forty field laborers have died of sunstroke. The King of Spain has contracted marriage with the daughter of the Duke de Montpensier. The Greek Government is to protest to the Powers against the violence of irregularTurkish troops in Epirus and Thessaly. Bashi Bazouks and Circassians .recently plundered villages in Macedonia, and afterwards fought each- other. Forty-two were killed. . The Rev. Samuel Butcher, Premier-Bishop of-Ireland, is dead.

The Bank of Spain has been instructed to issue two and a half milliards of reals in mortgage bonds. A Berlin despatch says :—A thousand Germans settled in Russia have emigrated to Austria last year. The Porte has paid the families of the French and German Consuls murdered at Salonica an indemnity of £48,000. The steamer Merse has been wrecked in the Irish Channel, and fourteen lives were lost. Charles John Howard, Earl of Suffolk, has died in London. AMERICA. The British barque Abbey Coppers, in July, •when in 11 E. and 87 N., fell in with a dismasted Japanese junk, bound from Hearade to Yokohama, out since 9th November last. Her crew consisted originally of twelve men, but only two were alive ; one was helpless from scurvy and the other nearly so. The other ten had died one after another from the same disease, and had been salted down in the hold. The survivors had existed for a long while pn rice and fish, depending on rain for water.. The vessel was also in a wretched condition. Another important law suit has been commenced against Brigham Young by Mrs. Canthur, who sues to recover possession of a piece of land at Salt Lake City, valued at 70,000d015., which she says she was prevented asserting her claim to by the minions of Young, who threatened her with bodily injury. The small-pox still rages in San Francisco. Nineteen cases have been reported in one day, including seven at the Orphan Home. A train was stuck up six miles north from Ralston, Colorado. It was first stopped by obstructions on the fine, and then surrounded by twenty-four armed and masked men, who ordered all passengers to go forward. All obeyed except Judge Stone, who was forcibly taken off towards the mountains.

A tornado has passed over Cass County, Missouri, destroying several dwellings and seriously injuring the crops. Two women were killed.

Raphael Williams, a colored mao, who outraged a woman named Davis at Campden Point, was taken forcibly from his cell by armed citizens and hanged to a tree. Mrs. Davis lies at the point of death. Eight houses were struck by lightning and a little girl was killed during a storm at Cleveland.

Belknap has been acquitted; the votes standing 35 guilty, 25 not guilty, less than the required two-thirds. At Detroit nine persons were drowned by the capsizing of a pleasure boat at Bowdee Lake.

In Southern Dakato grasshoppers are devouring everything that is green. They come down iu clouds, and work in a S.W. direction. Mexico, July 19.

General Piva Placeoies’ revolutionary'army was surprised and defeated by Colonel Adolf Vaile about two days’ march from the capital. Placeoies saved himself by jumping into the river. General Cbavarin, second in command, several staff officers, fifteen soldiers, and two hundred horses were captured. The Government are sending troops to re-establish communication with Yera Cruz. Twenty thousand dollars have been collected from inhabitants of Jalapa by the revolutionary leaders. General Alatorre, with 400 men, defeated a revolutionary force of 1300 men under Hernandez at Eortin, near Orizaba. One hundred of the enemy were killed, and Hernandez is a prisoner with sixty followers. All the artillery and baggage were captured. It is a most important blow to the revolution. New Yoke, August 15. Hides, quiet, 16 to 16| cents.; won], quiet, spring clip, fine, 19 to 26 cents.; burry, 12 to 16 cents.; whale oil, 53 to 58 cents.; winter bleached, 63 to 70 cents., sperm, 1 dol. 25 cents, to 1 doL 30 cents; winter bleached, 1 dol. 55 cents, to 1 dol. 30 cents.; new, 1 dol. 40 cents, to 1 dol. 45 cents. Liverpool, August 15.

California wheat, average, 9s. Id. to 9s 4d.; club, 9s. sd. to 9s. lOd.