ARRIVAL OF THE ’FRISCO MAIL.

Patea Mail, Volume III, Issue 283, 1 January 1878, Page 2

ARRIVAL OF THE ’FRISCO MAIL.

■ i. ■ .. —■ i ■■ " [per CITY OF SEW YORK.] ENGLISH AND FOREIGN SUMMARY. Juniann, the chief stronghold of the Jawakis in India, has been taken. The expedition has been an uninterrupted success. The works at the nett docks at Liverpool have been so much damaged by gales, that 2,700 men have been thrown out of work for three weeks. The King of Abyssinia has written to Gordon, accepting the terms of peace with Egypt. A Polo has been arrested on suspicion of attempting to assassinate the Emperor William. Bismarck recognised hirn as a forger whem the police had tracked from the nest of Prussia. When arrested, lie voluntarily stated that he came to assasinatc the Emperor, but when recognised, he confessed that his first statement was untrue; WAR NEWS. Largo Russian subsidies have arrived. Scrvia will prosecute the wa>’. The Pall Mall Gazette asserts that Germany is urging Belgium to accept a German protectorate, and make her military system conlorm with that of the Germans. Germany guarantees her independence in all other respects, and territorial compensation. Germany argues that in the event of another FrancoGerman war, probably military convention with Belgium would render Germany unassailable. The Gazette believes that the argument has made great -way in high quarters. Skobcloff was slightly wounded in the capture of Rosalie Pass, but he retains command.

Kavs has capitulated; 15,000 Russians climbed the steep rocks and rampart walls, and stormed, while an equal number were desperately fighting the Turks, who made a headlong flight over ditches and parapets. The principal attack was made on the southern forts. General Lazareff, in command of the right wing, assaulted Hafiz Pasha’s fort, crowning the steep, rocky height. General Count Grabbe attacked Hafiz Pasha on the centre, the Khanlie, Tahea, Sanvarri, Tahia, three towers and citadel. The left wing assaulted Fort Ingles. The attack began in the centre, on Saturday evening. Count Grabble led the brigade against Khaulie redoubt himself, and was killed at the first onset, The redoubt surrendered early in the morning.- The three towers almost simultaneously maintained a stubborn resistance until daylight, when all the garrison which could escape fled towards Erzeroum, but were subsequently overtaken by dragoons and Cossacks, and made prisoners. The Russian loss is officially stated to be 2,500. Excitement at Staraboul is caused by summoning reserves. The servants at the Palace are armed with revolvers.

In consequence of a threatened rising of Crete, cotton operatives have struck. A general strike is threatened if the proposed mliictionf are enforced. The Barnsley weavers resolved that it is better to strike than allow masters to glut the market by reduced wages. A redaction of hours is suggested as a remedy for the troubles. A London special from Eome says the Pope received the French Pilgrims, and spoke a few words with great difficulty, owing to the feebleness of his voice. His suffering made a melancholy impression. Ho was carried by four men.

Foster, Agent-Gerteral for New South Wales, has written to the Times, acknowledging the efforts of the American postal department to facilitate the delivery of the San Francisco mails.

A London correspondent telegraphs from Edinburgh that the peace party of the Cabinet is stronger, there being an additional member, making five determined for intervention. It is rumoured that Earl Beaconsfield informed the Russian Ambassador ihat jeopardising Constantinople, might occasion such an outcry in England as to force the nation to declare war. The American war ship Huron went ashore during a fog sooii after leaving the fort, at Monroe. Shortly after the vessel struck a boat was lowered and immediately swamped. The vessel then slewed broadside to the sea, which made a clean break, sweeping everything. Many seamen and officers were'washed overboard, and several killed by pieces of tbe wreck. The vessel broke up fast, and the surf was so furious that it was bey On d human efforts to hold on, Signals of distress were unheeded. Bodies drifted ashore dreadfully mutilated. Mexican troops co-operate with American in suppressing tbe border expedition. There has been an engagement at Cuba between 460 insuvgements and 300 Spanish regulars. The Spaniards were surprised whilst breakfasting. Loss—-twenty-two killed and fifty-three wounded. The insurgents were repulsed. A silver ball has been inserted iu the Pope’s leg, which relieved* the pain. The Servians assisted 8,000 Russians to attack tbe Turkish rear. Meliehlet Ali reports success, driving the Russians on Tiruova, with the loss of 3,000. The German Press considers that the three Emperors should determine peace proposals.

WHEN TO CUT WHEAT. "W"xi eat should never be fully ripe before catting, for it then loses colour, weight, and qualityj and is liable to loss from shedding in the field; But it unfortunately happens that in this age of inquiry and competitive trials wc cannot adopt an improvement without rushing into the opposite extreme'of the fault we remedy. It is so in the case of harvesting; as some one or two of our neighbouring farmers will find to their cost this season, if they will but fairly test the question. Wheat can never be cut, without undue shrinking of the kernel, until you can press it (the kernel) between your thumb and forefinger without squeezing out any liquid, or “ milk,” as the farmers call it. If cut before this, in the process of ripening, is converted into a substance like dough/’ a sure loss of measure—sometimes very serious—will bo the result, and no advantage gained, as is most mis-

chievously held by some theoretical writers to whom amateur farmers arc too prone to listen,• over wheat cut when' the milk is quite out of it. A week after that stage it will still be iii the best condition for cutting, and even shovtlcl a small portion be standing a little lodger no' harm will come of it, and the extra bushels in yield will far more than compensate for the loss of a little colour and weight which the prematurely cut may possess. In years pest I have thoroughly tested the three systems: cutting green—when the .in ilk is just out, and when the “ goose-necked” or dead ripe, and I always found the trial decidedly against the green cutting. There is risk in the over-ripe system if high winds prevail, but chances are that once in three years you may lose two bushels per acre blown out, while by cutting too early you certainty lose every year from four to six bushels per acre by shrinking. But there is no need in these days of efficient machinery for prolonging the wheat catting on any farm beyond 10 days, which will admit of waiting until it is properly fit before beginning, and finishing before any of the crop is over-ripe and in danger of shedding.—-J. T; T. in Hampshire Chronicle .

INSTINCT IN A CAT. The following anecdote almost places the cat on a level with the dog ;—“ A physician of Lyons was requested to inquire into a murder that had been committed on a woman of that city. In consequence of this request he went to the habitation of the deceased, where he found her extended lifeless onthefloor, weltering in her blood. A large white cat was mounted on the cornice of a cupboard, at the far end of the apartment, where he seemed to have taken refuge. He sat motionless, with his eyes fixed on the corpse, and his attitude and looks expressing horror and affright. The following morning he was found in the same station and attitude, and when the room was filled with officers of justice, neither the clattering of the soldiers’ arms, nor the loud conversation of the company, could in the least degree divert his attention. As soon, however, as the suspected persons were brought in, his eyes glared with increased fury, his hair bristled, he darted into the middle of the apartment, where he stopped for a moment to gaze at them, and then precipitately retreated under the bed. The countenances of the assassins were disconcerted, and they were now, for the first time, abandoned by their atrocious audacity. ”

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