AMERICAN NEWS.

Southland Times, Issue 1582, 24 May 1872, Page 3

AMERICAN NEWS.

The Senate Postal Committee is reported to be in favor of subsidising the Australian steamship line to the extent of $500,000 a year. The New York Tribune of 26th April ' says there is reason for the statement that the administration has abandoned its attitude on the Alabama question, and that the Secretary of State has written to the American Minister at the Court of St. James's, expressing regret at the misunderstanding which has arisen concerning the claims for indirect damages. Hall's Arctic expedition was heard from at Greenland on the Ist March. In Congress notice has been given of an amendment to the Postal Appropria- * tion Bill offering half a million dollars subsidy annually for an Australian line of steamers. Rich gold and silver mines have been . discovered in Alaska. \ The Mexican revolution is crushed. Congress is considering a resolution for withdrawing the claims for indirect damages from the arbitration of tha Geneva tribunal. . The Government maintains its original position for the purpose of settling the r principle. The boiler of a steamer exploded on the Illinois, when the vessel took fire and burned to the water's edge. Eighty lives were loßt. Reports from Lone Pie, via Portersville, state that that town was in ruins in . consequence of an earthquake. Twentythree people were killed, and about thirty wounded. Five hundred heavy shocks occurred in 30 hours. About 50 houses were shaken down.