American.

Thames Star, Volume XIII, Issue 4281, 20 September 1882, Page 2

American.

San Fbancisco, August 27. The official investigationinto the conduct of the Jeanette exploring expedition pro* mises to disclose a great deal of unfriendly feeling among the officers and jealousy one of the other. Jerome J. Collins, the Herald correspondent, is reported to have been shamefully treated by Commander de Long. The Milwaukee and St. Paul Railroad Company has sold to an English syndicate, represented by Close Brothers, a million acres of land at 4 dollars 50 cents per acre. " Tug " Wilson, the English pugilistic champion, and James Elliott, an American, are matched to fight for 2500 dollars a side, and the championship of the world..

A spirited correspondence has taken place between the English and American postal authorities, regarding interdicted mail matter. The English stop not only certain American newspapers inimical to the Government, but also registered letters and packages suspected of containing seditious information or dangerous preparations. Bishop Lafleche, of Montreal, has forbidden the ladies of his congregation wearing curls, under pain of sin. There will be a meeting of the Joint Committee of Congress on the 15th of November next, to inquire into the causes why the building of iron, steel, and wooden ships cannot be done as well in the CJnited States as in Scotland, England, and other countries. U* Chicago's population is*shown to be nearly 575,0C0.

The Irish leaders in Ireland are laugbingover a proposal by the Philadelphia Land League to send funds for the assist* ance of Arabi Bey in resisting England. Parn ell sent a telegram denouncing such action, and the proposal was not re« peated.

Watts, President of the Amateur Oarsmen's Association in America, arrived at N(bw York from Liverpool on the 9th. He says the real objection to the Hillsdale crew by the English Amateur Sowing Association was stated to him by President Chatters, and is in effect that the two last crews from America, the Cornell and Shoewacemette's proved ungentle, manly, and it was determined to guard against Riving another crow an opportunity to display their vulgarity. Subse. quently, according to the London Sports^ man, owing to a satisfactory answer received from the Yale College Club, the Thames Rowing Club accepted the Hillsdale's challenge. Their passage =to America hud already been booked, but

will be cancelled, if necessary. The match, if it comes off, will take place about a month hence. The New York police have a new duty imposed on them lately, that of raiding Chinese opium dens. The yellow fever is spreading in Florida and Texas. Miss Emma Bond, a handsome young schoolmistress, of Taylorville, Illinois, was seized and cruelly outraged in her own schoolroom on the 16th instant, by three young men named Clement, -Petlis, and Montgomery. A mob took the parties out of gaol, and would have lynched them but they protested their innocence so strongly and begged so hard for their lives, that at the request of the father of the injured girl they were returned to prison. Afterwards Mr Bond received a letter from a tramp in Chicago, telling him he. was cognizant of the whole affair, and the crowd ought to have been allowed to lynch the parties arrested, as they were guilty. The pugilistic example of Sullivan and " Tog " Wilson has given new life to the prize ring in America. Among lesser grades of bruisers there are six or eight fights in different parts of the country booked to come off. The chief incentive is that these ring fights are very profitable to the participants, even if they are disturbed by the police. On the 18th, a homing pigeon from Detroit to Canada.fiew 221 miles in less than five hours. There ,J»'as a great celebration at Ogden's Grove, near Chicago, on the 23rd, for the purpose of raising funds for the erection of a monument to the memory of old John Brown. The sister of the political martyr lives in California, and was present at the ceremonies. William Kilpatrick, residing at Milwaukee, claiming to be heir to the throne of Ireland (and who the papers gravely say is not a crank), has been writing to Gladstone to urge on " his Royal sister Victoria " that she reaounce her title to his country! A shocking affair is reported from Athens, Texas. It appear a man named Lightfoot rented a farm to a negro, who made a splendid crop. He invited the negro to fish. Afterwards the negro's body was found in the creek with the head split, the feet cut off, and three bullet holes. It is supposed Ligfetfoot killed him for the crop, as be claimed it under a bill of sale.