THE CALIFORNIAN MAIL.

Tuapeka Times, Volume V, Issue 259, 16 January 1873, Page 5

THE CALIFORNIAN MAIL.

MISCELLANEOUS. The Italian Government is becoming alarmed at the extent of emigration to the United States. Measures will be adopted to stay the exodus. In Germany this has been already done. Railway companies have been in the habit of carrying emigrants from the interior to the seaport towns at very low rates of fare. The Imperial Government have issued a Cabinet Decree, countersigned Stzenplitz, Minister of Commerce, commanding railway companies to discontinue the practice of conveying emigrants and their baggage, unless full rates of fare are paid. Since the Franco-Prussian war there has been a general rash of young Germans to escaj. c military service ; and the War Office has issued a circular, in the most threatening terms', pointing out the penalties to which these German youths render themselves liable, and intimating that should they persist, they will be "treated as outlaws for life." These measures have put an embargo on German emigration but have not made the Prussian military system popular in the non- Prussian States. — The Emperor of China is about to marry. He will then ascend the throne. He ia sixteen year* of age. — The King of Hawaii is dead,

It is reported that a second Ecclesiastical Province of the Pom an Catholic Church is to be established in England, with Liverpool as the Metropolitan See. On the Ist of January, 1870, there were eighteen Roman? Catholic Episcopal dioceses, including the Archdiocese of Westminster, in England. These, t. ken together, form the Ecclesiastical Pro\i»c3 of Westminster, with the Most Reverend Archbish p Manning at its head. The Province of Liverpool, should it be constituted by the Pope, will contain a very large population of Koman Catholics. The horse disease is still decimating stock in the United States. In. Ohio, pigs aud. poultry are reported as dying through infection. The forty-second Congress of the United J-tates is now in session. The moderate newspapers advise Congress not to rake up any of the old questions of party waifare. " A thort practical session, devoted only to measures of practical necessity, dictated alike by sound statesmanship and good party tactics." These are the words of a leading American newspaper ; we shall learn by the next mail whether the members of Congress are actuated by the same spirit. A conflict has taken place between a detachment oi the United States troop* and about Fixty Modoc Indians ef < >regon, resulting in the death of eighteen It-dians and three whites. The Indians refused to go upon the reservation, and commence d hostilities. Since then, the Indians have murdered several whites, and steps are beinp taken to protect the 6ettlers. Bayeß* Pavilion, v an Francisco, haß been burnt ; less, ! 00,000 dollars. The origin of the fire is a mystery. The price »f railway iron is quoted lower in America ; but as ten thousand miles of railway are projected for 1873, the quantity of rails required must far exceed the possible supply in the States. Prices are, consequently, anticipated to become firmer. Strange revelations have been made in San Francisco relative to the diamond fields. By present appearance, the whole affair ■would appear to be a swindle. The Indian revolt is reported from Mexico. In accordance with the award of the Emperor of « Germany, the British troops have evacuated the island of San Juan. This gives the United States the mari imekey to the North PacificThe late fire in Boston has led to resolutions by the national Board of Underwriters, adopting a new tariff ; 30 per cent, increase is to be ctarged en all huildings in towns of more than 50,000 ; and 50 per cent, additional on "all framed Mansard roofs." This last is intended to be prohibitory. Several qualities of granite are also condemned, as being liable to destruction by fire. THE<-REAT BOSTON FIXE, LOSSES £20,000,000. When the fire was at its height at 4.30 a.m. on the moiniafi; of Nov. 1 », the telegraphic despatches thus sketched the scene : —The conflagration continues with terrible effect. After the building was blown up, the apparent effect was increasing the horrible volume of flame. The newspaper offices which are on the line of fire, made all preparations for rem ving books, papers, &c. The Transcript office is already in flames, and the old, cool, South Church, dear to all Bi:stonians, has at last fallen a victim to the fire. The Journal office will next have to succumb, and the Po&t and Traveller will coon follow. The second building to succumb was d-rectly opposite that in which the fire broke out, and was occupied by Main, Mullin, and Bins, Harding Brothers and Co., Bowen. Moore and Co., George Lide, Carter and Co., Conant brothers—all wholesale dealers in dry and fancy goods. This was at the corner of Otis Hace. The heat now became infernal. The streets ran rivers of water, and every moment was heard the sound of granite blocks exploding, and entire walls fell into the streets, making them impassable. The firemen were driven from one station to another, and many an engine was kept nobly at work, •while t-no- firemen were wet by hand. The engineer could only hold his place while a stream of water was kept playing on him. Blocks of g>anite weighing tons were split as if by powder, and hurled across wide streets. Planks were flying through the air like feathers. Women erected barricades and workpd behind them, but they we>e burned almost as soon as erected. An hour had hardly elapsed before it was evident that Beebe's block, the finest business structure in the city, built of granite, five stories high, with that cursed Mansard roof over all, must go within thirty minutes. The flames were coming out in fiery bil'ows from every window, and up .the Btairway leading to A. T. Stewards ?ooms, a perfect column of flame. This building served but as fuel to the flames. Whole pieces of dry goods went whistling across the squave, lodging on the windowsills of the magnificent stores on Devonshire street and Beebe's block. Several minutes after the inside fell, but the heat warped it, and two millions soon lay a heap of stone, brick, and mortar. A hurricane of wind now raged, and owing to the intense heat, .every building canght like tinder. Four-story granite blocks caught like shavings, and deafening explosions were constantly heard. A new terror was now added to the Babel of confusion. The tenement houses at the upper end of the street were being fast licked in by the flames, and women, crazed and fainting, were rushing to and fro, carrying children, crockery, clocks, bedding, &c. ARREST OF JAY GOULD. At last the new rCrie Directors are able to act, and this afternoon (Nov. 22). at the suit of P. H . Watson, President of the Krie Railway, Jay Gould was arrested. The warrant was issned by Judge Fancher, of the Supreme Cou't, and ia based on an affidavit which charges Jay Gould with wrongfully taking lo his own use, while in co trol of the Erie Bailroad, near ten million dollars, money belonging to the Erie stockholders. The affidavit of President Watson, of the Erie Bailway, avers that the company had cause of action against Gould for more than 9,72K,541 dollars 26-cents, to which interest is to be added. Tbat such cause of action arises from the fraudulent detention, embezzlement, and misapplication of property of the said company. That Gou'd, while'acting a-" president and treasurer of the said corporation, was guilty of fraud in incurring the obligations for which this action is brought. The arrest of Gould is the indirect result of the corner in Krie, got up a short time ago, by which Smith and Gould, then working in union, were heavily 'squeezed, and both vowed to be revenged upon Drew. The clique then proceeded to lay their mines, but a sudden disagreement opened a bitter quarrel between them, and war to the knife was declared. In his anger, Smith is said to have remarked to one of his friends, " I will make tbat 1 ttle monkey (meaning Gould) grind an organ yet for his living ;" and he farther said that he would ruin him in a week. In the meantime, Gonld, by skilful manipulation, managed to get both Smith and Drew short on Northwestern, and then ran up the stock, as was done to-day, to 200. It is Baid that Smith, finding himself short, asked Gould to let him have fifty thousand shares of that stock, and threatened to bring the present suit against him in case of his refusal. Gould, however, would not secede to the demand, and hence the suit and present arrest. ARRIVAL OF A VESSEL AT NEW YORK WITH SMALL-POX. The barque Columbia, from Bremen, arrived at New York on the 28 h November. We take the following from the New York Herald of that date :— The Deputy Health Officer Btppped on the deck of the barque, tad fcii practised eye told him at once there

had been and was sicknesss and trouble there It did not take long for him to ascertain that this vessel, under the command of Captain Schumacker, left Bremen 52 days before, with a crew of 20, aud 337 passengers — old and young, male and female, married and single. In further prosecuting his duties, and going below, the officer found — not to his dismay, for he was familiar with such sights — but to his great grief, twentytwo helpless men, women, and children, some near unto death, down with that loathsome disease, the small-pox ; and more, he ascertained that during the voyage five had died — two infants, one lad, and two grown persons— and were buried at sea. It is not too much to say the Bight of the sick was extremely disgusting ; but with that promptitude characteristic of the perfect system in vogue to protect our city from the encroachment of any pestilence or disease in this manner, action was at once taken to relieve first the worst cases— those who were in the most pain — and then to look to the comfort of the many that had escaped the scourge. The steamboat used for such purposes was at once sent for, and upon its arrival the twenty-two si 3k were passed over the side of the vessel, wrapped comfortably in blanket!), and, long before the surrounding men in small b«ats knew of the matter, the suffering emigrants were on their way to the small-pox hospital on Blackwell's Island where that care with their cases demand Avill be extended to them. DEATH AND BURIAL OF GREELBY. The Tribune furnishes the following account of the illness and last hours of Mr Greeley :— He was in almost as good health as usual, when, on the day after the election, he wrote vtbe card pnnouncing his resumption of the editorial charge of the Tribune. His sleeplessness was known to have become greatly worse, but for years he had suffered more or less fr.im the same difficulty. It is now clear that a sufficient allo -.vance had not been made for the intense stra'U upon him throughout the summer, and especially during the last month of his wife's illness ; but it soon became evident that his strength was unequal to the hard task to which he set himself. He wrote only three or four careful articles, no one of them half a column in length. The most notable, perhaps, was that entitled "Conclusions," wherein l>e summed up his views of tho canvass, tn all, he wrote less than three aud a half columns after his return, contrib uting to only four issues of the paper. Two or three times he handed his assistant sh»rt articles, saying, "Theie is an idea worth using, but I have not felt able to work it up properly, and you had better put it in shape." At Jast, on the 12th instant, he abandoned all effort to visit the office, and sent for the family physician of A. J. Johnson, the friend with whom he was a guest, and in whose house his wife bad died. Every effort was made to induce sleep, but he grew worse until it became evident that his case was critical. Dr George C. Choate and others were called in for consultation, and finally it was decided to take him to Dr. Choate's residence, three miles distant from Greeley sown country residence at Obappaqna. Here he received unremitting attention ; Dr. Choate and Dr. Brown, and others, w< re called in consultation, buff the insomnia had developed to inflammation of the brain, and under this the venerated patient rapidly s nk. At times be was delirious, and at other times as clearhea led as ever. He lost flesh and strength with startling rapidity, and in a few day 3 the possi 1 ility of a speedy death forced itself into an unwilling recognition. It was not, however, until Thursday that his associates and familj' brought themselves to admit it. He lingered till Friday ; was conscious the whole time, and wa3 feeemingly rational and free from pain. In one account of his last days, he is said, during his western tour, to have never slept over four hours at a time. Through the day he would often doze in a car and catch snatched of sleep. Upon his return to New York his wife was found to be rapidly wasting, and it was while passing sle°pleßß nights at her bedside that he first began to show signs of great meafcal depression. On one occasion, ivhile the opposition Press was criticising his Pittsburgh speech, he said, " -f they make the issue that I'm the Rebel candidate, I'm bound to be defeated." This consideration seemed to weigh on his mind Often, when he supposed he was alone, he would put bis hand to his head and cry out, ''Oh!" as if suffering intense pain. The Weekly Bulletin, speaking of Greeley's funeral, says :— The number of applicants for tickets of admission to witness the funeral services of Greeley, at Chapin's Church, is enormous. The.church accommodates only 1800, and many prominent personages had great difficulty in procuring cards. Some persons offered high prices for tickets, but feund none. Several prominent journalists arrived last evening from Philadelphia and other cities among them Colonel Forney. The crowd that visited the City Hall last evening was estimated at 40,000. The remarks of the Rev. Henry Ward Beecher in delivering Greeley's funeral oration were quite brief. He spoke of deceasod as one who, for thirty years, had tilled the land with controversy as a man of war, |and though dying without civic honors, as one whose memory shall live for ever in the annals of his country To-day all men forget the recent strife and conflict of opinion in sorrow for him because he was something more than a mere professional man He was a man so good aud so noble that he had but few compeers for thirty years. He built for himself no outward monument and no estate, but to-day, between the Atlantic and Pacific oceans, there is not a man who has not felt the effect of the labors of Horace Greeley.