The Daily state journal. [volume] (Alexandria, Va.) 1868-1874, 1871-07-17
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THE COREAN WAR;!
FEARFUL STORM IN NEW YORK
THE U. s. MEXICAN COMMISSION Il!
THE NEW YORK RIOT
GOLD EXCITEMENT IN CALIFORNIA +! 4!
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS!
GREAT FIRE AT RHElMS!!
Fearful Loss Of Life!y
THE ST MAUR EPLosIoN!
SHIP FOUNDERED- LIVES LOST!!
ASATIC CHOLERA IN POLAND!!
LATEST FOREIGN NEWS
GREAT FIRE AT RHEIMS |!
Fearful Loss OF Life f..
SHIP FOUNDERED-so LIVES LosT!!
AsATIc CHOLERA In POLAND
Financial &c COMMERCIAL I


5,eg The New York Riot.
4 New York, July 17.-Among the i'm
portant documents bearing upon the causes
Of the action first taken by the city author
| tiles, there is published q letter written by
John j. Bond, the Orange leader, to SUI
perintendent Kelso, two days before the
riot, i'll which he implores the officer to
stop the Orange demonstration and spare
the effusion of blood. ~
| 1t has been ascertained that two Orange
men were wounded in the line during the
riot. Q
The corrected lists show the whole num-
Der Of deaths to be forty-four.
| sa Fearful Storm in New York.
| Ne,c York, July 17.-1here was feal full
storm here yesterday during which bell
weighing 5000 pounds was blown from
tower 130 feet high. A falling tree crushed
a carriage in Fifth avenue. "A yacht was
capsi2ed in the bay, drowning one man.
The tightening struck brig in the harbor;
the streets were flooded chiinnies blown
down, and three year old child drown
from a capsized boat.
Gold Excitement in Mexico. .s..
| San Francisco, July 16.--Gold plains as
rich as those of California or Australia has
been found in Mexico, attracting thousands.
| Fire in Wisconsin.
Fond du Lac, Wis, July 1G.@The Lake
| House and twenty others have been burned.
Several firemen were hurt. "A child was
burned to death. #
The Gorean War. aa
| Washington, July 1.-THE Coreans
claim that after the ship, General Sherman,
was wrecked, the crew committed murder
and piracy, and for that were executed ac-
cording to forms Of law.
The America" brings no details of the
last fight with the Coreans.
The Z. S.-Mexican Commission.
| Washington, July 17.-The U. S.-Mex-
lean Commission decides favols.bly as to
claims for property taken by the Repnb-
lie !; and unfavorably for property taken by
Maxlmilan. The commission is also de-
| cidedly favorable to contracts with the Re-
public. No decision has yet been made
regarding Mexican bonds held by Ameri-
cans. t
m sa h Washington News.
| Washington, July l6.-Commissioner
| Pleasanton has sent to the President for
his approval of the order consolidating the
| internal revenue districts in Virginia and
i
| Henry, Howard, Esq, who has been APP
pointed by the British government an agent
to receive claims against the United States,
under the Washington treaty, gives official
notice chat such claims be sent to him here.
The United States has not yet appointed an
agent.
The income tax returns Of the city Of
Brooklyn complete, shows four hundred
and sixty-six thousand dollars this year,
against q million and half last year.
There was one murder in New York and
one in Brooklyn last night, resulting from
disputes over the riot.e
| From France. ss#
Paris, July 16.-Proceedings have been
commenced for malieasance against pur-
chasers of arms in America.
GREAT FIRE AT RHEIMS AND FEARFUL
LOSS OF LIFE-THE ST. MAUR EX-
PLosI0N, &C., &C.
Paris, July l6.-A great fire occurred
at Rheims to-day, caused by the explosion
of quantity of petroleum. Fifty persons
were killed and wounded by the explosion,
and many buildings in the business portion
of the city were burned.
Paris, July 1.-THE official journal
states that the explosion in the powder
works of st. NIaur was accidental. Six
persons were killed and thirty wounded.
The Court-Martial for the trial of Com
munists will commence to-day. 9
The Ac9aisf says that Theirs has written
to the Pope, promising diplomatic support,
if other powers join France. 1885, 3li
s From England.
IMMIGRATION MEETING DIsPERsED-
DEATH OF THE CHIEF OF POLICE OF
DUBLIN-SHIP UNDERED--THIRTY
LIVES LOST.
London, July ia meeting in Hyde
Park, having for its object the promotion of
immigration from the United Kingdom, was
dispersed. This action was rendered neces-
sary by the noise and confusion incident TO
the proceedings.
The chief Of police of Dublin died yester-
day from wounds received a few DAYS since
at the hands Of a supposed Fenian. The
murderer has been arrested. se.
The ship Naman, from Bombay, bound
to Penanga, foundered in the Indian Ocean.
Thirty lives were lost.
AsIATIC CHOLERA IN POLAND.
. London, July 17.-It is officially ar
, nounced that the asiatic cholera has aI-
!, peared in several places in Poland.
From Spain. l t.5
Madrid, July l7.-The Cortes has passed
a resolution to hold Cuba at any cost. 1t is
rumored that in consequence of the war dis
cussion, the Spanish Cabinet win be dis
solved, and a Radical Ministry formed.
New York Markets. s.s 81
Nsao York, July l7.--Flour dull. Wheat quiel
and unchanged. Corn qniet. Pork steady at
$l4 5O014 10 Lard firm. Cotton lower-Md
ding Uplands 20s4; Orleans q - sales $50 bales
Turpentne quiet and week at 49G050 Rosin
firmly held at ssl2k @s 20. Steam Heights
steady.