, 1876-01-15
LATEST NEWS
eY Telegraph ana Mail.

Gold closed in New York, on the
18th inst, at 113.
Legal tenders in Portland, Ogn.---
buying, SO; selling, 80.
A Senate Committee from Sncra-
mento went to San Francisco on the
18th and made an inspection of the
Goodall, Nelson & Perkins line of
steamers.
The ship Shirley arrived at San
Francisco on the 18th inst.
This ship Harvest Home, from
San Francisco, has been wrecked of
the Irish coast.
At meeting of coiored: :Republi-
cans held in Washington, the gem
eral sentiment was that Grant should
be nominated for third term.
The Central Pacific will not re-
duce their rates of fare to accomo-
date Centennial travel, but all roads
eastward of Omaha will do so.
A telegram from San Francisco Of
the 11th inst. concerning the investi-
cation into the Pacific disaster states
that the accident was held to be the
result of steering wrong by the Or
pheus, but the inspectors were una
BILE to account for the failure of Ethe
Pacific to stop and back when the
collision became imminent. They
find it was impossible to save the
lives Of passengers on account Of the
panic. Waterman justifies his
course as inspector, by saying the
Pacific was perfectly seaworthy.
The Schr. American Girl and ship
Gen. Butler arrived at San Fran
J cisco on the 9th inst.
/ The bark Dublin sailed for Sea-
beck on the 9th inst.
The Apaohes are resuming depre-
dations around San Diego.
The court-martial of naval pay in
spector Spaulding, for completely in
Ithe Pinney frauds, will be held in
San Francisco very soon.
A terrible land slide occurred in
Isle Reunee, France, on Dec. 21st.
Over 60 persons we're killed and
many injured.
Governor Tilden, of New York,
after examining the papers and Pc
tition of Edward S. Stokes for par
don, has denied the application.
A very rich deposit of gold has
been struck near Larimie City at a
depth of 100 feet quartz is found
showing a great amount of free gold.
Large solid masses Of this rock will
be sent to the Centennial.
The examination of Capt. Sawyer
at San Francisco for wrecking the
ship Orpheus is finished. The Com
missioner decided that the Govern
ment had failed to make out its case,
and on motion Of the U. S. Attorney,
Sawyer was exonerated.
An important transfer Of Pacific
coast railway rights has Just been
consummated, by which the control
of the Oregon railroad system will
pass into new hands. A majority of
the stock of the Oregon railroads, of
which Ben Holladay is President,
has been transferred to the German
bondholders, who agree to supply
the necessary funds for completing
their construction. 1t is now said
that the construction of the roads
will be pushed to rapid completion.
The bark Rival, with cargo of
produce, grounded On Clatsop spit
last Monday, but was towed off by
tugs. The extent of the damage is
not reported.
Intelligence from Honolulu ex-
cites fear that a serious disaster has
happened 70 the barks Triton and
Northern Light, of New Bedford,
and the Hawaiian bark Desmond,
the three whalers still in the Arctic.
All told, there was 120 men and 3
women on board the vessels.
Moody and Sankey did not meet
with the same success at Philadelphia
that they did at Brooklyn. The
Centennial excitement causeg the
minds Of the people there to dwell
rather upon the concerns of time than
those of eternity.
Areport is current now that Tweed
is sojourning in Uxbridge, Canada.
The total number Of cases disposed
of in the Police Courls of New York
City for the year 1875 was S4, 500,
Of which 60,331 we're males and
TI bark MarmIofis and Menschikoif
from Seattlcarriyed at San Francisco on
the 12tb<
THE gold yield Of British Columbia for
the past year amounted to s., 400, 026.
The Ballad Of the Gruesome Butcher, HIS
Sausage Machine and fhe Little Dogs.