, 1876-03-03
LATEST NEWS
BY Telegraph and Mail
Gold in New York, on the 1st inst. E,

BSsL Oh LHo MlSSlSSlppl, Was DuIuou
on the 28th ult., she was 325 feet
long, and 56 wide. Over a million
feet of water seasoned oak was used
in her construction.
Five cases of leprosy are reported d
among the Chinese of San Francisco.
Special Agent Gov. Morris is in
! Washington making his report con-
corning inspections of custom houses
etc., on the Pacific coast. His ex-
animation seems to develop nothing
of an extraordinary character.
The bill reported favorably from
the Senate on retrenchment, in re-
gard to the Presidents salary, pro-
vides that on and after March 4, 1877,
! t shall be fixed at $25, 900 per annum.
Laine's press gag bill introduced
in the California Legislature has
been indefinitely postponed.
A telegram from San Francisco of
Feb. 25th says: The steamer China,
which arrived last evening from Yok-
ohama, was beaten on the passage by
the bark Robert Kelley, which sailed
one hour after the China, and ar
rived here some hours in advance.
DR.. Johann Kaffka, died in San
Francisco last week. He was for
merly surgeon under Napoleon Bo.
naparte, and served with him in the
campaign against Russia in 1912.
From and after April 10, the Pa
cifc Mail Company will run two
steamers a month to Victoria.
The boilers of the steamer Ancon,
of Goodall, Nelson & Perkins line,
have been taken out and new ones
will at once be put in. When ready
for sea the steamer will at once be
put on the Victoria and Puget Sound
route to San francisco.
The California Pioneer Society
have petitioned the legislature to
pass bill appropriating $4,000 for
the Centennial exhibition. This or
ganization also proposes to erect a
handsome building on the exhibition
grounds 126 feet long by 80 wide, to
be used as headquarters by Califor-
mans.
A dispatch received from Callao
announces the arrival there of the
bark Coloma, with the master, Capt.
Howes, insane. He is reported to
have shot the first officer without
provocation. The Coloma is owned
at San Francisco.
David Turley, for the murder of
w. H. Shaw, was hung at Sacra-
mento on the, 25th ult.
Very rich silver discoveries have
been found on Ash creek, in Califor-
MIA.
The steamship Kalorama parted
her lines at the wharf at San Buena-
ventura, CAL, on the 25th ult, and
owing to her propeller becoming en-
tangled by one of the ropes she drift
ed ashore and became total wreck.
New and rich silver discoveries are
reported as discovered in Bradshaw
and Walnut creek districts, Arizona.
About 8 o'clock, on the morning
of the 26th a sleeping car took FIRE
on a Louisville trains The passen-
gers barely escaped, leaving their
clothes and light baggage behind,
which, with the car were entirely
consumed. The passengers, includ-
ing ladies and gentlemen, arrived at
Memphis in their night garments.
Ever since Gen. Babcock's dis
charge from the court, his hotel has
been crowded with the prominent
citizens of st. Louis to extend their
congratulations on the result of the
trial. When the jury brought in the
verdict " not guilty" Babcock soon
after went to them and shook each
one heartily and feelingly by the
hand, and thanked them kindly for
the verdict.
Internal revenue collections for the
first six months of the fiscal year
show an increase Of $4,040,000 as
compared wlth-last year.
A number Of men are collecting g
at Louisville to go to the Black Hills.
One evening, last week, Mr.. Bowen
was asked to meet the committee ap-
pointed for the purpose of hearing
what he had to say about Mr.. Beech
er, at the house of Mr.. Halliday. On
Mr.. Bowen arriving he was surprised
to find, insteadsof five or six q crowd
Of forty. After Mr.. Bowen had fin
ished his statement he started to
leave the room, when Mr.. White
jumped up and lockedthe door, put
ting the key in his pocket, telling
Mr.. Bowen that he could not go out
of the room. Then ensued a strange
scene-Mr. Bowen attempting to es.
cape and the inmates of the room
attempting TO prevent him. Mr..
Bowen at last got out by back
door and left in a hurry. What
could have been the motive for this
unwarrantable proceeding is beyond
conjecture, unless it was intended to
extort a written statement from Bow
en- generating Beecher.
News From All Parts.
Utah makes no appropriation for
the Centennial.