The Bee-Hive. — 1874-08-22 (London, England)

FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE.  A TERRIBLE disaster is reported by the American papers to have occurred on the Ohio river on the oth inst. The steamer Pat Rogers, laden with Cotton, caught fire, and bornt to the water's edge. It was afterwards found that the tiller had been cut, and it is believed the fire was the work of an incendiary. There were nearly a hundred people on board, twenty of whom were drowned.  Two English ladies, named nose and Charlotte Dickinson, recently residing at Cannes, are stated by the Paris papers to be gravely compromised in connection with the escape of Marshal Bazaine, and orders have been sent by the police authorities to the various seaports for their arrest should they attempt to leave the country. AN instance has happened at Gelseriay, near Berne, wherein a man hanged himself from being overwhelmed with good fortune. The man, by immense efforts, succeeded in amassing a considerable sum of monty. Not long ago he was informed that a legacy of 25,000 fr. had been left him. This piece of fortune gave him the mortal blow. A profound melancholy seized him, and the fear of death from hunger haunted him day and night. To avoid this he stealthily left his house one night, went into tho neighbouring forest, and hung himself to a pine branch. He left a fortune of 100,000 francs. —M. VICTOR Hutto, while walking in the street at Passy, on Sunday, was struck on the head by a pole which was being carried in a cart. Ile fell down insensible, but soon recovered, and was srble to walk home.  BETUUNB of the numbers polled at the election for Calvados show that M. le Prevobt do Launay, Bonapartist, gained 40,794 votes, and N. Aubert, Republican, '27,272. Nine thousand fewer Legitimist votes were given than in 1872, and it is supposed that 15,000 Orleanists and 9,000 Legitimists voted for the sucoes4ful candidate.  A rAatons Hungarian criminal, Boysa &odor, has just been condemned to death. Between 1830 and 1840 he committed a series of robberies, but was at last captured, and in 1818 incurred a sentence of capital punishment. He was pardoned, however, by Kossuth, and organised a band called Esikose, who as irregulars took part in several battles. After the supprestion of the insurrection he relapiled into murder and incendiarism, and was again captured and condemned to death. The emperor, however, commuted his sentence to imprisonment, and in 1868 he received a full pardon. lie returned, however, t his evil courses, and, as an incorrigible offender, has been a third time sentenced to death, a penalty which will doubtless be now inflicted. His companions have been adjudged to terms of imprisonment ranging from twenty years du wnwards. '''"•• ONE of the judges of the Royal Court at Jersey has committed suicide by shooting himself. He had been suffering from illness and mental depression..  GREAT anxiety has, it is stated, been caused throughout Poland by the fires which are now occurring with alarming frequency in all parts of the country. It is supposed that ,these fires are the work of a band of incendiaries, but all attempts to discover the culprits have hitherto proved fruitless.  Tug steamship Altona brought to San Francisco news to the 4th ult. from Yokohama. The Japanese steamer Tai Omirtt was lost on the 16th of June on the west coast. Twenty-seven lives were lost.  THE comet has been observed at Japan, and was looked upon by the natives as a favourable omen in connection with the war in:Formosa, where the tribes are said to have come to terms with Japan, and accepted the flag of that couutry.  -•-• INTELLIGENCE has been reoeived a a threatened renewal of the Bonthal disturbances. The police are being strengthened at points supposed to be dangerous.  ACCOUDING to a Colorado paper ROM remarkable people have been discovered by Captain W. C. Manning in North-Western New Mexico. In language and customs they are said to resemble the Chinese. The village in whioh they live is aurrounded by a strong wall, and contaiaa houses for 4,000 people. The present population, however, does not exceed 1,800. The ceremonies connected with their religion are described as "barbarously magnificent." Montezuma ia their deity, and his coming is looked for each day at sunrise. The priests dress in heavily embroidered robes, which have bee used for un-numbered years. Immortality is part of their Greed. They are atria in their morality, and their Government is a Conservative Republic. 

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