The Br. ship Ada, 686 tous, Capt, Asuls, left New York on Nov. 11th, 1873, She lost the N. trades in lat. 14 N.; crossed the Equator in the Atlantic on Dec. 8th in long. BLW-; picked up the S. E. trades in Int, 2N. and lost them in Lat. 14'S.; thence had fine weather to the Cape of Good Hope, which was rounded on Jan. Gth in Int. 41'S. On Jan. 18th, she encountered a hurricane in 49S,, which lasted 12 hours, On Jan. 25th, passed Gillo. Feb. 12th, made Sandalwood island. Encountered light winds and fine weather through the Straits and as far as the Pellew Islands; from thence had fine weather until making the Saddles, when she encountered thick foggy weather. Arrived below the shipping on the 17th instant, Agen Messrs. Frazar & Ca. Cargo—General, The following vessels were spoken by the Ada: On Deo, 11th, 1873, in lat, 9-20 S., long. 39.W., the British ship Zsles of the South, from Plymouth to Canterbury, N. Z. Jan, 10th 1874, the British brig Gipsy, from Riv Janeiro to Melbourne, "Natives relate that the Achinese did not abandon the Kraton from discouragement, but owing to the pestilential emanations from the many dead which lie there either not or imperfectly buried. Our troops, too, at last, to yield to this deadly The musket balls of the Achinese, (sou specimens of which were shown to us to-day) are somewhat smaller than the bullets of our former smooth-bores, and, judging from their imperfect roundness, have been east in stone moulds or in sand; some are filled with a chalky substance, probably to economise lead. Others have been completed with paddy and its of glass. The leaden covering is, hence, very thin, so that when the bullet, forcing way into the flesh, comes upon a joint or bone, bits. of glass remain sticking in the wound. the covering breaks up and the paddy and From this arise suppurations which give a malignant character to the wound, whenever, above all, the bullet has penetrated deep."—Batavia Dughlad.
The Ala publishes the following resolution, to be brought forward apparently in the California State Assembly, regarding Chinese immigration.
Whereas, the long established despotism of the Chinese Empire has. produced a race of natural slaves, habits of economy enable them to live cheaper and labor for a sum less than would support African slaves; and Whereas, The importation of Chinese is equivalent to the expulsion of citizen laborers, sd, consequently, detrimental to the best interests of the whole people; therefore Resolved, if the Senate concur, That coolieism, as now tolerated in this State, is calculated to promote the dignity of free labor, or improve either the morals or military strength of this State. Its continuance shoul therefore be prohibited by the exercise of lawful powers of Congress in harmony with the wishes of the American people.
Resolved, That our Senators in Congress are hereby instructed, and our Representatives requested, to demand a modification of the Burlingame Treaty which will secure this State from the influx of Chinese women and coolie laborers.
Resolved, That his Excellency, the Governor, is hereby requested to forward' copy of the foregoing preamble and resolutions to our Senators and Representatives in Congress.
Ibis stated that the Emperor of Russia has declined to arbitrate between the Peruvian and the Japanese Government in the case of the seizure of the Maria Luz, on the ground that the vessel has been clearly proved to hare been engaged in an unlawful transaction, A telegram has announced that yesterday about 8 or 9 a.m. the telegraphic stations at Wiadivostock of the Russian Government and of the Great Northern Company, which occupied the same building—wero destroyed by fire. It originated in the Russian end of the building; appearing to have proceeded from the kitchen, and in one hour both offices were destroyed, while in an hour more hardly a vestige of the building remained, It was built of massive logs of pine. 'The electrical machines and apparatus, and almost all the materials and plant of the Great Northern Company were saved, as well asa great part of that, belonging to' the Russian office; so that the loss is confined to the building, which, we believe, was covered by insurance, and to the temporary inconvenience that will he occasioned. The officers entrusted with tie mechanical department Jost no tine in re-eatablishing communication, so that not more than three or four hours interruption was produced.—Courier.
New York, January 20th,—A special from Richmond gives the following particulars of the sudden death of the celebrated Siamese Twins, on Saturday morning, at their residence at Mount Airey, Surrey county, N.C. Chanj was partially paralyzed last Fall, since which time he has been fretful, very much debi tated, and strongly addicted to drinking liquor, a8 a means of alleviating his sufferings, He has been quite feeble for several days, 86 nich so as to confine the brothers to bed. 'On Friday night Chang became worse, and expired suddenly, about four o'clock on Saturday morning.' Eng became so terribly shocked that he roared wildly for a while. This attack was followed by what seemed to be a deadly stupor, and in two hours from the death of Chang, Eng breathed his last, The wives and famille of the twins re in the deepest grief—the children, many of whom are deaf-mutes, expressing their sorrow in the most pitiful manner. Dr. Hollingsworth, who was the first physician to arrive at the residen z f the of believe had attended them frequently when one had been sick and the other in good health. often noticed two beats of the twins' yule differing in time. Eng's death was widoub' eilly due to shock and terror, inspired by his union with Chang's dead body. An attempt to sever the ligament, after Chang's death, would only have hastened the death of Eng, by increasing his terror. The friends of the twins maintain that an artery was contained in the ligament, and that after Chang's death the blood from Eng's body flowed into Chang's but that there was no response of the artery, and that Eng died from exhaustion and loss of blood. Up to the time of Eng's death the ligament was quite warm to a point where it entered Chang's body. The bodies have ben temporarily interred, but it is said the relatives of the twins are negotiating to dispose of them on more profitable terms, by asking $8,000 or $10,000 for allowing a post-mortem examination.—Alta California,
Text read from the printed page and cleaned; old type leaves the occasional error.