Show NEWS AT the seminary of the osma spain was a cabinet containing an electrical apparatus and a pneumatic apparatus which formed the subject of the teaching of a lay professor on a recent visit of the bishop of this seminary the prelate expressed astonishment that p physical sciences engaged attention he caused all the apparatus to be removed and sent away the professor remarking that such teachings was opposed to religious principles and prejudicial to youth LETTERS have been received from the colony that sailed from mal mai maine ne 1 in n august u fora for a settlement at jaffa ancient joppa in the holy land they had a good passage of forty two days daya landed october ath the turkish government favoring tile the project by al allowing lowin them to land their merchandise free of f duty the colony consists of men women alid children they have sarr garr can carried their church school house sawmill store eto aud and have a charming site for thelt their settlement tile THE bridge oil on the philadelphia wilmington and baltimore railroad d is one of the largest larrest in the world being about thirty fi nive five ve hundred feet long it t is exceeded in length by the victoria bridge at Mon mod montreal tred which is two miles long by the great bridge across the potomac at washington and by the bridge across the delaware at trenton new jersey THE de poise gives an account of a new now steam carriage for the traction of boats on rivers and canals which has just been tried at com it is a steam carriage of 12 horse power calculated for driving on ordinary roads it was stationed on the towing path and well with two heavy barges in tow neither impeded by the windings of the river which in this part are very frequent nor by the inequalities of the path by this means barges which spend at present a month on the voyage from the north to paris will be able abl e to accomplish it in ten days tim THE bishop of orleans monseigneur Dupan loup has issued a re remarkable pastoral letter he says that the time spoken of in the scriptures in which t there ere should be wars and rumors of wars and earthquakes and famines appears to have arrived he denounces with great energy the impiety which prevails and the teachings of many w writers r aiters war on god and on religion becomes fiercer every day athe atheism Is in marches with the head erect in this respect the eighteenth century is far exceeded As Fenelon predicted the great revolution so he anticipates the gravest bravest calamities before the end of tats tins century what is preparing in europe is frightful to contemplate I 1 shall perhaps nob not see it but I 1 an bounce it the letter will certainly create sensation on account of the high position which the bishop occupies in the church he is unquestionably the foremost ecclesiastic of the day in france of his literary renown and his high political character IT has been definitely settled that a large delegation from the northwester tribes of indians are to be sent as a ac trib ution from the united states uie ule he exposition at paris the ind in 0 bu lle 1 e com colonel rowland reau and lie missioner miss misa ioner loner of the northa r n r states tates batea and territories have ended n d e every facility in their callec an to t 0 mr henry C jarrett who wine WiIL the management of the party rhe I 1 The he party will con sit of thirty eidt eifim men eight squaws squads and six cb chilen ehll chil en angwill and will carry with them thel avar evar and agricultural im plemon clements ts lid iid will form the only con from the inland states to the tenth tent croup roup within the limits of the exposition PO I 1 on they will leave leav e new york a abbat ut the loth of march the imperial commission has made the most urgent request through commissioner general beckwith to our government that there should be such a representation of our aborigines N Y Ir berald herald erald cili CHICAGO CAGo dee dec G the lake tunnel was formally ope opened ned today to day the ceremonies were not very impressive but everything passed off pleasantly four large parties composed of members of f the city government railroad officials and a number of prominent citizens on invitation of the board of public works participated in the ceremonies two of the parties went by tug to the crib returning by the tunnel the other two taking the contrary route the first of the shore parties headed bukaj by major or rice elce on reaching the shore and crib ends of of the tunnel halted and the mayor after a few words expressing the interest tha the city had taken in the enterprise placed together with three copper coins the last stone in the cavity left for its reception the stone is of white marble and bears the following inscription moped doped up dec dee 6 1866 11 tim THE distress from which nearly persons resident at deptford depthford Dept ford greenwich and in the vicinity of poplar and Mill wall suffer owing to want of employment has as yut yet been only partially alleviated it is stated that steps are being taken to make the state of the th poor people known to the queen with a view to enlist the support and sympathy of her Majesty in their cause the local clergy of all denominations have behaved in a most praiseworthy manner towards the sufferers mid arid on sunday collections were made in the following places of worship st johns church blackheath blaek Black heath st michaels depthford deptford Dept ford christ church deptford depthford Dept ford st jamess church new crossroad cross road st marks presbyterian church greenwich the baptist chapel lee leo road the primitive methodist chapel lee and the parish church lee contracts have been made by the visiting committee for the supply of bread meat and coals and it has also been arranged that the poor children of those who cannot pay for their school attendance should be allowed ad per week for that purpose sp contribution lists have been sent to the different firms in the locality as also to the employees of the arsenal and dock pard at woolwich from whom substantial assistance is anticipated public meetings in aid of the sufferers are announced to be held at lee lewisham wisham Le eltham and other localities rey erey bey I 1 noldus newspaper tim THE severest snow storm known in that region occurred at san francisco on the night of dee dec 18 doing much damage to awnings shade trees wharfs i and vessels in the harbor it was feared there would bo be a report of extensive marine disasters LATER san francisco dec dee the storm which subsided almost totally last night set in again with renewed vid violence lence towards morning and has continued unabated all day the rain pouring down nearly all the ilme lime time the ferry steamers have been compelled to nearly suspend trips on account of the force odthe of the wind which shifts about constantly from southeast sout southeast least beast to southwest and back blowing from no single points long I 1 the operator at point loag ar reports the bar rougher than h he arr arf seen years and no vessels ing pr or arriving we hear diefe aej e for running into ports south Z beems to b bo 0 protection and tl the 1 e sto affie coast and equally violent all al alo aio bards ards busi bust farinato far into thein terio suspended in the ness is almost too top city nac sac sae y U zo iq shock occurred here herd 41 u AN sack earth am dec 18 which which about b z ui 3 oed ed by a very large number of U w was 0 abens zens zem considering the hour at our oun salt sait it ac occurred the night was one atho he post most boisterous so far as wind and nd rain hin are concerned ever ex experienced ermenc account in the city on this acco account probably many were awake who generally slumber most soundly at 3 in the morning in some instances persons were rolled partially over in t their air beds in others bedsteads and other articles of furniture were jolted suddenly fr from om the floor in some instances the was set to rattling cattlin and clocks were stopped we have heard ea rd of no instances of walls or oven even plastering being cra era cracked eked ched those who felt and noted the shock differ as to the exact time according to tho the var variance lance lante of their watches and clocks they aiso also dimmer differ as to the vibration all coming however in this particular w within three hundred and sixty degrees of each other from telegraphic antell intelligence genee gence received it appears that the shock was felt at san frane franc franeisco francisco isco and many other towns in the state sacramento union |