The New York herald. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1840-1920, 1851-12-01

baps from the United st.sss - essaaL.s.s. has sssa
and sending them 10 the isands. Thsrs no doubt We
believe thai the company paying t. psssgss q these
selves and dssand that the passengers are being
equipped from the same souzos The company II said,
composed Of men who have ned important positions
IN this country dgnitares q btAte city ociss grave
senators and disnguishsd private oitssns in fact
TO publish the Of those who have been reported
70 us e hslopsng TO It, the public would be astoni:hsd
both st the number engaged In the business and the
cl.ss from which they come.
One report states that dispatches are now board
Acapulco from the secretsry Of STATE 70 the Rvsiiss
government refusing to occupy the islands and that
the intention Of the to be ready TO seize
the country tina. vessel arrives and establish
. republican government. Another rumor IL to the
effect that the dispatches Of directly contrary pur
Be on hand when the news received Again 1t is said
that King Kamsbsmehs has promised to sbdicate his
throne as soon - suneent number Of Americans are
fears intend to seze the country According to this
he 10 70 have handsome allowance made to him. and to
state Of nature free from brooches and boots and at
liberty TO lie at peace In his houfe with champagne dd
libtum, Others say that the whole snsir Is nothing
but large pic mic party, and that the idea merely
to spend the winter In more genial CLINE than
san Francisco, and that no political end is to be
achieved.
The Inst and we think the most reliable report Ia,
that engaged in this business intend to take
lands and quietly await any move in politics which
long before something turns up The expenses Of living
there much ess than in this city; and, II
sn mTTs ts w,nt o H %
those Of the privstes may be is different matter
II this last plan is adhered to, it cannot be doubted
that ange will be wrought in the condition of things
in King KsmehsmehAs dominions, before many months
roll OVER; but, from the character of those who
known to have enlisted is ha dy probable that they
can be held in check sufficiently long to effect anything
but their destruction They all young men i'm
petuous and unused to restraint and It s hardly
pubic % At the q than
lees dangerous but slower operation politics II they
With any intention OF up.ettlDg the goyersment we
work As soon a. they get foot on shore they do SO
they probably viii get as badly used up as the "'ro'
II Is hardly to be expected that the British and French
government will stand tame'y BY and see these Islands
80 az stopping places for their ye'.ss in the
Tbs first report Of such transaction would col
lect fleet of European cruisers In the port Of Hopouu
government which we hardly think would be forthcom
ing WI en- called for.
From the Picayune, Oct 81
We have received the following account the charac
ter and objects Of the expedition to the Sandwich Islands
of which much has been ssid in town during the last
fortnight rem source which entities to entire credit
We have no doubt that may be relied upon rs true in
every essential particular.
1t will be recolected that King Kamehameha sent a
commission to Washington some months since for the
purpose Offering the sovereignty Of the Sandwich Is
lands the United States II Is true the
were not contaminated; but were lett In sucn
stion that they be resumed and concluded at any
time after the meeting Of the next Congress
Mr.. Alien, the Kings Commissioner, was here few
weeks ago and 1t understood that be had long and
confidential conversations with Gen Estll, Brannan
Hon Henry f. Robinson and other distinguished parties
the result OF which has been the getting up Of the emil
grating company, portion Of whom went in the Game
Geek yesterday. The remainder will sail the b, auti
full clipper Col Fremont on Tuesday next.
The reports Of armed expeditions" which have filed
the columns of the papers of this city for the last
weeks have doubt origin ated from the formation of
this company Of emsrsnts II is ssing to see that
there Is foundation for tuch reports aud II is also
highly gratifying to know that the course to be adopted
IL that ensures complete success, and that 1t Is
iptt nded to be carried out in o that will be
highly credable and peculiarly advantageous to both
the United States and the Islands Full confidence is
expressed by the parties engaged in the movement that
a few months emily will elspse before the Sandwich
Isands make part and parcel Of the great republic
The brig Fremont was purchased Of Mr. John s.
Spence the intelligent and gentle manly Consul Of the
King Of the ssndwch Islands; and la order to prove
clearly the pacific character Of the whole expedition, he
has been invited to be present at most of the meetsa of
the psuy and has attended them when his bunes,
would allow him to do lie is the agent of the
pspy and thrt ugh him all their business will be done Of
kind connected with the expedition well ss In
California and the United States
The principal parties In this enterprise called Mr.
King ten Gays ego and assuring him Of ts cha
rsctsr explained to him fully its sec, and everything
connected with it,
From the California Post, Oct. &c
At the foot Of Long Wharf lies black and beau tuy
rugged clipper brig called the Colonel Fremont She r.
quite small. however probsby not registering above ibo
tope but che is very sharp forward lines running
graceful to her low waist and then gradually
rising to the stern Her mass and spsrs are very light
but Of great length for q vessel Of her tonnage Two
three small houses being built upon her deck and
prcpaintons seem to be going for voyage TO 1t
was currently reported yesterday that this neat and fast
tte craft had been Oh rtered BY company at young
men numbering about $50, to take peaceful excursion
TO the Sandwich Islands This tenn ptng season
Of the yesr for pleasant trip smong the Islands OF the
Pacific AID in such a vessel the excursion a co.e
chase might be given the ea serpen end with the aid