The republic. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1849-1853, 1853-06-27

In the boat it stopped at wood yard to take il,
WOOD Inc proprietor, Holiday. was one of the
pafues against whom he had summons He
therefore delivered the writ to him envelo,sd
and at the same time commenced reading the
summons.
Holiday when be discovered the design, jumped
upon the WOOD, and, selling blud ee0n told the
marshal that be would have 10 be killed and 81
the same time levelled blow at his head u7h;oh
was received by him on his hand hat, and Shout
der. Such was the force, that he was knocked
down the bank of the river, and had II NOT heen
that the blow was broken ii was it must inevi-
tably have crushed HE skull. Being without arms
ne entered the boat and Holiday immediately
retired to his house, procured revolver ana
again approached for a renewed and more e.
tual assault Upon the remonstrance however Of
the captain, he desisted, and SO the matter tern,i
ha.eo. Mr. douglas went to San Francisco yes
tefday, and warrants will be Immediately issued
TOR he arrest OF some five six of the r;noleadors
OF THIS most gross and outrageous defiance Of tbe
laws OF the United States. The issue has al last
been distinctly made, and ii remains N he eaen
whether the laws to be set at defiance and tha
officers of the United State. assaesipated in the
discharge Of their duty. The next process will M
| doubt be backed by United States froops and the
violators of the law be brought to summary ius-
| tice.'' -
! Assessment OF PRopKRTY-The county sssee-
sor of Sacramento county, w. A. Selkirk ESQ. hs.
completed bis abors for the fiscal year of,Is5s 81
and shows result amounting to nearly seven
| Oh
thousand dollars the value of last year. sa
| cramento city comprises large portion of this
valuation. = Union.
CHINESE in large numbers are engaged in TAX
ing shellhsh near Santa Cruz, which they preserve
by drying.
From the Sandwich Islands
BY the arrival of the brig Boston, Captain Tai
DOT, from the Sandwich Islands. the San Francisco
papers have files of the Polynesian, and special
correspondence, up to April 30th-two weeks later
than previous adviees.
The last mail from San Francisco to the Islands
carried 2,ooo letters principally for the captains
and crews OF whaling vessels, many Of which were
ready for sea, and only awaited the mail
Inc clipper brig Boston reached Honolulu on the
10th ulhmo, fifteen days from San Francisco The
people OF Honolulu were much pleased with the
three tons Of ice, and the four hundred fresh salmon
packed in 1t, which reached them in good con-
don.
A second foreign church has been established in
honolulu. a charter has been obtained from the
Government, allowing it to hold real property, sc.
anda board of trustees has been elected Rev It.
h. Taylor has accepted call to take charge of the
congregation, and $4,000 per annum has been
voted to him.
COMMERCIAL AGENT FOR THE SAMOAN ISLANDS.
Virgllius P Chaplin, ESQ.,, of Honolulu, has re-
celved his commission from the Government at
Washington as Commercial Agent of the United
States at the Navigators Islands, in place of John
c. Williams, resigned.
A report has reached US. which we have no doubt
is true, that the schooner Sea Dove formerly the
Nary was wrecked on Nihau. Thus it will be
seen the number OF coasters lie diminishing.
CULTIVATION OF ToB Aooo- Much attention is
being paid 10 the cultivation of tobacco in the
islands. Quantity offresh Havana seed has been
received.
MORE NoELEs.-The king has appointed James
Kekaulahao, Peter Nahaoleua, and Levi HaaleIea
members OF the House of Mobiles
The Polynesian SAYS very large fleet of ubaIers
is now on the way north, and as soon as the sea-
son will ad init will be close at hand, and in readi-
ness to push their way through Bhering's Straits
into the Arctic. The United States and Russian
exploring expeditions, which are daily expected
here, should not be behind them, if they hope to
accomplish any thing in the high ATTITUDES this
summer.
The DULL sEAsoN.-Our harbor, says the Poly-
nestdfl. has not been bare of vessels for EIGHT
months as it now is, and in ten days we shall have
scarcely foreign vessel in port But four whale
ships and two briggs under foreign flags now re-
main, and few small coasters only will be seen
in a harbor where two hundred sail of vessels Law
but six months ago.
RELATIONS WITH FRANoE.-Proposed Ne,r tn.
riff. c. Wye, the Minister of Foreign At
fairs, made elaborate report to the Pa rliamept
on the 9th OF Aprll In which, referring TO the for
mer difficulties with France, be Gays: al am pre-
pared to resume the negotiations with NJ Perrin
the French Minister, under all the favorable aus.
pieces of the fullest of the benevolent in
tentions of His Imperial Majesty Napoleon III 70.
cially towards our sovereign personally; and that
Monsieur Perrin and His Majesty's Plenipotenti-
airy is disposed to give practical effect to those
Intentions to obiterate all traces of paet dis
agreement, to consolidate the kings iadepend-
ence, perpetuate Hawaiian nationality, and estab-
fish on permanent basis those relations of amitv
and commerce which unite nations by the strong
est OF all bonds those of mutual respect and inter-
est. The Emperor of France disciaims any exclu-
slve btion, right, interest, advantage in re-
gard to these Islands
$50 soon as the negotiations are concluded, /
shall submit to the consideration of his maiesty's
government a national tariff, framed as to en-
courage exports, impose the chief burden Of taxa
ton on those articles Of luxury which are con-
summed by the rich and reduce il on those articles
OF necessity, without which the industrious poor
cannot subsist.'
AUsTRALIAN TRApE.-This morning the ship
President sails for Sydney and Port Philip. She
ls vessel OF 4oo tons burden, and carries full
freight, with about one hundred passengers,
mostly people returning TO Australia, citizens
of other countries, with but small number of
Californians.
Redwood lumber constitutes the chief loading
of the President, This article is put on board, we
believe, at less cost than forty dollars per one
thousand feet. in the form of inch-boards, aver
aging sixteen feet long. larger quantity Of ths
freight offered than the vessel could receive She
also carries heavy invoices of salmon from the Sa-
cramento river, and probably costing SI5 per
barrel on board. These shipments, at a freight of
$50 per ton, are pretty sure of paying well, and
acter.
On the return voyage of the President she will
take the Caroline (South Sea- Islands in Der way,
expecting to procure there cargo probably to be
made up mostly of hogs and pearl shells. We
trust the voyage of the President may prove
cessful, and be inducement TO the speedy in
crease of our trade in the South Seas.
Sacramento Transcript.
BowDoIN PRIzEs.-The Cambridge Chronicle saws
that the Bowdon prizes at Harvard College for the
how hlcr, cu-crH rA (,tI1
Adams Sherman Hill, of the senior class firet
prize of $40, for dissertation upon eHerodotus
and Thucydides compared as historians;'' to Ma.
than Henry Chamberlain, second prize of $50 for
dissertation upon the came subject; to William
James Potter, of the junior class, FIRST prize of
$40, for dissertation upon ssThe Death of So
crates;' to Samuel Locke Cutter, a second prize
of $40, for dissertation upon the same subject:
to Francis Gardner Richards of the senior class a
prize of $40, for the best composition in Greek
verse; to Charles Russell Lowell, prize of SI5g
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