Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1854-09-16
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER IL, 1854.
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

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THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.
Honolulu papers to the 10th Of July, received at
San Francisco, contain nothing on the subject of
negotiations for the annexation of the Islands to
the United States, of which so many reports have
been rife. The San Francisco Herald, however,
Nmarks
most norap,e event or the fortnigbtis the receipt
f intelligence here Of proposition the part OF the
Hawaiian Government for the annexation of the Sand
witch Isauds the.United States. Nothing has tran
pred relative to the terms of the treaty Of cession which
goes by the steamers OF to-day to Washington, but
nough is known to establish the fact that they are ad
iantageous in the extreme and viii be readily accedsd
70 by the General Government.
All the members Of the Hawaiian Privy Council, with
he exception Of two in favor of the annexation, and
he old King himself anxious to be divesed OF the cares
unsubstantia royalty, one Of the chief promoters OF
he measure The heir apparent, hweyer, Is very un-
Wiling to the sceptre pass from his usrous house,
md by reshes the id. oeing reduced to the
eyel Of plain American citizen"
The +" Alta California" audes to the same re-
,ort in the following terms
" We assured, through the medium Of who is
ehind the in the Sandwich Islands, that it is
ositve fact that the Restless brought here its way to
Washington for acceptance deed of cession of the do
ninions Of King Kamehameha. This is certainly the
host important piece of we have received since the
eport OF the Japan treaty and we have no doubt that
he information is perfectly correct What the terms Of
the cession have not Of transpred, but We
presume they Of favorable character. Upon the
fu confirmation of this by its reception at Wash
ngton, have doubt that the Sandwich Islands will
Immediately become point of attraction and that many
nterprisng and considerable capital will be soon
brown in there, not only from California but from
he Atlantic States"
The combined English and French feet arrived at Ho-
noluu the 18th of July. 1t consisted of the following
vessels English ships President, so guns; Amphtrite,
"a; Pique, 40; and steamer Vrago 6. French ships
La Forte 60 guns LEurydice, 3d. DArtemise, 30 and
LOrligado, l6. They from Callao via Nukuhiva,
one of the Marquesas Islands, making the passage from
the latter place in fourteen days. -.
III On the 22d of July the Hawaiian royal family and
court made excursion in the Virago The representa-
yes of Great Britain France and the United States and
p large company of ladies and gentlemen of Honolulu
were also on board.
II On the Oath of July tho feet left Honolulu 1t is sup
posed that they in pursuit Of the Russian frgate
Diana, which left Honolulu the 28th of May,
sib'y bound for Sitka, but which frequently
csSssnE of the harbor till the latter part Of June.
In our article of Saturday last, on diplomatic
salaries we spoke Of the reft or returning allowance
of Minister as being equal to half years salary.
This we are informed is the allowance to the Minis
ter to China, but to him alone; to the others it is
but half the amount. With this reduction, how
ever, the present salary and extras, including the
customary allowance of time for the beginning and
ending Of the term for the running of the salary,
would for service of four years. equal the proposed
naked salary Of $4,000.
n THE CHOLERA IN IrALY-A letter in the New
lark Daily Advertiser, dated at Florence on the 18th
9lof August, says:
/" The cholera continues to prevail at Genoa Leghorn
Naples, and smaller places in Italy, without dim
mutton The at Genoa have averaged one hun
dred and twenty daily and ninety deaths during the past
week, though the population is greatly diminished by
death and desertion In Naples though one-half the
population has sought refuge elsewhere there have
lover three hundred deaths daily for week past Some
thiryfve cases daily reported at Leghorn but the
mortality is not very great few only have been
reported at Rome among them Count Spaur the Bava-
ran Ambassador, and the malady is chiefly confined to
the poorer classes. Among the deaths at Naples are
Prince dAc Duke Lieto, three Generals and one Colo
mel Lombardy appears tobe exempt from the disease.
In this city there have been only four five cases.
THE GRATEFUL RAIN-The New York Times,
in speaking of the rain of Sunday last, says
"The storm was general We hear from it from most
quarters and where hear nothing it is because the
joices the croakers look sad Corn will get little good
from it. Early potatoes will be all the likely to rot
for the soaking. Garden truck" will be helped Tur-
nps where the drouth has already kept the seed
from springing up will be helped amazingly Grass will
come out green again. and butter ought to be few
less the pound Backsmiths will be out of business for
they will have no more tire to set this week. Many mill
ponds will be filed and We hope the paper-makers will
get to work again. &c. dear reader, the whole you
need not take back the ejaculation of thankulness you
uttered yesterday morning when you thrust back the
shutter and found twas o rainy Sunday"
4 CONGRESSIONAL NOMINATIONS In PENysYLvAsrA-JoHN
DICK, Whig has been renomnated for Congress in the
Eric district of Pennsylvania; DAVID RrrcH1E Whip in
the Pttsburg districts SAMUEL A. PuRyIAsox Whip. in
the Butler district J. ELLIS BoNHAM Democrat in the
York, Cumberland, and Perry district; JOHN Covopr
Whg, in the Westmoreland district and JAMES H CAup
BELL Wing, in the Schuykill and Northumberland dis
trct In this latter the Democratic conference has re-
suited in split the Schuyk delegates having separated
from the others and nominated ]. w. CAKE while the
Northumberland delegates nominated WIN. L. DEwARr
The foundation Of monument to the memory of the
late THOMAS H. GALLAUDEr the founder Of instruction
for the deaf and dumb in the United States was laid on
Wednesday in Hartford convention of delegates from
the various Deaf and Dumb Asylums the United States
was present and large concourse Of citizens. The
monument is twenty feet high, and is very bsau
was contributed by deaf mutes.