The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-08-20
FOREIGN NEWS.

AWIV N vVS
From the New York HrrnH O.
q'arer. ana Express. Of July 6, we extract ~.
following latest news: the
Washington dispatches state that a.
Nicaragua is under consideration hsv;nr with
object the re-opening of the transit ro.,t. vi Its
steamship commodorss are, it Is saA ent;,ai. Inc
nored as regards this matter.
Our special despatch from Washington stats.
arrangements are in progress for thespeedy settle
ment of the questions in dispute between the
perfectly satisfactory to our government.
We learn from Washington that the ~instruc-
tions relative to the operations of the troops now
detailed for Utah have been completed. It is de-
signed by the government to create a separate
military department of the Territory, under COM
mand of Gen. Harvey, who will have a force q
nearly three thousand men fully equipped as an
army in the field
DEATH or Hon. WILLIAM L. MARcY.-LAst
night we received the announcement of the sud-
den death of Hon. William LArned Marcy, latej
| Secretary of State, which occurred on Saturday,
the 4th inst, at Bal1ston, Saratoga county, New
York. Mr. Marcy was in his list year, having
been born December II, 1916, in Sturbridge,
Worcester county, Massachusetts, Mr.. Marcy on
his retiring from Office was in the enjoyment Of
excellent-health, and up to the time of his death
manifested no symptoms of q decaying ~cOnstitu-
ton. His demise, therefore, was wholly upex-
pected.
The Postmaster General and the President have
decided upon the route of the overland mail to
California. 1t commences at st. Louis and Mem
phis, thence to Little Rock, thence to the no
GRANGE, near Fillmore or Dome Ana thence
along the projected wagon road to Fort Yuma;
and thence to San Francisco. MeArs. kRffarpeio
and Company are the contractors, at the JUN OF
five hundred and ninety-ive thousand dollars.
This provides for the transportation Of mail
twice a week.
Mr. Reed. Minister to China, embarked on
board the steam frigate Minnesota on Friday, and
the steamer sailed at midnight on her voyage.
The burning of the steamer Montreal, in the
river st. Lawrence, on Saturday last, was one of
the most deplorable disasters that we been called
upon to record for a long time The Mon real
left Quebec at 4 o'clock in the afternoon Tor Mon
treal having on board between four and hive hum
dred passengers, nearly all of them emigrants, and
many of them recently arrived from oeo.iand-
About 5 O'Clock, when abreast of Cape Rouge,
the wood work of the furnaces was discovered to
be on Ere, and at the same moment the flames
burst forth, causing the utmost CONSERVATION
The flames spread with great rapidity, and num-
bers of the passengers precipitated themselves into
the river. and MANY in such cases were drowned
Tha staara,a ad Alliance went to thA
rescue, and the formf took on one hurdred and
twenty-seven- seveFyl of these subsequently died
of their wounds. =
The SPIRITUAL CONTROVERSY AT BosroN.-The
spirits have been Badly beaten at Boston. The
editor of the Boston Courier offered $500 to any
mediums or spiritual performers who would per
form feats that could not be explained by well
known agencies; the challenge was accepted by
some of the most prominent spiritualists a jury
WAS appointed consisting of the following gen
Yemen Prof. Agassiz, Prof. B.. Pierce, Prof.
Gould of the Observatory, and Prof. Horsford.
The day of trial came off the spiritualists mus
tered in great force Prof. Agassiz was as jolly as
usual, Prof. Pierce looked terribly severe, the
other two jurymen looked uncommonly sharp
and, as might have been expected, the experiment
was an utter failure; the spiritualists could neith-
er read thoughts, nor communicate with the
dead, nor move inert matter.
Riot ON the Fourth Of July.
The most terrible disturbance which has taken
place in New York since the time of the Aston
Place riot, occurred ON the Fourth, and resulted
in the death of about twelve persons and the
wounding of a large number, some OF whom, 1T
is probable, will not survive their injuries.
The disturbance first commenced at about 2
o'clock in the morning, when q party of Sixth
Warders calling themselves The Dead Rabbit
Club made a violent attack with clubs and
stones on the public house No. 40 Bowery, the
windows of which they stove in with stones and
bricks, and wounded three persons. Information
was sent to the 10th and 18th Ward police sta
tions, and the whole reserve force was ordered
out, and soon put the rioters to fight. The lat
C6T IeGftdbeQ 70 DdyaTO 6tIcct, IL Wucu lAcdI tio
Five Points, attacked a party of young men,
wounding several severely, and fracturing the
skull of Geo. S. Wilson, Is years of age, with a
blow from a club. A lnl here took place in the
proceedings of the Dead Rabbit Club, but about
5 O'Clock in the afternoon the disturbance was
renewed by an attack upon a squad of police who
were marching to the Seventh Ward, and who
the Dead Rabbit boys thought were about to take
them into custody. The rowdies were armed with
pistols, knives, clubs, stones, &C., and they made
a simultaneous attack upon the police, but were
driven back and had several of their number ar
rested. The news soon reached&he White street
station-house, and thirty more Volicemen were
dispatched to assist their comradesS By this time
the rioters had retreated to the topsNf the houses
and rained down bricks, stones, &C., upon the
police. They also fred pistols and muskets at
them. The police, however, escaped serious in
jury, and captured about a dozen of the rioters,
who were locked up. AT this %juncture, the
Bowery boys took sides with the police, and q
frightful scene Of riot and bloodshed ensued. The
Rabbits fred their pistols and threw down stones
and bricks from the tops of the houses upon the
others. A large number were wounded, and
some mortally. A portion of the rioters barri-
caded Mulberry street, near Bayard, with carts,
wagons, hose carriages, and timber, and built a
similar barrica6Etn Bayard street, near Elizabeth
. street. From behind these the g Dead Rabbits
land Bowery boys were continually firing at each
other with muskets, pistols, &C., and two or three
were killed and a large number wounded. Two
of the dead rioters who were shot from the top Of
a house in Bayard street, were taken to the White
street station-house, and another to the 18th Ward
station. One hundred additional policemen were
sent to auell the disturbance, and they succeeded
about 7 O'Clock in the evening in removing the
barricades and in restoring partial order. A
requisition was made by the Police Commissioner
upon Major Gen. Sandford, who ordered out the
9TH, 9Th, and list regiments, but the riot was
quelled by the police and the troops were not
brought into service.-N. Y. Enquirer
The ORIGIN OF THE sRror.--In New York, it is
well known, there are a number Of political and
rowdy associations, the members of which are OF
the lowest ranks in life and of the most unscrupu-
lous characters. These associations are ready to
undertake any species of rascality. Robbery and