The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-01-07
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<d bard her. wslgsaSS cott'sl parry A"0'n'
To- lPresbienms y edition, on account of tie
HSiv of Gen. Mm - ssp1 ated Of the supposed On
fFal inphssse occurred I'M 9e affects to 6s.ese
fanes ., sns officials at New OriesaSassS SI n tSe
be established, upon the ;r&:
dscsP.Stery participant in the matter i f. bs
intelligence Of their movements Mr.
recognized as Minister from Nicarapua
- was Signed between the United States
and pvernment- Letters from Washington cav.
he reafy provides for a free port at each end If
gsit route; the United States guarantees the
pa ana neutrality Of the route: the Transit ia
&c to all nations; the United States reserves
NJ . transport the mails across the IsthmusL
ui suPuiations OF good will, commerce and
a'on are appended to the instrument. None of
transit companies are mentioned in the treaty.
treaty does not provide for the transportation of
Dps over the Transit, either with or without arms.
- was the clause insisted upon by Gen. Cass, but
listed Dy Mr.. frissarri, on the ground that his
Fstructions did not authorize him to grant such
fyliege- The fact that the treaty was not signed
III after Gen. Walkers departure, is looked upon
18th suspicion; and it is feared that Nicaragua.
oobting our good faith, may reject it"
Mormon affairs again attract much attention
Omclal advIces from officers of the Utah Expedition
~ confirm reports previously received of the de-
fction of a train of seventY-two wagons, laden with
krplies for the army, while crossing the Plains.
d. Outrage WAS perpetrated by n company of three
phtred Mormons. acting under direction of Bill
UEman anu LOU smith, TWO noted leaders of the
. bnIte Band" or Destroying Angels The men
barge of the train were not murdered-the Nor
prs giving as a reason for their leniency that no
% snce was made by them. This train was the
"a ne not guarded by troops Its loss, though
FL viii not embarrass the forces, who have an
lance of supplies of all kinds, independent of
train This act of the Mormons, and some
9 of n still more startling character, have solved
oubiesome question-sW What shall be done with
formons ?" and made the answer an easy one.
vert acts they have now fully declared their
m, and the utmost power Of the Union will be
sht to bear to crush out their rebellion, and
sh its infamous leaders
e army was camped on Hams Fork, a tributary
cen river, and about $50 miles from Salt Lake
being in advance of the baggage train some
nee The Mormons say that, " the snow was
deep, and still showing very fast, and the army
aid not be able to do much this winter. Tney
asst suffer severely through the loss they sustained
: brigham thinks that the hand of God is in all this.
in order to reduce the pride Of the American nation,
and to deliver his enemies into his hands"
Says Brigham Young: IF the Government of the
United States have sent soldiers to this Territory, 1
do not know it, for 1 have had no official notice of
such a circumstance, and you win perceive that 1
treat them accordingly. If they are sent by Govern
nent, they are sent expressly to destroy this people:
sd il they are not sent by the Government, they
lave come expressly to destroy this people; therefore |
1 shall treat them. as haye.SGSi the officer in
eommand, the same as if they were an armed mob.'
- Washington the general impression in the Depart
Int now is that the forces will not deem it prudent
enter the Valley of Salt Lake this fall-but will
- up their winter quarters IN some OF the valleys
THE Green River, where grass can be had for their
tic throughout the season.
The Davis Straits Whale Fishery, according to
London letters by Messrs. Degen & Taft, New York,
nil prove an entire failure this season. Only twenty
i've whales have been taken, and the ships are on
their way home.
Intelligence has been received of the death of Chris.
Lilly, a Motel sportsman who was banished from
California by the Vigilance Committee. He was shot
in February last by order OF the commander Of the
Guatemalan feet, who had previously confscated a
email vessel loaded with coffee and cocoa which Lilly |
owned. The shooting of Lilly is said to have been
nothing less than deliberate murder, for the sake of
plumber A man named Yates, from Massachusetts,
was shot at the same time. Knote is the name of the
G~uatemalian commander, who claims to be an
American.
trial on a charge of falsely producing an heir to the
late DIR. Buriell, has been postponed to the third
Tuesday in December. 1t viii take place in Goshen,
Orange county
setts, that were closed a month ago, have recon-
s1enced work
sTimes are improving and men are getting on
heir legs again. said e gentleman to his friend.
How o,'' why those who used to ride down in
leir carriages now walk"
There is n clerk in the New York post office who
as been there forty years He formerly carried the
Iuthern mail in a bag under his arm across the
yer to Jersey City. The same mail now amounts
ten thousand pounds daily.
The bank paper circulation Of the United States at
e present time is estimated as follows: Bills of less
denomination than five dollars, seven millions; of five
dollars, forty millions; ten dollars. thirteen millions;
twenty dollars, t~hirty-ive millions; fifty dollars, thir-
ty millions: Of the denomination of one hundred dol
lars and upwards, forty millions Total, one hundred
and seventy millions
The New York Herald says there are from twelve
to fifteen hundred applicants for lodgings at the sta
tion-houses in that city every night by homeless |
wanderers; about one-fhird find accommodations.
Many OF the applicants are mechanics, who hail from
4. z-r.-- rwharo fhav h.vo fnrnuor1u <.sra uc-r. 1
this ceasing, they turn to the city, hoping that
among their acquJ htances something may be done
fr them to alleviate their suEerings. There is a 4
good deal of distress in some of tn. wards of the city. /,
Wn,LERs IN PonT-Therea are Low in this port
GncIuiing Fairhaven) twenty-thres whalers. Of 6
this number two only, viii sail this year viz the c
J. A. Parker, of New Bedford, and from Fairhaven 1
the Rebecca Simms- The latter will sail 9-morrow
for the North Pacific Ocean, and the former "a about !
two weeks for the Pacific Ocean. The balans will t
remain until spring, owing to the general depression t
in monetary matters The prospects are now GA s
most cheering nature as regards the shipping ans d
commercial interests here next spring, and the re- n
sumption OF every branch of business In addition \
to the re-6tting of ships now in port, quite q large
feet may be expected to arrive the coming year.
With the heavy flow of specie into thoCountry, banks
viii soon exhibit signs Of returning Gfe-confdence y
will be correspondingly restored, and merchants,
mechanics, all, viii be stimulated to renewed zeal and
energy-N. B. Shipping List
England.
On tie 9Th November the Bank Of England raised
Ts rate OF discount from eight to nine per cent, with
out materially abating the demand for money The
Times thought that the continued pressure was
caused by alarm and the consequent desire of every
person to be over supplied Suggestions were current
that the Government should be c allied upon for palia-
tvs, but the Times argued that there is no shadow
dpretext for such a step. The Times said:
All classes of the public must be well aware that if
the nation should so pitiably lose its selfpossession as
% give way to panic, there is but one remedy, and
that the Government will be compelled to adopt.
There can be no need, however, by formal proceed
Ings to proclaim the belief that the financial sense Of
the nation Is still so low as to cause the degrading
contingency to be regarded as not only possible but
probable. 4
Several failures had taken place at Manchester,