The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-04-22

rs shin John Milton, Capt. Ephraim Harding, Of
xsr Bedford, was wrecked on Long Island on the
sIst ut. It is not known that any of the crew was
> avef. Eleven bodies have been recovered
MANY in Honolulu will recollect Capt. Harding as
.be former master Of the whale ship Saratoga.
The appointment ofczzE Washington as Collector
~ Customs at San Francisco, has been confirmed by
the Senate
= Freeman Hunt, ESQ.,, the editor of HUNTS -Mer-
ybanfs' .Maga-ine died on the I'd March. He was
~hfty-our years OF age
Our country (says the Boston Trareiier) has been
ssrraced by another tumult in Congress, which was
commenced by an assault on Mr.. Grow Of Pennsylva-
mia. bv Mr.. Keitt Of South Carolina (who soon OBJ
FAMED the floor in a horizontal instead Of an upright
nos;tion), and ended in n IS free hght,' IN which
soue tventy Representatives were engaged The a-
fair. we are happy to say, has passed Oh without the
|. Of duelline pistols. Mr.. Keitt has made an ex-
PLANTATION, assuming all the responsibility of the dis
turbauce. and admitting that he was the aggressor.
He anuetrs quite unconscious of having been knocked
down The oblivion seems to explain his condition
AZ the time he made the assault, or to show that Mr..
Grow gave him a very ~effectual blow. Several wit
nesses state that il was a powerful one, and took eff
feet under the left ear Ii is not strange that it
quickly dispersed the " understandings of MI.
Keitt, who doubtless, however, by this time remem-
bers enough Of the matter to prevent, for the present
nj least, any attempt on his part to throttle a man so
capable Of selfdefence as Mr.. Grow has proved.
The Kansas question still remains pretty much in
afu quo, according TO advices last sent. In several
the Northern States the Democracy have held
ceilings denouncing the Kansas policy of the Admin
tration.
The army bill has been defeated in the Senate.
A plan has been proposed to admit Minnesota and
sansas into the Union under one act, with n proviso
at the people Of the latter State shall have the right
change their Constitution whenever they NAV see
oper to do so.
he most interesting news from Utah is the action
The Mormon Legislature fully sustaining Brigham
Nnnn0 N hTx nprrz-<ror IN f1o E41o~o1 n~-.---~-<
ol- johnson, in his letters to Gen. Scott, says that
10 incident Of any military Importance has transpired
ince his last communication. and that the troops are
n excellent health and spirits. He expresses fears
tat he has not sufficient draft animals. The greater
mber Of the soldiers who have been on the sick list.
re rendered unfit for duty by being frost bitten.
r this reason Col. johnson that each
n be supplied with n pair of Buffalo overshoes.
Jews from Mexico informs us that the government
General Nejia was committing terrible outrages
pom the people Of Sierra, and General Blancarte had
.pplied to the constitutional government at Guiana
for aid against him. The States of Vera Cruz,
Oajaca, and Puebla. are said to have raised and sent
against Zuloaga = force of eight thousand FIVE hundred
men, with forty pieces of artillery. The troubles in
have been settled, and the whole of Yucca
tan il united against Zuloaga- Later advices state
Santa Anna is daily expected at Havana, where
he will sail in a Spanish war steamer for Mexico, and
more assume the reins of government of that dis
,racted country
The Tri5uae's Washington correspondent states
a majority Of the Copmitte Of the House on
Foreign Relations is dispossf to Seport resolutions
the course Of Com. Pauldis>pnd denoun-
ing hlibusterism-