The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-04-29

yos,rmssion has reached Charleston that the Gov
ernor If Florida is calling out more volunteers for the
Il i'm WAR;
=, !. said that Messrs. Gales & seaton Of the Ma
wears I'm the publishing business. never had n lar or
misundersttndihnsf any sort. They have never
KIN wn n division OF interest; from their common
Golfer each has always drawn whatever he chose: and
for more than thirty years past there has never been
a settlement of accounts between them.
According 10 the Mobile Tribune. the merchant
Who made the first shipment IF cotton from thar nor
is now living, and engaged in business The 6rst
vessel loaiei with cotton he bad 10 send to New
Orleans To get 900 bales TO ill MP. SIX hundred
thousand bales are now annually shipped from
Mobile
The Rev Nr. Williams. the reputed Danphin Of
Frsnce. was recently in New York city. He ;s an
exceedingly compsnionabie old gentlemen ~ es =.
~. He has the fBd'sn profile and complexion. and
is full Of sneci Tote and incident, as his life has been
OF curious Western adventure Mr.. Williams is still
full in the faith that he is the - Dauphin of France >,
The telegraph says that an editorial article in Tho
New Orleans Delta. of the Oath. asserts tina, the
South has alresiy opened the African slave trade
and that a regular depot has been established on
re'r' river IN Mississippi. where cargoes have been
received. the negroes sold and put to work. The
Deha saws the vessels engaged I'm the trade oeneraIv
use she French f,g. because the British cruisers ON
the African cntst will not trouble il. We very much
doubt the report.
The St. Louis Lender learns from Father De.me,
. Catholic missionary. who has spent many wears
among fhe Indian tribes, that on either slope If the
Rocky Mountains there is n perfectly practicable and
easy roufe North from Salt Lake TO the British passes
sions- Father d. has Travelled the route several times
with light WAGONS He gives II rs his conviction that
II the Mormcns leave their present location thew viii
proceed northward to New Caledonia, British Amer
lea, and settle at the base Of the Portage Mountains
near the 4ath parallel The route is described in
detail The country and climate are sated tn be
emineutly superior, in every respect, to that of Utah.
The message of Brigham Young abounds in the
- -
States, and exhibits a defiant tone. He is particu-
larry severe upon the President for sending an army
into Utah and calls upon the legislature to take
measures for selfdefence.
1t is said that religious luminosity RACES in some
parts Of IRELAND with unparalIed intensity. At Cas-
tlebar. both Catholic and Protestant soldiers 90 armed
TO their respective places of worship.
England. in addition to her Sepoy troubles in
India, Is also puzzied az to the disposition TO be made
of the Kafirs- who. though subdued in the field. are
yet acti, e throughout the country, "a guerillas and
plunderers. In the latter part of December the
steamer Celt arrival AT Table BIy from Algoa B,y.
with one hundred and forty Kafir prisoners, among
whom were the three notorious chiefs, Macomo,
Vad rnna. and Quesha, who were all in chains.
DR- LrvISGsToSE--A dinner was given to DR.. Liv-
ingsfone, the African traveller, on the occasion Of his
departure from this country for a fresh expedition
into the interior OF Africa He - furnished with all
the requisite assistance from the Government of the
country TO push his discoyHies to a still more success
fu' conclusi"n than herefofores>A sum Of 5000
has been assigned To nm FOR the pNaSuflau of his
enterprise. He is To he accompanied ~ 8m~
and. in short. everything appears 10 have
been done which can help him on his way. DIR. Liv-
inrtone - 70 proceed in the first instance to the Cipe
Of Good Hope From that point he and his compan-
will he conveyed in n Government vessel 10 the
mouth Of the river Zsmbese. and even there the
W Irch:ulness Of the British Government over the
is not withdrawn. DR.. Livingstone and>his
companions are to he conveyed 3OD miles 80
in a stetp-launch, and not untilnthey hfe been
landed i'm safety AT n point 50 fr onwarl i'm the vast
continent which they are about to explore will they
left TO themselves-Tfmss-
The Gr-efte of Tuesi,y last confained a noti6ca- !
ion that Dr. Livingstone. the intrepid missionary
tn seler, has been aprDintel by Her M,jesty British 3
Consul in the Purfugrse settlement Of QuiIIimane, on
he east crtst OF Africt-Tines
The LATE Carr. EPHsArM HaRDIxG--Tbe New I
York Herald gives the following sketch of Capt. Z
4arliDg
The loss of Capt. Ephraim Harding, late of the ship
Milton, by the recent mel tncholy wreck of that
essei, has cast a gloom over a Large number of his :
riends and seafiring men. by whom be was well
inown and much respected. He was born at
I ,rtht's Vineyard, where his widowed mother still :
urviyes him He was one OF SIX brothers, all Of :,
rhom became sea captains, and the subject Of this
ntice - the first one OF the number who has died. d
,lpf. H srtling formerly commanded the wIaleship
arafo "a. OF New Bedford, and during n voyage
1tde in her to the Northern Ptci6c he penetrated
north in the Arctic seas than Any other officer
T our commercial marine, having reached the north \
attitude Of 73 degrees. As a whaling master he
~ nthClA - -" Nt@ - vi tAlN1 1ODf-
landed the highest wages paid TO captains engaged =
this ariuous service d
The John yHifof was n vessel built in Ftirhaven
1884, Of nearly $40 tons burrhen, and was the
rst vessel taken charge Of by Capt. Harding since
IS return from the command of VIII rling vessels.
he sailed from this port for San Francisco and thence
the Chiucha ISLANDS, where she lopie with guano
IT Norfolk, To wait the orders of Messrs- Brrreda
rothers, to whom the gusno was consigned. She
al reached Norfolk when Capt. H.. received orders
proceed to New York. While there he wrote to -
- = - - 49, H. - u
ere last week from the eastward for that purpose, I
NJ was doomed to meet him no more in this world. =
Captain Hlrling persisted in the prime Of life, G.
only about>43 years of age. He had been mar ex
ed twice. By his first wife he had two children, a to
.uyhter and son. We believe that he leaves no issue %,
= his present wife His son was said to be a highly
romisiug lad OF about sixteen years of age, who was sp
it'll him IN the John Milton. and persisted with his
ther. His daughter, it is said. has grown up and
arried.
Two Of Captain Hard;ng's brothers command clip
sr ships sailing out of the port of New York. One ;
in the .Mqrg Ro;iaSoz, and the other is in the f
oi len Eagfe- The father of Captain Harding was =
old ptcket-naster, and was widely known and
ucf SS2ected in his profession 8,
DR.. MIckayrthe poet, was present, the other day, :
the interview betxsen the President and delega-
ms frnm the Poucrhs Rkwnee and Pottswatomie n
hes of Indians HtyinH1EsGaged the services OF
eril artists, he had them skefc9 sbe scene, filing Es
up subsequently, with life portraiisSS the principal int
Ii Is has intention To present Il >sene i2Ufhe In
'ndon ILLUSTRATED -Nscs, ut an early a. <fgether roI
tn "A description from h~ graphic pen. L. novel L.
terest Of the subject in Europe cannot fail to reward !
e enterprise :