The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-05-19

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The London Dniiy .Nsacs says the attltudeu snm Il
Austrian and Sardinian troops was 50 extre"eiy
menacing that the prospect Of the crisis being Plo.
c;n;tatei bv = military collision was impressed more
painfully than ever upon the public mind.
An order is said to have been received in Paris
from the Sandman Government for 4o,Voo e,oiss n.s
10 he Maid for out Of the new loan. 1t Is also sala
that the orders given in France for $4,000 PAIRS OF
shoes and soldiers great coats for the Sandman army,
had been increased to 5O,OOO.
There are several items from France which tend 10
show war inevitable. 1t is current that the Lyons
fifteen thousand men with dispatch. The .Nonateu,
contains a decree appointing sixteen generals ana
thirteen colonies.
An ugly feature, which seems likely to fortify the
Emperor of France in his designs against austria, Is
found in the fact that the Russian Government mas
forbidden the expectation of horses. This is looked
on as a measure intended to embarrass the vienna
Cabinet.
A Russian journal, the LIE -Nord, has formally
taken the opportunity of expressing doubts as to the
correctness of the report, that Russia was prepared
to throw her influence in favor of the attitude taken
by Germany in the existing crisis.
The Globe Paris correspondent says that Prince
Gortschakoff was to confer with the Emperor Napoleon
as to Military combinations on the part OF Russia.
The large Russian army in Bessarabia will support
the Danubian principalities.
A Berlin letter says that the Russian Ambassador
at that Court had communicated to the Foreign Min
lister a dispatch from Prince Gortschakoff, promising
to support Prussia and England in their endeavors
to procure a peaceful solution. The Young Prince
Gortschakoff is said to have been the bearer of o
similar dispatch to Paris.
The Opinione and independents of Turin state
from Placenza, that the Austrians are busily engaged
in terrifying both banks of the Pc at that place.
Nothing is heard now from Italy but a repetition Of
accounts of warlike preparations on the part OF Aus
tria, as well as warlike preparations on the part OF
Piedmont. Every day seems to add to the chances Of
war. The Vienna Cabinet has decided to send DC, 1000
more men to Italy, which will bring the Lombardian
army up to 0 ,O0O.
The TRIAL OF SIcKLEs.-The hearing of testimony
in this case commenced on the 7h April. So far it
is not proved that Mr.. Sickles had more than one
pistol. The defence expect to prove that Mr..
Sickles believed his wife to be innocent up to Satur-
day morning preceding the homicide-that he be-
came convinced of her guilt during the afternoon
that at night he became a perfect madman, and that
on Sunday he was broken down by uncomfortable
grief. They say that they will show. also, that his
pursuit of Key was a sudden impulse, without a pos
sibility of premeditation. and other facts which they
decline to state will be brought forward in palliation.
The weight of the testimony, so far, is that three
shots were fired before Key fell, and that the pistol
was snapped once or twice afterwards. There is no
evidence as to the number of barrels discharged.
There was but one more witness to be called to prove
the shooting. The testimony for the prosecution
would be closed on the 9Th.
The Boston Advertiser thinks that the discovery of
gold at Pixies Peak may possibly do more to deter
mine the route of the Pacific Railroad than all the
arguments of statesmen and the maneuvering of pol
iticians. Private enterprise may perhaps build a
large part of the road to meet the business wants Of
Missouri and Kansas, while Congress is deliberating
upon the choice of a route. If a track were already
laid to the western borders Of Kansas, we suppose no
one would doubt that We must proceed from that
point in the construction of a road, rather than begin
at any place upon the Northern Mississippi or in the
South,