Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1860-05-26
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ARRIVAL OF THE CANDAMARRAH

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By the arrival of the Japanese steam corvette
Candamarrah, in Is days from San Francisco, we
have Atlantic dates from st. Louis to April 2S,
and Liverpool ditto to April Is.
United States.
ST. LOUIS, April %. 1860.
The Charleston Convention mas been in session
four days. In the Convention the Douglas men
have thus far carried every point The test vote
of strength was on the rule allowing individual
members, when not instructed, to vote separately
On motion to lay on the table, the vote stood as
follows: Massachusetts 6, Pennsylvania Ia, Del
aware l-2, Maryland l-2, Virginia l5 North
Carolina 7, South Carolina 3, Georgia 10, Florida
3, Alabama 9, Louisiana 6, Mississippi 7, Texas
4, Arkansas half of one vote, Missouri 3 Califor-
mia l-2. Oregon 3-total l0l. All the rest, 1872.
1t was also determined to settle the Platform be-
fore ballOting for candidates. Upon this intense
excitement arose. The committee on Platforms, by
majority, reported a strong anti-Douglas plat
form, while two minority reports have been made
1t is upon this point that the fight is going on;
and the latest dispatch says that the principal mi
nOrity report will receive l80 votes and be adopt
ed. Incidental to this 1t is announced that the
delegations from five southern States will with
draw, and nominate Jefferson Davis with General
Joe Lane or Fernando Wood for Vice President.
The excitement yesterday ut Charleston was in
tense. A large crowd assembled in front of the
hotel last evening, listening to dsunion speeches
They rushed into the hotel of the New York dele
CATION and were driven out by the police.
The friends of Douglas predict his nomination
to-day (28th ApriD. He has % Of the New York
delegation, and they calculate on his gaining some
20 votes by the adoption of the individual voting
rule.
1t is said that Morris, of Illinois, will urge the
passage of joint resolution, appointing Orr, of
South Carolina, Donahue, of Maryland, and Wild,
of Illinois, Commissioners, to negotiate with the
MOrmOns of Utah for the purchase of their posses
sions, on condition that they remove beyond the
jurisdiction of the United States.
Advices from Santa Cruz are to the 18TH
MiramOn arrived at the capital on the 9TH, with
from 1000 to 800 men. NJ important events
had transpired. MiramOn had sent bitter letter
to Secretary Cass, relative to the captured steam
ers.
The Great Eastern would, it was said, be ready
to sail in June. and would accompany the squad
ron of the Prince of Wales. stopping at Portland.
The English and French treaty continues to be
much approved in its practical operation.
In ten or twelve days the inhabitants of Savoy
and Nice were to have voted by universal suffrage
on the question of annexation to France.
| The official Journal of the Two Siciles contains
dates to the 9Th ult. from Sicily that insurrec
tion in Messina had been suppressed after an OBJ
stinate battle in the streets and houses.
| 1t was announced in Naples that the rebels at
| Palnero had been dispersed.
| Negotiations going on between Rome and
Naples relative to the entry of the Neapolitan
| troops into the States of the Church.
| The insurrecton in Naples was crushed, the
Government troops carrying by assault convent
in which the insurgents were collected. In Sicily
| the insurrection had made headway, there being
10000 men in arms, and the cry was, s'UniOn with
the new Italian Kingdom" By the last dispatch
the insurrectiOn had been suppressed, after des
| perate fighting at Messina. At Palmero the monks
| fought like li0ns several killed and many
| rested. At Messina the conflict was severe. The
! Government threatened to bOmhard the city, but
the inhabitants yielded on obtaining the promise
that the principal cause of irritation should be re-
| moved.
| Count Cavour had ordered two steam frigates to
the coast Of Sicily, to shelter all fugitves from pO
| litical vengeance.
| The King Of Sardinia about to make the
tour of his new dominions. He would. by orders
from London, De accompanied by the British Am
bassador, also by members of the Sandman Courts
and Parliament.
| Garibaldi had arrived at Turin and taken his
seat.
The Emperor of Austria is about to visit Queen
Victoria.
The Sultan of Turkey has recalled Omer Pasha
| from exile.
The Emperor of Morocco has ratified the Treaty
| of Peace. The boundaries of Centa have been
amicably arranged. The value of territory eeded
to Spain is three hundred millions of reals.
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