The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-03-14

"-- 'r atsrti'l. -Ll vs.. wait tut % short time for
q reply Is expects % leave fr home on saturday.
Tvs star or rf- VS., Is said -ha- Holt. S,au-
ton, Black AM I.ucyy have al a--,.i THAT -h, hon
or q th" nlti1u -Frr.'v-'y demands ta-r the rein
frcener'- 20 bard tre SCR ~ Re H. should ie
permitted % reach Fort Sumter. The -'.l-.r FI'-
ion T. benz f-"i -r p. --.ur1uy her,. ana t1 li -u
protecting Isr. tEe Er.s.1r- nor bong al.- 9. cross
the bar AZ the entrance g the hlrtu-.
ST Lorrs. January -,-Tesreri,y the Pres Ieu-
sent nu important Message 10 Congress 90 reference
20 the proposition u rhe Virginia Legislature t1 hold
n Convention ~ Washington on the fth q February.
and the mission = eN-Pre-ient Tyler. The President
THINKS that this tuuve.t,u may ue The means Of
preventing difficulties, AMI be urges Congress not 20
pass avs which may bring "a 81 cou5ic, unit. the
efforts Of the Convention are tested. He slys that
hs duty IS o. protect public property. ami he Will 10
80 70 the extent q Ms ability.
The Union Convention It Washington ! greatly
encouraged hv tns prospects OF a successful, issue %
The 4-h Of February Convention. Besides the south
ern States. most Of tine great Northern States are max
lug movements responsive % the cal, u Virgi MIA.
and IT = thought that the Convention viii be general
y attended.
The President has discarded the Constitution
newspaper, the organ Of the Seces>iCli>ts. and Will
refuse IL patronage hereafter. STATE secrets i-lking
out 70 the benefit q the Secr~siUn'sts, has led him .
order th1t nu persons shall BE- admitted 20 the de-
partmenr- earlier than G. \. VI. and srecfal watch
men are 70 see that the Offices are vacated ~ 3 P. VI.
lie has also ordered the dismissal q every clerk who
IL a secessi1uist.
Horatio King. First Assistant Postmaster General,
has been appointed Postmaster General
MOVEMENTS OF The President ELEcr-Hrs JorRxFy
To .sEiSGToS-Ih pretended remarks by Mr..
Lincoln, teiegrlpheI 20 the New York Herald and
then scattered broadcast over the country. and IN iue
course forwarded % the -f.tl, there l. reason % be-
lieye are Crouniless. Mr.. Lincoln i represented by
everybody who comes from Springfield, n exceeding
" Discreet lie says very little, allows his visitors 10
do the talking. and would no more say what the
H-rGit says he said. than ne would declare himself
N favor Of provoking = war with England in order 10
withdraw attention from the present crisis Of affairs
IN the SJuth. 1et there : every reason o. believe, on
the other hand. that he does hold 10 the doctrine that
this Union = iuiiyis.Ule except ty an amendment 70
the Constitution, and that he does believe the United
States Owls the property appropriated by SOUTH Caro-
INA ana A-a't1ia. VIZ: the forts, lr-eusl-. public
buildings. etc The President elect has s.eucei the
scrirh!ers Oy Announcing hls intended route TO his
way 90 Washington, aud there = every probability that
his reception along the roai viii be = perfect ovation,
from Springfield a. Far 80 the borders II Delaware
IL is now definitely settled that Mr. Lincoln will
leave Springfield on the llth 10y Of February He
vii hr accompanied ~ his family. Major Hunter
Iai Colonel Sumner, e the United St--e- army. and
= few Distinguished Iliu1islus. Ills route viii be
through Indianapolis. Columbus, Pittsburgh, Cleve-
land. Albany. Nr~ York. PaillIe,paia. Harrisburg.
and Baltimore. The programme Is liable 70 mOiid-
cation. but will not iiirr essentially from that.
From the legislature q Ohio. Indiana, Psuusyl-
vauia. and from rle citizens u. the respective cluitLr-
Of those States, Mr.. Lincoln has received the most
cordial invitations To honor them With "a passing visit.
such invitations cannot deccrvusiy be d.~re-Iriel.
Inc rrtZrt-- OF IN" Erc-lleUt -.ggr cannot Nuf le i.r-
tuuite 10 t. influence upon the tone OF public feeling
In the Union. The devotion which men in general
feel for their government - a rather vague AMI >hi-
iowy emotion IIs vi. Je intensified. aud will re-
ceive form and cg.yriu- by personal interviews e.: the
people themselves with their constitutional head
-fifa. -
PRoGEEss 0g TIE SECESSION SCHFyE-N SrFCK Of 4
REACuOS-LFuisiau has enrolled herself among the
seceIing State The event created 10 sensation
not - much a. a autter upon the surface of the toiy
polite II l. but right 20 = = that the public mind
has reached that condition that the mere declaration
OF secession affects nobody 10 the North. Nobody
seems % cIre-ushCiy changes an opinion, and Lv-
body cfers any resistance. The repeal ct the sugar
duties J. agi;arei, and .i it were certain that Mr.
Buchanan would sign the bill, probably Congress
would pass the repeIiIug measure. the progress Of
secession j. marked chiefly by a few speeches ot reac-
ton here and there in the South. first among which
IN importance = the reported rising IN Pickeu- Conn
~, Ga, 10 opposition To secession. and raising the
Star and Stripes after the secession ordinance had
passed the Convention The proposed taking of the
L. :. Mint IT DlhlOuegI, Ga. on behalf % tine Fed
erlI government. = signihcaut-eyen il not ACCOM-
piIsheI-as showing that there = a minority seHt-
meat opposed % secession, even in the exJreCue South,
no matter how small It may chance 20 De. This i
confirmed by All occasional remark in the Charles
ton papers, and very pIlutetiy - by an admission N
the Senate Of South Carolina. upon a proposition to
tax foreign goods, IN ;he course Of which Mr. McAl-
sey said tblr II Wa Al uHwI-e proceeding 10 tax pro-
iuce from other States, just now. SAID he. we 10
not ourselves know that ~ are out OF the Union
our independence has not been recognized, and per-
haps never Will he
This admission shows that there : still a lurking
suspicion in the miris Of some SIuth ClruliniIus
that Secession J. ty ~ means accomplished. North
Alabama continues - throw out it. fulmirt'i'as
against the extremists OF the Ilucey school. and the
NIcS-burg JJht[ deuouuces Mr. Pettus tor his efforts
TO precipittte Mississippi into = war with her neigh
Dor. in good rouui terms. Thc papers from New
Orleans aud Louisiana have not had time, as yet, to
arrive, AMI we don't know what they nave to say
about the effect on that State. but private letters
from some % the largest sugar planters, written TO
-. Louis. Indicate very strongly that there i quite n
respectable minority opposed 10 dissolution. - much
Tor tine extreme Southern States. Notwithstanding
the ncI that Texas = Ou the eve Of going out % the
Union, there i evidence OF reaction IN the South.
First, 1t sticks out IN Missouri, where Union meetings
are being held I'm many counties, aud cluiIiiies Tor
the convention nominated opposed % S-ct~-iOu, tt
in favor OF lighting for the rights Of the South within
the Union. Up 10 this time, no candidate or dele
gate has dlrei to ayow himself a S-se--.oni-t- This
j. the more luminous - many prominent letiers have
declared their willingness Co abide - the Union, uI-
cpuiitiyulIly. Then We 60 10 Kentucky, and We
hud that state refusing 70 call Il State Convention,
but pa--iu. resolutions IN favor 81 Congressional nc
tiUu O. secure the rights Ci shareholders ia the Ter
ritJri--, AMI the privilege u carrying slave property
ia trflsffE through free >tat">. These resolutions are
known us the Virginia resolutions, and that STATE IS
~ the same Tx.
Then turn 10 North Carolina. and We see that
State ma ut yet summoned . Convention 20 seceic
from the Union auI g., -rrluges- Of all. q large C1uu-
t. meeting, IN North Carolina, Declare that Fort
MYu.;rie and Castle PIucsuey still belong 10 the
UuItsi state. and To Unauthorized act % q moo can
divert the urle. tennessee l. comparatively quiet,
preparing for the election e delegates 90 a state Con-
veuti0u. Arkansas has yotei upon the Convention
question. Il Convention carries tas Il probably Wild
the delegates we're o. meet AZ Little Rock ImmeiI-
at.ly. 10 not, their C.Ics J. 90 stay AZ home. Dele
ware aud Maryland nave literally done nothing TO-
ward di-InIru. ~ much :r the action u the Bpr-
der State Tue speeches Of SEerrlrt Clemens, u
virginia Emerson E~theriige, 81 Ieuu---e, and John
: Nilsson. II Virginia. are having = powerful effect
ina s7rer..1y secession in the S,lte-. Mr. Nelson, Of
Tenu.S--e, has also l!el hi- voice for the Union.
anil ar-rrryH unwilling % 70 20 far a. his colleague