The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-05-09

y ~ NHoFEt q Of
tsr- 100000 Troops NToucy:
10000 Ecn Now Ready!
On Tuesday the 9Th, the telegraph announced the
~ Of the clipper ship Black Rqrf. Bowers.
h.the American mail signal flying. She left san
Faneisco On the 18th Of April, and made theoass-
az w twelve days. she brings two Eastern mails.
hose q March y and ApriII. The ship Lotus va.
% sail On the 10Th. en- route for HougkonG. TO touch
At this port for freiEh. or passengers. The ship RI
Sl, with the same destination. would sail early in
Nsy, and mag bring our next mail. that Of April Il.
The bark Comet had NOT arrived over I'D 10 the
18th She was then eleven days cut.
The news from the Southern States = the most ex-
citing and warlike which has yet been received.
mere IS hardly room to doubt that before this the
dash Of arms has been heard. ond civil war burst
cut between the seeding States and the L. :. Gov
znnent. The first drop Of blood she'd By the seces-
souist= viii unquez;ionably stir up the North as it
has never been stirred since the days Of the RevoIu-
ton, and an army Of 200. 600 will rise to assert the
NTer and authority Of the national government and
defend the Capital.
When the news Of the attack on Fort Sumter was
received in san Francisco, it created a great excite
aent- The -ff'l SAYS Of It:
TIE FORT SUMTER NEws-IxTESSE EXCITEMENT
When il was rum0rei yesterday afternoon april 24l
that the -ff1 had received dispatches detailing the
commencement OF civil war, the city was thrown into
atremeniOus state Of excitement Our Office was AZ
O1ec ~I-siegel, especially by gentlemen having reIa-
ives in and around Charleston, anxious to know the
PARTICULARS while p-Ople Of all political stripes stood
around the doors, awaiting the publication Of the
ErtrI -fltI- As the news flashed over the wires. II
Eas turned INTO print a. fast as our entire TYPO
S~grtphiell force could accomplish IL, and By half-past
Eur OclgcS. tn streets. which were nOw filed with
people, re=JIulcl with the cries Of the news bows.
Who rushed about In rrUgu-- and IT-uY--i DF rbafr
PYers n fast A. eIger hands could change the money.
Montgomery street was All IN a fever Of excitement.
those who could not obtain Erfrls crowded around
te more tIrruDlte- who were compelled to read the
news aloud, % satisfy their own curiosity, and avoid
lie queries OF the ret. We cJIut-i, between Sac
ameuto and Washington streets, no less than SIX Of
these groups
Respecting the attacs On Fort Sumter, the sans
PIPcr says.
TIE CApruRE or FoEr SrNTEa-The attack on
Eost Sumter, and it. capture, are great events in
American history - the beEinuing u what may be
amost disastrous war between the United States and
the re1ei0us Cotton Cs-.eleracy- Hitherto our IA
tJual career has been one uninterrupted peace 1T
home. and that peace has given . security 20 proper
= aud "a reputation abroad. which have made u the
.gvy 81 the remainder u Chri-teudOm- Thar happy
k@e has passed and we are threatened with the in
xssull5le evils q hprrfI war
~H s1ch occasions - The present, the question
vfA1s~c|' " mere does California stand -
W r-uIy that our public sentiment = overwheIm-
49, LIS gu. @NENaa H@a A4E g. 4a"A 4AH"A.AhaN|AaAaaNa
Though the mIjJrity OF our pe1pl- voted against
him. We recognize Mr. Lincoln ~ the legitimate and
hrly elected President We are opposed to war.
We doubt whether IL car i any good. We desire
peace. and We trust that our representatives, II
Washington VII IL their utmost 90 obtain an honor
able pence ard % restore 2 Oh feeling
Bur we believe tIt- there l. nothing 10 -t.fy
ether tle -e-e--Hu % rIs Cotton State. or the ius1-
lent manner 10 ahi,l they have seized the Southern
brts, and % IuIereI the FEDERAL treasury. While
We shall itueH, tle continuance 81 h~o-tiitie-, -uII
Ne must -llsre -U tue la-tulte Government Of tine
Jl1u- EuI share IT, fortunes Now. - heretofore,
We s1lmrt tJ the y5..s " the u4iJritv expressed I'm
ean-t.tutlalal manner. war, made against our
brethren and relatives .s Che Cotton State. viii
cause I- much pain, b-- u .ur G. yrrumeut decide
,thIt 30 should be male. ue saolLIt ~ % - Disagree
: ~ necessity. aIi accept au IT, c1u-eIueu-e-. hop
Pa tl-c FeI-l, it not friendship, may soon be res
UeL
The BlIs.a =qys
THE ftruIclS CEg--Ep-C1uueucsmrut u hos
titles tt Fort S-a-rr, between the revolutionary
Ace lu- she regular troops ot the United States,
r=cE- Us 10 u moment ~hau We are required %
--9 ta- pres % give 10 qualification
Hort sumter hes f.Iru-tbe dlE Of the United
SLe- has re.alluerei o. domestic foe. The msu-
act ltI1 Ame-is % must blush az this terrible in
ul-eL-e. an -.e heart II the rlilanthrOpi-t sick
sa at li the horrors Of CiviL war which By this act
are Ir-igi-lJeI upon orr unhappy country God
l-tuI the right when rIe -sorI j. 90 De -ae ar5iter
o.Ur destiny Wan such news comes the heart =
. uL for words, and tine pen refuses it, functions.
We hal rather oIr paper had been Hlo,-ei out Of
existence. than be compelled 90 announce such It'd
H-s Go lle California public
The teI-z-aphic news comes 20 Us very much dis
Jo.nrei AMI IN broken asrrs1us, rendering It
difficult % give any readable account Of the actual
; ~'s % affairs. Principally from the -fit1 We CLEAN
flowing te.egraphie summary Of the late=; news
TEs;h
eciaI Washington correspondence Is filled
PRS % a warize character. which my thus
Hignei up
the knight gfthe 81 April. a steiner attempted
., -t,Chlrleztou hIr55r- She refused 70 show
and vas freI into by the Battery on Nor
He"i, AMI put 60 sea
Jp-Us s-5m Texas state that AmpIiil with 4
with re-l~-er-- the rights Of Mexico in Texas,
f-,r .ug for invasion, and i now marching =
rec on brownsville.
Ford was concentrating all his fJrce= AMI
~ guns NJ Brsz1s-
II g asserted that Spain J. preparing 20 seize san
Douingo, and Infinitely. Hlyt. and that France
&-0psrtt-s-
Gen. sam. Houston. lately Governor Of Texas,
stands out against the secession rebellion. and -xears
he owes 10 allegiance but 90 tEe l. :. Government,
lnI tlresteus o. ~Ijs-I volunteer force 10 oppose the
session authorities The irmuess OF the old Gene
IA combined with the movements Of Mexico IN clIIrH-
~ authority over Texas, may makeher glad 70 give
sp her secession sentiments
7 policy Of the United States Government now
= @! Nod PicSens at all hazards, and r~eiuf.r-e i #
SAsary.
H. Mclean, ofthe L. :. Supreme Court. and
apt bergman, Of the Navy, are lead
The New Yors Hsralt's Washington dispatch
Ags that the S-y0iItOllry movement I Virginia j.
Pugre-siag. Five thousand men are ready immeii-
Hey 20 take mp arms against the Government.