The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-01-16
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
ARRIVAL OF THE MAIL.

The bark SPeedTeH, Capt. James Smith, arrived
on Monday morning last, % days from San Francisco.
bringing the American mails. Expresses, and a large
list Of passengers. She had a tedious passage down,
meeting with head winds. squalls. and Gains all the
way. Her memoranda will be found elsewhere.
The Eastern news brought is very meager, and no
later than we had by the Contest. The account Of
the foods in California will be read with interest.
More full accounts will be found in the California
weeklies OF the 9TH and 14th Of Dec.
The Presidents message will be found in full in
the weeklies of Dec. 4, and will repay q perusal.
TeIegraphic Items.
TIE following summary embraces Geographic re-
ports from the East from Dec 4 to 10.
WAsnISGToS, December Al. G. Breckenridge
was unanimously expelled to-day from Congress.
The reported removal of the rebel Capital from
Richmond is Incorrect
The Southern papers are advocating the abolition
Of the elective franchise.
The Latest adyices from Pensacola represent that
the light had not been renewed. Accounts say that
had the fight continued. Fort MeRae would have been
destroyed No particulars Of the affair are given.
The planters throu ZhOut the Southern seabOard are
represented to be destroying their crops lest they
should fall into the hands Of the Yankees.
y conspiracy of Union men had been discovered in
New Orleans, causing great excitement there. Many
arrests had been made.
~Hs@LisS, "a-Convention met on DECEMBER 81.
MI. Holman offered n resolution, declaring the eman-
cipation Of slaves in the new State Of Western Virgil
MIA, or kanawha- The question is under discussion.
The great gunboat expedition under General Hal
leck Is expected to start down the Mississippi in
about two weeks. or Dec 20
500 Federal prisoners were sent from Richmond to
Tuscaloosa, Ala, last week.
As the people in several counties Of Eastern Virgil
MIA have declared themselves loyal, their ports will
will lie opened for trade.
Adyices from Sc. Thomas ria Panama report that
the caPiain OF the priyateer Jsf. Darts was on board
the british mail steamer Trent when Mason and
SIfdell were taken prisoners from her.
The West India Steamship Company, in conse-
quenee Of the Trent affair, have ordered all their
agents to furnish no more coal to U. s. vessels.
The Dutch Government allows Uuited States ves-
sels u var 10 remain in their ports As hours to coal.
Parson Brownlow Is making himself felt. In East
Tennessee, at the heal Of 1000 men, he attacked n
large rebel force, and defeated them with great
slaughter. He captured ten of the rebel transfers,
with their teams and freight. In this crisis the Par
sons sword is mightier than his pen.
The Federal fleet have captured a ship, having on
board n large cargo Of sugar and molasses; the YES
sci was trying to steal out OF New Orleans when taken.
Parson BrOwalow's army had been increased By
Unionists from North Carolina and Alabama. He is
giving the rebels much trouble.
n dispatch to the N Y. Worii says that Col. Ker-
rigan. Of che 18th n. Y. Regiment, has been tried
for treason. by c~ourt-martial. convicted, and ordered
TO be shot. The order is signed by the President.
kerrigan is a member of Congress.
AdSices from Port Royal say that Tybee Island is
not yet occupied by our troops The National cOlOrs
are lying from the lighthouse.
Beaufort was to be occupied on the 28th November
by 5,O0O Federal troops to prevent Secessionists TAX
ing possession of it.
The expedition South is for Fernan limo, 5000
troops have gone in it,
Gen. Price, at the head of his Rebel army, is on
the march northward in Missouri
He has issued n highly incendiary proclamation to
the people OF Missouri to volunteer in his army. He
complains bitterly Of the supineness manifested by
men Of wealth in regard to the Secession cause.
The greatest excitement prevailed at Charleston
s. c., owing to the landing of the Federal forces
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consider the p~roprieiy Of burning or guaranteeing the
city to the Union army. The people and the Mayor
Of the city were generally In favor Of surrendering,
but the rebel government said it must be burned to
prevent its falling into the hands Of the U. S. army.
QUISCY, I'LL, December 4-The vote for Mayor Of
New York ut the election on the Sd of December, fOots
up as follows; George oPdyke. lReP-PeOPle's
Union, ] y, 25g Godfrey Gunther, IDem-Tamma-
ny,1 "a .5S5 /; and Fernando Wood, ~CDem.-Nozart,1
2i,US5. OPdyke elected
Great excitement and CONSERVATION exist at Charles
ton and other town South. At Charleston the Rebles
are burning all their Cotton and Rice, to prevent it
falling INFO the hands OF the Federals. by this it
would seem that the Unionists have more than a fair
prospect of capturing that city.1
The question Of the exchange of prisoners seems to
be fairly settled the President, Gen. Mcclellan and
al the Cabinet are in favor Of the plan 80 prisoners
were exchanged yesterday
Our Government has replied to the invitation of
England. France and Spain, declining to take any
Part IN the Mexican Expedition
Inc charleston courier OF the Otn says tnat on
Wednesday a detachment of twenty-five men visited
Beaufort and found no enemy They destroyed all
the cotton and corn they could find on the plantations
around, amounting to 400 bales
Charleston people are getting alarmed at the ap-
pruaeI Of the Federal feet
South Carolina seems to be more insane than ever
ia her folly. Dispatches Of Friday safe that the rebels
In that State we're barring their cotton and rice, and
we're thus iepTiying themselves Of the only means at
their command to avert the calamities by which they
are threatened.
The Mexican Government will resist all expedi-
tiOns. Their hatreI towards Spain is intense.
Ii Is understood that the Legislature of Kentucky
will abolish, slavery, re-imbursing loyal masters
In the U. ;. Senate, Sumner presented petitions
asking for the emancipation Of slaves under the war
power.
land. and raised intense excitement and Indignation.
The steamer Louisa, from Liverpool, brings fur
ther accounts of the reception in England ofthe news
Of the canture Of Mason and SIIdell. Public meetings
were held AZ Liverpool. and resolutions passed con-
demnirg the affair. and calling upon the British
Government to demand an explanation
Commenting on the above. the Alta says -
WAR WITH ESGLAxD.-The city was all excitement
last evening upon the subject Of n war with England.
IL is rather difficult to determine upon what il was
based. On referring to our dispatches We find that
on the reception of the news OF the arrest Of Mason
and Slidell in England, public meetings were held
Mt Liverpool. and resolutions passed eondemning the
affair and calling upon the British Government to
demand an explanation"
This is the sum total Of the war news from Eng
land. Public meetings are not very dangerous
movements There IL no people on the face of the
earth more competent TO form a just estimate of such
doing than Americans How many public meetings
have we held TO denource "Perhdious Albion F" and
insistupcn an immediate war, but nothing ever came
Of them, though our Government is more easily
moved than that Of Great Britain
There is nothing dangerous about public meetings,
either here or there. They are, as a general thing,
gotten Up TO further interests rs widely different for
the purposes avowed as the poles. Neither John Bull
nor Brother Jonathan can get along without publ:
Thcy are, in fact, safety-valyes, and
through them escapes the passion which IN other
would lead to violence and bloOdshed.