The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-08-27

The President aud his family have Just met with
a great affection ia the sudden aud violent death Of
Joseph T. Davis, second son Of the President, about
four years old tie fell from the east portico GA Sat
urday afternoon, between three and four o'clock. "a
distance Of fifteen feet, fraoturlug his nip aud injar.
lug mis- head MIR. Davis aud his vile were absent
from the mansion at the time Of the accident.
BIRTH MARK.-The .4lphiHe ChrtHicle (Marklee-
Vile, AmadoF county } vt LIST june says
la the southern portion OF the country lives a man
Who has been Ia The habit Of abusing his family. A
fe~ days since be seized a hammer aud threatened to
Kill his wife That night she gave birth 10 a still
born child. aud across as forehead t0as The PRINT Of %
hammer Ii created a considerable exaiiement ia
the ueighbOrhood, and II IA Justice had been there,
the monster would have been arrested.
Ii Is rumored that some officers Of the British
haVy, Who were sent here by the Admiralty to report
Ga our progress Ia iron olads, have recommended The
following features for adoption la the royal navy ;-
flrst, the Ericsson tunnel, 81. called; secondly, the
compressor used ia working oar Is and IL inoE guns;
thirdly the ne" 'entilaIing system Of the monitors
aud many minor details. Within "a month OF Two,
i've aFmoret vessels will be commenced ia the gov
erumeht dock yards Ia Englard, all partially modelled
"a the American plan. Ir may be mentioned. Incl
dentaIly' that there are no" ia this oUuntry nearly
90 officers II European nAyies, who are detailed
especially 10 watch aud report our discoveries and
progress ia naval architecture.
How SsMMEs RECRUITED FOX ThE " ALABAMA" IN
BHI1IsH lNDIA.-A letter nom Belgium, India, @
the 7th May, which IS published la the United Ser
rtcs GGSets, lEngiand,) says This pleasant
station Was startled out OF all %proprieiy a lev morn
lugS ago. b1 . report that - party OF the -1tubumu's
ore" were al the travellers bungalow, beating up
Tor volunteers Next morning it was found THAI hVe
artilleTymen had deserted; they were, how ever,
oSertaken on the Goa road, whence they were pro
ceeding to join Capt Semmrs. who was quietly lying
OF Goa to pick up whatever game his orimps man
aged 10 Tag ashore. The Tact that u party FROM the
Confederate cruiser succeeded ia reaching II station
4OO miles INLAND, without let Or hindrance, and
carried oil d whole subdivision Of her Britannia
Majesty > artillery. Is IL lesson from which the Vigiiant
lsa'e the mark go'ernmentals might take a lesson,
THE BRAVERY or AMERICAN TRoors CONFESSED ny
FOREIGNERs-rhe London Times OF June 10Th, in
an article on the American war, says
There is hardy "a " regular battalion in the whole
Of the numerous hosts which are eontending with
such unparalleled ferooiIy and resolution The
veterans who are occasionally spoken Of cannot
by possibility be soldiers Of more than three years
standing. Our own volunteers are older troops than
the Oldest troops under Gen Grant or Lee. There il
not u regiment Ia either camp which was raised be-
fore the spring Of 1861; for, the numbers Of the
small regular army almost vanished in the mass. and
il has never been found practicable 10 give it any
material increase of strength. The whole OF this
dreadful fighting has been done by volunteers. and
volunteers without As much training ms our own
riiemen. Yet these raw companies. without pro-
feSsiOnal spirit or regimental traditions. with cap
tains snatched from the counter of the store. and
with generals who were attorneys 4 few months ago.
are fighting with ~ much heroism and obstinacy rs
NaDCle0D's OLD Guard or Germauy's bravest war
riors There may be little science IN the business.
bat OF all that makes soldiers there is as much AS in
any war Of which We read.
The Montreal Gasete (Secessionist.) after draw.
ing u decidedly gloomy picture OF Grants campaign,
and predicting utter defeat for his troops, says:
They have fought 80 far with the course and tenac-
iry which distinguish the stock from which they
spring; and sad and horrible as is the waste. we
cannot but look with pride on the magnificent valor
which has distinguished their fierce struggle for en-
pire. IL is n proof. repulsive though il may be, that
the old race on this continent has not degenerated,
but Is as ready as ever TO bare the breast and front
the storm when death and agony are in the field.
FRENCH OPINION OF THE AMERICAN WAR.-The
Paris Steele Of June 9Th observes:
We cannot too energetically oppose the false ideas
which certain organs Of opinion have accredited on
this subject among the French public. 1t is 10 rarity
TO meet people, thorough liberals, too. who rejoice
over the triumphs of the South, when triumphs there
are, but who would be puzzled to explain their pre-
ference. We must repeat it, however, the South is
in the position which cur provinces in the South or
West would occupy were they to revolt against France
and French unity. Would the most determined par
tzans Of the South dare in that case TO justify such
insurgents; The North is fighting for country, for
the union Of the States which form it; it is fighting.
moreover, for a great principle, the abolition of
slavery. Each forward step of the Federal army
strikes to the heart this monstrous and inhuman in
stitution, which the South declares it cannot live
! without. The triumph Of the South, on the contrary,
would eternize slavery. and Justify every d~espotism.
General Grant Is the representative of the two grand
est and hottest things IN this wOr!d-country and
liberty. General Lee, on the contrary, despite his
undoubted qualities, bis military talents and his
admirable energy, Is merely a rebel leader who
breaches win oEulS III HIS iuuS III u mHiii u 1
the nineteenth century, the slavery which Christ
condemned. Do the pariizans Of the South know
that In lamenting the successes Of Grant and his
army. do they really know that they are opposing
the principle Of national unity, liberty and human
fraternity : For ourselves, our sympathies could not
be doubted for an instant; we are for the North, and
we should be for France against La Vendee or Brit
tany. If they wonted to sever the tie which binds
them TO French unity; We are for the North because
we abhor slavery.
PEACE PROPOSITIONS to the effect that
the Dixie Confelsracy had appointed Messrs. Clay.
Thompson and HolcOmb, Commissioners to submit
propositions for peace, are denied. These gentlemen
had no such powers. \ correspondence occurred
bet tween the parties named and Horace Greeley,
which the latter submitted to the President, who
thereupon issued the following document
EXECUTIVE MANSION, July 10. 1854.
To tchom II may Concern Amy proposition
which embraces the restoration Of peace and the in
tegrity Of the whole Union, and the abandonment of
slavery, which comes by aud with an authority that
can control the armies now NJ war against the United
States. will be received ard considered by the Execu-
tive Government Of the United States, and will be
met by liberal terms on other substantial and col
lateral points, and the bearers thereof shall have safe
conduct both ways. ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
The so called COMMISSIONER managed. Mt frst,
to impose upon Mr.. G~reeley's credulity. but could
not deceive the President. The propositions made by
them were four ia number, to wit
FTrst-An the negroes which have been actually
freed by the war TO be secured in such freedom.
Second All negroes at present held rs slaves to
remain so.
Third-The war debts Of both parties to be paid
by The United States.
Fourih.-Tbe old doctrine Of States Rights to be
recognized in reconstructing the Union.
MARYLAND ABoLrTIoyIzED.-The New York Tri-