The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-10-29
PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Eastern News.
(From tie Alta Of October p

(fTom tie Atta y Octobtr =
PROPOSED GERMAN LOAN or ONE THOUSAND MILLIONS.
\ proposition has been received by the Secre-
tary ct the Treasury from the leading bankers OF
Hamburg, for i Loan 10 the enormous extent of
one thousand millions Of dollars. Startling, at
first, Is this amount may appear, it il neyerthe-
less an absolute offer.
The terms upon which it is proposed to make
this loan are considered very advantageous, aud
II may be stated that they meet with much favor
from the Government. 1t Is proposed that the
loan shall be for seyenty-fve years, at an interest
OF three Per cent. The payments are 10 be made
twenty per cent. in coin, ten per cent. III United
States currency, and seventy Per cent. in OUT
standing obligations of the United States. Ii Is
proposed u dispose OF the whole amount among
the people of the Continent Of Europe on the
principle Of premium loans, the principal To BE-
reimbursed 10 the holders during the last forty
five years of the term, IN equal semi-annual in
stLllments, the Government paying the current
interest, premiums and principal, which would
require bat fifty millions per annum during the
term OF the lOan-scyenty-fvc years. Ii has not
yet been decided whether this loan shall be ac-
cepted. IL will, of course, require an act Of
Congress To- complete the matter, ms twenty years
bonds are the longest that can be issued under
existing acts. There will be no difficulty in OBJ
tanning the necessary legislation should the loan
De accepted, and its effect upon the finances Of
the country will be Immediately apparent, as II
will at once create a demand for Government
securities which will enhance their value, and
enable the Treasury to dispose OF 4 sufficient
amount upon advantageous terms to supply It's
Necessities. 1t will also withdraw from circula-
ton a hundred millions of greenbacks, which
will, Of course, diminish the difference in value
between currency and gold. /. may be regarded
"a nearly a certainty that the proposition viii be
accepted. 1t is believed that it will result in an
early return to specie payments.
OFFICIAL STATEMENT OF THE NATIONAL DEBT.
The Official statement of the national debt on
fha lnfh Of Auyr,yr etnura IL a.,,,-t 80. !
ing to be 81 ,878, 565 ,234. and the interest, in both
coin and lawful money, $77 Az 100, OR IN in
crease Of the public debt since the 2d Of August
Of $50, O73 900, and of interest 81 ,029 600. The
debt bearing interest in coin is now 1889 500 ,492;
the debt bearing interest in lawful money, $780,
1917 900 the debt on which the interest has
ceased, 1851 40 the debt bearing no interest,
III .2G7. The unpaid acquisitions are S78,-
79j 900 and the amount in the Treasury, Sl7,-
lo9.5lS. 1t further appears that since the Cd Of
August the SIX per cent. bonds under the acts Of
July IL and August 5, 1861, exchanged for
seven-thirtles, have increased to the extent Of
$l5 900 900, that the seven-thirty-three years
notes under the act of July II, 1861, have been
reduced about the same amount, and the six rer
cent. certificates of Indebtedness under the act of
March i, 1862, increased nearly 1913 900 coo.
ExTRaDITIoS OF MULLER To ENGLAND.
/ wrote you about the German tailor, Franz
the man arrested here on the arrival of
ship Victory from London, rs the murderer
n an English railway car Of Mr.. Briggs. the
banker, and throwing his body ON the track
while the train was in rapid motion.
This case has excited a painful interest in both
countries, not from any morbid sympathy with
he prisoner, who is = young man, not vet thirty
Iears Of age. but in the horrible circumstance
connected with the commission of the foul deed,
he murderer's escape to- this country by q sailing
Iessel, as above, and the arrival here, by steamer,
i several prominent English detectives, in ad-
nance of the ship. These detectives had full
to charter some English vessel in port,
all outside the harbor, waylay the ship Victory
seyond our neutral waters, and return wit. the
riminal by either the chartered vessel or in some
vessel outward bound, for Liverpool or
southampton, from this port. By so doing, they
Fould avoid any of the v~exatiOus technicalities
vhich the law here might throw i'm their wav for
the prisoner.
The detention Of the TiCtOry beyond neutral
rounds, the charter Of an English vessel in the
Of New York To effect Nuller's capture, and
IS return to Great Britain by the outgoing
nglish vessel, would all have taken place at sea.
he relatives of the murdered Mr.. Briggs author
ed them to undergo this expense. The detec-
ives, however, rs soon rs they arrived here, find
ig that the authorities would heartily cooperate
18th them, changed their entire programme, and
18th the prompt assistance of our Superintendent
Police, succeeded I'm securing their man with 4
at any delay or trouble, rs soon as the TictOrY I
rived IN the harbOr, and thus saved the expense
hich they thought they would incur at the
Muller was apprehended. but the evidence
yainst him was so conclusive that the order of /
was soon after made out, signed by
ecretary Seward, and, on Wednesday evening
ext he Is to be conveyed back to England for I
nal trial. The watch of the murdered man, U
Is hat, and several articles of value, besides
Dnds and notes on the Bank of England, which
ere sworn to as belonging to Mr.. Briggs and in =
possession ut the time Of the murder, were =
'und in the prisoners possession ut the time Of
rest. The Inspector of English detectives. who
over and had the matter in charge, has
cen so astonished and g%ratifed at the assistance
has received, and courtesy shown him by our
that ne has made an official acknowl-
lgment OF the same, presented those of the New
Ork detectives who furthered his views fifty dol
rs each, and promised similar assistance on the
lrt OF the English Police in apprehending
merisan criminals who escape hereafter TO the
ritish Isles.
1t IS such acts as these that do more to cement
e friendly relations existing between the people
the two countries, than tine formal relations 7
titled Ambassadors. Steam and lightning are i
pital detectives. There is no escaping the
lerity of movement of either.