The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-02-04
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HALIFAX, Jan. Sth.-The africa. from Liverpool
the 18th and Queenstown the 9th. has arrived.
Thackeray. the author, is dead. The American Min
listers at Paris and London are making persistent eff
forts 10 prevent the sailing OF the R6PpahaDROcE
from Calais. The Lairds refuse 10 sell their rams.
The French Corps Leeislstif had debated the loan
bill at length. The Opposition members spoke in
favor of a pacific policy on the part of the Govern
ment- NJ. Picard censured the Government for the
Mexican expedition. The loan finally passed.
AT q meeting at Altoona, in which thousands took
part, Prince Frederick was formally proclaimed Duke
of Hols'ein amid great enthusiasm. The Saxon
troops entered Altoona on the 24Ih, and the Danes
left as the Eederals entered.
Rumors of insurrectionary movements in Hungary
are prevalent. and Austria is taking precautions
against any such movement.
The Danish Ministry had rendered their resigns.
tons, which were accepted by the King.
England and Russia continue to exercise their
pressure in Denmark on the Holstein question.
The London press thus refers to Grants victory at
Chattanooga. The Morning Star calls the battle
the Waterloo of the South, and adds: at is very
doubtful whether the discounted files of that unlucky
commander, Bragg. can be induced 10 make another
stand" Ii does not consider him the man TO retrieve
so terrible a disaster as that just inflicted. The
Times styles Grant the most active and successful
commander whom the Federals possess. ana whose
presence has turned the fortunes of the campaign.
IL attributes the failure of the rebel campain not so
much TO the inefhciency of Bragg as to the weakness
of the Southern army. This has been a fatal disad-
vantage of the Confederacy all through the war, and
they Will suffer more from II now than ever. Inc
Morning Herald, a most bitter enemy of the North,
is not without hope that the disaster TO Bragg may
not prove irre,rievable, but adds: " Friendly as We
are TO the Confederate cause, we are still prepared to
look the very worst in the face, and that worst is
something far beyond anything that has yet befallen
The South" The Examiner which has been strong
~ SecessiOnist, says the defeat OF Bragg Is not deci-
sive, but nearer to decisive than any reverse Of the
war that has YET occurred.
DENMARK.-We regret to announce the death of
King Frederick VII, which took place at the Palace
of Gluksburg on the 10th Nov. His Majesty was in
his fifty fifth year. The father of the Princess of
Wlles thus succeeds TO q throne more likely TO prove
q trouble than a position of %splendor.
Some alarm was accustomed on the 14th by the
announcement that the King had been seized on the
previous day with serious illness. \ bulletin Issued
on the same day stated that his Majesty was suffer
ing from erysipelas in the face, attended with fever
and slight delirium, bat that having obtained a little
sleep, he was better. This gave some hopes of the
Kings recovery-only. however, to be speedily dissi-
pated. for the nalady Increased so rapidly that his
Majesty sank under it and died at half past two on
the afternoon of the 10Th.
La France asserts that the Emperor's letter of in
vitatiou to a Congress is pervaded by n spirit of deli
cate moderation and courtesy, and is said to draw the
attention of the Sovereigns 10 the great principles of
order. peace, and the general interest. 1t also de-
mands the establishment oil q system of public law
more in accordance will, accomplished facts, the
spirit of the age, and the ~ conditions of the Eu-
ropean equilibrium, althou.. 1t avoids specially pro-
nouncing itself upon any of the particular questions
which will have to be treated by the Congress-, even
upon that Of Poland.