The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-06-10
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Commercial Advertiser.
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e Johnston, Morgan, Dick Taylor and JEFF Thomr
!: son, the murder Of sainted Lincoln. and last @
all OF the capture Of that arch-rebel JEFF. Davis
under circumstances mos; absurdly ridiculous
8 Disguised in women's apparel. fleeing for hi
life, the Confederate fox was earthed by Yanke
huntsnen, az Irwinyille, in the State Of Georgia
The man who headed ten States in rebellion
against the authority of the Federal Government
who has mustered into the field armies of halt
a million men-who by turns caioled and blus-
tered with the powers Of Europe-who was
held forth as the embodiment Of heightened
Southern c~hivalry-from such IA height, he falls
TO skulking from Yankee mudsills, clad in his
wlts's c%rinoline o, what a fall was there {.
This 10 indeed " the last ditch" 1t will prove
q prolific theme for the caricaturis;s Of France
and England, and Southern sympathizers in
those countries will never hear. the last of il.
John Bull, especially, will fercely button up
his pockets and pronounce the e so-called Con-
federate Government " a precious humbug. II
was lifting that 80 much bombast. buster and
bounce, as constituted the character of the
rebel President should thus collapse. As Sher-
mans march through Georgia demonstrated
that the COniederacy was but a mere .sshelI.,,
50 this last escapadc of Davis betrays the hol-
lowness of all his pretensions to common man.
hood. He stands revealed TO the world n knava
Poltroon and coward-and by none Will he be
more detested than by the brave Southern
people whom he has 50 outrageousIy and cruelty
ruined and betrayed. His career is proof. if
need be more Is wanted, that a man who
would stand forth the standard-bearer of re-
pudiation of debts fairly incurred, is not to
be trusted.
The next question is, what will be done
with him ? The first and most natural sup-
gestion is that he Will be hanged. and with
the accumulation of charges against him
treason, the comprising Lincoln's assassina-
tion' and the deliberate and systematic starry
ing Of Union p~risoners-there can be but little
doubt but that the hangman's rope will end
ms days. There would be a sort Of poetical
in taking him to the spot where poor
wrong-headed but true-hearted q John
Browns soul went marching on" on the
g sacred soil of Virginia, and there, sur
rounded by Virginia troops, to launch him
to the traitors doom.
The principal leaders Of the great rebellion
are all either in the hands of the Govern
lnent, or soon viii be. The avenues of es-
rape are closely guarded \. II. Stephens.
Vice President of the late bogus government.
md vastly the superior of Davis in intellect,
Campell, Hunter, Vance and Brown. are all
'aiely Gagged. Meantime the trial of the con-
pirators in the late tragedy ut Washington
sai fa}gynsS 4 ac3u Ia dd:"rNtE h t5f EF,4Ga however, Fl has IS Leaked ak, ;
ut to show beyond doubt that Davis and :
everal other of the Richmond cabaI are inn :
in the horrid deed. .
The President and his C.L;,o. =.
uent and close consultation on the grave Ii
uestions which the pacifcation of the South q
i've rise to. Not the least of these is fine d
OF admitting negroes to the right of h
and there was said to be a difference b
opinion on the subject among the Presi- ~
ents constitutional advisers. Seward. having bt
covered from lis injuries, had taken his
at in the Cabinet. ,
The subscriptions to the last authorized 90
an OF the Government, that known as the -
! 30 were coming in so rapidly that it in
IS nearly all taken up. Fourteen millions m,
2 received in a day, showing most emphat- ce,
lily the entire confidence of the people in ste
eIr government, and the boundless wealth orl
the country. Ca
In regard to the newly founded Empire of
stormy times are anticipated.
neral Ortega, the agent of the Republic. was w ~
i've in opening Offices in the PRINCIPAL cit G.:
of the Union, for the purpose Of ENROLL cor
- emIgrants y for Mexico, who are prom
grants Of land OF 500 acres each. which.
Is believed, Macmillan will not recognize. the
which as a necessity the . Emigrants ', NC
have to make good. No sane person can n's
y the right of the Juarez Government in III"
King such grants, the Emperor Naroleon :
Maximillian to the contrary notwitbstan6- on
Crowds of veterans, discharged from the Wa
lies of the invincible Republic. were en- and
ing themselves, tempted by the two-fold ii
action of the love of adventure and the sing
raj bounties of land. Under the circum cert
ces, the Government of the United States spar
'owerless to stop the movement. and the 4
TRAN arch-Duke may ere long find that prep
Mexi, an cactus is a thorny seat. with
ne honest, heartfelt sympathy of the Eng Odd
nation, from the Queen to the laboring
IS, is spontaneously extended to their breth-
in America on the national bereavement w d
leading journals pronounce eulogiums up
he martyred President, comparing him to
and the willy Times. feeling the
&c pulse, says it hopes 1.-THE idle trords of
cation which have been employed by i- ,.ina
ns1bte persons may be buried in the grave III.
lincoln" And again, 1t hopes that S.
dent Lincoln will treat the enemy. once bena,
. "sCS' WI" greater IenIency than ne of the
3. Now that Lee has surrendered. Mo- wine.
fallen, and Johnston confessed himself drunk
isted, the North can afford 10 be mag land