The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-15

CARRIsR PIaEoss rs LocoMoTIvE-It appears
from a trial lately made at Bourges, France, that
carrier pigeons can still compete in speed with rail
ways. l4J pigeons were liberated at Bourges, at
FIVE O'Clock IN the morning, TO decide n wager. The
first prize was gained by q pigeon which arrived at
his pjgeon-house At Verviers at fifty four minutes
past twelve. The last arrival was st eleven minutes
past one. Thus. in less than nine hours, these birds
performed a distance Of $50 leagues, or 375 miles
8 speed which no French railway can equal.
GREAT EMIGRATION WEsTwARD.-A writer 10 the
New York Times says - People East have but lit.
tie idea as yet Of the wondrous development since
1853, when the Georgia and Kansas companies OF
prospectors discovered the color at the point where
now stands Denver city. Since that time, five new
territories have been organized, the population Of
which today is not less than 200 900. The entire
white population OF the auriferous territories Of the
Union IS now orgsnized-New Mexico, Colorado,
Idaho, Dakotah, Utah, Arizona, Nevada, and Wash.
ington, embracing sn area Of over 8 billion square
miles, cannot be less than $4,000. With the e1cep
ton of New Mexico and Utah, this population has
almost entirely emigrsted 10 these territories-the
new West-since 1883, and over one half Of il since
1860. Since the war begun, the emigration has been
immense"
The RAGE OF DEsPA1R.-The Charleston Mercuru
Of the 18th January, is remarkable for its slashing
criticisms on the rebel army and the rebel leaders,
and bitter, passionate avowals Of the desperate straits
in which the Confederacy is placed. 1t wants " no
more JEFF. Davis f~oOlery," but 'meu, real men.
earnest men"-not " mermaids with heads Of mou-
keys and hshy attachments" Georges and Soath
SarO!lna IL nc nOou o. trlulnR. south SSrO-
lima dent intend to be conquered. She intends to
SIGHT. She don't intend TO be hampered or turned
over TO the enemy. When she is thus dealt with
there will be reckoning-a reckoning where there
will be no respecters Of person" But even more
heroically e1claims the Mercury:
"W stand to-day as gladistors stripped TO the
fight; we GRE ready and trained to enter the struggle
for life or for death. South Carolina is ready to be-
come the arena of the republic. Her sons are ready
for the contest. Make Of her whole soil q military
camp-strip her to the waist: she will not shrink.
But give her gauntlets and her sword, and she is
ready 20 stand or fall where she isl
The condition of the Confederate soldiery in the
coast department is declared to be disgraceful. Law
lessness and disregard of authority prevail every.
where. Most OF the calamities of the Cpnfederacy
are charged upon JEFF. Davis. He it is who dehes ell
Law and so breaks down discipline. Congress lies
PROSTATE at his feet.
Reckless OF the of his
relation TO the legislative branch Of the Government
-contemptuous of their authority. his nerve is only
eminent in resistance, where obedience would be alike
duty and honor. The man that cannot obey, cannot
command. Unfortunately for US at this time, our
Executive Is most eminently conspicuous in both
vices, is iinprGctica6iy obstinate and iameatd6ly
,Ded6."
Thus the Mercury runs Cd. What General, it
asks, I" has been cashiered for incompetency-what
Lieutenant General for neutrality-suspicious. Major
General for ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Brigsdier for worth
lessness-what Colonel or Captain shot for lswless-
ness in their commander"
In its anger and contempt for rebel officers and
men, the Mercury breaks out into eulogy Of Sher-
man, as the model whom the "ohivslry" should
initiate
"We want nerve in Congress-we want nerve in
our generals. 1t is nerve that has carried Sherman
TO Savannah-it is that which is now carrying him
to cut the Contederacy in half. His is an army Of
discieline-an army Of soldiers-not q mob of raga-
mullins. He has no generals with rolls Of twenty OF
thirty thousand men. and twenty or thirty hundred
in the field. His men stand to their guns-not to
peoples chicken-coops and barn-yards. His men are
full in hand at their posts. He holds them there.
He is q general"
Having thus vented its spleen at rebel generals by
e~ulogi,ing Sherman, it pillOries JEFF Davis in the
same manner by discoursing Of Mr.. Lincoln, who, 1t
says, has " run the machine with q q stern. intiexi-
bic purpose, q bold, steady hand, @ yigilsnt, active
eye, 4 ~sleepless energy, 4 fanatic spirit, and an eye
single to his d-conquest-eman patton" 1t adds:
"He has called around him, in counsel, the ablest
and most earnest men Of his country. Where he has
lacked in individual ability, learning, experience OF
craftsmanship, he has sought it, and has found it in
the able men about him, whose assistance be unhesi.
tatingly accepts, whose powers Ire applies to the adj
yancement Of the cause he has undertaken. In the
Cabinet and in the field he has consistently and fear
lessly pressed on the search for men who could adj
vance his cause, and has as unhesitatingly cut off all
those who clogged it with weakness, timidity, imbe-
cility or failure. Force, energy, brains, earnestness,
he has collected around him in every department."
The Mercury caps the climax by saying that in
Davis it finds ! a contrast, appalling and sickening
10 the heart"