The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-12-09
FOREIGN News!


BY the British clipper ship F~dirigIf. we have
two or three days later kilograms from New York.
but nothing very important. The British cabinet
had been organized, with Earl Russell rs Premier.
SALES OF GOVERNMENT Property SUsPESpKD-
Orders have been received from Washington that no
more steamers or vessels be discharged irom The
Government service, and also stopping the sales Of
transportation property. The Secretary Of war has
ordered 3 suspension Of the sale Of Government hos
pitfalls. which are 10 be held ready for use, IN antici-
patton OF a visitation OF cholera.
The steamer Constitution arrived at San Fran
cisco Nov. II. with passengers who left New iork on
the Ocean Queen. The passengers were delayed on
the Atlantic side by the leakage Of the boilers OF The
Ocean Queen. Among the arrivals are a number Of
officers of the army and navy. and the First Battai-
lion of tie Fourteenth Regular Infantry.
Henry Writ. the jailor Of Andersonvillc, was
Nov. 10. The dispatch says that be declared his IN
nocence on the scafold and manifested no symptoms
of fear. The agent in the execution of the iculest
atrocity in the annals Of the late war has been dis
posed Of but the master and chief criminal j. yet 10
be tried.
Spain has declared war against Chile and block
AIDED all her ports with the feet under Admiral
Perejs. nominally on account OF the conduct OF the
latter Power in the matter Of the seizure OF the
Chincha Islands. Chile had conceded all the eleven
points Of the demand made by the Spanish Minister.
but Pereja demanded sn immediate apology and u
salute of tweuty-one guns for the Spanish flag from
the forts on the anniversary of Chilean Independence.
in terms which left Chile no choice at war or utter
degradation and loss Of self respect. Foreign resi-
dents were holding meetings asking their Govern
ments TO interfere actively i'll behalf OF Chile. Sew
eral vessels had run the blockade and entered Val
paraiso. Chile had issued one and a half millions
OF treasury notes; based on the capital Of the banks.
10 meet immediate necessities, and active measures
were being adopted TO put the country IN "A state 10
enter on q vigorous defensive war.
NEW YORK, Nov. l0.-Tbe Tines special dis
patch says An reports about Cabinet discussions
over the correspondence between Earl Russell aud
Minister Adams are absurd. That correspondence
was in the hands of the Government several weeks
before it was published, and Secretary Seward had
written n reply TO Russell's last dispatch Mt least SIX
weeks since. Ii is generally understood that he in
formed the English Government that we shall not
press the suggestion Of arbitration. nor shall VIC
consent to submit any question to the decision OF IA
Commission. unless all the claims at issue between
the two Governments shall be submitted also. II is
probable that, prior to sending Secretary Seward's
dispatch, II request was made TO know what topics
were intended TO come before the Commission sug-
gested by Russell, az a necessary preliminary 10 the
acceptance or declinatIon of II.
The Commercials Washington special dispatch
says it i is suggested by leading politicians that al
amendment, sanctioning the Union war debt and ignO-
ring the debts contracted for the overthrow of the
Union. be added to the Constitution of the United
States, and the Southern States be required to adopt
it before recognition.
Ii is asserted from an official source that the Army
of the United States will not be reduced so low as
has been supposed. Its full available strength ex-
ceeds 1870, 00G Of which about one half is each side Of
the Mississippi river.
New YORK, Nov. 13.-General Fiske and Chaplain
French addressed a meeting last evening on the
condition of the Freedmen of the South. They
stated that there was much suffering in Kentucky,
Alabama and Georgia. Unless immediate assistance
were given, twenty thousand would die in those
States alone, during the coming winter, Of cold and
starvation. The condition of the negroes of Tennessee
is represented as better than in other States.
The Commercials Washington special dispatch
says " Secretary McCulloch is now in strict retire.
ment, engaged in the preparation Of his report.
that he will suggest the least possible legislation.
and will show the feasibility OF 20 funding the debt
Of the country as to insure US redemption AZ not IA
very distant day. There are also rumors that the
Secretary will recommend such legislation as will
make it imperative on the National Banks to redeem
their bills at New York. They will force many OF
them to contract their circulation.
The Uorld's special says it is understood that Sir
Frederick Bruce, British Minister. will be selected
as umpire, by the joint commission. to adjust the
claims between the United States and the Colombian
Government.
The Rerdid'S Berlin letter says that movements
are in progress in Hamburg. Bremen and Berlin, TO
raise a fund in aid of the colored population Of the
United States. 1t is thought a large sum will be
raised in Germany for this purpose.