The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-08
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY,. DECEMBER 8.
The Foreign News.

N' ''No - l''iA' iAiNA'HtANSs II i'A II NAiiA"
That from Europe, especially, Is full OF pnrtcnt.
Ii is now au;horitatiyely stated that Prussia and
Russia have entered into AN alliance. This i
quite probable. and furnishes the key To- the So
luton Of the late war, aud why Prussia was 20
defiant of France in all her movements. Austria
tried t. serve France when she coded Veurtia 10
her, but the latter. failing to gain anything 10y
the movement, asked Of Prussia the ccssiun of
the Rhenish provinces. How bluntly she was
-nubhed by the latter. will not soon be forgotten.
Both Austria and France have reason 10 be dis
satisfied with the result uf the late Prussian war.
and have probably taken some measures which
led to the alliance announced 10y the telegraph.
1t i not improbable that the events of the next
six months may eliminate in open war, in which
France and Austria will be marshaled against
Prussia and Russia. The four strongest nations
of Europe pitted so evenly in war as these will
be, will make a fierce and terrible struggle for
mastery. The four powers named can send into
the field not less than three millions of men
and they will do it, for it will be no child's play
when they exchange swords.
The Mexican riddle il fast approaching solu-
tion. The state of affairs in Europe will only
hasten the termination of the French occupancy.
1t is now definitely stated that the so-called En-
peror Macmillan has abdicated, and retreatcd
to the seabOard to take passage in the Austrian
]irigate, which was dispatched some time ago to
Vera Cruz for him. The following remarks from
the New York Shipping Last will be read with
interest here
The attempt to establish an Empire in Mexico
has proved an unequiyocal failure. The fortunes of
the 50 called Emperor. Macmillan, have latierly
been rapidly on the wanc-Nrr Cruz and the City
. of Mexico being nov. according To late alNlceS.
the only strongholds left To the lmpcrialists. and
these are said To be 80 Incnaced by the Liberalist
armies that they cannot long hold ont.
The attempt to establish 4 new throne on the
ruins bequcathed To tradition 10y the ancient Mon
tcZumas, IL generally conceded to have been the
greatest blmdcr ever made by the Emperor Napo-
leon. At the outset, he was no doubt encouraged
10y the belief that the secession OF our Southern
States would result in the permanent disruption of
the Union and the formation of two Independent
Republics, leaving him free To perfect his work.
uninterrupted by interference from the North, and
favored. moreover. by the ardent desires Of the
:. Go-'h. But 1t must have been Obvious to him that,
:, - 1Ca failure of the rebellion the United
St,trs romtJ h.. - itely jealous Of monarchical in-
stitutions IomnJeJ in Nj Eico. under the sIIspices OF
an European power. and nfii I'LL y,hn n La35
intervention. 1t Is barely -,s"Snmtb.rn Stat"s
France lent eilectual aid To the Of f1rninr =
pending the rebellion. the enterprise eassG,i III
Mexican Empire might have been suct "
two questions. indeed. were so intimately connect
eel. that Macmillan is reported to have spoken of
the Mexican Empire and the Confederate
States as 1.-TWO cherries on one stalk" which
must ripcn or he blightel together. In this. events
have proved he was correct. The so-called e. Con
lcdcracy collapsed like the baseiess fabric of IA
vision" and the Mexican Empire" is rapidly
lettering TO its fall.
While those who take an interest in Mexico. on
this side Of the Atlantic. will not regret the failure
10 establish a monarchy on this Continent. all must
deplorc the fact that the natives of that country are
utterly incompetent to maintain order and protect
the development of their vast resources. As to the
future of that unfortunate country. it must be con-
fcsSCd that little can be diSccrncd 10 insuirc hon.
and il Is not at all improbable. that. after the de-
Parturc OF the last vcStige of the French and Aus
TRAN armies. We shall witness "A renewal of the
anarchy and intestine disorders which constitute
her dr"ary history for the last half country. Some
profess To believe that Mexico will soon be gathered
I'M" and form an integral part OF the great Repub-
lie but the time is probably somewhat remote
when such absorption will take place. Outlying
provinces. like Lower California. sonora and Sina-
loa. slarscly peopled, except by rowing bands of
degenerate Indians, will doubtless be appropriated
within a few years but the compact middle prov
lnces are inhabited Icy a population of some seven
or eight millions. OF whom nine-tenths are descend
eel from the unhappy race reduced to slavery by
their Spanish cOnquerOrs. and only rmancipated on !
the separation of the colony from the mother conn
try. such Il people are quite incapable Of self
government. and it would undoubtedly be a bless
ing to them TO come under the aegis of the Ameri-
can flag.
The result of the popular elections in the United
States will be gratifying to every loyal American.
twenty States have voted, and all but two have
returned Congressman of the same stamp as are
now in office. The next Congress will number
four more Republicans and the Senate three more
than the present one, giving to that party even
larger majorities than they now possess. This
popular verdict is directly against the President,
and must have an influence on his course, though
we see it stated by telegraph that hc avows his
determination to follow his own policy. Con-
gress sembled ON Monday last, and will sit till
March 4th, when the term of the present MEM
bers expires, and that of the newly-elccted con-
Sessmen begins. The choice OF John Morrissey,
the pugillist, by the rowdies and gamblers of New
York, Is in keeping with the politics of that city,
which have long been controlled by foreign votes.
1t is announced among the telegraphic news
that two negroes have been elected to the Massa-
chusetts Lcgislature-one from Charlestown and
the other from Boston. The latter has been re-
turned as the representative of the Sixth Ward,
including Beacon Street, one of the most aristo-
cratic portions of that city. Massachusetts, has
always led in every innovation, and has set an ex-
ample to the world, which, though it may excite
the ridicule and sneers of colorphobists, is des-
tined to tell in the future. In this part of the
world we have 50 long been familiar with the
mixture Of the races in our legislative councils,
that the event may appear less surprising than it
will elsewhere, but it is none the less important.
Both the negroes elected are soldiers who have
served during the war, and justly merit the honor
conferred on them.
COuET NOTrEs-Gov. j. o. Dominis has made
application for probate Of will of late DR.. ;. L.
Ford.