The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-01-06
Foreign Miscellany.

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hydrophobia during the hot weather.
Colorado has voted to become a state, and when
admitted will make the thirty-seventh OF the union
Lady Paimerston is to be created a peerless in her
own right. and the Queen will recommend Il pension
of $4,000 per year.
American society in Paris is described rs desc
lated" on account Of the absence of the beautiful
Mrs. Bigelow.
BUcuANAx-Ex President Buchanan is said to be
engaged in revising the last proofs Of the history of
his ADMINISTRATION: a work that will undoubtedly
give rise 10 a good deal Of controversy, and perhaps
shed a new light upon some doubtful points.
\ New ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH-La English news
papers bring accounts OF a new scheme for laying a
wire across the Atlantic Ocean. The plan includes
not only a new form Of cable, but also 4 new direc-
ton for the line. 1t is proposed to lay, first, COO
miles from London 10 Oporto. and if that works, 10
lay another line to the Western Iselands, and a third
from there to our continent. From Oporto to the
Azores the line will be 900 miles long, and thence to
Halifax 400 miles more.
The evacuation Of Rome by the French troops has
actually begun. Detachments have already left Frost
none and Nelletri, and those which were pursuing
the brigands have been ordered TO join their respective
regiments. As the Roman Government will now be
called upon TO suppress brigandage, and rs alone il
is quite incapable Of doing this, it will be absolutely
necessary that some arrangement is made with the
Italian Government. As soon as the elections are
over We may, therefore, expect TO hear Of a revival
Of the negotiations between the Courts Of Florence
and Rome.
DR.. Cullen, the Roman Catholic Primate of Ireland,
has issued a pastoral letter TO his clergy 60 on the ap-
proach of the cholera mOrbus and other evils" This
document sets out by referring to the origin Of the
cholera through a. the superstition and fanaticism Of
Mussulmans during their visits to the tomb OF the
%impostor Mahomet," then gives some very sensible
advice about cleanliness. moderation and regularity
of life, and concludes by bewailing the terrible
amount of sin which exists in the world at the present
time. The climax to this catalogue of iniquities is
the wickedness of ga professor of the University Of
nnhli phn AanS M aSi 70 10 i'm " DOn thn app "
of the pains of hell, a doctrine most distinctly laid
down In the Gospel"
CONSTITUTIONAL AMESDMEST-Th making of this
Amendment u portion of the supreme law of the Re
public is no longer an issue depending upon contin-
gencies. There are now altogether 81 States in the
Union, the ratification of three-fourths, or %. of
which is necessary to make the Amendment a part Of
the Constitution. In % Legislatures it has been
adopted, and in three rejected but one, ut least, of
the latter-New Jersey-was secured by the last
election for its ratification. 1t will. OF course. pass
the Legislatures of California and Oregon at their
next session, and those States will complete the list
of %.
The New York paper, of Nov. I1th, says Gen.
Aguirre, Military Commander of the State of Goa
hula, who arrived here the day before yesterday
states that the Liberals in the Northern States of
Mexico were only awaiting the return of General
Carvaial from the United States with the means and
elements of war, in order to resume their military
operations with renewed vigor. He thinks that the
whole Mexican population will rise against the En-
pre- as soon ms they can get arms and ammunition
\ Nashville paper tells an extraordinary story of
an occurrence at the siege of Atlanta, Ga. The city
had become accustomed TO the bombardment, bust
ness and pleasure were suspended, and dizziness
reigned. Some officers, to relieve the monOtOny,
arranged for O masked ball at one of the hospitals.
One lady who attended was murdered by an officer
of high rank, but his name has never been revealed.
She was found strangled, and an inquest was held
and several parties implicated in the crime.
FREE MAsoNRY.-Thc grand officers of the Grand
7 - -n 8 Foo aud any Nfn,nna -
have issued an appeal to the brotherhood in the United
States to renew the bonds of union. They say
We owe our country and the world the duty of our
example. Let US make it manifest. Come among us;
we will 60 among you. Your temple is our temple;
your masonry our masonry; whittier masonic teach
ings bid us go, let us go together. Brethren. we
invite you, by the great glory Of our indestructible
Order, by the undying light which illumines our
pathway TO and from the communion of the craft, by
your precept and example, and efforts among your
fellow countrymen, to begin the great work of recon-
ciliatiou."
THE WALL STREET OF THE WEsT.-California street,
San Francisco, promises to become the counterpart
of Wall street on the Pacific. The Call says that
quite n number of the banking institution Of that city
are purchasing property on California street, between
Sansome and Montgomery, for the purpose of remov-
ing their business to that locality. The California
Building and Loan Society have purchased a three
story granite building, one door from the corner of
SansOme street. and will, az soon as the necessary
repairs are made, transfer their business thither.
The society paid thirty thousand dollars for their
purchase, and made an excellant bargain for own
es of real estate On either side of the street refuse to
sell at less than a thousand dollars per front foot.
And that is the city that was ruined by an earth
quake!
CONGREsS-The Congress seems 10 have made o
sound beginning. As far as We have indications by
telegraph. it seems that the Union sentiment has not
been modified by the Presidents reconstruction plan,
and his Message is not so very g conservative" as his
Democratic friends have supposed it would be, though
thp AipSSlv % has not vet hppn sufficiently SOrpaH he
fore us to warrant any definite conclusions as to its
entire views. The prompt organization Of the House,
and the ready manner of postponing the consideration
of the claims of Representatives AMI Senators elected
in the rebel States by the authority Of the President,
show that the Congressional department intends to
exercise its functions with q due estimate of their in
dependence of Executive hobbies. Senator summers
idea that the States lately in rebellion should not be
precipitated to political independence, is the one
which ought to prevail, and we do not doubt that it
will prevail. and that from it will appear, through
the deliberations of Congress, O plan by which the
great issues will be settled justly toward all-Flag
The Courier deS Etats Uais Of New York, con-
tains the following special despatch from Washington:
The recent appointment of General Logan, as Minis
ter to Mexico, Immediately followed the receipt of
important dispatches forwarded to the Government
from Mr.. Bigelow by special messenger. Mr.. Bige-
low, it is said. affiliated with the principal members
Of the Opposition, who have promised him their sup
port in the Corps Legislatif in endeavoring TO bring
about q prompt evacuation Of the French troops in
Mexico, and in adding the pressure of an American
menace to the French occupation, thus increasing
the eventualities and damages of n war with the
United States. 1t is hoped to intimidate the Cabinet
decide to abandon Macmillan. Il is certain that
negotiations, more or less direct, have been had
between Mr.. Bigelow and the parties named. Mr..
BIS intimate relations with the Opinion Rationale
are we'll known, and other journals of the same
political sha lie and principles urge that the appoint
meQt of Ten. Logan Is an attemDt at intimidation.