The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-05-12
THE CHOLERA At HALIFAX!
O. III - R II - s.
WAR IN EUROPE PROBABLE

Ey the arrival Monday Of the clipper
brig Lu5Ia. Capt. Benz. Howes, and the courtesy
Of Pilot BerriiI, we have received a file Of SIn
Francisco papers toti:e 18th of April.
Gold in New York. April 17-l264.
\ terrible accident occurred az Wells, Fargo
& Co.'S o!Ti.e in San Francisco on the 1Gih caused
by the explosion Of n case of nitro lycerine, by
which - persons were killed and IS or 20 wounded.
No names of the dead injured given in tie
dates received.
We see mention OF the arrival OF the bark u.
&. Murray, but as she advertised to leave
Saturday April u, presume she arrived about the
I4rh. If she in port.
No mention is made of the sailing Of the Milton
Bldger up the 18th. Il is probable she got away
about the 18th to 2 tn.
Several vessels were advertised for Hongkong,
among them the clipper ship Peiro T., CTwight,)
bark Purse and bark -4meiia.
No reference il made to the return of the
-fjGr to this port.
The La6oucAere. running between San
Francisco and Victoria, lost Point Reyes
the 10Th Of April.
The schooner Milton Badser may be in any hour,
with the mails.
Bark -fmelia, for IIongkong. sailed the 18th,
to touch at Honolulu.
Me>srs Aldrch. Merrill & Co, sold the 11th,
by order ot the Quartermaster. the transport brig
Gen Jessup 2j2 tons, with her tackle, apparel and
furniture, in good order, well found in every respect,
amt te sent to ut once for 10 200 gold coin.
The Cholera.
HlLTFAX, Nova Scotia, April 9th,-The steamer
EngIaHd, from Liverpool the 18th. via Queenstown
the 10Th, arrived here this evening with 200 pas
sengers, Of whom forty had died Of chOI,ra out Of
sixty cases board. No communication with her
is ~ yet allowed, but the agent of the Associated
Press is endeayoring to obtain the news, which is
four days later.
The clerk or the steamer reports that on Tuesday
the first case Of cholera discoveries; since sixty
cases have broken cut, and fifty deaths occurred
The steamer ordered off by the Government, but
owing TO the rapid spread Of the disease and the
dangers of those being sick it was found impossible
proceed. She lies below the lighthouse. Part Of
her passengers will be placed in the hospital snip.
There are three doctors on board. Sine has $40
passengers in ALL and her number one hundred.
The passengers are mostly German and Irish. The
CaIt1in thinks the disease WAS brought on board by
the GermIus.
HALIFAx April II The city medical officer
ports M last evening, 10 deaths among the pas
sengers Of the steamer EHgiaHd. including 40 who
died on the passage from Liverpool He reports the
disease probably n form Of ship fever. with
many prominent symptoms OF cholera: II amounts to
regular plague. The surviving passengers are be-
ing removed, some TO Her Mljestys receiving ship
PyrGnIus, and others tents shore. The disease
i apparently decreasing The number Of deaths
were greatly reduced day The disease l. confined
To the steerage passengers
Passage OF the CIVIL flights sSllI.
W1surxGrox, April gth.-The Civil Rights bill and
veto message were taken up quarter past two
o'clock When the reading completed, Mr.
Wilson. Of Iowa, after tcw remarks demanded the
previous question Mr. EldrIge moved a call of the
House. which was refused. being IL order. MIR.
Lchl,ud. Of Ohio. moved to lay the bill on the table,
which negltived 10y so against l2l- Messrs
EijTidge and Finch made motions TO ADJOURN, which
were voted down Nr. Eidriige then denounced the
session datoTy, the member saying he had pur-
posed To leave the House. seeing that there was
discrimination pass the bill over the veto by the
operation Of the gag rule The previous question
having been ordered, the vote then takeu-ayes,
10 uoe> Is; and the Speaker declared that the
bill hIi become = law, when tremendous and pro-
Iou.ci applause broke out. followed by hIsses, amid
this excitement the House aiJourned
Great enthusiasm WIS shown throughout the North
On the passage Of the civil rights bill by Congress
S,lutes were fred in all the great cities
European War Imminent
PoETL,xp. MAINE, April IO.-The steamship Bel
,ir Liverpool the 10Th, ria Londonderry the
3bth, arrived at 4 u
The London Times says there is too much reason
10 the peace of Europe i about be broken
10y Of the least just and least necessary of
modern days. and the Times hopes that England
may hOIi aluof
an attempt will be made to make States Prus
sia. Austria has called III all the soldiers furlough
The anticipation Of a between Austria and
Prussia made a most uufivorable impression on COM
nerciil affairs throughout France; and the anxiety,
instead Of being Gsuelled by elaborate article in
the COnsfiiufiOHHei-whchi Is said To have emanated
from "A foreign Officehas increased the apprehension
that If these powers go France cannot, even
ii she would, maintain neutrality
The prospects Of war between Austria and Prussia
were increasing; crisis considered imminent.
The cattle plague in England the decline
miscellaneous.
Flowers contributed by coorei women, to
day placed upon the desks OF the thirtythree Sens
tors who supported the Civil Rights bill, with Card
attached =. We exercise the Civil Right express
our gratitude.
With its most emphltc typography. the National
IafeIiigeacsr solemuly warns the people that ut
very early day the country viii be startled with n
suddeu advance step in progress Of 4 revOlu tonary
scheme unless the traitors he in the meantime dis
couraged by popular demonstrations Of C0nstitu-
tiOual loyalty.
New YOEK April 10--A salute Of one hundred
guns was fired 1T Union Square this morning. IN
honor of the passage Of the Civil Rights Bill Chief
Justice Chase last evening, in speech ut the Meth