The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-04-21

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- iHE. tlAt III Atltb Ltuh 4 lA44tu-lutl a.
Attics, y. Y--and its CIRCULATION is redeemed At par.
Hon RENTs-The rent panic, with which We were
afflicted about this time last year, threatens to take
hold OF Us with renewed vigor this season. Land
holders have decided to double and treble their rents,
and If 1900 new houses were built before the first
Of May. they would not Accommodate all the families
who Will be houseless-.N y. Paper.
The New York Tribune says efforts are making by
Henry !. Raymond, Lewis d.. Campbell and others
10 organize political action IN support Of the PresI-
dent, and Raymond being Chairman Of the National
Republican Executive Committee, an attempt will be
made to control the machinery OF that organization.
The New York Times (Seward) says: /" 1t is gen
orally understood that the Reconstruction Committee
have abandoned all hope Of getting any proposition
to amend the Constitution through the Senate. II
Congress does not have a care it will 60 10 the
wall in its great controversy with the President,
just because it will not do anything. Members
can't agree on 4 policy, and so Congress floats toward
ruin
Washington's Birthday was a legal holiday in New
York this year for the FIRST time, under an act of the
last Legislature.
Cairo, March %. on the steamer Lumiaary, &C
companied by Colonel jenkins. The party go to
Louisville en- route for Canada.
The American Board of Missions at Boston received
$3.50 in January, making a total since September
LIST Of $3.50, 1856; American Bible Society's receipts
in January, S73,544, of which $50, $50 were for sales;
American Missionary Association, S22,3l6; Baptist
Missionary Union, SC 1000; making S75,l4l from
April l TO January 81, an increase of SO, 64T above
last year.
The vote on the passage of the Civil Rights bill
over the veto in the Senate will not be reached till
April g. 1t is hoped that, in the MEANWHILE. the
vacancies from New Jersey and Vermont will be filled
by Republican Senators.
The Georgia Legislature has passed a bill making
house burning and burglary at night offences punish
able with death.
GENERAL SUrrER.-The Washington correspondent
of the Bulletin. February 22i, says there is a rumor
aioat that Gen. Suffer who is still there, and who
has made a very favorable impression ueon Secretary
Seward, will be appointed Minister to the Netherland.
THE MEXICAN LoAN-The Washington CORES
pendent of the Boston Post says: The Mexican Loan
project should be thoroughly understood, rs 1t will
doubtless be reported back tavorably by the Commit
tee and pass the House. The correspondent adds
These bonds, to the amount of fifty millions, have
already IA nominal value in the market, having been
sold in gross for 80, COO, 600 to a wealthy cOmbina-
ton, which is now bent upon carrying the resolution
of guaranty through Congress, in order TO secure the
magnificent results that must ensue. This comhlna-
ton will pay q fabulous sum for lobby expenses, and
it is proposed to give the scheme every s~emblance OF
legitimacy, by going so far as to secure the sanction
Of the Federal Government to the equipment of
several thousand men, Ostensibly for service IN the
cause of Juarez. All these expenses paid, the vast
surplus of S25, 600. 900 will be divided among the
movers of this gigantic swiudle. 1t is the biggest
lobby job OF late years.
MESSAGE OF the PRESIDENT MEXICAN AFFAIRS.
Washington. March 22-The President transmit
ted to the House to- day over one thousand pages of
manuscript correspondence on the resources anu con-
dition of Mexico. 1t dates back from this month two
or three years. Most of it has been published.
The friends Of the Mexican Republic are circulat-
ing a printed statement showing that French inter
vention has created a debt which Macmillan seeks to
impose upon the country. amounting to Sl92, 1000.
wholly in favor of France. to which should be added
the foreign debt of SS1 ,e32, $50 recognized by the
Republic in 1862, and 20 adjust which the interven-
ton was nominally begun. It is further asserted
that Napoleon has expended $50, 600 900 in addi-
ton to the above in his attempt to establish the I'm
perial throne. The annual expenditures Of Maximil-
ian. including the interest on the debt, are stated at
$50, 600. 600, while the expenses of the Republic
were only Sl1, O00, 900. The interior debt of Mexico
has been entirely extinguished by sale OF church
property.
The following telegram, which appears among the
official records here, shows that up TO the latter part
Of July last, the authority Of Congress in the restora-
ton of the civil government was acknowledged
WAsHINGroN, July oath, 1865
To u. L.. ~Sharifey, Provisional Governor OF Ms
Your telegram of the 18th instant has been re-
ceived. The President sees no reason to interfere
with Gen. Slocum's proceedings. The government
of the State will be provisional only until the civil
authorities shall be restored with the approval of
Congress. In the meanwhile the military authority
cannot be Withdrawn.
(Signed) WIN. II. SEWARD.
There has been no fatal case of cholera in Paris
since the 18th of January. The epidemic made its
appearance on the 18th Of September, 1865, and in
the course Of the four intervening months carried off
1855 perSODs: Inc greatest mortality on any one
day was on the 14th Of October. when $50 deaths
were recorded. During the first fortnight in Janu-
airy, the rate was almost stationary at one or two
per diem. In 1892 the cholera ragged for six months
and n few days, and made Is 1000 victims. In 1S49.
in the space of seven months and ten days. II 900
individuals persisted; and in 1853 it fingered for
thirteen months, during which there occurred 1900
fatal cases.
The Navy Department is about sending q squadron
10 the fishing banks of Newfoundland to protect
American interests. No trouble is apprehended. but
it Is desirable to have n force on hand. Late London
advices Indicate that the English Government will
not insist on driving the American fishermen from
the waters though there may be some delay in es-
t~ablishing our rights, following the abrogation Of
the Reciprocity Treaty.
The Horia says the flying squadron, to be fitted
out for a cruise on the British North American coast,
it Is said, consists of seven vessels in all. 1t is prob
able the vessels selected will be the Chatt1nooeu,
Pensacola, .friadHe, augusta: .N0nocdcy. OsceOia
and the GGteHG. The above named vessels mount in
the aggregate e~ighty-six guns. At the present time
there are over twenty vessels belonging TO the Eng.
lsh in those waters, and they are nearly all large
vessels, mounting in the aggregate about one hun
dred guns. and carrying over seven thousand men.
France has also quite a number Of vessels cruising
among the West India islands and in the Gulf Of
Mexico.
The FIRST VETo OF A SOUTH CAROLINA GOVERNOR.
Under the old Constitution OF South Carolina, the
veto power was not vested in the Governor, b1t the
new Constitution has conformed in this respect to that
of the other States. The first OCCASION of the exer-
else Of this newly given power by Governor Orr, was
in regard to " An Act to amend the patrol laws"
which in fact re-established the Police regulations
with regard TO freedmen, which had once controlled
them as slaves. The Governor says that, having
accorded freedom to the African race in their midst,
the people Of South Carolina are bound by duty and
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