The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-07-27
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY. JULY
News OF the Morning.

III. Smith, Miss VI Siders, Mrs LOuznls, Messrs- W.
e. Parke, W. r. R0ys, u. II. Guliek, y. ii. Wood,
z 5. Flagg. and I. jackson. She will lay up during
the coming week TO clean boilers, SC, and resume
her trips ON Monday, August ).
HIS MAJEsTY THE KING arrived in the RamGIIe,
Of the entrance II the harbor. from Molokai at z
O'Clock ON Wednesday morning. Although it was
quite dark at the time. the moon not having risen,
Capt. Adams beat through the passage and Was
alongside the EsplanaIe before four O'Clock. At five
Ills Majesty rOie To the Palace. and 1t - NJ. n
Royal salute Wa fred froIn the Battery. His Maj
esty's visit Is reported be in connection with import
ant state business
The LackargHHG returned on Saturday las; from
Hawaii, having spent some days at Hilo, touching on
the return at Ketlakeakua and kailua- While ut
Hiio, Gen. MeCCOk, Capt. Reynolds and u number II
the officers Of the ship attended n meeting Of Rev
Mr.. COan's congregation in the large church. The
eliiee was crowded. and the exercises were Of a most
interesting and gratifying character. Gen McCOok,
accompanied by Rufus Lyman and several IL the Off
Gers, VISITED the great crater Of Kilauea, which vas
very active at the time. The LGek.iIranHa leaves
again ON MDnlay or Tuesday on n cruise westward.
The brig UoOdiaad, which arrived On wednesday
afternoon, brought n heavy mail, comprising the
three steamer mails, which LEFT New York, June ].
10 and II. II was one Of the largest ever brought.
lncrt ~ Dc IOuDt tuI Si4AlunIitu Has Dtth
shot. Hard as his fate has been, and cruel as it may
seem to Us spectators, il i the only ~expiItiOn which
tie Mexican people would listen to. Macmillan en-
tered Mexico with his eyes open to the fact that if
unsuccessful in his revolutionary project, no other
end could be expected. The Mexican people looked
upon him as an invader, and they demanded his life
rs the sacrifice
The report by the telegraph Of a movement at
Washington, towards n purchase of these islands,
though credited to one Of the most reliable papers in
New York, we consider without any foundation in
fact. Mr.. Harris, the Hawaiian Envoy, was in
Washington in July, but we do not think he has
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though we DO not doubt he would assume the respon-
sibiIity cheerfully. If inclined ut all that way. The
report has undoubtedly been set afoat to get an ex-
preston of public sentiment upon it.
\ commercial or reciprocity treaty Of some kind
has probably been drawn up, laid before the WASH
ington Cabinet, and perhaps received its sanction, rs
the whole matter had already been fully discussed
by it when Gen. McCoOk was there. The American
Government is undoubtedly disposed to favor these
islands by entering into a more friendly treaty, but
whether the sanction Of Congress can lie secured re-
mains to be seen. The only adyices as yet received
are those quoted and referred to in our San Francisco
letter.
We notice an item Of general interest in the state
ment that the Directors of the Great Western Tele-
graph Company have decided TO accept the proyis-
ions Of the Telegraph Law, passed by Congress.
Under this law the Government acquires the right to
purchase the lines and property, and to assume the
whole control Of the telegraph. The result will be
that the Telegraph will eventually become in America
what it is becoming in Europe, n popular institution,
controlled by Government, for the use and benefit Of
the people and press, just as the mails and post
routes now are
Congress, rs will be seen by our foreign news, met
ON the 81 Of July, and took up the consideration of
the reconstruction act An amendment will be passed
defining more clearly the powers and duties of the
military commanders The session will probably not
continue longer than July.
Regarding the impeachment Of President johnson,
it is not likely that anything will be done. Its
stated that Chief Justice Chase has expressed the
opinion very positively that the impeachment move
ment was one Of great folly. lie expresses no Opin-
ion n to facts developed, but only as to the policy Of
the movement. Unless there Is more cause than now
exists, not hing further will lie done.
Up to the latest dates from England. the reform
bill hal not finally passed Parliament. though on
each amendment proposed by the Liberals, the Min
listers won by a small majority. There is no doubt
that the bill IN some form viii pass
\ rather curious item appears among the latest tel
egrams, viz:
LoSpox. July 1o-,n important note has been received
from the Russian Cabinet with regard To Ireland IL j. al
dressed % the AI.ha-ssdor- 81 the United states AMI Franc,
TO ib~ existing .t,i- q szain- in Ireland, and ar. Instructed to
Iasa q uaS i.asa iasi'ss iaar inquiry % is i4rt ot'h-
Governments q REs-ta. France and the United St4ic-, In
euujgnctsn with Great BrhaIa-
To understand the above, IL should be stated that
about July !, the British Government had proposed
an inquiry in the condition ofafIirs IL Crete. To which
the Turkish Government replied that it could take
care Of it, own aiIirs- This proposed inquiry into
Irish matters appears 10 be n cool diplomatic joke TO
ofset the Crvtan Investigation
The news received yesterday from Butaritiri, the
scene Of the murder Of three Hawaiian sailors belong
ing to the TJel, i calculated to excite intense iniig-
nation against those savases- IL appears that instead
Of burying the murdered sailors, the natives roasted
and ate their arms and limbs, thus exhibiting the
Of their hatred. When told that n war
vessel might he sent down by the Hswaiians To pun
ish them, they replied-"They all the same as we
Kanaka-thcy got To war ships" It must not be
that when the whole story Of this Butari-
tnri murler l. known. the case nav appear in a diff
ferent light, AMI the King Of that island may not lie
wholly To blame IL i said that his wife or sister
WAS taken of by the Pfsi against his remOnstrances,
AMI that this act caused the murder Of the men.
An article translated from the Kuokoa Will illus
trate the warm feeling Of the native population rs to
the way their rights are guarded in the Police Court.
distinction should ever be made between a native
a foreigner in court decisions, IN favor Of the
The temptation TO 10 so is often great
There viii probably be no opportunity for sending
n mail to san Francisco the present week. The
C.fss,ir and CHiaa Packet are both loading, and
will sail in eight or ten days
The next mail from san Francisco will not lie due
for two week at least, say August 10 to 10. by the
clipper ship Rather