The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-01-05
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THr Wtysrnr Nx-This : q neat little song
oF LlnEi-ilow cummem7ratnE che attractive =i-e
Of Z country tavern. That tavern l. SAID = Re
in A.. Mas. I: ! also sid that the tavern
keeper whom that song comIends died 3 drunk
ard. and that two Of his sons followed tAeiT
father 70 drunkard's graves. and that 4 third,
WHO was ais intenperate. Was lost IL sea.
Poets NAV lend the charms Of song 10 the nigh
way of death, but when deiiriUm ana death are
reached. where viii they find melodies sweet
enough 10 ch-er tie dreadful doom Of outcast
souls
Tie Belfast (Nle.) Repg5Ic0n tells I thrilling
story about \ child in = We'll. The child, walk
iDc in the garden with mother and grandmother,
suddenly DISAPPEARED through the hole in the Hat
rock which covered the well. Grandfather. sick
in the house. rushed Out, descended the Well by
b-acing bHs feet from side 70 side, bur JUST Is he
grasyed the child, SLIPPED and went u his shout
dsrs IN Rue water. Young man arriving on the
scene, went down head foremost. while the ladies
held him by the leg drew up the child and as
sl.ted grandfather 70 ascend, much chilled and
ext Au.tei. but, - he thought the next day, rather
heir : = ms cold bath.
TIE IA &c o.. PRUssIA.-a German correspond
ent writes e. The King of Prussia. though now
threesooJe years and ten Is as energetic and
active p most men az fifty, but there IL never
thelaSs in many quarters an indication OF q desire
t. w0Isaiu tie Rising sun. but il IS satisfactory
70 know that IN any intrigues OF that kind which
NAV BE- taking place that the Crown Prince keeps
most steadily alOOf. His ROYAL Highness i rare
ly seen or hearu except in connection with his
military duties, in the performances OF which he
has gwen evidence Of lis ability. while ne and
his royal consort. following the dictates of their
own good sense, appear 10 be more disposed 10
enjoy domestic felicity than 10 interInedCle with
tile politics Of the Court, both deriving great sat
istactiOn from the constant and afectionate inter-
course kept UP with NlndSOr and BaImOral,
which ever meets with a cordial return, proving,
in many endearing ways TO the Princess Royal,
that, though no longer present, Her Royal High
ness Is seldom absent from a mother thoughts
The NEw ORLEANS MAssAcRE.-The New York
Tribune publishes in full the report OF the mill
tarv commission appointed 10 investigate the late
massacre In New Orleans. Nothing that has
been said in denunciation of this awful tragedy
approaches 10 severity the judicial statement
which is here given. The report ftstens the guilt
upon Mayor Monroe and the civil authorities,
who were carrying out what they had reason 70
believe was the desire of the President and the
purpose of his administration Ii exOneratcs
Gen. Baird, and the friends OF the convention
from blame, and says the procession Of negroes
was not in any true sense an armed body, and
offered no proy0catiOn for the riot. 1t Is shown,
on the contrary. that Mayor Monroe, toreseeing
that an organized attack was TO be made ON the
convention, not only refused u call III the troops
- preserve the peace, but On the morning Of the
massacre Withdrew the police from the streets.
leaving the city at the mercy Of the rioters. At
an appointed signal the assault was opened upon
the negroes. The police, who had been armed
and massed together, advanced to the assistance
OF the rioters, firing upon the negroes ana tine
convention. The alarm bell. which was used for
q rebel signal during the war, was sounded again,
and bands of e1-rebel soldiers swept through the
streets, bearing the colors Of the rebel troops,
and, in the words Of this report, pursuing the
work Of massacre with a cJwardly ferocity un-
surpassed in the annals of crime"
Henry Ward Beecher made a speech in
Brooklyn, in October and defined his present po-
sition. He comedies that Congress has the right
70 say what the South shall DO in order to the
admission OF representatives though he still
thinks 1t would have been better TO have admitted
the rebel States. As he Is oyerruled in the mat
ter of policy, he proposes 10 yield to the deci-
zion. and stand by the party. He said
81 charge the democratic party with having
lost and forgotten, through a long and critical
period Of our history, the peculiar doctrines of
America, namely, the doctrine that all men have
a right 10 liberty, life and the pursuit OF happi-
ness. | charge it with having iOinted hands
with the strong 10 put down the weak with hay
ing made itself the seryltor and uuderstrapper Of
slavery. | charge j, with betraying the North
by its conspiracy with Southern traitors, and
dividing with them the guilt of this gigantic war.
l charge II with open or concealed enIuity to
every step which our government has attempted
since II cleanse the land from slavery. ana TO
amelIOrate the laws 10 reform the Constitution 70
a more perfect service of liberty, and thus by its
history, by It's wicked afinities depravcc svmp-
athics, by its temper and spirit, it il unit to
represent tue rrgeuerited spirit Of this nation"
TIE CONSTITUTIONAL AMESDMEHTs-The tels-
graph announces that the legislature Of Georgia
has refused to ratify TO the constitutional
Amendments K Is difficult to imagine what
good end the legislature proposes 70 attain by
this action Ii anything Is Clear to human
eyes, 1t is that the immense Inai1ritv of the
people Of the United States is determined 70
sustain these amendments. and enforce them.
4 single State OF two or three States, nav refuse
to accept them, but Of what practical moment Is
such u refusal? W i'll not the action Of Congress
be Just as decisive, just as supremelT effective
without these States as with them And what
viii De the advantage t. the people who stand
alOof from the national movement and fold their
arms in q naughty Frideofopini1n, utterly without
meaning for other men? The statesmen Of Geor-
ga, - long andso justly known as the Empire State
VI the South, should be more alive to the issues Of
the day the question is for Georgia, 4 vital
one, and on the answer given it depends the pros
perlty and the energetic regeneration Of that State. ?
Is OF every other. For let the political schemers
talk as they viii. the elections Of Tuesday last
soak with no uncertain voice. While theT show
that the relative strength Of the two great PARTIES
Is changed somewhat 10 the advantage of the De
mocrats, they leave it an established tact that the
country at large supports the measures OF the
Congress. And II Is the part Of wise men 10 be
loyal u facts, - look the truth in the fIce ana to
make IL the guide Of their life. The people of
the Southern States have suffered but too much
In past days through principles. 1t Is time that
they learned to know how 70 put away prejudice
In the Vrsence Of the inevitable. They are
always the men OF the South. in their own homes,
and Oh their native soil but they are no longer
free when for the qualification Of a sullen discOn-
tent, they allow themselves u be dI=iranchisei,
ana Their country to become q neglected province.