The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-02
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Arrival Of the Comet


from san Francisco. bringing Eastern mails, and
dates from that port to the I7,b.
Bark CfHbrdgt arrived over on the Ilth, %
days from Honolulu, She would leave again for
this port ahau; the 26th.
Steamship .yaE was being fitted for the Sand
witch Island trade, as viii be seen 10y the following
from the Itt:
THE AJAN-The liar, after laying for some
months idle in the harbor. sailed for Mare Island
yesterday for overhsuling and fitting for sea again.
Many improvements have recently been made in her
upper works, and changes in her machinery Of an
important character, calculated to increase her speed.
have also been made. IL Is understood that she will
resume her trips TO Honolulu as 4 part Of the auxili-
airy lire. under the China Mail Liue contract. The
original contract required the China mail steamers
TO touch 1t Honolulu. but il il expected that the
amend ent bill now before Congress will obviste that
difficulty IN the way Of a successful competition with
the Peninsula and Overland Line. and permit the
Sandwich Islands service 10 be performed by an aux
Hilary line Of smaller steamers, much better fitted for
the trade.
The following from the same paper reports the loss
OF the bark .Hauaa hca:
VICTORIA, Jan. 9-The schooner Ga-cfis. Caot.
Nannovich, from the northwest coast. arrived bere
last night. having two sailors OF the Hawaiian bark
.haunGhcd. Capt. Robinson, which vessel left Port
Gamble with lumber for the Sandwich Islands, on
ID Of November. and was totally lost near Koskeemo
Sound, on the 25th Of the same mouth. The bark
was thrown on her beam ends when ID Cape Flattery.
on tue lVIn OF November, the deck load going over
the SIDE. The Second Mate, MIR. Brooks. was lost
overheard and a seaman named johnson, who was in
the cabin, vas drowned. The main and mizzen
masts were cut away, when the vessel righted. but
being water-logged she foated helplessly for fifteen
days, the persons on board suffering dreadful priva-
tons, when she went ashore at hoskeemo Sound and
broke up Immediately. All hands landed en- a raft
and we're Immediately made prisoners by the In
dians, who reduced them 20 n state Of slavery.
They were held captive for forty days. when the
two men who arrived last night contrived 10 .es-
cape, and reached the Hudson Bay Company's sta
ton at Fort Rupert, on the 18th Of December.
where their wants were supplied aud passage secured
for them on the GdScNe, which sailed thence on the
2i instant for Victoria Messengers had been dis
patched 10 koskeemo, demanding the release OF the
captives, but no answer had been. received up 10 the
sailing. OF the schooner. Two of the survivors at
KoskeemO were terribly frost bitten and nearly dead
from the effects of the exposure while on the wreck.
Eastern Teiegrams.
New York. Jan. ia Washington telegram
says the House Committee agreed to report n bill for
new Government for Alabama, Florida, Georgia,
Arkansas. Louisiana, Mississippi. North and South
Carolina, and Texas. Ii first declares void all laws
made by Governments in force in those States, and
then proposes that all male persons above the age of
twenty-one, who can take the oath OF LOYALTY, be
allowed to vote for delegates 10 q Convention. When
the Convention meets. if it decides to accept the
terms proposed by Congress, it is proposed TO select
what is called a Provisional Committee of five citi-
gems, distinguished for their loyalty to the Union
this Committee to act as one Of public safety until
the Constitution Of the State is formed, which they
are authorized to inaugurate. The Convention thus
called. can then elect Provisional State officers, from
State Constitutions irrevocsble without the consent
OF Congress, granting universal suffrage, and the
prohibition Of distinction on account Of race or color.
The reputation Of the rebel debt aud the disfran-
chisement of all who aided in the rebellion, are also
TO be provided for in the State Constitutions. Ii the
State shall atany future time attempt 10 dissolve the
relations with the Federal Government, its represent
tation in Congress to cease. II Congress accepts the
new Constitution the State shall be entitled to repre-
sentation. The Committee will urge the bill as q
substitute for Stevens measure.
Since the last embargo on the lightning line. four
United States Senators have been elected, namely
Simon Cameron in Pennsylvania, Roscoe Conkiing
in New York, Lyman Trumbull in Ilionois. and
Chas. ID. Drake in Missouri. These are all good
men and true. and will enter npon their duties
March 4th, 1867.
The Impeachment.
WAsnINGToS. Jan. 9-Mr. Ashley, of Ohio, was
before the Judiciary Committee to-day in regard to
the charge contained in his impeachment resolution.
The Committee have decided 20 proceed in the inyes-
LEGATION in regular order. and each member is sworn
to secrecy. The first thing which will probably be
enquired into will be the conduct of the President in
using his influence with the Governors Of rebel States
to defeat the Constitutional Amendment.
The Worid says. regarding the impeachment OF
the President, that it is contrary TO former impress
siors. We are inclined to think that the Radicals
are indeed in earnest that the President will be
impeached and put on trial. Whether ne will be
convicted is u point on which there are. no sufficient
grounds for our opinion till the tempA = Of the Senate
Is more fully disclosed"
New YoHK. Jan, ia Washington dispatch
says it is understood that the p % onTeed upon by
the leaders of the impeachment :ronent il 10 sus-
pend the President as soon as ara ,ic,es are prepared.
Wade stepping into the Preoide. """'
then proposed to proorg the tril ,cpror
regular term Of office is expired hEOEif
South will be reconstructed over again
Miscellaneous.
Another Arkansas delegation has arri2,o'
Washington TO oppose the admission Of Represen-
tives until the State is organized on a basis of uni.
versal suffrage.
The Goverpment il in receipt Of advices from
Europe that there is a great demand for our securi-
ties.
THE New YonK Pass on IMPEAcHMExr-The
morning papers all oppose the impeachment Of the
President. The Tribune says nothing can be gained
by it, no matter how much johnson deserves it. The
Heraih says the President has been guilty Of moth
ing more than his partisan predecessors have, from
Jackson down. The Times says the charges are
nothing more than those repeatedly stated on the
floor of the House, and believes the Senate will throw
them out.
The Express says it is disgraceful to the organiza-
ton Of the House that the subject Of impeachment
goes before a Committee of nine members upon
which the President has but one friend. and he not
an original friend. The eight remaining members
will leave the case to Ashley in It's preparation. Mr..
Boutwell, will do the work OF impeaching in the
Committee. The only hope now is in the Senate,
which may respect the law and the facts. In the
meantime the President bear. himself with a patience
and dignity which ought to command the respect Of
the country.
AxnTHER VETO VEroED-The measure known as
the District Sulfrag &c bill, which originated in the Sem
ate. was passed by both Houses and yetoel by the
President, has. as will be seen by our Geographic
news this morning, been passed over the veto. 1t
was returned to the Senate. but the vote on final
passage in that body is not given. The vote in the
House was 113 to SO. The main grounds On which
the veto rested were that 4 majority OF the people Of
the District are opposed to it, and that the blacks
are lacking in capacity for the proper exercise of the
elective franchise which the bill coners The first