The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-15
Late Foreign Items.


Nrw YORK. May lst.-Governor Englsh's Col
Connecticut message says the situation of public
affairs in Europe has Il threatening aspect. but Is
uninpurtant to us. He urges that. as citizens OF
a common country. we should strive TO eNtinguisl
the yindictive reSentmenIs engcndcred by the late
war. wagel To maintain the supremacy of the Fed
eral Constitution and the integrity OF the Union,
He states H. t the great object IL not yet obtained.
and the Union not yet restored, aS ten States are
denied participation. and are denied legal govern
mcnts by the action of Congress Such measures.
il persisted in. will transform the Republic into u
drspotiSm. He deems the course of legislation pur-
sued by Congress to be wholly unwarranted. and
a. fatal To the Union and Constitution as the doe
trine of secession
New CMIFoRNIA SrEAMER.-The Netdeia. the
new steamer built for the Nicaragua line. maGc IA
successful trial trip recently. taking a large MUM
Der of guests. Her engines worked splendIdiy,
and she made n run at the rate at sixteen knots an
hour. She will he 1T once fitted for sea, and wonid
sail for Greytown on the 10th of May.
REPUBILCAN CAMPAIGN IN THE SoUTH-The move
ment for inangurating Il Republican campaign III
the South is gaining strength. There is a talk of
holding Il meeting of the leading members of Con-
gress for consultation in regard To the matter.
Moncyed men from The North have expressed 4
willingness To contribute money To pay the Heces-
Strv expenses of such a campaign. and several gen
ticIncn of ability and experience as speakers are
ready to enter the field If the movement is properly
organized and sustained. The Congressional Exc
cutive Committee is preparing to circulate a great
many documents IN the south. One OF the chIcl
difficulties i dat mail agents, of all kinds there,
cannot be relied on Ia deliver the matter sent
attempts will be made to remedy this.
CAMEIs Born IL CAPrIvTTY.-A Cheltenham
(Eng) paper says: An Arabian OF singie-huIup
camel, aud Il Bactrian or double-hump camel,
both belonging Ia Mrs. Wombcll's menagerir.
have lust given birth to calves. The BactTian
camel is particularly fond of its baby and nursing
il well, covering ii up with its long name when it
lies down. The Arabian camel is rather spiteiul,
and Mr.. Faireriev" was compelled to take the calf
from her. as she threatened 10 Kill it.. He immedi-
atcly procured n feeding bottle and is bringing the
calf up admirably with milk from its mother. put
into the bottle. The father of both the camels i a
very large double-humped Bactrian camel. and is
considered the largest and handsomcst in Britain.
There have been only four camel calves born in
Britain. and what makes this the more curious is
the two births taking place within half an hour al
each other. Mr.. Fairgrieve has named the male
calf RcLeIf Earns. as it was born on the great
Scottish bards birthday.
THE JAPANESE NISGr-NEw YORK, May Gth.-Thc
N7oid saws the object of the Japanese visit is re-
ported Ia be to obtain advice as to the best means
of defense against iron-clads. and also 10 settle with
Thurlow Weed and his contractors. who undertook
To furnish several ships. The Japanese failed To
receive the ships. only one being sent, and that
was u failure.
The japanese commissioners We're received at
the State Department to-day. and expressed the
best wishes OF the Tycoon for the health of the
President and Secretary of Stale. and for the wei
fare of the American nation.
His Majesty further desires that the relations Of
friendship already existing between the two couu-
tries shall increase in curdillity.
Seward replied that it had always been our en-
drnvor 10 make the relations between the two
countries mutually beneficial, and expressed the
hope that our Minister To Japan is appreciated rs
being a good interprrtor of the friendly wishes al
the nation. 1t was arranged that the Commission
should be presented +" the President on Friday.
The credentials were read. and after a pleasant in
tcrview the visit ended.
WASniNGroN. May Gth-In the Supreme Court
this afternoon. the Attorney General closed his
argument in the Georgia and Mississippi injunction
eases. He spoke as To the general principles in
VOWED. and denied a. heretofore that these cases
had any place in Court they were not within the
jurisdiction of Il Court of equity such as the Con
stiiution provides there was in them no basis on
which relief could he given. Georgia and Missis-
stppi. according 1" The bills filed. undertook to
speak besides Tor all the people OF ten Southern '
States over which the Reconstruction Acts were to (:
operate, and only two were here. and it was =
known that the remaining States were dissatisfied,
for they had not presented any bills of grievances.
The law gives each citizen the right to vindicate ;
himself. He could do this as successfully as the .
State could do 1t for him. Counsel on the other
side had invoked the Court to save their liberties
from destruction. and to preserve the integrity of
the States on whose behalf they Appeared but.
said the Attorney General. there was no inherent
power for that purpose in this Court. for Congress
might 81 act aS to destroy the efficiency of the
Court by mpeaching the Judges on false accusa-
tiuns. or by denying them salaries and requisite
1t rested with the people, however. To
secure the honesty and right doing of the Legisla-
tire. and on this basis only they must look for the
preservation of the rights of citizens, and of the
guaranteed rights of tie States.
No further discussion took place on the question.
The Court adjourned Immediately On the conclu-
of Staubcrry's argument
NEW YORK. May S-The police authorities have
AN organized conspiracy OF rumsellers.
I~risiincn and city ruuehs. to urrCnuitatc Il riot on +
tue scale of the riot in July, 1863. the objects being
the overthrow of the excise law and vengeance on
the Metropolitan police. The diSaircted of the diff
trrrut wards have been holding MEETINGS iorsev-ral
weeks. Associations have been formed. and the
members sworn 10 Sccr,,.y. Arms were to be pro-
the organization P]artukiug of a military
character. The leaders AMI prime movers have
been disappointed. All the meetings held thus far
have been attended 10y police detectives in dis
The names of the leaders and their plans
are fully known. No fears are to be entertained
As to the result Of an uprising.
Henry Wilson. in a letter to the L,legeadeaf.
dated April 10th. says the cyer-luyal men. nine
tcuths of the freedmen. many who were cumpIo-
missed by the rebellion. and some reFcntant rebels.
will act together. standing sqUarciy on the plat
OF the Union Republican party.
The American Tract Society held its anniversary
to day. The receipts and expenditures Tor the past
year were each about half a million.
1t i stated that the exchange Of the notifications
IF the Russian treaty will take place in Washing
ION. .Aftcr this il i expected that 4 military agent
b. sent from San Francisco to rails, The United
States nag over the newly acquired territory.
The Times has emphatic assurances from Senator
Sherman. Henry Wilson. Speaker ColfiIN and others.
If the determination OF Congress 10 abide by the
present reconstruction scheme and give strength to
he movement in the southern States. Senator
party has no desire 10 depart from the
implied conditions Of the Military bill. Collar
aid The party would BE- branded with dizLunor il
Q dij.