The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-09-28

vate meeting yesterday 10 take measures 20 protect
themselves against the encroachments OF the Anti
Gambling Society. Fands aere subscribed fOF the
employment of laNyeFs and for other purposes.
ASNE1AuoS Or BRITIsH Con- sIA--According
10 the Washington dispatch. which explains the
reason why Secretary seward will not leave the
Cabinet, Il SEEMS that the recent addition nasde b.
that gentleman o. the national domain Mas only q
beginning. and that be has siiil much - do Ia the
way Of Notwithstanding Tor British Columbia.
SANTANA. the sandwich Islands perhaps and nobody
knows how many other ou;-o!the-wSy places. That
n~gOtiaiions were in progress Tor the erosion Of
British Columbia, as an Offset 10 the Alabama claims.
has within the last few months been stated. denied.
restated. and denied again. and although the last
denial Purport"d 10 be an authoritative one, We are
inclined a. believe the present assertion thst nego-
tialions are going on. and with every chance of
success.
The conviction IL growing in England that the
AioJdiad claims are just and the probability of Il
European war in which England may be forced to
take part. renders their settlement a matter of ne
cessity. To satisfy them with hard cash would be
expensive and humiliatiug but British Columbia
might be traded Ia the satisfaction % Its inhab-
itants. without England feeling herself a whit the
poorer.
\ short time ago. a proposition 10 ALLEVIATE any
portion of the British Possessions would not have
been listened TO for a moment Bat public opinion
on this subject has greatly changed within a few
years past. The colonies are now regarded as
sources Of useless expense and although il has not
yet been proposed TO cat them adriit or sell them
on, il j. certain no earnest effort would be made TO
nection with the mother country. and but little
opposition would be made to the transfer of a
colony 10 a foreign power, If in accordance with
the wishes of its inhabitants As a public express
sion of their opinion in favor Of annexation would
no doubt greatly aid these negotiations. the people
of British Columbia should take an early oppor-
mnity TO make their wish known. That they favor
it is as certain as it is that it i their only hope, but
the fact should he placed by them in some manner
before the Home Government and public--S. f.
Bulletin.
The President has offered to appoint John VI.
I.angdon. "A colored orator of Ohio. Commissioner
OF the Freedman's Bureau. or any other colored
person the freedmen may be agreed on. Lsngdon
urges the retention of General Howard. giving il
as his opinion that the real interests of the colored
people require it. Johnson replied that he con-
sidercd Howard ambitious. corrupt and hypocrlii-
cal. aud that lac did not have the true interests of
the freedmen at heart, and be intended To appoint
some one who was q true friend OF the black man.
He said he would wait a week for Langdon Ia ac-
cept; ii he will not. it is believed the President
designs putting the Bureau in irretrievable disorder
by appointing n civilian Commissioner. rendering
necessary the resignation of many officers who
would not DO duty under civilians or would refuse
to serve under a colored man.
Secretary Stewards friends say he is not going
out of the Cabinet, as his presence in the State
Department is absolutely required. at least for
some time To come. for completing the negotiation
with Great Britain concerning the settlement of
the AldbdRI claims. These negotiations are pro-
crossing favorably upon the basis of the session of
'ANHV HF1a
other powers. involving the cession of territory to
the United States. have also been opened by Sc
ward, and it is believed that he alone can bring
them TO Il favorable conclusion. The continuation
of his services as Secretary of State is. therefore.
deemed to be of transcending public Importance
to all temporary political issues growing out of
the proceedings of the President.
THE STEAMER SroNEwALL-"-The New York
Tribune, of August 30th. SAYS: The StOnelndH, or
.JrpdR. as 1t is sometimes called. is now ready 10
sail. The officers and crew are all on board. Capt.
George Brown, her commander. with his executive
officer. First-Lieut. Theo. IL. Dubois. were on board
to-day. and received Admiral Bradford. Comman-
dant of the Navy Yard, and several other distin-
guished navy officers. The families and lady
friends of the officers visited the steamer also. The
stores for the trip were to-day being placed aboard.
4 sufficient Quantity of coal TO run the steamer to
Norfolk has been placed on board. and at Norfolk
the full supply of coal for the trip will be taken.
The two immense lifeboats built exactly like the
model of the NOnpdTed that SO successfully crossed
The ocean. are now on the steamer. There are
also two of Frazer's patent life RATS on board.
Each of these Will carry II persons comfortably.
The 300-pounder and the 2I0-pounder Armstrong
guns are in their proper places, while the engines.
boilers. masts. rigging. sails, etc, have all passed
inspection. Lieut.. Dubois. the executive officer of
the steamer. reports that the vessel Ia as sound as
a gold dollar and does not leak one drop. Next
she will sail for Norfolk, and there a
dav or two will be expended in hauling her upon
the dry dock. examining her hull and coaling her.
She will then sail for Japan. by way of the Straits
of Magellan.
Suspension BRIDGE OVER THE EAST RIvER-The
suspension bridge over the East River will proba-
bly cost about SD. 900, 900. Between five and six
years time will he required TO do the work. All
preliminary arrangements for erecting the bridge
are progressing rapidly and favorabiy- The three
routes which have been surveyed by Mr. John A.
Roebling. the engineer-in-chief, diverge from a sin
gle point to the n~orthward of the Fulton Ferry slip,
on the Brooklyn side. The main Brooklyn entrance
to the bridge will be at the intersection OF Sands
and Fulton streets. The FIRST aud northernmost
route terminates at the intersection of the Bowery
and Canal street. the second and third southern
most route known especially as the Park line, at
the CITY Hall Park, opposite the Registers Office.
The last named route will probably be the one
adopted. Then the length of the bridge, from end
to end. will be 1852 feet Ii will run a little OBJ
Iiouelv. The grade will be three and q half feet IN
one hundred. From the entrance on either side.
for a length of 500 feet, the width will be 100 feet.
IL then contracts To eighty feet. This, OF course,
will he the width of the bridge proper. The addi-
tlonal width of twenty feet, Ia the 800 feet referred
TO. will he appropriated for walks to regulate the
movements of passengers moving an opposite direc-
tons. The bridge will be divided into two road
ways. of fifteen feet IN the clear, one Tor the go
ing and the other for the I" coming; movements of
messengers. These. IL must be borne in mind. are
only two SPECIAL division of the bridge. There will
be two other divisions ofthirty feet each in the clear,
that will comprise railroad tracks, tor the running
of passengers cars by means at wire ropes,
propelled by stationary engines located at one end
nf the bridge. Two trains oi passenger cars. caPa-
BILE OF transporting LOCO people each way, stimuli
tnaneously. will make trips every five minutes. 1t
i calculated that three iuuieS-runniu time
will he consumed In making one Of these trips.
The remaining two minutes will afford time Tor one
set OF passengers TO get of and another to get on.
The fifth division will form IA promenade ct sixteen
feet in width, elevated so that the promenadcrs can
overlook the four divisions OF the structure beneath.
as we'll as the river and the adjacent territory. The
mos, conspicuous parts of the bridge will be the
two towers, located at a distance of one thousand
feet from center to center. The height of these
towers will he one hundred and h(y feet above the
roadway. and one hundred and seventeen feet above
the high tide. clear elevation in the centre oil the
space one hundred and thirty feet. Both towers
will he located inside of the pier lines, established
by law. The Brooklyn tower will lac north of the
Fulton Ferry slip. the New York one very near Pier
No. -. Already preparatory work has commenced
upon the bridge. On Friday last boring was com