The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-13
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY,. APRIL l3.
News of the Morning.

Seven whaleE are Il the port this morning The
steamer j. s~ignaIlsi, but had not reached the wharf
up % the hour Il going % pres
The past has Leen a quiet week, broken By the
occasional arrival Il a Whaler- On Tge~hy tro
vessels came in from San Francisco and another from
Sydney On WeiHelay. The regular mail packet
ID. q. .Nsrrsy S.f-ly h@.t The eiTTr~- ahiP 0'v-I
with which she saIlei IN company from Sln Francisco.
arriving here about * hour ahead The two vessels
were in company JOT sx days, and though the ODDS
were in favor Of the clipper, which was in ballast
and light, while the packet was loaded, yet the lat
ter came IL aLeal-a feather IN Captain Benuett-s
ehapeIu-
The Murray brought e large two-steamer mail,
the latest papers from New York icing 10 March =.
The magazines and pic,orialsaTe unusually interest
Ing and readable. Tie political news l., however,
very meagre. Congress was about adjCuruing. and
though 10 date had been fxel for ~reassembIing. vet
it i likely that tie 1t Of December would he decided
on. The plan Of r~ecOusuucting the Southern States
has been finally adopted and the act has become a
Law, and all parties, North and South, appear to
acquiesce in IT. terms, under which new State organ
izatiOns VIII at once lie formed. Congress viii, Of
course, posses the power to decide whether the spirit
Of this important law has been carried out or not.
The President has now 10 other alternative IN execut-
H= N-~ wa "a N-@- N~ ~--HN- IN
parchment. His friends say he viii see the law
enforced. If not, there VIII be very strong grounds
furnished by him for impeachment
The Fenian revolt IN Ireland, though partially
q%ueIled, i 10y no means fully subdued. Although
numerous arrests have been made, the boys in
green, with mu-kets in hand, keep popping up all
over the island, faster than the police can take care
Of them. The revolt l. evidently very general, and
the ocean cable does not dare 10 communicate all
In Canada. too, trouble i brewing again among the
disafectel Irish. and the end Of the revolt IS not Yet.
There i a strong sympathy observable ia the United
States. with the feeble efforts of the Irish 70 secure
their freedom, but It seems hardly possible that they
can become released from the strong arm which holds
them.
The officers Of the LIckargRaa entertained 4 large
company Of ladies and gentlemen on board their ine
ship on thursday afternoon and evening. There
must have been az least two hundred guests present
on the occasion. Though not - large a. some war
vessels which have visitei our harbor, there has
never been a ship here 80 elegantly fitted up for the
convenience Of her officers. She i a model Of naval
architecture
We do not hear of any vessel likely 70 arrive from
san Francisco before the return Of ,he bark Ethan
-9As8, which VIII u due about April 18th. The
American brig Percy Eflrards was to leave san
Francisco for japan. early il April, but we have no
aiyieez Of any intention to stop at this port. The
EliaH -fHea had not arrived over W to the morning
Of the 25th-then i days cut.
The sale Of the Lahaina Sugar NIL takes place to
day at y o'clock 1t the Courthouse. The sale in
eluleS the land, buildings and fixtures. all said 10 he
IN good orler AMI only four or five years old. On
the following SATURDAY, the balance Of the property
consisting Of cane, animals AMI implements viii be
sold
The steamship Coioraf0. on her first trip to China.
It i said, passed. by this port les than four hundred
miles distant. She was 10 have left san Francisco On
her second TIP April 3, AMI probably passed. BIZ u.
again On Thursday last, but ho'Arear Ne must Wal,
TO learn from her log We wisL her every success
but should wish her more, were she to give Us a cal
in passing.
II i reported that & movement Is on foot 20 establish
another nevspaper-to be issued tri-weekIv. We
trust that, Z started, II may lie successful. ard II
would most certainly be, If government retired
from the newspaP5rial arena. and left the field 10
our young and enJerprising mechanics. Tho are
ready 10 enter II. There i a call for a second indie
PENDENT T1per here. but - long a. Government oh
structS the way, and enlelvors 70 perform what il
has no right or fitness 10. there / little houe II any
neH Tylrer beng successfully established. however
much tie public my require one.
The WsisIus Plantation and sugar mil were solI
At auction On Wein,-d4y last and knocked down 70
W c. Parke. Esg. Tor Bi-hor = Co. the holders Of