The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-03-30
Two Days Later
NEWS

tween San Francisco and Portland, Oregon. This
service is needed for the convenience of the northern
coast towns. as well as 10 relieve the daily overland
mail, which is excessively heavy, especially owing TO
the great quantity of franked matter forwarded to
this coast. Another resolution. Of still more import
ance has been offered by Senator Couness. 1t au-
thOrIzcs the Postmaster General 10 invite proposals
for n monthly mail service between San Frarcisco
and Honolulu. within a limit o! ; 400, 900 Per annum.
Probably this resolution will be adopted, for the
Pacific Mail Steamship Company has been relieved
from the obligation TO touch at Honolulu with its
China bound steamers, and there ~ no question that
great commercial advantages would result from
regular steam communication between this port and
the Hawaiian Islands.
George Bancroft declines the Collectorship Of Bos-
ton, not caring TO serve under the present admins
tration.
The first registration of voters in the District Of
Columbia shows l,5l3 whites and $50 blacks.
The Government of Nicaragua have prohibited the
general Importation of liquor into that country, not
including wines.
Stevens bill to reconstruct the rebel States, by
making of them five military districts, passed the
House of Representatives, on the lIIh by a vote of 100
to So.
The Horli predicts a serious falling of of the
spring travel to California. in consequence Of yellow
fever prevailing on the Isthmus Of Panama, with
famine and pestilence.
GREAT EXODUS OF AMERICANS To EuRoPR.--In
this connection it is interesting 10 note the great
number of American tourists who are already on
the continent, or who are preparing to visit Europe
to attend the Paris Exposition. Ii is estimated there
will be so, 900 or 60 900 Americans abroad during
the year. The enormous cost of living here and the
comparatively small expense in Europe. combined
with the grand attraction of the Exhibition, explains
this exodus. 1t is said there are families living like
princes in Europe, on the rent alone which they
draw from their ptown mansions, and that II Ia
more economical to board a family on the British
steamers than in a New York hotel. Our country
men abroad are proverbially liberal and open-hand-
ed. Their expenditures will certainly average
81, 900 a year per head, which would give a total OF
Ii Nm Dhl II void taEan ont M h anil
left in Europe. This is a heavy item in estimating
the balance of trade against US, and yet it is one
very generally overlooked.
PROFITS OF TELEGRAPHING The Western Union
Telegraph people are in trouble just now. Congress
refuses to make the appropriation Of $40. 900 which
the Government contracted to pay per annum for its
dispatches, and Mr.. Washburne and the Postmaster
General are bent on setting up a Government opposi-
ton in the business. The House Post ofice Commit
tee have been diligently investigating the subject,
and have reached the conclusion that it is not only
practicable. but can he mide serviceable and profit
able in connection with the postal service. The
receiI Is of the Western Union Telegraph Company
for the month of November, 1866. were S571 .036-
the expenses 1922. SOB; net earnings, $24S, 527-or
at the rate Of nearly S3.000.0 900 a year.
PACIFIC RAILROAD The Government Directors Of
the Union Pacific Railroad Company have been in
session in this city. They report that there is 900
miles west of Omaha finished. in full operation.
The road is located about 800 miles west Of its pres
ent terminus-up the Lodge Pole creek to the foot Of
the Black Hills, thence through a. Evans Pass to
Laramie, and this 800 miles is TO be built the present
year. by the LIST of next January. il is said, the
locomotive will cross the most difficult range Of the
Rocky Mountains, at an elevation Of 7 900 feet above
tide water; SO that, at an early day. there will be an
unbroken line of railroad from the Atlantic. across
the continent, fostering and facilitating commerce
with the Pacific States and Territories, and the dis
tant countries Of Asia.
Rumors have been in circulation of a split in the
Cabinet on the subject of q new Reform Bill. A
considerable minority of the Cabinet is said to have
objected in the first instance 10 the introduction OF a
Reform Bill at next session, and two or three Cabinet
councils were held before the Chancellor Of the Ex-
chequer was able to carry his point and induce his
colleagues TO consent TO bring in a bill. Ii is said
that Mr.. DIsraeli is in favor Of a scheme Of house
hold suffrage in towns. He would give up boroughs
to democracy. promising his party by the way more
successes under the new suffrage than they dream OF.
The CONSULAR CoRPs-The United States in the
last fiscal year had 18G consuls scattered throughout
the world. They receive salaries, and have to &C
count to the Department for their fees. The amount
of fees sent by them to the Treasury in that time was
Sii2,4 SO, and their salaries came to $3.50. 6IO9 "a,
leaving a balance of receipts over expenditures of
S9I 900 62. At Paris, where the salaries Of the
Consul and Of his clerks only amount 10 81 ,13257,
the fees are $50, lSS, and the balance has to be re-
mi,ted. At Liverpool. the salaries are S8.494 81,
aud the fees Ss33 ,3Sl 81; and at London the salaries
are 81 500, and the fees S.2,l98 rs.
European.
NV YORK, Feb. 13-The HeraLd's cable dis
patches say: The London Reform demonstration on
Monday, the l1th of February, was a great success.
The American, French and Italian flags were carried.
and their delegations cheered. Yankee Doodle
John Brown" the Marsellaise and the Garibaldi
Hymn were played The Princess of Wales witness
ed the procession from a window Of the United Ser
vice Club, but elected no cheers. There was a su-
perb ovation at the American Embassy. All those
in the procession took off their hats as they passed.
Among the inscriptions on the banners were the fol-
lowing Liberty and Equality Manhood suf-
frage;' g Serfiom is infamous;' 80 The voice Of the
people cannot be ignored with safety" Taxation
without representation ls tyranDy:' 81 Liberty TO
those who dare demand it," Trust in God and
keep your powder dry;' N o Surrender"
LoHDoS, Feb. 1.-THE House OF Commons was
crowded to hear the expected announcement of the
Government programme. Disraeli delivered a long
historical essay on reform and the Constitution. He
showed only a few flashes of his original spirit, but
was unusually brilliant while denouncing Goodwin
Smith as a wild man, and in ironically defending
Earl Russell. At the close of bis speech, he said the
Government would introduce some resolutions to test
The sense of Parliament before presenting a reform
bill. The resolutions are vague and unsatisfactory,
they merely state some general principles. Glad
stone, in a few common place remarks, accepted the
Governments plan of proceeding, but protested
against delay.
During the session a rumor prevailed that the
Fenians had taken the city Of Chester, which caused
great excitement. The Duke Of Cambridge Hastily
left the House for the War Office. The presence ofa
number Of supposed Fenians recently from Ireland
gave rise TO thess apprehensions, but they LEFT town
without creating a disturbance.
LONDON, Feb. l3.-The Fenian scare at Chester is
ridiculed by :he newspapers, but nevertheless Gov
eminent is making arrests, and seeing to believe the
affair serious. There were rrmors that the Feuians
would blow up the Liverpool docks. Seventy arrests
were made in Dublin on the arrival Of the steamer
from H~ollyhead.
The liberal organs generally denounce the plan Of
reform announced by Disraeli.
The Italian Parliament is dissolved. A new cleo.
ton is ordered fer March 1st. Ricasoli has resigned
at the Kings request,