The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-08
TEE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY, JUNE :.
News OF the Morning

oA NIAS
The Sshooner Prince arrived this morning from
HAnale.. having teen absent but four days The
-Nsiis i ,sleznpL~i, and wEE - IN during the P. "
The oily arrival from winslvari this morning ! tie
WriIeis from Lanai with 31rJ watermelOns-
We have been favored With more than the usual
weekly quantity u foreign news the past week
three arrivals having occurred, bringing san Fran-
cisco AMI Ser York ~tdegaphie dates To May =
The schooner Carolias Mills snd bark d. G
Murray were having long pAsslEe over Il VIII he
remembered that they slilei from this port On the
I=t and ~ Of NAY Up 10 the 81 they had not ar
rived 81 san Funei-oo.
We learn nothing new by the recent mails respect
ing steamers for tbs port, nor i L al al likely that
anything VIII t~ranspire regarling them TIL after The
10th u July. the date when the bids for the service
viii &c opened 1t Washington.
The Unitef State Steamer LGctqlranaa may he
exrectei either to-Iay or Tomorrow from Holo.. to
which port she went from Hanalei On the lst instant.
The steamer KIIgEsG viii resume her triIs %
Kona. Hawaii. touching At intermediate ports. on
Monday ne-t She has hsi her damaged boiler
taken out and thoroughly repaired. - that she has
now four strong boilers, l. as safe, and Wil probably
make a. good time a ever.
Among the items Of foreign news 1t VIII he Observed
that the Emperor # Brazil has decreel the termina-
ton Of slavery II his Empire, TO take place gradually
during the next twenty years This Is the proper
mode, and viii prevent TO some extent disturbance
in the labor interests. which has followed the abolition
81 slavery IN America
The European news augurs peace. The Congress
Of representatives from the leading European powers
met In London on the 9TH. and agreed on terms for
tie settlement Of the trouble between France and
Prussia, which are understood 10 lie these: France
i not to enlarge her present boundaries The forti-
heations Of Luxembourg are to lie dismantlei, and this
province shall remain u the possession Of Holland,
and it, neutrality be guaranteed by the great powers
The treaty has been approved and signed. How long
this settlement viii remain a final remains to be
seen. The war fever which has been created may
pass off quietly.
The English Government Reform bill finally passed.
the House Of Commons May ., by to majority. An
amendment to the bin, proposed by the Liberals, and
opposed by the Ministry, was carried by a large ma
jority. This bill has been strongly dercuneed by
Gladstone. Bright and others, and judging from this
fact viii not long satisfy the reform party Of England.
Napoleon has purchased the iron-clad Du4der5urg
for three millions Of dollars, determined TO have az
least one iron-elad in his navy which can defy all
Europe. 1t does not speak well for the name Of the
American Government to see it reject a vessel built
tAEAN-LN III II . 4A-A A4a@ 80 --@N Na@@
Power accept it a. in every respect perfect. This
Mountain Of Thunder has probably no egual
in the world. and if ever brought into eE-agement,
this viii be proved
The first Of May, the date when the eight-hour law
of Illinois went into force, was the occasion for FopG-
lar riots in Chicago, which we're followed by incenii-
airy fire., consuming property 10 the amount Of
$4,000. This new legislation has created an ee-
ment Of discori which i destined 10 produce ~incalcu-
liable mischief in the States. and wherever IT, enforce
ment / sought. IN eight-hour law has been passed.
in New York
The release Of JEFF Davis i the most important
item from America. He has been released On bail Of
$4,000 70 stand trial II Richmond whenever the
court calls for him. Ii i needless 10 add. that the
whole thing vii prove a farce. and Davis VIII escape
the punishment he ~ richly merits.
Aivices from Mexico show that neither Quereulro
nor the City e Mexico hDi been taken. though in
both places the Impsriali-ts had been reduced TO
great straits Vera Cruz vas closely invested, but
the bes;e-ers lacked artillery end were suffering from
disease. Gen. Conner. commanding At Tampico, has
declared against Julrez- II ! repor,ei that Maxim
ilIn i a refugee.
On our first AMI fourth pages VIII lie found a Va
riety Of interesting miscellany, including late Euro
pean summary ami a fourth article from the New
York Cl4TchmsH on the Reformed Catholic Mission
The British clipper ship Sumafra Vas % have left
san Francisco Oh the 2eJh Of May, and viii he due
the latter part Of next week. She viii touch here in
passing