The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-09-05
Late Foreign Telegraphic Items


The Government Commissioner have accepted
an additional twenty miles OF The Union Pacific
Railroad. making 200 mills IN all accepted. The
track j. laid IS miles beECrd the 200 mile point
Gen. Meade has issued orders ;urniag the State
/ Government Of Georgia over to tie civil authorities.
The Alabama Legislature has elected Willard L.
Warner as Senator for tie short term zen. War
Der J. from OHIO. ard was Gu Sbrfnaus staff.
l. j. reported that the crew Of The American ves-
81 G.a. S-sosaa. which MAS wrecked in the Chin
ee waters. have been beheaded by the natives
The l. :. Steamer CssEPss arrived in the harbOr
% Monterey on tie Ill inst. from Fanain=. and
will probably be IL ~au Francisco about tie 18th.
TIE California delegates 10 the Democratic Ma
ti0nal Convention made the journey overland be-
tween san Francisco and New York ia The remark
ably short period o. twelve days and twenty hours.
Gen. McDOwell has been ordered TO the COM
mand Of the Department Of the East. headquarters
az N-= York city. The Department J. composed
Of the New England states and New York.
NV YoEE. Aug. s-A private cable despatch
millionaire Of Hobok-n. He died ~ Paris yester-
day. He was Commodore 81 tie New York Yacht
Club. and one OF the principal oSnsrs Of the Cam
den aud Aulb0y Railroad. aud Of Bearly all Hobo
ken and the principal works and pubic improve
mrnts there
BoSTov. Aug. SIN response 20 invitations to
address some Republican Clubs. Charles Francis
Adams declines - enter into an active political
canvass. prefeTring rest and retirement. He de-
clares, however, that bis principles have undergone
no change
Gen. Butler made a speech yesterday at GlouceS-
ter. in which he said that BE- was still in favor Of
impeachment lie said that Gen. Grant and him
sell had become friends, and h. would support
bin for President
TIE Judge 81 the Twelfth Judicial District has re-
fused 20 remain in the parish OF franklin without a
force j. sent % protect him. The Sheriff Of another
parish. a Democrat. Ia, resigned. cpuirs>ing his ina
billy % make arrests Prominent Union men in Paris
write tha; their hDrI-s are brsei b. drsperaio.s.
and their lives. thus TAR. have been saved by the
arrival ~ fr4w VvMu volunteered IL uTaT1 tERm
Mr.. HOd-peth. the District attorney OF the Eighth
District. who's letter J. eIcloEeI. says men. women
and children have recently been murdered IN the
parish Of - Landry, by hand, of armed men, who
remain unmOlested.
In. Governor has no doubt that one hundred
and lny men have been murdered in Louisiana
during the last month and a halt. Il seeI1s TO be
the settled determination by rebels either To kill
or drive away Union white men aud leading color
81. 30 - 10 be- able to trTTiiy the masses oi colored
people iutO voting A. they dictate.
In conclusion. the Governor slys h. believes a
bloody revolution mrditaied, and asks for two re-
giments Of calvary. a regiment Of infantry. and a
battery OF artillery, "a enable him 10 suppress vio-
lruce. arrest criminals and protect of:cers. He
believes a iew examples OF cOndign punishment
would secure peace ia the state as soon as the po-
litical campaign - over.
TIE ATLANTIC CABLE-REDUCTIOS OF TIE TARIFF.
directors Of the New York. New FOuudland and
London Telegraph Company. have decided To re-
duce the tariff on the transmission Of messages If
ten words tive words additional being allowed for
address. date and signature iIre) between Naien-
tia. Ireland, and Plaster Cove. Nova Scotia. 10
Is. or SIS. The tariff on th- land lines west Of
Plaster Cove AMI east Of Nairntia will be an addi-
tiOnal charge. The reduction i TO take place on
ana after the lst day Of September, 1865.
The reduction IN The tariff by the Atlantic Cable
has resulted. a. was expected. III Increased bust
ne-s. Under the E25 iaruf the receipts of the
Company were EOJ per day under the ten tariff.
E57g; and under tie Is IS tariff. E;93. As the
Business Of the Company may be further consider
ably increased without incuTTing additional eX-
penss, u - not improbable hat =iIil another rcduc-
lion in the rates will coon be made. y report has
been published - the effect that a Company has
been organized in England to lay another Cable
between BF-st (Francej and New York. and that
the steamer Gre1t E0s'eIn will be- used for that
purpose.
WisHfNGTON. Aug. G--Gen. Warmouih's official
r-qaisiuon for force 70 secure order in Louisiana,
Wa presented To- the President yesterday by Col.
D.ane. OF the Governors stan. Coy. Yarmouth
presented various letters from ciiiZ-ns aud officers,
perpeirated in ail portions Of the state. He says
that in many parishes there exists no protection for
citizens in the Courts; that men are shot down in
the roads and at their homes without any steps be-
ing taken TO bring the offenders 10 justice.
NEW ORLEANS. Aug. More Democratic mem
bers have been uns.tted and their places given TO
eolored mcmbrrs. Yesterday the Democratic MEN,
beers offered a protest against the action of the
House, which was directed 20 be returned to them.
In the Senate Jewell offered a resolution that n
committee - three be appointed 10 wait upon Gov.
Yarmouth and ascertain the time aud place of 100
murders he says have been committed within the
past six weeks. Jewell made AN intensely bitter
speech against this action. declaring that ) 1000
stand Of arms were known 10 be IN the building
opposite the Stat--hoEse, occupied as the Rrpub-
lican headquarters. The resolution was referred to
the Commitie on Civil Affairs.
HALIFAX. Aug. .. Hon. james Howe made n re-
port oi hs recent visit TO England To the Nova
scotia Convention today. \ series Of resolutions
were unanimously adopted that. Notwithstanding
the uufavGrsbie response to their request for the
repeal Ci the act uniting Nova Scotia to the Cana
dian Confederation. Nova Scotia from such an alli-
ance forced on the people against their will II
The Convention then adjourned.
New YoKx. Aug. lO-Foreign news by mail 10
July Both has been received. The -MOHifeU says
the French transatlantic Cable will b. finished by
the 18th OF Aug. 1869. In LbsTts says DR.. Pussy
has become n convert to Ronanism.
4 portion Of BALTIMORE is entirely Hooded. The
Maryland Institute - surrounded by a sheet OF
rushing water. the water carrying hogsheads. bale
Of hay. ETC. with il. The dr-t floors of stores on
Frederick and Harrison streets are under water.
and the merchants are compelled 10 remove their
goods 20 thr upper -tori-s. The river has been lis
ing at the rate OF two inches per minute since one
O'Clock. Several streets have been converted into
rushing torrents. \ city passenger car was swept
from Tire track on Gay street, down to Harrison
street. with . number u passengers. The widest
rumors have prevailed in regard To the number Of
the drowned. : others saying all were saved bui
one. IL is impossible now 10 get the facts. Anum-
her Of dray horses and som. drivers are reported
drowned. There is no communication between the
eastern and western portions of the city. the food
sweeping everything before 10 There II no commit
nicatiOn south by telegraph. all the lines being
down. No such food was ever known here.
TIE ALASKA much talk.
speculation and some tribulaticn on the part Of its
friends, the Alaska appropriation has been ratified
by the House. The bill came up to-day "a the
special order. and two amendments were agreed TO
in Committee Of the Whole. The first was a pre-
amble by Mr.. LOughbridge. of Iowa, which asserts
in brief that. whereas line treaty in question covers
certain subjects Of which Congress has jurisdiction.
therefore the assent Of Congress is given TO the
treaty. In point ef fact the declaration does not
really amount 10 anything. Yet by implication il
asserts the right Of The House to participate in the
i~reaty-making power. Mr.. Stevens so treated il.
and his sarcasm was very severe on the amendment. Z
He thought they now ought to insist on being taken
into the secret sessions Of the Senate. But General