The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-04-24
FOREgCN S.

EoSro~. March IS-The OvcFsc-1S OF Harvard
College have nominated Charles y. Vic; ioF Fre-i-N
dent Of the University. snd VHl submit bis 'irr-
ton to a future meeting of tie corporation. blot
is - years old. and was st5obeosr g thf hr-t
boats Crew of Harvard. and represents u- f"HHg
American element among The ggaduaieF
Nav NorE. March 22.-The Heratd's 'peciat
stys the delay in nominating l'rvctdy J"hnsnn 2
successor T. attributed to the tact that TIE Ftcst
drut IS carefully considering thr beet policy To- b.
adopted regarding tlc .ifbstass claims. lie has
resolved Geo adopt q very decisive course. ami h@
diplomacy Njll be- simply sending "a bill 10 The
British Government asking payment 'or IRE d"prr-
dat5nus uf the pirate ships un American commerce.
Caleb Gushing Is among iho-, mentioned ior Minis
ter 10 England
The Chicago Tr7aa.s'S Omaha speeisl says has
thr Unien Pacific Railroad have comwrae~d run-
ming passengers and mails - Ogden.
y despatch from Georgetown. Colorado, says thr
greatest yield Of silver for the number Uf ions
ever worked in Colorado. and the bca,ic lest bEiton
oi silver finished in one cupyilc ia America, VA
taken from Brown q Co.'S lode-twenty nine ton~
of ore. reduced in one cupcilc. yielding a button
weighing 532 pounds OF silver. II was shipped To
Philadelphia for coinage.
Trbaas'S New York special says James Fske.
Jr.. recently offered "A million dollars for the New
York Times newspaper. aud the offer was declined.
lie IS now negotiating for the purchase of the New
York Commercial idrertSor. Fiske says he j. de
icrmincd to own at least TWO daily papers.
Twenty OF Brigham 6oung's wives have arrived
at Council Bluffs. including Miss Folsom, Brig
nam 3 itifNt ldAts ait b'H'tis - N"-iifhEA'h.
The rash FOR foreign appointments exceeds any
thing even before known. ~ an illustration. there
are over foirtecn hundred applicants Tor the Con
sulslip ut Frankfort-on
MoNrEEAL. March 2i-Thc deep SHOWS are
alarming the people. The markets are all closed.
Prices OF provisions have gone mp 10 an enormous
figure. Hundreds ~ horses are dying FOR want of
food. Railways are buried beneath she snow.
New YoEk. March 2f.-lt is officially reported
from the office al the Union Pacific Railroad Com
pany that there are only - miles II gap between
the ends uf the Union and Central Pacific Rail
roads.
\ meeting Of the Vigilance Committee q thi-
city was held last night. when a proposition wns
made 10 call ont the Ward organizations, march t.
the ToInhs. and demand the surrender Of the H.ur-
dcrcr Real into their hands. Aiter a stormy de-
bate IL was resolved To await the action OF the
court, aud keep close watch on the movements OF
the politicians in this case.
WAsHTNGroH. March 25-Ex-P President Johnson
lies dangerously Ill ut Grccnvillc, Tenn. DT. Basil
Norris left this morning for that place.
An attempt was made yesterday 10 Introduce a
resolution in the House directing the Committee on
Foreign Affairs to inquire into the Oxpedieucy of
Investigating our relations, present and prospect
i've. with Nova Scotia. An objection was made Ia
the resolution, and it could, therefore, not be re
ceived.
CmcAGo. March 25-The Journals Washington
special saws ex-President johnson died this morn
ing of paralysis.
y Buenos Ayrcs letter states that Il Is reported
that Lopez has coded Paraguay to the United
States.
CHICAGO. March 25.-The Tines special says
the preliminary report of c. H. Snow. Special
Commissioner appointed by President Johnson To
inspect the Union Pacific Railroad. has been sab
mitted by President Grant to the Secretary Of The
Interior. From the beginning 20 the end IL l. an
attack upon the road.
The accredited minister OF the Cuban revoIu-
tionary Government has arrived to ask rccogni-
ton.
The insurgent Government seems certain Of ~
ccrpftfsu q tine feeling for II f-paIuIuw Ground IN
Congress.
Mr.. Butler introduced to Secretary boutwell, a
colored man from New Orleans. named Joubert.
recommending him a. Assistant Assessor He
don't want the Office for the money, but to test the
disposition of the party in power regarding the
rights of the cOlOred race.
The President has nominated George Bancroft
as Minister to Austria, and J. b. Davis 10 be Assis-
tant Secretary OF state.
THE POSTAL TELEGrAPH-The Horse Ommitt
OF Postonices and Postroads have rendered an
adverse report on the several schemes Of T. b.
Washburne, G. q. Hubbard and J. f. Hall for the
of some Postal Tclegraphs-
WAsHrSGToN. March 24-The House will proba-
bly, pass the Senate bill amendatoTy of the Tenure
ofOHice Act.
1t is reported that President Grant has expressed
himself as satisfied with the bill.
\ Tribune special thinks a repeal of the Tenure
ot-Ofice law probable. though the movement has
lost strength by the manner IN which
the repeal party attempted to force things The
utlu'-t uIdJpi4tE tAIf@hh o- nv 'CAtA " lNIF@i
Is four OF five.
New YORK. April 2d-The Times says that there
Is 10 doubt that the House has been overreaehed
the Senate in the Tenure-ofOfice business
Judge Davis and Attorney-Gencra Hoar construe
the new bill as leaving in the hands of the Senate
continued check upon all removals by the PresI-
dent.
The Union Pacific Railroad Company have pros
ecuted Fisk. Jr, for trespass, assessing the damages
one million dollars
The Senate at Bogota have rejected the Caleb
Cushing treaty for the construction OF a canal
across the Isthmus.
The proposition for the annexation Of San Do
mingo continues to be agitated.
CHICAGO, April 3d-President Grant hesitates To
and viii probably veto the Tenure-ofOfice
bill. because il was hastily passed. aud Is in such
phraseology that members Of Congress
contest its Interpretation. while JUrists believe Il
restores suspended officers.
The question Of aHnexing Mexican territory to
the United states : being agitated-
Specials to the World report that Attorney Gen
Hoar has decided that the TenuTe-of-Ohice
l. unconstitutional.
Cuba and Hayti.
SPANISH MANoF-VYAE CAPTCEED-Tbe insurgents
IF the district &c C.eufuegOs have made . very i'm
7ortant capture FOR their cause. On the night OF
b.. 1S-H N Tr7- aF -Haue sna-a.tga1 IN hna-Fiu-