The Hawaiian gazette., 1869-12-08
News Items.

ioSpoS. November ist-TAe TtzssS, in an
Artiele on the situation In Spsin, forsees that
tx understanding between Prim and Sierra.
no must end in The election Of king, which
affords The eest opportunity they eoald have
fer the dissolution 81 tbs partnership. which
eoeid not otherwise be elected Without q
disastrous outbreak The Unionists have
no chance for success After weeks Of vain
debate 10 the CoVtes. the Ministers Of that
party have rcSiSued. SerrSno must follow
them then Prlm remains master. Serrano
has served as : cheek for his ambition. II
Serrsno witharsws and the Dake Of Genoa
Is not brought In, then Prim stands forth ex-
posed 10 the envy Of the great, and the ran-
co.'s q the small alone between friends who
doa't trns, him. and enemies who, when the
time comes, woR't spare him
CIScISArri. Nov. l-When the grand
jury In the Common Pleas Court Was en-
panelleG to-day. il was discovered that one
juror had served in the penitsntiary and an
other WAS the man for ro6hing whom he was
sent thers- The former claimed that he was
reprieved. and ths jury wSS adjourned. with
Instructions TO the convict 10 produce the
copy OF the reprieve tomorrow.
LoNDOS, Nov. 4-The eorrespondept Of
the FoSt writes from Rome concerning the
expected action Of the Council The dog.
matte definition Of the assumption Of the
The Pops earnestly desires the consolidation
Of this dogma, and the erection TO dogma
Of the necessity Of the temporal power. But
this IS not considered possible BY its most
ardent champions. The foundation ana
preservation OF thar power don't afford the
elements Of dogms, and the belief in its
necessity not even pna-iago I'D, but only Of
high importance Probably the protests Of
1872 aud lS6A mill DC received. Ii is spg-
gested that the liberal bishops will advise
that terms be made With the KINGDOM Of
Italy 50 that Sn appointments, even TO the
PopSd0u, may be confessed without des-
TRACTION OF nationality. but such change of
policy, although desirable, Is improbable AZ
present, and must be LEFT to time and the
force Of events, The Council does not have
initiative with respect 70 syllabus: II would
De absurd 10 think that the syllabus viii be
sbroSSteG; it is more than probable that the
Bishops will be asked 10 sanction il by opeu
and unanimous adhesion and 10 explain sach
portiors a. Sre Ohscurely wOraed or erro-
neously intercepted; beyOnd these points
the Council will ouly be occupied with ones
tons Of internal discipline, such as the re-
form Of the missions. reunion Of schiSmatics
and heritics with the Church. notifications
Of the religious orders, ameiiorstion Of in
siruetioRs 10 the clergy, and adaptation Of
the i1diesl power Of TIE Bishops 10 the eOu-
GitiOn of society. II Is important 20 observe
thai the initiative in everything belongs 10
the Pope alone, As the Roman CsthOIic hisr-
srchy Is strongly and juGieiously constituted
i Is improbable that any serious opposition
will be manifested
MERIDA. (YucAtanl October 20, rio HAvA-
"a. November S.-A disastrous innundation
hSs oeeurred in this vicinity, causing heavy
less Of property and number Of lives The
town Of Multunipue vas completely destroyed
The eenstry Was washed away and many
eorpses and skeletons were found floating in
the water. The roads in the country are i'm
passAble on account Of heAvy rocks lodged on
the highway by the currents. The aood at
last accounts was decreasing.
TEs Panama SsGr says: A letter from Quito
gives information that that city Was visited on
the lSih September By slight shock Of earth
quake, which was felt with greater severity At
other places IN the interior, not, however. oe-
eaziOning any loss or damage. A lunar rain
bow Of immense proportion, and peculiar dis
6nesness and beauty, and which was visible
about SIX minutes. was seen in Quito on the
night Of the 2lst ult-
With respect to North Peru. the Gusnape
Islands are becoming more important and
worthy Of interest every month. feet Of
l5o Of the susSt vessels afoat are now at these
Islands Departures and arrivals take place
daily Great activity i displayed in loading.
and AZ the present time $4,000 tons of the pre-
eiOus manure is being shipped weekly. making
more than $4,000 tons Per aunum, the freight
on which amounts to about - 400 coo, really
= great boon 70 the shipping interest. Al
th01gh the quantity seems someEhatenormous.
yet the shipments are even now daily inereAs-
ing, requiring new e1ertions on the part Of
M Harris, Jr., Engineer, in the erection Of
rev shoots and tramwzys. The Government I
have wisely iutsriietsd Of late the sale Of spi-
rituous liquors. hitherto a gre4; detriment to 1
the place Is being productive Of { ghts and dis
turoNneG< amongst the sailors
Tue volcano OF Perez, in the interior Of 4
Colombia, hiss had s violent eruption. and 4
two or three villages are reported DESTROYED. 1
with all the Inhabitants Soon after the 1
eruption, the river Congo, at the town Of /
Poplar, fifteen miles from the volcano. rose /
quite high, and quantities Of lava foated 1
,hickly by, streHn with the dead bodies of /
the people. The next day the river was quite /
DRY.
A slight shock of earthquake occurred at /
EqUito, Ecuador, on the 18th of September. |
but did no damage
A private cable despatch says that on Oct I
ober 9Th there was severe earthquake at .
Manila, and all the houses were shaken and 4
some Of the city walls fell. There were 4
nzuy accidents, but no Europeans are repor- /
ted killed