The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-03-19

with regard TO the Cuban cause. He represents
the Cuban army as consisting of 10000 men, but
says they need arms. He says they will succeed
whether aided or not.
The steamer from Brazil brought back to this
country yesterday a cargo of eX-Confederates who
went, after the close of the war, to settle in Brazil.
Alter suffering terrible privations. they were
shipped home by the Imperial Government.
Several companies Of Southern emigrants who
located in other parts of Brazil are doing well.
and will remain.
The World having asserted that Greeley sought
refuge under the table and windows OF a restaurant
during the July riots, the Tribune pronounces the
author :" A LARA gracelesS, shameless, VilIainous,
detestable liar"
Private letters from Madrid say the Spanish
authorities will sell Cuba to the United States for
$50, 0O0, 900 in gold, but the present temper OF the
Spanish people precludes negotiations for this
object.
Governor Seward and party have arrived at
Baltimore in the steamer Cuba, from Havana. The
ex-Secretary is in excellent health and spirits.
This is the coolest day of the season.
The Saget and Peralta plantations. in Sagua
district III Cuba, have been fred and destroyed by
rebels.
CINCINNATI. Feb. l5.-The Judges of the Superior
Court have rendered their decision in the case
involving the reading of the Bible i'm public
schools. The action was to dissolve an injunction
heretofore granted. restraining the operation Of
the resolution of the School Board providing that
the reading of the Bible and all religious instruc-
ton in public schools shall not be permitted.
Judge Hogans held that the provisions of the Con-
stitution recognized the religion of Christianity.
and acknowledged that religion and morality We're
necessary to good Government that the State
used religion as a means to promote good Govern
ment, and therefore the exclusion of all religious
instruction from public schools was contrary TO the
provisions of the Bill of Rights. Judge Storer
concurred, and the injunction was made perpetual.
Judge Taft dissented.
BosToN. Feb. 26.-The cable dispatches state
a. - H--.s- 49,
Of Minister Burlingame in connection with mem
bers of the Chinese Embassy. The body is To be
embalmed and lie in state at the American lega-
ton, and finally to be sent TO America in charge of
representatives of both China and the United States.
Negotiations commenced with the Gar of Russia
will be completed by the Embassy. aud they then
return to China. 1t is understood, that Mr.. Bur-
lingame caught a heavy cold which eliminated in
a cOngestive chill, resulting in his death.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The Supreme Court of
the United States to-day, in a case involving the
validity of a divorce granted in Indiana, held that,
being valid by law in that State, under the Con-
stitution OF the United States it must prevail in
every portion of the country.
CHICAGO, Feb. 25.-The Minnesota Senate yes
terday. by a vote of IL to 9, passed the House bill
to provide for the submission of an amendment 10
the State Constitution allowing women the suffrage.
The bill provides for taking in separate boxes the
votes OF women on the amendment. The Governor
will probably sign the bill.
Cuba.
Information to the State Department shows that
the Cuban instruction is continually growing
weaker. The latest letter from Minister Sickles
says that Prim and other Spanish leaders state
that they are ready TO sell Cuba. but cannot now
proceed in the matter because the Spanish people
are opposed to the sale on any terms.
The details of an important battle at Nina de
Juan Rodejuce between Jordan and Pueblo, on
New Years day, have been received. According
to the intelligence, gathered purely from American
and Spanish sources, the victory of the Cubans
was the most COmDlete and decisive of the war
The battle was fought at the point above-named-
one of the approaches to Guaymaro, the, Cuban
seat of Government. 1t lasted all day, ard ended
with the retreat of Pueblo, after a total loss Of
l 200 to 1,G00 killed. wounded and prisoners. The
Cubans pursued and harassed the flying enemy
until the latter reached Arroyo HOndo, where
Pueblo intrenched himself and stood a siege of
Gfteen days, suffering great privations, and killing
horses and mules for food.
WASHINGTON. Feb. s2.-PhiIlips, United States
Consul at Santiago, Cuba, writes. January Sd. that
political affairs are deplOrable. Valmazeda aspires
to the position of Captain General of the island.
and in order to increase his popularity among the
bloOd-craving CatalOnians who are operating in
behalf, both on the island and In Spain, he
gives imperative orders to make this a war of ex-
termination and we daily hear of peaceful citizens,
in the country, being assassinated by
modified Spanish troops. The Instruction, says
Phillips, continues in full force. 1t is estimated
fifty per cent. of the Spanish volunteers are
disabled from sickness, and the hospitals are full
and OVERLOOKING. II is generally known and adj
by liberal minded Spanish officers that it is
impossible to suppress the instruction.
Hayti.
New YORK, March 2-Advices have been re-
ceived from San Domingo that the Dominican Re-
has formally declared for annexation to the
United States. The vote being taken by the Gov
shows an overwhelming majority in favor
Of it.
New YORK. March 2-The Worlds Port-au-
Prince correspondent says Admiral Porter. COM
handing the United States North Atlantic squadron.
entered that harbor February 9th, with the flag
SeUern and the ironclad Dictator. Upon land
ng he bad an interview with the Haytien authori-
les and announced that the United States had
ormed an alliance with President Baez OF San
He had been sent to say that any aid
:iven Cabral would be considered an act of hos
ility towards the United States, and would provoke
in return.
The United States Government has determined
;abral. and he had been sent to these waters with
x%ecuticn, and he would carry ont his Instructions.
This menace created much excitement in Hayti,
md is regarded in some quarters as an act of war.
The Admiral, after the interview, steamed off to
Haytien. The Haytiens assert the English
'essels are conveying support to Cabral, with the
of the Admiral, and that if Admiral
'orter is consistent in warning off all sympathiZers
With Cabral. it will necessarily cause a conflict
the British in those waters.
European.
England.