The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-02-12
LATE FOREIGN News
Telegraphic.

CITY OF MEXICO. Dec. 1O.--Seward and party
yesterday, were at Tlascala. visiting the historic
remains for which that place is celebrated. To-
morrow. they visit the monument of Cholua. and
will go next to OriZaba, where they will arrive on
the 23d. Minister Nelson accompanies the party
on this excursion. Seward sails from Vera Cruz
for Havana on the English steamer on January I'd
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-W,stern members are
greatly exercised over the proposed appOrtionment
under the Census Bill. Several are engaged in
preparing speeches showing the great inequality
between the Eastern and Western States in respect
to the number of voters and representatives The
discussion over Judd's bill will begin soon after
the r~eassembling of Congress, and a large number
of names are already on the Speakers slate to
speak for and against the bill. Hale of Maine
heads the list, and will make his maiden effort in
opposition to increasing the number of Represent
atives or making an apportionment in advance of
the completion of the census.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 3.-The Tribune's Washing
ton special says the POstmaster-Genera is asked
to furnish the Special Committee on Navigation
with the figures of the last two decades showing
the amounts paid to foreign steamship lines for the
conveyance of ocean mails also that paid to
American ships for the same period. The Depart
ment is now engaged in the preparation of sta
tistics to show that we have virtually been engaged
in the protection of British, French and German
lines instead of building our own.
NEW YORK, Jan. ia Havana letter of the
Sh says the Insurgents are again overrunning the
districts of BayamO and ManZanillo. The Span
iards express the belief that military operations
having been successful. the Cinco Villas District
will be entirely pacifed shortly.
HAVANA. Jan. lG.-The Gazette to-day publishes
dispatches from the interior, announcing the sur
render of the insurgents in large numbers. The
Spanish troops in the Central Department are on
the march TO attack the insurgents.
Hayden N~ews-SaIna Caught.
New YORK. Jan. 6.-POrt-au-Princ advices to
December 18th, state that the revOlutionists de-
shelter in the American Consulate, but were
compelled to taLe the back track and apologize By
British and French men-of-war summoned to his
assistance by our Consul.
Salnave has been caught on a schooner, while
endeavOring to escape to Cuba. by the revolution
lists war steamer, and was taken to POrt-au Prince
and imprisoned. The French and English COM
manders were assured that all prisoners will be
treated with consideration, and that there would
be no bloOdshed.
Great Temperance Movement.
WASHINGTON, Jan. I6.-The Congressional Tenn
perance Society held a meeting tonight at the
Metropolitan Methodist Episcopal Church. The
house was densely crowded with ladies and gentle
men. Senator Wilson presided. The Secretary
read the following recommendation 1.-THE So
ciety, believing that the lIabitual use of Intoxicating
liquors as beverages curses every man. woman.
and child, over ten years old. and that there are
i, 000, 900 of members of Christian churches. mill
ions of children in the Sabbath and public schools.
and millions of others who. it is believed. might
be persuaded to pledge their faith. truth and honor
wholly to abstain from the use of intoxicating
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several towns, townships. cities and wards. on the
I'D of February next, the birthday of Washington,
and unite in the organization of Union temperance
societies, based on a simple pledge of total absti-
hence and to adopt practicable measures to have
such pledge presented. From poverty, suffering
ard crime there is safety alone in total abstinence
and in the personal pledge and cooperative effort
to secure and maintain such abstinence. The Con-
gressional Temperance Society suggest and recon-
mend to ministers of churches and all temperance
organizations and humane philantbropists to hold
this meeting. The Society believes that if con-
cer:ed. vigorous and persistent effort is made to
that end. one third of the nation would, within a
few months. be pledged"
Senators Pomeroy, Wiley. Patterson, Bucking-
ham and Representatives WhitmOre and Ferry and
Vice President Colfax addressed the meeting.
Senator Wilson said it was proposed to hold
meetings every two weeks during the session of
Congress and churches will be procured for that
purpose.
Annexation League.
The New York Sun says that an American An
nexatiOn League has recently been formed in that
city, with the avowed purpose of procuring by
permission or force. the annexation to the United
States of all the countries and provinces OF North
America. and the islands along the coast. Their
motto is - The National safety of the United States