The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-05-14

Ntlb ne miOlS thiHR sS ~ hASA Jpf u
sent that the schemers have bought up all the
valuable territory. which, in the event OF anneXa-
ton, would be necessary for fortlHcatlOns anu
warehouses. The election is represented as u
farce. No such thing as Il vote by ballot is known
Voters are brought up by force, and compelled To
vote in a certain way. 1.-THE forts, arsenals, ana
navy" described in the treaty. are myths: The
debt. as we learn from another source, will not
fall much short of $2O,OOO.OOO.
New YORK. April "a letter from the Darien
expedition states that by the arrival OF INDIANS
from both sides of the bay. they were assured mat
they would not he molested. and their friendship
was secured. Washington river was explored IL
mile from the mouth. when the boats found 1t I'M
possible to proceed further, and returned but IL
was decided TO commence the survey about TIRE"
hundred yards from the mouth OF the river. Con
sequently, Captain Seliridge, accompanied by
other officers and sixty-four marines. started by
way of Caledonia river TO reach the head waters
of Savannah river. and returned on the I'd of
March. They passed over Lieutenant Strains
route for n very considerable distance, following
Caledonia river TO the foot of the last range OF the
COrdilleras that divide the Caribbean sea from tn"
PaciHc slope, and then crossed the mountains to
the western slope. They had an interview with
the Indian chief. and then returned. 1t was n
successful trip. demonstrating that Caledonia river
has a rise of only fifty feet to the mountain spurs
and between that point and the plain Of Sucubli
river. on the Pacific sloue. and there is but one
half mile of higher elevation. II is believed the
surveys will prove the watershed between the
Caledonia and Sucubli rivers is not more than one
hundred and fifty feet.
Pack mules have been sent for TO Carthagena.
Surveyors are running a line TO the lowest of the
mountain passes, but the work is slow. owing to
the dense underground. The members of the ex-
petition are healthy. The Indians are friendly
but it is said the Indians on the Pacific slope are
not.
European.
ROME. April 1.-THE Archbishop Of Baltimore
has published a sharp reply to a recent letter of
the Bishop of Orleans.
The last chapter of the first scheme OF the infalli-
bility dogma will be voted upon to day. The OPP
ponents of the dogma will be required TO vote in
writing.
PARIS. April l2-Thirty persons have been ar
rested for trying 10 prevent the police from tearing
down the revolutionary placards.
LONDON, April l2.-Five thousand non-Conform-
list Ministers waited on Mr.. Gladstone. recently, TO
protest against the sectarian clause in the Educa-
Bill.
Capt. Falon publishes IA communication In the
Pail Mall Gazette. wherein he defends the officers of
Order in Council of Aug. 4. 1868, it is doubtful if
there is any rule Of the road at sea.
The Bombay Gazette says that at Agra, the Duke
Of Edinburgh asked if there was a lunatic asylum
in the place. He thanked heaven when he learned
that there was not, declaring that wherever such
an institution existed he was invariably taken TO il.
and found Welcome F" in large letters over the
door.
The International Exhibition in Vienna will take
place in 1873. The exhibition building will be
erected upon the Prater. The cost of the building
IS estimated at 100000 6orins the other expenses
200, 900 forms. The receipts are estimated at
3 $50, 900 forms. The remainder it is said, is 10 be
made up by the State. 1t is questionable whether
.he Government will do this.
LONDON. April l2.-The underwriters COM
nenced settling to-day for the steamer city Of Dos
on as a total loss.
LONDON, April I3.-The Pail Mall Gazette con-
y%Istulates Ashbury on the acceptance Of bis chal-
enge by the fleet Of American schooners instead OF
LONDON. April 13-ITighly important intelligence
'eceived from Rio JaneirO, via Lisbon. says Presi-
lent Lopez is dead. He was surrounded and re-
using to surrender was killed by a Brazilian lancer.
rhe mother, sister and children Of Lopez, together
with Madame Lynch, were captured. The COM
nander of the Brazilian troops who put this finish
ng stroke to war, has received from the Emperor
,he title of Viscount Geleta.
LONDON, April ia telegram from Pesth as
'erts that the Hungarian prelates in the Ecumeni-
cal Council who vote for the dogma of infallibility,
will be excluded from the upper chamber of that
diocese.
LoN6oN, April 1.-THE Nurchman says it has
good reason to believe that the Ministry will aban-
Ion the Education Bill.
The volunteers are focking TO Brighton in great
numbers for the annual review.
An ARRAY occurred to-day on the American ship
lying in Waterloo docks, in which Hawkins
killed by a messmate.
The English Parliament, now passing through
the tbroes OF reform, has agreed by a large majority
to permit the burial of d~issenters with their own
in the graVeyards OF the Established
Church. This in spite OF the undisguised anguish
of the conservative British mind. The chief argu-
ment against the measure was that the presence Of
the heterOdox corpse and the performance of an ir-
regular ritual would give a violent shock 70
churchmen." There ought to be no practical
trouble about this. A dlssenter possessing proper
self-respect would positively refuse to be Inferred
in a cemetery the owners or managers Of which
withheld the courtesy of sepulture or offered a
churlsh mortuary hospitality.
PARIS, April l4.-The Government will despatch
more troops to Nevers today, on account of the
continuance of the strike in Fourchambault, IL
small town in the neighborhood.
The Journal O6icieI contains a decree nominating
Segris as Minister of Finance, replacing Buffet;
NJ. Emile Olivier with the Secretaryship
Of Foreign Affairs al interim in place of Daru, and
Richard with that of Public Distinction al
interim.
ROME, April 4-Nearly COO Bishops voted for
he Constitute de Jide there were no votes in oppo-
iition.
Yesterday a number of Fathers abstained from
in the meeting Of the Ecumenical Council
when the vote on the Scheme against heterodoxy
vas taken others accompanied their votes with
declarations Of disapproval at the manner in which
he Scheme had been discoursed.
RoME.-The Times gives the following from the
roman frontier On Monday, the scheme OF infal-
Utility was distributed TO the members of the
;ouncil. 1t asserts that the church possesses SUI
and complete primary power, and that the
authority over the Universal Church was received
plenitude of power from the Lord himself by
Il. Peter, of whom the Pontif is successor. All
Of faith must be determined under that
lower, else the words Of the Lord TO Peter would
re meaningless. This is proved by the results in
he Apostolic Sees and Catholic nations, where that
doctrine has always been fully main
aimed. Consequently we inculcate it with the
of the Council, aud define it as u
logma OF faith.
That thanks to Divine assistance the Roman
'ontiff. of whom il is said in the person of Peter by
,hrist. " / have prayed for all, and cannoterr when
citing as the supreme teacher of all Christians.v
'he scheme defines what the church must hold
n faith and morals and that the prerogative of
'apal infallibility extends over matters 10 which
he infallibility of the church is applicable. II any
hould dare-which God forbid-tO controvert the
resent definition, let him know that he departs
rom the true faith.
On The 18th Of March Mr.. Dickens closed his
eadings in London. with the - Christmas Carol"
md the Trial from Pickwick." He made a few
at the close of the reading, and concluded
" saying: Ladies and gentlemen. in but two
hort weeks from this time / hope that you enter,