The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-09-09

the late Acts of Congress, authorizing him u
institute suit to obtain full damages tor the de
~struction and loss of the sloop-of-war Oneida, III
the Bav of Yedo, Japan, has had a conference
with the Attorney General, but no steps have
been taken towards instituting a suit, which must
be against the steamship company owning the
Bombay. There are several questions still un'
settled as to where the suit shall be brought.
Dorrence Attwater United States Consul for
Tahiti, left last night en- route for San Francisco
to his new post. He will be ~member Tor his
relations with Andersonville rebel prison In pre-.
serving the roll of our Federal prisoners VINO oieo
there.
NEw York. Aug. 16.-Adviees from Washing
ton state that no official dispatches have been re-
ceived concerning the Curean difficulty. and that
the accounts hitherto published are probably In
correct. The Chinese Eastern question may IN
volye war by the Western Nations with CHINA,
from which our Government cannot escape.
Other nations are interested in the Corean prob
lem as well as our own, but the United States
will not be likely TO make war against Corea with
cooperation of other Western powers.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 19.-The Secretary of the
Treasury has issued a circular to the Collectors of
Customs and Inspectors of Steam Vessels, calling
attention to the recent law of Congress relative
to steam vessels, and the rules lately adopted by
the Board of Supervising Inspectors, and e%nJoin-
ing upon them. the importance of prompt and
bLrlcG cOInpiiduC6 WIFI bne law anu Tue Tuiccs dnu
their Immediate PRONUNCIATION among those inter
ested.
Jacob Vanderbilt, President of the Staten Is
land Ferry Co., VIM. BREASTED, Superintendent,
and H.. Robinson, engineer, against whom the
Coroner's Jury returned a verdict of criminal
negligence in connection with the West6eld disas-
ter, were brought up before Coroner Keenan, this
morning and Ommitte to the Toombs prison, the
Coroner refusing to accept bail.
Nrxr Nopp Anv q A ToniS oOrraSnopdopt
under date July 9th, states that there is a prob
ability Of war between Egypt and Turkey, and
that the personal relations of the Khedive and
Sultan are far from being friendly. Some time
ago a revolt occurred at a village in Arabia, near
the Red Sea terminus of the Suez Canal, and to
suppress it 20, 900 troops were dispatched there by
order of the Sultan. There the troops remain,
and the Viceroy of Egypt, dreading the hazards
of war, seems unwilling to take steps which may
indicate his Willingness to accept the gauntlet
thus thrown down by Turkey. The surmise is
that Turkey, desiring to resist the encroachments
of Germany free transit through Egypt, which a
war might be likely to secure, in return for the
aid Germany might give Turkey in the Indies.
CONCORD IN. H., Aug. 20.-There was a
heavy frost on Mount Washington this morning,
the telegraph wires being covered to the size of a
mans arm, and were broken twice near the sum
nit.
BUFFALO, Aug. 20.-Two mammoth buildings
on Franklin Square, for the accommodation of the
International Industrial Exhibition, are complet-
ed, and connected with a skating rink.
LONDON. Aug. I3.-There was a meeting in Hyde
Park. to-day. to protest against the suppression of
the Phoenix Park meeting. in Dublin, on Sunday
last. 1t was an immense affair twenty thousand
people attended, and speeches were made from six
different stands. There were Communist and
American flags and banners, with the Irish harp
and suitable notices. Among the speakers were
Messrs. Brodey and other well-known Radicals.
The crowd was of a better class than usually
assemblies on such occasions it was orderly and
made few demonstrations of sympathy with the
speakers.
News from Mexico SAYS there was no election
for president by the people, and that the choice
will be made by congress.
Regular trains will begin to run through the
Mont Gents tunnel on September 18th, when there
will be a formal Inauguration.
CHoLERA.-This fearful epidemic is again ON its
march of death. 1t has. until recently. confined
itself to Russia. Now it is over the border. into
Germany and Poland, with a few cases reported at
Hull. in England. 1t was taken to Hull by Ger
man emigrants. en- route for America. This the
New York Herald considers by all odds the most
alarming aspect OF the case. 1t adds:
Loads of chOlera-stricken emigrants are prob
ably even now on their way to this country. 1t
behooves our authorities to take timely warning to
be on the alert. Let them be well prepared TO
grapple with this foe ere it can plant its clutches
upon our shore"
When the Russian American Telegraph is COM
pleted. the following feat will be possible: A tel
egram from Alaska tor New York. leaving Sitka.
at forty minutes past six on Monday morning.
would be received at Nicholaevsk, Siberia, at six
minutes past one on Tuesday morning at st.
Petersburg. Russia, at three minutes past four on
Monday afternoon and at New York at forty-siX
minutes past eleven on Monday after noon. Thus.
allowing twenty minutes for each r~etransmission,
message may start on the morning of one day. to
he rpPpIypd and transmitted Tho unvt 6av AGAIN !
and sent on the afternoon of the day it
starts. and finally reaches its destination on the
on the FIRST day, the whole taking place
in one hours time.