The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-06-08
NINETEEN DAYS LATER!
Arrival of the "Queen Emma -
and S. lIOhOngO.n

The Hawaiian bark Queen Emma, Captain III. Is.
Burns, arrived on%Sunday last, lG days from San
Francisco, and the steamer MohongO, Captain Z.
Wakeman, on Monday, 9 days and IL hours from
San Francisco. with dates from that city to the oath.
1t will be remembered that the Queen Emma and
the brig Hesperian left this port together on the
22d ult., for San Francisco, and some interest was
felt in the race over of these two pretty evenly
matched vessels. Contrary to the expressed pre-
dictions of some, the Queen Emma beat her antagO-
mist, making the passage over in IL days. while the
Hesperian was rs hours behind her. We are in
debLed t. Capt. Burns and PursCr Clark for full
files OF late papers.
The principal topic of general interest continues
TO be the controversy between the Governments of
England aud the United States respecting the indi-
rect claims growing out of the Alabama case. The
correspondence between Fish and Granville is
published in the New York papers OF the 18th, is
very voluminOus, and plainly enough indicates the
earnest desire of both governments to come to an
amicable settlement Of the questions. The CORE
spOndcncc concludes with the proposition by
Granville Of 4 supplementary article TO the treaty
of Washington. which seems 20 have been suggested
in a Telegram OF the 7th ult, from Secretary Fish
to Minister Schcnck, in the following terms:
The President is anxious to exhaust all proper
efforts TO reach a settlement OF tire important ques-
tions and vast interests of the two States. submitted
to the Tribunal OF Arbitration, if it can be done
without any sacrifice OF the principles and consist
emily with the dignity and honor of the Govern
ment. He will therefore be willing TO consider and,
if possible, will present for the consideration OF the
Senate, any new article which may be proposed by
the British Government which, while IL settles
principles involved in the present action on what
are called indirect claims, will remove the differ
enee which has arisen between the two Govern
ments in their construction of the treaty"
This proposed! article has been submitted by
President Grant to the Senate, and at last dates
was being considered by its Committee on Foreign
Affairs. The leading English journals were ex-
pressing the hope that the Senate will approve of
the proposition, and il is declared that il tie treaty
fails the Gladstone ministry will probably resign.
Small poX was raging in New York.
The CaTlist insuTrectiOn i'm Spain is reported 10
have been crushed, and that Don Carlos had fed 10
the mountains, but the next news may contradict
all this.
The Emperor of Germany had gone TO Ems for
the benefit of the waters, and bismarck had retired
10 bis estate Ito recruit his health.D In conse-
quence, some new move on the political chessboard
of Europe is prophesied. 1t is sad that something
always follows when Bismarck gets sick.
BY way OF London we learn that telegraphic adj
vices from Australia state that heavy floods, which
caused terrible loss o; life, have occurred at Mel
bourne. Four hundred persons were drowned and
the growing crops were greatly damaged.
The NOhoRgO on Monday morning brought us
seven days later papers, but nothing startling in
the way OF news.
The d. C. Murray hence May 2, arrived at San
Francisco Oh the 2lst, I9 days passage.
= The Mohongo hence May 9, arrived on the 22d.
u days and 20 hours passage.
NEW YORK, May PA London special says the
English papers continue to discuss the Treaty of
Washington with undiminished interest. Editorials
are generally inspired by a desire TO prevent a fail
ure of the arbitration and to save the treaty. An
article in the Pail Mall Gazette says the whole drift
of feeling in England justides it in saying that the
worst thing to do with the treaty is to save it. Saving
the treaty means offence and humiliation to Amer
lea or England, or both nations. 1t means a re-
newal and not an abatement of the i'll feeling it was
intended to allay. How to save the treaty means
who shall eat the leek, or whether means cannot be
invented whereby both parties shall agree TO eatit
in each others presence. The American papers
appear to exclaim against the adoption Of the sup
Elementary article. Here there is only one opinion
that its acceptance would be discreditable and dan
gerOus to both. People will be paci6ed and con-
tent at once il the treaty and the articles connected
Herewith were dropped as an irredeemable blunder,
for which the Government are alone to blame.
That is the proper fate of the treaty, and the only
sale and peaceful way of disposing of it.
Paris journals generally consider that the debates
of the Assembly on Tuesday and Wednesday in
ficted a crushing blow on the hopes of the friends
of the Empire.
1t is understood that the party of the Left, after
the close Of the impending trial of Bazainc, de-
manded the impeachment of the members of the
last ministry under the Empire.
Theirs has given permission for the rel oval of
the remains of Louis Philippe from England. and
their inteIment at Dreux, Department Of the Eure
ct Loire.
Letters from Aleppo give a distressing picture of
the state of affairs at Antioch. The town is a mere
heap of ruins and as the shocks of earthquake still
continue, and the soil is quivering with volcanic
movements all around, the people are afraid to ap-
proach the site to remove the large number Of un-
buried dead.
HAVANA, May 23-Tbe continued dry weather
has increased the sugar crop eight per cent.
The nomination for the Presidency, by the Lib
eral Republican Convention. at Cincinnati. OF
Horace Greeley, the well-known political writer,
etc, editor and proprietor of the New York Tri-
pune TOOK the country by surprise. 1t ROW seems,
however, as though the contest will, in reality, be
narrowed TO one between Grant and Greeley.