The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-12-20
FOREIGN NEWS.
Per W. H. Meyer, Dec. IL.

NFw YORK, November 24th.-An evening pa
per says; General Grant has written TO Ad-
miral Anmen that he will meet parties interested
in an inter-oceanic canal December 18th, In Phil
adelphia, and decide the question Of the accept
ance Of the Presidency.
The Hicaraguan Minister left here this morning
for Washington. and says he will meet Grant IN
Philadelphia early in December. Ammen has
assurances that If $2O, 900 900 Of stock can be
sold in the United States, the balance Of 500,
600 900 can be obtained in France without going
to England for the money French capitalists
desire the control to be kept In that nation.
BosroN, November 25th.-The announcement
IL made OF the policy Of the Roman Catholic
Church in New England toward the Public
Schools. The Archbishop, following the advice
or the Pope to a European Bishop, has directed
all priests in the Archdiocese OF New England to
at once establish parochial schools, and threatens
parents who refuse to patrOnize them with the
terrors Of the Church. In locations where the
influence of the Public Schools is thought To be
particularly injurious to the Catholic youth,
priests are instructed to withdraw children at
once, even if there be no parochial schools in the
vicinity.
WAsHISGroS, November 25th.-The sky yes
terday ut sunset was without a cloud from the
Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. This is shewn to
be the case by maps on exhibition at the signal
Office.
NEw YORK, November 25th.-The Times says:
The Professor of the Chinese language, who was
appointed by the Faculty of Harvard University n
few months since, has not had much OF an oppOr-
tunity to exhibit bis skill as a teacher, for thus
far no one has shown-a desire to acquaint himself
with this curious and elaborate language. One
reason for this is found in the time and study re-
duired to obtain even q superficial knowledge OF
a single dialect, and as there are five OF these,
and as the written language is quite different
from the spoken ones, the student who thinks
that he may have the use of the knowledge OF
Chinese may be excused for doubling whether
his energies will be well employed in learning to
sneak that which the ordinary Chinese laundry
men will not in the least understand. The Ian
Ruage which the Professor proposes to impart a
knowledge Of IL the Mandarin Chinese, the dia-
Iect Of the Court, teachers and scholars, but to
the great mass OF the inhabitants, and to many
Of the upper mercantile class it is as incOmpre-
hensible as English
WASHINGTON, November 25th.-It is reported
to-day, on unofficial authority, that the President
when Congress convenes, viii nominate JnO-
Morton, now Consul at Honolulu. to be Collect
or Of Internal Revenue at San Francisco Tor the
First Congressional District. There is official au-
thoriey for stating, however. that that the ques-
ton Of the selection Of Collector Higby's success
or will be left open unit. the California delega-
tion arrives
Garfield thinks the Republicans will have an
easy time in the coming session. He says We
can say to the DemOcrats {" G~entleman, we are
here primarily as spectators and critics. This Is
YOUR funeral, and we are here merely to see the
show. Unless it becomes necessary for US to
participate We shall not have much to say
The excess Of the value Of exports over imports
of merchandise, for October, was $4,000 SIS,
the largest in the history Of the country. The
excess Of imports Of gold and silver into the coun-
try over exports, from July 18th to November
ODD. amounted to about sos, OOO, 900.
PAnrs, Nov. "A telegram received here an
nounces that q battle has taken place at lquique,
between the Allied and Chilean armies. The
former was defeated.
The Peruvian corvette PiLconIGyo has been cap
tured by the Chileans-
Ioxpoy. Nov. 25.-A dispatch from Dublin to
the Times says: While Irish agitatoIs tell the
nnblic they are engaged in a legal and constItu-
tionaI agitation, and ostensibly advise people to