The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-06-14

ult-, and by the steamer australia, on Monday,
Geographic dates to the 24th.
American.
NEW YORK, May l9.-Adyices from General
Grant represent u very anxious feeling through
Asia respecting the restrictions on Chinese emf
grants TO America. Grants response to an ad-
dress Of Chinese merchants at Penang, 10 which
they ask him to exert his . powerful influence in
their behalf TO advocate the removal Of those re-
s~trictiOns and thus restore the intercourse
between the two nations to its former footin9,''
was n very decided Temonstrance against the
contract system winch he declared to be slavery.
"On that point, y he said, - Americans would
naturally feel strongly. IL was in order to free
one race from slavery that we fought a long war.
After the terrible sacrifices made during the war
to free the negro, it could not be expected that
Americans would consent TO the revival Of another
form Of slavery in which the Chinaman was the
victim. He said this was the objection on the
part Of the Americans to Chinese emigration. In
other respects they had none but the kindest
feelings toward the Chinese people, and would
extend to them if they choose to make their
home with u the welcome they extend to the
rest Of the world In his address he does not
once allude to the prejudice against cheap labor,
nor TO the peculiar sentiments Of California. He
did not doubt, and no one could. that in the
end, no matter what agitation might for u time
elect at home, the American people would treat
the Chinese with kindness and justice, and not
deny TO the free and deserving people OF the
country the asylum they offer to the rest Of the
world.
NEw YoRK, AIay 2O-Tbe Inter-Ocaanic Canal
Congress in Paris u Attracting much newspaper
attention. \ Herald special cable to-day saIs:
Judging from the general tone OF the discussion
and what 1 hear outside, the Wyse-Panama route
- the one likely to be adopted. Indeed, many
said TO me before the Congress met, that the ac-
ceptance OF this route was q ~iOregone conclusion.
Whether this be true OF not. I never certainly saw
any Convention OF the kind so thoroughly pre-
pared, for many OF these speeches were printed
and circulated before spoken from the rostrum.
"A decision Will probably be reached on Friday.
The Times thinks the Congress deeply in earn
est, composed OF men whose minds are already
made up as to the feasibility OF the canal.
The question with them is not 's shall IL be
done" but when and where ? The choice of the
congress appears at this moment to be between
the San Bias route, with its enormous tunnel, and
the Nicaragua with Its long succession Of locks on
both sides OF the lake.
NEW YoRK, May 20.-Tbe Herald saws In
nearly every letter that Gen. Grant sends to Rev.
Dr. Newman, he speaks of the rest and ENJOYMENT
no has in his travels, and in two or three recent
communications, referring to certain Newspaper
clippings sent TO him, he said he had no desire to
enter public life again that he had served his
country TO the best of his ability for nearly six
teen years, and he thinks the people ought to
release him from any further claim on his service.
The doctor disclaimed any political significance
attaching to the proposed reception to Grant on
his arrival IN San Francisco. lie has been waited
on Dy q committees 70 give tuFIce ana take part
in the reception. The only motive in tho minds
of the movers was to honor the foremost Ameri-
can citizen in his own country.
NEW YoRK, May I6.-The World has the fol-
lowing editorial The work OF ruin has begun
along the Pacific Coast. From Panama to-day
we have the news Of the bombardment of three
Peruvian ports. At one Of these. Mollendo, a
creation of the great railway king, Meiggs, which
has suppIantcd Islay, as the port of Arequiba,
and the region beyond. stretching to Lake Tit
caca and Bolivia, Chilean men-oEwar seem TO
have destroyed extensive railroad works. Inqui-
que was the centre of the Peruvian nitrate
commerce., and there, as well as at MOlIendo and
at Pisaqua, the energy of recent years had es-
tablished those railway communication with the
interior which are to Peru what navIgable rivers
are to other countries. We can sec no reason
why the Government Of the United States should
not make an effort at least to intervene in this
dismal South American conflict before il becomes
hOpIessly envenOmed, as an impartial friend and
umpire. We have sent out an American Ad-
miraI to sit as Yice-President Of the Congress of
the Isthmian Canalizers in Paris, and certainly
il is as important for us to prevent the people of
Pacific South America from putting back their
own prosperity hall n century as it Is to find out
Il new and short cut for our yet almost non
existent mme with them.
New YORK, May 2l.-A Herald special dated
Valparaiso, April 10th, via Rio Janeiro, April
10th, says The Chilean gunboat MgodH0ncs
was attacked by the Peruvian corvette Union,
ElEFNAnZ NEEAN0 ECNChAy Ou14CE au0 u CECW
Of 400 men, assisted by the Pelcotcdyo, Carrying
two seventy-pouuders and four forty-pounder
guns. The engagement took place at the mouth
Of the river Loa, forming the harbOr to the port
Of the same name. This river forms the bound
airy line, near the coast, between Bolivia and
Peru. The two Peruvian vessels fired $50 shots
ut the MggaLIoRes. which fred 40 shells and solid
shot in return. The firing Of the Peruvians was
very wild, the MagaH0Hes only being struck once
and that by a ricochet shot. The Union then
stopped firing and escaped with the PeLcotrGyo,
which was badly damaged. The Chilean iron
clad AbliraHte C0chraHe has gone in pursuit.
Senator Farley on Friday re-introducod the bill
fr the relief Of General John a. Suffer-, which
has failed to receive final action in several pre-
ceding Congresses. IL proposes to pay him
$50, 900 dollars IN consideration Of his equities
under the Sobrante grant, made to hun by
MieheltOreuO in 1915 his service in the acdui-
sition and development Of California. his
generous aid to immigrants, and tho losses sus-
tanned by him for want Of established law and
proper protection
TIE DEsOLATION OF MALARA.-Why are so
many charming spots for summer homes left,
wear after year, unimprOved? Why are 50 many
families moving back at the beginning OF the hot
season to the city. and so many other families
anxious to follow them? Why? MaLarid. That
Il why. That is the blight that hangs over our
Ioyeliest suburbs, killing off the residents, and
killing the would-be residents. Wea 7 glad to
note the multiplying signs that tho persons who
have the most at stake are beginning to wake up
to the importance Of an intelligent, united and
persevering effort to get rid Of this invisible
enemy that walks In darkness and wastes at the
nooudly.-N. Y. Sun.
LONDON, May 24-An %insurgenl rising is re-
ported IN seven Turkish Provinces interested IN
the rectifcatiOn Of the Greek frontier. The
Thessalian insurgents met the Turkish troops and
were victorious. The latter lest $50 men.
LONDON, May 24.-The Times, in a leading
article, announces that England guarantees the
Amir of Afghanistan a large annual sum, con-
tingent upon strict execution of the treaty.
LONDON, MAY 22-Ihe Chancellor of the Ex-
eheauer, in reply to a question, said the British
Government were still urging upon the Turkish
Government to accept the Greek frontier, as
recommended by the Congress OF Berlin.