Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-05-14

having been drifted in northeasterly current
from WranQle Land over toward Cape Joseph
Henry. The Navy Department has accepted his
offer.
NEW YoRK, April 1Gth.A French publication
styled the lie Correspondence, states that it has
authority for declaring that no terms of peace
imposed by Chile on Peru, such az was recently
published, have been brought TO the notice of the
American Government by NJ. Asia Burnaga and
Marcal Martinez, who recently presented TO the
President his credentials of Minister of Chile.
Those conditions were published in the Valparaiso
Mercurto, not even as If reported by Its CORE
spondent at the seat of but an extract from
letter written by simple officer of the victorious
army to a friend at Valparaiso, by whom 1t was
communicated to the Chilean organ. The letter
merely said that it the desire Of the army that
such conditions should be imposed upon Peru
and that was all.
NEW YoRK, April 19th.-The Times on the Tam
many election says The Kelly ticket for
Sachems was elected by fifty votes. When
Kelly's supremacy in the party Is {, be contested
some other field of action than Iammany Hall
must be selected. As a mere question of loss and
gain we do not know that polital affairs would
have gained ANYTHING by the substitution of say
Judge Donohue for John Kelly, and there seems
to be particular reason TO doubt that the Tam
many Society IL the best judge of the kind of men
who ought 10 rule it. From Republican stand
point the perpetuation of kellys power IS any
thing but a misfortune.
The Herald says: The manner in which the
" Boss" Kelly majority was secured adds another
chapter to the disgraceful record of the leaders OF
Tammany in years past. The hall was packed by
a disreputable dodge with the helpers of the
"Boss," who at an early hour created scfim-
mage, which was made to serve as an excuse for
bringing iii the police, contrary to all the usages
of the Society
The Tribune says; From Republican point of
| view, the result of last nights elections would
seem to be fortunate, inasmuch as it insures the
| continuance of the Democratic quarrels.
! BERLIN, April 1Sth.--The Gar has counter
manded his orders for the erection of additional
| fortresses on the German frontier.
New York, April Ioth.-A Washington special
| to the Commercial Bulletin, usually well informed
| says that President Garfield told n Senator to-
day that unless the deadlock in the Senate was
broken this week, he would call an extra session
| of Congress on Saturday, to convene within
| reasonable time
LONDON, April 15th.-Gladstone writes that thu
! Government will not adopt any apologize ton,
in the coming debate on the Transvaal question
| 1t WAS, he says, question of saving England
from sheer blood. guiltiness.
WASHINGTON, April 1sth.-Secretary Lincoln il
said to have more visitors than any other mem
Der of the Cabinet His list is swollen by troop
of colored people, who call in simply to shak,
hands with the son of the man who issued thu
" Emancipation Proclamation"
OMAHA, April 1sth-The Missouri River is agaii
rising. 1t has risen at this point about two and
half feet since yesterday morning, and is begin
ming again to overflow bottom lands in this vicin
ty. 1t is believed that the rise is caused by thu
warm weather of the last three days, melting thu
| snow In northern Nebraska ana northern Iowa
and that the tributary streams are running owe
their banks. The report from Sioux city Is tina
the river has risen there three feet since las
night, and is still rising. There report
from Yankton The river is not high at For
Suny or Logan Valley. The northern part o
Nebraska is being inundated by the sudden ris
of Logan River.
Steps being taken in Omaha to send relic
to sufferers from the floods in Northern Nebraska
and Dakota. Finance Committee to-day raise
nearly $1,000 cash, of which amount Samuel j
Tilden contributed $3.50 by telegram. The Com
miltee expect to double the amount already raised