The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1881-12-31

to distant dependencies as England has done
should recognize the right u the United States
u be ma,ter- u the canal, II being the highway
from one part ~ the states 10 another. His OBJ
lection % Is joint guarantee Of neutrality by the
States and European powers Is short and TO the
point, VIZ the right 20 assent implies The
right 10 dissent. The recent appointment Of
Freyingheusen IL Blaine's ste. d and the guarded
tone q the Presidential message on this subject
are accepted by the English press as a token
that the President is not IN entire accord with
Blsine's S~preai-Eagleism. The San Fran
cisco Chrontels saws on this subject There
u nothing present or II sight IN our relations
with Great Britain 10 demand the abrogaton Of
the ClaytOu-Bulwer Treaty. In fact, when the
people Of the United States come 70 q thorough
understanding Of that treaty they Will demand
its retention and full enforcement. To abrogate
II would not prevent England from using her
naval power to blockade the canal in case Of
war with US. Il would invite her 10 do so, by
releasing her from the obligation Of the second
article, which binds her not to DO It. -
There had been some very lively debates in
the u. ). Senate on the subject of Civil Service
Reform. Voorhees, of Indianaintroduced a resolu-
ton which proposes an amendment TO the
Constitution, providing that all Postmasters,
Revenue Collectors, Judges, Marshals and
| United States District Attorneys for the District
Courts Of the United States shall be elected by
the people Of the State il which their duties ara
performed, and in such manner Is the Legisla-
lures Of the States shall provide.
Senator Miller had introduced his Nicaragua
canal bill. 1t provides for a guarantee of 3 per
cent 10 the company by the United States for 20
years after completion Of the canal. The pro-
posed maximum capital Is 100000, 600.
From Ireland the news received from day to
day has q mOnOtOnOus sameness. A consider
able seizure Of arms and ammunition was made
in Dublin on the 18th inst. and another at
Limerick. The police had been specially in
structed that the proclamation against the Land
League extends to lady members and the last
telegram from Dublin says that a prison Is being
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rests Of ladies who have taken lately a promin-
ent part as Leaguers. A telegram dated Dublin
10Th December says: . The organization against
the payment of rents is becoming still more
formidable. 1t Is regarded Us much of a crime
to go into the Land Court as to pay rent. A list
Of persons who have been served with notices
and those suspected of paying rents are posted
ut the chapel and other places where they can
DE seen, and although the Police.tear them down,
they are soon posted again.
His Royal Highness Prince Leopold, youngest
son OF Her Majesty Queen Victoria, Is betrothed
TO the Princess Helene Waldeck.
In the German Reichstag the measures OF the
Government have lately repeatedly been de-
feated. The last press telegram from Berlin
says Rumors Of the approaching dissolution
Of the Reichstag are considered to have been
strengthened by an article in the North German
Gazette which points out the attitude of the
Reichstng since the opening has been interpreted
throughout Europe as n symptom of the decay
Of German unity. 1t says In Offering their
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Princes intended that Germany should be under
the leadership Of a Prussiau. but not that she
should submit herself 70 shifting majorities in
the Reichstag. German professors and pro-
yincials who once destroyed German unity by a
disregard of the monarchial dynasty, would do
the same again, If allowed. 1t is, therefore, the
duty Of the nation to utter n timely protest"
Trouble AT PANAMA.-Panama, December 10.
There Is much excitement in Panama on ac-
count Of the measures taken by the principal
foreign merchants in opposition to the proposed
increase in the commercial tax. The Govern
ment is very obstinate, and it is feared unless
a compromise is effected that there will be lively
times here IN the next few weeks.
From Russia the news continues to be of the
most dismal character. \ fourth person i'm
plicated in the assassination of the late Emperor
IS now in custody. This man, Emilianoff states
that on the 18th of March they walked into the
quay of the canal without sighting a single po-
hceman. When the second bomb burst under the
Emperor's feet, and he fell bleeding profusely, a
man of the people rushed up, looked him Ill the
face, caught the dying Sovereign in his right
arm, ami held him until other help came. This
man was Emilianoff. Under his left arm he had
all the time a bomb, similar to that used by the
assassin. The prosecutor asked: And had he
the bomb there and them" Yes said Emf
lianoff in his written testimony; at was L who
was first to assist the Emperor to get into the
sledge. None of your police hounds dared to
come near him until I took him in my arms.
When We had seen the Emperor driven of, and
expiring, we returned to our lodging, con-
graduating ourselves on the days work.
The Emperor has found out who has placed
the threatening letters and pr~oclamations IN his
prayer-book and pocket handkerchiefs. During
the last three weeks he set a watch in his room,
and caught a woman who had been in the service
Of the Empress for the last eight years. She
was in the act of placing the letter in his prayer
book. This letter reminds the Emperor that he
has only a few weeks of life before him. The
woman wept and declared she had done this out
of gratitude, and with a conviction that she was
averting a catastrophe to the sovereign whom
she loved so well. Nevertheless she refused to
give the name of the man who supplied her
with the letters and proclamations.
Clerical journals published in Rome repeat
the statements that the question of the Pope's
departure is seriously mooted. 1t Is said that
his Holiness has consulted the Bishops who
came to Rome to attend the recent canonizing
eremOny but this has been contradicted by one
Of these prelates who says that the Pope's re-
ticence on the subject particularly struck them.
The following late kilograms are of interst
Mas. LINCOLN BLISD.-Chicago, December II.
Letters from Mrs. Abraham Lincoln TO her
friends in this city convey the sad news that the
afflicted lady HAS completely lost the use of her
eyesight. She Is unable to write and her letters
are written at di~ctatiOn, by an attendant. She
does not say what caused this new trouble, noT
how serious it may be expected 10 prove. Mrs.
Lincoln says her eyes are so weak that she can
not see. Beyond that fact nothing more Is
known Of her condition. No trouble has even
been experienced heretofore by Mrs. Lincoln
with her eyes. She has been accustomed to sit
ting in a dark room, which may have caused the
weakness. No mention of ler general health
was made, except that she is very weak.
BALLOON ACCIDEST.-LOndon, December IL
4 Government ballon in charge Of Captain TEN
pier, accompanied by Walter Powell, NJ. p. fol
Malmesbury, and a Mr.. GardnerS assembled yes
terday and descended at Bridgeport. The bal
loon struck the ground heavily and Gardener
and Captain Templer were thrown ont and IN
jured. The balloon rose with power and was
seen again to descend into the sea. Nothing
has since been seen or heard Of the balloon OF
Powell.
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