Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1881-03-26

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who will be connected in any way with the
public service under the new Administra-
ton. Evarts' family will remain here until |
the LIST of May. The Washington house
vacated by Mr.. Evarts will be taken by |
Senator Hill of Colorado.
Ex-Attornoy- General Devens will spend
the summer leisuroly, and in the fall hang
out his law single in Boston.
Ex-Secrotary Schurz is going to settle in
st. Louis, and devote much of his time to
his newspaper interests there.
Ex.Postmaster-G General Maynard is go
ing back to Tennessee, where he has some
property. He will look into politics down
there.
Ex-Secretary Ramsey will return to his
home in Minnesota, where he has much
property. He intends TO look after his own
business, and give politics a wide berth.
Ex-President Hayes, who has gone back
to Fremont, o., intends to live there
quietly.
Ex-Vice. President Wheeler, who has gone
TO Florida for some weeks, will, after his
return, make long visit TO Europe. He
has n competency, and has withdrawn alto
gether from the political world.
WASHINGTON, March 9th.-Tho Treasury
officials estimate the surplus revenue for
the remaining four months Of the present
fiscal year at sd, 100000. The sinking
fund will require S3,000,000 to complete
it. BY the end Of the present fiscal year,
according to this estimate and exhibit,
there will be a surplus of $37 100000
available, between now and June 30th,
with which the Secretary may purchase
and cancel bonds.
The following is an approximate distri.
button of the total population of the United
States, as given by the Census office:
Males, 25,520,592; females, 1852, 2s4.
Natives of tho United States, 43,475,5O6;
foreign born, 6,677 1850. Whites, 43, 404,-
s77 colored, 6,577,l51 Indians, &c, 1872 ;
Chinese los, 463.
New York, March Sth.-A monster de-
monstration of the Irish-American Land
and Industrial League took place tonight
at the Brooklyn Academy of Music.
After the meeting the following message
was sent to Charles Stewart Parnell, House
of Commons, London.
Six thousand people assembled in Brook.
Ign, say to you, Never surrender.
MAYOR HOWELL.
New YORK, March 9th.-The Tribune
says: The news of the British defeat at
Moiela Mountain has impaired fresh i'm.
petus to the movement in favor of the
Beers which was started n month ago in
this city by the Transvaal sympathizers.
The Committee through Colonel Charles
Otis, Treasurer of the organizations is in
daily receipt of money from Americans,
Dutchmen and Irishmen. Part of the
money will be used to pay the expenses of
the coming mass meeting Mt Cooper Union,
which has been postponed for few days.
Henry Ward Beecher and Colonel Robert
Iugersoll have been requested by the Com
mttee to speak at the meeting. The Com
mittee have invited VIM. Ii. Vanderbilt,
John Jay, Rev. DR.. Howard, Crosby,
Clarkson N. Potter, and other prominent
citizens, to be Vice. Presidents of the meet
ing. Large sums for the Beers have been
sent across the ocean. According to a
rumor current in some circles, which was
discussed at the last meeting of the Trans
vaal Committee, a bark carrying over 500
well armed lrishmen and four Gatling guns,
secretly sailed from Key West, Florida,
three weeks ago, bound for Delagoa bay
and the Transvaal.
CHICAGO, March 1Oth.-A mass meeting
of sympathizers with the Dutch Beers in
the Transvaal was held tonight in the
First Dutch Reformed church There are
5000 pure Dutchmen in the city, and they
were largely in preponderance at the meet
ing, which was q large, orderly and de-
termined body of men. Speeches were
made and resolutions adopted, declaring
that the English nation was determined to
conquer the Beers in Africa only because
they are naturally freemen, and rendering
cordial sympathy to their countrymen in
the Transvaal, who are heroically vindca.
ting their right to freedom against the
power and usurpat.-a Of England.
CRY OF MEXICO, March lst.-The Com.
mittee appointed to examine the question
of the national debt reports that $l45,00O,
600 of the debt should be recognized. The
Committee recommends the consolidation o.
the debt and the issuing of bonds bearing
per cent interest to holders of the present
bonds, the same to be received for public
lands.