The Hawaiian gazette., 1881-09-21
LATE FOREIGN NEWS.

Bv the arrival OF The brig Pos,are at Kahulu
Maui. us were favored with a copy of the Sa
Franoisoo Ererapg Post OF the LIST inst, froi
uhich we take the following;
Errrrzrrr MkSs1oS. Sept. is A.M-lnforma
tian --ns received from the physicians room to IN
sfec- thaf the Presidents condition tins nnorfin
snai-atss continued improvement. be slept vel
daring the night, and tins morning ms pulse !
below lu0.
Er---rrvr NASsroS, sept LIZ P-N.-The sur
rauus rtpo-t thar up 20 tins time there has beer
= rr-ferial change in the Presidents condition
vith the exception Of a somewhat higher pulse
fie Is going as well as yesterday.
General Grant denies the stories OF his visits Il
Nirr-p President Arthur TO talk over the prospects
i cass Of the Presidents death. de has seer
tTene-al Arthur but once, and then nobody was
sl-azers He did not believe there had been any
such raasultatiuns with Arthur. No sane man
v-oald iuirude such q subject upon Arthur.
Nr- YouF- AUG. aI.-The United States District
Attorney has begun the preparation of his aTgu-
80 -, the motion 70 dismiss actions in the
rr7fll States Circuit Court against General D.
FtrtIrr 70 recover S67a0J9 damages for conilsca-
slou u property during the war
-. FEsvcrsun. Sept. There is considerable
trcIiemUut Throughout the CITY about 1ne lortu,
COMING election for the city officers, and the usual
rlpouui q lsg=aisper amenities are being freely
IT. itaan rnan-of war GaI-ibaldi is in port, the
olaicl-s were 10 attend the Mechanic talr IN Jul
n reoeirss for the Mechanics Fair amounted
T. 500 when the Fors0Tr sailed.
A small steamer for quarantine service named
80. f-lasesar Perkins -as launched on Aug. 5lst.
rl- the slzt August n rascally attempt al whole
sale murder and rchbery WAS made on the Cen
tral pacihc Railway near Cape horn, NILS sta
iIuri fVc miles above ColtaH.
A. TIE traiu was slowly making its way up the
she af .lg American r1Ner canyon al speeu 81 /
mile an hour the two heavy engines, nos " and
~ uufiinC and laboring. there was telt sudden
lurcf and then grating and loiting was expert
s.1cs-i. and the engineers knew that the engines
-rfrf of the track. The locomotives ran several
feet burvinC the wheels deep in the earth. AT
te -rsf break the engineer OF the forward engine
y-lrr--i on the airhreak and as the tram came to
= strp Jumped of. he was Immediately con
frsried bv masked man. who poklng shotgun
IN H. face. ordered him with an oath 10 . crawl
i,acl. there which order he obeyed- Hearing the
l1,r- gravrnan's voice. Wells Fargo d 20. $ mes
...--ar ar. Chadwick threw open the side door of
fhe ,ruress car. and he. too, was confronted with
she ruuzzle OF n shotgun, and another roDDer
,hnuted 10 him IN gruh ana disguised voice 70
o. Fsl' out Although taken by surprise, the mes
r--s- lad presence Of mind enough TO take in the
-.iturti1-i and clancing down toward the rear OF
sbu train. saw m the darkness four other figures
-rhi-h we're fitting about ike 50 many spectres-
s-ltderlv there appeared to be coInmouon near
- thi-d and fourth car and one Of the robbers
.sar-d into the brush. This seemed 70 disconcert
fe entire gang. for they all broke and ran There
,ert some seven eight coaches IN all and ABOUT
7u7 rsesrncers. Al the heavy Jarrlng OF the tram
= 4 brIr5r5 along the ties many Of the passengers
,Fho were awake started for the doors and jumped
, The .rain nearly rs soon as II stopped. several
az these eaw the WreCkers disappear IN the dark
-sa11 but no attempt was made 10 follow tnein. II
- NOT learned what scared the brigands on, foI
As far as is known none OF them boarded the tram
nnd 10 ole had time 10 draw any weapon upon
them After the excitement. which was not allayeu
an some time after the 4Obbels had fed for the
fTEr remained that they would return IN force, a
sFa-rh va, made IN the vicinity In ditch near
hv srere found picks. Crowbars, powder ana fuse
With which il was doubtless the intention OF the
ursrktrs 10 break open the express safes An e1-
animation OF she track showed hat rails had been
Ton M ard carefully slid Few inches form then
,-ig-fflal position. 80 as to deceive the engineer
m rsace chosen for the wrecking was wide
,,,-ti1r Of the track where no fatal results could
T. enacted. Messengers were sent 20 the nearest
rstiou and tolegraphed the news Of the outrage to
Sarratne1ltc. from which place a wrecking tram
va al once dispatched The train was delayed
eirli hours. .o.,,
f,svards amounting to $1,000 have been offered
g. 80 r-anture Of these niscreants and II Is sup
nod thai the temptation Will probably make one
ID fhe ranr turn states evidence. 1t WAS generally
believed that the main reason for stopping the
trsin was 20 obtain possession OF the person o.
Col Fair. who was q passenger ana 10 play
fbe ransom game Of the Italian and Greek brlgands
r,,SroN. AUG. "a dispatch from Cape Town
states that the steamer IeFfoH' having on Do 2
IL Messengers ard a Of eighty persons, has
lsf.asi wrecked The vessel struck n rock, bu
go IA and was in the act of putting back 6
NJ vbei. she sank. majority OF those on boarC
T,r-Tshed All the officers were drowned. a cor
---s-,5,,5sr,. n Cane Town SAYS that three boat.
,r.-e lowered. one Of which foundered alongside
a. steamer. and the other two have arrived n
Sirnon Town containing twenty three Of the crew
and four passengers The Union Mail Steamer
Company states that Twelve OF 'he passengers "eI'
saved
.,otber dispatch from Cape Town says: TIT
y-.4foH's boats which arrived at SIMON Town LAY
Or their cars TIL daylight, but nothing WIS TO b'
sesn. and il is feared that the third boat with NJ
- ,,-ofnef, and children on board, Is lost. lh'
r4pszia struggled in the water for some time, but
finally sank
T,e British corvette Dido has proceeded to th'
sesne OF the wreck. The IcHfOg arrived at C9p'
T,v, from England on Monday. She LANDED
.-.-,e and embarked other passengers, and pro
,,s.s5.d on her voyage TO Algoa bay and othe
,,,-ts Oaoin Point IS near Algoa bay ana Is TN
scene Of the previous wreck Of Union MAJ
Etezmer.
p,r-s Anc- 2i.-The expenses of the Frencl
rsmnairn have already reached 64,O0OOW francs
O1c II the French columns, 1900 strong, has
r-rived nj Haramamet. The Arabs have sur
-r,uudei the French camp, but are kept at dis
fruco hy the Cunboats lying on haminamel
'Tbe-e have thrown sixty shells among the In
vadgrs-
T,S,,~ AUG. sl-Ata large meeting Of tenan
s--,,,rs and others, In County Down. yesterday
fi,ev expressed great satisfaction win the Lane
555f ~, iH,nlIsoned suspects were released
% signing documents rledgIng themselves to alb
sam from assault or violence.
After s1,ealing at StTabane, yesterday farhei
rreceeded TO Derry, where, shortly before the com
--,s,e-l,rrt Of the proceedings Captain Beersford
a5d-ielC Camp to the Duke OF Aberdeen. when TN
Duke uas Niceroy Of Ireland. assembled the plat
form and began 10 denounce the acltators' zap
- Fs.a-eFortl was soon attacked by his listeners
~ had - h. rescued by the police.
Nrw YoEK. Aug Sl.-A dispatch from LondoI
s-rE. The lowlyiug land in Lancashire was Hood
"a bv heavy rains yesterday. Similar report
come from Cheshire. where almost the entire Giol
-.su ~ Ire Ground The rainfall around Oar
i7n-top Il esfiniased at $50 tons per acre IN eich
tee1 bours- In East hiding, Yorkshire, oats an'
ir-Iv shcares are stall standing IN pools OF watoI
T7yrI same accounts continue to come from nearl