The Hawaiian gazette., 1882-04-05
FOREIGN NEWS.

FOREIGN NEWS.
BY the arrival of the Forest Green on the morn
ing of the Sd instant. We are in receipt of files
up to the 2lst of March We clip the following
interesting items:
SAy FRANcrsco March IA fierce raid is being
| mada upon the Sunday traders San Francisco
Chief Crowley had the city divided into districts
and swooped down upon between 900 and 600
breakers of the Sunday Law. Warrants have
been issued in almost all these cases, bail being
fixed at 500 In other cities of the State the Sun
day Law is beng strictly enforced. there will eyi
| IDENTIFY be hard fight over the matter, and plenty
of work for the lawyers.
ME1IPHIs, March 19.-The reports Of the floods
in the Mississippi Valley represent terrible state
| of affairs. In many places people are almost
| starving 20 DEATH Governor McEnery has appli-
cations for rations for over 1000 people. num-
] Der of people have been drowned. and there has
been great destruction among the stock. As the
food subsidies the purifying earcases fill the air
with unwholesome efiluvia. Dispatches from
Helena state that the population upon the upper
St. Francis river almost reduced 70 q state Of
cannibaism. Many have become insane through
starvation.
BosToS, Marsh i9-The report Of Chief Engi-
neer Melville, TO the Secretary OF the Navy has
been received. Il gives the details Of the arrival
of his boat at the mouth of the Lena. The ac-
count of the search for De Long is given and the
letter which De Long left in a cache near the
mouth of the Lena Is published:
Arctic ExPLoRING STEAMER JEASNHrTE,
LENA DELTA, Monday, 18th Sept. 81.
The following named fourteen persons belong
ing to the JeaHlette, which sunk by the ice
June r. ST. in lat a deg. II min. north, long lj7
deg east, landed mere on the evening of the 18th
instant and will proceed foot this afternoon to
try to reach a settlement on the Lena River
GEORGE W. De LONG Lieut.. Comdg
First Lieut.. De Long; second. Surgeon Ambley;
third, Jerome j. Collins; fourth, William Ninder-
man; fifth, Carl Gortz; sixth, All Lorn: seventh,
Alexia; eighth, Harris Erickson; NINTH II. Knack;
tenth, Geo. Boyd; eleventh, w. Lee; twelfth, Nes
Iyorseni thirteenth, Louis Noras; fourteenth. \.
Dressler
Whoever finds this paper is requested to forward
it to the Secretary of the Navy, with note Of the
time and place at which it was found.
A letter from Louis Noras, one Of the men sent
forward by Captain De Long. to Get relief has
been received. It is dated Yakoutsk Siberia, Jan
uary It'll. and SAYS: 'We travelled about two
weeks short of provisions. Then the Captain de-
cided to send Ninderman and myself ahead for
assistance. We walked 100 miles without any
thing to eat. For six days we had not had mouth
full of food and were most starved when found by
the natives. The Captain and ten men have.
fear, died from starvation and cold
NV York, March 10.-United States Commits
siOner Shield yesterday gave decision refusing
TO give naturalization papers to Hop Sing, China
man, who applied for them. Yesterday Hop Sing
said he owned part of silver mine in Nevada and
had been in this country for several years. The
Commissioner based his refusal upon the decision
of Judge Sawyer in a like case who held that the
applicant was not free white citizen within the
meaning Of the statute.
NEw YoRK. March I1.-Sir Henry Parkes the
Premier of New South Wales, with his daughter
sailed for Europe to-day. A large number of
merchants and others assembled on the dock TO
see him Off Previous to the sailing of the steamer
he held an informal reception in the saloon.
The sentence of the Court Martial on Sergeant
Mason for the shooting at Guiteau has been COM
nm tod In Hr ) yrfh
ent Indifference. Already petitions hove been
prepared asking for pardon from the President.
and numerous signatures were obtained to
this evening. One ground for asking II Is that
there is reason to believe that Mason Is insane.
CISC1SNAT1, Maach IA petition for present.,-
tiou to President Arthur, asking for the pardon of
Sergeant Mason, has been circulated to-day and
is receiving large number Of signatures 1T prom
inent business men. The grounds proposed for
the exercise of executive cemency the excite
ment under which the shooting was done.
WASHINGTON, March 2Oth.-Talk of Cabinet
changes is revived in all quarters, and thegeneral
belief seems to be that at least one Cabinet nOmi-
nation will be made in few days. 1t is claimed
by the friends of VIM. f. Chandler that hc will be
nominated for Secretary of the Navy this week.
The best information 10 be obtained points to
Chambers nomination. There are rumors of n
coming change, also, III the Interior Department,
but kirkwood's friends claim that he will remain.
Captain VIM. l.. Merry of San Francisco has ar
rived at Washington to promote favorable action
on the Nicaraguan Canal bill. He will be heard
in explanation and advocacy of the project by the
Senate Committee on Foreign Relations and also
by the House Foreign Affairs Committee at an
early date not yet definitely fixed upon.
DURHAM. March 1.-THE shaft of the Lumley
quarry has fallen in and 80 miners imprisoned
But faint hopes are entertained of their recovery
alive.
LONDON, March 13-The supplement Of the
Gazette says The Queen has written to Sir Will |
lam Harcourt Secretary of State for the Home |
Government, that she wished, before she leaves |
Ef,pt bs-
she is touched by the outburst Of enthusiastic |
loyalty. affection and devotion which the painful
event of the I'd instant called forth from all classes
and from all parts of her vast empire, as well as |
by the universal sympathy evinced by the sover-
eigns and people of other nations. The Queen /
cannot sufficiently express how deeply she is graf
flied by these demonstrations. She wishes 10 CON
vey to ALL from the highest to the humblest, her |
been her greatest object TO do all she can for her |
subjects and uphold the honor and glory of her |
dear country and to promote the prosperity and
happiness of those over whom she has reigned so |
long. These efforts will be continued increasingly
to the last hour Of her life. The Queen thanks |
God that He spared her beloved child. who is her
constant and devoted companion, and those who
were with her IN the moment of danger, as we'll as
herself. She prays that He will continue to pro
tect her for the peoples sake, as He has hitherto
50 carefully protected her.
Emperor William spoke long time with Bis
marck respecting General Skobelef. 1t is re
ported that SkobeleH is arrested, and is confined
in the fortress at Wilma.
At a meeting of the Irish Parliamentary Party.
recently, it was determined to form 50 Irish Ma
tional Independence Association Treland's ina
lienable right to self-government was proclaimed. /
CHICAGO, March IO.-NIr. Scoville arrived yester-
day evening He says that as soon as the bill of
exceptions in the Guiteau is ready he will re-
tire from the defence. There will. he saws be no
difficulty III getting eminent counsel, but he does
not know that General Butler will manage the
case. He has not been spoken to yet. There are
he thinks, abundant grounds for new trial. |
Guiteau has not broken down in the least but is
more unreasonable than ever
Henry &. Rogers Minister To- Sardinia under /
President Van Buren,. and one OF the three surviv-
ing members of the Pennsylvania Constitutional
Convention Of 1857, died on the 10Th of March, in
the County Almshouse, at Lancaster. Pa.
LONDON, March 19th.-A Times dispatch from
Berlin, says: Won Elsendrehr, the German Min
ster to Japan, Is mentioned rs the successor Of
Won SchIoezer at Washington.
PARIS, March 1g.-The NgtioHalc SAYS; Il is
quite possible that Roustan, the newly appointed
Minister TO the United States, will never 90 to
Washington. 1t appears that he does not desire to
cross the Atlantic, and the Government IN nOmi-
mating him for the Washington Mission, we're
chiefly DESTROYS of proving, by recalling him from
Tunis, that they were not intiicting any disgrace
lpon him.
LONDON, March 19.-1he Sapia,rfs cUrrcspon-
lent SAYS: The Press here criticise the appoint
nent of Senator Sargent United States Minister
% Germany. The TageBipi sharply reproves Ev-
,rett, the Secretary of the United States Legation
It Berlin for neglecting to point out to bis Gov
srninent tho improperly Of appointing such sue
lessor TO men like George Bancroft, Bayard Taylor
md Andrew ID. White.
Lord George f. Montague, Secretary Of the
British Legation at Washington. died shortly be-
ore on the 18Th of March.
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