The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-01-21
FOREIGN NEWS.

Train from 81. Eiul1 10 san Francisco via the Iron 4
Mountain, Texas and Pacific and SJuthern Pacific,
or what viii be known as the Triple Pacific Line.
will leave here on Sunday morning next at 9
O'Clock n train Will also leave here via the Mis-
soGri Pacific, Kansas and Texas. and connect
with the above through train at Fort Worth,
Texas.
New York. December 28-The Tribune say-
that the completion Of the Southern Pacific rail-
road connecting the Pacific ocean With the Gulf
OF Mexico, - an event Ut national interest. It,
nrst effect on the currents Of commerce will, no
doubt, be To cause a large PORTION u the grain
which now goes from California 20 Europe by
way OF 4 long sea passage around Cape Horn. TO
take a much shorter Euute by way Of New
Orleans. The rOa4 Will be u great and i'm
mediate benefit % the metropolis OF the Gulf |
which has been drained in business and popula-
ton during the decade following the war. and
has only begun TO recuPerate since the completion
OF the Mississippi jettie- IL will also facilitate
the rapid settlement Of n-FLhern Texas. develop
the mining resources Of New Mexico and Arizona, |
aud give a iTesh and needed stimulus % the
growth OF California. |
New York, December 28-The Herald-s adj !
vices from st. Petersburg say: The new Russian
expedition to explore tie mouths Ut the Lena is
under the direction Of Nicholas Jurgen. an officer
OF the corps Of pilots. He - a mathematician.
Meigheren IS charged with astronomical and
meteorological ObservHtiOns. DIR. Bange will d.
rect the biological and botanical researches. 10
addition to these men the expedition will be com
POoGN - cAeNEn sOlQiers, TWO OF whom are irym
Cronstadt. The others will be taken from tho
local troops at IrkuIsk.
The expedition gOes by way OF Moscow and
MINI NovgOrOd. where It will provide itself with
the provisions. clothing and instruments neces-
sary, besides five sledges for their CONVEYANCE
from there. IL will proceed 10 Irkutsk by way
OF EkAlanbGrg and TOmsk. Next spring il will
leave Irkutsk and will proceed by the Lena to-
ward the frozen sea. The limit OF the wooded
region IS at n great distance from the mouth Ut the
Lana ~ -. iii =
from hakut-k the woud necessary for construction
and fuel. The expedition will begin it's scientific la
bors on August L. 1882. and will continue them
tall che same date in 1888.
The expedition is naturally indeps 1deut of
three others which. by order OF General Ignatief.
VIII employ the most rapid means of reaching
the shipWrecked people, but its programme will
give a clear idea Of the Efforts which must have
been made and the difficulties snrmounted
by the messengers who brought the news. and
the ordeal through which the survivors of the
JeGHHeLe will have TO pass before they arrive at
Yakutsk.
Up to January LIST no news Ut the Jeannette's
missing boat had been received.
New York, Dec. 27.-The Herald St. Peters
burg special says: To arrive at the mouth of the
Lena, the boats OF the rhipwrecked' Jeanette
must have passed between New Siberia and the
Island OF fadiwskai, which is inhabited only
during the summer by nOmads, who arrive at the
close OF the winter in sledges drawn by dogs.
Further on IN her course was Isle Petite and the
Island OF HelbOvot. The distance Is about five
hundred miles from the locality Of the shipwreck
TO the mouth OF the Lena. The mouths oi this
river are situated in the most dreary and desolate
part OF the confines OF Northern Siberia. Tie
whole coast WIS last visited and described by
Lieutenant Pierre AnjOu IN 1923. Previous to
that these yast regions. occupying a distance oil
hundreds OF miles along the coast, were explored
IN 1875 and 1876, by Lieutenant ProutschIscheff
and at their iurtherest extreInities by Lieutenant
DImtire LaPieh IN 1889 The place where the
boat No 3 landed is situated between the graves
OF Lieutenant Lassirius, who persisted in 1885
with thirty five of his companions, and that o.
Lieutenant Proutschischeff and wife, who per
ished 10 1876. FrUm this point to Yakutsk the
distance is more than 600 miles, through
desert country, completely destitute of pOpula
ton.
A Russian expedition to take scientific observa
tiOns at the mouth OF the Lena, during the year
1882 and 1883, Will start to-day.
London, Dec. 31.-James Gordon Bennett o
the New York Herald has started for st. Peters
burg to confer with the Russian Government as 4
the feasibility of starting another Polar expedI
ton.
Regarding the appointment of Howe as Post
master-Generul. the ). Z. Chronicle Of the Is
inst. says THE retirement of AIr. James iron
the PJstmaster-Generalship is one of the mos
unfortunate Ie-ulIs Of the present system OI civ
service lie war selected by Garfield a. the on
-" $500 1880 - N 1870
and skill, WIS most competent to take charge u
thus great national department. lie had made -
many improvements iu the New York Office tina
AZ wa naturally inferred that lie would be equal
~ useful iH Washington. lie proved himself T.
ia digging mp The -tar-rUute frauds. But all hi
ehsIency WIS II pO avail. because he was nOt I
staIwart and u IulItIrIHn- lie was forced To re
out ut tbe CibIn't and h- spn-iu-Iaw. an tquail.
efficient man. Will be crowded out Of the New
York Pu-tufhre 20 make way Tor "A political work
ar .Iuur-' -ucrP--tr ex-S-uutur Have uf IA l.
eOn-in. never did anything brilliant IN his pOlitI
cal career, and has No SPECIAL fitness Tor his new
position. which he yves entirely to the fact tina
he worked for COnklIng IN the Senate.
London, December pa largely ATTENDED
meeting Of landlords has been held at Dublin, u
which resolutions were passed cOndemning tn
Land Act, and setting forth the intention OF tht
meetiag to demand compensation from the Stat
for the losses incurred through the carrying on
Of the provisions Of the law.
Owing to ilIhealth, Parnell has been removed
from Kilmaiuham to the gaol at Armagh.
London, Dec. 29.-The police in Ireland ar
actively prosecuting n search for arms in the dis
tricts which have been proclaimed as disturbed
An extensive seizure Of rifles and other weapon
wa made to-day At ListOwel, IN County Kerry.
The leader Of the extensive secret Society O
Narauders was arrested to-day at MacrOOn, II
County Cork, Ireland. The documents found il
his possession include plans for the projected muir
der Of the farmers who continue to pay thei
rents In defiance Of the Leagues manifesto.
New York. Jan. IA .ab = spe, ial to tHl
Tribune, from LonlOD. IT December 3lst says
The Irish Executive appears At List awake to tb,
necessity Of coming 10 clO-e quarters with Irsi
ruGianIsm. The organization OF eleven OF th,
worst countie. 90 five districts, easI under the
supervision ui a -peeial magIstrAte. though Il steI
m advance, T. probably only preliminary To stIl
more direct and Efficient action for which fresl
parliamentary powers are deemed necessary. These
magistrates are really Inspectors, with Instruc
lions To institute minute personal examination.
an each district. and with power TO use the police
and military in urgent cases. but they are charged
especially to advi-e the central executive OF the
beet means Of restoring order. This Is really an
attemo. to cut red tape, and 80 is the Pnvy
Councils sanction to serving writs by post q