Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-05-24

General G",0on to commit his khartoum
friends TO support him, now suggests the climax
Of n eanncss. thaihe shalabandon his friends"
The North German Gazette Of Bertha, com
meniing upon the recognition by the United
States Of the African Association Of Congo
asks: Who and what is this Association It's
statutes are no; published, and It is not even
known whether itpossesses any corporate rights.
Who IS the Association in the eyes Of the lawS
From whom has it acquired It's rights"
The English Government has sent an order
to Cairo directing that the recommendation Of
Captain Molineux, in his recent report TO survey
the Upper Nile, which was that railway be
constructed by the English Government. be-
yond Wadyhalfa be executed. The plant for
The read will be sent from Cairo al The earliest
practicable moment. The construction Of
seventy miles Of the road will he fastened, 50
that It may be made available for the autumn
campaign.
France has gained more in Tonquin than she
claimed. The Official Journal publishes the text
Of the Franco. Chinese convention. China en-.
cages TO recognize the present and any future
treaties that may be made between France and
Anam. In view Of the conciliatory view tax.
en- by China aud the patriotic wisdom Of Ii
Hung Chang, France abandons all claim to
indemnify for losses suffered during the rou-
blcs between the two nations. China con
sents to freedom OF trade between Anam,
France and China, for the establishment OF
which treaty of commerce viii shortly be
concluded.
? Washington dispatch dated May 6b, says;
"The revenue reformers were defeated in the
House to-day, and the enacting clause Of the
Morrison tariff bill was struck out by vote Of
I5o to I55. This vote ends the tariff agitation
for the next twelve months a, least, renders
adjournment OF Congress by the 25th Of June
probable, and oy, rturns the Democratic pro.
gramme for the Presidential campaign on the
free trade idea. Fory-one Democrats voted
with the Republicans to strike out the enacting
clause Of the bill. -Four Republicans Nelson,
White, Stra ght and Wakefield Of Minnesota
voted with the Democrats to further consider
The measure, and two epublicans-AndeTson
and James-who voted originally to take up
the bill, returned to the party fold and sup
ported the motion to strike out the enacling
clause"
When the Alameda left San Francisco a
financial panic prevailed in New York. The
Willard failure last winter, followed by the
Keene failure and the failure Of Grant & Ward
last month, has resulted in some heavy calls
on leading New York stock operators and
heavy runs on prominent New York banks.
On the 9Th instant the failure began. a san
Francisco paper says; "Those who remem-
Der the failure OF the Bank OF California can
realize the situation. The cases are nearly
parallel. A wild panic ensned and houses fell
like leaves in Vallambrosa. o. NJ. Bogart &
Co, an old house. dealing more largely in
mercantile paper than in stocks, whose line Of
loans was probably never less than 81, ooo, 600,
went overheard. Hatch & Fooie, who mus,
not be COMPOUNDED with Fisk < Hatch or with
Rufus Hatch. followed suit. Nelson Rob.
inson, son OF Daniel Dres's old partner, a
young man who started with 100000, and