Saturday press. [volume] (Honolulu, H.I.) 1880-1885, 1884-04-26

On April lid imgc meeting va, held ia The
New Nmk Produce Exchange to considcr the
question of silver coinage. a men,otial To- con
gfrs' vas adopted paying ihaib5ly to At once
provide ior the suspension ~ the coinage ofsil
vel dollars for such period " time o. may he
neecisy to- adju' The relations d gohl and silyc,
coins and to bring about the grailnil aiso,ption
in the circulation of the silver dollar.
Many Episeipilians IN Ionoitn will l.r
interested TO leain ,hs, Rev ~. l'lait, formerly
rcetof Of Grace Church in 'fd,io, his been
made an aa'ociilc ofthc Victoria Institute ~
Philosophy of London, Ia recognition II the
paper entitled "Considcratipns II Ilerbed
5pencers's Data u fsihic, recently delivered
in New York. I.ord Shafeibary Is prcfaicnt
u the institute, which numbers among its mem.
ber many profession Vt OAford and Csnibddge
universities.
To carry into effect, the MEXICAN treaty
which vas recently m'iGed by the senate leri,
laion by the United States i ncrc,.ay. No
move has been made W the Introduction OF 4
bill OF resolution 10 secure this result. GJf the
reason that the amendment VI tie treaty by the
senate requircs that thc Mesician senate shall
again ri'ify the instrument Ahcr this has
been done, the president will probably call the
attention of congrcs, to the subject IN srcciil
message, after which q resolution will be intro.
duced to make the treaty operative.
A uniform law to regulate mauiigc anil ID.
yorcc ia the various states Is urged by man,
papers in the United States. The New Yofk
IIenld says "Congrcss may pass laws ol
naturalization, bankruptcy, copyright, patents,
ETC. but II may not deal with what Is Of vastly
more Importance 10 the welfare of The people,
namely the marital laws. The evils of ouf
varying and conflicting laws of marriage and
divorce are notorious. There IS but one
remedy, aud that Is a unifom law Cong,css
should have power To enact such, and this
would also enable it to deal most effectively
with polygamy."
The San Francisco Chronicle says lh1 pn-
vate ndvices received 10y the City oi Papccie
from Tahiti state that the bids fof the carriage
Of the mail, between this port aud 1ahHi were
opened, when it was found that bid from a
French gentleman named Gauiot was made 10
carry the mails by steamers via Honolulu, lor
10000 francs. The aipulaiions ior new
contract by sailing vessels are that they must
be over 500 tons register This will rule out
the brig Tahiti, which is only 40 tons. The
writer stated that it was barely possible that
the contract would be awarded prior 10 the
sailing Of the next mail and il 50 the chances
were in favor OF the steam service, which is
far below what was expected. II successful, q
regular monthly steamer would run from
Tahiti to Honolulu aud thence to FRISCO by
the regular lines of steamers.
Letters received in Honolulu from French
Guiana, dated in January last, state that the
greatest excitement prevail there in conse
quence of the rediscovery Of gold in paying
quantities, and that 4 regular exodus ofal classes
from many towns has been the result; families
living there are withou. servants. trldesmen
like bakers and butchers without help, and it
is with the creates, difficulty that existence in
such climate can be made endurable. In
the neghborng colonies Of Surinam, belong
ing TO the Dutch, and Of Demcrara with
Berbice, occupied by the English, no such
excitement exists, the very nature OF the conn
try rendering it impossible even to suppose
that minerals could exist at any distance from
the upper ranges. For many miles from the
seashore the soil is alluya Of the very richest
kind, although Of recent formation, and out
side of this runs reef OF sand, in which the
debris Of vessels and the remains OF anchors
are from time to time brought TO light, proving
that the aluval intervening has taken the
place Of the OCEAN. The large rivers, the
Orinoco, the Essequbo, the Demerara, the
Beibice, the Coreniyn, the Surnam, have all
been explored, anil hitherto evidences OF gold
have not been found. The writer OF the in.
formation from Cayenne does no, describe the
locality, and We may therefore infer that it IS
in the head waters of the Oyak, or in the
primitive rocks amongst which those waters
flow that the find has been made. For the
moment, in French Guiana, every body who
can be of to the gold region is there.