The New York Herald Newspaper, June 10, 1868, Page 4

4 SANDWICH ISLANDS. The Convulsions of Nature as Viewed by Men of Science. Maritim Importance of the Hawaiian Group. General Items of News from the Sandwich Islands, Feaders fully on matiers connected with the jate earthquakes, volcano and tids! wave. As | was ua able Lo visit Hawali myseif | shall be compelied to make extracts from the reports of the most reliable Parties who have published statements, among Which ! may mention the publsber of the Pace Commer val Advertaer, Dr. Wiitem Hillebrand, and *A. Fornander, late editor of the Polynesian, 1 wilt iret quote from the Puce Commercial Adver- tiser We lef) Kealakeakna bay on the morning of the 9th Of April, and after , tedious ride of twenty- weven tases over lava clinkers reached kK: to- wards aunt, where we slept tm & thatch house, built by Me. Charles N, ‘heer aS an accom: lation se, I! being Just half way between the bay and Waionin |, and distant from the lava flow about thir- teeu mics. During the night we could hear the dis- tant noise of the eruption—a peculiar rumbling, $0 different from the roar of the sea or any other noise Phat to wake up in the night and listen to its unac- countable utterances tended to create fear with those who for (he first time heard it. If the morning sev- eral of the party decided to turn back to Kealakea- kua, and returned without seeing the grand sight before us. The others, seven in number, not count- ing native attendants, mounted horses and pro- ceeried on to the flow. As we approached it the rambling noise became More and more distinct, and the evidences of ap- proach ‘o some great disturbance of nature more frequent. The ground was covered with what ap- peared io be cinders, but on examining them we found they were ents of pumice stone which had been carried by the wind a distance of over ten miles. Mixed with these cinders was Pele’s hair, which we found floating in the a.r, and when it was thick we liad to hold our handkerchiefs to our nos- trtis to prevent inhaling it. Our clo:hes were fre- rs covered with it. On reaching an eminence ve miles from the stream we found a group of forty or Ofty nutives, who were waiting to cross over to aud had been here several days. From this point deuse clouds of smoke could be seen rising all along the course of the lava stream, from the moun- tain side to the sea, We hurried on and reached the flow shortly after noon, where, from @ ridge to the west of it, the ‘whole scene opened before us. Letween us Crater was & wey five hundred yards wide and ten miles long, whicl ly been overfowed throughout its entire width and length from the Mountain to the sea, where it widened to two or rae The ae oe br a Leman” variety, from ten to twenty feet deep, and partially fooled over, though asset, smoke and gas escaped from numerous crevices. We stoodon tt, though Was hot cnough to burn the soles of our shoes, Java stream originated some ten miles up the moun- tain, and came down — on the morning of 7th. it bad ceased flowing, the eruption havi Opened a vent lower down and further south, eo valley, about aquarter of @ mile dist: from S?az ERE the pali of Mamalu, a steep precipice, which runs the mountain to the south Ts of Ha’ ry the table wali, @nd forms the west bounda tand of Kehuku, @ beautiful level plateau, covered with tail grass, affording excellent ‘pasturage for herds of cattle, horses, and About @ mile above the road the houses of Captain Robert Brown, who lived Shere with his family. Near by were the dairy estab it of ©, N. Spencer and other dwelling -. ing down the beautiful grass-covered | is and around the farm houses, and lateau, tow: he ‘mmates had barely time to escape with the clothes they had on, before the houses were ali sur- Tounded, burned and covered with streams of flery Java, varying from five to iifiy teet in depth. ror | tunuiely all the inmates escaped safely to ‘aiohinu, but how narrow the escape was and how rapid the | south to north, stream flowed may be inferred from the fact that the path by which they escaped was covered with lava after they passed over it. lig the Tigge we found the eruption i full blast. Four enormous fou. tains, apparently dis- Unet from each other, and yet furml line a mile Jong, north and south, were contimus from the opening. These jets were blood red, and = as fluid as water, ever varying in size, bulk and eight. sometimes two would join together, and again the whole four would be united, making continueus fountain @ mile in length. From the lower end of the crater a stream of very liquid, howling lava flowed out and down the plateau, one track of che Government road, ran down the preci- he foot of the pali or precipice five mitles to the sea, the stream veing about eight or ten mies in jength, and in some places half a mile wide. ‘This w ¢ magnificent scene, to see which we ‘diy left Honoiulu, and had fortunately ar- le right moment to witness as it opened bef 3 in all its majestic grandeur and unrivalled Deauty. At the left were tose four geeat fountains, | Doiling up with most terrific fury, throwing crimson lava and enormous stones weighing a hundred tons to # height varying constantiy from five hundred to six hundred feet. At times these redhot rocks com- } pletely fied the air, causing a great noise and roar | and flying in every direction, but ee, towards | the South. Sometimes the fountains would aii sub- side for a few minutes, and then commence increas- ing til the stones and liquid lava reached @ thou- sand feet in height. The grandeur of this picture, ever var: like a moving panorama pain cian ze richest crimson — no person can reall; ‘he has witnessed it From this {fountain to the sea flowed a rapid | stream of lava, rolling, rushing and tumbling | like a swollen river, and bearing Hy in its current argo rocks “that aimost made the lava foam as it ied down the precipice and «through the valley fate the sea, s and roaring throughout its Jength tike a ca oo ly indescribable. "It was nothing else than ariver of fire from two bundred to eight hundred feet wide and twenty feet deep, with aspeed varying from tou to tweuty-tive miles an hour. . * * * * . * «| Night soon came, and with it the acene became a | thousandfoid more beautiful, the crimson of the fountains and the river doubly rich and brilliant, the lurid glare of the dense clouds and steam that over- bung us und the roaring of the crater and the cata- Fact were fearfully grand and awe-inspiring. It was like the con ion of ail London or Paris, as the scene extended over a distance of ten miles, Add to this the ashes of lightning and the sharp, = va ad ha) —— Laced can imagine a wi fore us that well repaid us for our opportune visit. “a wis ° * * * . . * * ding the Fapicity of the stream of lava, since accounts of former eruptiona, in which it is claimed tat the lava flowed forty miles an hour, we Must gay that it is hardly possible to conceive of a stream ‘flowing with greater rapidity than the cata- ract and river we witnessed April 10. It reminded us of the Connecticut river in a spring food, with the stream filled with ice and rusting over the rapids at an impetuous rate, The speed is more likely to aave been twenty-five miles an hour than twelve. Where it ran down the precipice, at an angi bout eee tes it was more narrow ‘ than lower down, where it spread out ader. This was the only stream which reached ‘the sea, and flowed into it a littie west of the south Point of the island, at a place called Kailikii. It lasted ouly five days, the bye ms Crag on the night of the Lit night of Paes morning of ode Ps Opposite the point of coast where the lava reached the sea « small comeal .*!und was thrown ‘up in the #4, a a mile distant fiom the shore, consisting of mud | sand, and emitting steam from tts sum- ~~ ‘Tis island has become ed to the the java owing from the new eruption. the lava en 1 the sea, clouds of steam and smoke ‘| faines of biuish fire were emitted, ui the Water to a height of from ten to a ramet =e we were at the vol- a) Ly, and electricity, and Trequent tasheo hight ing Were seen directly over the lava stream, accom- Panied with short claps of thunder. These flashes = x7 observed less frequently further up the NO. Two kinds of lava were erupted durt It commenced with a stream of smooth, glossy lava, known bere as pa. » Which was followed by the thick, dirty kind called aa. Kahuku farin farmed with the oorednng wide streams, & space of f Teta net tras a aT tae aid or pai in into the and tinued uit the erdy ceased. About Tour thon. gand acres of pasture land were destroyed, besides which the leva ran Over aa immense district “quae sae Mf the 6th, to the erupt ¢ night of ion, there Feed eee et suereeen wise: mn nis rr, e ¢ dis ve of ten oF fifteen miles each way. Generally ashes were not pore ans or two in gente. but fn some places to be diteen, pumicesto: ‘aa very light aud appears to lave the flow, larly on the eastern great ber @ distance of two or three miles; (hen following the | more than twelve feet wide ‘of leaser size Tua parallel to ee at an angle of about thirty degrees, then along #0 a to render travel on NKW Y ORK HERALD, distance. Pieces floated ashore at of the crater was a novel feature to ‘ore. the ity and carries along the aa, t } if 4 it yt fasion, while the da variety which ih H ! H E | | and produced the earth. quakes and ao must remain only a matter of conjecture. thermometer during the same Ae te showed no unusual fluctuation, ranging from wixty-cight to seventy degrees at sunrise and eighty- three to eighty-four degrees able regularity. - ‘The same writer commenting on the earthquakes Says as follows:— At about ten A. M. on the 28th of March a series of earthquakes began which continued at intervals with vi severity for over a month. At Kona as many as fifty or sixty distinct shocks were felt in one day; at Kau over three hundred in the same time, and near the great crater of Kilauea the earth is repre- sented as having been in a constant quiver for days together, wit! ‘requent vigorous shocks that would noon with consider- send crocke chairs, lamps, &c., spinning around in nota ver ieasant way. Mr. J. Porter, the pro- rietor of tle Volcano House, he endured this for several days, as long as he could, till one night about eleven o'clock Pele sent one of Rodman’s twen- ty-inch shot, with a well directed aim, that struck the ground directiy under his bed, when he jumped and ran, where or how he hardly knew, but he found himself after 4 while in the woods safe and sound. One can readily im the state of nervous ex- citement produced by the continual swaying of the ground, with an occasional by @ heavy rock striking the crust beneath him. lady who spent two weeks tn this shaky region says that she put ber ear down to the earth during one of the “ground swells” and could distinctly bear the rushing and roaring of the lava waves beneath the surface like the surging of waves in a storm. It was such @ scene as unstrung the nerves. Resi- dents of Kau inform us that overtwo thousand dis- linet shocks there between the 28th of March and the lith of April, averaging over 140 a day for two weeks, noise, Like |, more distinet. The had no a. com nome. We ex one of Liwae mat f the loth, It"stamde pretty moi aa night v: ; ac met val had the P| Dr. Willtam Hitebrand visited the crater of K: | and the scene of the mud Gow, and has published 4 very interesting report of his observations, from | smai | Which the following extracts are taken. Many per- spouting up | #004 in the United States have visited the isiand of ‘The ground around the crater of Kilauea, particu. and western aides, 18 rent by a of Gasures, one near the see ep 7 fifi look-out house is detached a very deep crevasse, and lated, overhanging Tock, severe concussions must below. Many smatier grasa and bushes. forming so unwary. The Voicano Hk fered, hor ts the ground surrou least. From the walls of Kilauea rock have been detached and thrown West and porthwest side, where the Most ve before the the falling masses probably have been at: by the lava and carried in tts stream, as they sf i i i ip i i j 5 i H if 4 af i 3 ? E i g if Pt 5 there remain as perpendicular but that this part of the wall has lost portions of its mass is shown too evidently by the orevices along the western edge Just spoken of, and the par- Uat detachment in many places of large priems of rock. Butit = the east i ; hundred places, but of those rit it i kh i ‘i il E é i J 5 3 F southern: . floor from Eos pou we became éully aware on our return from the deepest, that there in which we were if otf z j 5 at about the middie of the a rise in Posen presented went, Having ascended this, we found the brink of a fearful chaam, which fell side with a beetiing wall to the depth of several dred feet and extended about half a mile to gout, Very hot air rose from it. Around it, wards Ite northern extremity, the lava is throwa into an Lp etep conf + ple upon pile of and v the caving to te Bor seemed to be still in pro- y ing nolse, aa from a distant platoon fire of musketry, coming from the weat corner. . ° * . . . . . Thus far as to what we have seen. Now allow rH WEDN “im constant ebullition and frequently over- pm During. all'thus time (the date of hs first appearance could net be ascertained exactly) there was in the northwest corner a “blow-hole,” from Hem at lor intervals of & roaring » large masses of vapor thrown off, a8 from a steam "This Ceased a ul the activity of the 17th of March, tal atly in ‘and Kaina anticl- , March 27 the first shock was per> bottom of the crater overdowed with ‘reat oy and incandescent. Thursday, April 2, at ‘the ig lay, Ap) tl $08 & few minutes ge around Kilauea to rock moment there commenced _ toe xy height irations of the This ex! ep eee t four P.M., caused the ‘unearthly noise and ceaseless ‘of continued from that day till nigh! Apel 5, but from the 1st the fire began to recede. On Thura- day night it was areaay confined to the regular reat much Take, and on Sundgy Seat eters was out e, and on there was Rone at all—Pele had left, Kilauea. noises now @ weaker and were separated by longer inter- vals. By Tuesday quiet reigned in Kia” On that afternoon the lava burst out at @ distance of forty miles southwest, in Kahuku, * THR GREAT FISSURE NEAR THE PUNA ROAD. In Kapapala we were told that fire had been seen several nights in a southeast direction and that na- tives had reported flowing lava there. We rode over on the morning of April 20, Ata distance of five miles Mr. "3 dwelling, where the Puna road turns off from the Kilauea road, heavy clouds of white vapor were seen to isaue from the bush, which sparsely covered the pahoehoe makai of the road. Half an hour’s ride brought us up to the ace, but we were obliged to leave our horses some distance before reaching the spot on account of fissures, After having crossed a number of them, heading for the heaviest cloud of vapor, we at last came to @ deep crevasse in the pahoehoe at least twenty-four feet in width, no bottom visible. It narrowed and widened out in places, but nowhere was leas than eight feet wide. Its length we estimated at four hundred feet. Parallel with this great crevasse, constitu- ting a belt about six hundred feet in width, were a number of smaller ones on each side, diminishing in size with distance from it, from six feet toa few inches. From the larger openings in the former heavy white columns of hot steam issued, which had a decidedly alkaline smell, Smailer jets of vapor, to the number of thirty, rose from the smaller fissures. We could not discover fire in any Place, but it 1s very probable that during dark nights the reflex of the underlying lava should be thrown up, for as the steam did not seem to contain combus- tible material it is unlikely that the light seen showld have been produced by it. The mean direction of all the flssures was northeast nine degrees north, south- West nine degrees south, or nearly the direction of a line connecting Kilauea with Waiohinu and Kahuku. The distance of these fissures from Kilauea is thir- teen miles. KAPAPALA. As in this district the earthquake of April 2 culm!- nated to its greatest intensity, so as even to rend in twain the framework of a mountain side ana hurl down on the plain a portion of its flank, it is neces- sary to give a short description of the country in order to iusure a proper understanding of the disturbance. The locality in question 1s that comprised between the ranch station of Messrs, Reed & Richardson, on the east, and Mr. F. Lyman, on the west, a distance of five miles, The government road connecting these two places runs through a fine grassy Vote which has a very gentle fall towards the sea, its elevation pane about two thousand feet. Into this plain pro- Ject from the slope of Mauna Loa three parallel hills, or spurs, each about one mile in length, and from eight hundred to one thousand feet in height. Bese e of these valleys rise with a incline towards a ridge which runs at rigat with the spurs, and is covered wi a dense pulu forest, which extends far the gentie slope of the dome of Mauna Loa. In second one of these valleys—that next to Mr. Lyman’s—the #0 called mud flow took place, but very extensive landslides, confined simply to the joo-e earth and conglomerate, algo occurred in the other valleys. Some are large enough & fact which actually oc- the earthquake. A large masonry and covered ‘with an rent to pieces and the roof Not a le stone fence 18 are indicated by flat belts of The dwelling house—a one—exhibite @ wrench across its empty themselves in the sit- fs thrown of its utidings are completely the grass houses some others greatly inclined. ruction are thrown into the “sr amare “ge siwetrog ae or pall, burying tn a minut rty-one Many hundred head of cattle and en- ending, tour miles from its beginning, in 4 mighty river of mud. Before reach. E i H i ceili i fall jag this mad flow, from "3 house, we passed two considerable streams of muddy water) of a red- Gish yellow color, emittt @ sirong odor of clay, guoh a4 may be perceived in potteries. Both streams have their origin in the land slide of the first valley. b~ we paased them in, — ads — = . evidently owed their Sruain to ths drelnnge of the failen mass, The mud : : ; ree miles trom Reed's. It projects im# of the hills two miles down on at once with a thickness of six warda the middle, where*it forms a bail, to thirty feet, averages about three-fourths & mile in width, and con- tracts towards its end. From this end a long cue of boulders bears wit to the vio- H H 3 5 i ness Hawaii and explored the crater of Kilauea, To such | lent action of atorrent which shot out of the mud the localities named will be familiar and the no- | after tt was deposited, and which has since count full of interest: — tu. ated itself tn a stream of some size, quite muddy and ean the above mentioned pottery odor when we san it first on Apri! 20, but perfectly clear and in- we it three days later. A little gives attll stronger evidence Dropeliing force. The trees off and prostrate, yet the ly a few feet deep, The mass loose red soil of the moun- sprinkling of round boulders, there stumps of trees, ferns, hapua and entire lehua trunks, Near the @ vigorous, healthy (aro plant stooa erect mud, as if tt had been planted there. From protruded portions of the bodies of many and goats, overwhelmed in their fight; a gain second tn time might have aaved them. The of the mud tn this lower course was rather it had been forced down by the agence: water, and it was still so seft that the feet saul tato it. Al we had flanked it for some distance along the side of the hill the mud became solid enough to bear our weight, and we.walked upon it to the head of The surface gradually became more boulders ine , and detached earth aud stoue were scattered beyond its borders, which also flattened out gradually. ‘The ascent soon became ie here, on @ short spur, just in the Middiec of the mud, stands a native house on an isiand of grasa and taro, flanked by two trees. A happened to be in it at the time of outbreak escape! the awful fate which doomed the remaining members of her family, and was re- ! ij 3 2 5 i i | g E z aude, with a 3 saTFTE ef 3 z F 4 moved trom her perilous situation a few days after, when the crust had become solid enough to bear & ght. Aa we went on the mass became more rough and hard, tree trunks and boulders increased, even angu- dar appeared, until as last the mud ceased en- | tirely and gave place toa sea of j and exhibiting fresh fractal climbed cont fea hed the v—y of the two ateover ie crag, ant after its course amid the maze of rocks, gathered ttseil again, flow over the solid bed rock , a8 indicated by Jace, there sovkes to be no great ty to explain bow seach enormous masses of Nat Srat propetied horizontally thi the air, the valley by tne fh foree be «ide of the moantain, dhould then foree to relate what I learned from K, near the vol five months, and whose Nerves sustained during ‘he catanropke earthquake of 2 cee acne ‘ng the first shook —viz., —\he crater hed veou uausually eclve, eight g°s sige? f were start one pied by thea At eee ot iret Kenune. ‘The stream run- mat ‘ i ! HE li vi i Ui gsi zg i i tf SDAY, JUNE 10, 1868.—TRIPLE SHEET. men, wasiriving caltie across the hull towards Mito, when sudden:y the earth shook vieleutly aut & areat detonation was beard behind them. lives aad cattle turned round involuntarity. The whole stmos- re before (hem was red and black. In a very short this subsided—some say in one minute, Others in five minutes—but @ biack cloud coptinued Lo hover friends lt on the bill found coursge enough 10 ving on run to i ha hour after the occurrence. He the . the ear was applied to the it would often receive a distinct as fo subterranean wave struck against earth's crust. Mr. Jornander writes as foliows regard! * g z : 4 i 5 z 5 4 rift is f the Villegt oral wat not direction of the village ua, to be seen! He then rode ‘Jown to the plateau, from whence Keauhou ought to Sight, but nothing of it could be seen. Descending to Pahoehoe, he met the men working at Keauhou runn up mauka, who reported that nothing was left of Keauhou; that immediately after the esrth- wake the sea had rushed in and swept off every welling and storehouse and all their onnagg | and that they had barely escaped with their lives. There were some 167 bales of pulu in store, ready for ship- ment, all of which was ree Oe They represent that the sea went up as as the ‘two basaitic columns indicating the road down to Keauhou—s depth of wave at least forty to fifty feet. t Punaluu, at the moment of the shock, tt seemed asif an immense quantity of lava had been dis- charged into the sea some distance from the shore, for almost instantly a terrible commotion arose, the water boiling and tossing furiously. Shortly after- jewards a tremendous wave was sweeping up on the shore and when tt receded there was nothing left of Punaluu, Every house, the big stone church, even the cocoanut trees—al! but two—were washed away. ‘The number of lives lost is not yet ascertained. All who were out fishing at the time perished, and many of those ashore, A big chasm opened, running from the sea up into the mountain, down which, it is said, lava, mud, trees, ferns and rocks were rushing out into the sea. The same wave that swept away Punaluu also de- stroyed the villages of Ninole, Kawaa and Honuapo. Not a house remains to mark the site of these places, except at Honuapo, where asmall ‘hale halawai,’ on the brow ofthe hill, above the village, stood on Fri- day last. The large cocoanut grove at Honuapo was washed away, as well ag that at Punaiuu. A part of the big pall at Honuapo, on the road to Wailohinu, had tumbled into the sea, and people coming from thence are now obliged to take the movfutain road through Hilea-uka. . “The sea swept Kaalualu on Thursday last, as it had swept Honuapo and the other places along the coast, washed away several houses and killed a number of people—how many is not yet known. The fey a has been shaking almost constantly and severe- ly every day and night. A large land slide had oc- “turred on the west side of Walohinu valley, near where Swain’s tannery was formerly situated. Fire had been seen in the mountains above, but none had come down on the low lands vetween Kahuku and Walohinu when they left, on Monday morning. A large hole, sixty feet in diameter, had opened on the flat below Kahuku, with no bottom visible from the brink of it, and emitting quantities of sulphuric vapor. {have Just been told an incident that occurred at Ninole durit the inundation of that place. At the time of the shock on Thursday @ man named Holoua and ‘his wife ran out of the house and started for the hills above; but remembering the money he had in the house the man left his wife and returned to bring itaway. Just as he had entered the house the sea broke on the shore, and, eeveloptig the building, first washed it several yards and then, as the sexe receded: creat tt O80 saree Niselais, Be- ing @ powerful m: and one of the mogt expert swimmers in that region, he succeeded in wrencl ing off a board or a rafter, and with this asa papa hee- nulu (surf board) he boldly struck out for the shore and landed safely with the return wave. When we consider the wecteicns height of the breaker on pe YY _ eer incredibne, were pres eee feat seems is now alive to attest it, as well as the people on the hill side who saw him. The latest advices from Hawall state that the island is still shaking and quivering, making forty- one days of earthquakes. Nothing new as yet re- garding lava flows, although the inhabitants feel confident another flow must take place before quiet will be restored. The United States steamer Lackawanna, Com- mander Reynolds, left our harbor on the 6th inst. for San Francisco. I am told that Captain Reynolds re- ceived @ complimentary letter from the principal Americans residing in Honolulu, expressive of the warmest sentiments of regard and esteem for the eiiicient manner tn which he had conducted the mis- sion on which he was sent. ‘The United States steamer Mohongo, Commander Simpson, arrived from San Francisco on the 5th inst. and has taken the position in our harbor vacated by the Lackawanna. Her Britannic Majesty's steamer Reindeer arrived from Esquimalt, V.1., onthe 7th. I hear that she has been detailed to make explorations and surveys among the islands lying near the equator to the west of this, ‘The officers of the Lackawanna leave many friends on these islands who will always hear of their ad- vancement in the service in which they have cast their lot with peepee pleasure. " lature has, ag yet, done little which can be called important or interesting. The strength of the parties, as shown on one or two test questions, is about equal. The principal topic of interest to come before them will be the subsidy of $25,000 a year to the C. 0. and M. 8. S. Oo., and the appropria- tion of $82,000 for the War nt. A strong feeling exists seaines prancing e subsidy, and it is extreemely doubtful if the friends of measure will succeed in working it the assembly. The appropriation for have been called for by the Ministry in order to make such arrangements as may be necessary to en- force the demand for the withdrawal of veatela of war of the United States from our harbor. Who knows? The receipts of the government for the past two rs have been $331,148, and the expenditures for ‘he same period $834,167. A cash balance of $163,567 ts reported in the government vaults, ‘The British bi 10, of Ug Coal arrived on the bs April from Wakes Istand, the scene of the wreck the on @ voyage vember tant the Hawalian schooner Moi Wahine was fitted out to go to the island to recover the balance of the quicksilver with which the Libelle was loaded, The schooner reached the island and landed the divers and in secu: tng on the the Clio and to this port. It is that the schooner down in a typhoon which com- menced blowing two after she left. But two foreigners were on board the schooner—Captain Zenas Bent and Mr. Joseph Wight, the mate—both a banret three Japanese visiting this part; ree are now city. ‘One of the party, I hear, intends to enter Oahu ye 4 for @ course of instruction. The British ahip Robert L. Lane, of Glasgow, Scot- land, has been hove out, and is now being atri of her copper. The rudder and keel were f | : & : if be bad The aa bark R. Wood has been pon and will leavewfor San Fran-' cisco on the 12th. The Idaho, of the C0. and M. Steam: Com- Pany sails to day for San Franoisco with a ourgo Se ie Beery, opoation, ane wh ¥ lurray, 0 n, her, having @ full freight and thirty-five . A_ stron; tion exists against steam line owing tothe fret h ignoring given toa German lawali, has been jouse, perioan houses of equal eon Captain Thomas , of Hilo, ates it of the Order of Kamehameha the First for his and sym towards the suf- ferers of the district of Kau. ie captain is sald to have fitted out a sloop with food to go around to the coast which was swept by the late tidal wave, and Gino 60 take ot onan a wanted to 1 alu. 'y barely escaped. Valley has suffered from land bring by wana tidal wave, and now aS water spout, all within five weeks. Favored locality that. RACING IN CALIFORNIA, SACRAMENTO JOCKEY CLUs—Wednesdag, $0 1968, Second .—Jockey Club Purse of Rai race, ‘and ,repeat, Free for all three 0 bie Calanan ly oa) ‘ Lon iam Evadne Wins (Gore, bine set eee Oar- } 33 rengo, setae sii ik bienicgi 2 a ef INTELLIGENCE. POLITICAL Sedge Chase's Opinions. ‘The Richmond Pispaich of the sth instant has the following:—‘Tne exposition of Judge Chase's opinions in the New Youx Hexaco of June 2 has at- ‘tracted the attention of the whole nation. The ques- ton has been, is it authentic? We have heard from three gentiemen who have conversed with Judge - Chase that whether he authorized that exposition or ‘not, he certainly entertained the opinions expressed in 4.” Saturday's Wig says:—“We are at liberty to ay that the Chief Justice stated to an old acquaintance and fellow member of Congress, who called on him im this city Thursday, that the letter in question (that ‘@ the HERALD), about the authorship of which he Knew nothing, defined very exactly his sentiments, ‘Opinions and position.’ Chief Justice Chase and His Political Statue— His Views on Political Questions. ‘The Washington (June 3) correspondent of the Louisville Courter senda the following:— In a conversation the other day with a gentleman 4 staunch radical, an rent of Chase, the latter said he did not seek the Pres- ‘Y; that his position and his inclinations forbid bim entering the political arena; and only to serve the nation if it were in peril could he be induced to accept @ nomination for that high office, He however, under no circumstances could he accept 4 nomina- tion which would require @ sacrifice of his honest convictions. As are now constituted, he frankly admitted the only choice for himself and others who to save the country was to act desired with the democratic party. He differ from that So only Lag pe at of universal mart suffrage. On other of the great issues he agreed with them. Incidentally he remarked that, if in certain contingencies he were elected to the Presi- dency by the democracy, he would certainly carr out their policy faithfully, and endeavor to make it one of permanent eas, upon the broad ground of nationality and material 33. He desires the whites of the South to be enfran- chised, and all political disabilities removed from every man in the nation. But, while he advocates eedom and manhood sui in every State, he does not hold it can be established by any other ony 4 than that of the States themselves. He holds hat posarens has no control of the suffrage question, but that it rests solely with the people of each State to determine that question. He is against the poltti- cal disabilities imposed on the South by the four- teenth constitutional amendment. But as those States as they are now organized will certainly ratify it, he would give relief by a general amnesty (80 far as it can reach the case), not only as an act of relief and justice, but also as one of sound policy. Under the’ provisions of that amendment thousands persons are excluded from holding omice, and coraplioations. will be constantly arising which should avoided, . The Chief Justice earnestly favors affording ald by the general government to the South for the devel- opment of their resources through their railroad sys- tems and river interests. He thinks it should aid in repairing the levees on the mei and building new ones from Cairo to the Guif, if it be necessary. That the millions of acres which would be thus re- claimed in the Mississippi valley would, he says, quadruple the productions of that section and add aw to the wealth ana prosperity of the nation. He also said if Mr. Johnson should reorganize his Cabinet he hoped he would appoint*a proper propor- tion of his members from the Southern States, for they were undoub’ entitled to precisely the same consideration as the or West or North, Upon the subject of military commissions Mr. Chase spoke in emphatic terms of condemnation. He holds they have no right in time of peace to sit in Verges on the life or liberty of a citizen. They d cognizance, he said, of cases belonging to the army and of none other. Mr. Chase is a strenuous advocate of an early re- turn to ‘menta, which he contends can be done without injury to any of the great interests of the country. says in a Re vec short Period of time it would be a ter of no conse- quence whether bonds were fable in greenbacks or gold, as public credit wouk re-established and greenbacks be advanced to par value. Mr. Cnase also to the course of Co: icularly to the House of Representatives. their assaults on the judiciary, as well as other reckless acta, ve and otherwise, calcu- lated to arouse distrust in the country, engender bitterness and foment hatred. Moreover he holds their innovations are of a d: us character. The Chief Ji also @ of the pardoning power, agg that if rr porgpet @ constitutional prerogative of the President one that Congress could neither restrict nor abridge. These are a few of the many important topics dis- cussed by Mr. Chase, wno is bold and outspoken in his comments on men and measures. Perhaps [ should add to this that he admits that the breach be- tween the radical party and himself is impassable. There are the best of reasons to believe that the Chief Justice in his present course is actuated by no pecsomal resentments, but solely to aid in preservin; he constitution from the assaults of its enemies, an by protecting it save the country from y and destruction. < The National Democratic Convention. CONNECTICUT DEMOCRATIC STATE CONVENTION. ‘The Connecticut Democratic State Convention met at New Haven yesterday to appoint delegates to the National Convention. William W. Eaton, of Hart- ford, was elected chairman, The delegates are as follows:— Districts.—First—William W. Eaton, at large; H. A, Mitchell, of Hartford Kea tas jastings, of Tolland county. Second—Tilton E. Doolittle, at large: Jone Kendrick, of New Haven; Isaac Arnold, of diesex county. Third—Benjamin Stark, at large; James H. Hovey, of New London county; Mar- vin H. Sawyer, of Windham county. Fourth—James A. Boats. 68 large; Matthew Buckley, of Fairfield county; Donald J. Warner, of Litchtleld county. The delegation intended to act as a unit.on the candidates in the National Convention, uniess equally divided. DELEGATES FROM NORTH CAROLINA. —W. N. Smith, W. R.Cox, Wm. A. Wright, At Lai John W. Hoke. Districts—Virat—M. W. Ransom, D. M. Carter, P. H. Smith. 8 d—M. E, Manly, Third—! Strange, N. A, McLean. Fourth—R. &. Haywood, W. J. Green. Fifth—Bedford Brown, J. M. Leach. Sixth—z. B. Vance, J. M. Long. Seventh—To be appointed. At Large—B. Hi, Epperson Ashlea Smith, Steph mi en Powors and Gustavus Schtei se rat, James M. Bui ad Dantel M. Veitch; al Bichard 8. Walker and M.D. Wright sitcrantes Gharies "De Morse ang Ro: * lorse berts. ‘Third, J. . Giddings and B. J. Gurley; aiter. W. Staith “and. Georgy Bails aloruatee ee We oie 5 3 WS aad George H. Sweet. z Polkical Notes. The New Orieane Republican (radical) says if Chase declines the cbmocratic nomination it next expecta to see the pary take up Phillips. He would run better than Grant if political consistency is the point. Ten years ago Colfar insisted that the Republican Committee should witidraw Lincoin from the Sena- torial contest with Doigias. ‘The “‘Keokuk-Kian''ls the latest political dodge Started in the West. The Macon (Ga.) Telerraph thinks the Chase move- ment interesting fromthe very oddity of ita concep- tion. ‘The radical papers ay that Colfax came of good revolutionary stock. Chat’s the kind of stock he ts dealing in just new, tit unfortunately for him it is below par. The Whitehall (N. ¥.) Times objects to the dem- Ocrate nominating Chse. The Macon (Ga.) Jounal denies the statement that Pendleton is Georgia's choice, and adds:—Georgia’s choice is the best man If Mr. Chase ta that man, well and good. If Gaeral rman is that man, $0 be it, If General Hatock is that man, amen. Ab- stractly considered, Mt. Pendleton is probably drst favorite with a larg majority of the Southern People, but they canpt and they will not sacrifice the future on the alta of the pust to gratify that preference, The Lafayette (Ind.) owrnal—radical—referring to Chase's nomination, sttes that ite ‘only fears are that tho leaders In tis great democratic reform will not be able to leadthe masses ta the paths thus pointed out."” The citizens of Sing Sing, without distinction of party, have held a meting and nominated Chase as the democratic candidte for the Presidency. This is ominous. With Sim Sing before their eyes the fowdy radicals will becept in some sort of decent order, Morrow B. Lowry—fillcai—is @ candidate for the United States Senatorstp from Pennsylvania, New Jersey Democrats State Convention to-day in Trenton to nominate delgates to the New York Con- vention, A lively spontaneous rant and Colfax meeting was held in San Francico May 2i—the day of the nomination in Chicago-and three thousand three hundred miles from Net York. F. M. Pixley pre- sided. The Rev. Dr. Ooawas among the speakers. Bxctaims the Albany 49us—democrat—‘‘Stanton, Forney, Callicott. How they disappear( What a procession | What e singtar detour that starts Callt- cott from the Speaker's aair at Albany and brings him around ‘back again’ » the Penitentiary 1" How naturally any one oncom the Albany Legislature ee —— should be “back again” to tne Penitentiary! It ts the common attraction of all corrupt legislative bodies like that at Albany. An exchange says the iaw office of a notorious radical in this city is adorned with steel plates of ait Prominent republicans, and a democratic contem- Porary inquires whether the ‘steal plate” of Butler is there? It is evident that “Occasional,” of the’Philadelpaia Press, is not writing in the easy chair of the Secre- tary of the Senate. . The Trenton State Gazette (radicay thus referate the proposed democratic ticket of Chase and Dix:— “A twelvemonth ago @ man who had proposed these men as candidates for the democracy would have been thought @ fit candidate for a lunatic asylum; now it is seriously regarded as & sagactous and proper movement.” General George W. Cass, of Pennaylvania, it is au- thoritatively stated, ig not a candidate for the demo- cratic nomination for the Vice Presidency, Penttieton ia the choice of the Easton (Pa.) News for the Presidency, but itsays if Mr. Chase woud come square out and commit himself to any distinot line of policy it thinks he might be trusted, as he has proven himself a man of honor in the late severe teat at Washington. The New York correspondent of the Philadetphia Ledger, who has hitherto spoken lightly of the Ohgse movement, now 8a! ‘There must be, after alt, Something in that movement to make Chief Justice Chase the democratic candidate for the Preatdene: Among the straws showing how the wind blows— straws now for the first time visible—may be men- tioned the almost unanimous adoption cf resolutions to that effect by the Constitutional Union General Committee at their last meeting.” Ata meeting in Jersey City of delegates to the De- mocratic State Convention an informal baliot waa taken for candidates for President and Vice Presl- dent, with the following result:—President—Chase, 11; Joel Parker, 4; Hancock, 3; Mc jan, 2, andex- Governor Seymour, 1, For Vice President—Hen- dricks, of Indiana, 9; Parker, 8; Scattering, 5. John Cain, of Rutland, editor of the Courier, is the democratic nominee for Congress in the Firat Ver- mont district. : There are no lack of aspirants for the democratic nomination in the First Kentucky district. Among those most prominently mentioned are Judge Trimble, the present incumbent, Judge Bennett, Judge Date- ney and Colonel Oscar Turner. The Soul-Sleepers, or Second Adventists, in Lowa; shout aloud for Grant. The Pittsburg Gazette (radical) proposes the aa- lection of Edwin M. Stanton to succeed Mr, Bucka- lew in the United States Senate, The Cairo Democrat says Grant's bitterness againat the Jews is accounted for by the fact that he waa once outmancuvred in a pork speculation, and in fact driven out of the trade by the superior ahrewd- ness and experience of a Jewish merchant. Buchanan's last words—“O, Lord. Almighty, aa Thou wilt !"—gut “pied” in the Cleveland Herata, and appeared thus:—‘O, Lord Alm say thig Thou wilt!’ This might do for the last words of a Ohec- taw Indian, but are hardly suitable for those of aa ex-President. The Raleigh (N. C.) Sentinel as a choice between Chase and Grant would prefer the former. A Washington correspondent of the Boston Post— Hancock democrat—saya:—“Bets are being offered that Chase will receive a majority vote in the New York Convention, if not the nomination. One gen- tleman offered to bet $100 that Chase will be the nominee and $100 that Pendleton’s name will not ge before the Convention. Hancook’s friends are confl- dent that he will receive the nomination on the third ballot. MUSICAL AND THEATRICAL NOTES. ¢ Madame Bageaud ts obliged to postpone the enter- . tainment which she had engaged to give to-day at the Academy of Music. Through causes over which she has no control the performance—from “La Fa- vorita’—is postponed untii Monday, June 15. Thé New York Circus is doing an immense buat ness in the “Hub.” The audiences average thirty- five hundred persons per night. Lawrence Barrett is delighting the citizens of Sam Francisco with “The Robbers” and “Black Eyed Susan.” Frank Mayo ts delighting the Bostonians by jamp- tug on alternate nights from tragedy to c omedy. oni is & wonderful city, the latest sensation there being thenomensa in the form of an tofans threo years old, possessing the development of a fully matured woman. The ties ad now on exhibition. Edwin Booth is playing in Troy to crowded houses. There is another troupe of Japanese gymnasts turning somersaults and the heads of the ates ry San Francisco, The good people of New Orleana were afflicted laat week with the weak voices of an itinerent “Iéalian Parlor Opera Troupe.” Miss Kate gsi is at the Howard Athe- neum, Boston, with the “Three Fast Men." ; ete Adams is playing “‘Hamlet” for the Baffa- lonians. ‘There is to be Itallan opera in Moscow, with Mie, Artot as leading artist. Dan Rice's itinerent concern left Buffalo for the West last Tuesday. Reade and Boucicault have offered Kate Reignol da the rdle of Helen in their “Foul a Offenbach has produced a new musical farce, ‘Le Chateau a Toto,” which has been brought out in 8. London has a femate pianist who plays simaltane- ously two different aira with each hand and sings ® Mfth. The effect which the performaace produces is not stated. This city ts to be shortly favored by Sefior Zar- quela, with a specimen of Spanish opera. an article poiey unknown tn this country, and hardly leas se jurope. Edmund Yates, editor of 7insiey's, is to ran @ theatre, now being built for him at a cost of several hundred thousand dollars. Sangerbund of the Northwest (Wisconsin, fowa and Minnesota) wiil hold the sartaumastmocibesee amine at Milwaukee, commencing on the The critic of the fioune says: — loughby Brazilian American public at the head of all goes to will be the Aras and demecven Pauline Lacca achieved ‘tented 6 furor a , The Portland (Me. | wa more we are Light Brigade, Sos ee ere men have planed teeealivon ta the and have uaranteed Bateman's #. y Bouffe jompany, now performing Sel wy Boston, — loss 00 condition that they favor our poopie with two nights and the entire operas of ‘:LaGrande Duchesse” and “La Belle Hi with full chorna, orchestra, costumes, and all the great artista. am | man under whose left vest pocket beata @ warm for the good name and best interests of our fair city will put his shoulder to the wheel in this matter and ot 8 jot or tittle of endeavor until the venture i# crowned with brilliant anccess. A dramatic noveitr, i ree acts, entitied “The Two Female Sinners,” has obtained a very fayorubia reception at Carisruhe. ‘The author is said to be the Minjster at Baron de Kotsebue. clever play, called “The Godfather in tne St ” has been given in Vienna. The iate Empe- ror IL, who te still very | ag AI Austria, appears in , and the fact has contributed we the favorable in Of the noveit, The clever littie Porcupine of Litsepool haa the foliowt of v8 of Mr. ann's appearance ia Poreupine's vVillage:— Mr. Rand. American twang ia very distinct ta let, It is not the genuine nada! drawl, but ® sort of Irtah-Yankee #0 to of the Five Points, in New York.” This anaiyaw the Irish-Yamkee accent ia profound, but doubtions accurate, aa the Liverpool le ong’ eoqnar tional means of becom! the Chinese saw the first at of the “White Fawn" they thought they were looking at cunntt puppets Dy internal clockwork. Aww the assertion that the dancers were women thay ar- in this Way:—“‘Chinawoman wearce coat, Me ic® Women wearee Coat, ali woman wearce coat: ballet girt no wearee coat, hecnsa» he atoam Mryeta.! Finaliy convinced of their error tiey mate 4 clamor ous call for opera glasses, A new American museum ts now being estat ished at 267 Bowery by Mr. 4. Colima. o specks building contains on the aecowe Moor the memager ie, composed Of a great varety of rare wild aus besides a collection of curtosittes, inci Hag the wot. te from witch Stan‘on aad General Thames Wok « “aumile”’ at the Wae Office. On the third Aoor there wil be a@ ai , OO witch Uenieioa: performanros, eens, Os, COUNiCal Omg, BC, Hulk He CEPT