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Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-02-27
DIarkuooo's Ma9atime,

AND THE BRITISH QUARTERLY REVIEW&.
WING to the late revolutions and counter re-
v%olutions among the nations Of Europe,
which have followed each other in such quick snc~
cession. and of which 1.-THE end is not get, !" the lead
ING periodicals Of Great Britain have become in-
vested with a degree of interest hitherto unknown.
Z hey occupy a middle ground between the hasty,
d,sioipted and necessarily imperfect records of the
newspapers, and the elaborate and ponderous trea>
tises to be Furnished by the historian at a future day:
Whoever reads these periodicals obtains a correct
and connected account Of all the important political
events Of the old world, rs they occur, and learns
the various conclusions drawn from them by the
Leading spirits Of the age. The American Pub
llshers therefore deem it proper to call renewed at
iention to the works they republish, and the very
low prices at which they are offered to subscribers.
The following is their list, viz: o
The London Quarterly Reriew-The Edin-
burgh Resiew-The North British Re
4r piep-The Westminster Reuiew-
and Blackpood's Edinburgh Magazine.
In these periodicals are combined the views, mo-
derately, though clearly and firmly expressed, Of
the three great parties in England-Tory, Wing and
Radical-Biackwood and the London Quarterly
are Tory; the Edinburg Review, Wing: and the
Westminster Review, Liberal. The North British
Review owesits establishment TO the last great &C..
clesiaslical movement in Scotland, and is not ultra
in its views on any one of the grand departments
Of human knowledge; - was originally edited by
DIR. Chalmers, ahd now, since bis death, is con-
dncted by his son in law, Or Hanna, associated
with Sir David Brewster. It's literary character is
Of the very highest order. The Westminster, though
repr;ssed under that title only, is published in Eng
land under the title Of the Foreign Quarterly and
Westminster, i. being in fact a union of the two
Reviews formerly published and reprinted under
separate titles. II has, therefore the advantage by
,his combination Of uniting in one work the best
features Of both, as heretofore issued.
The above periodicals are reprinted in New
York Immediately on their arrival by the British
steamers, in a beautiful clear type, on fine. white
paper, and are faithful copies Of the originals
Blackwood's Magazine heing an exact fac simile
Of the Edinburgh edition.
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-02-27
SEYMOUR & Co.,

Dealers in Foreign and Domestic Dry Goods
NO. ~ CAMP ST.. New ORLEANS,
U-TInvite the attention of purchasers visiting the
city to their stock of Fashionable, Fancy and Sta-
pie Dry Goods, which are offered at the lowest
price of ~anyso,iier house in New Orleans. JAG 1y
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Payments to be made in all cases in radiance.
@ CLUBBING. esa&1 -
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will be sent TO one address on payment of the reg
Alar subscription for three-the fourth copy being
gratis.
Remitiances and communication should always
be addressed, post paid or franked, 10 the Publish
err. LEONARD SCOTT + CO.,
70 Fulton street, New York,
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NJ sg0RH4
IA A~E

rTdE undersigned has just received direct from the North, and has now openeda at the
L MAMMOTH STORE,
Opposite heP Planters HOTEL cmner of PhTemane md From ay9s .
largest and besta assorted stock of Goodsee offered in this market His stock wl cons.
Stm part IF the following articles VII: "
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-02-27
sADDLERY WAREHOUSE.

GMTTH & BROTHER are receiving by al
y most every arrival from New York fresh
supplies of goods in their line, to which they
invite the attention of purchasers. Their stock
of goods, manufactured by themselves express
" for this market, comprises every kind and
quality of SADDLES now in use, together
with a large supply of BRIDES, MARTIN
GALES, bits, SPURS and STIRRUPS,
Saddlery Ware, Coach Trimmings, Tools, Lea
ther, &c. au22 1y
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-02-27
CITY ADVERTISEMENTS.
HoR T4TE PAID ERAO4e
THOMAS BRADY,
Charities st. @
DRY GOODS-Opening of the Fall Trade.

livery variety of Foreign and Domestic DRY GOODS comprising all the
u Fancy Goods, together with the best and most approved Staple and Do
1nmes are q heinz Offered considerably lower than U usual uniform low n1
Southern sentinel. [volume] (Plaquemine, Parish of Iberville [La.]) 1848-1858, 1850-02-27

These Goods are unusually rich.
Embroidered and plain merino cloaks and mantles;
Chaneeable embroidered and changeable silk man.
ties. ..- -
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01

INGENIOUS INVENTION FOR EARLY RIsER3.
A mechanic residing at l04 Newcastle ST.,
Hulme, has constructed little machine for
the purpose of awaking himself early in the
morning. To a Dutch clock in the kitchen,
he has attached lever, from which a WI
communicates through the ceiling to the bed
room above, in whirh he has fixed his novel
invention. Having set the lever to any hour
at which he may wish to be awakened, when
the time arrives, it is released by the clock,
and the machinery up stairs rings bell, then
strikes a match, which lights an OIL lamp
This lamp runs upon four wheels, and is at
the same instant propelled through tin tube
on miniature railway about five feet long,
which is raised upon small iron supports a
few inches above the bed room floor. Near
the end of the line is fixed an elevated iron
stand, upon which a small tea-kette is placed
holding about pint, and immediately under
it. by the aid of spring, the lamp is stop
ped, and its flame boils the water in the ket-
tie in twenty minutes this enables him to
take cup Of tea or coffee prior TO his going
to work The bell attached is so powerful
that it awakes his neig ghbor. and the ma
chinery altogether is OF very neat appear
ance, the mechanism being of polished iron.
The inventor has made it during his leisure
hours and has been about eighteen months
IN bringing it to state of perfection. He
has also combined economy with utility, as
the working of il does not cost more than a
half psnnu per reek
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01
THE LOST ARTS.

The following interesting facts relative to
the arts Of the ancients, are from lecture
delivered by the Hon. Wendell Philips of
Boston, as reported M the Woonsccket Pa
iriot:
GLAss.-This was for long time believed
to be modern invention. Within hfty years,
four ouarto volumes were written in Italy, to
prove in opposition to the assertion of Plmy,
that the article was unknown to the. .a-cients;
and on the very day in which these volumes
were published, a warehouse was opened IN
Pompeii, filled with cut, wrought. pressed,
and stained glass, far more beautiful and
perfect than any now manufactured there
Is glass found too, among The ruins OF Cen
tral America. In the museum al Florence,
is a piece of glass an inch square by quar-
ter of an inch thick, on which were repre-
sented birds, which could be seen equally on
both sides, and their plumage SO perfect that
not even the slightest want of finish could be
discovered with a microscope and though
apparently mosaic, it is impossible to tell
where or how it is put together. There IS
small vase, too, surrounded by figures OF wo-
men with children playing upon their laps
also perfect on both sides and the art of
making them so is not only unknown to US,
but we cannot even imagine how it could be
done. Their dresses, and the curls of their
hair, are perfect Pliny tells US OF drink
ing glass which could be folded up so as 10
occupy small space and which was destroy
ed by its Inve ntor because his monarch would
not offer him what he considered sufficient
sum for its invention. The moderns with all
their arts, cannot equal the beautiful stained
glass of the middle ages, inferior as this was
10 that of Egypt; and this remark leads to
the second division.
CoLoRs these, the aAcients certainly
far excelled the moderns Sir Humphrey
Davy made many efforts to analyze the cele-
brated Tyrian purple of the East but these
efforts were without success. He declared
he could not discover of what it was COM
posed The Naples yellow, too, though less
known was much used, and the art OF ma
king it, is now entirely gone. The Tyrian
purple is the color of many Of the houses Of
! Pompeii, and they look as fresh as if just
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01

EMPIRE CITY LINE

NEW YORK THROUGH TICKETS.
THE ONLY DIRECT LINE OF STEAMSHIPS
FOR PANAMA. Through tickets from Sar
Francisco to New York, by way of Chagres and
Panama. The splendid and popular steamship.
SARAH SANDS, $500 tons burthen, w. C.
Thompson, Commander, and NEW ORLEANS,
loo tons burthen, J. w. Wood, Commander, will
leave San Francisco for Panama, direct connecting
at Chagres, with the staunch and well known
steamships CRESCENT CITY, 500 tons burthen
Chas. Stoddard Commander, and EMPIRE CITY,
1000 tons burthen, ]. G. Wilson, Commander
Rates of fare San Francisco to Panama direct.
First Cabin, $500
Second Cabin, $50
The Second Cabin has a separate table, and the
berths fully furnished with hair mattresses and
bedding, and on board the Sarah Sands are state
rooms, great advantage in point of comfort, over
the unfinished hunks of an open steerage.
Chagres to New York.
After Saloons, SIPS
Forward Saloons, 100
Lower Cabin, 80
All the above have the same table and privileges
of the Saloons.
Steerage, found with mattresses and board, 65
An experienced Surgeon is attached to each
steamer.
The subscribers are now issuing through tickets
10 New York by the above named steamers.
EVERETT & CO.
Honolulu, MAY Is, 1s5O.-I-tf
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01

NEW ENTERPRIsE.-Sever of our warm
hearted and esteemed friends of temperance,
says the New York Sun, among whom are
Anson g Phelps, Esq George Hall, Thomas
Denny and twenty others have stated a
Mutual Life Insurance Company upon thor
ough temperance principles. II has long
been felt that the temperance community, in
mutual companies, were not on par with
drinking men, who were constantly diving out
through the insiduous influences of alcoholic
poisons, leaving their families to draw per-
haps largely, from the common fund. A well
established and well conducted company,
that should give no policy excepting TO a
thorough tectotaler, would, we are sure, be
very attractive to all temperance men and
women We understand the company is re-
auired to have well invested capital of one
hundred thowsand dollars to meet losses, is
10 be conducted on the most economical prin-
ciples, and will insure at reduced rates. Ii
is 10 be conducted on the cash principle, and
make regular dividends of all profits. 1t
will therefore, be an excellent savings bank
to all temperance men with small mcans.-
Here they will be able 10 lay up with safety
of their earnings, that which, should they be
cut off suddenly, may be of lasting benefit to
their families. At the same time the instItu-
tion cannot fail to he beneficial to the cause
of temperance. 1t places Intoxicating liquor
where il should long ago have been placed
IN all commercial transactIons-oHfslde as at
variance with all of mans best interests.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01

Russian RAILRoAD.-Major T. S. Brown.
the Chief Engineer of the New York and
Erie Railroad, has been appointed by the
Emperor of Russia, through the Russian
Minister at Washington, to succeed the late
Major Whistler. as chief engineer OF the rail-
rOad from St. Petersburg TO Moscow, and has
accepted conditionally.
The st. Petersburg railroad is 100 miles
long, the estimated cost, including equip
ments, $40, 200, 900, and the construction
and appointments made, with the expectation
of its being travelled in twelve hours The
width of embankment is 400 feet, raised six
feet above the country level. upon which
double five feet tract is TO be laid. The con-
tractors for the equipment of the road.
Messrs. Harrison, Winans s. Eastwick, Of
Baltimore, have already furnished l62 loco
motive engines, averaging "a tons weight, 72
passenger cars. $3.50 freight cars, 2imperial
saloon carriages, each capable Of carrying
the Imperial Court. These have all been
built in Russia, in shops prepared by the
contractors, and supplied by Russian labor.
They engage to instruct suitable number
of Russian mechanics to take charge of the
engines when the road is ready for use. The
contract of these gentlemen has already
amounted to between four and FIVE millions
of dollars.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01

The OCEAN.-The great Pacific Ocean
has larger area than all the dry land on the
globe. 1t covers 81, ,O00. 900 of square miles,
and 20, 900 900 including the Indian Ocean.
From Peru to Africa it is Is, 600 miles wide.
1t is generally unfathomable between the
tropics where its depth is So great that a line
five miles long has IN MANY places not reach
ed the bottom. l he Atlantic Ocean, appa-
rently stretching from Pole to Pole, is 5000
miles wide, and covers % 900 square miles.
The German Ocean, now rapidly filling up
by the detrilus from the land, has in a great
part of its bed depth of only 90 feet and
even near the precipitinus coast of Norway
the depth Is only 500 feet AT depth of a
mile and quarter the pressure of the sea is
equal To 25O9 lbs. on every inch of surface.
In the Artic Ocean shells are seen to the
depth of 1880 feet, and among the West In
dia Islands at lSO feet, so that the light which
fell upon these shells would have been vIsi-
BILE to an eve at least $50 feet deep IN the
one case, and $50 feet IN the other. The
color of all water when pure is hne bright
blue becoming green when mixed with cer-
toin vegetable matters, and brownish yellow
when derived from mosses The sadness OF
the sea is greatest at the parallel Of % N.
lat and I76 S. lat. diminishing towards the
Equator and the Poles, where 1t IS least.
owing to the melting of the ice AT the
Straits Of Gibraltar the water is four times aS
salt at depth of 6l7 as il is at the surface.
The central area OF the Pacific and tne
Atlantic is occupied with the great oceanic
tide-wave, which is raised BY the JOINT ac-
ton of,he sun and moon. From this contin-
naIy o.cillating wave, partial waves diverge
| in all directions, finding their way into seas
and estuaries, with various velnci'ies. de-
pending on the form OF the coast and the
dep,h Of the channel, and the nature of ITS
bed In some parts of the coast OF BrItiaF
the tide rises 50 or so feet. In the BriSto
Channel and the Gulf of St. Malo they rise
~ feet, according to Capt. Beechey, and al
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01

the bay of Fundy CD feet, while at St. He
lena they never exceed three feet, and arc
scarcely visible among the tropical islands in
the Pacific.
The tide at the Equator follows the moon
at the rate of 1000 miles an hour. In the
Turury channel at Cayenne, the sea rises
forty feet is five minutes, and as suddenly
ebbs. The heighesf waves which occur at
the Cape of Good Hope do not exceed forty
feet from their lowest to the highest point
Under the heaviest gales the sea is probably
tranquil at the depth Of 200 or 800 feet
The tranquility of the ocean is disturbed
by currents varying in their extent and ve-
lociiy, owing to causes both permanent and
variable. The great currents which flow
from the two poles to the equator, are reflect
ed by the diurnal motion of the earth, acquir-
ing a rotary motion as they advance. till they
combine into one great current flowing from
east to west, with a velocity of nine miles per
hour in some places.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01

over thirty-seven acres, including the en-
bankments around it, or thirty-one acres OF
water. 1t is divided into two divisions, which
however, are connected by pipe with stop
COCK; either of them can be used as a sepa-
rate reservoir by itself. while the other is
eGlptied for examination or repair. The
depth of the water in the northern one is
twenty feet; in the southern one twenty-five
feet. The surface Of the water is four feet
below the top of the surrounding embank-
| ment. 1t is prevented from rising higher
than this by waste weirs The quantity OF
water which both divisions together can hold
Is $50 ,OOO, 900 gallons. The outside Of the
fected by walls of stone: the inside is pud-
Iled with clay, and is protected from the ef-
fects of the wash of the water by a dry stone
pavement, fifteen inches thick The bottom
of the reservoir is the natural earth or rock
The distributing reservoir is erected on
Murray Hill at the corner of Fifth Avenue
and Forty-second street. The highest part
OF 1t Is forty-nine feet above the level of the
street. 1t is divided, like the receiving re-
serVoir, into two compartments 1t is'four
hundred and twenty feet square. including the
walls; the basin holding the water is three
hundred and eig hty-six feet square The depth
of the basin is forty-two feet. and when filed
with thiriy-eight fee: of water, it contains
81 900 900 gallons. 1t is surrounded by a
double wall, the outside wall being four feet
in thickness, and the inside six feet; these
are connected by cross walls, and arched at
the top. These are of stone The division
wall is of concrete, faced with rough stone
Drains are arranged by which any water
leaking through the walls may be carried off,
and also waste weirs, by which either dIvi-
sion may be entirely empted. Three pipes
leave the reservoir. leading respectively to
the eastern, western and central parts of the
city. A stone stairway is provided by which
persons may ascend to the top of the walls,
where is platform surrounded by iron-raiI-
irgs. As this is at an elevation of one hun
dred and nineteen feet above the level of the
sea, magnificent view of the city and har-
bor of New York may be obtained from it,
The cost of building the aqueduct was
! s., ,575 900; ofthe distribution pipes 81 500
OOO-in all, SlO,375 900 The receipts oi
the Croton Aqueduct Board from Oct 5
1912, the date of its organization, to Jan 81
1919, were SI,O4S, lO6 50. The expendi
lures during the same time were S557 ,O75 46
The quantity of pipe now laid in the city
south of the distributing reservoir, is one
hundred and eighty miles and twenty leigh
hundred feet
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01

ATIONS.
OF LAWS
Published for the
hers frequentinR
itry to make the
Iilot.
? the wlndward,
to be signed by
from any eonta-
hite Ia, other
.aud OBEY the di-
er.
the Governor or
ing.
age to be landed.
are subject to 4
any of the ports
etters to the COL
Hing.the delivery
llector, will only
s Hawanan Ma
merchant vessel,
her of the legal
hown to the COL
pom which said
P him with Z list
i'm under oath a
the cargo. with
h manifest shall
hges, with their
ties and also the
ees. When any
my or all Of the.
eight hours after
fine not exceed
documents pre-
be either in the
, and at the ex
an officer to be
her discharge, to
and see that no
andise be landed
orts of these isi-
per cent. GG &c
d liquors.
of entry at these
nolulu, Oahu, and
IA addition there
al and Kealeke-
n mer ,hant yes
u, 20 cents per
|ofage in and out,
haina, anchorage
certificate, 81;
nd clearance ST.
he port of Homo
neither lading or
wing any passen-
ton harbor dues,
hey discharge or
RS they shall pay
lynesian newspa-
ps are, from and
charges for pilot
Pes, at all the va
this group.
rs will be, clear
81, each; and
-buoys, So. At
lights 81; canal.
kua,-health GER
goods to the val.
hey exceed ths:
b FIVE per cent. on
as the charges fo'
lchorage fees, re
10 juno 10, 1887,
Ped Sl200, (whicl
ulu and Lahaina, /,
nerchantmen, Ant
Eal liabilities
S, do not include
rituous liquors.
is prohibited e1
xill subject then
including the pay
well at the an
|adstead of Homo
|llu.
o shall fail to pre-
hall be liable to
an fifty dollars, {
ach ship-master
to- c. Customs,
Dnsul, that all L
Fhce, against sal
he knows OF n
pt Immediately Dc
landed at any Z
iect to the follow
whiskey, &c,
per cent alcoho
cent. alcohol 81
fordials, &c, lel
E and sinclair win'
81 per gallon
( ent alcohol, +, ma
loren.
lay be transhiPP'
~.
lch the duties ha
Re and conhscatio
T on shore, -, I
vessel, it snail
pr Of said vessel
person TO any o.
s surrender on p
erson on board o
Hcnolulu. TO thr
, under a penalty
alma , afterthe be
after the ringing
ION and a fine OF
o the harbor maj
T sailors within
discharged at
epting those OF
rye seamen ut
|out the written c
only ports at y !
be shipped-and
consent only.
bner from these
$500.
rance, it shall be
lhcer first 10 furi
aanifest Of carge
ssel.
commanding OF
sci, to carry ou
ny domiciled al
thou, previous
rom His Majes
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01

SUGAR for sas
5vERErT & GU
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01

of the steam engines or of the water works,
is not considered.
The cost Of the works for raising the water
as given in the Report of the Water Com
mittee for 1923, was as follows: Purchase OF
White and Gillingham $50, 600; erection Of
the dam, locks, etc, including damages for
fowage, SIsl 600; mill houses, mills, etc
ST., $50; iron raising mains, Si,4SI-Totai
S4O6, 73O. The pumps cost 8. 500 each.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01
[ASTERS.

of vesseis
Hawaiian Islano., :.
|s by forwarding 70
their vessels.
heir tonnage, /, wbels
ofwhale and sPef"
kls spoken, disasters,
Ice which may be o.
equestsd quest to for.'SI . r
arrival, a report v
of passengers, .s., .er
ON, with any 0''
ession of. IA
Mt at Lshaina, ~ ~,
ping memoranda ~.
renee from abroao.. !.
G.,A -
favors, We sn.. D.
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01
ID. n. FLITNEE,
s. III. WILLIAMS & CO.,

:. III. WILLIAMS q CO.,
7 IMPORTERS of American and European
L Goods, will keep constantly on hand general
ssortment of Merchandise adopted 10 the markets
of Oregon California aud the Hawaiian Islands. A
general assortment of Ship Chandlery and Prori-
-ions required by whalers touching al this port Tor
recruits, on hand which will he supplied on liberal
terms for cash, or Bills of Exchange myl9iy
Polynesian. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu], Hawaii) 1844-1864, 1850-06-01
BENJAMIN PITMAN,

BENJAMIN PITMAN,
n EALER IN SHIP CHANDLERY,
~ General Merchandise and Hawanan Produce,
Byron's Bay Hilo Hawaii has constantly on hand
and for sale, u general assortment of Merchandise
usually required by whaleshIps touching at these
Islands for recruits.
LP Money advanced on liberal terms for Bills
Of Exchange the United States, England and
France. my l9Iy