The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1856-09-11
LATER FROM CALEFoRNu

By the arrival Of the Peruvian brig FL.
Capt. Watt, Is days from San Francisco ~ va
received papers from that port to August 90. s
The Fanny .M4jor had not yet arrived. tba
about 26 days out. The whaleship Neptune csa
Green was to sail in a few days for this port. ~
Some late reports from the Ochotsk wbaInas
was received by the E!lenita, which viii be sm
under the head of memoranda.
In market quotations we see no material chan.
Fruit appears abundant in San Francisco. or,.
plums, grapes and peaches being for sale eyervrt.~
Peaches were as low as 2 cents apiece.
CHINA.-By the arrival of the bark Cesar
Surge, we have Hongkong dates to June 29tb capt
PRATEs.-A trading-boat belonging to S,;n.
was plundered by pirates off that place on the Ian
instant,
PEACE CELEBRAT1oN.-To-day, on account % ,
Peace, H. M. s.. .Nankin has been dressed out IN o .'
ors, and royal salutes were fired at noon by the NJ
kin and u. s. ships San Jacinto and Lerunt. aaoa.
and the hurry Battery ashore. "'
WRECKED.-The Hongkong Shipping List cont.:-
the following among its other ship news:
The Monsoon, from Sydney, March &c. To e.,
Francisco, ran short of provisions ATTEMPTED :,
make Guam, but lost sails, &c., and bore up for Hon.
kong, where she arrived on the 23d June.
Sailed RATs.-A correspondent of the Ci;,sn
writing from Kurrachee, declares that he is determn
ed to export 120, 900 salted rats to China. The CHI
csc eat rats, and he thinks they may sell. He saws.
SI have to pay one pice a dozen, and the Saline
pressing, and packing in casks, raises the price to sIr
pice a dozen and if succeed in obtaining anVtb;r,
like the price that rules in Whampoa and Canton fSs
corn-grown rats, my fortune is made, or rather 7
will be On the fair road to it, and will open a fair
field of enterprise to Sindh. "-Friend of India
.4prI "a.
aY From our California and U. s. files we Con.
tinue the summary of Eastern news
FOREIGN SUMMARY.
Good feeling is being restored between orr oNxrvo
ment and England. The latter does not feel called
mon TO resent the dismissal of Mr.. Champion. deem
ing it founded upon his being personally unacceptaNo
to the authorities at Washington. The tone of the
British press is generally liberal and moderate towards
the United States.
The difficulties between Spain and Mexico remain
unsettled. Mexico, being on the defensive, does not
seem disposed to yield, while her ancient antagonist
menaces her by displaying a powerful feet before
Vera Cruz, and her subjects in Havana boast that she
will coerce Mexico to a settlement. The Spanish force
spoken of consists of eleven ships of the line, three
frigates, four steamers, and two corvettes.
The London detectives frequently throw aside their
everyday clothing, and disguise themselves as a Jack
tar, with a bright tarpaulin hat and white ducks, and
also in the costume of foreign naval officers. One Of
the most successful DISCUSSES is that of a buxom wild
dow, fat, fair, and forty !; but beneath the braided
hair and sombre cap may be recognized the most sue
cessful and expert officers of the force.
The Mount of Olives, near Jerusalem, has been
purchased by Madame Polack, the widow of a veal
thy banker of the Hebrew persuasion at Konigsberp.
in Prussia. This lady intends to beautifv the Mace
and improve the whole neighborhood, at her sole ex-
pense. The first thing she did was to plant the whole
area with a grove of olive trees. and thus restore il
to the original state from which it derives its name,
A GREAT CURIosITY.-In 1922, a young French
Canadian had his side shot away and an openipp
made into his stomach, by means of which the pro.
cess of digestion could be noted. As the opening has
never healed over, it has furnished a remarkable Cd
portunity for physicians to experiment with a view Of
ascertalning the time required to digest different
kinds of food. He has recently visited New York.
where he was an object of great interest to scientific
men. From the time of his recovery till the present
he has enjoyed good health and constitutional sound
ness, being athletic and robust, laboring at the hard
est Of work.
WORTH REMEMBERING.-In cases of accidental
poisoning, aspoonful of mustard mixed in a tumbh
Of warm water, and drank Immediately, is said tobe
q safe and certain remedy.
AJUsT LAw.-The revised code of North Carolina
declares that if a person fight a duel, and either
of the parties shall be killed. the survivor. ON con-
~viction, shall suffer death, and the aiders and abet-
tors shall be considered accessories before the fact.
If no death shall ensue, all the parties shall be DEEM
ed guilty of a misdemeanor, and on conviction shall
be punished accordingly, and moreover, be ineligible
to any office in the state.
The work of removing Diamond Reef. in New York
harbOr, has been commenced. The reef lies near
Governors Island, a short distance from the usual
route of the South ferry-boats, and has become a Sc
nous impeachment to the navigation of the harb0r,
owing to the large size of modern ships, and their
consequent increased draught of water. The depth
of water over it is only sixteen feet at low tide it's
stipulated that this shall be increased to twenty-five
feet, at a cost to the city of 1886, 900. The rock is
about 800 by 40 feet, and very hard. 1t is expected
that the work will be completed BIZ September next
The British Government has given up all claim 10
the bark ReSotute, which was rescued from the icem
the Arctic Seas by the whaling ship George Henry
and carried into New London. The vessel, with the
sails, stores, and everything found on board, viii be
sold for the benefit of the gallant men who rescued
her. On the 24th of June, Mr.. Mason introduceds
$40, 900 for the purchase and restoration to the BRIT
ish Government of the ship Resolute, late OF the
British navy, which was abandoned in the Arctic
seas, and fodnd by the crew of an American WHARF
ship, by whom she was brought to this country
Passed
The New Hampshire Legislature, on the 9th, u
joint Convention of the Senate and House, ee'e.
Ralph Metcalf Governor by the following VoN'
Wells, DEM, 80 Metcalf, Opposition, 115.
While Ex. President was riding through
the village of Kinderhook on horseback, on the ou
inst, his horse took fright, throwing him on u
ground. He is considerably injured about the hea''
but not considered dangerous. -.
The editor of the Courier des Etats Unts, VIII
from Washington that all the archives of the brusn
legation have been packed up, and are to be sen"
Canada.
SOLID MEN OF BosToN.-Among the police om" .b-
attached to the 4th Station in Boston, are tour 18th oEJ
ers by the name of Foster, whose united Veg"