The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1856-08-28

vessel that appeared in the Sound since that datawa
the Sarah Bryant, Capt. Jefferson, which arriveJ
13th, bound from Cronstadt TO New York, with a
cargo Of Russiln produce She paid the Sound dues
but did SO under protest.
Accounts from the Crimea to the 9TH, state that .
the day previous, Lord Cough invested Marshall pei
Iissier and the French and English Generals with the
Order of the Bath The ceremony took place in a she'd
erected at head quarters. and decorated with National
flags.
The evacuation Of the Crimea proceeded rar;l,r
Balaklava would be clear by the 18th Of June.
The Queen Of England, to celebrate the peace. has
granted an amnesty 10 all political offenders e2cant
those who escaped to the United States.
The plaz -ug Of the military bands In the London
parks on the Sabbath has been stopped BY The govern
ment.
The Sultan, on the application Of the British sov-
ernment For permission to erect a memorial church in
Constantinople, has granted a piece OF ground sufH-
cient for u church, schools, and parsonage.
Hostilities have between RusSla and
the Circassians.
LIBERALrrY OF ENGLISH CHRIsTLANS-The receipts
IF tho various benevolent societies in England for the
mast vegr. as reported at the recent anniversaries in
London. were , 600. Although during the
year the nation was obliged to make great efforts to
equip her armies and fleets, Yet every Christian asso-
citation had been supported with increased liberalitv
GLoRY.-Siuce the commencement of the easter,
war. England lost 22,457 gallant soldiers. Of whom
,9s3 fell in action, 1,62l died Of their wounds.
4,279 of cholera, and 1,451 of other diseases the
French loss. as far rs can be ascertained. has been
so, 900 the Russian loss IS admitted to be not less
than 500,000 the Sardinian loss has not been. and
the Turkish loss cannot be ascertained.
A VALUABLE NEwsPAPER-The London Times was
established in 17S5 by John Walter, and inherited
by his son, now i member of Parliament. 1t is val
ued at So, 75o, 900. Its principal editor has an an
nual salary of S25, 900, and its Paris correspondent
$4,000. Its advertisements, it is estimated. Weld
it $4,000, 900 a year, one firm alone paying $780,
600 a year.
United States.
THE New YORK Herald FOR FRF7doNT-fhe New
York Herald comes out by this mail decidedly COM
mitted to Fremont and the Republican party.
Mr.. Barclay, late British Consul at New York, had
held the office since March, 1910, over sixteen years.
The largest cow in the United States is a Durham
mixed, lately bought by I. T Hoyt, OF Concord. for
$500. She Is seven years old, girts nine feet, and
weighs :, 70Gfb.
TERRIBLE CALAMITY AND Loss OF LIFE-Reed street
wharf in Philadelphia gave way on the evening of
July Bird, precipitating q large number of persons in
to the river, and causing the loss of about 80 lives.
New York is inundated with strawberries, so that
they retail as low as four cents a basket.
Another attempt to laya chain cable for a telegraph
across the Atlantic, viii soon be made. The length
of the cable will be 2,400 miles, and two steamers,
each with 1900 miles of cable, VIII meet midway
between Ireland and Newfoundland, unite the cables,
and proceed in opposite directions to land.
The ocean must contain an immense amount of
treasure. In 1854, twenty-five millions of dollars
were sunk in 1855, which was comparatively free
of storms, only fifteen millions; making an average
OF twenty millions per annum for two years.
The Emperor Of Brazil, a distinguished devotee to
science and literature, has been created an honorary
member Of the New York Historical Society.
MARINE DIsAsrEIls 1s I956.-The New York paners
contain a tabular statement of American vessels or
those engaged in American trade, reported either lost
or damaged during the first six months of the pres
ent year. The list is evidently prepared with great
care, and furnishes some items Of interest to the gen.
eral reader The whole amount of loss, total and
partial, during the specified period, is aedrEu sirteen
millions Of dollars. The number of those either very
seriously damaged or totally lost, amounts to $40.
and the amount Of loss in these cases, was 81 $40
500. OF these, however, only 10 were wholly lost
with their cargoes; the rest had narrow escapes. Thir-
teen of the number, also, hare neUcr been heard from,
leaving US only to conjecture what may have been
their fate.
Twelve hundred and eighteen other vessels. of all
classes, arrived at various ports with more OF less
damage to hull, spars and rigging, and were repair
ed at an expense varying from $500 to So 900 each.
The total estimated at not less than S ,150,O 900.
The damage TO cargo arriving coastwise and also
from foreign ports, IN many cases after long and bois-
ferrous passages,from thebest data that can be obtain
ed, was at least S2,S00.QD0
4 GRAPE CULTURE Mr. Topn-
worth first commenced planting grapes and making
wine, he was laughed at. He was told that his wine
would not g 90 off" But upon nv word If does now
and carries the corks with it. He tried all foreign
grapes, found they wouldn't thrive and lad rooted
antipathies to American soil, Then experimented
with the native Catawba and Isabella: these. like
good Americans, were not afraid of the 8 press.'' and
like those fabulous lemons we have ali heard of.
went IN and got squeezed There are now twenty
thousand acres in the immediate vicinity planted in
grapes. L learn from Mr.. Longworth that five hun
dred thousand gallons of wine. are produced yearly
% We understand that some of Mr.. Longworth's
wine was imported in the CegIon.
New STATEs.-On the 9th of June the House had
a warm debate upon the bill for the admission of Ore
gon into the Union. The same bill was passed the
last session, and failed for want of time in the Senate.
If it pass at this session, the State Government will
be organized and admitted into the Union year from
! npxf Ilacauo1oa innoCo+a Il -o~u-
lation Of 12o 600, does not yet apply for admission.
She viii, as well as Nebraska, be added 10 the num-
Der OF free States, IN the next Congress.
ma AN E E5 tGn T"ra soasa.-There was quite an excite,
Church, Brooklyn The pastor. ReS Henry Ward
Beeeher, near the close of the usual morning services.
paused after reading the first line of the last hymn
and in justification of what l. N -.oooSe