The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-09-17
Bungalow, Sept. Is, 1857.
Foreign Summary.

1t is SAID that Prescott, the historian, has received
$2o,GG0 the past year for his literaryAhbors.
Tire name of the young princess of England is Bea-
t tTiGe- The ceremonies Of her baptism we're SPLEEN
It i said that, from the top of the steeple of Trim
iy Ckarch, New York, II 900 grogshops can be
Bayard Taylor s about to be married 20 Miss Maria
Hanson, daughter of the German astronomer, living
at Gotha.
Lucky q AiAN.-AIr. J. Waters, a professor of
music in Palmer, Massachusetts,, has drawn the
woman in . Perham's gift enterprise who brings
$25,0 @ with her hand and heart
A CHARMING CoUNTRy.-A large portion of the
swamp of Florida is said to be capable of producing
500 bushels of frogs TO the acre, with ~alligators
enough for fencing. Besides these, the mosquitoes
can present bills enough to drive off all who may VEN
ture to dispute the title of the present s'squatter SOW
ereigns'' Of the place.
How IT WAS BuiLr.-The monster iron steamship
Great Eastern belongs TO members of the institution
of Civil Engineers, in London, who subscribed g.
900, 600 for building it. This amount and the result
exhibit the character OF the institution, and their
ability to accomplish what they undertake.
ATcHlsoN GIVES UP.-D. r.. Atchison writes to a
friend in South Carolina acknowledging the sum OF
$271, which had been appropriated to " the cause
in Kansas, but he advises that no more money be
| raised in South Carolina, as s'the North has, and will
raise, to expend in Kansas, ten dollars where we can
raise one"
Rev. Mr.. Kalloch and wife were at Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania, lass week, on their way West; Mrs.
Cunningham and daughters, with young Snodgrass,
are ~summering Mt the Weddell House, Cleveland, and
Col. Kinney, the fllibuster, was at Ruatan on the
18th ult., waiting an opportunity to get to the United
States.
BRITISH SrEAMERs.-At this moment there are no
) less than three hundred steam propellers, ranging
from one thousand to fifteen hundred tons, building
on the Clyde and in the ports of Great Britain. The
steam-engine builders were never more busy than ct
the present time, and We learn that Napier, the cele-
brated steam-engine builder, has more work engaged
than can be executed by him for three years TO come.
-NeS York Times.
A Canadian Jury in a murder trial last month re-
sorted TO a 5 toss up'' to decide whether the verdict
should be murder, manslaughter, or simple assault.
The re- 1t was for manslaughter, but eight of the
twelve i'll refused to assent, and they agreed to fight
six against six, across the table, for a verdict. They
omitted this, however, and passed the night singing
and dancing. They reported disagreement and were
discharged.
DAYS OF GRAcE.-The New York Courier says
sSome of the papers mistake the provision of the
law which went into effect July LIST, abolishing days
of grace on certain commercial paper. The law does
not, as some have stated, apply generally. 1t is re-
stricted to sight drafts, and bank checks, bills and
drafts payable on a specified day. Ordinary time
drafts, promissory notes, Sc, have days of grace as
heretofore Protests can hereafter be sent through
the Post Office.
The ssDead Rabbits have full swing in New York.
When burying one of their number at Calvary Gem.
etery, they entered an eating house, ate and drank
what they wanted, and then refused to pay, telling
the owner they were " Dead Rabbits and he might
get his pay as he could. These are the Uoters tina,
rule New York;
A queer cow case was recently decided in Mt. Yer
non, Ohio, which occupied the court FIVE days, EN-.
ployed four lawyers, and something like a hundret
witnesses. The plaintiff fortified his claim to the Gov
by some eighteen witnesses, who swore positively I.
her identity. But the defendant had twenty wit
ncsses, who svore point blank to the contrary, ant
he got his case.
Prince Albert has had the title of { : Prince Con
sort" confirmed to him by letters patent by the Queer
during their Joint lives.
The Princess Royal will be married on the 1St
January next. A BAH is to be given by the Prussia