The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-01
EnrciUn Summary.

The steamboat Knickerbocker, from Albany for
New York, ran foul of a raft or spar in the Hudson
river, at an early hour on Monday morning, and went
down soon after. Twenty-Five horses were drowned.
All her passengers were safely landed near Peeks-
kill.
When the powder magazine, by exploding, creates
vacuum in the atmosphere, the windows of the adja-
cent houses are not, as most people would be led to
expect, forced inwards, but the air within their rooms
breaks the glass outwards in rushing to restore the
equilibrium of the atmosphere.
Though but eighteen years have elapsed since the
first vessel wholly propelled by steam crossed the At
hntic, now there are fourteen lines of steamers, COM
priSing forty-eight vessels plying between Europe and
the United States. Out of these forty-eight steamers
but twelve are of American construction. The foreign
companies have lost four of their steamers, and we
the same number.
JEws.-The n. Y. Express says the number of
Jews in the United States exceeds 250, 900, and in the
State of New York there are about forty thousand, of
whom nearly seven-eighths reside in the Empire
City.
AFFAIRS OF Mr.. McKAY.-The Post says, the first
meeting of the creditors of Donald Mckay (the cele-
brated ship builder) took place on Monday, and was
numerously attended. c.. T.. Hubbard, VIM. Page,
and b. NJ. Clark were chosen ~assignees almost unan-
m0usly. Mr.. McKay's liabilities when he failed
amounted to $40 600, and his assets 1876, 900, but
this was mostly in real estate, and not Immediately
available.
PoLYGAMY IN UTAH.-A correspondent of the Her
aid furnishes the following as the polygamous con-
81 UIlOn OF the members OF the ElSC OC1n Legislature
COuncil-13 members, III wives; House of Repre-
sentatives-26 members, 159 wives Officers of the
House,, % wives Gov. Young 6S wives. Total
number of wives for 40 persons--420!
In the neighborhood of Cincinnati there are more
than two thousand acres in grapes. The profits av-
erage, taking one year with another, about $500 per
acre. Much, of course depends on management.
The cost of planting ranges from 500 to $500 per
acre. Expenses with ordinary land need not exceed
$50 per acre. When t~rencling machines come into
n use land pIn1r of CfOnnC tho oHSt of nlantInn will no
materially reduced. Better profits are made on grapes
sold in the market than on those used for wine.
The subscription by the friends of James King of
William, whose death at the hands of Casey called for
a second reorganization of the San FRANCHISES Vigil
ance Committee, amounts to $4,000, which has been
placed in the hands of trustees for investment. In
addition to this, it is stated that the King family still
retain q third interest in the Bulletin, which yields
them about 81 900 u month profit. Mrs. King has
also been presented with Il house valued at three
thousand dollars.
The Rochester Democrat has a communication
giving an account of q thrilling incident at Niagara
Falls, on Sunday. At five O'Clock Z. NJ, a number
of persons were on Luna Island, and among them q
couple of boys at play. One of them fell into the riv-
er, thirty or forty feet above the falls. His screams
ureW the attention of others near by, among whom
was a person named I. Z. jackson, who was only fiji
Wen Ieet above the falls. He at once Jumped into the
the water, and maintained his footing until the boy
81 came down against him, when he seized the bow and
threw him on shore.
ARREST OF THE GREAT FRENCH RArLRoAD Ron.
EER.-Charles Carpenter, the principal operator in
the great five million French Railroad fraud, was ar.
rested on Thursday of last week. He was arrested
about ten miles back of Newburgh, New York, by
c3ountryman, who recognized him from q published
description ofhis appearance, and brought to this city
lie now lies in the Eldridge street Jail. A large
amount Of the embezzled funds has also been recover
ed and passed over to Mr.. Belmont. The property
was found secreted in the coal cellar of the tenement
mouse, 1877 West 10Th street.
s. IMPORTANT LEGAL OPINIoNs.-Attorney Genera
cushing has rendered decisions upon the following
81 Important points
l. ohpmasters in foreign ports are subject to the
.equlslIlon OF the Consul to take on board and carry
" the onioed states distressed mariners, but not sea
men or other persons accused Of crimes. and to bt
transporter TO the United States for prosecution.
= Officers and crews of the public Sims of th,
united States are not entitled to SALVAGE. civil or mil
nary, as of complete legal right. The allowance O
salvage, civil or military, in such cases, like the al
oWance of prize money on captures, is against publ,
po.ey, and ought to be abolished in the sea service
. IL was long ago in the land service.
d.. There Is punishment by statue for the act of
impmaster In ~unlawfully putting a seaman on shor
~ foreign port, but not for an assault on a seaman
." ooard snip or otherwise in a foreign port.
81 oWhl be well for Consuls to take notice of tn
s. ~'O'e' and particularly of the last point decided