The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-07-02

besbn thsesrsin kpev nothing Of the awful y;s;ta-
ton The dead wcman's place in the uroyr.mme
was speedily filed by ~another, and the opera elicitss'
y Is sa.d. unusual applause that evening. A Phil
aueiPnsa newspaper says: eThe incident did not
interrupt the progress of the opera; very few. even
upon .he sage. being aware of it until the close of
sne aces When the natter became known through the
loopses The comedy went on upon the stage, while
NE tragic rites of mortality were transacted behind
the pictured canvas.
HE SUPREME Corar's DEcIsrov BEFORE THE
LhdfsLATuRE OF NV YoRK.-It is not alone in SER
mons and newspapers that the bred Scott decision is
denounced. The State Legislatures also are taking
an active share in the same kind of agitation. Closely
~..o~lng the example set IN Ohio, a joint committee
OF the sew York Legislature has reported resolutions
that Slavery will not be tolerated in this State, under
any form or pretease, or for any time, however short.
This is naturally followed up by another resolution,
that the Supreme Court, by identifying itself with a
sectional and aggressive party, has lost the confidence
aud respect of the people of the State. Along with
the resolutions, the Committee have reported a bill.
the object Of which is to affirm the capacity Of colored
men to become citizens of New York, and to Gerry out
2 the doctrine of the resolutions by making it felony to
affempA to hold as q slave in this State. any person
not . fugitive from service This bill has been refer
: red TO the Committee of the Whole.
The Journal des Debats gives the details of the
reported British difficulty in Japan, on the 18th of
ember. Two English vessels-ofwar, after having
ed the ports of Sifnoda and Hakodadi, appeared
re NaEgaSakl, out were refuSes4 admission by the
nor. The captains, however, penetrated into
nd anchored within gunshot of the land bat
where they remained without hostility. The
Ay they repaired with a numerous fleet to the
lnce of TIN. Mandarin, who refused to receive
but sent word that if they had any complaint
ike he would forward their representations to
hperial Court and transmit to them the reply.
tptains wrote to Yeddo to claim the right of
ling some time at Nangasaki, in conformity
the treaty. In a fortnight the Emperor's an
sasr arrived, announcing that he had given orders
Ter the three ports of Simodi, Hakodadi and Manga
sakI to be open to the vessels of France, England and
the United States. Suck vsssels were permitted to
: reft there, to take in provisions, and to trade to q
certain defined extend, but the crews must not q
into the interior.
On the 7th of July, the new Dairi, surrounded by
,hosen priests, issued from his palace. and Daraded
the different portions of the city of Mako. The
people threw themselves to the earth, a1l addressed
prayers to him as to a god. Upon this day all work
was forbidden, all prisoners were set at liberty, and
all criminal processes annulled.
On the next day the procession proceeded to Nara,
a short distance from Mako, which is considered as
one of the most holy places of the empire. 1t con-
tans a great number of temples Of colossal dimen-
sions- 1t is surrounded by a square portioo supported
on each side by a hundred columns, each one yard
in diameter The statue of the god to whom this
temple is dedicated stands in the center. rs breadth
across the shoulders is % yards. On the 10th of
~sRly; the Dairi, ret9Sf i6GR Nara, held a grand
eeDfaoeS-1hSown Capital. AS soon as he had
returned, the priests commanded public prayer to be
held in all the temples ia honor of the suspicious
occasion.
These facts were related by an eyewitness, a
Hollander, whose business in Japan gave him an
opportunity cf visiting the residence OF the Dairi.
He also states that if the slightest token of incred-
ulity is manifested by any of the bystanders, they are
instantly felled to the earth and mereileSsly slaugh-
tered
The TINES CORRESPONDENT MAKING MONEY or OF
THE WAR.-Wm. ii. Russell, late Crimean Cores
pendent of the Times, is about to lecture upon Rus
= STA md the Russian war. He has entered into an
nuOlpemept with Mr. Wjllarf Raale axvharebv no 10
bound to deliver no lectures, except upon Mr.. Beale's
account, between now and the first of April, 1858,
and to be always ready, during the interval, to lee
ture as often as Mr.. Beale may require, provided that
it be not oftener than three nights per week. The
amount of the consideration which Mr.. Beale
guarantees in return, is not at present accurately
known. but rumor places it at e10, COG, and it is very
possible that in this instance rumor does not exag-
gerate, since the sum named, enormous as it is, would
be more than doubled by the receipts from one hun
dred and hfty-six lectures as popular as Mr.. Thack-
eray's, while there is good reason to suppose that Mr..
Russells will be that at least What with his 'Ten
thousand a year." if such it be. the sum for which
his ssproprietors,' as Mr.. Pancks would call them,
insured his life, his salary as correspondent, and his
royalty of sixpence per copy upon every copy sold of
his " History of the War;" Mr.. Russell in the end
will have been pretty well rewarded for whatever
~hardships he may have undergone in the Crimea.-
.Ncg York O6serrer.
The MARRIAGE OF CoUsINs.-The Rothschilds ap-
pear to be infatuated. For the purpose of keeping
their enormous wealth in their immediate family, the
policy seems to be adopted of intermarrying chiefly
among themselves. Several instances of this have
lately occurred. Another has just taken place in
'Engtand-the last having been in Paris, we believe.
The heads of two branches of the family have just
celebrated their nuptials with regal pomp, and more
than royal festivity and JOY. The bridegroom and
bride are cousins, and yet no principle is better
established among phys ~iologists, than that intermar-
riages between relatives so intimate, lead directly
to deterioration Of intellect and physical health.
ldiocy is frequently the fruit of such indiscreet con-
nections, and scrofula, in its hideous forms, the dis
gushing catalogue closing with leprosy, the direst of
all, sometimes adds rottenness of body to unsound-
ness of mind.
FLoGGING AN EDIToR.-SoEe years ago a populous
town located toward the interior of Mississippi, was
infested by a gang of ~blacklegs, WI, amused them
selves at times, when they could find nobody else to
pluck, by preying upon each other. A new importa-
ton of these sporting gentry excited some alarm
among the inhabitants, lest they should be ov--run
they determined therefore upon Their expulsi A
poor country editor, who was expected by vir,ue of
his vocation to take upon himself all the responsible
tiles from which others might choose to shrink. was
peremptorily called upon his 'tpatrons, that is
those who paid him two dollars a year for his paper,
and therefore presumed they owned him soul and
bodv-to make an effort toward the determination of
the enemy. The unfortunate editor, like most editors,
being gifted with just about as much brains as
money-skun and purse both WEEsaid at once
that he would indite a "~crushe., one that would
undoubtedly drive the obnoxious vermin into sonee
more hospitable region. And when his paper APP
peared it was a 8 crusher,' sure enough. In the