The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-11-12
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.



KAxsAa-The accounts from Kansas are somewhat
emitting The citizens Of Lawrence have adopted q
charter for their local government, and have organ
lied Q regular municipal government, the officers be-
ing chosen BY popular election. A copy Of the char
.8 was placed in the hands of Governor Walker, who
issued . proclamation, charging the people Of Law
renee with rebellion Governor Walker was, at the
last accounts, encamped outside of Lawrence with the
troops. and avaiting to serve warrants for the arrest
OF al the municipal officers elected by the people Of
Lawrence The latter had determined not to nego-
ttate with him- Should Walker, or any of his force,
civil or military, be fired upon or resisted in making
the proposed arrests, he would proclaim civil war
and direct the troops to fire upon the mass.
CooL wAnA-The following simple method, it is
said, viii keep water almost as cool as ice Let the
jar, pitcher, or vessel used for water, be surrounded
with one or more folds of coarse cotton, to be con-
stantly wet The evaporation of the water will carry
Cd the heat from the inside and reduce it to q freez-
ing point In India and other tropical chimes, where
ice cannot be procured, this is common. Let every
one have in his place Of employment two pitchers
thus provided, and with lids or covers, one to contain
hesh water for drinking, the other for evaporation,
and he can always have q supply Of cold water in
warm weather. Any person can test this by dipping
. finger in water, and holding it in the air on . warm
day; After doing this three or four times he win find
his finger uncomortably cold.
A WHITING MACHIxK-An ingenious piece Of me-
chanism. designed to enable a person to record his
thoughts or observations while travelling in the cars,
IN . crowd, or in any place where ordinary writing
apparatus cannot be used, has been invented by Mr..
Benjamin Livermore Of Hartland, VT. The paper on
which the writing, or rather printing, for it resem-
bles the telegraphic system Of printing-is impressed,
10 coiled around two cylinders which revolve as the
lines are completed, and the letters are worked by a
set Of keys No ink is required; the letters being
colored by q prepared blue paper against which the
writing paper IL pressed at each movement Of the
keya The machine works with great accuracy and
much facility, and is very compact, not exceeding
bur inches in length by about two and q half in
width. 1t can easily be carried in a side pocket,
md can be used without taking it from the pocket.
Dy il . blind person might be learned to write. Al
together IL Is one of the most ingenious Affairs We ever
examined.
A REvoLuTIoS IN SEIP BUIIDINa.-we see it stated
that no less than one hundred iron ~propellers are in
progress OF construction on the Clyde and in other
ship yards These vessels are intended not only for
England, but for various other countries, while new
orders continue to pour in This is an important
movement, and would seem to indicate an entire rev.
oiution in ship building. Iron propellers, the motive
power Of which is steam, are far less expensive in the
consumption Of coal than paddle-boxes, and are rap
idly taking the place Of sailing vessels in the trans
mission Of freight The navigation Of the ocean by
steamers Is no longer an experiment The Atlantic
. dotted with vesseis of this class and character.
The merchants and ship builders of the world, aware
OF the fact, are governing themselves accordingly.
In proof Of this, it is stated that in the port Of New
York, 1t the present time, there are numerous noble
sailing ships Of heavy tonnage lying at the wharves,
which cannot get a freight to any foreign port, while
many have made recent voyages at q ruinous loss
chiefly in consequence Of the preference given to pro-
pellsra
TEE PRoDIGAL Sox AMONG THE NoBnrrY.-It has
been mentioned that the life Of the Earl of Morning
ton, lately deceased In England, was insured by his
creditors for about q million Of dollars. This noble
man was q nephew Of the late Duke Of Wellington,
and was formerly known as Long Pole Wellesley, and
has been long living in poverty, brought upon him
BY improvideuce in early life. He died very sud-
denly, and on the inquest his valet told the jury,
with tears in his eyes, that his master had frequent
~ lacked the common necessaries Of life. His Count
-, from whom he has been separated thirty years,
has occasionally been dependent upon parish assis-
tance.
Lous THE LITTLE AT HIS GAME-We learn by
private advices from St Helena that the Emperor
Louis Napoleon has purchased the site Of the tomb Of
his uncle, the great Napoleon, for $4,000. and Long
wood, the farm on which the conquered conqueror's
last years were passed, for $4,000. A commission
70 expected soon to arrive for the purpose of putting
Longwood in complete order, and decorating the
grounds A fine monument is also to be erected over
the tomh-JN y. Cour. and Enquirer.
NEW SucAR PLANTS IN AUsrRALIA-Considerable
cultivation in Australia Of the Chinese sugar cane (the
sorghum saccharatum) and the African sugar cane
1.-THE Zulu-Kafr 1mpee). Application for seed were
made in all quarters 1t is believed that both plants
VIII succeed admirsbly..in Australia
Ten BRoEcK's HoRsEs IN ENGLAND are in bad
luck At another race at Lewes, ON the 18th Aug,
the American mare Prioress came in fourth. A bad
beat that