, 1857-03-13
TREATY WITH TIE SANDWICH IsLANns :

York Herald gives the leading features Of
the treaty between the United States and
the Sandwich Islands which is now before
the Senate. 1t is understood that by its
provisions lumber, coal, FISH and flour, and
other articles of minor consequence, the
same being the growth or produce Of the
United States, are to be admitted into all
the ports Of the Sandwich Islands free OF
duty. The important articles to be receiv-
ed into our ports free of duty are the
growth or produced of the Islands, such as
sugar molGsses and wool; but at present
the importation is very small 1t is said
that some portion Of the sugar produced
there is of very superior quality, and so
is their coffee. The wool being much
coGrser, as it is in all tropical climates,
cannot compete with our fnc qualities in.
the least, but will rather ptomote their
consumption,
besr There are at present sixty three
factories situated in different parts of Cali
fcrnia, in which quartz grinding and ex-
tracing the gold by machinery are carried
on. Thirty of these are driven by steam
engines and the others By water wheels.
TwENrY-FoUR PouND LuMr.-Thc Jack
sonriHe SenlineI claim that Mcdonald &
Co., Sucker Greek, Oregon, took ont mug
get weighing twenty-four pounds ayordu-
Ipois.
BaS- The forty members of the Utah
Council and House of Representatives,
have 42O wives amongst them" that is, an
average Of ten and a half apiece. Some
Of the members, who are old crippled, pock
marked, &c, have as many as twenty or
thirty hclpmeets
laSr The first steamer that ever crossed
the Atlantic was the Savannah, Capt.
Moses Rodgers, in 1918.
BG- The Toledo (O) Blade of the 18th,
states that The quantity of wheat and corn
accumulated at that port is about half q
million Of bushels.
by Last season, Chicago shipped 10
various ports 1900, 900 bushels of wheat,
10000, 900 of corn, 1874 900 of oats and
l43. 900 barrels of -four.
neT- Postage stamps, which are now so
extensively used throughout the world, were
invented by Swede, named Trekenber, in
1928.
rJ- Some wag took drunken fellow,
placed him in a coffin with the lid left sol
that he could raise it, placed him in a
graveyard, and waited to see the effect,
After a short time the fumes of the lqnor
left him, and his position being rather con-
fined, he sat after looking around, exclaim-
ed: Well, Pm the first that's riz, or else
I'm confoundedly belated'
TRUE AS PREAcHING.- Mary saw
oAer tailor's door sign bearing the
inscription, the fountain of Fashion. "
"Ahl' exclaimed she, "that must be the
place where the sqnirts come from"
ray A genius down East has discover
ed a method of manufacturing, from one
dandy, monkey, an ape, and three ba-
boous, so as to have enough left for small
"yaller dog"
GD- A shallow minded, tyrannical pc
dagogue asked boy who was dull at his
"letters," how long person could live
without brains. "How long has ye lived
yerseif, sir?" was the retort.
s6r Erskine gave very Hrely illustra-
ton of the text, Union is strength" when
he said of place where no had slept very
i'll, that if the tleas had been unanimous,
they would have lifted him out of bed.
Bds- \ st Louis paper says that the
grass-hopers have eaten up the entire to-
bacco crop of Franklin county, and the
last that was heard from them, they were
seated on the corners Of the fences, beg
ging every man that passed by for chew
B9- A skunk once challenged lion to
single combat. The lion declined ac-
cepting it.
How" said the skunk, care you afraid?"
"Yes," replied the lion; "you would only
gain fame by having the honor TO fight
with lion while every one who meets me
for month to come would know l had
been in company with a skunk"
pG- An Illinois editor, speaking Of
rogue who lives in his vicinity, says: "The
rascal has broken every bank and Jail and
Sabbath we have had in this county for the
last Eve years"
BA- A pert lawyer in the South lately
iusnlted the Judge, who fined him $50.
lie repeated the insult, and the Judge
doubled the fine; he tried it again, and he
tribled it. Finally, he asked permission to
go home. "What for?" said the Judge.
"To buy your honor's paper at ten per cent,
to pay my fne."
pG- A miss accepted the offer of o
young man to gallant her home, and after
wards fearing that jokes might be cracked