The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-10-08
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BY the arrival at 1ahaina on Friday last of the
American clipper ship Hound, Is days from San
Francisco,~ are in receipt of the New York mail of
August 20, with English dates to August 8, and San
Francisco to September Is.
The Hound comes seeking freight of oil, and it is
probable will obtain it here.
Hon. James C. Dobbin, late Secretary of the q. S.
Navy, died ON the 4th of August, aged As.
Thackeray has been defeated in his attempt to get
a seat in Parliament. The .old fogys'' were too
many for him.
The q. S. steam frigate Saranac was under orders,
August 20, to join the Pacific squadron.
DIR. Thomas Dick, whose works have been so widely
read, died recently in Scotland, aged SO.
NAvAL-Commander Wainwright and other Off
GERS, are ordered to the Pacific in the .Merrimac, flag
ship of the squadron.
Eugene Sue, the great novelist, is dead.
By this arrival we have received a confirmation of
the death of Gen. Rusk, of Texas. He committed
suicide.
The steamer brings the news Of the termination of
all negotiations for the speedy re-opening of the Mic
aragua Transit route, and the grant has been award
ed to Messrs. Garrison & Morgan. We are assured
that the Orizaba will be got in readiness to leave
San Francisco on the 9Th of October.
1t is now stated that Gen. Walker has completed
all his arrangements for returning to Nicaragua, and
that he will leave at an early day under the most ia
OldO uuoptSSSs7Svs " GU
The great race so long talked of between English
and American horses in England, has come off, and,
greatly to the chagrin of our sporting men, the latter
were badly beaten. "Prior'' and I" Prioress'' were
the nags. and they are placed fifth and sixth in the
race. The French horse Sc Monarque'' won the race.
THE UNITED STATES AND CHINA.-The New York
Times learns that our government has resolved to
take possession of the Island of Formosa, as security
for claims against the Chinese government for idem-
nifty demanded for damages done to American inter-
~ uripp - I'D rho N n n z Cankon Full ~o1onoo
is not given 49,. rep ,t-
DR.. Catlin, the intimate friend of Mrs. Cunningham,
has turned States evidence, and exposed his own
wickedness and duplicity, and Mrs. Cunningham's
criminality and guilt, in the fullest manner. DIR.
Catlin remains in Jail. Mrs. Cunningham has been
confined in the Tombs. There appears to be no doubt
in the minds of the community that DIR. Catlin is the
man who personated DIR. Burdell in the sham mar
rage, and new developments in regard to the MUIR
der, of a startling character, are promised by the Off
GERS of the law.
THE TELEGRAPH.-All eyes are turned with encp
interest to the result of the experiment of the Affair."
tic Electric Telegraph. Advices from officers on
board the U. S. frigate Niagara show that the pros
pect of complete success is very fair Still. the Brit
ish public is less sanguine than our own, of the re-
suit, though they do not doubt of ultimate success
Some unforeseen accident may prevent the safe de-
post of the cable which encloses the electric wire;-
but this will only retard, and not Illustrate, the COM
pletion of the project. 1t is an American idea, and
Americans are more %sanguine than other people,
Professor Morse, the inventor of the electric telegraph,
who is now on board the Niagara, as the Electrician
of the Company, declared confidently, in a letter to
the Secretary of the Treasury, in R43. that his in
vention would, in a few years, berthe means of cleo
trio communication across the Atlantic. A message
from New York to London, by this telegraph. will
not, it is said, cost over five dollars; that is, a mes
sage not exceeding twenty words. This telegram
may be in practical operation by the middle of Sep
tember. The Press will associate to bear the mes.
sages of general news, and the merchants will CON-
blne to obtain commercial infelIiuopco V1re A.
main purposes of the telegraph will be accommodated
on this side, at a very trifiing expense, az one mes.
sage will answer for all the newspapers. and one
more for the mercantile community. a few nr;vate
messages between individuals NAV be exchanred. hat
it is evident that the telegraph must rely for support
chiefly upon the aid of the British and United States
governments seventy thousand dollars a year, until
the profits of the Company shall reach six ner cent
per annum-and, after that, fifty thousand dollars ]
year for the term of twenty-five years. It is con;ec.
tured by some that we may hear, between the 18th
inst and the LIST September, by telegraph from New
foundland, of the safe arrival there Of the western enc
of the telegraphic cable.
The DECLINE IN SUGAR--The stock of Smear or
hand in New York, last week, as we learn from tn,
New York Post. is not less than $1,000 hhds, Sesides
from 10000 to 10000 hhds Melado. The Post state
that the decline IN price on this stock since the Il
inst including reduction Of duty, is at least two am
q half Or three millions of dollars. The fAll Il ii cts
per pound on general qualities, and the market Is
mains depressed. Recent importations from tn
west Indies, costing Ia cts, have been sold in lot
at 80 cts. As was stated some time since. he Esst
ern and Western States have produced larcelv frcr
the maple tree, and the decrease Of demand On ~,
New York market from that quarter is enough Of il
West is supplied with maple syrup and mcnr ~ hcsn
make: We think that the price Of sugar has rescher
the highest point, and from the present time s rar;,
decline may be looked for.-N: B.. Mercury.
FRoM CENTRAL ANERIcA-The American wA.1;,.
schooner France. Of New Bedford. WAS lost 81 81
coast OF New 6rnunda on lima 20a mL~~--x.