The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-11-12
Foreign Summary.

From our exchanges received by the last mail, we
CLEAN a few items, which, in the absence of later
news, now overdue, may be of interest. The Yankee,
with the mail of Oct. 5, will be due here from the
10Th to oath inst.
Sir Colin Campbell's passage through Egypt was
a continued series of ovations. He intends dividing
the Indian army into six flying divisions.
Authoritative information now states DR.. Burdel's
estate in New York. at worth about $4,000, of
which $4,000 was real estate, and 1000 personal
property.
The highest mountains in the world is now said to
be Mount Deadhungs, in the Himmalaya, in Lat. 81
56 N, Long. 1888 E.. 1t has recently been measured
by English Engineers, and the height ascertained to
1902 feet.
In the famous Smith gardens, in Sacramento, Cal,
there are now growing 10000 cherry trees and as
many seedlings 100000 pear trees, and 5000
seedlings $4,000 peach trees, and as many seed
lings besides great numbers of apricot, plum, and
other fruits.
The failure of Miller s. Curtis, the publishers of
Putnam's Magazine, has led to the consolidation of
that popular monthly with Emerson's Magazine nd
the joint concern will hereafter be issued under tn
title OF Emerson's United States Magazine and Put
MANS Monthly. The new issue starts in October,
with upwards of 0 1000 subscribers.
THE New WHALE BoAT.-The whale boat to
which we referred a few weeks since as about to be
built for the ship -9mericd, Captain Bryant, is now
being constructed at the boat builders shop of Mr..
George Hart. 1t is to be 80 feet long, and 6 feet
wide, with two stern posts. 1t is to be propelled By
a paddle wheel, 4 feet 8 inches in diameter, and II
inches wide, placed in the centre of the boat, and
projecting directly through the bottom. The ma
chinery will weigh about 100 lhe.-N. B. Mercury.
INTERESTING TO DENTISTS AND TPEIR PATIENTS
DR.. J. B. Francis, of Philadelphia, has invented what
he calls a galvanic forceps, which is intended as q
relief to the pain of extracting teeth. 1t is a combi-
nation OF the ordinary forceps, with a galvanic
arrangement attached, whereby the nerve of the
tooth may be charged with a galvanic influence, and
its sensibihty be suspended. In this condition the
extraction will be without the pain usually accom-
panying the drawing of a tooth in o high state of
infamation.-M Y. Eo. Post.
The AMERICAN HoRsEs-Otcning up.-A writer
in the ~. Y. Times calls upon Americans to own up
gracefully to the recent defeats of the American
horses IN England. and contends that we have no
breed OF horses that can win there. He says
Let us see how badly we are beaten Fisherman.
a horse of the same age as Prioress. gives us Is
pounds and then beat us Tournament and Cheva-
her, both . years old, carry the same weight as our
4 years old Prioress, and beat her why, had we
carried off the Sussex Plate it. would have been
nothing to brag about with our large allowance of
weight Had Prioress carried weight for weight
never have got home at all even our boosted supe-
rlority OF bottom over our opponents high bred
horses seems to be all fudge !; indeed, the American
horses now in England seem to be q cranky lot. for
ever aiiing. Depend upon it that we have yet to
breed the horse that can 90 in and win a we'll CON
tested English race we have been deceived by the
time test altogether.
A ScHooL teacher CUT TO PnscEs- terrible
affair took place about eight miles east Of Greenyille-
Hart County, Texas, on the Sd inst. A school teacher
by the name OF Moore undertook to chastise a boy bv
the name Of Howard, about II years Of aye far
writing indecent Language in q Young ladv's conv
book. He had struck the boy but four or Eve times.
Win q switch. when the boy brothers came into the
with . club, while the othhrs proceeded * nonnd him
while down. The teacher, however. 60 fhrsrecoyered