The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-08-06
Foreign Summary.

Forcign Summary. f
MIR. Hudson, ex-railway king, has been returned
as a member of the British House Of Commons for
Sutherland.
The Pacific Railroad through Texas will be ss2
miles long, and has a grant Of 6,Ol7 600 acres Of
land, and a loan of 5000 per mile from the State
GoNE WEsr.-The Toledo Commercial informs n.
that George Vail Snodgrass, the young gentIemon
who figured so largely in the Burdell murder Coo
recently passed through that city on his way West
The real estate of Mr.. Zimmerman, lately kiIla, j.
the Canada Railroad accident, is estimated 70 no
worth s. .000,0 900.
The Pasha of Egypt has a bedstead of solid silva
which weighs one ton. The mint value of il is ahon,
forty thousand dollars.
The Deseret Macs has an article Intending -
prove that the Fe1sra, Government has no uower -
appoint Territorial officers.
A gentleman recently found amid the ruins Of p,
myra, surrounded by all the decaying relics Of orr.
snire county, " keepIngS1ouse wi{h ny iamfly.
ton to the large NUM- Ter of clergymen who, at the
recent elections, mad their appearance az busting
orators, advocating 2e success of particular can.
didates.
The President, it is said, has fixed the 18th of Nav.
for considering the diplomatic and consular appoint
ments. Mexican affairs, and particularly the Tehu-
antepec affairs will be considered in the meanwhile.
We zee it stated that bis publishers, Harper &
Brothers, in New York, have paid to DR.. Kane's heirs
$57 900 on the sale of the lamented explorers {. Arc
tic Expedition - and that the poem of I" Hiawatha"
has netted Prof. Longfellow the snug little sum Of
$4,000.
EXPORT OF PRINTING PREssEs-Among the ?
ports from New York during the past week, were ten
printing presses to Australia. Several had pre-
viously been shipped by Messrs. Hoe g. Co, to Eng
land and France.
Curtis, a celebrated writer on sight, says that the
wearing of wells permanently weakens MANY naturally
good eyes, on account of the endeavors of the eve to
adjust itself to the ceaseless vibrations of that too
common article dress. Ladies', then, should beware
of hiding their pretty faces with wells.
The action for manages brought against Judge
John X. Kane, in the Court Of Common Pleas OF
Delaware county, Pa, by Passmore Williamson, was
some time since argued upon demurrer, and has re-
Gently been decided against Judge Kane. The case
therefore will go to trial on the general issue some
time during the summer.
MEXICAN HosPIrALITy.-Three enormous whales.
one ninety feet in length, recently paid a visit to the
harbor of Acapulco, on the Pacific coast, where they
sojourned four days, enjoying the beauties and ex-
cellent sea bathing of that fine bay. In the hospital
ity of his heart, the Captain of the port refused per-
mission to take them-a stretch of authority very
much condemned at the capital, as one of the mon.
sters would have yielded oil enough to light the whole
Republic for monthst-.N o. Picayuae.
A most fatal epidemic has been for some time past
been r~avaging the herds of Central Europe, and has
now reached konigsberg, where one proprietor is said
to have lost 300 head of cattle in n nighs. The time
of its arrival in Hamburg. whence cattle are weekly
imported to the English markets, must now, in ali
human probability, be but a question of days.
Two DAYS IN A CosFIN ALIvE-Mr. I. R. But
tier, a Georgian timber-cutter, went to Savannah. a
short time since, to sell timber, and was taken sick,
and it was thought died. His remain were deposit.
ed in a coffin and sent home. On opAing the coffin
after its arrival, he was discovered to smile. Medical
assistance was Immediately obtained, and it is said
that he IL fast racovarinr HI m. - L. a.
nearly two days
J. .drmee announces that in consequence of the inter-
vention of the East India Company, the British
Government, have coded to the Emperor of the French
the house occup ed by Napoleon atSt Helena, and the
tomb in which his remains were deposited until 1910.
the house is Immediately to be repaired. The tomb IS
to be restored to the state it Was when it contained
the remains, and probably a funeral chapel will be
added. All the places which have been immortalizei
by his presence Yi11pbe carefully guarded-the hill
from which, iAMe Weather, he contemplated the sea,
md the point of the road at which he returned when
riding on horseback.
On his late visit to Paris, Gen. Todleben, the de-
fender of Sebastopol, was asked by Louis Napoleon
whether the place could have been taken if attacked
by the allies Immediately after the battle of Aims.
He replied that it could have been taken with ease,
as there were but a few troops in it at that time.
This confirms the judgment Of Lord Raglan, the
English commander, who was strongly in favor Of an
immediate attack upon that city after the victory at
Alma. The French Marshal opposed the movement,
and Lord Raglan was compelled to yield.
Daniel Pratt, the wandering lunatic, advertises for
q wife in the Buffalo papers. His proclamation COM
mences thus: 8 To the ladies of the city of Buffalo
greeting! This is to certify that I, Daniel Pratt, Of
Boston, the Great American Traveller. Editor and
Author. and candidate for the Presidency of the
United States in 1860, is in want of a lady TO take by
the hand in mutual matrimony. to divide the honor
of the White House with.
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Society-which is the first of the religious associs-
tons making report Of its condition this Spring-h1
had a most prosperous year For the year ending
3lst of March. its receipts were SAL ,S05, which ex-
ceeds by nearly $4,000 the receipts OF the previous
year; and it has distributed 10000 copies Of the
Scriptures, an excess of l9S, 900 over the previous
year.
The new hydrogen balloons are the most singular
feature of the gift season this year in Paris. They
are made of India rubber paper, colored red, DIS
tended with hydrogen gas, and closed perfectly
Held by Q string round the child's finger, they soar
upward rs far as permitted, and float about grace
fully in the air. When laid aside within doors they
ascend to the ceiling Of the parlor or nursery, ana
there remain safe and out of the way. 1t Is Sm
their explosion by accidental contact with a blaze Is
not dangerous, and their cost is from one to two
francs.
A new line of Atlantic steamers will commence
running in May between New York, London anu
Bremen, leaving each port semi-monthly. ms ~
is owned by the European and American Steam snip.
ping Company Of London and Southampton. Inc
steamers are the Queen of the South, 2,22l tons'
Indiana, 1884 tons; .drgo, 2,315 tons; and jason
1867 tons These ships will constitute q semi Hn
monthly line. On the outward trip the steamer VI"
remain one day at Southampton.
Mrs. PARTINGToN INpIGNANr.-' Will You nave
Duly Sun 2" said a news boy to Mrs Partington.
viii I have q Daily Son! Why. you little soap
grace! How dare you insinuate against 3 p~
woman from home! No., indeed, | guess ! won Isa r
q Daily Son! Ny poor dead man used to comPnI
most awfully when presented him q yearly ouyt
A Daily son, indeed! Begone you little up " en-
imp 70 And the old lady called for a turkey-uu
to keep from sweoning.