The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-01-28
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

FOREIGN
The new Collins steamship .fariaiie, made a trial
trip from New York, and thoroughly satisfied the
competent gentlemen on board that she is the fastest
steamship anoat- Her greatest speed was eighteen
nautical and twenty-one statue miles in one hour and
four minutes, using only about two-thirds of her
available steam, and about half laden. She sailed
for Europe ON Saturday.. Nov. %. The New York
Herald says the -4driatic is the largest steamship
ever built In this country, and without exception, the
largest wooden vessel in the world. Her length is
3jA feet; breadth of beam so feet; depth of hold, 33
feet z inches, and Custom House register 5 1899 tons.
The beauty OF her lines is unparalleled, and may
wen De considered the browning monument of the
genius of George Steers. The k1enness of her bow
with wedge-like sharpness extending back nearly fifty
feet, and the graceful lines of the waist and stern, as
she sits with swan-like ease upon the water, notwith-
standing her gigantic proportions, present a specimen
or symmetric grace unequalled in naval architecture.
She Is brig rugged and without a bowsprit, and has
hurricane, main and spar deck, below which are
the berths of the walters, and storerooms which are
taken from the space allotted to freight. Further
down Is the hold, for the stowage of cargo. Her up
per decks run the whole length of the ship, afording
ahne promenade" There are eight principal boilers,
having $4,000 perpendicular iron tubes, and are ar
ranged in sets of four, forward and aft of the engine,
The whole number of furnaces is forty-eight, there
being six to a boiler. There are two extra boilers,
with brass tubes, to be used in any emergency. The
water wheels are forty feet in diameter, of wrought
iron, and each has thirty-two paddles, II feet In
length. The shafts are SO feet in length, 27A inches
in diameter, snd weigh "a tons. The actual propell-
ing power of this enormous engine is estimated at
$500 horses. The -adriatic has eight more furnaces
and two feet more stroke of piston than the Persia.
respecting the consumption of fuel, the probable rate
OF speed, &C., the engine builders prefer to make no
predictions, being satisfied to await results.
The dimensions OF the hull are as follows:
Length over all : sa % fee.
Depth of hull IS 16 a
Carpenters tonnage $40 tons.
Beneath the saloons are the freight decks, where
100 tons OF cargo can be slowed and 200 to 400
tons OF coal, besides water tanks for 10000 gallons,
exclusive of the ample provision made for a supply
Of water by condensation from the engines.
The SAFEST INvEsTMENTs.-In the long run, those
men get to be the richest, as all experience proves,
who invest most of their surplus capital in good mort
cages and real estate 1t is astonishing how fast a
fortune accumulates, even at six per cent, if divi-
dends and rents are invested quarterly, or even semi
annually. Investments in real estate securities rarely
or never bring loss; and hence there is no drawback
on the compromising of interest. The fact is notori-
Gus that, of the philadelphia families which were
rich a century ago, only those remain rich that keep
the bulk of their wealth in real estate. No business
man can aford-for any long periodic pay two per
cent. for money; to demand such high rates is, there
fore, not sound policy in the capitalists; and the his
tory OF the rich IN any city, ii traced back for a hun
dred years, affords abundant proofs of this. 1t is
wiser, believe US, not to kill the goose that lays the
golden eggs"
TREATY BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MICA
RAGUA.-The treaty provides:
tirst-For the maintenance of twr zee Doris. one
at each end of the transit line.
~SeconS-The U. s. guarantees the protection and
neutrality of the transit, but names no particular
company.
Third-The transit is to be open to all nations on
equal terms.
Fourth-The United States reserves the rirbt 70
transport the mails in their own vessels when tbsv
find II convenient to do so.
Flfth-Provides in the usual terms for the friend
ship and navigation between the two
The above is the substance of the treaty.. &C nro-
cured from a reliable source. No one was nresant ~
the presentation Of Mr.. Yrissarri but the Secratarv of
State and the rest of the Cabinet.
Lord Napier approves the treaty with Nicaragua
signed yesterday, and will recommend the aaonfion
OF 1t to Sir George Ousely.
DIR. Livingstone found the interior parts ot Africa,
over which he travelled, well watered and wooded.
As he approached the west coast, through Angola, to
which the Portuguese used to transport their con-
victs, the country was healthy, and particularly that
part of it to which the criminals were banished. On
the high lands good wheat was grown, and nothing
was ever seen by him more luxuriant than the vege-
tables In the valley Of Loangua, which descended to
q depth of fifteen hundred feet. In passing along,
sitting on the back of an OK, he was always obliged
10 hold a stick in his hand, or keep his hand over his
eyes, to defend them against the long grass that
lowered above his head
How SOLD BULLION" WAS MADE.-Thomas H.
Benton, in a speech in New York, turned to the
ladies', and referring to his mother, said - My
mother asked me never to use tobacco, and l have
never touched it from that time to the present day.
She asked me not to game, and L have never gained;
and / cannot tell to this day who Is winning and who
is losing in games that can be played. She admon-
ished me, too, against hard drink; and whatever
capacity for endurance L may have at present, and
whatever usefulness l may attain in life, l attribute
to having complied with her. pious and earnest
wishes"
The New York Times understands that in attempt
ing to raise the submerged portion of the telegraph
cable, the shore end has been broken. This will seri-
ously embarrass the enterprise of securing it. 1t was
carried on under the supervision of fIr. Bright, the
late Engineer of the Company.
The Philadelphia Ledger has disccuntenanced the
word 8 telegraph and places over its Latest News
column no longer &c Telegraphed to the Ledger but
IS Morseographed,' sc. A " dispatch is no longer
a dispatch-but a "Morseograph.''
The King of Prussia has completely lost his reason.
He is said to entertain the most extravagant delu-
sions: among others that he is q sub-lieutenant in the
army, and frequently complains to the Queen of the
obstacles thrown in the way of his advancement.
Private letters from ST. Petersburgh state that the
financial crisis had been severely felt there,|that
silver coin was excessively scarce,-andt thu the price
of everything but meal was extortionate.
Oolong and Ming Yong tea drinkers will rejoice at
the prospect of these fivorite herbs being greatly re-
duced in prices. The shipments from China ports to
the United States, during the months of June, July,
and August, inclusive, appear to have been double
that of last year, during the same time. Very re-
spectacle blalD and green teas have recently been
sold in Sew York by the chest, Mt auction, at a re-
duclofi of 20 cents a pound from the prices obtained
q short time ago.
The marriage of Mr.. Bayard Taylor, in Gotha,
Saxony, to Miss Hansen, of GOtha, took place on the
9th ult. The Home Journal of last week, says that
Taylor passes the winter with his bride at Moscow,
where she has relatives residing. He is to come back
to America next autumn, and Willis announces that
he has /. already written to him to claim for ldlswild
he honey moon of his return"
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