The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-01-14

ray - LOT a blessing ON HE meat,
askes nd not worship the God Of heaven )
The him that he worshipped the 6re
4Wledgsd ~taex God; at which
zeaIodA.Aasrx that he
I9aA out Of his tent, and exp0Adrh him
the night and nm unguarded cohE-
re old man was gone, God called to
asked him where the stranger was !.
fhrust him away because he did not
3 God answered him. ST have suffered
t48e hundred years, although he dishonored
ofd and couldst thou not endure him one night,
he gave thee no trouble?' Upon this, saith
Tory, Abraham brought him back again. and
- hospitable entertainment, and wise ;nstruc-
end do likewise. and thy charity viii be
the God of Abraham.
Nos's CALoRIc MoroB--By next February,
tears will have elapsed since the caloric ship
tson went to Washington City, making seven
F65s an hour, with a head wind b. many the sue
Of. the new principle was considered established,
- chronicled accordingly; but the expectations
entertained failed to be realized, and the csloric
u6nery was replaced by the ordinary steam
me. The time which has since elapsed has not
allowed to pass fruitlessly away by Mr.. Ericsson;
he has labored indefstigably for the perfection of
original design; and the development Of q motor
using important results to commerce and the arts.
aloric engine has been reproduced in forms va
modified, and in all cases with great simplicity
tru:ticn while the labor which it performs is
disproportioued to the consumption Of fuel
compared with the results OF consumption in
Engines.
se remarks are suggested by a visit made to the
II John b Ktching, 81 William street, where
Mr. Ericsson's engines. as just completed. is
,n a small scale; but it is sufficiently large to
the principle. Though occupying less than
Dot of space, and heated only by gas. the
eveloped defes the strength Of a single man.
ploye1 in pumping, and raises three hogs
ser hour to an elevation Of 1--WE feet. This
is called n domestic engine being adapted
rm a great variety of work ordinarilydone by
nd with a surprising degree Of economy.
another caloric engine is located on one Of the
. the North River, and is designed for ships
n this capacity, it promises to accomplish i'm
results; for our fine large packets and sailing
cling unable to carry steam engines, are M
with the Worshington pump, and therefore
aolly to rely on manual labor in Riding the
water, in case OF leak or other EFFICIENCY. The
engine may be placed in the corner Of the
gale, almost unohserved, and may be p1t
Peration in fifteen or twenty minutes. saving the
nor of an entire crew. There being no possibility
pr explosion. or other disaster. the cook is amply
Qualified to oficiate as engineer, IL desired. The
position Of the engine il n matter of the least conse-
'quence, rs it requires little beside air, and can run
in the foretop. or upper deck, equally we'll
In addition TO the above, n beautiful steam yacht
has been plying about the harbor for the last tea
Eeeks, and is often seen running across from Staten
And to Long Island, &C., propelled solely by
ealoric. This boat is fifty feet <40sgth, with an |
turns per minute. giving n speed eqnal to eight or
nfoe knots an hour. The engine is controlled by any
cne who happens to belong to the party on board.
The fuel Is either coal or wood. Small oak wood has
GeneraIly been used, sawed into eight-inch lengths,
and Incredible as it may seem, only one cord has
beer used during the last six weeks, though the boat
has been run more or less every day, Even after
the fires are wholly extinguished, sufficient heat is
hetained in the metal of the engine (f it has been
thoroughly warmed, and is in good working crder,) \
To propel the boat ut least two miles. The space oc-
eupied by the engine of this boat is not larger than
the boiler which the same boat would require II pro-
PEELED by steam
! 1t is said that the caloric engine can he built on
iany desired scale of magnitude. Though the princi-
HE on which Er1cSSOu's calOric cu0fue WINS orfoinaT1v |
built is wholly preserved, the arrangement and |
mechanism are entirely different-the whole being
(rluced to a degree Of simplicity never before attained
bn any engine.-Journal of Commerce.
European.
= A letter has been received from Commander Nc
elintock. Of Lady Frnnklin's Arctic yacht. For,
ted at Cape Cranstown, in lat 71-deg. He was
out to start northward-all well-from Uppernavik
From all places on the Continent various sums in
ecie were said to be in course Of Transmission to
nerica- The rate Of discount Mt Hamburg was
tvarced TO nine per cent. The Paris money market
sas unsettled, but there had been no advance in the
ate Of discount. The Bourse continued unsettled,
out without any great fluctuations. The Paris cor
Of the Daily -telrs says: alt has been
|reported that eighty millions Of francs in English
bills, and forty millions in French bills, on the United
States have been returned protested"
4 The INDIA RELIEF FUND--Public meetings were
being held all over Great Britain to support the India
Relief Fund movement 1t was supposed that the
\Fund would ultimately reach n million sterling. AL
ready upwards of Zoo 900 had been subscribed and
p1it- Among the most noted contributors is the
celebrated author w. NJ Thackeray, who munihcent-
" gives a thousand pounds. Mr.. Thackeray has no
means but what he derives from his profession Of
Eterature- This handsome donation may therefore
show the profits Of literature in England, as well as
the Donors own high soul
Nr. Dallas. the United States Minister at London,
sta banquet given by the Lord Mayor to the Duke
6Cambridge, alluded in fitting terms to the horrible
atrocities committed by the mntinous Sepoys in India,
ai to the punishment that should be dealt out to
them. |
The DISPOSITIONS Of native servants and others who
Witnessed the massacres have recently been published
n the Calcutta papers, and they all state that mono
Ct the English women WIN fell into Nena Sahib's
bands were violated or removed to his harem. They
we're all cut to pieces suddenly and without any warn
NJ BY his followers |,
Sena Sahib. the man who 50 recently distinguished
himself in India by mailing living children in wooden |
bIes and throwing them into the flames, according
Sa French writer cannot read a tender line in Byron
md Shakespeare without being moved to tears He
Feaks French, Italian and English, is acquainted
9TH their several literarures, he talks the latter as
,lentiy and as surely rs any " gentleman de Hyde
Rrck," and translated Hamlet into Hindoo, to the
ninir1iOn of the critics
A~daughter of Gen. wbeeler's was TAKEN off by a
'Ear, and pat into his house along with his wife
ear the church. The girl remained till nightfall, |
Fi, when he came home drunk. and fell asleep, she
pnk a sword and cut of his head, his mothers head,
10 ~ehibiren's heals, and his wife's. and then walked
9- into the night air, and when she saw other
Sslrs, she said, Go inside, and see how nicely l |
aIse rubbed the Ressaidar's feet.'' They went inside,
M oGHi al OF them dead She then jumped into n
vel and was killed---Netrsf from India
The cholera is still raging in Sweden; it went up
str "a Upsala. where il is now decreasing In
Nekholm, Of 307 sick Of the epidemic, 1S8 have died.
The Original Papers of the late Duke of Wellington
4aa India are in the press, in London, and will be
lG5dshed in the curse Of a few weeks. This work
VI contain the great Commanders observations
.@n India during his campaigns there. 1t will be
T@ai BY the present Duke, and inscribed to Queen
's'oria- The announcement has excited great inter-
~ II
Among the unfortunate victims who persisted in