The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-09-16

cher, who is now, lying in the Penitentiary
nte, under q sentence Of ten years imprison-
having in his possession . copy or Uncle
bin.-New York Express.
4 suoil the force of this paragraph to d q
ri to it. A Minister of the Gospel imprison-
wears for having . copy Of "Uncle Toms
his possession . There is not q despot ON
r;ssisn, Mahomedan or heather, who would
hamed to be q party to 30 mean and cruel an
bany Ere. Journal.
xrMAIs CAN TALK.-At the annual meeting
sociatiou for the Advancement of Science,
Nv nj Boston, it was shown that after all
no dumb beasts DIR. Gibbon read \ very
~ paper on the languages Of animals He
every variety Of animated being possesses
ms by sounds or signs, Of correspondence,
ng,aae. understood by its own kind. and
learned by others. Emotions Of caution,
or fear-of joy, gratitude and erief-are
Inv simple tones of voice, or by impressive
10 signaIize feelings, strictly comprehended,
answered. Insects and birds, fish and
phus express themselves-in distinct Ian
.ioued, spoken and sung, seen heard and
Illustrated his theory by stating familiar
five to domestic animals.
MAIL APPRoPRIATIoxsL-Congress adj
N the 18th of June. Among the latest acts
sion were several Of interest to the people Of
6c.
-nsnsrtation of the mails from New York to
cans. Charleston, Savannah, Havana and
and back, two hundred and sixty thousand
..nsportation Of the mails from Panama to
a and Oregon, and back, three hundred and
irht thousand three hundred and fifty dollars.
ansportation Of the mails between San Fran
IIfnrnia ard Olympia, Washington Territory,
- 6wo fhnusnnh five hnndroA
Lsnsnortation of the mails on Puget Sound,
70 thousand four hundred dollars
nsnortation of the mails across the Isthmus
pa. one hundred thousand dollars
,xun-The Vanilla, 50 much priced for
ous favor, is the product Of q vine which
the top Of the loftiest trees. Its leaves
d resemble those of the grape; the flowers are
fyeIlow, and when they fall of are succeeded
Ids, which grow in clusters like our ordinary
kreen at first they change TO yellow, and
81 dark brown. To be preserved. they are
! when yellow, and put in heaps for u few
They are afterward placed in the
Irv. hattened by the hand and carefully rub
| cocoanut oil, and then packed IN dry PLAN
res. so as TO conine their powerful romatic
vanilla bean is the article used to scent
.yor ice-creams, j%ellies, sc. The plant grows
America and other hot countries
GsE,r NovEIIsrs AND THEIR DISCARDED
1t is reported, by the last mail, that Mr..
mas settled 5000 q year on his wife, from
E has separated.
: York letter writer attributes the difficulty
Dickens and his wife to diverse views they
| regard TO the religious education of their
Mr.. Dickensfs q decided latitudinarian
Jews, and generally attends the Unitarian
while Mrs Dickens is an Edinburgh lady,
no in the ~stricter doctrines Of Presbyterian
Bulwer Lytton had rather an unpleasant /
u while addressing the electors of Hertford-
IS wife appeared suddenly in the crowd,
that she had come according to a promise
Ter to confront her husband, aud to expose
;, which she said he had inflicted upon her.
her voice was nearly drowned by the
the voters, Sir Edward turned pale, looked
attacked by paralysis, and soon disappear