The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-01-21

kmss b. rseeived It Washington Of
perLsub Kossnth within its reacb.
crney. long identified with the Abolition
ms residence in Eagleswood, near
~ ON tuesday evening. In 1874
nee which to h nnme has nerff yareIy
Pghlic- bring the last twelve years he
S,er 8sesal st1acks of paralysis. More
Aptoms have been aggravated by
~ other ailments.
yht that the Mormons can bring =,
sSfce'of 5000 mn into the field, and more
nany Indian allies.
i seIling in the New Orleans market Mt Al
esnd molasses at from Is to 20 cents
~oonquerer of Yankee Sullivan,
superintendent OF Streets and
The Street Commissioner of New
Now. 1.-THE Texas steamship
Berwick Bay, bound to Galveston,
d, came in collision with the steamer
same line, at midnight ON the 18th
pas sunk Immediately, and from 20
among them Gen. Hamilton, OF
S Al the officers and crew of the
- mved. The Galveston was but
Captain J. Van Horn Ellis, (for-
>Guamer .fkamai, of Honolulu of the
t1ely lost in a collision with the Gal
Calf of Mexico, has been tried for man
quilted.
u1no fEIEGRAPH.-The next attempt to
nsic Telegraph is to be commenced from
q the ocean. The amount of cable will be
10 5000 miles, in order to make sufficient
for slack line, and new and less cumbrous
v is to be provided for paying out the wire.
selected viii be about the last of June next,
expected that the time occupied by each
Emerging the cable from the center to the
1t occupy more than six days. At this
e year the weather Is generally quite calm
.ays in succession
mmittee who have been investigating the
merica disaster have reported, charging it
want of care and provision for danger. The
stated, was sound, but during the storm
ERE allowed to 90 down so that she fell into
4 of the sea and started leaks. when it was
{ the pumps were out of order, and that
no carpenters, nor carpenters tools, on
finally there was a want of proper subor-
specially in the engineers department, to
Yander-
yequisition of Cuba is now n part of the avow-
y Of the administration. The |" Gem of the
is to be offered up as a propitiatory sacri-
the South to atone for the loss of Kansas.
ass, on the assumption that the public senti-
sVith him, openly urges the plan.
o1nky between the United States and Near
ZEN signed. The Transit Route is to be
the United States troops in the event of
being unable to do so in consequence Of
In12sion, civil Instruction, or other domestic
with the return Of peace, the troops are
Awn. Ii is further said that q free port
q at each end Of the line.
1As AFFAIRs.-All accounts o.h~Syashington
Ming that there Is n serious and irrecon-
yreement between the President and Gov.
% is now in Washington, in reference to
OF the Kansas Constitutional Convention.
1ent is In favor of sustaining the Convention,
g the people TO vote on the proposition,
no slavery, while Gov. Walker regards
Of submitting the Constitution to the people,
mt being the only one on which they are al
> vote,) as IN outrage upon the rights of the
. of Philadelphia is noted for brief senten-
lyings in the pulpit and out of it. As he was
/ down Chestnut st. the other day, n gentle
.ked him, Sir, can you tell me how to find
ofice:" "Yes, sir" was the reply;
~ time you earn fire dollars spend ten =
this the doctor walked on, leaving his ques-
upon the sidewalk. He was a stranger
Vi come to town on business aud asked for in
Ott tiC uAcit nc pouictCl On III reply,
re he was convinced that his unknown inform
i answered him wisely.
European.
III OF RIcHEs.-A London merchant, Mr.. Nor
died worth twenty millions of dollars.
| amassed this vast wealth by slow and steady
until his possessions became so great that they
up rapidly of themselves 1t is said that during
two years of his life he WIS the victim of q
II mental h~allucination, imagining that he was
poverty, and that but by daily labor
he get daily bread. His friends accordingly
place a spade in his hands, and set him to
for a short time in the garden, paying him
wages of a few shillings, and in this way alone
he be quieted. How many rich nen find az
6mfort In their wealth as he : Is Il there q more
e sight in the world than a poor rich man
fortune at his command, and afraid to enjoy
he should come TO want
failures Of most note in Paris are those of Bor-
& 20, and Hensote, Philippe & Viber.