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

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e6ne - o1arge Of the barr
pho had been captu,s5 !:
lnteye trnde. and brons..
STATION, we're bought g. %
Clara. OF the 800 nss.,es
eQQ VSee 6Bippsd 10 one dav. asseak
paIous were the French aser,s aesd
gushing and cruel transaction. Tssae
csrc they had MAS whether the ,ae sa
from the berracoons on board the - rl
plight to bear q voyage acres mp
ascertained, into the hold and ue AZ
were thrust. with the expedition Ina
isll competition or rivalry. Ana ssd y
raeoons southwark Of Angola. iva
Africa, those 1000 negroes vsrs VI ne
tractors Of the Imperial Governmsns ns
Unique and Guadaloupe. What sts
mortality Of the middle passage !. ~! y
II known from other sources fb., 10Y y
% bought were swamped, and n.,;.
o. oneof those islands. Let us thsse
Of the 1000 thus bought, onlv ! %n
the French colonies. On their 80, y
would, by the terms Of his arran,sm4
Iperial Government, become entiJei - sr
10 what one single particular, we A..
ration differ from an ordinary sla,. 2
punishable as felony by the Laws
country, and denounced as a Grim. ace
man by the Congresses Of Vienna aes
London Nefcs.
The CRYSTAL PALACE WATER Torr,.
towers are among the most extraord;--
most extraordinary engineering vo,sa
day. Some idea of their strenv,h
may be formed from the factth echb .a.
. height of nearly 300 feet al [fhs
of water Of not less than 1000 tons I
this vast mass offuid is constantly II
by the entry into the huge tank Of n.
the rushing out Of the waters into IN
The towers are polygonal in their c,s..'
are 46 feet in diameter from center -
columns. They arc constructed to
upon the same plan a. the Crystal Pal.
of . series Of cast iron columns and ,;s'
whole of the height is divided into ,;sr
each Of which, 10 the uppermost one, ma,
by q winding staircase. The total III
from the first floor or tier "a i
chimney cap, lie 279 feet, being n feet y
entire height of the Monument of the a.
JO7 feet higher than the Nelson Column 4
and 155 feet above that of the n.
n Carlton Place It is hardly necesssnl
the summit OF these lofty towers y
(ent view may be obtained OF the =
country, and on q clear day, and with \
good glass, portions of the Channel can !
seen. The tank on each tower supuls !
water to the lower series Of fountains. n
The pressure on the mouth Of ,s
square inch is no less than 262lb., and
rises, when updisturbcd by wind, to a IL
feet. When the tank of the water tozrl
was the case on Wednesday, the total W.
on the foundation Of the tower is sometime
especially when we consider that the soil d
site upon the eide of a steep hill. r.
the foundation is-water in tank, 2.00Ot,
ron in tower, 30 tons; cast iron in tovs
glass, timber, lead, &C., 200 tons; total va
3,07S tons. From the base Of 4
ron pipes arc laid conducting the wstr
Of the upper and lower seris
,uI poSc upNafus OF Ten miles OF iron %
Through the smallest of these pE
could easily crawl; the largest would y
in its huge diameter. All fcu
network. spreading in every direction IN
green turf and brilliant partcrres Of the or
he Palace. A sum Of money as large, "
hat expended on the whole Of the Crysia
t. internal decorations and works of art
,ended in completing this magnificent sys
display. The magnitude of the undertal
onceived from the circumstance that
ountains are in full operation there are
I,IsS jets playing at once, through wi
'silons Of water pass per minute.-Glo6'
GEx. WALKER.-Generals Walker and
zero recently received at Mobile with e.
concentrations, and it il said that Wal
followed to Nicaragua by a fol
men.
A monster piece Of gold has been taxa
australian mines, and is now on exhiE.
mcial rooms of the Crystal Palace. II
inches in length, and ten inches at /
Tidth. 1t weighs LAG lbs, and is pune col