The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-06-03

ton is a mouchard. Il ia not onlv thar r.,o.r;,a3
agents OF police are in every street and every public
place, that the comings and goings Of well known
democrats are watched, that the assemblies of COM
munists are hunted out, but men of every rank.
every phase Of character, every shade of political
opinions are Mt the mercy of an immense armv of
:P,es, VINO penetrate everywhere, who follow the
individual into the confidence even of his family and
his private life, and who have spread distrust and
apprehension throughout the country.
The -Hoafteur denies the statements of the London
Times that the sly system in France penetrates into
the domestic circle, aud that the Emperor never goes
out without an escort of soldiers. 1t asserts that the
French police were never less inquisitorial than at
the present moment, and that the Emperor drives
out daily without an escort"
RussIA--The Invalide Russo records new victories
OF the army OF the Caucasus. A letter to that Jour-
nal announces that the important defle of Arpoune.
which has 80 often been attacked unsuccessfullv. ia
at length in possession of the Russian troops.
DISTRICT COURT, DEMONSTRATORS John
Smith vs. William G.. Blackler. A libel for WAGES
Libelant, a deserter from the United States Naval
service, secreted himself on board the ship Jana at
the Sandwich Islands, and after the ship had been at
sea a few days, he discovered himself to the master,
VINO set him at work, and at the conclusion of the
voyage proposed to allow him nominal wages. The
libel was therefore brought to recover full wages.
Decree for respondent, with costs. Eliot and Stetson
for ibellant- Brigham and Stone for respondent.
The ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH.-The London Times
states that the four hundred miles Of cable ordered to
replace the three hundred and eighty-four which
were lost last autumn off Valentia, have been COM
pleted, and it is intended, in order to make better
provision for casualties, that an additional three
hundred miles shall be at once proceeded with. The
operation will be commenced in the middle of June.
in which month, it is said, there are FIVE or six con-
secutive days during which a gale in the Atlantic
was seldom or never known to occur. The line will
be joined and laid from the center of the ocean, the
Niagara taking her end of the cable to Ireland, and
the Agamemnon conveying hers TO America On
this occasion the cable will not he piled away in one
hnno rpoC1 H-S Ill - IN -
fore, midsbip, and after parts of the vessels, in coils
of five hundred miles each.
Another of those bloody and fatal ARRAYS. for
which New York has uuhappily become prominent,
in the affray were Paudeen Mclaughlin, of Stanwix
Hall notoriety, and a man named Daniel Cunning
ham.
Suffice it to state in this place, that according to
our narrative of the facts, Paudeen committed an
unproyoked assault upon Cunningham, and that the
latter, during the melee, drew a pistol and discharged
Its contents into the chest of his antagonist. Paudeen
was conveyed to the City Hospital, where his wound
was attended TO, but at twelve O'Clock last night it
was Eot expected that he would live till morning.
Cunningham surrendered himself to the police, and
is now in prison, waiting the course of events.
a number of novel excursions are being tanned
In America and England. One party purposes
to start in April to hunt lions, tigers and other wild
animals in Africa, ard another project is an excursion
to the Mediterranean in the steamer Ericsson, leaving
New York about the first of Nay, and returning
about first of August The prnsraIpa "a 20 touch o.
@ese1iar, Malta. syapSinge ana, (for JerusaIem,)
Cohsfahthiop'e, atnens, and Naples, remaining at
each place n sufficient time to enable the passengers
to see the sights. The number of passeng gers is limited
to $50, and the fare of each, If adults, will be $3.50.
Other expenses of the voyage, it is calculated, will
raise the whole cost to about $500.
The india-rubber tree is n spontaneous product of
Honduras. This tree grows to a very large size, and
lie whole country. When an
incision is made in the Dan. milky fluid
gushes out, which in the course of a week becomes
black and solid. The woodcutters frequently have
recourse to it. When an accident occurs to those
habiliments which, since the fall of man, ii has been
customary to wear in civilized countries, the owner
instead of resorting to the ordinary method of needle
and thread, makes n cash in the india-rubber tree,
and with some inspissating juice, which Immediately
rushes out, he plasters up the chasm.