The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-08-12

6OOku& 0U41VC " VIyb101 xMSm from IL -
monster which was marching on the tide 80
its path BY the fire which IL vomited. 4 q
one individual, when he first ssw the Ci.r
her passage, as she was passing the nov ~,
eon, went home and told his wife that be
the devil going to Albany in . ssw-mill ~
There are 5O,051 rice plantations in the o.
81 the annual product Of which is vo,s
$~4,O00,00O.
The Legislature Of Oregon, at its last -
vorced 60 couples.
It is estimated that in 1911 there were % n.
serfs, exclusive of those belonging to the c,s
the 8 1000. 600 inhabitants Of Russia.
The great Bell crevasse. above New Orlear.
to have overlooked forty plantation, and ~
cane enough to make 23.OOO hogsheads Of sum
Emigration to California commenced in NJ,
At that time it contained hardly 5000 ipbskh'
There are now 600, O00-showing that in ten :.
has increased forty fold.
A gentleman in South Coventry, Conn. b..
grounds an oak tree, now eight feet in height J
he has raised from an acorn picked from a.
Charter Oak seven years ago.
The long expected conservation of the Am.
Protestant Chapel in Paris. took place on Sund,'
May, before a crowded audience of American
fish, French and German Professionals The no,
tor, Mr.. Seeley, preached the conservation 90.
and was assisted in the services by several ~
men Of the Protestant faith from other cburcsiI
Paris.-Cor. W Y. Com.
A Marvellous OLD AcE.-Gov. Blacksnake. ~
dian Chief of the Seneca Tribe, who resides IN
Allegheny Reservation, SO miles from BusaL
arrivedat the patriarchal age OF ZIG. He is M
bly, the Oldest person living in the United State.
was n favorite of Gen. Washington during the .
lutionary war. and has now a beautiful silver J
which was presented to him by Washington.
sands of life are now nearly run out, and he
feeble that he reposes upon his couch n great ri
of the time-is nearly blind, and must soon III
brofhers in the hunting grounds of the Great 81
where game is plenty, and the war club and J
hawk are laid aside, there to smoke the pipe Of \
The Ritual of the Episcopal Church does mol
NIT the service to be read over the remains of !
eide. 1t was. on this account that when W. H T
bert was buried on the 18th June, at Newark
Epis opal clergyman refused to perform the I'd
church service.
SHIP C~ANAL-Captain Paulding, who was se-
by our government to examine into the feasrbHl
a canal across the Isthmus of Dorien, has red
made a report to the Navy Department, which
pears highly favorable to the enter rise. The |
serious difficulty in the way of its accomplishing
the climate, as it effects labor. So far as the is
itself is concerned, no serious obstacle TO engine
skill seems to present itself The whole extent N
the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean is made D
swamps, hills, and plains, and the highest roi
land where he railroad passes is no more tbaI
hundred and eighty-six feet above the level N
sea. On the whole route, most, If not all. the
through which the canal would pass, would 4
quired for embankments over the plains and sw,
The length from shore to shore is Asa miles
prism of water is to be $50 feet wide at the b.
80 wide TT the surface, and 81 feet deep: the |
to be 400 feet in clear length of chamber. and n
in clear width. The summit level will be ~
above mean tide of the Atlantic and Pacific q,
The summit level will be aboutsfour miles long.
deepest cutting on this level will be 1876 feet. an
average depth OF the cut will be ~ feet. The
Chagres yields an ample supply Of water fd
canal at all seasons of the year. The summit
will be supplied by a feeder about "a miles
which will tap the river Chagres about II miles
the town of Cruces, where the level of the rid
about 1S5 feet above mean tide, and about s.
above the summit level. The cost of this can.
Guiding the requisite harbor improvements. At
end, viii not exceed 49,, 1000, 900. The bays on
side of the canal will afford ample room for the
merce of America and Europe.-Scientifc a
cdR.
CoUNTERFEITING LIoUoRs.-This branch of Al
been brought TO great perfection. A New York
Usher offers for sale a Guide to the manufactu
liquors, in the recipes for which he says not ON
ticle Of poison is included. "And vet the
teaches how every wine, liquor, &C., from thech
to the commouest can be initiated to that peri
that the best judges cannot detect the method Of
uficture, eren by chemical test of the seuerest
acter.' If all this is true the consumers woulj
great economy in buying the IS Guide making
own liquors and saving the profits, which are 1
to be from go to 500 per cent The author d
book assures the public that the system adou
perfectly ~natural--perfectly harmless-perfectly
and particularly profitable. The Imitation
every respect the twin Of the real, possessing ia,
qualities. yielding the same pleasure, performs
oo tAo dufloz anI nonrr.,,- -, u---t:-- II ~
ends"
The Toronto correspondent Of the Hamilton
DAY Spectator tells the following story: "a 0
entered the galleries of the Canadian P,rfl
House the other evening, broad brim on. su
down Quietly in the front row of seats. Now.
be members only have the right to sit in the
with their hats Cd, Mr.. Speaker sent one ofthe
into the gallery to tell the gentleman in Quest
remove his tile. He refused to uncover, even
the majestic dignity of Mr.. Speaker. After
persu asive had been used, n brieh.
struck the little page; be took the hat off hrms
gently placed it under the seat. Non-resistanr
other Quaker hobby, here served ,Ir. Broadbriu
He submitted to be uncovered, with all the
grace that he felt lac was thereby escaping in
dilemma"
Haw A FRENCH EDITOR WAS CovvrBra
BoSAPARrrsM-The Tafuence of a pretty EnpI
The story of the conversion of Mons. Veuilloi.
o. fhe OntUers.t 10 bonaparfist sentiments is ascd
rs his :" conversion to religion. The EmHm
for. him during the trial of Bernard, and tA
TO him alone would be coni1ed the hon
France, and the c~ondesnnation of the existing 4
England. veuillot hesifated-he did not tn
asnect Of affairs, which threatened loss of c,sies
his own people. When the Emperor. WIN M
no man like himself possesses, retired
moment, and returnede with the Emrress.
said he. "this Is Monsieur veuillot
greatest defender Of the Catholic interests in cu
the most intrepid and perser vering opp1
the inroads Of Protestantism ; the most ta3
in 'our' defence-now existing amongst US"
bowed gracefully her eyes lighted az
at heholding the pillar of Catholicism.
the pleasure of pressing The hard rhic9
so much in its defence. She hs,ked az
With the admiration she, perhaps, really felt
was lost to the Bourbons. TO Frohsiof}
h Parma, for ever and ever. The story is per
rue, and Veuillot tells it himself with mimi
.1nitete. defying every man he MEETS. Of wha'eve'
entes or opinions, 10 deny thar he would have
he same under similar circumstances.
Jews PREPARING TO ACKNOWLEDGE CHRIST
Mr.. Buns, n converted Jew, and assistant
arv Of the Society for ameliorstinc the condit1
he Jews. has been 1ectsuinein Boston. A few
ince he stated that in his official capacity be
received n letter from England, gvH
lcconnt of a meeting Of Rabbis ia, that cunt
l'scuss the question whether Christ was the
Messiah. "They had agreed If. the Messiah n
ONE in fifteen years, 70 accept Christ as tf
fessiah.'
The ship Mary Caroline Stevens sailed from