The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-08-05

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conference with the commaDdsr Of IT, n1l
He says:
a few weeks ago. when cruising ~
boarded an American vessel that had no
and in answer to inqu5riss TOR news.
splendid clipper ship = fitting ont
trade, and would he ready to sail thu e.
I accordingly watched for her. and b.d a
ton the following day Of taking a valn.h~
had the most complete outfit, a large ss,.s
ions, ample accommodations for 1900 sl.-N
sides q bag containing 1900 doubloous~
her cargo was TO be purchased. Proof ~
cient, she was taken 10 Jamaica. libelsd
demned. She was q lawful prize. and sou
on board, for $780, 600. The steamer a.
sight, was entitled to one-h hal the pr;,s
share would rave been $4,000. As II ~
ceived $1,000 for q couple Of hours work
It is. therefore. very probable that ~.
prompted the British feet to increased ,asas
ing our seas in search of vessels engaged !, !
trade.
SLAVES LANDED IN MIssrssrppI-Tbs
the New Orleans Delta. which went the rooe
press a 6ew weeks ago, giving an accom-, ~
ing Of slaves in Mississippi, was general, =
a. = hoax. 1t has, however. been revived :.
| quarter. The Charlottesville (va.) .a5ro.%
to have received recent information on M
II says
We are told by a most reliable e~entlems,
an eyewitness of what he tells, that sever,
of native Africans have been landed. within
twelve months, upon the banks Of Pearl =.
sissippi. They were, it is true, brouph, o,.
the mere pretence Of indentured apprentice
! no one doubts that they are and will comm.
slaves in every sense OF the word, and foy =
Cor. s. r. Bulletin.
GOLD IN IowA.--The papers persist in a.
that real gold is found, in remuneratiys
| through the Desmoines Vailey-chieHy in 4.
! fork and main channel Of the Desmoines P,
500 nugget, dug up by a seeker, is said
exhibition. Adventures are rushing to tbes
in crowds, and diggers are said to make FRI
SIS a day, easy. There may be a grain on
all this, but a whole ton of exaggeration. nj
its full extent, it viii prove a great missor,m
soil, aud not its gold dust. is the true wealth
Information relative to the Atlantic Tesl
furnished in late English papers, of an I'M.
character. The paying out apparatus. oons
By Mr.. Everts, of the American Navy, is urn
BY the English engineers to be just the M
requisite ; and Mr.. Hughes. our ingenious I
and electrician, has succeeded in transmitrI
rents of electricity through $500 miles Of M
without difficulty, thereby solving satisf.r]
problem that has bafied the science of the cor
electricians, and one that had rendered the
success of the Geographic enterprise, even
the cable had been stretched across the oes,I
ter of great uncertainty.
Billy Bowlegs and 164 Seminole Indians !
emigrated, there are now in Florida only San
and 80 warriors and their families. Billy sd
is a fool for holding out any longer. Sam, hi
declares that he would not emigrate for sstvcJ
loads of money! 1t is to be hoped the Flor
is ended at last ; il certainly is a humilia,ir.|
ton that the United States government ir|
years past has been fighting this little had
savages at an expense Of millions of money, )
last has only been able to effect a peace by 4
his own terms to the principal leader of thl
lious band.
Says the Utica Herald "a bale of rags Il
Crimea was recently openei at a raper mill \
ampton, Mass, and we're found to have been !
ed on a battlefield. Pillow cases, sheets, :
bandages, surgical aprons, remnants, and \
clothing stunned with blood, told an eloquent
suffering and sorrow. In this connection IT 81
TO state that the Utica Herald is now PRINTED
per made from rags imported from Egypt
mummy of the pyramids or cafacombs was VI
in bandages and folds Of cloth. The Yankee|
cenary Vandals y are making a speculation
tanning this cloth, and p~erchance our readej
had great Pharaoh's winding sheet upon their
fast tables -
BEAUTIFUL METAPHoR--Henry Ward Beef
one of the !" STAR papers in the New York Id
ent, says:
We have known men. upon whose ground. :
magnificent trees of centuries growth, lifeiu1
the air with vast breadth, and full of twiiig}
midday /; who cut down all these mighty monI
and cleared the ground bare /; and then Wild
fierce summer sun gazed full into their face vii
fire, they bethough themselves Of shade, and
with set out a golden generation of thin. shai
sticks, pining and waiting until they should :
out their boughs with protection and dsrk3
ground with grateful shadows. Such folly i
who refuse the tree of life. the shadow Of
mighty, and sit, instead. under the feeble d
their own planting, whose tops will never bel
enough TO shield them, and whose boughs vii
voice to them the music of the air.
The New York Tribune says the quantity II
water daily distributed from the reservoirs Of
is estimated ut 81, 900 900 gallons, while is
mate necessities do not exceed IS, 900 900 s
the remaining IL ,000. 900 being literally wasa
Mr.. Everett has returned from his Souther
Since the month of November he has repef
discourse on "The Character of washingtG]
the benefit of the Mount Vernon fund, twenr
times, with an aggregate net rec.ipt of Sl4sa
his address on Charity" fourteen time,
of various charitable institutions, witt
gregate net receipt of Sl2,433. The net pns
his oratorical labors for the last six months, 1
benefit of the Mount Vernon fund and various
table institutions, is $27,078.
ANOTHER JOIN DEAN Misunderstanding
following from a Dublin letter, the Irish h3
at home are quite as smart as thoseE
10 New York and marry rich mems daughon
1.-The family Of a much respected dignits7
in the church, and long resident in the neighbi
of N~cttinghilf, hns been thrown into deep
through the elcpement Of the youngest daughu
an inferior domestic. The misery occasiQSedt]
individuals BY this sad and indisrrei
is somewhat ~mitigatcd By the receipt Of a M
certificate which was forwarded to DR.. B.
hold and ambitions Lothario on "Wednesday IS
bride is only recently Of age, but entitled tOa
Of E2O. 1000, bequeathed TO her by her grani7
the whole OF which is now the property Of h1
whose duty. one little week ago, " to open IND
and let down the steps Of that carriage he ca
conjointly occupy with his former mistress
CALIFORNIA VS.. AusrRAIyA.-A late numbs
Melbourne (Austraiia) Herald, complies n
thentic sources the amount Of gold obtained
mines OF that country each year of the sesei
IN 1857. The grand total Of those sevsa
IS two hundred and sixty-nine million dollars
total in 1857 was forty-nine and q half mill
three million short of the product of 1856, wha
ter year was the most productive ever known !
fralia. During the same seven years the mr
have produced three hundred ard
million dollars worth Of gold, or sixtr
million more than the total in Australia The
nct of California in 1861 was a triie short Q
line million, and a slight increase upon the
If 1866. The largest amonnt obtained was IL
ifty-seven million. The Australia gold 8
much higher than that OF California. viz. st
tollars the ounce, which is believed to be t1
the over estimates may be, it incrsa
Falue in favor Of California. The combined pref