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The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-30

HBPea nuts, or ground nuts, or
Gova peas, as they are variously
termed in the United States, are a
great institution with Young America.
In addition to the large quantity
raised in this country, hundreds of
tuns are annually imported from At
RIGA. Their greatest market is said
to be in France, where they are used
for the oil they contain. But Young
America uses them for the nobler
purpose of filing up the intervals in
dramatic performances. The shilling
pit-ite of the N. Y. Bowery is armed
for any fate with two cents worth of
fresh roasted peanuts. If he have
these in his pocket, Spartacas may
/" make Rome howl" or Kirby "wrap
himself up in the American flag and
die like "-Bill Poole, yet his "frm
nerves shall never trem5le -
You may tear, you may murder the muse if you will,
But the cracking of peanuts will never be still.
Why don't somebody introduce
these civilizers into the mountains !?
One reason of the sparcity of dram
attic ability here is the lack of pea
nuts. They might be proftably raised
In all our mountain valies. Every
town that has a theater and news
paper ought to raise its own peanuts,
if it desires to advance in refinement.
Korn Kob ought to agitate this great
question.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-30

D@A French woman in San Fran
cisco was asked by alawyer in court
If she had ever been married to her
husband, and she calmly answered
"No )" but when asked if she had
not been arrested two or three times,
went into tears and virtuous indigna-
ton.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-30
A New Chronology WANTED

"A NEW CHRONOLOGY w ANTED.-
The N. Y. Tribune gives the follow.
ing account of a scientific discovery
in the Valley of the Nile:
" Ninety-fve shafts have been sunk
by Hakekeyan Bay through the floor
of the valley, eight miles above the
apex of the delta. An American
engineer, at the expense of a Mus
sulman Viceroy, has determined be-
yond dispute question which was
deliberately buried in falsehood by a
Rabbi in the venerable school Of Ii
berias in the third century of the
Christian era. The abstract of the
second part of the memoir in the
twenty-seventh number of the pros
ceedings of the Royal Society is well
worthy of the careful study of theol-
ogians, and all others who scott with
out knowledge at Agassiz's human
bone in the coral reef of Florida, and
Motifs human skeleton under the fifth
cypress layer of the delta of the
Mississippi. These shafts, sunk in
rows from the foot of the Lybian
rocks across to the banks of the Nile.
around the lonely obelisk of Heliop>
oils, and alongside of the equally SOL
itary statue of Rameses H., sole relic
of that first of Egyptian cities, have
made known the following facts:
"That the alluvium consists of des :
ert sand and river mud, alternately
all the way down, the bottom layer of
mud being exactly like the top; that
no extinct organic forms are present
in it, but only microscopic infusorial
shell, and recent land~shells and bones
of domestic animals; that no rocks
were touched by any of the shafts, the
deepest of which was sixty feet; that
neighboring shafts showed very di-
verse sections Of sand and mud, but
not a trace of lamination, probably
because the mud dried so rapidly and
the winds were so fierce, that sun
burnt bricks, in a half Cor nearly
quite) destroyed condition, made up
much Of the ground, and that in near
ly every part, and at the lowest depth
reached, fragments of burnt brick and
pottery were obtained. Now the
statue Of Rameses II. is known by
Lepsius to date between 1894 and
1927 B. c. Yet its foundation rests
on bed of sand but twelve feet be-
meath the surface, while the borer
brought up a fragment of pottery
from a mud layer twenty>seven feet
further down. The French engineers
of the last century decided the rate
Of vertical increase of the delta to be
five inches in century. But the
statue of Rameses fixes it within a
small fraction of 81 inches in CEN
fury. The last fragment of pottery
lifted to its surface by its side must,
therefore, have been fashioned by civ
ilized man 1925 years previous to
its erection, II GAG B. c., and 49,
500 years ago."
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-30

Ilmotny 1ltcomo, IN the course oi
his admirable Letters to Young
People," advises young women espe-
cially to avoid the use of those slang
terms which are so commonly heard
even in what is called good soci-
ety." 1t is due to the sex to ac-
knowledge that they learn these vul>
garisms from men, yet these very men
are shocked to hear such things re-
peated by female lips, and if their
comments could be heard by young
ladies-or old ones-they would be
more circumspect in their language.
Here is what Timothy Titcomb says
on the subject:
Young women are very apt to
imbibe another bad habit, namely, the
use of slang. [ was walking along
the street the other day when | met
an elegantly dressed lady and gentle
man upon the sidewalk. My atten-
ton was the more attracted to them
because they were evidently strangers.
At any rate, they impressed me as
being very thoroughly refined and
genteel people. AS I came within
hearing of their voices-they were
quietly chatting along the way-I
heard these words from the woman's
lips: You may bet your life on that
| was disguised 1 could almost have
boxed her ears. / remember once
being in the company of a belle-one
who had winters reign in Wash
lngton. Some kind of game was in
progress, when, in a moment of sur
prise, she exclaimed my gracious!!'
Now you may regard this as fnical
notion. but | tell you that woman fell
as fatty in my esteem SIS if she had.
uttered an oath. A lady, fresh from
Paris, once informed me that it would
do the residents of certain quiet
village a great deal of good to be
stirred up with long pole Let us
see how you like this kind of talk:
"If you wish to be an "A No. l.
woman, you have got to 'toe the mark
and be less 'hifalutin.' you may bet
your head on that You may sing
lishtually' 'like a martingale,' you
may spin street yarn 'at the rate of
ten knots an hour you may talk like
book you may dance as though
you were on "a regular break down.
you may turn up your nose at COM
mon folks and play the piano mighty
fnc,' but L tell you,' you cant come
to tea you may be handsome but
you can't come in You might just
as we'll cave in first as last, and ABB
squatulate,' for you can't put it
through amy way you can fix it, If
you imagine that you may go it
while you are young, for when you
are old you can't you won't come
it, by a long chalk Gown up now
and do the straight thing and III
set you down as zone of the women
we read Of If you can't como up
to the SCRATCH why I must let you
slide But if you have 'sneakln'
notion for being a regular brick,'
there IS no other way-'not as you
knows on'-'no sir>ee hoss!p If a
young man should kind O. shine up
to you,' and you should cotton to
him. and he should hear you say 'by
the jumping Noses or by the living
jingo,' or my goodness or 4 VOW
or go it, Betsey, I'll hold your bon
net or mind your eye or 'hit i'm
agin,' or take me away or dry up
now or draw your sled,' OF 'cut
your stick give him particular fits
he would pretty certainly 'eyaporate. ;"
+" You bet !"
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-30

Sixteen pounds of Los Ange-
les grapes are said to make one gal
lon Of wine. About half of their
weight must be juice.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-30

ANTIQUITY OF TRoTTING COURSES.
The first horse race of which we
have an account dates back to Greece
1884 years before Christ. The first
trotting park on record was in Italy,
built by Tarquinius Priscus. Accor-
ding to Pliny, it was oblong, three
and a half fdrlongs long, and had
rows Of seats all around, raised one
above the other, sufficient to accom-
modate 100000 persons. A race
usually consisted of seven rounds,
equal to seven or eight miles. Com
petitors in these games were discip-
lined ten months previous. The hon
or Of having gained victory there
was very great /; 1t extended from
tho victor to his country, which was
proud of owning him.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-30

D@ The ordinary phrases of our
people denote an alert judgment,-as
81 reckon . 81 calculate" "I guess. :"
The inventiveness which characters
;aes Americans, the multiplicity of
patents, comes from the tendency to
Q 90 behind the actual. to test the pos
sibilities, to bring everything to the
standard Of ght.-Atlantic Non
THY.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-30

n&HIt is very singular fact that
while the Scotch claim to be set down
as the most religious and moral nation
In the world, there are more illegiti-
mate children born in Scotland, and
there is more whiskey drank, in pro-
portion to the population, than in any
other country of Europe. So says
an eastern paper. Statistics, and
prying, sharp-eyed travellers like Ba-
yard Taylor have nearly ruined the
reputation Of the north for chastity.
The hydraulic press. (North San Juan, Nev. Co., Cal.) 1858-18??, 1858-10-30

HURRAH San Juan is not the
only place where canine hostilities
occur. They have had dog-fght
in Sonora.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-03-11
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

CAPT. MooRE's REPoRT.-On our first page we
publish a portion of Capt. Moore's report of his voy-
age to the Caroline Group in the Morning Star.
We intended to have inserted the whole in this num-
Der, but found it SO lengthy that the close of tn,
article is deferred till next week. We regret that we
are unable to accompany the text with tho fine
sketches of islands. reefs, &c., which appear in the
manuscript journal. and which add much to the
interest. There are about twenty Illustrations. 1t is
impossible for any one to read this report, without
coming to the conviction that any insurance company
which allows its acts in regard to n shipmaster of as
much ability as Capt. Moore has proved himself to
possess, to lie bassed by indefinite runors or ground
less suspicious, must be guided in it's affairs by a very
narrow if not ~niggardly policy. The communication
from Mr.. Castle, in another column, to which the
of this proceeding. We have perhaps taken more
interest in this affair than we otherwise should, were
not Capt. Moore of our own brotherhood, having
served his apprenticeship as a printer with Harper
and Bros. in New York. Afterwards he was editor
of a country newspaper, which he was obliged to
leave for n seattle on account of weak eye-sight, since
which he has served one or two voyages on board a
whaleship, before taking command of the Morning
Star. -
ELECTION OF OFFIcERs.-The Honolulu Rifles held
fcers on the LIST instant. With but few exceptions
the old officers have been reelected. The following
is a list as they now stand.
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IMPORTS.

FKcn Bosrox-Per Eliza L Ella March 81 cs, - bxs, p
bbis, / cask, j VI Smith L Co; ! h. ] CO, Z bxs machinery. :
pieces do, Il c WylIe l bx misr, II S Buttons 2 cs mdse, X
Coady / Co; / bx mdse. W c Parke los tashnms chains, 7
Spencer ~ pkgs stationery, etc. L Kamehameha Is cs, ] bx
mdse, II n Whitney 2 bxs mdse, Castle & Cook 1 bx mdse,
do, c II Levers 3 bxs do, W Gondale 8 bbls do, Z o Hall l
bx do, T Brown: j do do, Rev T Coan 4 trunks mdse. J II
Wood 4 csks do. II pinond ; i bx do. g b RowrIl l bbl do.
z L Hanks I can do, b " Field 2 bxs do. Ira Richardson ;
i bx, / bndl do. John Ladd , hf Dbl, i cs do. c Brewer. ID
2 cs do, d d Baldwin IS bbs do, H Hackfeld 564 bndls
2 bxs mdse. Z P Bond 2 trunks, L W Clark S bs mdse, E G
BeckwTfh ; 9 chests mdse, order 3 cs mdse, W C Parke ] cs
do. Judge Austin ; POT pieces hard pine, 1861 do spruce boards,
2257 pieces pine bnards, 1850 pieces shca;hing. 779 pieces floor
ing, 40 do gutter, 232 VI, 50 pcs shingles. IFS do plank, c II
Levers 22 bxs mdse, Z pcs in straw, 10 bbls beef, 10 do pork,
8 hf bbls do. ! hf chest tea, 10 bbls a. ur. s cs copper, $40 kegs
mdse, 113 bhls do, I chest, 3 trunks do. ! pkg maps, bx sewing
machines, IL pcs iron work. "a posts, IA pkgs mdse. 4 nests
tubs, 2 pipes liquors. 2 puncleons do, 10 l casks do, 100 CO do,
100 kgs do, 10 ! csks do, 1 bxs, 4 wheels, l ck lamps, SO stoves,
II handcarts. 2 culrivators, 2 hay cutters. 6 grind stones, so nsts
trunks j outrigger and rods, 8 nests buckets, Is dog brooms, rs
dog pals, 2 do chairs, 2 do seives, 2 whaieboats, so bales oakum,
Is cords wood, i67 tons coal, l cl 'riher, cock and fange 1 iron
safe. 20 hndis wire. 200 bndls iron, IS plows, i cart, Is doors, 8
columns ice house and cart
Faox LIvERPooL-Per Antlia. March 60 cs champagne,
s chain cables, 2 anchors, rs bndls iron, $50 screw bars, 10 tics
porter. 20 cs hook. $50 cs ale, 80 tons pig iron, 80 crates earth
enuare, 4 pkgs, / c. Stanhope, So pkgs suniries, 30 bxs pipes,
800 bags rice, 2 cs varuish, % bses mdse, 209 pkgs do. ia cs
do, 10 cs biscuits, r c Janion; 1000 bags salt, 40 hhds coal, IS
tics dairy salt, 100 ties do. 200 cs claret, 90 do port, 90 do sherry,
80 do Ein, 70 pkgs sundr!ss, ISi do dc, l9 cs mdse, to order.
FROM San PRAScIsco-Per Fanny Major, March 10-72roiis
duck. q hhds ale. 10 pigs shoes, "a cs pipes, ] cs shawis. 20
bxs candles, 20 cs tobacco, Is kegs whisky, S qr-casks brandy,
80 bxs raisins. 1876 " shingles. 10000 f. boards, As tins crackers,
10 cs furniture, 8 cs clothing, CO hats and 81 pkgs mdse- To-
tai. so.l53 IS.
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tents. the inmates barely escaping With their lives
II Is very remarkable that the house o. Mr.. Desan-
chelle escaped destruction. The torrent passed like q
high wall on 10th sides of it, leaving it unhurt and
strewing large boulders and trunks Of trees all
around it. After crossing the road in front Of Mr..
Antonio Sylva's house the torrent parted and enc
branch rushed on to Kealia and the other FASTENED
down to Kahului, both depositing all along their
track large trunks Of trees brought down from the
mountain, and kalo and sugar cane from the waikapu
gardens. Unfortunately for the Brewer plantation.
the mad waters, when they reached Kahului selected
the foundation of the Brewer plantation storehouse,
as the place of their exit. They speedily UNDER
mined the house and overthrow it, carrying some of
its contents into the sea and leaving a deep gulch of
quicksand where the house had stood. Near Kahu-
lui is the great fsh-pond Of His Hawaiian Majesty,
called Ranaha, this was SO filled mp that it flowed
out into the sea and multitudes of fat amaama and
amaze regained their liberty.
The track where the torrent flowed was a live
ly scene for a number Of days-crowds of carts and
drivers, timber cutters and kalo diggers, pack-oxen
and pach-horses all gathering and bearing away the
spoils. It is said the destruction at Ukrmehame is
even greater than at Waikapu, the kalo lands having
beens completely washed away that the inhabitants
will be obliged to remove to ONE more favored
neighborhood.
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s1N FRANCISCO MARKETS.

Our advies are up 70 Feb. 20. Considerable advance had
taken place In four and sugar. In regard to -four, the Merean.
ess Gazette Of the 18th says:
The market for Brezdstufs has ruled exceedingly quiet since
taken place in consequences Of The cessation Of operations. The
Decline however . BY 10 means marked, sr scarcely any Of thai
usually sxhibfed In this market amer an article has rapidly adj.
-zneed In vas1e, and the stock become scattered in many hands
s.eesedins the calling OF the Iast steamer, but for q fen days
past an Improvement In the demand has been quite marked.
ss.sss$y snything has been done in Domestic IN . wholesale way;
tome 1000 qr sks superfne were reported sUsd a few days since
g Sla Iie rseent receipts Of Oregon have nearly an been
s sss6; me !eoo 2 ma .s, e. ios PoIss s range iID% $40 for Or
he Prices Current quotes sales Of Oregun at SIS a BIS 50.
Dsusstc SIS q slS-shs latter being for favorite brands There
sppe.u to be q disposition on the part Of holders to sell, and it
doubtful whether the price viii long keep up to those figures.
In regard TO sugar, the Gazette says.
sueAss-In the absence Of any imPorasons worth talking OF,
and VIII = fair demand from the trade, who have bought, how
ever, as sparngiy as the wants Of their customers would permit
-she tendency a prees, through the fortnight has been stezdi-
y upward and fr this mail our quotations mark the establish
oepsof a material advance for all grades upon the figures ruling
The Transactions since last mail have been as follows: go 900
lbs China No ], $4,000 10 d., In order. At Is a 15.c and none
nos % oe had b-iDx 13sc; 30 hf bis New Orleans, hif quality.
u lSr 30 hf obts Sandwich islands, on private terms. aud for
70 do DO do ex Fanny Major, a good IoG, 1esc offered and de-
sS1c, Cash. aud - c- loaf al &c The Sales Of San Francis
CO k<hn-d have been as fsiIoss. 1881 bbls crushed and white
shaved ~ frOm IL. a roc
CarsD~s Of sugar 10 the amount of 5000. 900 Of lbs. are re-
ported as On the way to San Francisco
NEW BEDFORD OIL MIRKEr-Jan. II.
sFEax-rhere il some inquiry FIR sperm, and ~e notice a
sAle Of s~o small parcels, amounting to about 20 bbis, at lose
wnAIE-There Is also inquiry for whale. and sales Of 40
oos for manufacturing, al Soc per gallon, a price which holders
generally viii not cell at
wsnsBosE-Isv sry quiet and without ranssc.iOus-sAip
ping Last.
Letters received from New Bedford state that bone va. held
ss 7oc, With 10 sales
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w..er.po.. a. woi.npu, e. Maui.

Hydraulics, on a magnificent scale, have recently
been exhibited at waikapu. On Tuesday the 10th
ult. a ~southerly wind. called a kona, commenced
blowing, bringing gentle showers with it. On Sat-
urday, the Goth. the heavens gathered blackness
and the clouds were borne to and fro by conflicting
winds. and a waterspout was formed and carried to
the summit of the mountains between Waikapu and
Ukumehame and there discharged. The torrent roll
ed down on each side, bearing all before it; the
branch Of the waterspout that come down to waika-
pu, uprooted huge trees and strewed them out over
the plain dug up and removed large fields Of kalo and
carried away considerable portions Of arabic land,
leaving deep assures and piles Of stone instead.
Many families, who before the catastrophe, sent food
to market. were left destitute. The water came
down in . body like q mighty wall fifteen or twenty
feet high. with such majesty that it would not follow
the windings Of the brook, but rushed over whatever
lay in its way, cutting its own path. Several horses
and cattle wers caught in its track and drowned
One dwelling house Wa carried of with all it, con.
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INTER.ISLAND TRADE.

sengers-
From KAvAIHAE-per Mary, March 5-I2 bullOcks, ] horse,
90 she-p, : hogs, 40 hides. S kgs butter, 2bags bullock tongues,
s C asks beef 1 do taiow, IS passengers
From NOLOEAI-Per Alice, March 600 bushels lime, 10
passengers
Pr KOL0A-per Keoni Ana. Feb 24-1 canoe. 1000 n boards,
6 bxs dry goods, IS iron pots, 2 bxs dishes, Is brls salt, i barrel
Irish potatoes, Is empty barreIs, 10 bnils paper. 3 dofruit trees,
7 bxs soap. IS c. mdse. ] hs1dcart, 10 empty butter kegs, II
buckets, $500 specie, 10 passengers.
From koLOA-per Keoni Ana, March 7@2 bndls tobacco, 2
bags arrovroot, 2 hris sweet potatoes. 5 punches bananas. s bags
pull, so oranges, l bri pork, IL bullock hides, 2o7 goat skins. S
kegs butter. 9 c rds frewood, i horse. 3 hogs, 2 dz turkeys, II
bags corn. $3.50 specie, 20 passengers
Frm LsHiISA-per Maria, March IS boxes tobacco, 20 brls
-four, $50 do Irish potatoes, rs do sweet do, 200 squa-hes. IS
b.s beef. 8 kegs butter. i sheep, 9 pigs, "a fowls. 9 turkeys. 100
bis empty oil casks, 13 bndls whalebone, 10 casks fish, SO bdls
sugarcane, 50 passengers
From LABArxA-per Kamoi. March 1912 sheep, 2 pigs, o
punches sugarcane, 6 pkgs mdse. lot shocks
For LAHAfSA-per Maria, March 10-2t ms sugar, 8 barrels
moLasses, 10 VI shingles, $500 # lumber, so empty brls and 20
pkgs mdss, l pianoforte-
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Hrro. February 22d, 1858

Hno. February 22d, 1858.
Mn. EprroR:ASrR,@On the 18th inst, I notified
you of the arrival Of the bark Doper, of New London.
ut this port from New Zealand. with 1900 bbls. oil
The strong southwes winds which have been prevail
ing for the past few days are probably OBTAINING the
ships. An event has occurred here which will supply
food for the village gossips for some time to come
On Saturday, the Goth inst, two humpback whales
paid a visit to our bay, (Which at this season OF the
year is a common occurrence) and for some lengfho
time disported themselves in snch undisturbed quhe'
a to arouse the sanguinary ire of the Dorer's mate
who ordered the boats to be lowered and mannea'
and war to be waged against the ~intruding animals
Chase was Immediately given by three Of the SHIPS
boats. Capt. Jeffrey, who was ashore at the fime'
was too old a warrior to let such work go by without
having a hand in it. Having no boat ashore, how
ever, he took a canoe and thus reached one Of the
boats into the head Of which he stationed himseal
In = few m ,ments the cry went up ashore tha' "
mate was fast to one, and directly afterwards INV
captain and third mate were fast to the se'O''
animal. The first soon received its coup de gTao'
and but for one Of those accidents which frequen''
fall to the luck Of whalemen, the other, having :.
ceived two or three lances. would doubtless ).
fallen an easy prey. The animal. writing un'e' =
wounds it had already got, made o sudden o' aI
which freed itself from one Of the irons, the "
being hauled into the boat again, came athwa' :.
remaining fast line and cut that sufficiently 70 eau,
it to part, and thus make the monster once NOR
enfranchised subject Of Father Neptune. mo"
again chased for some length of time it WIS e''''D :.
too much incensed at the late treatment It n"' s. =.
With to suffer a boat to approach within dar''ns "A
lance, and at length the pursuit was abandone' Ia
the attention Of the boats turned to towing ~
whale to the ship. unmeuces
The operation Of cutting in the animal co% ~, .low
this morning. and but few Of the res'aen.s .r 4.
the Opportunity to pass by without w'fnee: nas s s me
You NAV fancy, but it would be Impossible . sims
to depict, the excitement on shore during -
the whales were being chased. ma