The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-12-15

VI t"o nun0eo ana nfty thOukanS $500
Tbe present English syetem
since January 10, 1910. nro,;s y 11l(k
department shall abs6luteiv ~ fAAt
every letter and docunenf II ~
Queens privilege Of frankiDr usse e
own consent, in 1910, and her ~ ,eNlk
through the post pass free hv
Queen's-head stamps. srtq
A nan by the name of Ross
novel machine for the prevention e,ot
means OF wires from each windov = ~
shutter or door, attached, is imnss:Fe
Gated to the instrument, which 4 ~
ing room, the alarm is given, tn sce
the door or window indicated s;r- snP
instrument does not at all intarssAune
day opening CT closing of .bs Sn s w
thrown off or attached at will r. 4
ment of a bolt or pin. 'ae ~
The ship neares in size TO tho 60
built about thirty years ago Sh.s@ Eat
Baron Of Renfrep, was six hun ~ va 4
was composed of large logs clan,osa isshl
toughest manner. 1t was predieted1 ssA
steer, but she did, and crossed, ~ sas !
was nothing more than imported ,;r. a''sdi
gether to avoid the timber duty. anS pt
Immediately on her arrival. The n'e
not approve of the arrangement sssen1
repetition of the experiment. aug q
A New Continuance for Sbor...
and-aft rugged vessels, the inyen,;ass Sl
Samuels, Of the clipper. ship Drssx.u q
hibited in New York, and attraetsS 1s4
from its simple, sailor like charac,s. ~
to describe, but the sail is taken II
main boom with a capstan near - M
upon apparatus attached to the hon = ~
advantages set forth in behalf Of ,Ms
principally the saving of time and l.is
may be reefed without altering the eoa,.
or in any manner stopping headvay
Mr.. Ward, an American, saws the =
has just patented an invention n 1919
| telegraphs for the ocean marine ser-;.
which he expects to be able to transr;.
America and England in FIVE DAYS Tss
will be telegraphed from the Lighthouse h
to the passing steamer, On SUNDAY N
the intelligence to the station at CAM ra
following Friday. 70 New York and -
| these places, the communication VII, ~
over the electric wires, and in this
only five days in transitu between Ior1.
York city.
FROM THE AMooR RIyER.-Frou n.
Mr.. Collins, consular agent at Auoor re-
Russia, it appears that American eonr.-
Amoor is steadily increasing. Five Ar.
steamers are now plying on its wste, :
~navigable for steamboats, twenty-five hum.
The commercial products Of that reeon !
consist principally of furs and mipe,k
thought that when navigation shall Inv
the internal of the country. tsi
proportionably increased. From Mc.svr
OF the Amoor are upwards Of Eve bupd
towns and villages.
The London correspondent of the Mabcsss
dian learns that Miss Florence Niebfipg.ts
to lose her strength under her continued a
scenes and sufferings of the Crimea msde,
abiding impression on her devoted and an
She determined after her return to give -
| the removal of the manifest sources Of thu
she had beheld in full play in the lsnrt
Scntari, and under the dismal hospital man
fore Sebastopol. Ever since the ~conclusae
she has been laboring at the work Of b,r
hospital improvement, with a view 10 d.
ton of the health of the soldier and the
his comforts.
GREAT TELEGRAPH CoNTRAcT.-Coatu
been executed by the Western Unoa 4
Company, the Missouri River Telegram d
aid the Missouri, Kansas and Utah Tehsa
pany, by which the former company have b
controllers of all the telegraph lines west 80
and arrangements are now in progres
means provided to extend the lines Of he
Icompanies under the general s~uperirsra
Charles NJ. Stebbens. ESQ.,, from ST Lm
Smith, 500 miles on the route Of the b
overland mail, and from St. Louis to Ati
Utah. The latter is now in s~uccessfa gd
distance of about 400 miles west Of St r
the line to California via Fort Suith, :
working order, about 500 miles west IN
By the latter line, which will soon open ID
ton of about 200 miles, the Associated PuI
ceive very full reports Of California new: !
four days III advance of the arrival Of ts3
mail at St. Louis ; and within the nsIt fl
it may be reasonably anticipated that the
and Utah line will become the most impcrtn
of exciting public intelligence.
BALLOON VOYAGE Across TIE AnAxnt}
many persons have been disputing the 9us3
who is entitled to the credit Of starting ID
an aerial voyage across the Atlantic, ctsli
have | cen quietly at work in this city NH
rations for the voyage. Professor I. SCI
experienced aeronaut, has been engaged =
March, and has now completed the constr
balloon for the purpose of crossing Ovs =
Over six thousand yards of the best u1z
been used, and seventeen sewing -nsctz
been employed on the work, and Is essinastI
done the work that would have requirtdtse
girls to perform in the same time. 1ts4
does not claim to have invented any ng d
~ballooning, bat he has been enabled, " s.
ance of friends to construct a machine ht
determined to test the practicability Of ~
tic oyage The entire height of the h1nI
the bottom of the boat TO the top, is A9h1l
diameter 1872 feet. The boat is a Iife-bef
length, 8 feet beam, and 4 feet deep, ~
tain a caloric enGne for the purposes f
propeller on the new principle. ihe ef
or basket is 80 feet in circunference ~
ted that the propeller, which is placed n y,
the boat, will enable the a~eronaut 10 rssS
the balloon at pleasure, and to keep s'es3s
it. The balloon will contain about shM
feet of gas, and viii weigh with the el,
their contents, about 8 tons, and WI 49,
ing power of 22a tons. II is expecfed@ < =
voyage to Europe in two days. Some s-
been expended on the enterprise.
1t is contemplated to start about me W.
October /; and some five or six passDea
taken. with mails and files of the iateS ny
IcE-BERGs.-The following is an eztraa y
ter from a gentleman who was a pass<ss. !
July trip of the Persia, to a friend Id A0sr
Steamer Persic, Md Ocean, Juiy i'2
Then came fog, fog, for three days q
until one thousand miles were past, o.F p
Newfoundland banks. Here the AR o.
cold, requiring thick winter clothing. IT,
we were approaching the region ., nl;f
enough, on the afternoon of the YIN, spal
ut dinner, the cry of % ice-bergs'' wa -
the cabin, Ia convenient excuse for mah! J
table, as it was a little rough; this esy !,
derstood afterwards, when it becams =
any one to leave before meals were Owe,
accompanied with considerable amusn
the ice-bergs. We rushed on deck' =
away over the sea, was a din mass IN
stance, which we could not distingas.
hen another came, very large aua !.
miles distant-a great mountain Ok
bold ~promontory, jutting ont into w ss VI
waters, while the waves dashed III
upon its cold and barren sides. hihr|
Then the sunlight flashed over So non I
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