The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-01-06
FOREIGN SUMMARY.

FOREIGN SUMMARY.
o,xs naner estimates the quantity Of Chinese
,ne crown in the western part Of that State,
A. as sufficient to make a million gallons Of
- inportation of eighty camels. at New Or
noticed in the Picayune. The animals are
ent to Texas.
vopvoxs AND CENTRAL AMERIcA-Col Kin
f,rms the editor of the San Antonio (Texas)
that he has concluded his negotiations with
r,oos for the sale of his interest in Central
and has received an earnest Of 5000, 900.
of the parchase-mOney. He is to receive S2,-
Ciocipnati Eaquirer said before the election
Democratic party in Ohio was in the Sc as
The idea was an So immaculate concep-
"a apurehend, as the result of the election
shows that the party has certainly ''gone up
Isro4E CrrIzESs.-The remaining Indians in
# appears, have determined to become citi-
Fifteen Of them visited Mimi, Fla. on the
and announced their intention to settle. live
20 and be governed and protected by the laws
r. engaged in clearing land near that town for
I-rrlI purposes. Three of them could read
rte
spLIyG HosPrrA Is IN FRANcE--There are
te hunirei and fifty Founding Hospitals in
which. SAWS the London Despntch, are suf-
% receive all the children that abandoned
T. parents in that country. One hospital in
klkss in about FIVE thousand children annually.
rorre-pondcnt Of the Springfield Republican,
AZ natural daughter of Aaron Burr, and his
w lezafee. comes curiOusly into possession OF
f,rtune. in this way Burr held a lease from
Church of the Richmond Hill property, three
{ hundred lots in the centre of New York, for
krs He released the land for 63 years to As
i others. and their lease expires in 1860. The
f6r three years then belongs to Bnrr's daugh-
nj the claim is indisputabie and the value of
ase very great. Already several of the lessees
ompr0misel the claim for from 2 500 to S.
LrxGs-A recent writer says that the inju-
e-sct Of compression on the chest is shown by
!. that man in y nude state is capable of in
= $50 cubic inches Of air at n breath, but, when
only 130 inches. Ladies' who encase them
n tight-ittng under-garments should remem-
J. fact. Though we draw into and eject from
- similar quantity of air, it is not of the
buaity The air thrown ont Of the lungs has
hen Of its oxygen, and has gained from three
per cent Of carbonic acid, large amour Of
traces Of ammonia, hydrogen and other vola-
bstances.
tuNET AND TIlE NEtTIEt-lhc OfA Nthc-
0f France recOllect that the comet Of 1871
oE-i by an excellent vintage and the comet
has brought about, they say, a similar result
eTmometer in England was higher last month
IverIge. than during any September since
adons have been made, and the London news
sFs discussing the question whether the comet
Ething 10 do with the extraordinary mildne-s
seIs0a- TIE LONDON CiTOaicIe has this par
nets DO not affect the seasons Taking an in
0f sixteen years, the wsrnest was l794, IN
there was one comet. the coolest lI99, IN
there were two. and therefore IL is not proba-
e,Hie;. ever kiIlel cats. wasps or Julius CE-
sIced fine vintayes or great irough :, or can
svtiIel with the plague Of daddy long-legs,
ftticoats anu mOnsrrosites-
-t0pol-foreyer famous in history and story
being rebuilt, as has been reported, If we
Feit recent vis;.Or to that city He says :
rn- which has been n very fine one, IS now
,ene - ruin and iesOlafiOn. The present pop
trelnced from 40,oO0 to 6,G1O) mostly live
Eo.slen huts left by the English and French
some few stone houses have been rebuilt, but
w. ani Of y very common sort. The magnIh-
sss remain in the stale of total ruin to which
ere reduced during the occupation OF the town
allies, and heaps Of stones are the only indI-
Of the positions of the forts on the south side
'eat state as ever, il being perfectly ludjcrous
rye how little damage they received from the
iment given them The trenches, batteries,
eT elrthwOrks remain as they were during the
IN merely the slight alterations causet by
ni weather., and even at this distance OF time.
-palts- shot, powder, cans, broken pieces oi
&c, are found lying the ground (especlai-
be neighbOrhood Of the batteries) in such guam
to keep men collecting them for their value
Iron, and taking them away by cartloads-
Philadelphia Bulletin, speaking of the centu-
y, rei1ies the following strange and interest
F'.; Bat there IS n still more curious CIR
Nee connected with this plant, though OF a
pal and not Of botanical nature, and one very
nown 70 the great multitude even OF scholars
great link and the surest guaranty IN exist
nat long before Columbus, in the 10Th centu-
D., there was intercourse between Asia and
"a 1t is not many years since Charles New
a celebrated German Orientalist, discovered,
N China, among the ancient but perfectly au-
lear Books, or annals of the Empire, records
passIes sent to countries in the East, which from
erIptions were most evidently California ana
What established the fact, was the descrIp-
the great towering aloe, by Buddhist monks
,m time 10 time ON missions to Mexico Iney
me plant Fusdng, and named the country AZ
Its appearance and various uses were so nc
set forth tos leave room for doubt that the
IN question took place"
NIxAys' STEAxsHIP.-The Scientific American
filth IN the HInans' steamship After re-
the invention at length, il says:
ch are the construction and principles to b<
strated in this steamboat which Is without
that if any accident occurs to the machinery
lie helpless log upon the waves. However
y its parts may be secured together. Its slapt
Unstable one. rs any one can see for themselse.
erving the motion Of barrel on waves OF any
water.
Ply and practice have demonstrated tnat tn'
line system is the true one on which 10 CON 4
vessels that are TO ciesve the waters VIZ le W
ky. hut this boat does not admit OF these~ hes
the Lon o. ard ,.rrov~ shins ha We been found "a