The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-10-12
Foreign Summary.

ShOD to every IOuf m1te TeSiucutS II
persons of that city are trying to establish a coffee
shop there.
1t issaid that Piceolomini's tour in the .. States has
nettei about thirty thousand dollars, which is dong
very we'll for eight months. Forty-hve thousand dol
lars a year over expenses VIII make a man co"ior'"-
BILE in his old age:
II is estimated that at least four thousand persons
in the United States navy, annually, are tattooed
with figures costing from seventy-hve cents to hfteen
dollars. and showing the annual expenditure in the
aggregate, of ftceaty thousand dollars! A single
{. artist has been known to pocket over a thousand
dollars in a cruise of a frigate, in these Indian ink
pictures.
Mr.. D. w. Clark, of Bennington, VT. has invented
n material for facing the common, red brick, which
rjyes them the appearance of polished marble, or
pure porcelain. The brick is dipped into the prepar-
alton and then burnt for six hours, when the prepar-
alton becomes attached to the brick, as II 1t were part
of the original, making the brick much stronger and
exceedingly beautiful in appearance, entirely imper-
vious to water, capable of receiving any color.
The inventor of lucifer matches, Mr.. John Walker,
of Stockton, England, recently died at the age of 70.
A journal of the neighborhood says that this match
discovery was made by Mr.. Walker while experiment
ing with various chemical substances, and for a con-
siderable time he realized q handsome income from
the sale of his matches in boxes at Is. cd. each. Pro-
fessor Faraday, being in the North, heard of the in
vention, and in passing through Stockton, obtained a
boz, which he took with him to London, and advert
ing to it in one of his lectures, the discovery became
famous and was soon put to practical use everywhere.
III e II III StliuI nlsC ttl "a 0OtNes ~ ."
recent attack upon Hue, the capital of Cochin China,
at which the English residen'' in China, strangely
express no sorrow. There is, no doubt, however, of
final success, and so confident are the French OF this,
and so open and avowed is their intention of taking
permanent possession of the country, that materials
are preparing ut Singapore for the construction OF
houses at Cochin China, in the European style. The
French fleet there consists of seventeen vessels OF all
sizes, carrying 1873 guns. The largest, the frigate
Nemesis, is of fifty guns, the flagship of Admiral Ri
gault de Genouilly, who commanded the fleet the last
summer in the gulf of Perchele. Five of the num-
Der are gun-boats, carrying from two to SIX guns, and
he rest six to twelve guns.
THp DUKE DE CHARITIES AT SoLFERINo.-A cor
respondent, writing from the seat OF war IN Italy,
says - have no particulars yet of the hghtlng IN
the wings. l understand. however, that all did their
duty nobly. The Sandman regiment of Nizza Caval-
legieri particularly distinguished itself, and a young
officer, yet considerably under twenty, won universal
admiration by his steady GOODNESS under fire. and by
his presence of mind while surrounded by the enemy,
cutting his way through them, and leading his men
against them with a gallantry that any veteran might
envy. / mean His Royal Highness Lieutenant the
Duke de Charities. 1t is said in one letter L have
seen, that he merits the military medal, but under
present circumstances | should very much question
whether his gallant conduct will meet with reward,
or even acknowledgment.
LOWERING ShIp's BoATs.-The following allusion
to a new invention for lowering ships boats is taken
from an English paper:
"Whent the Urgent, screw steam troop ship, now
lust returned to Portsmouth to repair. was at Gibral-
tar, the Prince of Wales went on board and request
ed to see the quarter boats lowered at a moments
notice by Cliff rd's new system. This was done, and
Capt. Hire had the honor of proving to the Prince
that a boy of fifteen years of age, had entire control
over the lowering, single handed, as he had in his
presence lowered the boat half way, then stopped II,
then lowered away again, and cast off. When in the
Bay Of Biscay. the ship going eleven knots, a mat
has been thrown overheard, representing a man, and
a boat has been lowered, and the mat picked up in
one minute and forty seconds"
Mons. De Lave has been rivaling Blonlin's feats by
successfully crossing a rope stretched over the Genes
see Falls, at Rochester. The Democrat of that city
saws We consider De Lave's performance more Won
derful than even that of Blondin While we have no
desire to detract from the professional merit of the
latter, we still believe that De Lave is his equal in
many particulars. Blondin's rope is perfectly steady,
and does NOT sway so as TO be perceptible from the
shore, while that on which De Lave walked, twisted
about in a most disquieting manner, owing to some
defect in guying, or for some other reason. 1t was,
moreover, wet, and quite slippery in consequence !;
and it is considerably smaller than Blondin's.
POPULATION OF SAN FRANCESCA recent census
of San Francisco, made by parties engaged in COM
piling a Directory, shows that city to contain a popu-
lation Of $4,000, of whom 3S,890 were white males
over twenty-one years of age, and IA, 1886 were white
females over eighteen years of age. The Chinese
population of the city was $3.50, and the colored
population 1905. Ten years agoit was comparatively
a mere village, and although it has six tines in its
brief but eventful history, been almost entirely des-
troyed by fire. scarcely any other city in any other
age or country has grown with such remarkable ra-
pidity.
The s.iocal" news-man of the Cleveland Herald.
attempting to competr' with the Cincinnati reporters
in sensation items, ge.s up a fearful accident to a lion
in Van Amburgh's menagerie. Some brutes spit to-
bacco juice in hi eyes to make him roar. He was so
maddened he jumped through the bars of his cage
and hitting the pole of the tent split himself COM
pletely through from head to tail. The emergency
required promptness. Van Amburgh seized the
halves of the lion and clapped them instantly togeth-
err. They stuck, and the lion was soon restored to
| consciousness Rut VANS agony when he NV that
he had put the lion together in the wrong way that
two of the animals legs were up and the other two
down But the lion got well, and seemed to enjoy
himself better than ever. When he gets tired of
walking on two legs he fops over on the other two.
He is said to be a curious looking lion.
NAPoLEoN.-Since his return from Itsy the Empe-
ror has maintained great reserve. He has staid ut
st. Cloud, and has only visited Paris two or three
times, and then in the most quiet and unostentati-
GUS manner possible. Yesterday afternoon he drove
in with the Empress to the Tuileries. but remained
only about an hour. His appearance in the streets
excited no applause, although it must be added there
were but few people who was aware of his presence.
His personal popularity has not been increased by
the winding up of his Italian campaign. Business,
however, both in Paris and the provinces, already
feels the beneficial influence of restored peace; and
rejecting men of all classes rejoice at the termina-
ion of the war. | see, by the way, that the Sardin-
ian government is about to commemorate the battle
of Solferino. by erecting a monument upon the field,
and I presume st. MARITIME will be the site selected
Paris Cor. ~ Y. Time.
LrvEIIER TIMEs.-We are happy to observe an
improvement in business which promises somewhat
to break in upon the dizziness which has thus far
characterized the present season. There are now six
ty-hve whaling vessels in port, here and in Fairha-
ven. Of which about thirty arc fitting, and we hope
to see the whole fleet sail during the fall. OF the
above, four or five ships are nearly ready for sea.
Since jon. l, twenty-six whalers have sailed from
this port aud Fairhayen. and sixty-eight have arri-
ved- Some twenty more are expected to arrive be-
fore winter; The close Of the war in Europe causing
. great decline in provisions. will enable ships to be
fitted out much more cheaply than heretofore. and
we hope an impetus will be given to business which
will relieve the apprehensions expressed by some and
give full employment to our mechanics.
We hope that another result Of the peace . The