The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-01-27
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pofeon Allows 70 enter France Is the one sent to him.
self
A society has been started in London for the pur-
pose Of providing play grounds for poor children in
populous places
John b. Cough is back in London with a fame
greater than ever. He is lecturing in Exeter Hall to
crowds Of 5000.
The mean annual fall OF rain on the entire surface
Of the earth is estimated. according to Lieut. Maury,
Mt about five feet
Among the indictments found by the grand jury Of
Pulaski Co, Va, was one against two men who
swapped wives
The Gouldy family in New York are recovering, in
spite Of the terrible butchery to which they were sub
jected-
An emigrant to Oregon. writing home to one of his
friends, SAYS % We are getting on finely here, and
have already laid the foundation Of a larger jail"
The city Of New York alone sells three times rs
many q pure imported brandies,' and four times As
many " pure imported Wines" annually, as all the
vine-producing countries export
Teach your children to swim. Levi Buck, a boy
not yet twelve years Of age. was one Of the passengers
in the burned steamer -dusfria. and saved his life by
swimming nearly an hour. The brave little fellow Is
the son of Mr.. s. Buck, Of Washington, D. c.
Carlyle in his Life of frederick the Great, JUS
published, ayows himself q believer in Caivin's doc
Urine that !" man is pre-appointed from all eternity
either to salvation or the opposite" s.a
The President Of the Boston (Mass.) Historical So
ciety has received o letter from DR.. Isaac Hayes, one
Of the companions Of the late DR. Kane, announcing
his intention Of making another attempt to reach the
North Pole, and asking for the influence of the Soci-
ETY. in behalf Of the object. The matter was referred
to q committee
A musical wag ~(emitting waggery At the Birming-
ham PestiyAl) remarked in reference to submarine
telegraphs, that they would soon be all over the world,
and 20 the harmony Of mankind would be IN the
common chord Of c." Providentially the big organ
struck up. and drowned the indignant Explanations
Of the auditors
WASHINGTON IRvIxG.-We are pleased to learn
that this gentleman, who was reported to be danger
ously i'll, is now said to be conyalescent, and is en-
gagged in finishing the fffh and last volume of his Life
OF Washington 7sA ~ nti 80
VOLUNTEERS FOR VAxcouvER-A call had been
made in the garrison at Canton. for seven officers and
one hundred and fty men, to volunteer to 60 to Van
couver Island, and the whole garrison volunteered
EnrAL Sa1P.-M. GArvani, . French m~achinist,
has. il Is said, perfected his erial ship. at . cost Of
sOO.OO0 francs, and made svoyageto Aigiers tAfrica)
and back with it, . distance Of fifteen hundred miles
from the starting point. The average speed was al
most one hundred miles an hour, the voyage occupy
ing eighteen hours NJ. Garvani is to make the at
tempt from Hsyre to the city of New York as soon as
he has further tested the character Of his invention
by a Few short trips over the Mediterranean and its
neighboring provinces
yU1ocrrY OF fHE WND-When the wind moves
ut the rate Of one mile an hour it is hardly percepti-
bic, at two miles an hour it fans Us as the gentle
sephyr, and ut SIX it becomes q gentle breeze From
ten to twenty it becomes high, and thirty to my
CQ1T3clcrlx6 18OL09 1Au W Nv - SfEhty
miles an hour It becomes q hurricane, and at one
hundred . tornado
A natural daughter of Aaron Burr, and his resi-
duary legstee. comes curiously into possession Of
Trinity church Of the Richmond Hill property, three
or four hundred lots in the centre Of New York, for
sixty-six years He released the land for sixty-three
years to Astor and others and their lease expires IN
1850. The lease for three years then belongs to
Burr's daughter, and the claim is indisputable. and
the value Of the lease very great Already several Of
the lessees have compromised their claim for from
$500 to $1,000 per lot
The overland mail from ST. Louis to San Francisco
is making its trips with such regularity that the new
route begins to attract attention, and therefore
travellers are inclined to take it. As the road gradu-
ally becomes better, the route more secure, public
accommodation houses are built, and a few links of
railroad added, travel viii give that direction the
preference, and it will probably finally use up the
ocean lines. An overland route to Oregon must soon
follow.
How TO PUr OUT BURNING TAR-John Parr
writes the following to a New York paper:
In the month Of Nov, 1850, 1 sailed from New
Orleans, bound for Boston; there were about lS9
passengers, including the crew. When about four
days out the cholera broke out among the passengers
and crew, and the Doctor ordered the ship to be
fumi9ated with pitch. The second time of fumiga-
ton the iron chain. heated nearly red hot, set the
barrel Of pitch in q blaze, which assembled, 1 should
Judge. fully six or seven feet high Being myself
looking ON at the time, / seized two blankets that
we're living on n bunk close at hand, and throwing
them on the fame completely smothered it out in less
than n minute There was a great call for water
but when it came the fire WAS choked out by the
blankets. I am confident that il water had been
thrown on the fame, the ship would have been de-
stroyed- I had been informed by my father, when a
boy, tAat a blanket was the best thing to smother q
FIRE At the commencement OF breaking out, conse-
quently I believe my slight knowledge on that point
saved the vessel and passengers The ship was the
Slas Leonard, Of Portland. I think. commanded by
Capt. Thompson. a thorough seamen.
The New CHINESE Misunderstanding the stipu-
lations Of these Treaties. aud, Immediately upon their
ratification being made known in China, it shall be
lawful and right for Christian missionaries, without
distinction Of denomination, TO travel and reside IN
all parts Of the Chinese Empire preaching the Gospel
wherever they please, and without molestat1on, also
the Chinese, in Ike manner, shall be allowed to pro-
fss and practise the religion Of Jesus Christ
These, With other stipulasions of the four Treaties,
taking them all in all, provide for Christianity the
most full and perfect liberation, at the same time
securing many andl facilities for its PRONUNCIATION.
As in times past, Roman Catholics have been per-
secuted and prescribed. and their property con6scated,
. clause in the French Treaty provides that "what-
ever has been heretofore written, proclaimed, or
published, in China, by order Of the Government,
against the Christian faith, is, by said Treaty, wholly
abfoxated and nulli6ed in all the provinces"
1t is very remarkable that the plenipotentiaries OF
the four greatest Christian powers on earth should so
stipuIate and provide for the furtherance Of the Cos
pei Of God. Truly, it is Jehovah's hand He has
villea and caused it 50 to be done; and the work i is
marvellous IN our eyes
Busxx1s PALAcE-Sfewart's palace has been en-
lhresd within . few days. by the addition Of what
il eouivslent to three first class stores,-that is, a
building IS by 100 feet on Broadway, by about 175
on Reade and Chamber streets We have thus a
structure which il . just object of pride. and is be
Eevsd to have no superior in any country among
houses devoted 70 purposes Any misrep-
resentations - to the character Of goods, or any re-
sort to the 'stricks Of trade among employees, has
always been . sufficient cause for dismissal One
price b sdopted, and that governed by quality.
MI. Stewsrt,} in 1886. located his store on its
present siee. in ooutravention Of strong existing pre-
}udicss against that side Of the street, and in iisre-
gard Of the prediction that failure must ensue. The
buildine. % large and costly. vas described in . pub
Lie joupunl as " monument Of folly and extrava-
unoG Notwithstanding, two enIargements have
since bssn made; the second and last being CON-
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