The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-10-15
Foreign Summary.


Foreign Summary.
The Legislative Council of Canada have taken a
stand against death-bed Notwithstanding that no
beauest will be valid if made within six months OF
the t~estator's death. This seems to us very unreason-
able.
In Philadelphia they have n steam engine which
is not only worked by steam, but which also propels
itself about the streets at the rate OF 10 miles per
hour.
LETTERS BY THE BUsHEL-Bonner, of the N. Y.
Ledger, on some days receives 900 letters, containing
remittances for his weekly, to the amount of So, 100.
There is no doubt that the Ledger has the largest
circulation that any journal has ever attained:
The construction of a railway between Moscow and
Saratov, q distance of about seven hundred miles, In
nearly a direct line from st. Petersburg, has been
authorized by the Russian Government, and a char
ter has been granted to o company with 45.OOO,OOO
roubles capital.
The city of Paris has just bestowed on Lamartine.
with the consent Of the Government, the house so
long talked of Mt the Petite Mueto, in the Bots du
Dologne. The house is delightfully."- situated, screen
ed from the north wind, and shaded from the sun.
1t is already, indeed. a favorite resort for those who
are compelled to faint and swelter in Paris during
the summer.
The Chicago Press says that n young lady, now q
sewing girl in that city, has received a letter from an
uncle in New York, stating that herself and two un-
Giles in New York had fallen equal heirs to the COM
Portable sum OF III ,OUU,UUO, OF 8DOut YlOcsOOo,OOO,
by the recent death of an uncle at Calcutta, India.
where he had accumulated his immense fortune in
mercantile pursuits.
A ToMAHAwK FOUND INSIDE A SAw-LoG.-The
Messrs. Gibson, who own a saw-mill in the neighbour
hood Of Caledonia, were engaged n few weeks ago in
saving a pine log about two feet and a half in dame
ter, when an unusual screeching of the saw attracted
their attention. They examined the cause of the
noise. and found in the centre of the log an Indian
tomahawk, in the eye of which was a piece of rotten
wood, a part of its former handle. The log was
otherwise perfectly Standardization (Canada)
Spectator.
ANGELS DAGUERREoTYPED The Spiritual Iele-
graph contains the statement of a correspondent to
the effect that on a recent occasion an artist was
employed to take a daguerreotype of n corpse, which
for the purpose. was seated in n chair. The plate,
on examination, was found to contain not only the
picture of deceased, but to the establishment of all,
two other figures, n male and female, standing beside
the corpse. The writer adds .'The dress of the
female figure was wholly unlike that of the artist,
(the artist was a female) and no other females were
in the room. All the figures, corpse and all, were
very dim. Now, the spiritual phase is, that two
spirits standing beside the corpse were reflected, etc. "
MosouIroEs.-The Buffalo -4drertiser gives the
following recipe to prevent the bite of mosquitoes,
and says it is of no use in. that city, but thinks it
might be useful in Cleveland, Sandusky, Toledo, SC
"Take olive oil, one ounce: kreosote, twenty
drops; mix well and anoint the parts exposed"
In view of the worthlessness of this prescription, as
a protection against the Buffalo growth Of insects,
and the necessity for some relief, the Republic has
devised the following preparation. which it lays be-
fore the Buffalonians as adequate to the emergency :
Take a~saf9tida, one ounce: guano, one pound;
fluid of Mephites Americans, one pint; Limberger
cheese, half n pound; one square foot of suphurated
hydrogen; stir with a bar of sour krout; put in n
bag, and "bag your head"
BRAVERY OF THE AusrRIANs.-A Milan CORES
pendent writes | travelled to Milan in company
with the Austrian Captain. made prisoner at Magen-
Ia. He told me that he had with him three hun
dred men, with whom he entrenched himself in a
large house, which he defended against The attacks of
the soldiers of the division La Motterouge, until all
his men were either killed or wounded, except q
young sub-Lieutenant and n private. Seeing him.
self thus left nearly alone, he descended into the
street, in the hspc of being killed. But although the
balls whistled about him in every direction, he re-
manned untouched. He again entered a house, and
continued to fight on until he and the two others
were at last made prisoners. He was taken before a
General officer, whose name he does not know, but
who said to him and the other officer, "You have
conducted yourselves so bravely as to merit to keep
your swords, and, therefore, / return them to you.'
And, in fact, the Captain wore his sword in the rail-
way carriage. This officer spoke French exceedingly
well, and assured me that there was not a single
General in France whose services and character were
not well known in Germany.
DIR. Rae, the famous overland Arctic explorer, de-
livered a lecture recently before the Geographical
Society, in New York, and exhibited some of the re.
lies of the expedition of Sir John Franklin, which he
had secured, consisting of spoons and forks, with the
family crest of the lost navigator; two silver and one
gold watch cases, two needles, with thread in them,
buttons, and other small articles. He said that he
had met several parties Of Esquimaux. from whom
these and other relics had been obtained. He did moi
believe that Sir John Franklin's party had been muir.
dered, but was inclined to believe the story Of the
Esquimaux, which was substantially IS follows A
party of E~squimaux were of killing SEAL They saw
forty white men pass by with sledges. When they
(the Esquimaux) had finished sealing they followed
1 tho fracka IF tho olalOas until 'thav n vna RI a lou
point of land, where they found a lot of bodies in q
very wasted condition. DR.. Rae concluded that they
must have died in June, 1850. Sir John left England
in 1916. He had only three years. provisions, which
could not be male to last four years in that climate
without extensive additions. No expedition had been
able to stay four years in so high latitude without
getting the scurvy. The Esquimaux agreed in say.
ing that there was no old man in the party; SO Sir
maux why they did not feed them, but they answered
that they we're almost starved themselves. Starva.
ton. he found. carried off the Esquimaux at times.
LORD JOHN RUSSELL UPON THE EARL OF DERBY
III will not occupy the House two minutes in sta
ting what think of the qualifications of the noble
lord. He is a great orator. He speaks q most per.
spicuous language. That perspicuous language con.
ceals a poverty of thought. Laughter from the
ministerialists. and cheers from the Opposition He
is quick in forming an opinion, and exceedingly ra-
pid in coming to a wrong decision. CCheers. His
character is marked by levity of mind and instability
of principle. lCheers.1 1t is my opinion, therefore
that n man who in difficult times assumes the direc-
ton Of affairs ought not to have those qualities be.
longing to him. CCheers.] 1 cannot understand O
man who at one time declares that q lowering of the
borough-franchise will be destructive, and at another
time, very soon ~afterward, is ready to lower it's
man who, at one time, declares the admission of the
Jews is against his conscience. and at another is quite
ready to admit ~them-Gcheers I a man who dissolved
Parliament in 1852, and while some said protection
starved the people and others that free trade would
ruin the whole farming interest, was content to say,
Be it protection or be it free trade. let the electors
Of this country decide. If they decide in favor Of
protection, l will argue in favor Of protection. Il
they decide in favor Of free-trade, I will be as stout &
free-trader as the best them. Only let me be . min
lister. and 1 am Indifferent Is to the principles which
I pFotess:' loud cheersl In such : man I place
from the head q aaaira" fcheers.1