The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-02-02
Foreign Seminary.

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e The Quail, IN armed schooner presented to Libe-
-. 81 tine British Government to protect the coast
Snm -Iavers. has arrived there. AMI Been accepted.
The Georgia State Railroad Cowned BY the S,ate.l
In, phil into the State Treasury. for the year ending
S~e,tember, the sum Of S4O2, 900 over and above eI-
penses-
The sale Of Rufus ChOate's library. just completed
Nv auction, in Boston, Will realize to his family about
$1,000. IL cost Nr. Choa,e rising $4,000.
Mfr. Corcoran has set aside his splendid square on
Fourteenth street, in Washington. for the purpose OF
erecting upon u an aged widows nome
Sands, Lent * Co, the famous circus men, have
dissolved partnership, sold out. and retired upon
were .dd at $4,000. The show business Is evident
Iy a money-making operation
A email steamer has been built in England Of steel
plates one eight e an inch in thickness. She i 20
feet long. Il feet broad, AMI - feet deep, and mea-
sures - tons She has proved 10 be an admirable
sea boat
The Courier ds Efafs Caie says that a steam
ship has been inveated by > SIR. German. which
will make Il hundred miles IA hour, and can be
sailed NJ One-hfth the cost Of ordinary vessels.
Senator Sumner, has returned from Europe, and
was present at the Fraternity lecture on Tuesiay
Nov. Both, in Boston, and made a small speech, IN
which he said he WAS again q we'll man. He left the
next day for Washington
A seaman is in Jail in New York for holding his
wife and pouring q kettle full Of boiling water over
her head and neck, as n punishment for her inter
ference during r severe parental correction Of their
child
\ Rich CHURcH.-The DID south Church in Bos-
ton Orthodox COngregatiOnID has an annual income
from It's real estate Of nearly thirty thousand dollars.
IL has two ministers, and pays each o: them a salary
chapel, ami contributes literally to city missions aud
other charities
4 little plant is found upon the prairies Of Texas
called the % compass flower which, under all cir
cumstances, changes Of weather, rain, frost, or sun
shine, invariably turns its leaves and flower towards
the North, thus afIOrding AN unerring guide TO the
traveller who, unaided by the needle, seeks to explore
those vast plains alone
The disappointment concerning the Great East
ems visit has been u serious injury to Portland.
Much has been expended IN various ways in antici-
patton Of her presence and the crowd il would draw,
which viii be n partial or total loss. 1t has also had
the effect 70 delay and embarrass business transac-
tons
ENIGRl MS FOR PERU.-Dr. Edward Cullen has en-
tered into . contract with tine Peruvian Government
for the Introduction into that country Of 5000 Irish
emigrants, y tho are to renOunce their allegiance To
their Government and become citizens of Peru. The
Peruvian Government pays their sea passage, and
gives 10 every cOlOnIst about nine acres of land, at an
elevation Of four thousand feet above the level Of the
sea-
VALUABLE RECEIPT FOR M,aIsERs.-The London
Times publishes a recipe for the recovery of writing
eblfteratei by the action OF seh-water. The letter 80
obIiterated should be lightly brushed over once with
diluted muriatic acid. As soon a. IL IS thoroughly
damped, il must be again brushed over with a satur-
Gted solution o. yellow feTrugInate Of potash, when
1 -tB ANVAh ~ I
after being washed IN n basin Of clean water and
dried, first between folds OF bIOtting paper, and after
wards by holding it before the fire Ii the letter be
Of much value, II can be sized with n solution Of ISM
glass before being filed.
A MERCHANT SHIP IN CONTACT WITH A WHALE
The ship Herald Of the -HOTHiHg, Capt. Baker, ar
rivei in Hampton Roads from Callao in a leaky con-
dItJn, having been struck by an immense sperm
whale when oE Cape Horn The whale struck the
vessel forward, starting oil about seven feet of the
stem as far ~ the wood ends, and carrying away both
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by the furious attack which he made on the vessel,
as he sPouted great quantities Of blood.
Prof loves mammoth balloon was Dashed vio-
lently against q tent pole by a furious gust of wind.
breaking u hole ia the muslin, through which sixty
eight thousand feet Of gns escaped, completely col
lapsing the talloou. The rent has been repaired, and
the balloon will be reinfltei. The Tribune says
that the gas was let out Of the monster balloon by
Prof Lowe himself, TO prevent injury to the sack in
the storm then raging, and which had Frustrated sew
eral tents IN the vicinity. II the weather Is fIyOra-
bic, the aerDnautic party expect to embark for the
Old World SOON
LAND BIRDS AT SEA.-Capt. Harrington Of the bark
-frrotr, which arrived at Salem, Massachusetts,, on
Wednesday from Rio GrInte, states that when six
hundred miles from land, n wOOdcOck flew on board
his vessel, and for several mornings after he was Wis
itei by hundreds of birds, including robins, black,
blue, and yellow birds, splrrows, = thrush, IL hawk,
and an owl He caught several, and brought them
home, having seventeen alive the day bef,re his ar
rival. aud seven when he reached port. 1t is sup
posed that the birds were driven off the land by late
heavy northwest winds. They were ali completely
exhausted when they came on board the vessel.
A NEW LIGHT.-A DR.. Smith Of Rochester,, New
FORK, has just perfected u new arrangement 0rlight,
which - reported 10 be far superior to the celebrated
DrummOnd light. II IS produced by the combustion.
through n peculiarly arranged burner, of carburetted
hydrogen gas combined with = certain portion of
oxygen gas. The light being placed on a locomotive,
the track w.s perfectly visible for a distance OF fifteen
hundred feet, 50 that the slightest obstruction could
readily be discernei by the engineer. 1t was foui Il
that 4 mln with pyez nF orlIuarU VT c0ul1 Sglelv /.
by the light reflected from the lamp, easily read a
newspaper, printed in ordinary type, a full quarter
Of mile from the locomotive.
SEA SICKNESS CUR,BLE-Dr. W. p. Harris. sur
geOn to the RheTsoHesc steamship, writes TO the
LI1cst :-"I am much surprised at the opinion
which IS So prevalent Of the utter incurability Of sea-
sickness. l believe the opinion to exist among the
n0n-Inedicli part of the community from sheer lgnO-
rance, and amongst sea going surgeons from a supine-
ness IN applying remedies, a fault TO which they are
rather too subject. A surgeon to one Of the first
class American steamships. which each voyage carries
over to Portland at least four hundred emigrants, 1
think | may venture to state my experience. In the
greater number Of instances | allow the stomach to
discharge IT, contents once or twice, and then. If there
IS no organic disease, I give Ave drops of chloroform
IN q little water, an. if necessary, repeat the dose in
four or six hours. The almost constant efec; of this
treatment Is 10 cause an immediate sensation. as II
were, o, warmth IN the stomach, accompanied by
almost a total relief Of the nausea and sickness, like
wise curing the distressing headache, and usually
causing a quiet sleep, from which the passenger
awakes quite we'll"
ForR MONTHS IN THE SEwERs.-A curious story,
wonderful If true, is told Of Leopold Meyer, n Ger
man, who was n kind Of king chiffoniere in Paris, and
.cquainte1 with the sewers there Coming here, he
conceived the brilliant project of exploring the city
sewers for valuables. He entered the Houston Street
sewer, East River, and got nearly scalded TO death by
81 exhaust of steam from the factory of Hoe Y Co,
corner Of BrcOme and SheaH streets. the first day.
His trowscrs and under clothing were India rubber,
IndIa rubber sh0es. n wire sack on shoulder, hook IN
hand usual mining lamp, &c. He designed TO make
for the Fifth Avenue. but after five days he became
bewild-rei; passing his nights in the nauseOus clefts
adjoining these culyerts. On Thursday he killed a
dog who refused TO let him pass, and At the junction
Of Canal street captured, killed and cooked n terrapin
III. IL l.. $500 t. -a.nn hin Eurrs. =