The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-11-29
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign News.
Pacific Side.

-,;,tei thursday, the 18th OF November, 10 be
~ commonwealth Thanksgiving
cs-We eara that the present daily consumption
rs in tbs city, a Indicated by the meter at Ia,
: about six thousand feet.-Si0cktOa -frgus
n festrA-
p,urz or ELOoUENCE-AS Incident During
csIspe Bakers ~Peech at the American Theater, he
70 a. G. trihaiiIs struggle FOR liberty that all over
~, rortI every nerve wls sfTIiaing against dpsp1t-
-, every heart puIsei FOR freedom save IN
g-srjrq-the land Of the free, under the flag Who's
.bvlos IS sought by the oppressed Of all the earth
~ universal declaration Of man i for freedom
ri the orator retired from the audience with gestie-
1I.fions q shame and scpTn, T~.rfeeJinS the most
,-euerIous dramatic stroke Of arItOry that We ever
80 exhibited By living man- Hundreds spraug %
tseir feet and shouted, aud the structure shook with
,he mighty inquiry 90 human passion. The electTi-
~,n had penetrated % the human sOCl, and, in spite
az AL political prejujiees, the common sentiment Of
liberty smOte like a hand Of iron on tire heart No
,s-Sla could have be ri that tremendous sentence.
AMI seen the full spIend1rs OF perfected orsiOry, With
oat yielding to the mighty influences which used 70
make the msrket-piaoe Of Athens tumHlt1Jgs, and
me Srum Of RO8e immortal.
Eastern States
Fifty thousand dollars have been sent from New
York 20 the Pope
PHL,DELPBIa, Oct. 4-Rembrandt PeaIe, the
eminent painter, died this morning, aged s. years.
The Postmaster General has issued an order that
afer the lt Of November all unpaid letters will be
seat 70 the dead letter oaiee, the practice Of notifying
the writer's thereof not having had tie desired effect
Of preventing their accumulation.
Ia New York there Is 81 much trouble about set
ding the great question, who shall open the ball with
the Prince that II i TumOre1 the COMMITTEES awarded
the coveted honor 10 tie oIdesf lady jH TIE roam
STEAMSHIP COESAUGHT DUENED-Tbe steamship
CSHaaHghf. from Galway, via ~. Johns. sprung =
leak Saturday, Oct. 9Th, and took IRE Sunday morn
ing. about fourteen miles from the Boston Light
House All her passengers aud crew were saved by
the brig -HirHts SchGFsT and brought TO Scituate.
The Last seen OF her che was = mass Of flames She
had 80 cabin passengers. All steernge aud Ia crew
The passengers saved nothing except the clothes they
hd o.
Capt Leitch and Mr. Cox, a passenger. landed at
Scituate this morning and arrived at Boston at IL
o'clock
It u supposed the fire had been smouIIering for 2
long time, from the rapid progress made 10y the flames
after being discovered. The COaHaughs j. yIIued ct
EI20,OOO. and Is fully insured in England.
The Eitieth annual mee;ing OF the American Board
Of Commissioners for Foreign Missions logan it, SEES
sion on Tuesday. in Boston. IN the evening. an elo-
quent discourse was preached by Rev. 5. W. Fisher Of
Hamilton college, N l. The Tre4surer's report was
read, acknowled ding $4,000 received. eanceiling
the debt Of $4,000, aud leaving S14U0 in the treas
ury. Reports were read by the Secretaries concern
ing the Missions, which are generally prosperous. 1t
Is estimated that SIX thousand friends Of the Board
are entertained as guests Of the citizens of Boston One
Ofthe Secretaries made the following statement of the
summary Of the half century. The Boards FIVE or
daniel missionaries sent forth into the heather world
in 1872 have been followed by others to the number
Of 4lD. Inc eignt males anu females composing the
first company Of missionaries, row stand associated
o. the historic page with a company of 1851. OF
these a third are now in the field, aided by 500 native
helpers, and 400 teachers Connected with some %
missions In these missions, churches 20 the number
Of I62 have been gathered, With q present member
ship of more than 10000, and with n membership
from the beginning of not less than So 900, averaging
more than a thousand for every year Of its existence.
The average admissions into these churches, annually,
during the last ten years, has been 1900. a larger
number OF cOumBnicants than could be accommodate
Ted with seats in the greater part Of our church
edi6ces-
During all these years the educational department.
had received a large share of attention. Full is. OG0
children and youth, on an average, male and female,
have been taught in our mission schools during the
past ten years, including the Sandwich Island free
schools only for n portion Of this time. As many rs
1890 must have been in the schools since the COM
meueemeat Of the enterprise, and some thousands %
these have enjoyed the advantages of our seminaries
and boarding schools.
The spread OF printing establishments in distant
lands has enabled the board to dispense with five of
Its ten Offices in ten years. The present annual
printing for our missions, chiefly at the charge Of
Bible and Tract Societies, Is not far from 80, 900 900
Of pages, and the number Of pages printed from the
beginning, cannot fall much short of 800, OOe 900.
1t Is with this gratifying enlargement Of our system
and work. that we close the first half century, aud
enter upon the second. Some Ofthe younger persons
present may live to see the close of that. Who will
venture TO conjecture what they will be permitted to
see:
POLITIcAL-Mr. YaHcey spoke at the Cooper Insti-
tnte, New York. on the 10th, TO an immense gather
ing Of people. While speaking, the question was put
to him whether LinoOID's election would be cause for
the secession OF the South To which he replied that
he believed n the right of secession, and If Lincoln
should bring in Federal bayOne;s to aid his " IRE
pressibIe conflict he would join his State to resist
PESSsrLvaSIA-According to the correspondence
received by the Pony, the mal0Tiiies at the late GE-
bernatoriaI Election in Pennsylvania stand-CUsTT,
fReP( 5l,306; FOSTER ((Dem-) 19,22S-CTsrISis
majority, 32,OS3-
ONO ELEcTIoS-For Congress. 13 Republicans
AMI : Democrats; the Republicans carry the State By
about 5000 majority.
The New York HeyaH gets out Of the way Of the
Republican wagon as follows = There Is no question
OF a doubt but that the recent election In PeuEsytv2-
ma settles the Presidential question, and places Abra-
ham Lincoln IN tae Presidential chai-. Our New
York merchants and fuaneiers may As well look this
hct fairly aud s4uareIy in the face, for no other YER
sion can be placed upon the result in the Keystone
State. The best tning that they can nov do Is to lock
their money up IN their vaults and keep II out Ot the
hands Of the politicians The Republicans need no
fanas or speakers and their opponents cannot change
the result with the fortunes Of 4 Rothschild. The jig
~ up, gentlemen, look az It as you will"
4 FRENCH BILLIARD PLAYER IN NEW YORE-Ihe
arrival Of Mons. Berger in New York, has created
qalte an excitement. and the few exhibitions that
gentleman has given, have impressed every body, and
none more 30 than the rcioubtabie PhelIn himself
though no match game has yet been played between
them Those who have seen Berger, say be can beat
rhetan easily. Tn the lst inst berger GlsplaSetA is
skill to r select audience. His most difficult perform
anees we're vith b. draws' or - mace" shots. These
are made by holding the cue perPendieulsrly, and
syiking the players ball with such nicely rs to eause
tito twist to any desired part of the table, 20 jump,
cArom, make cushiou-shots, acute angles. and, IN
deed, perform the most eccentric journeys In one
Of these he causes the bali to leap upon the cushion,
and travelling in an arched line upon the frame OF the
table, 70 pass again upon the bed, and carOm on the
reds After exhibiting a variety of fancy shots and
d" r0maueings,' VI. Berger played a common carom
game. His skill in nursing" the balls was here
very marvellous
THE HEIg OF THE BRITIsH TnEoSE AT THE TOMB
OF WAsHISGTOx.-On Saturday, Lord RenfreE and
suite, vita the President, members Of the cabinet,
M.s Lane, aad "a :eT invited guests, embarked on
bal he n : s.enmnr lii Liz. and nroceeleI