The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-07-26


90 20 40 feet deep. on the north side Of Lake-st,
between Clark aai Ia Sale streets. Chicago, and
weighing about 5000 tons, was recently raised four
feet and eight insneS in five days, by means Il 5000
screws The buildings were filed with occu-
pants, but 80 carefully and sk!ltully was the work
done, that not = pane Of glass was b.cken, nor was
there a crack III the masonry, and the merchants
we're free from all annoyance, the sidewalks being
carried mp Al the same time w.5h the buildings.
None Of the buildings were less than four stories high,
one was six stories, and eight were I'VE.
\ SINGULAR SrIT.-A suit has been commence
in the French Courts. the incident developed in which
viii set the brains Of the dramatists in s. whirl, and
give work 20 their pens. The story runs thus:
Nearly thirty years ago, "a widow lady, Of a noble
and powerful. Hu-ueuCt family residing II south Of
France, placed her child with q gardeners wife, who
was O. act as rs f~lster-motuer and nurse. One day,
: the young heir was sporting before the door, and the
gardeners c8:li was lying on q bed 10 the cottage, the
nurse heard the wheels ola carriage, and immediately
suspected that the mother Of her young charge was
coming 20 see her son. In her furry, She snatcAed up
iae heir. but slipping, let him tall upon a heap o.
stones, breaking his right arm and col.ar-b0ne. In
her terror, she rushed 70 her husband, who advised
her . stow away TIE screaming victim under the bed
clothes, and taking his garments. he placed them on
ms own child, and boldly stood at the door 20 wait
the laiy's coming. Contrary 10 the usual casual
glance given by her on her previous visits, the lady
mother was 50 struck 81 the change IN her darling. to
the lean, brown, hungry looking babe which she be-
Geli III the place OF neT own plump UaOy, thar, NeNei
ana eXgSperaJei beyond measure, she seized the child
IN her arms, and babe the ~p1stiiliou drive away. The
gardener and his wife were terribly frightened, but
decided 10 20 the next day to the chateau AID make
an explanation. 10 their further couSternatIon, they
found on the next morning that the lady was gone,
and had taken away the child. Years sped on, and
the family did not return, while the Ignorant Gotta
gers, Influenced by terror, never dared 10 STIR IN the
matter, until the gardeners wife, on her death-bed,
recently made 4 full confession. In the mean time,
the cottlger's child has passed his life as a member
Of one of the noblest families Of France, has been at
fu.ha9 - ~ .I,l .nl nAu- holds 4 I-sT~pEla .tE
cial position, while the real heir has spent his youth
in discipline and privation as a soldier III Algeria.
The latter now brings suit to recover his property and
title"
Berryer, probably the most famous lawyer in
France, has been engaged for the defense.
HONEST OLD ABE-In his personal habits, Mr..
Lincoln Is as simple as a child. He loves a good din
ner, and eats with the appetite which goes with a
great brain; but his food is plain and nutritious. He
never drinks Intoxicating liquors of any sort, not
even a glass Of wine. He is not addicted to tobacco
in any Of its shapes. He never was accused of a IL
centious act in all his lite. He never uses profane
language. lie never CANDLES; we doubt II ne ever
INDUCES In any games of chance. lie Il particularly
cautious about mourning pecuniary Obligations for
any purpose whatever; and, in debt, he Is never con-
tent until the score is discharged. We presume he
owes no man n dollar. He never speculates. The
rage for the sudden acquisition Of wealth never took
hold Of him. His gains from his profession have been
moderate, but sufficient for his purposes. While
others have dreamed of gold, he has been IN pursuit
OF knowledge. In all MS dealings He ms ~ ItpuJl-
ton of being generous but exact, and, above all, re-
ligiously honest. lie would be a bold man who
would say that Abraham Lincoln ever Wronged any
one out Of a cent. or ever spent a dollar thar he had
not honestly earned. His struggles in early life have
made him careful Of money, but his generosity with
his own is proverbial. He is a regular attendant
upon religions worship, and though not a commune
cant, is a pew-holier and liberal supporter of the
Presbyterian Church in Springfield, 10 which Mrs.
Lincoln belongs. He is n scrupuIous teller OF the
truth-tooe exact in his notions t. suit the atmosphere
of Washington n it now is. His enemies may say
that he tells Black Republican lies; but no man ever
charged that, in a professional capacity, or rs n cItI-
zen dealing with his n~eighhors, he would depart from
the Scrjptural command. At home he lives Ike n
gentleman Of modest means and simple tastes. \
good sized house Of wood, simply but taStetulIy FUR
ni>hei. surrounded by trees and flowers, i his own,
and there he lives, AT peace with himself, the idol OF
his family, AMI FOR his honesty, ability, and patriot
ism, the admiration OF his couutrymen. If Mr.. Lin
coin Is elected President he will carry but little that
is ornamental 20 the White House. The country must
accept his sincerity, his ability, and his honesty IN
the mold in which they are cast. He Will not be able
to make as polite a bow as Frank Pierce. but he will
not commence anew the agitation Of the Slavery ques-
ton by recommending 10 Congress any kansas Ne
braska bills. He may not preside ut the Presidentlai
dinners with the ease and grace which distinguish
the venerable public functionary,' Mr.. Buchanan;
but ne will not create the necessity for a Covode Com
mittee and the iisgraccful revelations of Cornelius
Wendell. He will take to the Presidential chair Just
the qualities which the country now demands TO save
it from impending des-tructiou-ability that no man
can question, frmness that nothing can o%verbear,
honesty that never has been impeached, and patriot
ism that never ~despairs.
ROMANCE IN REAL LGFE-1f1rrieF Divorced,
and Re-.'frrrie!.-A few years ago n young and
beautiful lady, living not a thousand miles from Bos-
ton, had two suitors, one poor and the other rich, the
latter having less favor in the eyes of his mistress
than his rival. And rs is also usually the case in
such instances, the young laiy's preference c%onficted
with that Of other relatives and friends. So decided
were they in their opposition TO a match with the poor
mechanic, and 50 loud in their praises of the other,
that the Young lady finally consented to become the
rich mans wife. They lived happily together. But
10 the progress Of years reverscs came. lie spent n
few days with creditors in arranging matters, and
then the couple moved away very quietly. In n week
everybody knew that Mr.. - had failed, and week
later The gossips added to their statements the fact
(for q wonder y that he had gone to California to try
and repair his fortunes, leaving his wife, with two
young children, with means enough for many months
to come.
A year passed, and Mrs. - heard from her hus-
band but once, and then only by Il few lines, which
accompanied n small remittaucc-and announced
that his stay might be longer than he had anticipated.
Another year went by, AMI only one more letter caThe,
this time full Of business, and stating the period of
his return still mere Indefinitely. Then came a blank
of several years, with no letter, no money, no news
of any kind from her husband. Without means, she
had to depend on her friends for her subsistence.
Thrown occasionally into the society of her former
rejected sutton, a part of her old love returned, and
believing that he had remained single for her sake,
and having nothing 10 hope Tor from her missing nus
band. she finally applied for and obtained n divorce
on the ground Of desertion. One can imagine what
her feelings were when she learned that her former
lover had never, since his rejection by her and her
marriage to another, cherished other feelings for her
than those of friendship. The disappointment was
shlrpened with anguish when, n few days after, she
received a letter from her husband, stating that he
had at last accumulated a fortune beyond his most
sanguine expectation, and was then on his way home,
with n closing request that she would meet him at
New York. She gathered from the letter that money
had been sent her ofteh during those years, but which
she had never received. She knew her husband, If
afectionate, was also proud, and feared that he would
never forgive the slight involved in her act Of obtain
ing a divorce. But she finally resolved on a full con-
fessj5n, and on the day of the arrival Of the steamer,
she was the first 10 greet her late husband, who, after