The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-02-09
Foreign News.

We continue 10 CLEAN from orr Eastern exchanges
n fv news items. which in the absence Of cur mails
may prove interesting The last mail, that Of Nov
20. VS. received y the Cont. January 6.
California.
LFTTTH= DyEELaNp-Ev tLe Overland Mail which
LETT THIS efE yC-.-iar- 1.'l1 letter We're sent. This
unusual number j. iu- 90 tie arrival 90 the mails
fro the North ~ f- steamers .firiSra.r and
CaInlat1r, winch Ii NOS rerrh here iu tine fr the
mail steamer. IHr same Circumstance clu-ei tine
large oscTiiri mail 81 over 1000 letters, which
vent ont three wseSs ago. We are glad Co see that
such letters are being thus sent, which D.. 0f course,
the most sxpeIiuous manner 0f di-pttrhiug them.
All letters pD-ted a week after the sailing u the
steamer, should be sent 0veraui.--fiiG, D.c. 3lsf.
SILVER SMELLING WORKS ~ SAN FBANCIsc5-
During Last fall a large amount Of silver ore arrived
IN san FrIrci-rg, from the great mines lately di-cov-
er-i near Wa-h0e Valley, IT, Western Utah. For the
purP.se Of reducing this ore, smelling works have
been erected IN that city, Bryant street near Third
About forty tons Of WashOe silver ore, from the Ophir
Silver Mining Co, are there now 10 be smelted.
About ten tons have already been reduced, averaging
over $4,000 per ton.
NV SACRAMENTO STEANER.-One Of the '.sights'
Of san Francisco i the magnificent steamer Caryso-
polls Cor Golden City) building for the California
Steam Navigation Company, at Steamboat Point A
n work q mechanical genius and skill, this steamer
challenges admiration As she lies upon the stocks,
aud, when completed, will be justly regarded a. the
NTges and most splendid boat ia California. Her
dimensions are 300 feet in length, 40 feet beam, 20
feet across from the ouisides Of the guard. and -
feet depth Of hold. There are now about thirty me-
chauIcs employed upon her, and the noise Of their
~hammeTIng and pounding, joined with that from the
other boats being constructed in the yard, carries one
back 10 the ship yards Of the Atlantic cities The
ChrgsODCEs Is constructed entirely Of California and
Oregon wood. Her timbers are Of laurel, such as
were used IN the SggiaGlr, while those for the sup
port Of the engine are Of Puget Sound pine, which
has been pronounced the best adapted 10 the purpose.
The work i under the superinteudence Of Capt.
l.. 49,. Lee. D-=sH.rf e 49,. zoo N.rfr4
ton COmpauy-.fia.
Eastern summary.
G1ribaldi has given $1,000 toward a fund for the
purchase Of 4 million Of muskets for the Italian cause.
Mazzini has given $40 TO the same fund.
There Is now on the way TO England. from the
Maharajth Of Cashmere, a. a present TO Queen Vic
tOrii, = costly shawl tent, which Will contain a bed
stead Of solid gold. The vallc Of this regal Offering
is said to exceed 10 lacs Of rupees (El50,OOO)
The Yarmouth RsSister mentions several parties
on Cape Cod who have made from $1,000 20 $4,000
from their cranberry crops. \ piece of bog land,
that FIVE years ago was not valued at 500, cannot
now be purchased for $4,000.
Hume, the raPping medium, is on his way to Ame-
rica. with his wife. The ghosts obey him as usual.
We nscribe his success III raising the dead to their in
ability to resist being ex-HumeI. The reason. of his
success with the ghosts y supposed 10 be because he
- very Hume-Orous with them.
Buruham. the Massachusetts State Liquor Agent,
il IN a tight place, being in jail, With al Indictment
for selling adulterated Jamaica hanging over him.
lie IS the same man who published a book boasting Of
having palilci of spurious breeds Of poultry and
made "a ft ure Out 81 IT,. His victims la the shang-
hi speculation can now afford TO crow. IL i gcncr-
ally thought that be will be ''shaughaicd' before he
gets out Of the scrape.
\ SLAYER was recently captured on the African
coast, during a fog. The SLAYER had "A man at the
masthead looking out, and as soon n the fog lifted,
disclosed the uau-OEwIr. The wretch OF "a captain
deliberately shot the poor fellow down from the mast
dead on the deck, because lie could not see through q
log.
There il a spring. on the route Of the Overland
Mail, about two hundred miles east of FL Pdso, which
Is said 70 be one hundred and fifty feet in diameter,
which has been sounded 70 the depth Of nine thou
sand feet without nniing bottom. The surface - a.
smooth ~ that Of = mountain lake. The water -
slightly impreEuatcd with alkali, and contains five
varieties Of fsL. IL is called the Leon Hole
There is a terrible excitement in Mississippi ON the
"uigger question" The State j. considered IN immi-
neut danger from a carpenter named Wm. L~andbcg,
who actually said right before witnesses, that me
groes had feelings ~ well as anybody else" There
upon. Jonathan Wethersby, negrO-Cwuer Of Sanders
Greek. prints half Il column in the Mis>issippian,
warning the South against the frightful abOlitIUnist.
Sir james Clarke, the eminent London physician,
has just retired from his Office of personal physician
in daily Attendance ON the Queen. He has had
charge Gf the health of the Queen for twenty-seyeu
years since her girlhocd. Advanced age and i'll
health are the reasons for the retirement.
Gen. Tom Thumb was - years oil in January.
He resides in Bridgeport, Conn, where he oWns a
fine house on the Main street, valued AZ over 100000.
He drives a pony which he says will travel n mile III
three minutes