The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-05-10
Foreign SunIuaary.


The Queen Of Denmark vas formerly o miIr,ar
Far7- She + only & Queea by d Iei-hauIeI mar
rage.
Very extensive ruins o. an ancient city have been
Gse'Srrei in We" Mexico, ninety miles northeast q
Fort Stanton.
TuE OvEEL,SD N,m-S-. Louis r4-rrs s.,-. .s.,
the English are beginning Co. take lI.altt.. Of -fe
overland mail 60 send letter n. China.
Mr. Daniel F.ushlE, rSer York. one Of the OH
ct and most susce--iGl pr r-rss ,a the country. died
on the 9th. lie was the f-s. p. substitute III
for " INK balls, and was also the first q, il;folgce
improved printing machinery.
Heavy DIrIDEsD-Tle Cleveland lJhig5 Gas
Light ~o.upluy. 1t their last -emi.auuulI dividend
day divide! their surplus, 2. sing 10 each srocELo.ier
d d'''ieLi oiJJy per cent GA every share Of stock.
The Boston TreHscrgt says -'.T The yacht Han
asTer, which sailed from this port On Monday for
Havana, u j. uaierstoDi Will boz offered FIR sale on
arriving ~ her destination Her model renders her
unit FOR probably carrying cargo, and IL i. highly
probable ~ shall before long hear o. her being en-
gtgei III her former neflriog- occupation
STEAM FIRE ESGISEs-Sgem ~ becoming very Don
ulir, and are destined % surcT-eIc hand engines, In
New York contracts for two ucw steam fire engines
we're made ia March with Me--r-. Lee o. Ltruei-
$3.50 for one aui SI,e75 for the other. The new
machines viii De u the hIUl patterns. and not self
pToPe-eTs, and w.4 BE- completed IN ninety days.
The ADEIAuc.-TLe maguff-ea, s,e,--tiD -5yri-
Gttc, built by the late George Steers, has been placed
On the route between New York, SOUTHAMPTON and
Hl.re, and Will commence her REGULAR trims On rBa
18th u April. Capt. Com--ocS Viii command her.
On her late trial trip, after having alterations made
III her machinery, her ~sel-zuin- qualities were thor
oughIy listed, and she Is now believed to be the fast
est and safest steamer af14t.
DOrGLAs-The prospects Of DOUGLAS arr,e,r r., be-
gaining, and the Impression increasing, thar no other
Democratic nominee Will carry sufficient Northern
States to secure the election. 4 Mississippi paper
says - ia. strength of MIR Douglas may be stated
a. follows re has all the States in favor II his NOM
iuaton which are certain 10; 10 vote for him in the
election, AMI all the States opposed u him whose vote
for tine nominee l. equally sure
\ NV GUx.-Exucrfmeufs have been made with
a newly invented Tiiei cannon, by Mr.. Whitworth,
an eminent Engineer Of Manchester. which throws
even the famous guns of SIR ". Armstrong into
the sha.ie, batI "a respect, extent Of range AMI ac-
currsy Of aim, while tie simplicity Of construction
and the facility for loading and hriu. Is still greater.
\ couple II thn-e Tifel elunous placed ut Ryie, on
the isle Of Wight could SET All the dock Yards and
ar-eull- at Portsmouth on FIRE.
SUNDAY LIQroE TR,FFic.-Tlc closing of The Iieuar
shops on sunday ~ New YORK has had "a VarccptiDle
elect ~ decreasing cr1ue- as viii Ie perceived from
the number Of arrests reported Oy the police. On
the second sunday IF March, % year ago, the total
number Of arrests were oil, Of which number l4l
were for iutyN.-ifiDE and for being drunk aud Li-8r-
derby the arrests on Inst sunday were 10, Of
which % were persons 90. uNicutei and those COM
hitting breaches Of the peace through the exciting
effects Of rum.
SINGUL,H SvIr FOR DAl,GE--A singular suit for
damages bias just been decided ia the Champaign
(yHu) Court Under e -~etIll lrw 81 that State, a
woman named Jane Bri-h su.i Peter Lawson for
S-J,GOJ for damage received from her husband iu
consequence 0f liquor sold ty lawson. To appears
that lawson SOLD Co. the husband a pint Of whisky,
knowing that he was au El.i'ull d-uuklri. auI
while under its influence the husband cut ct the left
foot 81 his wife with aI IKE The jury gave a YER
dict tor the wife assessing damages az 5000.
BsvART,,ELE Sror oy TIE Srv.-A solar spot Of
rare interest from its change passed over the suns
disc between the 23i If February aud the 7th Of
March. On tine 18th Of IrbruIfy 10 w.- nearly
round, with 70 pagt,r-hrJ like the brush II d Comets
foil I'm H- lie I-H sN 80 Ill To- w- e. -Lr-f
peuumbrI Of more than q vhigl and q half, with the
black spot ~ the head. Afterwards 81 peuulltrll
oval, returning in TO itself, with one or two dark
spots.
The viii of Burton, the great comedian, Is contested
by his first wife and her sou, whom he deserted ia
London in 49, The will recognizes As heirs only
his American wife and her children; but the British
wife WAS never divorced and Will probably get tine
property. Mr.. Burtou's library, Of some Il 5000
volumes, is to be sold early next month. At least
oue-thirl of the books are the various editions Of
Shakespeare, AID commentaries on his works, pub
lIshci during tao centuries throughout the civilized
world.
GoyE TO SIyG-SryG.-Lane, the fast" clerk.
who embezZcI the funds If the Fulton Bank 10 the
amount Il $4,000, WIS found guilty Of forgery in
the third degree, and sentenced to three years and
three moutIs Of hard labor In the State Prison at
Sing-SiHg. where he took up his lodgings March ..
This i the first instance OF conviction in New York
for bank emtezz emeut for at least twenty-five years
though a number of cases Of dishonest default
equally or more Migrant than tLat Of Lane have
occurred in that time.
DEMOCRATIC CoSvESTIoN.-Th peopie Of Charles
ton expect to make their individual il not political
fortunes out Of the Democratic National Convention.
The minimum hotel Charge (Iur sleeping on the roof
or the tables in the kitchcn) viii be - the day; the
maximum anything tisf can bc extoTtci. Dwellings
are hired for the recommendation o.! cI4ue>, AT = price
nearly sulieieu, TO have bought them a year ago.
The price PAID for the hail Of the Convention i SO
per diem. Ii Is said that nothing l. nov left for rent
about the suburbs except "a mule shed, about four
rtffas from rguU The, Mills trX-H VIII Ufgk IN
1900. tire Charleston Hotel $500, and other public
houses in proportion. Many oi the delegates non
the Atlantic sclbOsrt States viii 90 Ia chartered
steamers and live aboard.
The New Arctic EX"LoEATIox.-Dr I. 7. Hayes,
surgeon Of the Kane Arctic Expedition, hopes &" he
ready for . start IN the month % May next ON a voy-
age to the North Pole. Hr. Hayes has already raised
the $4,000, one half of the necessary sum, from the
generous contributions Of his personal friends. and
hopes to secure the rest from the liberal public at
large. To assist him in this euiclvor, the GeUgraph-
icaI and Statistical Society have appointed "a Commit
tee at letliuE merchants and other weli-kH3Wu GILL
zeus (auoug them Henry Griune,l,) anu there Is rel-
son u hope that the appeal Will not be made IN vain.
The special object Of DIR. Hayes proposed expedition
Is 90 determine at once and forever the question Of 1u
open Polar Sea. which Lent. Morton saw. and the
existence of which would seem to bee established by 4
variety Of c.rsum-tlutal evidence. This sea Dr..
Hayes hopes To- rcIrn hF making ENC prime. pt portion
Of the trip ON Dg->l,l.e--yclicls~ by which be aud
his a-sucia;e- rode over g thousand miles on the pre-
yious expedition
ForyuFurp The Peruvian ship J. T. l.. owned
by Mr.. Washington Booth, which left ttlla1 f,r
China ria the Sandwich Islands, iruuierci when two
fty- ont aud 300 miles from Iuui; sine was going ~
the time the leak was di-cuvcrcl ghuut > knots. All
hands Immediately t..S tu tire boats and were unable
tI save anything pIr h.Ir with four persons and
another with uiuc succeeded Do reaching the coast
yf Peru in tire uc -hu.ruooI ot LIma1yaqur, after
being Gus thr.. days The other boat with nine per-
sons uu board hal not been heard Of Among those
or board WIS Pur-rr BelkuIp ol the United States
Navy. bound t1 Sandwich Islands, on Government
business. he lost everything including $4,000 n