The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-06-28
Ea.tcrr Summary.

\ SESsIBLE CHsLLENGE-Sir ". Armstrong b,-
accepted a friendly challenge from Mr.. Whi,aorth.
T. compare their guns by actual trial AT S~Aoe5ury.
les.
The Able Hue, the celebrated traveller IN CHM.
itrtlry Ini IhIte'. died lately IN Paris. azeI Is.
New York Ietter-writer To- the Washington C,,-
s%ttnf'D7, says that Archbishop Hughes i 70 be made
a Cardinal next October, and adds: 81 He will he the
first American Cardinal. Had Bishop England. Of
South Caroline, lived, he would have been a Car
/ diuaI."
The final pa-slge Of q Law prohibiting theatrfcals
On sunday, under penalty Of impri-aumcu'. and ane
70 the amount Of $500, has caused a considerable
stir among the Germans in New York, and all the
lager beer has turned sour.
The New York Hsrgd j. informed that no less
than -EZ ye--ei- have LEFT that port or the African
coast within the past fortnight, al % which expect
10 have negroes tor their return clrgae-. Among
these was a tine clipper ship and q Gsys.iliug brig.
TIE DANGER or INToOISG--Ihe Jyu-u1E Ee R0usU
states that the meiical statistics Of the marine hay
ing shown that several cases Of loss of limb, and even
death, bal occurred from the practice Of tatJoiug,
20 common among -enmen- the maritime authorities
have recommended the d.-coutiuuluce u the practice
VALCE IWPAETED by LtH1E.-A bar Of iron worth
-, II - said. is worth so 80 when male into horse
shoes, 500 In the form % n~eelle-, S3,2s5 iu peukuif e
blades, S2J,fsJ IN shirt-buttons, and $50. 900 in
bIlIuee-spring- Of watches, in the latter case far ex-
ceeiIug the value Of gold itself.
Napoleon has ordered a statue Of Joan Of Arc 20 be
erected on the bank Of the River Disc, opposite the
old bridge u COmpiegne, the identical spot where the
heroine was captured by the English on the 23d Of
May. 1890. II will be modelled after the popular
work Of Princes Maria OF Orleans.
Among the laws passed. by the legislature Of Mas
slchusetts. at the last session, was one imposing a
fine Of 100 on any person who shall wiliully send
to the publishers Of any newspaper, for the purpose
Of publication. a fraudulent notice Of the birth Of "a
child. or Of the marriage Of any parties, or Of the
death Of any person
The King Of Sardinia, in his address 10 the Legis-
fsrra nav . FrrffF. ?. F.. g. J. 81 H.
has rendered Italy IN attaining her present position
and since a sacrifice was necessary to repay II. he
saws, gracefully, that 'he mas made that which
cost most 70 his own heart He trusts that the
present institutions Of Italy will suffice to give new
birth 10 that - splendid aud vigorous existence which
she once enjryel under her municipllities' The
. Italy If the Italians" i now once more fairly in
motion.
NEW Alloy OF STEEL.-It j. said that steel alleged
with - per cent Of rur g>ten or wolf gram, produces
Il mixture which, while it retains all the general
qualities Of steel, i - excessively hard that tools
made Of it will Gus, without difficulty. the hardest
Gust steel. Large quantities Of the new alleged
metal are said 10 he in preparation, aud Il company
j. about To- be formed. to work the discoyery.-LOs-
don .HeriaHics' Magazine.
Nr. \. B. Latte. IF Cincinnati, the original iuven-
tor Of the Steam Fire Engine. has invented what i
said TO be a successful street railroad locomotive. The
shape resembles = dimiuutive freight car. the boiler
and engine being mainly concealed from view. IL
makes NO noise IN passing through the street. either
u . lHfit'llU2 vi iAlAlIl2 CNtitI'lt4- HFllNtE tNt- IT
emit -m"ke or sparks. In complete running order it
will cost twelve hundred iollars.
THE J0Hv BRowN FUND.-A gentleman who has
arrived m New York -ly~ that when he let Port-nu-
Prince. two weeks ago. the contr atoms Of coffee for
the benefit of John Browns family amounted 10 about
, 900 hays OF 10 pounds each, aud IT was the gene
raj opinion that another thousand bags would he
added, n everybody regarded 1t both a duty and Il
privilege 70 contribute. As these bags are worth
from SD To S14 each, it Il probable that the
Republic of IItyti will add to the Brown fund from
S3O.OOO to $4,000.
Mr.. WIN. b Astor, son Of John Jacob Aston. is said
10 be worth ~ least 50, 1000. and every cent OF
the income, over AMI above expenses and charities, is
Immediately re-iuvcstel. Mr.. 4. i still a hale and
hearty looking man, and will probably live 10 be ~
old as his father. He has an Office where he works
harder than q dry goods clerk. Six or seven gentle
nen act as book-keepers. but he holds the thread of
the complicated skein in his own hand. His room
contains in bound volumes the records and maps Of
his vast estate, nnl he can readily turn TO any piece
Of property and find the rent and other PARTICULARS.
FRAvca-NEw Hor-ArR BoAT-The Times Paris
correspondent says :-'' The Emperor Napoleon has
approved the model Of a gun-bclt constructor on a
system 70 be propelled without steam, and has order
ell boats 10 he built on this plan. The power intend
ei TO be substituted for steam is hot air. It will pro-
duce as much rlpiIity and be far more economical
than steam. II i calculated that the yearly saving
in the cost Of fuel for the French Navy will be about
81, 900. 900 francs. The experiments have succeeded
50 well that the .'F;ciue Hortense'' Will be fitted TO
receive the new machinery. The inventor Of this
power i = French engineer employees NJ Lyons.
Great results are anticipated from the invention.
NEW Sr,TEs-The bill for the admission Of Kan
sas under the WyludOt Constitution, which has passed
the House. reduces the length of the Territory to 400
miles from 200 miles, which it comprised under the
L~ecOmptOn Constitution. The New York Herald
Three hundred miles Of the western end are cut
off, comprehending the gold mines of the Pixies Peak
county, district which 1t this day numbers thirty
thousand white population, and which, by the end Of
another year, may be increased to sixty thousand and
in two years time 10 one hundred thousand. The
result. therefore. will he tine erection Of two free
States out Of Kansas Territory instead of one. II 80
happens, too, that this bill tor the division Of Kansas
into two free States Is really demanded by the geo
graphical character Of the country. Between the
settled portions Of Eastern Kansas and the Pixies
Peak gold region. there i a wide interval Of about
four hundred miles, or what l. sometimes callet the
great American desert'-iu uuinhtbIted, treelesS and
arid sandy prairie regiou-the terror even OF the
hardy pioneers Of the West On this account, even
If Kansas were now admitted upon her original
Congress would be called upon next year
To give the geographically separated people OF Pixies
Peak a State or "a Territorial government TO them
selves.