The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-05-24
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign Summary.

x : In round numbers. : 10000 600.
-.,,t,ls Of the New York City Banks amour
$50 $4,000
new Du-naI has appeared in Paris devoted to
,-,ir5clcy q Free-Traie-
,roperry lett by the late Stephen Whitney.
Nv York city, Is estimated at 81 ,OJO,O 900.
Ts Harper-s Ferry outbreak has cost Virginia, the
SIN Of ~lo''O'' ,r
,-bsen sid for $4,000
,..,-,uence Of the establishment Of q teIegraphi-
1900 between Alexandra and India, news
- f,Ia will now reach England in 6 days.
,,,,m fire engine j. in process Of construction.
-~lrfv completed, in Richmond, Va. which Is
- b1iIt by order Of tine Gar, for the city Of 81.
Psfsrsourg
-, Rgyr4-It IS stated that the new marble
- low nearly finished on Broadway, y. Y, oppo-
~ Metropolitan Hotel, barely 20 feet wide by
~ fsev. are 20 be rented At $4,000 each
N, the 2ith q February, Queen Victoria held a
- an vhich Capt. McCIintoek, the Commander II
..,.,nsr For, Ia the last Arctic Expedition, re-
,efysi the homer Of knishthood-
The Carstang and Shaw breach Of promise clse in
g. T,1r.. 4. in prugrcss- The re1ier will recoIlect
,ar Ms e. was awarlel 100000. This Is the new
rfal. then ordered
I'm BEAUTIES OF wAE-The war with Morocco is
---q.ed TO have cost Spain So, 900, 900 and 5000
ives, for which she mas C'hqiefSi city not worth
the keeping
Ssue Of the identical lot q ten which was thrown
,,srbo.rd ia Boston HIrEor Ia 1870 Is in possession
AZ yr. Charles Hosmer, Of Hartford, Conn. This
.Becfmen was gathered up on the beach at Dorchester
tie succeeding daJ-
Frsd Whitehead Of st. Louis i a great shot.
With A pistol ut ten PAGES he has shot m apple from
the head Of another man, and at seven PAGES has
mot out five u the spots IN a seven spot diamond card
wbita the same gentleman held out in his hand.
Cool shooting. but 1t shows faith IN the other man.
TIE PURCHASE or CuEA.-We learn from a salts
factory source in Paris, that the French Government
we're advised that Spain has agreed to sell Cuba to
he United States. Everything was arranged except
he price, about which there was some little differ
nee Of OpiniOn--E. T. Courier and Inquirer
There has been lately invented a compass which is
8, constructed and operated upon IS 10 give AT all
times the specific leeway Of a vessel IL may be
plrcef on n table in the Captains cabin, aud within
hm him Of the least deviation from the course to
which the vessel may be heading 1t Is claimed that
il will work perfectly correct, no matter how much
azitated by the motion Of the vessel
4 controversy is being raised in England now, in
the columns OF some Of the Methodist papers, on the
prupriery Of lining the hymns ut public worship
Od NetlJdism cings to the system Of giving out the
hvmu by IiIes Young AetbOdism prefers to have
the whole verse given out at once, and there does not
seem much probability VI the two being likely soon to
come to any thing like 4 definite settlement Of the
question.
The GREET EAsTERx--This vessel, says the Lon
don Morning Herald o. the 18th ult, will now be
quickly completed and dispatched to sea on her first
voyage. the whole of the new capital in the shape of
preference shares having been subscribed for by the
present prOprietOrs Of the Great Ship Company.
At a meeting Of the y. Y. Chamber Of Commerce,
the Committee previously appointed reported a me
Moral to the President, to the effect that the Cham
Der Of Commerce Of the State OF New York judge it
proper and e~xpe1ient to offer the mediation of the
United States between England, France, and China.
The report WIS accepted unanimously and the me-
mortal sent forward
Quicksilver has been discovered on the dividing
ridge between the heal OF Napa Valley and the Gey-
.ers. in California. 10 l. found iu n quartz ledge,
and on breaking open the rock. the pores and cavities
found to be illei with the liquid
Mr. Charles n. BigplOw, the architect Of the Penn
bertln Mills, 20 whose carelessness the jury of IN
quest alleged the accident, mas published a card
JIstiiying his action lie says the iron pillars were
TO bear only one-tenth Of the breaking
weight, and does not attribute 10 himself any blame
7r not causing 4 more rigid inspection of these
eastings-
The Portland .fdrerfiseT says that some iiea Of
the extent u the business on the Grand Trunk Rail
rad. mny be derived from a statement Of the fact
the number Of box and platform ears used there
On in transporting freight amounts to nearly SIX
(. Placed IN q line they would reach some
twenty-five miles
Capt. Thomas Bell. one % the oldest wreckers, has
recently obtained n patent for a mode Of constructing
ships without frames. This method dispenses with
probably One-ihird Of the material ordinarily used IN
building, without eudangering any Of the
- WNhNh ~ 80
seated that u vessel constructed on this plan some
where in the neighborhood Of Boston, will soon be
ready for examination
One Of the missionaries in Burmah. speaking Of
The cholera, says -' \ new treatment Of this disease
as come IN Experimentation. An incisiOn Is male
Dn the breast or back Of the patient, and an extract
1f qulssia j. inserted. IL j. said that this mode Of
treatment. If applied in season, seldom fails 20 effect
! cure. IL what Is said Of 4 IS true. 1t may well be
considered rs one OF the most important discoveries Of
the age"
Coffee N C0LD RrG1OSs-Dr. Hayes, Of Arctic
anne, in his recertly published work, expresses the
'piniOu, basel upon experience, that 20 men living
N a short allowance Of food. in "A cold climate, where
lpecial stimuli are required, there is nothing as valu-
lble ~ coffee TIE. j. not much priced by explorers
N frozen regions. To Arctic travellers, the Doctor
dds, spirits in any form are in almost every case
Forse than useless; while coffee l. always grateful,
mi always beneficial.
The sIoop Il. T.. Johnson, was found adrift in New
bay. her decks covered with blood, giving evil
ienee thar the Captain and two or three men had
murdered, and the vessel robbed Of a sum Of
money with which the Captain intended to purchase
Alfred w Hicks has been arrested nj ProvI-
!ence on suspicion OF committing the deed. He had
watch and a couple Of money bags which belonged
% the Captain OF the slOOp-
Poisonous LIoUOR-Dr- l. c. Miller, Inspector of
liquors IN Michigan says that out of three hundred
nd eighty cases Of whisky. inspected in Detroit, he
0uad only two pure. He did not find a single drop
pure French brandy OF one hundred and four
lmp.es OF gin. ne found but t"enty-nine genuine
lut Of thirty-tvo samples Of Jamaica rum, ne found
ut nine genuine. The Irish aud Scotch whiskys
pure generally OF Port wine, the genuine
rtsele j. seldom sold.
On the Dist nit. the oyster slo0p Spray. Capt.
.eete, Of GuiIfori. Conn. was found sunk, and on
er beam eHl<. about four miles north Of BIrnegat,
nth the captain and his brother. who had been
board, missing \ Chin1mau named Jackalow,
had for some time sailed with the slOOp- was
ickei up IN n yawl boat near by, and brought up
D Jersey City. where he escaped. but has since been
rrested-hiS inconsistent stories and numerous cir
rendering 1t highly probable that he had
Capt. Leete and his brother, and after
sunk the sl0op. The occurrence Of these two
srrIble eases. and 20 nearly AZ the same time. has
brown cur city into great eXcitement--LJe Illus
r1tef.
Reconsideration are being made abroad
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