The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-10-25
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign News.

s,,tei that the Chicago Zousves realized BY
80 tour the sum Of : 500 above ali expenses.
m. celebrated IoeSmaker and lock-pirser, Mr..
a5s < abo1t to return from Europe to the United
Stss.
Il entered upon him by Amherst College.
r.,or q. Audubon. the son OF the distinguished
,.scIogist Of that name, aud the assistant Of his
aHs- 4, the preparation Of celebrated works on Orni-
800. del Aug. 18th, at his residence, Audubon
p,rs. New York city
cox.rL "a from rhe leland Of ST
-, state that George ". kimball, L. :. Consul.
III there on the 10Th o fJune. His funeral was nu-
-snusIy attended, and all the hOnOrs due 90 his
81 character were paid by the public authorities.
Tow TarMB-A Portland paper says that General
IN Thumb - TO take a wife from that city, not only
- ~ Portltnd's fair daughters, but the handsome
Vi ..~oupiishei daughter Of one II our Oldest and
- ESTEEMED citizens. She i said 10 be very pretty,
ssos the ordinary height, and heiress TO quite a
large estate
T Stewart refuses TO rent, excepting 'on CALL
.r az the buildings on the block on Broadway.
ss1xeen Ninth and Tenth streets He proposes soon
"a commence the erection Of n mammoth dry goods
% that will cover the entire block through to Tenth
Avenue
william Bordman, Of Boston, a merchant whose
,ss.e-s used to be heard of on the northwest coast
Ing before the conquest Of California, il now having
bark e i've hundred tons built for the trade Of the
AMOR river
In the g. S. Court, on the 18th September. in the
,,e # Calvin DuraDd Is. Capt. HOllins, OF the siOOp-
aewir CyaHs, arising out Of the destruction Of pro
r.ry IT the bOmbardment If GreytOwn, the Court
IsIiei in favor of the defendant on the ground that
}, vas acting snder the orders OF the Secretary of
Var.
THE NEw RACHEL--A new Rachel has made her
APPEARANCE IN Paris, IN the person Of a young Alsa-
tim Jewess- named AlbertIne ESslinger, who has
si7en performances in the house Of Lamartine, and
IL the literary and artistic circles, where the most
slnsuine expectations have been raised by her genius,
slrngugh she Is only about eighteen years of age.
THE PHILIPPINE IsLANDs-The Department Of
safe, Washington, by "a recent notice. states that
atie only ports open to foreign commerce in the
Philippine Islands are those Of Manila, Sual, HOliO
snd ZlmberInga. and that no foreign flag will be
aloEet 20 carry on a direct trade with Jolo or the
ports adjacent thereto"
The MilIeriies have coSmenced their religious ser
,ices in North Wilbrdham, Mass. The sect now
numbers 5O.OOO Ia the United States. \ portion of
the brethren look for the Millennium before the last Of
March, 1861, others are confident that the world will
last ten years and two days longer, while others still
rreiict a universal overthrow IL about sixteen weeks.
POsrtGE STANPs.-A ninety-ceut postage stamp
bs Just been issued. A representation Of the head
Of WashIngfon. from a portrait taken when he resign
ed command Of the army, forms the center If the
stamp, which - blue 10 color. The stamps now in
use are Of the following denominations One, three.
Eve, ten, twelve. tSenty-iOur, thirty and ninety
cents
Gov. Banks. OF Massachusetts,, declines a re-nomi-
nation, and announces his intention To retire from
POLITICAL life. lie has accepted i position "a Resilient
director Of the Illinois Central Railroad, at = salary
efab0ut : 500 = year Ia Is stated that his princi-
unI motive for this step has been the necessity of
making better provision for his family than the
sm5lanents Of political Office would enable him to 10.
CHILE The report Of the Minister Of Marine shows
that the Chile navy consists Of four steamers, amount
ing 20 500 horse power, and two sailing vessels, with
s. yuns. 81 officers of different ranks, II midship-
men and 20 naval cadets; $50 men on board AMI 1863
IN the arsenals on shore. There are two brigades of
marines, divided into Ave companies each command
Ell by n major. The total cost Of the navy for 1859
was $4,000.
The merchant navy consists OF 26G vessels. Of an
aggregate Of 6O,iS4 tons manneI by 1856 men.
TALrE OF MISSIONS To CoMNERcE.-The American
ship Flying Dragon put into one Of the Friendly
Islands in n Ieaky and sinking condition. By the aid
Z the missionaries and natives the cargo was taken
ont. aud the ship sufficiently repaired to go on TO
sydney 4 fe~ years ago this helpless crew would
have been barbarOusly murdered.
A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT There Is now growing in the
ylrIeus Of MsOr~eud, near Cheltenham, Eng, an
extraordinary white rose tree. thirty feet in hight
Il Is now a perfect picture. and is estimated to have
between IS 900 and 10000 blossoms upon IL, being
literally smothered in bloom, besides having thrown
Of a whole heap Of petals, which lie in a cluster
round il, and present the appearance Of a bed of
snow.
ALLEGED SLAvER-Messrs. Lawrence & Co. Of New
London, owners Of the ship BeyaRiH Morgan. have
commenced legal proceedings in the US. Circuit Court
against Horace Greeley, Of the " Y Tribune, for an
alleged lbellous article published in that paper in
regard to said ship and owners The Benjamin
Morgan was chartered by merchants in New York
70 load for Cape Town, Cape Of Cool Hope, and sailed
On the Attn inst, with lumber, rosin, provisions. etc.
and will thence proceed To- De~olati0n Island and take
4 return cargo of oil TO her owners
ROYAL FLIGHT FROM NiPLEs.-News from Europe to
the 18th May. per City Of Washington, has reported
at Paris, on the 18th, that the King Of Naples had
Quilted the kingdom on board the frigate SfTomGies.
and that the Piedmontese occupied the forts. This
requires confirmation. Disturbances at Naples were
imminent Appeals to the people TO revolt were being
publicly distributed. The NeapO'itan Minister of
Wsr and Gen Basehoc bad left Naples for Calafria.
Nth six battalions Of endorsements
THE SwIFTE=r YACHT IN THE WoRLD-The yacht
Maria beat the America before the latte went 20
Europe and took down tire bunting from the fastest
yachts in the British fleet. Formerly the Maria
vas slooP-rigged. but this year, her owner. N!r-
Stevens, of HobokeB, has heightened her, by adding
sx feet 70 her stern, and altered her rig To u scho'uer.
Her masts are not round. but hst-sided. and !, il
claimed that by this form the wind goes direct into
the sail. Each Of these maSts Is % inches in dame
ter; and the sails, instead Of being attached 10 hoops
~ : usual, are secured to a combination OF small
rollers, which fit into a slot and traveller, and by this
means the sails set closer to the mast.
NEw LAMPS FOR BURNIxG WHALE OM-Our read
FRS will remember that some two months since a
Committee. appointed BY the merchants and others Of
View Bedford. offered rewards amounting TO S4.5OO
for the best lamps for burning whale oil We refer
red at the time TO the announcement (Which l. yet
IN our Advertising cOlumns) and expressed the behei
thIti il would stimulate American inventors TO produce
the much desired result, According TO the offer. all
lamps should be submitted to the committed oy the
10Th inst. We have not definitely learned what Is the
number and character Of the inventions already sub
mFtted, but. we have seen, in the New Bedford pa
pers, notices of two lamps invented by parties in that
city, and which we place together as follows =:
The irst il from the v. Il. Mercury:
Mr. I. W. Cook. Of this city, has invented a
new lamp for burning whale oil, which produces a
more brilliant light, with less consumption Of oil,
than any other lamp we have yet seen. Ii has been
hIndN by experiment. TO burn eight hours, with
consumption Of only three cents worth Of whale cal,
At II per gallon. \ patent mas been applet fol-
The second Is from the SfaHfarf:
The new lamp for burning whale oil, recently
Invented by Mr.. I. W. Taber, of this city, and for a