The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-11-28
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign,

There are stone bridges IN China three or four
mile long. aud an arch Of the Incredible span Of six
Eunired teet- "a
There were over one hundred and twenty dispatches
received at San Francisco from the East By the Over
LInI Telegraph the frs; day it was opened.
\ marriage y contemplated between the King Of
Portugal aud the youngest daughter Of Victor
Emanuel.
Among The prizes captured ut na,teras Inlet was a
ship IoaVied with cotton. all ready to run the block
ale
JET Davis has issnel an elict of banishment
against ali onion men in the COnfslerate States. The
Rebel President ~ sick, aud the Southern Congress has
alDurneI u await his cOuvaIesence.
The grasshoPpers in California are eating the
apples and peaches. and the Indians are eating the
grt-shopPers. At last accounts the grasshoppers
were ahead
Among the boat population 81 Canton it il common
to see a woman at the oar, with a child strapped to
her back
The son Of the Prince de JoinviIle Of France. six
teen years oil, has entered the United States Naval
Academy
Another Naval Expedition has sailed for the rebel
coasts, making the third.
There Is no truth in the report that Gen. Fremont
IL TO be removed. The President has specially con-
tradicted the TumOr. II Fl. a. sLt. .r.
\ bloody prize eight between fro Uomea, lasting
three quarters Of an hour, took place IN Troy, n. y.
IL was gotten up by two brutes in male attire.
LHELLED Tine clipper -Sfpiuae's Car, partly
owned IN one Of the Rebel States, has been duly
libelIei, and Is now IN charge Of the United States
Marshal. Mt san Francisco. - sr..-t
Prince Stlm, Of Prussia, a veteran officer, has been
appointed Colonel Of Kentucky Cavalry, and Major
Bausenwiu, Aile-de Camp 10 GaribalIi, has been
commissioned in tn U. 5. service.
James Il. Clay, a son Of Henry Clay. was arrested,
with sixteen OF his men, while on his way to join
ZollicOler in Kentucky. John G. Breckenridge was
with the party, but succeeded in eIecting his escape.
The U. 5. Government is building at 81. Louis four
p~ropcIers aud forty fats. OF solid timber. each sixty
feet loag and twenty feet wide, to be used i'll the con-
temp atei Southern expedition.
The Charleston Mercury says there are 1900
sick soldiers scattered about Manassas, and that ut
EsichuroHd line number Of sick is appalling.
At least half of the rebel papers have been discOn-
tinue1 the only one that - now published without
loss, il the New Orleans PlcGyuas, and the stock Of
white paper Is nearly gone. 444 5+--@
The loyal men Of Maryland are doing their share
for the support or the Government. Two full regi-
ments Of excellent troops have already been raised in
the State, and n third is forming
BSKBAEoJs-The rebels use poisoned minnie bullets.
A rebel soldier was captured . few weeks since, and
On his person were found balls, IN WHICH was arsenic.
Mr. W. II. Russell. the correspondent of the Lon
don Times, has left Washington, and gone West for a
few weeks, to enjoy the Autumn prairie shooting in
Illinois H. WIS there arrested for violating the Sab
bath aud fined $50. ....
Slaves owned by tories, in the days of the Revolu-
ton. we're not only set free. but all able-bodied slaves
were Perarihed to enlist, and at the close OF the war
mHHUHtHeL.
The Count lie Paris and Due D'Chartres, grand
sons of Louis Philippe, have rendered their services
during the war" and are to be attached to General
McCiellIn's staff 81 ...r-tE -.l $50
The Chicago Times says: Illinois has now in the
feel and in the camp over sixty three Thousand men,
Of whDm seventeen thousand have been furnished by
the second 1.-THE Chieago) Congressional District.
4 new Directory of San Francisco estimates the
present population Of the city ut SO, 223, composed Of
40. 900 white males, 81, 900 white females, 5000 Chi
nese, and 1000 colored. Considering that the city
polled LIPS votes at the recent election. the esti-
mate Of the Directory appears not too high.
THEIR SAVAGE ALLIEs.-John Ross, Chief of the
Cherokess. publishes a Card announcing that alliance
has been brniei between his tribe and the COnfeder-
ate Government, and that n brigade OF dusky war
riors is being Organized. ~ 4rrErrF
The U. 5. Government has recently chartered ships
Ocean Express. Golden Eagle, and steamships
Ericsson, Daniel Ye5stsr, Marion. City Of Rich
BOHh, Thomas Strnnn, ETC., and they are now being
fitted out to supply the blockading fleet and for secret
service. The prices paid FOR these vessels are as usual
kept private
FEAScE--The Paris papers say that an interview
between the Emperor aud the King Of Prussia will
take place ar Cornpeigne on the ID October. The
French naval divisions will remain off the coast
of Syria the whole winter for the protection of the
Christians.
SPors on THE Sux.-There nre Mt the present time
thirteen or fourteen distinct spots and groups Of spots
ON the sun. Three or four of them are pretty large.
They may all be readily seen with n telescope Of
moderate pewer. The largest are advanced nearly
half way scross the disc
BEfZE SESSEfz.-InuS lar the reDelS nave selZe1
vessels to the value Of 81, 791 400 and the U. S.
Navy have seized rebel vessels to the value Of over
$1,000 900 It will be remembered that the rebels
have very little commerce afoat
The aggregate free population of the eleven seced-
ell States amounts 20 5,5Si ,Gi9- The total popula-
ton Of New York and Pennsylvania i 6,S13, 500
being 1,232.921 more than all secesSondom. The
fighting men Of the rebellious States-Or those be-
tween eighteen and ~forty-hve years Of age-number
900. while in New York and Pennsylvania they
aggregate I.a5o. OOO- THanTHnET "a
THE NsTIoSsL LoAS-The eagerness to make in
vestment in this Loan increases. Railroads., banks,
capitalists. farmers. mechanics, and laborers who
have small sums in savings banks. are subscribing
for the Treasury notes The Panama Railroad Com
pany took $500 900, and hundreds Of thousands a=e
weekly drawn from savings Banks to invest in this
National Lean rR - ~ ~ = -
LoxG TFLEGRAPn LISE-Tn London, on the 18th
ult telegraphic communication was commenced with
the station ut Tazanrog. on the sen AzoH. This tels-
graph line il 500 miles long. and the experiment
was quite successful, the clerks At each end cOnvers-
ing with each other upon the state of the weather, &c.
C1rToExtA vfvEYxRos.-The wine culture Is be-
coming an important and successful branch of indus
try in California In one vineyard near Stockton,
cultivated by Italian Swiss, there are 10000 vines
now in their fourth year The -4tG California
says =" The vines were troubled last year with the
mildeg, or didium. IL IS supposed that too much
water was the cause Of disease. This year the vines
have no water, and arc healthy, and the roots have
gone down eight feet deep Dstien's garden has
100 vines. Burners garden has 2l.OoO vines
fve-sevenths foreign He has watered freely, and
his vines have the nildew-"
ASPLESDIp PEARL-We have recently been shown,
says the Panama Star, n very magnificent Pearl
brought from the islands in the Bay of Panama, and
which we understand will be forwarded by the steam
er to Europe, for sale there. This beautiful specimen
is considered to be Of the first water, being a perfect
pear shape, of 4 very brilliant color, and among the
largest pearls existing.
Gen. Roseucraaz was born in Ohio and educated ut
West Point. He graduated 6fth in the remarkable
a. $40 al 80 ror,r in tho Germs of
Eagineers- From September. 1913, to August, lSi7,
he was continuously on duty at the Military Acade-