The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-07-11
Foreign News.

Scrru-Hy CGsrEnEu,rY SHIP or " ,E.-The Char
le-tcu C94rier announces the commissioning Of the
Lttg Dtcn n- rh- first war vessel u the Southern
Cau.eiertcy- she f. armeI with II FOUNDER. aud
j. uuIer the eJumruI o. Lieutenant 7. r. HIg-r.
seconded BY Lieuteu1u'- Duzier AMI GriabaI, all
late Of the intel States Revenue service
The regular army q the Southern Confeier1ey,
rs provided by law. is NJ follows Engineer. 10
total. lp.f-3- Brighter Generals are % Le paid
S3.Gl2 ia addition o. fuel, torlge ard quarters
Colonies, S2.j2D Majors. SI.JH Captains, ST.
$50 Private. Sll or - q month.
Since the rgjulu Of Nr. Rarey % thi- country, q
number % horse tanners have started up. In some
Case. however, the refractory -uEiect- have refused
t. be- tLu@,l, asl have inflicted serious iuiure- upon
the ueophyre-- A man namel Nurkmau died recent
y near Sike-viIle, Maryland, from injuries received
while attempting 90 put "a horse through the aiming
pruce--. The vicious animal gave him - fatal bite.
\ battery of thu celebrated whftxorth riheI can
non arrived recently at New York from Liverpool.
These common excel all other guns yet invented IN the
uUerrinZ accurlcy with which they will throw i ball
% miles. The gentlemen who purchased these guns
have informed the Secretary ofwar. that the exclusive
product for six months Of the mandatory Of these
guns can be secured BY our GOvernseizei at once.
We have i; from good authority. SAYS the New
York Times that 5000 900, the hrst iustIiment o.
the IJ,OJJ,pJ . per cent. loan Ct the C0nfeleTutci
State. WIS HppJrtiouei among the banks Of New
Orleans, Mobile. Savannah and Charleston, with
some small aIiotments 70 other places. In other
words, the precedent % the South Carolina fDTCgG
loan Is o. BE- copied on u grand scale
o. his way back from Mount Vernon. a Mr.. Lyons
met 1T Alexandria "a certain Col. Slaughter, "a mem
Der az the Virginia Legislature, with whom he had
some friendly conversation, in the course Of which
V~irgiuiIn male the following emphatic declaration
..Sr, tine ireemeu u Virginia, rather than renew
their allegiance o. the OlOus stars and stripes, will
apply o. 80 annexed 20 Englani aud il she refuses
or account % slavery. will 20 To France /; aud falling
There, to Austria. and hntly 10 King DIhOmey him
saff r4fHar than he aubierfai 70 the rula If "a vile
abolition horde" The sentiment was loudly ap-
p~truIeI by the bystaHders-
GSD', AsD The COTToy SUPrLY- connection with
the subject Of the Cotton supply, / would direct your
attention 70 the news brought 10 u by the Bombay
Mail yesterday Throughout the whole OF the DIS
tricfs in India capable ia producing cotton, the great
st possible sensation has been created by the news Of
your split, and Of the expected shortcoming in the
supply Of Southern staple. Every etfnr; will be bent
throughout India To secure the market thus .unex-
pecteily opened To them, and the GO~vernOr-General
IN Council hus issued u proclamation pointing out
what steps should be taken by growers and exporters
% be really for the next seasons crop; promising all
the aid Government can afford in the share Of bank
ing facilities, improvements IN roads, and dIssemIua-
tion OF information, but carefully iupressing upon
all concerned that traders must not depend upon
Government for either capital or management-all
must be accomplished by private enterprise
AMFRIC,v STREET RAILROADS IN EURoPE-We
have already chrcnicled the opening of a horse-car
railroad At Birkenhead, opposite Liverpool, England,
aNA INV ~ - TtAANNIN NhNNAN NEt ~ A'N@SHN
both under the auspices Of an American We are
happy to state that several other eontrIct-- for similar
cities in continental Europe have been made. Street
railroads are about to be commenced AT Hamburg,
Copenhagen. Berlin, aud Pesth IN Hungary These
roads are TO be built by American engineers y
talented engineer from Worcester, Massachusetts,, has
been selected as chief. and expects 20 sail shortly
with an effective corps OF assistants for the scene 81
hbour The ears and other appurtenances will be
male in this country and the whole work will be
done in the very best manner. In a future number
E-sL $50 &HHwmFMH
-fmeTicHa-
FL,G ox Grace CHrncH--On Thursday last.
April - two young painters undertook To raise n Tag
TO the crDSs on the towering sFire u Grace church,
nearly three hundred feet high. They got out Of the
top wiudow. about half way up the sPire, and clam
bered To- the summit by the lightning rod, taking a
p0In with them. There was stiff gale blowing at the
fine. hut the young fellows kept cool. strapped the
pole 10 the cross. ard flung out the Stars and Stripes.
Not content with this exhibition Of daring, one Of
them mounted the cross and waved his hat to the vast
crowd IT frightened spectators below who, IN return,
cheered the flag and the daring youth
TESTIMONY FOR THE BrBLE--A Roman Catholic Pc
rioIuicaI Of Paris. the RsrUs des DsuE -NeHdes. thus
di-courses . Much NAV be siii on Protestant di-
versities and sertS- but one fact remains certain 1t
j.. that nations where the Bible circulItes and i read,
have preserved = strong, deep, and enduring religi-
Gus faith; while in the countries where il, is not known,
one j. Obliged 20 dep.Orc a moral superhciallty and
want ~ principles for which a splendid uniformity Of
rites clnuot compensate. Let the learned theulogiaus
tl-Sll-- taa 10 h@I-E0f 'H N"N ','N -
sn-h and such texts; what are such miserieS, com
pared to the bellthful and pure atmosphere which
the bible spreads wherever 1t IS read, whether IN low
or eIevatei classes
Trr GuEtT E.srrEy-The steamship Great East
err arrived In New York April 80 and caTe up to
the city. She left Milford Haven ON the 1st May,
md made the passage IN - days She encountered
some very rough weather, which gave the severest
trial she has had 1t sci. but she passed through it
tridmDhautIy and realized the best expectations Of
her manager IN every respect. Her arrival did not
excite the interest that was awakened last summer.
\ Uvrgp P~EorLE--Perhrps nothing VIII give Il
bette IIes OF the unity of feeling and purpose which
iamlfr- the whole North thac the united stand which
has been t1ker 10y the LEADERS, 81 the Democratic par
", Of every shade of opiaion, AMI without = single
exception thai has come 70 our knowledge. The fol-
lowing from the Mobile Register. shows how this
union Of sentiment Is regarded in the South
We Yesterday commented on a dispatch decllr-
ing in effect that Stephen \. Douglas had pledged
hi support % President Lincoln. While we wrote
the S1rJs 81 increlIlity and surprise with which
alone We ,oIlI comment on such news, the wires
we're announcing 20 our New Orleans contemporaries
that g. E<-Pre~iieut Buchanan participates in the
general discrimination To sustain the government At
Washington" A. the same time it y trieyriphei
from Detroit thar Gen Cas- had literally contributed
10 llrre subscription for the Equipment Of the Nj
chiSau quota of volunteers called out by President
Lincoln. simultaneously also, II i telegraphed
from BITt 0 that EN-Presileut Fillmore i presiding
over 4 meeting cIisi 20 all the United States Gov
eminent In the enforcement OF the laws" IL had
previously been announced that Gov. SrraEue, OF
Rhode Island. Jus: reelected by a large majority over
4 Black Republican competitor, had rendered a regi-
msnt OF troops 10 aid Lincoln = In the enforcement Of
the laws" Here II q representative man Of every
shade 81 Northern Conservatism We confess that
this coincidence and simulta eousness Of action on
the part Of men who are wider apart hy their ante
celtuts than even by iheir places Vi residence. taxes
us By surpri~e."
Surprising rs II i, il i no less true that these dis
tiugui~-l statesmen are but types Of the whole peo-
pie Ex-Presjisnt Pierce pledges himself 20 support
the Government.
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