The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-05-09
Foreign Summary.


The average expense Of each trip Of the Pony Ez-
press j. now $500.
Taenum5sr Of odises il the sif; ofthe L. ;. nation
a. executive is aa.u, 10000.
y less IMAM = ,55',0oO are invested il bee culture
IN Ohio
EuE.aui ,tr,fuel from other sources than the
Jai,ei states IT, 1880. 10000 bales o. co;tou.
General TaiGrs' name mas been stricken from the
l. : army ro. asa coward and traitor.
M Courtney, ,he raere~S, Is nigh TO her seven
teen year, and Is represented a. lEatsome, airy. and
brilliant ln conversation.
Tie habit g eating opium IS spreading and one q.
the curious facts related by the publication OF custom
house tables, Is that There vas imported the last year
5i'.uJJ poluls Of this drug
The revenues Of the Caurca in Mexico are set down
at twenty millions. and those u the government a.
fifteen millions II d.,.4rs per auuum. No wonder 1t
j. "a government % revolutions.
ON the Pacific side. the steamers Of the California
line are now maintained ty the Pacific Mail Steam
ship Company, and on the Atlantic side by Wander
bdt,-the latter taking 50 per cent. Of the gross
earnings.
The action C the seeded States viii reduce the
number 90 members in the United States House Of
Representatives. Us follows Alabama. Florida,
/: Georgia. : Texas, =: Louisiana, I Mississippi,
.; south Carolina. g.. Total, s..
New pumping beam engiuess with appropriate
machinery. built N the y Y. Novelty Works. are
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Furnishing a greater supply Of water TO that city.
The engines are designed o, pump l2.5)0,oOO gallons,
O. su elevation 10 $50 feet in u hours.
SrsRForYrlNG a DAILY NEWSPAPER The New
York Trtu., Is now >tereutyPed every morning.
by this process the paper appears as on new type.
AMI an aog- and IL half j. gl.nel each moraiug in
time-l consideration Of the first Importance for
morning papers.
WILSON'S WISE-LRst week. Don Benito Wilson
filled 4u uu-cuuatrv engagement for $4,000 at a
hl-L figure yer gallon. Ia connection with this fact
use are AIS, informed that in quantity Of brandy maui
uftcturel 10y Don Beuuirio. three years old, has been
sold ia san Francisco ri - Per gallon-L0S ~-iHssleS
Star.
In the suit Off. F. Morrison and wife, IS. the
steamship John l. Stephens. 81 judgment was render
eI recently IN the United States District Court,
in favor ~ plaintiffs for $500 with costs. The
libe. was fled 10 recover damages for breach Of con-
tract. caused By want Of ccummolat on the pas
sage FROM Panama to san Francisco.
MENlc,N STEAMERS To CALIFoENIh-In the last
news from Vera Cruz Il i stated that the Minister Of
the Treasury had entered into an arrangement with
q company for the establishment Of a new line Of
steamers 10 ply, under the Mexican flag, between
Acapulco and other ports of the Pacific and San
Francisco.
Daring the present political troubles in the United
States the circulation Of the daily newspapers in every
section has increased TO "a wonderful degree. In New
York city the H.r1fI has run up 10 a daily circull-
tiou Cd: 7o.HJp. or 10000, and the IribUHe to 10000;
the Z S'on IourrGi with two tull papers a day has
yD,NJl. and the aggregate issues or The Springfield
Republican exceed 10000.
While the presidential. parry were dining at Erie.
y. Y. certain gentlemen uGeleG Mr.. Lincoln some
wine, and rather forced II upon him. Mr.. Lincoln
replied, d" have lived fifty years without the use
Of any liquor. ami | do not think it worth while to
change my habits now
The closest friendship has sprung up between Gen
eral Scott aud President Lincoln, and it is said that
the salute OF one hundred guns fired by order of the
former, on the harmonious termination Of the Peace
Conference, was heartily approved of by MIR. Lincoln.
General Scott has been consulted freely about the
appointment Of the Cabinet.
Victor Hugo. having completed his great romance
of Les Miserabies,' demands 100000 for the six
volumes. Solar, the publisher Of La PreSse. offers
1900 for the right TO publish the work in the feuil-
liton form, and another publisher offers SD 600 for
the absolute property Of the volumes; but the poet
resists both Inducements.
The present number Of pupils in Girard College Is
36l. The College has been 50 economically managed
that & 5000 have been returned of the appropriation
for its support, and it i expected that forty new pu-
pills will be added 20 the roll, who may be supported
by the unexpected fund. Nearly 300 of the gradu-
atej pupils have been placed out to learn q trade or
occupation.
The Ahalone Shell is capable of being worked up
into an almost endless variety of ~nament and is
beginning TO be esteemed quite highly as an adjunct
in the manufacture of articles of UeriU. 1t admits Of
a very high polish, and has lately been introduced to
the san Francisco public in the shape of jewelry,
some mounted as ladies' pins and earrings. The
-4itE mentions having seen one that was rs translu-
cent and irridesceut Is an opal.