The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-09-19
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign News.

There h~ve Gu $4,000 volunteers rendered to
the President.
There are af,rr hundred ch.douiers or rlg-pjckers
IL tas city 90; Pari-, ani they earn about D. frame "a
day only.
The total number q emigrln;s from the United
kingdom % Great Britain and ireland Tor the ten
year. from 1e5l To 1850, was 2.-s7,21J-
Trench gentleman. VI ~JLequet, lately died NJ
i;1i-I. leaving all his Hruue 70 a lady II Paris
Singular o. relate, the lady diei about the same
hour. leaving VI. JacqIet al her money Tie heirs
Of both are 10 contest which was the survivor.
The vice-Pre-fieut Of the United States. the last
Postmaster General, TIE present Secretary Of the In
terror. aEi the present Secretary Of Var, we're ali
printers
The permanent Army Of Spain, comprising in
fu'ry. cavalry, engineers, and artillery, amounts 70
10000 men, with an infantry reserve q 10000
The Spanish navy consists OF ~ sailing vessels, -
screw and y paddle -JeImers, making a total Of
IIj vessels # 1850 horse power, and loo guns.
The iron-cIad ship In Gi0sre has astonishei her
frieud4 by her fast sailing qualities, she having made
the passage from Toui1n 10 Algers in s~ixty-six
hours. being TX hours less than the fastest French
steamers have hitherto made the trip.
Gentlemen from Georgia represent that a strong
Union feeling prevails In several portions Of the
Safe IL J. suppressed only from the fear u the couse-
queucgs Of - uJrerauce. Many people earnestly
hope that the reconstruction Of the Union will be
effected.
; general imprcamraf of al persons between six
teen aud sixty, l. said To De go.n. On IL Virginia, and
II Il stated that large numbers ot NirginIaHs were
escaping acros= tie river and taking shelter on the
Maryland side
Afcr the battle. says the Richmond Hing, there
were 100 Confederate troops dead on the field.
Down 20 Saturday last 30 more had died, and there
remained 900 wounded. The Yankees dead on the
teLd, by 0rfu1i coHat 'rteCe they 1rcre bHrted, mum
berei 800.
The Richmond correspondent Of the Charleston
Mercury writes under date Of the Both u July
Two South turOliniaus have been hung by the
enemy The surrender Of the m%urderers has been
demanded. They must be delivered uP, or we Will
have four hung in retaliation
Gov. SPracuc. Of Rhode Island, IS one Of fortunes
-flvoriteS. lie - not yet thirty years old, is adianced
20 Mis- Kate Chase, daughter Of the Secretary Of
the Treasury, and IS reported TO be worth $4,000
900.
DipIomrti,ts require a familiar acquaintance with
three languages first, their own; secondly, French;
thirdly, the language of the country 20 which they
are sent French II Indispensable il Is the very
language u diplomacy No one ought to be sent to
represent any nation, whC docs not know the three
languages We have mentioned. An accomplished
diplomats; speaks all languages.
The Boston JurHqL in speaking Of the Iabors Of
Gen. Mcclellan, says - lie IS to fight the whole
rebel power IN arms, with the untold issues Of the
future hanging on the resuIt-and he i also 10 fight
an army 81 politicians, rOutinists, contractors, in
t-rtHelilers, advisers and tatterers. lie needs
the energy Of a Napoleon, and the wariness of a
Wellington, To carry him safely through such an
ordeal"
The refusal of the enemy 70 bury the bodies Of
the New York Fire Zouaves, or any ~redshirt,
seems 10 be autheuticllly reported. The con-
sequence Of such i refusal will be an intense exls-
perati0n Of all tho Fircmen aud all the Red Shirts
Of the nation, AMI will STIR hundreds Of them To the
field Of battle, who otherwise would not think Of
going.
y reporter for one Of the New York papers
has taken th. Wins to inquire ~ 10 the number Of
United States flags made and sold In that city since
the bDmbarimcnt Of Fort Sumpter. lie asceriaine1
the aggregate TO be l6.9Jj. The total amount OF
material used was $40 yards of bunting.
Tfaify Fur says "A laugh is generally conta-
pIuu<. line CAV smile of DcuuiIty eylctS from the
behOlder a reciprocal dulcifcItion Of features but
the expression Of a t%hirty-two pound cannon. a. 1t
grlns ~ . person through a ~port-hole, Il productive
Of sensations the reverse OF hilarious.
ZouIye Is a name given by the Turks to the ma
tive foot soldiers whom the Dey Of Algiers was in
the habit Of recruiting from one Of the great tribes
Of the kabylia. The first regiment of Zouaves
originated in Africa. They were Arabs but their
officers were Frenchmen.
WAR Wu-Among the many bright and witty
sayings Of Family FGir since the rebellion, we
think tire following bears the palm The decision
OF the sece!ers in regard TO AN attack on Washing
ton seems 20 be the real Dread Scott decision"
The French ri1eI cannon, invented by Louis Ma
poleon, (who is a practical artilierist and author off
treatise ON practical artillery by the way,) are the
best weauOus fOr field use ever made, combining
stength, Ightness, safety and great precision and
leagtI Of range no English gun can hold I candle
to them
The cotton crop OF the province of Oran. in Al
giers. will be about one hundred and twenty-four
tons this year. In Jamaica there are also most eli
CUurlLIuE prospects tine Jamaica cotton Company
reporting that the hrst pods of Sea Island cotton, on
trees planted last November, have burst. In Aus
trIl.i, also. 81. rt> are being made to develop the
growing capabilities of the country and it Is pro-
posed To- form companies for the purpose, who viii
offer Inducements % German cmiErauts In the shape
os free passages and a bonus Of elO upon every bale
exported !r the next two years, and - for three
yeirs afterwards
FIVE NoEE C,LryoHxLA REGIMENTS WAxrED-
\ tcirEraphic dispatch announces To General Sumner
THAI 3. TrfuIsitian mas Deeu made upon Governor
UJuury by the Juitei States Government, for four
regiments Of infantry anI one Of cavalry General
Sumner states JHat these can all be equipped
within his Department. That they will be forth
cpuiug speedily none who know the patriotism Of
California cIn for = moment doubt
\ COOL auccIotc i told, says the Washington
Cir5ricis. upon Lord Lyons, the English Minister
resident in that city. PTomcuadiHg with Il beau
tfII American woman a few evenings ago, ut the
reception 81 one o. the Cabinet ministers, he re-
markell upon the s%plenior OF her dress. which was
a cuas;e blue silk. brilliantly spauglel- d" But, L
observe be said " that you display thirty-hve
stars instead OF tnirty-tour-vue too many" oh,
un nv lIri.' said tie fair patriot, Z" the additional
star J. CanllI -
V,lrE OF TILE CONFEDERATE Boyps.-Mr. Rus
sell writes that III New Orleans = gentleman OF
wealth and tine highest re~rectabiliIy, who needed
some money for the expenses of an unexpected
Journey. vas comreliei. III order to borrow Of the
banks the sum nf S!jbD, 10 hypothecite, Is security
for his bill at 90 days, $4,000 Of Confederate
SrIre bonds, Tor which q month before he paid par
ia cu5u
\ novel application % the stereoscope has recent
Is been mu!e IN Distinguishing copies from fac stS-
Hcs- Wacu twO pages printed from the same type
are combined IN tie s;ercscope, the printing appears
70 Ge IN the same plane. In the most careful at
tempt by the printer 10 set up a page or = few lines
alike. the words and letters will, in the sterescOpe,
be seen 10 lie IN different planes. by this means,
when genuine auI counterfeit bank notes are COM
bfu-i IN the sterecscOpe, the difference Is IT once de-
tecteI-
Gay IL FoEr1Gx P,rEr.-Professsr Penny writes
20 tie Lnniln TImes. accounting for the compara-