The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-12-19

natlFes called " SouToH,' which has the most aston
ishins effect In quieting the pangs Of hunger (medi-
cally, not IN the bulk, which would be nothing
sirange.) Is astTingent, tonic, bitter when ehewed
dry, bat sweet Immediately or taking o mouthful Of
water, and preventive Of colics-
The last news from Japan represented that there
was a disposition to stop trade with foreigners, aud
to insult aud abuse them. 1t was suggested that a
trial of Christian metal might be made for their ben
eht soon. An attempt has been made to assassinate
the members Of the British Legation.
SAcBANESTo CHILDRES-A California paper says
There are in Sacramento city 2,35l children under
Is and over 4 years Of age, and LIS under 4 years;
making 1929 children in all, Of whom LIZA were
born IN California. one Is deaf and dumb, one blind,
lO2 eolored, 10 Indians, and 90 Chinese
WILD PIGEoSs-Among the oak forests two or
three miles northeast of this place, wild pigeons have
made their appearance by thousands. Several Of our
spOrtsuen visited their haunts a day or two ago, hut
we're not very successful in staying them. The
pigeons fly too high, and when alight, il is almost in
variably beyond the fOwliDg-piece raDge-SdH Juan
Press.
The Germans in New York are getting IN a politi-
cal Union organization TO be composed exclusively of
Germans. The ~prOpriety Of forming political nation
alities in America is very doubtful From all ac-
counts this German organization is as bad as the
Know Nothing or American party that was IN exis-
tence a few years since.
A DIFFEREScE-Au the Southern Banks have
suspended specie payments The New Orleans Banks
held out the longest, but finally went down. The
Northern Banks have just Instituted 4 loan Of $780,
OOO,OOO with the Government, with the privilege Of
taking 500 .00O, 900 more.
No less than fourteen Of the crew Of the whaleship
Dartmouth. recently arrived at San Francisco, desert
ed from that vessel during two days. Eight of them
were captured by the police, and, with their baggage,
conveyed 10 the Station House.
The from WasbOe say that
immigrants are pouring into California from the
Plains every day. 1t is estimated the number coming
across the Plains this season will reach %. 200 or
3O,OOO-Indiana, Illinois and Iowa send the largest
number.
nr--.r-r.- - ZV-- - $3.50 C.--..u- C-~-..
The Columbia Times Of Oct. 18th remarks: Last
week a gentleman handed US n specimen Of what he
considered silver ore. from the n0EhbOrhOod Of Mono.
To the inexperienced the specimen certainly did look
like argentiferous galena, but upon testing it, We
found 10 TO be a rich specimen OF zinc. We are in
fOTmeI that there are immense quantities of this rare
m'-eral In the vicinity Of Mono, Tulare and Fresno.
True WEALTH OF WAsnOE-The DaiIy Enterprise.
published 1T Virginia City, says that - every ranch
owner In WashOe Valley, 10y holding on to his proper
~, finds himself n rich man. The prices now offered
for mill sites and ranches are enough to make any
man OF moderate pecuniary aspirations independent
Sums varying from twenty to thirty thousand dollars
have been offered for ranches in that valley"
FIVE CROrs OF GRAPE IN ONE SEAsoS-Anthony
Gafanesche has in in his vineyard, near Sacramento,
a variety o. vines brought from the Ionian Isles,
which this year-ihe FIRST Of their bearing-have
afforded him FIVE crops The first crop is ripe and
excellent; the second nearly full sized, partridge col
ored and eatable; the third half grown; the fourth as
large as peas, and the fifth in bIoom--Bee.
NUMBER oP SEEDS IN 4 BUsHEL.-A correspond
ent of The -NeEc England Farmer says: Elmo
thy seed numbers 41.S23 800 grains to the bushel,
and If sown on an acre of ground, Is recommended
by some, would give about 6 to the square inch.
Clover of medium size, 17,400. $50, or % to square
inch. Rio Grande wheat, fair and plump, $50 ,2SS
to the bushel, or 123 TO the square foot. Rye, $685.
$50, or 201 to the square foot" Thus it is easy to
judge OF about the quantity that should be sown per
acre.
SOLAR SPoIs.-At the observatory of the Poly
technic School in Paris, VI. Tissot has measured the
GIzp NJ n largo solar gpor md fCun1 ire lpurfh pyclu-
sive Of the penumbra, to be "a, 800 British miles,
and its breadth, for two-thirds of that length. 200.
Two globes, each nearly equal 10 the earth in size,
could enter that opening side by side.
C. s A.-England will not recognize the Southern
COnfederacy; because, unless France should do like
wise, such an act would only have the effect to pro-
tract the war, and to needlessly involve herself i'll it,
with every probability OF having France allied with
us against her. However much she may suffer-and
she will suffer even more than the Northern States
it is now pretty certain that she will await the solu-
ton of our national difficulties. maintaining, in the
meantime, an impartial neutrality.
MoRMoSs From the report Of a conference recent
" held at the Great Salt Lake City, it appears that
the great Mormon rulers are enumerated as follows
First Presidency, 3; Apostles, Z; Seventies, 2,OS6;
High Priests, IS; Elders, 1874 Priests, 5l4; Teachers,
AIS; Deaeons, 227. There are 33l Mormon mission
aries from Utah in the different portions of the earth,
and 156 were elected at the conference, who are to be
dispatched immediately.
On A PAR.-They have a story in Chicago about
n drunken captain who met n private of his company
in the same condition. The captain ordered him to
halt. and eudeavoring in vain TO assume a firm posi-
ton on his feet and to talk with digni6ed severity
exclaimed. Private Smith. III give you ii (hic)
four o'clock to gissober in"
"Cap'n,'' replied the soldier, as your (hic)
- slight drunken MAN I'll give you I'll FIVE o'clock
to get sober in"
The entire population of the British Empire
amounts TO 275, DOC. coo. or these the number in
the British islands is -. 250, 900; the North American
colonies &, 6S5, 900; the Australasian group, I,275.-
00n- Nest Indian I H0 nMl- Whilp tho aOureUafa
number of British subjects in Ceylon, Mauritius,
HOngkong and the African and European possessions,
amount TO 300, 900. In British India the number
is 1850 q 900. In sixty years the increase Of pOpu-
lation in the United Kingdom was 81 per cent, but
for the last ten years the increase has been only 6 per
cent.
An odd question has come up in Valparaiso. rs to
the sale of iudulgences TO eat meat en- Friday. The
sale Of these valuable documents produces about fifty
thousand dollars per annum, which is devoted by
the government 10 religious purposes. The sale is
understood to be based on an order from the Pope,
given in 1850, TO run for ten years, which, however,
IS claimed by the church authorities in Valparaiso to
have begun to run only in 1852 The government,
however. is said to think otherwise. and in this en-
barrassing conflict the Council of State has laid the
subject before the Attorney-G General FOR his opinion.
PREACHING Power OF RIFLED CAyxoy-The eff
fecrive preaching power Of rifed cannon has been
shO~n by experiments in England to be very great.
A martello tower 80 feet high and As feet diameter,
with walls Of solid brick masonry from 7 to 10 feet
thick, had one side completely thrown down by 40
projectiles from the Armstrong 40 and SO-pOunders,
at a distance of 1,032 yards The so FOUNDER shot
passed completely through the masonry, 7 feet and
8 inches, while the 40 FOUNDER shot was stopped at
a depth of 5 feet. Riied projectiles are superior to
sHOOth-bOre, not merely from their greater penetra-
ton, bat because the accuracy with which they can
be thrown permits concentration, and enables the
gunners to cut out such pieces Of the fertilization as
they desire.
a GALLANT ATTACK He who command the sea
rules the laud.' The truth af this proverb is grad
ually dawning upon the minds of our Government,
for it seems to have relaxed its orders TO our naval
commanders, who, with their accustomed gallantry,
have shown their devotion TO the service. On the
18th the steamer Colorado, at anchor of Fort Pick
ems, organized an expedition consisting Of four boats
and seventy-6ve men and officers, under the COM