The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-05-02
TIE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign SUMMARY.

he Cosmopolitan Art Association has selected
-Essdiugtou Irving and his friends" 80 the sub
seofits next annual engraving
lie London TINES, admitted 20 be the r-ea's..
e most extensively reHj newspaper IN the world.
- each subscriber twenty-five dollars per yelr.
PuHei says the reason editors are apt 10 have their
rssrer- 81 lied. J. because they receive such q num-
.~of .. evil c5mmuuic1ti1us."
Vanderbilt new iron steamer. the Cbq7r53a. has
,ed from New York for san Francisco. She carried
,gar goo passenger among whom was the oldest
a q Mayor Wool. The Champion takes the place
atas -i0sL. which Is undergoing repair.
Awful Gardner. the Reformed prize fighter.
sins that o h. temperance coffee rooms in New
| Tcrk during The past eighteen months, fifteen hun
trl persons have been induced 20 t.ke the pledge %
L.uiIz from all tha; can iutoxic4te.
ND Tom Thumb has recently developed himself
aGer lTeorge Washiugt7n Morrison MT lhiS name
sbnerthan himselfJ Of Manchester, y. H. He Is
TsntrLiue inches tall Cor rather short sixteen
rars -, and weighs a triae over two dozen pounds
speriueus q the new paper for printing. invented
z Austria, and made entirely from maize straw,
ave reached Paris. Some of the specimens are very
ne The advantage IN c~heapness i more than one
The new dimes and half dimes have appeared. The
airteen stars eucircling 3. Liberty are omi,rei-
as words United states Of America" appearing in
ne.r stead On the reverse, the piece j. eucfrcIei
=fh a sasaf Of corn and other native ~produst-.
During the pearl fishing excitement in New Jer-
80. . few years since. 81 will D.. remembered a very
hrge one wls found ~ Paterson. Empress Eugene
$500
General J. \. McDougaII was elected L. :. Senator
ty tae California Legi-il5ure. IN Joint Convention.
oar q lOi votes, he received 81. \ salute was nrei
- n san Francisco IA honor o. the successful c~luiiia;e
. Hs election has given great satisfaction, as il i
known be viii faithfully represent the feelings u the
people Of California
Mr. Rice. Us Consul % Japan-usually known a.
HakcIadi BII-arrfveI here some DAYS AGO. and
cane near being turned out Of his hotel and having
lis baggage ss1zei in consequence Of his striking
resemblance To- !. Horace Kent tie WAS rescued from
ue impending evil by the iuterp0sirion II a friend.
Who succeeded Iu showing that Mr. Rice WIS after all
aIttle taller and somewhat fltter than his prototype.
AMI that lie bad IN his manner a decided air Of gen
Ene respesttbilI'y, such Is could not be assumed-
5 PGpsr-
When VIZ. SrIre,eon was about 10 p-eacb a cr11er-
ten sermon the first sentence he uttered after Le
aceuIel the pulpit was, | hear that some one here
lost a watch. and another boy a pocket-5ook. All /
can sly IN the matter J.. / think IL serves them right
why dill they not leave them az homes But 7 have
q word or two more 20 say IN the subject, which i
this-ihst II my friends, the pickp9cket>, are s;ill in
the chapel, l have % request that they VIII not
sftempt TO pick any more pockets til / have ny col
Iction, rs / want all the money I can get"
NuNBEE % WORDS ~ TIE RIVAL DICTIONARIES.
The publishers o. Websjer's Dictionary, in order 70
determine the claims put forth by the publishers Of
Worcester. have had the wOrIs in the vCctbuiarie- Of
ne two counted, and the ems in each measured, With
the believing result The vocabulary proper Of Web
ster contains g9,7SO words, the appendices 1926;
making 4 total OF 1905. That Of Worcester lO3,-
SO, the appendices 2S.5jl; total 49,, 400, making
$50 more ia Webster than in Worcester. The num-
Der Of ems in Webster Is l4.74T ,352. in Worcester
l3,273,532; leaving a balance Of 1~,473,S20 ems Of
printed matter IN favor Of Webster.
PoSY ExPEEss MATrEHs-The Russell Pony tx
press arrived a' Fort Kearny. at 6 P. VI. March Dist,
with San Francisco dItes direct 10 March 9th. only
eleven days. This time was over twenty hours
ahead of the winter schedule, and Il very fair for
the mouth Of March The Pony might make better
time than this, were the owners 50 disposed. Their
patronage i steadily Increasing, however, and IN
der the present arrangement, the expenses are very
light, 80 that the Pony Express i "A paying concern.
The tri-weekly service will not commence until the
daily Overland Mail commences also. The time i
limited by the contract 10 ten days IN the late spring
and summer n nths, from ST. Joseph to san Fran
cisco, and the postage to be reduced to - per ounce.
THE NV TARIFF Bill takes effect on the 1st Of
April II provides that all goods, wares and mer-
chauiise actually on ship-bOard and bound 10 the
United States. within fifteen days after the passage
% this net. and all goods, wares and merchandise in
daposit IN warehouse or public store on the first day
@. April. ISGI. shall be subject % pay such duties
e provided by law before anu at the time Of the
passage u this act AMI all goods IN warehouse al
the time this act takes effect, on which the duties
are les-euei by its provisions, may be Withdrawn on
payment Of the duties herein provided.
NorLrY's NErHEnLAyD-.-This new and excellent
work, published by the MessrS. HarPers IF New
T0rk, IL i said has met with a sale beyond what
could have been antici patel even in " good times"
Before the day Of publication, the publishers had
grders % Ill FOR more than Eve thousand copies. In
one DAY, the booksellers and public Libraries Of New
York and Brooklyn subscribed for two thousand
cries. The New York Mercantile Library alone
took two hundred and fifty copies for circulation
.mong - members the Mercantile Library Of
Brooklyn took eighty copies
BtLLY NrLLrG,y RFDIyIyU-OUr OF SING SING
William Nuii-Iu J. IN luck again Owing tu the
exerrjou- Cf nt- counsel, james T. Brady. -umulI-
tel ~ the liberal supply Of money from his wife.
Belle Lewis. keeper Of a notorious house - VrC-u-
tuition. be hr- succeeded IN getting the decision Of
The Court y oyer AMI Termiuer, reversed. and a
new trial ordered by the Judge q the Superior
Court The motion Va granted on the 18th, and
BIIy- = wife 10 once proceeded % sing sing. in com
ptny with q Deputy Sheriff, with the necessary pa
psr- ADD 70 fine outfit cf fashionable clothing, and
t-uuch, her new lord aud master back % he city
lie came irwA 90 the city IN the ladies' car in the
-ime seat E= wife. and behind tneu the Deputy
SheriE- lie sls taken 90 the Tugmb-. AMI On the
lgth wl- O. have been liberated on hIi, hs VIC
furu shin. the requisite security NUllr-tu has
been iu sing sing some flur months and % half. and
low that b. j. out again. VIII nave q -Tl-uli oP-
rrrturity o. rrbs-rm his mind concerning the al
-I-ei frauds iu tlc utuutIc-ur- q the B-Hierlrs
viii. about which he uvt-teI - loudly before De- was
sent 90 the state Pr5-Y1- T. viii BE- r-Teu h-r,I
that Billy We convicted - an assault with intent
O. Kill m oE-sr VINO was elieIvuru= 20 put him
out q John Narris-pys gambling house, 40 Nor
ls-ey Request
TuE LIS HIrE-It T. now q dxsi fact that 2
Convention of the border State viii be- held early
10 tI- summer. either 10 Tennessee or Kentucky An
g.tmatum vii be- presented hy them tl the North,
AMI n th-t uItjma-um Dc rejected, they VIII jim
the Cotton Crut-I-rlcy. for IN such -l-s the alter
native presented % them would be inequality s1
the Oh United >rlts-- or power and majority m the
southern CGufe!erlcy- To pass upon this ultima
tum. n National Convention viii have % he held
Several q the States have already come out iu favor
q such = movement, and the probabilities ar that
it Will be generally adopted 4 National Couven-
ton On the existing state q things j. an absolute
necessity. II j. the only way in which the people
vii have q chance % make themselves heard Hith-