The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-04-18
Foreign summary.

The Empress Of France, on q recent visit 20 Scot
land. attended service al a Presbyterian Church.
\ man can live comfortably in China upon a pen
ny a day.
The number Of deaths from diprheria In the Unitei
States. during the past year, : said 10 be 10 less
tnau I0,GJp.
An Irshman being asked in court fr his certif-
cate Of marriage. showed big scare m his head about
the shape u a shovel, which UI- satisfactory
\ Portuguese giant, represented 20 De upwards "
eight feet high, has arrived At Madrid, and j. about
10 be exhibited.
TIE STATE o. kASsAs-Aft,r five years II unpar-
alielei msaHness Oh tine part Of the general govern
meut 20 Kansas. she j. 1t last admitted as the Nine
tenth Free State
GOLD-New York city has nov in is banks more
than -4p,yOO,OJO IN gold. The Assay office has
SG,yJO,o0J, which j. being turned into coin At the
rate u about 100000 & day
SALE OF A RAILHOAD-Tue New York and Erie
Railroad was sold ~ auction on the 18th, in New
York under the foreclosure Of the fifth mortgage. Il
brought $4,000. Its original cost was $4,000
900.
Pacihc Telegraph enterprise. Brigham Young has
contracted for constructing 400 miIcs-lJO east and
30 vest from salt Lake City.
The retail Ice Trade Of the city Of Portland.
Maine. requires the storage Of about 700 tons, al
though the actual sales are only about 1000 tons, the
balance being lost by melting.
The people Of old Boston. in Lincolnshire, Eng
land, have subscribed el2yO towards paying for a
monument in memory Of their late towusman. Her
bert Ingram, Of the London illustrated News, who
was lost IN the Lady Elgiu-
NAuOSAL DEHTs-The national debt of the United
States amounts to about q dollar and a half FOR each
inhabitaut, while the sum Of one hundred and thirty
five dollars each would be required from the British
population If they pay theirs.
An English paper says that in punching the eye
holes Of needles by hand, children, who are the oper-
ators. acquire such dexterity Is to be able to punch a
human hair, and thread it with another for the
amusement Of visitors.
THEE CHEERS FOR KENTUCKY The Kentucky
Legislature has decided against calling a Convention,
n demanded by the secessiouists. The American
flag was hoisted over the capitol, and thirty-three
guns fired for the Union.
In the United States there are 300 iron works,
So furnaces, ASS forges, Do rolling mills, which pro
ducc annually about $50 600 tons Of iron. the value
Of which in an ordinary year, is SjO,0OO,0OO.
DELIGHTFUL BEsIDENcE-A missionary residing
at Karadine, CeylOn, says that ne has killed within
a short time, twenty-sIx c0bra-di-capellOs, and TWEEN
ty-twO pudaran snakes. The bite of the cobra is Ger
tain death.
Jules Gerard. the celebrated lion-kiIer, has won a
grand prize Of a fowling piece worth eleven thousand
francs, offered by the Emperor at = shooting match
at NincCnnes, France.
Between the Kiss and the lip there is many a slip.
Mr.. Meyer, IN attempting TO kiss Miss Barnes, in
June last, unfortunately caused her TO fall, by which
she was severely injured in her spine. 50 much rs TO
be still unable 10 walk. \ jury recently assessed the
damages 1T EIJ-EHgAsh Paper.
The Wesleyan Methodists have appointed eight
missionaries 10 proceed to he Feiee and Tonga Is
lands. in the Southern Pacific As most readers of
missionary proceedings are aware, the success of the
Wesleyans in these islands has been marked. In the
Fejee Islands already upwards Of 1000 men are mem
beers Of the Christian Church, while large c~Ongregas
tons regularly attend upon religious services.
In Portland, Oregon, there is a man who lived with
his wife several years, and they had several children.
At last she got tired Of him and proposed that they
should get a divorce. lie said he had no objection if
she would support him She agreed to do 80, and
they were divorced. She Is now married 10 another
man and supports her former husband by retaining
him in the family rs a servant!
Coal i SI4 so a ton AZ Charleston and Savannah,
and ST 50 at Mobile and New Orleans and because
It i necessary to ship II by sea-, orders cannot be fill
ell, shipOwners refusing TO risk their craft, while in
surance companies will not issue policies on them.
Whisky can be sent by railroad. and is very common
and cheap; indeed, the consumption of Northern
whisky has doubled if not trebled within three
months.
THE SIGNIFICATIOS OF EARBINGs.-Do the ladies
know the Specification Of the earrings which they wear
with 80 much PRIDE The Jewish Rabbis assert that
Ewes ears were bored when she was exiled from Eden,
a. a sign Of slavery and submissiOn to man, her mas
ter Among the Arabs, the expression, 10 have q
ring in ones ear, Is synonymous with, TO be "a slave.
So il seems this female ornament Is "A badge of slave
~. But then the ladies make their masters pay
dearly for them
The Paris .HoHjfeur French official jOurnaD de-
mics that the government i in any way responsible
Al NV NHA+AA-AA AHAIAASN "NNN hAAht LAfaA AEEtAA-
ance daily, aud says The government l. invested
with no powers 10 prevent the publication Of books
and pamphlets. II would therefore be unjust to rem
der il responsible for seuseleSs theories which the
good sense Of the public stigmatze as being con-
trary 10 the Catholic feelings Of the country, and TO
the respect due TO the Holy Father, in regard TO
which the policy Of the Emperor Is always an exam
pie.
\ few weeks since n bag containing upwards Of
GOO guineas was left ut the house Of an aged lady,
residing near Noting Hill. London, with a letter.
stating that some party, constrained by conscience,
returned the money, which was part Of "A sum plum
derei from the family 81 years before, promising also
that the whole should be shortly restored. The rob
berry was committed in Londonderry, ireland. The
lady's father, from whom the money was stolen, died
more than fifty years ago.
One Of the small States Of Germany having. on ac-
count Of the unsettled appearance Of the European
horizon. determined to put It's army on a war footing,
resolved As a means towards that end, 10 purchase
the most improved weapons II war, and accordingly
procured an Armstrong gun ON trial. Having got
the gun, a great difficulty arOse-they had no place
10 put up a target. Their own space Of territory not
being large enough. and as none Of the ueiehbOring
states were willing TO allow it to be put up in theirs,
the trial bad 10 be foregOue.
PRoPdsED PRESENTATION BmLE FOR GlRHALDI-
"The Bible l. the cannon which will lberate Italy
These are the memorable words Of GarIbIliI himself.
Ii i intended To present The General with "a fine copy
Of Bagster's Polyglot Bible Tin eight lluguages) in
folio, handsomely bound. and bearing an appropriate
inscription. Two gentlemen, one Of them military,
viii be deputed 10 convey It 10 Caprera, and deliver
it. with "A suitable address, into the Generals hands.
MAC,DAyuzED ROADs-Mr. Macadam. who has
had the credit Of inventing the system Of road
making introduced by him into England, Is de-
clareI. by the .UOHitcur De P-irmfs, to have OBJ
tanned the idea from a friend Of his who had passed
several years in China. Macadamizei roads, better
than any 10 he found in Europe, says the .u1uitsur
de I'-Irmss. are universal IN 4 China, and are stated
To have existed in that country for centuries. The
Chinese roads are 90 constructed that water runs off
them Immediately, so that they are perfectly dry
half an hour after the heaviest rain.
ERRORS OF THE PREss-Iu Mr.. Pycroft's HAYS
and HOrf, yf Men or Letters, we read a CONVERSE
ton with a printer; % Really said the printer,
-. gentlemen should not place such unlimited conf