The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-08-08
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign Summary.

H'.+E 49, N' ~A1N AAAHA 80 @AN LEA anu =
obliged % Use an amanucus5s altogether.
Gov sprague, Of Rhode Leland. j. said to have be-
come engaged 20 a daughter % Mr.. Cameron, Score
tary % " ar. since his arrival az Washington. Non.
but the brave deserves the fair.
An editor AZ washburn. -. Paul, MINI, one da,
last wesk ornameuted his house with a splendid
American flag. and the sane night his wife presented
him Win "a nine P0HEdsT-
JEFF. Davis Is reported 70 have said while in con-
versafon upon political topics-'I have no doubt
that the North can furnish i've men 10 our one. and
that she can whip u, but she cannot conquer Us"
Dr. HoIme-, Of New York, the celebrated embaIm-
set, mas received a commission ~ Surgeon IN the
United States army. Hfs duty will be 70 embaIm all
those killed IN battle, whose bOIies il may be desirg-
bic 10 preserve.
The ship .nafiIfr OF Charleston :. G.. endeavorei
20 enter a French harbOT on rhe 18th Of April with
the Palmetto flag flying, but was not allowed 70 do 90
until she displayed the Stars and Stripes.
STREET MUsIC-All perambula,ing musicians, says
the London Literary Gazette. are, it is said, to be
PUT down IN Paris.
Col Wilcox has many complaints from old ladies'
and nervous gentlemen in Alexandria about the con-
duct Of the soldiers One old lady convulsed those
present At headquarters by stating shat the .uichi-
ErHdeTs were robbing her Of her geese
SOUTHERN EPIsCOPiCY.-The Episcopal dioceses in
the South are about 10 organize themselves under a
new jurisdiction. a. the Protestant Episcopal Church
Of the Confederate States Of America The delegates
were TO have met st Montgomery, Alabama, on the
Sd Of July.
One Of the beauties 81 Secession is q shinpIaster
for so cents, issued By the City Of Richmond, in the
senblauce OF a bank note II is p simple promise TO
pay without any maturity. and Is receivable for city
taxes
G.. 5. Bailey OF Portland has invented n machine
FOR folding newspapers. which takes the papers from
the table Of the pres as fast as they are printed, and
delivers them ready for direction. yr. Bailey is now
ut work on 4 machine TO direct the papers as fast az
they come from the folder.
The passes issued by the Provost Marshal Of Alex
aniria have this condition " It is understood that
the within-named accepts this pass on his word Of
honor that he - loyal To the Union, and If hereafter
found in arms against the Union. the penalty will be
Death
The United States steamer Brooklyn has captured
and sent to Key West the harque II J. SperriHg,
from RIO de Janerio. bound to New Orleans with q
cargo valued AZ $4,000. The same steamer has
ordered away two Bremen ships and the steamer
-HiramoE, and the United States steamer Porhqt-
an has also captured "A Charleston vessel bound TO
New Orleans with 4 full cargo Of rice, &c.
the Calcium Light on Fortress Monroe was used
on the occasion of the Decentralization of troops.
With fine effect. its rays thrown upon Sewails
Point batteries, 50 Illuminates the point that any
movements around 1t can he plainly seen in the
darkest night.
STRATEGIC PorSTs-Mi nassas Gap is seventy miles
from AIexlndria. strong position on the Alexandria
and Strasburg Valley Railroad. Manassas juno
lion Is twenty-seven miles from Alexandra, and is
the key to the principal railroads IF Virginia-the
line from Richmond. as well as the Tennessee and
Lynehburg line to HarFer's Ferry, uniting at that
p9inr, which commands them all. IL is said TO be a
fine strategic point.
IL ~ reported that five important towns in the in
terror Of San Domingo had been fortified and assisted
by Htytiens, who intend TO resist the Spanish powers
there. IL is reported that the inhabitants Of one viii
hSe mad been massacred by the Spanish for refusing
TO swear allegiance to Spain 1t is also reported that
the Spanish troops were defeated in a small engage
ment. Additional troops were being sent from Havana.
Charles Lever. the novelist, diel at Spezzia in the
latter part of April. He was "A native of Dublin, and
was educated in Paris as n physician He was the
autho- of some twenty five volumes, all Of which are
the delight of those who love adventure. He had
lived at Florence most Of the time since lS45.
A sword is to be presented to Colonel Robert An
derson by the Union members of the Kentucky Leg
islature- IL is on exhibition at Louisville. The
scabbard bears the inscription Presented to the
gallant soldier and true patriot, Colonel Robert An
dersoa, by the citizens of MS native state"
A merchant writes from Mobile to his friends in
y. Y. city n follows: Money is awfully stringent.
Collections Of all kinds. home and foreign, are pretty
much suspended and business very quiet. We are
pretty esectually blOckaded ut present, and feel
quite Ike n rat confined in a granary." He means
an empty granary, of course.
Fifty thousand dollars Of the bonds Of the southern
belonging TO parties in New Orleans
who were forced to sell them. were disposed of n fort
night ago, at the rate of ten cents on a dollar. Only
five thousand dollars could be obtained in that mar
ket, for the entire lot, which within n few months
$4,000.
Two excellent Photographic lkenesses of tine Presi-
dent of the Southern Confederacy. and Elk President
DA@hNAAh . ~ u " IL hiNtb tfH litCtu III 3
the RogIe's Gallery at the City Hall. New York. At
the bottom of the likenesses is written, " Jefferson
Davis. the traitor" and John Il. Floyd, the rob-
Der" =
The traitors in the Maryland Legislature have re-
slowed that a the present war is waged for an uncon-
purpose, no part o. the expense incurred
in carrying 1t on should be borne by their State.
Resolutions were adopted also in favor of al immedi-
ate recognition Of the Southern Confederacy-.E !. 1
UOTli, June IL. 3
The dificulty of procuring large supplies of paper, '
owing to the blockade, has induced us to issue but :
half r sheet daily-cOntaining the usual amount Of
reaiing and such advertisements IS the necessities of Q
the times may require. Our weekly paper will be .
continued on a full sheet as long a. we are certain Of T
supplies Of stock for that Purp~ose-.Natche= il
d
Paragraphs like the foregoing abound in the .
papers The want of paper has caused u
many journals 20 suspend publication 1
DR. TYxG on SLAvERY-Rev. DR. Tying. in the {
course of his remarks At the meeting of the American T
Tract Society, made the following remarks: "Slave- =
-, holding men and women in bon h
was n crime Hear me ladded he, as the audi f
was uproariou5 with applause,l slavery ought v
10 be abolished. slavery must be abolished; slavery q
:In be abolished; slavery will be abolished; slavery \
will e abolished by this war. II to believe that and
% work for 1t Is sbolitonism, then l I'm an abolition g
HAvELOcxs-The = Havelock" is n style Of head Z
gear. so called after the late distinguished Christian L
soldier in India Il; is a plain cap. high in the o
;rOwn, made Of thick white linen, and having a cape a
which falls 10 the shoulders, covering the neck and h
Ind ears, and with a visor, shading the greater part q
Il the face. The value Of this cap as q security b
suustroke was satisfactorily tested by the o
British troops during the Sepoy rebellion Il
NEWSPAPERS At THE EasT-The New York CORES C
Of the Sacramento Union writes: The +
are all going to the dogs. The war has II
-ncckei their pins clear from under them. In the =
Northern and Middle States fifty have suspended pub '
within the last ninety days. Even the Her y
yesterday. confesses that owing TO business stag !"
alton, failure Of advertisements, and increased ex- -
ense in furnishing news, newspaper publishing on >
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