The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-01-31
THE PACIFIC
Advertiser.
Foreign News.

C,rftiiI = half German. half Italiuu-a rOCl
-.,rare. perseverance and yivacity.
The sponge gathered ~ Key West. Florida, last
-r amounted to STOOD
The fae=t emeralI- come from veins Of clay and
.,re. in the valley Of New Granada
Bats IN Indi. are called flying foxes, and measure
* feet from tsp 90 up
Ttrse millions Il cOcUanuts arc exported IN a single
car froa the Island of CeyIon.
The English literary journals are debating vigor-
ou.,v the relative merits Of Webster's and WOrcester's
dcl0nlrIes-
Mr. B,rnum has contributed 1000 tickets Of admis-
smu TO his Museum towards the relief Of the Kansas
sufferers.
The live stock Of Illinois i estimated at near one
banireI million Of dollars in value
The English Duke Of Athol's deer park comprises
10000 acres
new novel by Charles Dickens is to appear in
An the Year Round" entitled Great Expecta-
tons"
Adeputation, including two members Of Parlia-
meut. has been appointed to invite Garibaldi to Eng
The millennium is certainly approaching in New
York. Billy Mulligan, the notorious bully, has actu-
ally been convicted for as'auIting a policeman.
Sweden has recently abolished the vexatious pass
port system, and thereby set an excellent example 70
The other governments Of Europe.
DIsx1STLfSG OF TIE PAvILIOS.-Workmen have
ommeuced dismantliEg the Pavilion, in San Francis
co. The building has been soil TO Dore x Haven. for
$500, payable in 80 and 50 days +. Times
10 i reported ibat the O,IDJ,DDb acres OF public
lands in California, to be put on sale in June, 1861,
will be rapidly bought up. They comprise some Of
the finest lands in Sacramento and San joaquin val
kys
Fancy FIBENES-The last refinement in fire mat
tss has been introduced by the Phoenix Hose Com
plny Of Philadelphia They will have a large wagon
drawn by two horses to convey the members to the
: fire.. The 'PhO-nix'' has always been a kind Of
slk-stOcking company, but famous hremen-
The Honolulu .HIrerfiser says that a female Ia
xaiiau, living on the islands. recently gave birth to
her tusHfy- third child At this rate the Kanakars
are not likely 10 die out during the present genera
tou-PoriaHd Transcript.
AETEsIaS WELL At LoUIsvILLE-The artesian well
at Louisville Is one Of the great curiosities. This IS
the deepest well that has ever been successfully bored.
1t vas commenced in 1857 by the Me>srs. Dupont, Is
2Gs6 feet IN depth, discharges SSO, 900 gallons every
tEenty-four hours, and carries its flow to the height
OfI7O feet above the surface
Borrowed SPLESDoR-Rev DIR. Tying Of New York,
told his society the other evening that an eminent
jewelers. house of that city cleared, from diamonds
rented to ladies' to glitter ia the presence Of royalty,
at the grand ball. n sufficient sum to pay the rent Of
their store for a year.
The GoLD DoLLARs.-It has been announced that
the United States Mint had commenced 20 recon gold
dollars into pieces Of larger denomination, on account
Of their great Inconvenience; but the truth Is, that
the recoinage is only applied to those Of the first two
or three years, which were smaller in circumference
than those coined now.
COsT Of ENGLISH NEwsPAPERs-The London daily
newspapers cost more than double the price paid tor
~ " 4AhT bdAAhA- III ~ blAA|A slAAAN1- AhG
London Ddiiy -Nttrs costs SIT 80 n year, the -4drsT-
tssT SO so, Chronicle SI9 so, Post S22 so,
Tines S25. The TbHHdeTeT is furnished by London
agents on the second day after its publication, at the
rate Of S19 80 per annum.
The President attended DIR. Gurley's church in
Washington sunday. December 18th, and heard a
sermon on the Union, in which al kinds Of secession
lists and disuuiOnists were severely denounced He
listened with apparent delight, and after the services
were over, said, 'It was q splendid DISCOURSE
young lady in St. Paul rose from her bed u few
!. nights since to make an application Of camphor to her
. throbbJng temples BY mistake she got hold OF n
bottle Of indelible ink. The error was not discovered
in time TO prevent n most damaging effect TO the fair
ones personal appearance
The heir Of the throne Of Italy, the son Of Victor
Emmanuel. l. Prince Humbert, now IN his lIth year
"A bold and elegant rider, O hrst-rate marksman
with the rifle, exhibiting skill and endurance in all
manly exercises, endowed with a fair, open cOunten-
ance. while the sOldier-like, honest mien Of the father
is blended with the delicate features and sweet ex-
pressions Of the mother.
DR.. VIM. Longshaw, Jr, the surgeon of DIR. Hayes
Arctic Expedition, has returpe! home, leaving the
vessel in her winter quarters, officers and crew all
we'll. The vessel would remain in the ice till June,
and everything was favorable Tor the prosecution Of
the enterprise next season
The Romans have a caricature in which the head
ofNapoleon i laid open aud al Europe Is represented
~ staring at the Imperial brains with a bewildered
expression, denoting the inability Of the knowing ones
to read the riddle which Is now perplexing conserva-
lists and TeyOlutIOnists-
MATRIMONIAL I u mn fsbPEr 10y u
New York. has purchased n Fifth-Ayenue house,
corner Of 32I street, for $50 600. and proposes TO get
married (for the third time) and move in shortly. He
marrIes n Miss Mills. upon whom, It IS understood
he agrees TO settle 500, 900 on the day before the
knot j. tied.
The late defeated candidate for Mayor of Boston.
Moses EimbaII, was one Of the City Council which
ten years ago refused the Use OF Faneuil nan TO
Daniel Webster, when he desired to address the peo-
pie Of that city in support Of his vote in f.vor Of the
compromise bill Of that year. kimbali IS now signal
" rebuked for the insult and indIgnIty ne then offer
Ell to that great man whose orations have done so
much to make Faneuil Hall memorable in history.
Cyrus Mccormick Of Chicago, the man who invent
ell a reaping machine, and made : ,3OO,OOO there
by, and was refused an extension Of his patent 10y
Ir. Holt. then Commissioner Of Patents, on the
ground that ne had been sufficiently paid for his IN
genuity, will again apply to the authorities lie Is
now understood to want an extension on eight OF nine
patents, for improvements in reaping machines
VETERAN yoreE-Dr. Lyman Beecher, who cast
his first vote for Gen. Washington. President. was
taken by his son to the polls. that he might cast his
last vote for Lincoln. As the venerable man, with
Aovipp and siIvery locks, entered the room, the crowd
parted right and left, and silently made way for him.
Captain Travis, the celebrated marksman, in order
to test the truth Of the assertion that the hide OF n
rhiu0cergs will resist n bullet, shot at n specimen OF
this nachvlerm. on exhibition in Memphis, on Satur-
day night last. The bullet fell to the ground, Hat
tened by contact with the thick skin The animal
did not even move when he was struck
4 shark, recently captured near Port jackson,
n. : W. carried the following curious miscellany IN
his c1pacious stomach Half n ham, several legs Of
mutton, hind quarter of a pig, head and fore legs OF
n bull dog. with q rope round his neck, a quantity Of
horseHcsh, a piece Of sacking, and a ships scraper.
No wonder that twelve gallons Of oil were obtained
from his liver
yrv snrps-A new system OF ship-building has
lately been introduced into England by VI. T0Tell.
The bow IS copied from the head Of a salmon, the
stern from the after body Of q swan Vessels built
upon this principle have all proved TO be last saiiers'
with great stOwage capacity Inc keeison l. curNeu'
not straight, as in many other ships
SEVERE WEATHER IN EUEOPE--A letter from
CRANBERRY. France, states that n rather heavy fall OF
rhnrn In rha rraninr Of flP In Nov.