The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-05-23
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign SUMMARY.

The View York Courier GHf Enquirer announces
that James Watson Webb. senior editor Of that paper.
Will IN no event accept Of the mission to Turkey.
\ large tree supposed to be over seven centuries
old. near the city Of Mexico, il said TO have been
struck by lightning more than 200 times
Wear Ont0nagon, on Lake Superior. all the snow
that has fallen tAis winter would amount in depth to
10 feet. During one night the thermometer indi-
cltei II degs- below zero, or within one degree Of
cOngellment-
The Banks in Alabama are henceforth compelled
10 deposit stocks OF the Confederate States instead Of
those Of the United States, as q basis for banking
operations. Stand from under.
The " y. Bulletin calls President JEFF. Davis a
lion His Voice doesn't sound much like that Of the
monarch Of the forest TO our ear, but DR.. Living
stone, the African traveller, says that at a little dis
lance IL is impossible to distinguish between the roar
% the lion and the sluall Of au ostrich-LouisriHe
JuTaaL-
The street (hOrse cailroad) cars in 81 Louis are to
be propelled by steam. The furnace and boiler are
70 De upright, and placed in the front Of the car, O-
cupyIng a space Of n out three feet square. The CYL
-nders are to be tn CO inches IN diameter, with a
nine inch stroke. AZ with a power equal to about
annually An.s,es ,sos SUE 81 $780, 900 as,. Unite" it n s' 5sss take &.
rope. In France ~ price Of silk undergoes great
fluctuations. The fr : and second classes Of silk,
which we're at 1O2 and IO7 francs in 1851, fell 10 ga
aud - francs in 1854. AMI rose last year to I34 and
I5j francs.
The much-taIked-of floating battery Is abandoned
as a total failure. When Gen. Beauregard first saw
II, he laughed at 1t and soon after 1t was launched
It eapsIzed and sunk When this disaster befell it,
the Charlestouiaus said il was never intended for SER
vice, but mercy 10 amuse the impatient hotspurs
who insisted on storming Fort Sumter.
Mr. Russell. the well known correspondent Of the
London Tu1ss, who wrote the description Of the Cri-
mean war and the Indian rebellion, has been sent to
the United States to sketch the doings Of our people IN
the present important political crisis.
The editor Of the Chemical CEnglish) .Ntrs, no
tieing the extreme brilliancy Of the green paint with
which some toys were decorated, purchased three OF
four aUd subjected them 10 analysis He found - much
arsenic IN the form Of aTsenite Of copper, present a.
70 render such pIaythiugs dangerous in the hands Of
children, especially infants, who always submit the
brightest colOrs to the test Of taste.
POPULATION or MOSTREtL-The rapid growth Of
Montreal almost equals that Of the great western CEN
tiers Of pOpulation-Detroit, Chicago and Cincinnati,
while II has shot ahead Of Buffalo, which stands
next 20 il on the list Counting the residents in the
suburbs with those ia the city proper, the number IS
over 100000, an increase o. about seventy per cent.
IN the ten years the official returns in 1851 having
been only 7.754-
NEw-BOYs' HONZ-TheN ewsbOys' Lodging House,
New York. has, during the past year, furnished
y $50 lodgings, and 1871 meals. Sunday dinners
were provided for 2GGO boys, thereby saving them
the necessity Of working on Sunday. $50 boys have
depJ-Itei rl2J1.U in the sayIngs-bank Of the iusti-
tuition, and paid SI03G.95 towards the expenses Of
the establishment.
The OLD CoPPEE CEyTs-In November last the
NfINN - NHt FlNhH "A Z Il az lNi AA4At al IL
rIngement with the Adams Express Company to con-
vey to the Mint, free Of charge, all old cents 10 be ex-
changed for new ones. On the 18th Of last month
this arrangement was brought 10 a close. During
this time (about three months) there have been re-
ceived AMI exchanged az the Mint 5,4OO, 900 cents
(S5f ,O0OJ One million one hundred thousand cents
fSll ,UOO) we're sent from Boston and the East.
\ CtPTURED SL,vER-The English papers state
that the bark Clara WiHsor, Of New York, carried
into the island Of Ascension, IN December last, by the
British screw steamer EspOir, had 40 slaves on
board, though she was only 26O tons Her crew
were fearful looking mIscreInts, % ia number, of all
nations. Her slaves, if they had reached Cuba, would
have sold for SiUO, 900. They cost, on the African
7oass, $50 each, or $4,000 The British govern
ment allows as prize money $50 TOR each slave cap
turei by its cruisers and delivered alive, and half
that sam for each slave who may die after the capture
OF the vessel.
OPIUM EATING ON THE ISCREAsE-One Of the GU
rious facts revealed by the publication Of custom
house tables u, that there was imported into this
country last year 300 900 pounds of opium. OF this
amount IL i estimated from reliable data. that not
more than one-tenth - used for medical purposes.
The habit OF eating opium Is known to be spreading
rapidly among lawyers, doctors, clergymen. AMI
literary men, and enormous quantities are used in
the manufacture Of those poisonous liquids, which are
dealt out in drinks in the saloons and groceries that
infest every city and village III the country.
ErIQUErTE-According to 4 correspondent of the
EreniHg Post, etiquette does not allow a President
% dine out This rule, he alleges, was established
by Washington, and observed under other Presidents
uutI the accession OF AieeSrS. an DuTeu, LAY OIs
Pierce and Buchanan, who occasionally ''dined out"
Mr.. Lincoln, however, We are told, intends TO restore
the policy Of Washington and Jefferson, and there
fore ''dined out'' for the last time, previous 10 enter
ing upon the duties As President, on Friday evening
last. The dinner referred to was given by Mr.
Schleiien, the Bremen minister.
SECULAR PHsScNESOS.-A very remarkable mete-
geological phenomenon was witnessed at Paris, Ken
tucky, on wednesday morning between 10 and II
O'Clock. The heavens were obscured by thin. gauzy
clouds. through which the sun could be distinctly
seen, though somewhat shorn Of his beams. A mar
row circle Of light, parallel 10 the horizon, and inter
sectiug the sur. extended round the heavens, having
a diameter Of about ninety degrees Around the sun
vas another ring Of light Of the same kind; but
rather brighter, having "a diameter perhaps half as
large as the first This ring displayed, in some Of Its
parts. some Of the c0l0rs Of the rainbow. Where this
smaller circle iRiersectei the larger, mock suns.
though not very brilliant, appeared On the right
and left % the sun, aud at a very considerable dis
lance. appeared broken arcs Of a rainbow, OF which,
II IL bad been complete, the sun would have been the
Courier
MoEAvAx MrssIoSs-This people. 80 distinguish
Ell for their seIEsaeri6ciug foreign missionary labors.
IL appears from their last years report, are truly
blessed in their work. The missionaries number BIZ,
and reach about 1900 souls These stations are in
most destitute heather lands, such as North America,
Greenland, Labrador. Jamaica, Ihibet, South AFRICA,
Australia, sc. According 20 their report the past
year, their contributions for the support Of their mis-
siouaries amounted C. 100000. The whole mem
b@rship Of this denomination l. said not TO exceed
twenty thou-anI; this would give them an annual
average Of fifteen dollars per member; an aggregate
Of free donations 20 spread the Gospel IN foreign and
domestic missions not equalled IN any other sect
Ought not such fscts a. these arouse other denoulha-
ti1us to Do much more than they are doing -
Rsr0rf-
SNAKES Is Accountability Of my acquaintance
once displayed greater presence Of mind than l, Win
nv impui-ive shudierInE terror Of the dangerous
r~eptiIes. could have supposed possible. She was lying
awake one dark night, aroused, she believed, oy n
-rfrht uof-e in her room, AMI felt something come
s1ftIy on 20 the bel, and pass over her feet Il gldei
~, aui pushed. gently and cOLHy, against her arm,
which Law outside the clothes, across her breast she
then know that the moving thing ~ts a snake, and
.b.r q, stir-wts 70 die With wonderful self-ccm-
nj evrry nerve thrilling with horror. she lay per-
fectIy still. whilst the reptile endeavored again and
a,ai1 10 nestle itself beneath her warm arm falling