The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-01-23
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign Summary.

Lord MOnck has assumed the duties OF his place as
Governor General OF Canada lie had n brilliant
reception ~ Quebec.
The Norfolk Day Book Is printed on brown wrap
ping paper Ii IS the only paper published in Norfolk,
nni says, as bad as the paper is, IL has not enough of
it TO print more than one-iourth Of its edition
Leland Stanford. inst elected Governor Of Califor-
MIA. Republican and Union ticket. IL a son of josiah
Stanford, Of West Troy He studied law in Albany,
with Henry G.. Wheaton.
An arehimandriie has been hitherto Mt the head Of
the ecclesiastical mission At Pekin, but il is now de-
cidei to place it under the care Of a bishop; and
Pater Gouri, who had resided a long time in the
Chinese capital, is selected for the dignity Of being
the hrst Russian bishop in China.
Poor MISERABLE WRETcHEs-The Charleston -Her-
ouTy says: We are without sympathy or friend
ship Of any nation on earth. The only argument by
which we can influence them is their necessity and
fears" rr- Isrl raaHra
Charles defends has been re-arrested in New York,
charged with the murder Of Walton and Mathews.
He has once been acquitted Of the crime.
AMERICAN BOARo-The donations to the American
Board OF Commissioners for Foreign Missions. during
the year ending August 81. 1861, were $685., 7l4,66.
Madame Saaui, n few weeks since performed on
the tisht-rope at the Hippodrome, Paris. She is now
90 years Of age. and is forced to dance by the profit
gacy of her son, who squandered on wicked women n
.Oriune she earned IL her youth. The only creditable
thing the boy ever did was to blow out his brains.
SCARCITY or FARM HASDs-The Alta understands
that good farm hands are not to be had in the vicini-
ty Of Vallejo, Cal, though $50 per month are offered
rs WlZr1- y III VI SOtnprAtul III u
find immediate employment.
WoUxpEp At EDWARDS FERRY-Among the wound
ell at the battle OF Edward's Ferry was Lieut..
Holmes, son of Oliver Wendal Holmes, the poet. He
WAS shot in the breast- -. ~---
An improved knitting machine has been invented.
II contains from 90 TO Us needles, which are not
liable to break. and takes from 1000 to $1,000
stitches in a minute. II makes stockings. shirts,
coats. and all kinds Of garments that are ordinarily
knit r.-r. .rs =rrHr e
A COLLECTION OF NEwsPAPERs.-In the library Of
the State Department Of Washington there are up
wards Of 1900 volumes of American, English,
French, Spanish, Mexican and Chinese newspapers,
all complete and well bound. There is n complete set
of the leading American democratic papers from 1908
TO the present time
The stars on the United States flag are fve-pointed,
while those of its coin are six pointed. The expla-
nation Is, that the designer of the flag followed the
French her-.liic language, and of the coin, the Eng
lisb. In English heraldic language, the star has six
points. In France. Holland, and Germany. it is FIVE
pointed.
Helper Of North Carolina, author Of the " Impend-
ing Crisis OF the South" is reported to have been
appointed Consul TO Buenos Ayres. Peer, of Ken
lucky, has also received an Appointment. These ap-
pointments have been made in order to convince
the rebels that the Administration is not governed
by any sectional feeling in rs distribution of the
Federal patronage
The receipt of official intelligence at New York
from the mouth Of the Mississippi shows that Hollins,
the biggest braggart alive, did not sink any United
States vessel with his Turtle, but merely inflicted
some accidental injury to the Richmond by drifting
aaOat Of her. !fHollins could fight as well rs he can
boast, he would be the greatest warrior of this or any
other age.
A Law suit. interesting to husbands and dry goods
dealers, was decided last week Mt Buffalo. A GENTLE
man who refused TO pay a bill of SIP for rich dresses
and kHicknacks furnished his wife, was sued. The
husbands defence was that he never ordered the
articles, he never received them, aud their purchase
was extrayagant for n women married 10 n man in
his circumstances The jury coudsidered the defence
was n sound one, and gave a verdict to the husband.
WONDERFUL HEN AND CHTcKESs-The Nevada Tran
script saws that n Bramah Pootra hen. belonging to
Suffer & Damon of that place. has laid and Matched
four broods during the Summer, and raised them al
as far n the season would permit, to hen and rooster
hood. The first broOds have propagated also. and
altogether the old matron can claim between seventy
and eighty feathered bipeds as the fruit of her over
lain and incubatOry labOrs since last April.
The WIFE OF CoMMoDoRE SrRIxGeAM.-It is stated
that the wife of that gallant old patriot, Commodore
Stringham. who did such noble service in command
Of the Federal squadron which captured Forts Clark
and Hatteras, on the coast of North Carolina. has
been busily engaged all the while conveying infor-
nation TO the rebels She has, Mt last, been detected
in Louisville, Ky, and is now in the hands of the
proper officers NJ that place. Is
There are 5,5o5 beats belonging to the Erie Canal,
Va which Columbus discovered America; and IL may
be added. that the aggregate cargoes these boats can
float in q season, from the lake TO the ocean, would
load the combined aeets of the world.
No SABBATH SfAyISG.-A book has been publish
ed in England. and il has reached n second edition,
entitled, :" Shaving n Breach Of the Sabbath. and n
Hindrance to the Spread Of the Gospel"
NEW Roam TO THE PAcIvrc.-A dispatch from At
Gibson. Kansas. Sept. 81. says :-Major Bridger,
guile to the surveying party through the mountains,
arrived here last night. and reports that the route
from Dee YER West to Salt Lake is n perfectly feasible
one. and will shorten the distance from 300 to $50
be shortened 1870 miles and greatly improved. chang
ing the road down to the north bank of the Republi-
can Forks
FEExsSprxA.-A recent dispatch from St. Louis
said tha, the last naval expedition vas destined for
the port Of Fernlndina- The first important seaport
after leaving Savannah is Fernandina. near the en-
trance Of So Mary's river, the boundary between
Georgia and Florida The entrance il by n channel
between Cumberland and Amelia Islands. with four
teen feet OF water on the bar. Fernnndina is con-
nectsd by n railway. one hundred and thirty Eve
miles in length. running across the State. with Cedar
Keys, on the Gulf OF Mexico, and is thus an impor-
tant commercial point. IL was proposed to make this
road part of n great communication between New
York and New Orleans.
REm,Pk,BLE MORTALITY IN ONE FANILY.-A Bos-
ton paper says: The Miller family. which resides
in MinOt, Conn. within n radius Of two miles, has
lost fourteen children by d~iptheria within the last
few months. and not n single child or person Of any
other family IL the vicinity or town has died Of this
disease. Two Of the children in the same branch Of
the family died the same day and the same hour.
Three brothers Of the family lost each three children
a sister Of the brothers Lost three children two
others lost. each OF them, one, making fourteen
children IN all, out of one family.
SEcEsH-They are telling n coed story in Troy. rs
follows 80 II was rumored that a gentleman known
10 be n loyal citizen, had a secession flag flying from
his house OF course there was n tremendous hue
anI cry raised, and an excited party started for the
premises On reaching the house. it was found to be
n Lady's balmoral. that had been washed and hung
from a back window TO dry I, The husband avowed
his determination to stand by that flag as long as he
lived. and the eaervescent crowd exploded and dis
appeared
AscTIc.-lt may not be generally known that n
Swedish expedition to Spitzbergen sailed during the
month OF June last, with the intention Of endeavor-