The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-02-20
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
FOREIGN Summary.

Saint Hilair-
King Victor Emanuel opened the new railway at
Ancnna on the 18th Nov amid immense popular en-
thusissm-
By the arrival Of the Vest african, mail intelli-
yence has been received Of DIR. Baikie, the missing
traveller. Another hideOus massacre was about TO
be perpetrated at Dahomey. 1.-The New Year sea
-on' was to be celebrated by a grand CUSTOM at
which 5000 human beings were to be beheaded-
The present King appears to surpass even his father
in revolving cruelty
The jury. in New York city. on the SIrannah
Prigatsers, failed 10 agree-eight for guilty and four
for no, guilty. This will excite surprise, as their
guilt was not denied Does q New York jury think
that sea robbers with JEFF. Davis commission. are
not Pirates!
II Is contemplated in New York among the money
Ell men, to raise a sufficient sum to purchase 5000
reams Of paper. to be presented to George D.. Prentice,
Of the Louisville Journal.
London, with a population Of three millions. has six
bridges. Paris. with one million inhabitants. has
twenty-four. Three Of the London bridges are heav-
lily taxed
The venerable Robt. J. Breckinridge-uncle Of the
traitor John c. Breckinridge-is writing n series Of
articles for the Louisville Journal on the Rebellion.
liz - hardly necessary to say that he denounces il "a
the blacklist crime that ever stained our National his
tory, and insists that il must and shall be crushed,
whatever the cost or consequences
The report % Secretary Chase, Of the Treasury.
estimates the expenses Of the U. s. Government for
the year ending Iune. 1862, at S543, 500 900 and
states that should the war continue TO June 1860,
the public debt viii be SSUu,UOO,uOU = sum Thicn
the nation may pay OF in thirty years
COMMODORE OF THE PACIFIC SoUADRoy.-COmmo-
dore H.. III. Bell has succeeded COmmore ]. b. Mont
gomery a. flag officer Of the Pacific squadron, and
was expected at San Francisco from Panama in q few
days 1t Il customary to relieve Commodores Of sta
lions every three CT four years
TELEaRAPaIsG-The Presidents message was tel
ezraphed from Washington to New York over three
wires, and the time occupied in its transmission was
one hour and thirty-two minutes.
The French creditors Of Spain. after long negotia-
lions. have renowned the interest on her debt to
them of one hundred million francs, and consented to
take the principal. payable in instruments within
four years
EsaLASD's New SHIPS OF WAR--The London
Times of the 9th Dec, states tn It there are now fifty
Fur ships Of war under construction at the Royal
Dock and other private yards, many Of which are in
a very forward state for launching These vessels
will carry an aggregate OF l264 guns, and OF lo,soo
hors power, and 92.255 tons Truly this IS a for
midabIe accession TO the war marine of a power now
MT peace and threatened with no hostile signs in the
future.
The Partisan project Of police smuses the citizens by
frequent displays OF eccentricity. A few 3eks ago
he issued a decree against barmaids joking With their
customers. He now comes out with an order prohi-
biting cabmen and coachmen in general from using
whipcord, and with a formal ordinance against kite
flying by children, les, the telegraph wire should be
injured
GeEAT VoyAGE--The ship James .Arnold, Capt.
Sullivan, arrived in port Monday afternoon, from q
whaling VOYAGE n n SOut0 Eacluc "a Win
been absent since Aug. 1857, during which time she
has taken $500 bbIs. Of sperm oil, worth at the pre-
sent low price nearly 800, 900. The ship, however,
was fitted expensively, and we understand will not
make n great deal Of money for the owners
MAKING THE WAR PAY ITS OWN ExPENsEs.-A re-
cent correspondence says that at Port Royal affairs
seem to be in the best possible condition All OF the
islands about that place have been seized, and are
now held by the Union troops, and the cotton upon
those islands 10 being picked by the contrabands
Under the direction of our officers About two million
dollars worth Of cotton has already been secured;
and this sum will almost pay the expenses OF the ex-
petition There is something practical IN such pro-
~ceediugs.
The Postmaster at New Orleans advertises that let.
tiers for any part OF the United States to go by Costa
foreign mail, will be received at that Post Office I
sent in open. They will bs examined, sealed and
forwarded il they convey nc improper intelligence e
the enemy. The rate Of postage will be 81 10 pei
half ounce. double and triple rates in proportion.
a great exhibition is to take place in France II
1865. in which every attempt will be made to out
strip oil that may have been done previous to tina
time. Sir Joseph Paxton. it is said, has been re
edihce Of unheard Of proportions win rise on an ele
waited spot near St. Cloud A dome go feet high
and Of span capachous enough to enclose both thos
in course Of construction in London, Will crown IN
new design
Wan. III. Webb Of New York, has obtained a con
tract for building two iron clad screw frigates for tn
Italian Government, in spite OF great opposition Of
the part Of EDglish contractors who wanted the Jot
IL will require two years and q half to build them
The town of Beaufort was the Saratoga or Newpor
Of the South Its white population was small. bu
made up Of the weslthiest, best educated and mo:
refined Of the people Of South Carolina IL was
resort Of those classes from all quarters.
The comments Of the English press on the Seward
Lyons correspondence have already been noticed
considerable length in the columns OF the EreniH
Post: but there is q small bit from the vitriol
Saturday Rerier. which admits q truth while
covers n sneer
..Mr. Seward has for once made q hit. In b
recent correspondence with Lord Lyons he has dese
opel, possibly from a novel consciousness OF beng
the right, an unexpected selfrestraint. and writin
like n gentleman, is victorious as n diplomatist"
An eccentric oil gentleman died suddenly Of ap
piexy in the Tuileries garden the other day In n
will he provided that after death his face was to
coated over with pitch, his mouth and nostrils ne
meticaiiy sealed, and IN incisIon made IN his hear
lie was to be buried also without q coffin, and q
earth well trod down over him. He left a little 10
tune Of $500 q year. His mononania was the fe
of coming to lite again after iuterment-
ISruIERAScE TO PRorEsrASrs IN FRAscE-It W
stated in some Of the French papers that the canton
delegation Of Sevres. near Paris, had recently rejec
Ell a school girl, whose mistress had awarded her {
prize Of excellence. on the ground that she was
Protestant. Acontradiction Of the story was insert
in the OpinioRe Rationale; but NJ. Passa, pastor
the Reformed Church of Versailles, nov comes e
ward to give it his guarantee
Letters from Havana, under date of Dec OF
state that two more Commissioners from the rel
governments, in the persons Of Messrs. Hunter.
Virginia, and Pierre Soule. ofLouisisna. have arriv
there and we're to start for Europe On board the Br
ish mail steamer Clyde. on the 7h inst, 10 NIL {
places OF Mason and Slidell. The same letter viii
communicates this piece Of information. adds 81
Confederate flag is in high favor here, and the Sps
ish ships Of war salute IL regularly"
FRox CuMsERIAxD ISLEr.-Theb bark Black Edg
Capt. Allen, arrived ut this port on Sunday, havi
left Cumberland Inlet Oct 18th, with iloo barr
of whale oil and 5000 pounds Of vhalebone- 5
has been absent not quite Is months She has tax
one whale since the bark -AnteioPe left the Inlet, a
WAS obliged to come away before the whaling sea:
was over on account OF the ice making 50 fast {
there was danger Of being shut in for the uini
The ship Daniel Wsbster, Of this port, is to win