The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-04-24
Foreign Summary.


The price Of land in London may be reckoned at
considerably more than $500. 900 per acre.
Gold is at n premium Of forty per cent, and silver
thirty Eve TO thirty-eight per cen;um. throughout
the Southern Confederacy.
The Senate Of Maine. by a vote Of 81 tod. resolved
in favor Of conhsclting, lberating, and arming slaves
Of rebels, If 1t shall be n military necessity.
Dr. Hayes and his men, while IN the Arctic regions,
captured upward Of 200 reindeer, which kept them
and the dogs constantly supplied with fresh food.
\ GOVERNMENT OF A THOUSAND YEaRs-The thou
sondth year Of the existence Of the Russian empire is
to be celebrated next year. In Novogorod, "A monu-
ment has already been commenced to commemorate
the occasion.
" Call ne pet names, dear" Greeley calls Ben
nett "a lying old brnggaTt," and Bennett calls
Greeley ga galvanized squash."-BosiO Post.
The business OF the Washington Patent Office has
been reduced 100000 during the year. Many Of
the clerks have been dismissed, and others have had
their salaries reduced twenty per cent.
The enduring odor Of mu-k is astonishing. When
Justinian ia 53o rebuilt what is now the mosque Of
81 Sophia, the mortar was charged with musk, and
to this very day the atmosphere is hllel with the
OdOr.
NJ. Fould, the new Finance Minister of France,
was born ia the Israelitish faith, then allowed his
children to be educated in IA very loose form Of Roman
Catholicism, aud laiely turned round, with all Of
them, TO Professionalism.
II IS not improbable that the fate Of Charleston
may he shared before long by other Southern cities.
AHG iDh cu'h NRNH-J A'NAASS sHFS AhAA W. aoo
than seven attempts were made 10 set fire TO that city
within two days, and that two of them were partially
successful.
LARGE WHALEs-Of late years the capture Of
whales that yield over 2iO barrels is IA rare occur
renee. During the last season the ship Gen. Pike
took a right whale IN The Koliack Sea, that made
two hundred and seyenty-fOur barrels Of oil.
Mrs. Douglas, wife of the late Senator, refuses to
allow the two sons of the first wife of her husband to
60 South IN order TO save an estate there from con-
hsSaiiOn. She contends that the children belong in
Illinois and not in Mississippi.
The New Orleans Bulletin says The reported burn
ing of the steamer Calhoun Is incorrect. When she
was abandoned the captain set her on fire, but it ap-
pears the Yankees shortly after boarded her. extin-
guisheI the fire and took possession of the boat and
cargo. Her cargo consisted of $4,000 pounds Of
powder, 10000 pounds of ~saltpetre, 4Oc sacks Of cof-
fee, n quantity Of block tin, &c.
PUBIC DEBr.-The public debt of the United
States, ON the 18th of January. 1862, was $500, 0OO,-
600. On the LIST of July, 1861, It was so. S67 SIS.
The debt, then. has grown during the last six and a
half months, at the rate of 81 1854 ,3O9 "A day Ii is
n large figure, for il represents the cost o maintain
ing our Union. The people would cheerfnlly bear
that II be doubled. while such brave progress toward
the accomplishment Of the end in view IS reporter by
every mail.
Russia $ at present attempting to found a second
SebastopOl in the North Pacific Ocean on the two
little islands called North and South Tsusima, geo.
graphically belonging to the Archipelago Of Japan.
The islands are inhabited by some thirty thousand
people. and though ruled by n japanese governor,
has been occupied by the Russians, who have erected
fUrtihcations and hOisted the Russian flag.
The rebel volunteer system has proved a failure.
Many regiments whose time is nearly Up look forward
with anxiety for the expiration of their term OF seryice.
The Richmond Examiner regards this fact with ap-
prehensiOn. That Journal strongly advocates the
adoption of measures not TO allow these rebel volun-
teers to return home, but recommends that n COM
mandiug system be adopted that Is. to make the
rebel soldiers remain in service, EOieHS rOieHS.
a great exhibition is to take place in France in
1866, in which every attempt will be made TO outstrip
all that may have been done previous TO that time.
SIR Joseph Paxton, it IS said, has been retained by
the imperial government. and n crystal palace Of
unhear1- of proportions will rise on an elevated spot
near ST. Cloud. y dome. 800 feet high, and Of span
caplciOus enough to enclose both those in course Of
construction ia London, will crown the new design.
The Boy Is FATHER To THE MAS-Brig. Gen. T..
W. Sherman, commander of the Union army nov in
South Carolina. was n New England lad OF limited
pecuniary means. When he first visited Washington
to obtain admission TO West Point he walked the
whole distance from his fathers house in Rhode
Island to the national capital. That long, tedious
march revealed qualities which ensured his success
with Gen. Jackson, who was then President. The
old hero had wonderful insight into character, and
ia this instance was not mistaken in his man.
The London Times Turin correspondent writes
that on the evening" Of the 10Th inst, at Bologna, a
gang Of about 40 maleflctOrs, some OF them in the
disguise of carbineers or gendlgmes, and Of guards
Of public security, or policemen, effected their en-
trance into the railway station, and tying up the
cOmpany's servants with ropes, carried away, over
towering all resistance. II sum OF one hundred thou
sand francs, which lay there by chance, and Of
which in all probability, they had obtained clandes-
tine knowledge.
Miss J. Gougenheim, the well known actress, has
given the patrons Of Sunday thea:ricals rather a
remarkable rebukc. by refusing TO play at a San
Francisco theatre Sunday nights. She published n
card. in which she says {" would rather be, as |
am, deprived Of my engagement-which was averag-
ing seven hundred and seventy-one dollars a night
(gro.s receipts i)-than TO act in violation of the
Law and my own convictions OF right
The New Bedford Mercury contains a notice of
the late Benjamin Tucker of Da' tnouth, who died on
the 18th. At the age of so. He was a lineal descend
ant from Henry Tucker. who came from England
about 1865, and in 1860 settled in Dartmouth,
upon the farm which Benjlmin Tucker inherited, and
upon which he lived for eighty years. His father
died ut the age OF s.; his grandfather at 80; and
his great grandfather at %.
1t seems strange TO read Of n naval victory in the
heart of a great continent. seven hundred miles from
the large bodies Of water which are the usual scene
Of such conflicts. Yet the success of Fort Henry was
a naval victory. Here We have a number Of gun
boats heavily armed. ascending n river in the very
centre of the United States. attacking n strong earth
work ut close quarters. and coming of victorious
Foreigners will find It difficult TO believe that such
operations are possible on inland rivers, which are
generally of small dimensions in Europe.
INSTRUCTIONS TO GENERAL SHERMAS.-The Wash
ington Republican Of : saturday says: 1--WE are glad
TO learn that on Thursday Adjutaut General Thomas
sent out Instructions 10 General sherman, in Beaufort,
to take possession of all the crops on the lsiand-cot-
ton. corn rice. &c.-on military account. and ship
the cotton, and such other crops as we're not wanted
for the army, to New York, TO be sold there for
account Of the government also 10 use negro slaves
to gather and secure the crops Of cotton and corn,
and TO erect his de:ences NJ Port Royal and other
places on the island.
=. The instructions, so Ear as negroes are concerned,
carry out the principles Of the original Instructions
under which General Sherman started on the expedi-
ton, and which were so generally approved by the
country. They seem TO US TO be. in all respects,
emineutly wise. IL Is better for the negroes 10 be
employed than to be idle, and in this case their labor
will save valuable crops. which would otherwise be
nearly n total loss
by the laws Of war, all property OF the enemy,
public and private. is forfeited to the victor. WHAT
arer il snared Il snarel nnon cnn.ilsrniions of Gle