The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-04-17
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign Summary.

shawl, presented to her by A. I Stewart, Of New
York. which c0st $4,000.
The Charleston FIRE has ruined all but one Of the
Insuranee Companie- Of thar city.
A YAsS-Nrs Gov. Morgan, attending Coughs
lectures At Albany. occupied n prominent seat aud
knit all the essning on her soldiers sock. At the
next lecture all the women brough; their knitting
work
Last or THE NY-rIc wHALEns-A sr years ago,
serenfesH vessel. h=;!:ag from Mystic were engaged
in rhe whale hshery. The COriolsnu-. which was
recently condemned, is the last Of the seventeen.
The appointment Of Hon. EI~in i stanton IS
Secretary Of War. gives general sItsticIi'n. He WIS
Attorney General under President buchanan. during
the shorr period u his Onion administration
Thr u s Government hns expended S22.0OO.O 900
Tor firearms since the beginning Of the rebellion. The
average price Vas atout sic n gun
PRopo-AL To REDCcE LITTER PosTAoE-It is
stated that. n a means Of raising Additional revenue
for the P"st oHice Department. a bill will be intro
ducei in the House reducing the letter postage to Two
cents per half Ounce. and providing for the free
delivery Of letTers in the large cities.
The Empress Eagenie is nov said TO be he possessor
Of the largest OF the pearls found near Paterson, New
Jer-ey, during the Jersey pearl fishery excitement.
II j. valued nj $4,000. an Is the LIosr valuable gem
Of any description ever found on this Continent
The -HBioe, an English paper published in New
York. remarks. The neutrality of the Lon on Times
IL nil on one side; and to say nothing OF the figrant
vind:etiyene-s and injustice Of many OF its remarks,
they are in the worst conceivable taste"
Benureg1ri. IN MS long delayed CtnctHl report OF
the bsrrIe Of Bull Run. puts down the total rebel loss
ut ] .s52. and the total Onion loss at 2.s9S. " their
Losses. 2sg we're killed anil .4S3 wounded. He says
his forces engaged we're 5000 men and ours IS. 900;
but Gen McDOwell. ir his official report, said We had
but $1,000 engaged
The New Orleans Deifa lately said "The safety
Of the whole South depends Oh rhe result Of the bat
tie ~ Columbus This place once taken. there can
be no efiectusl resistance NJ other points" Column
bus has been evacuated without a battle. and the
Deifa being authority. there can be no ef,etual re-
sistsnce ut Memphis OF any other point.
Fort Henry WIS surrendered to Flag-oficer FOoie
by Gen Lloyd Tighlnan. As he turned over the
fort. Tighlmsn remarked, IL am glad TO surrender
20 so gallant an officer Flag off; Ger FDote replied,
" You do perfectly right. sir. in surreniering; hut
yot SHOULD have blown my boats out Of the water
before | would have surrendered TO you"
When Thomas Francis Meagher was confirmed az
Brighter General Of Volunteers. February 9Th, he
NJ once jDins1 the Irish Brigade which Is attached to
Gen. Summers di vision on the p. tOmac. and assumed
command. The Brigade gave him "a brilliant recep-
ton, ut which Gen. Shields was present, and being
invited made a brief address
DEArH OF AN OLD o.. 5. CoxsUL TO HoxOIrLr-
There died at Boston, Mass . on the 1st December
last. John g. Jones, formerly Consul Of the United
States at Honolulu, :. l., from 1870 TO 1870, aged
65 years. Mr.. jones wa- we'll known in California.
having married Duhs Nrnuela CIrTiilO Of Santa
Btrbara. For the last fifteen years BIC resided at
R0stou.
Mr.. Charles As,or Bristad says, in UTIke's Spirit
Of the Times, that in 1852. in Paris. he bet another
American gentleman $1,000 that Louis Napoleon
would not be living on the ninth anniversary Of the
coup fefGE The party betting in the affirmative
insured Napoleon's lite in an American Company for
the amount, by paying u per cent premium. On
the III Of last December the insurer won his bet.
SLAVE CoSsPrnAcrEs Notwithstanding the most
active exertious, the slaves are beginning TO cOmpre-
bend the cause Of the war. and the part that their
owners have assigned TO them in their fern Of Gov
erument There have been numerous slave cOnspi-
rneies and Instructions in various parts Of the
South, and many OF the consp'ratoTs have been
hanged. The police regulations are rigid md vigilanr;
bur Notwithstanding them. the greatest HPprehen-
sions prevail among the Rejecting md intelligent
with regard to The terrors Of slave risings- a
considerable number OF slaves have escaped to the
fe~f and to Ship Island.
The New York Chamber Of Commerce. displayed
the spirit Of large patriotism which pervaies the
bo-oms Of the merchants aud capitalists vi the Empire
Cry. IL Was the occasion ut their regular m"nthly
meeiing. hut nearly the Whole of Their pr eeedings
reIareI To the al hrs OF rhe country Among these
PR cse,lings wete twO resolutions, one favOring the
Legal Tender bill now before Congress-, anil the ether
plejxiug the merchants of New York to the su-tentI-
ton of the Government by all the means within their
power. in giving credit aud currency To the Govern
menr hoIes, until they can be pltced ON a specie
basis by the impusriou OF taxes adequate tor their
redemption. Both VI the res lutIons were passed
almost unanimously.
WAR rHE SuuIH SEEs-we see access TO peace
renI--~i more anil more distant by the icoafrousiy
accu mnIaiiay porer Of the FEDERAL gTHy and nary.
We -er the advance tnat was easy 81 nOntDS ago
j fi.uIr tod ~. and likely to be impossible tO-mor-
ruw. We see that from n shoe latchet to = steam
engine we lack everything, and the families OF our
obr iient solliers are suffering from the seeming
fabulous prices thsy have to pay for everything Of
domestic use. We look to the future, aud see moth
ing nut war, ask ourselves. ask our reIlers. ask our
rulers, rhy all looks darker and darker. rs day
follows day. AMI our vast armies prepare TO rot in
their camps. while mothers and sisters suter from
,hier absence ut houe--Jlsnpiis -irgus-
One Of the most unostentatious men in Washington
Gays a correspondent is the Presidento Of the Senate.
Mr.. HsIniin hrs comparatively quiet quarters at the
W ashington Hou>e-a very respectable but not fash
ionable house. He dresses ~ plainly as n New Ing
lani Farmer his coat il Of coarse cloth. male by no
eminent hail but all conceie him markell ability
AMI q resolution AMI determiu alton Of a high order
The rexr pliiuest man of rank - General George u. I
sIcCT elan. Few men can 6ui him. AMI lew men
snos him when he is found. AT best he only wears
the unlre-s uniErm Of q colonel, anil his shoulder
,trsps--if any he ~ears-are covered with n coat too
mach the worse for weir. He has m liked location.
moves srsm spot TO spot rs duty calls OF
rourse those whs have business with MIN know where
10 fui him Not 50 The eager thrcug ShO wish 10
see tina young shoulders On which the arlor Of Scott
has fallen
Barr,.u Expenses Prom a very useful ~ruilicl-
ton. prepared by Mr.. Henry Lloyd Morgan, public
accnuntslt, wherein is furnished an analysis Of the
public income and expenditure of Great Britain for
the financial year ended The 3ls, Of March last, We
extract the following condensed summary OF the ex-
cultures They will be fDuni useful for reference
ami management Of nasionAI eSt--.-----Es@Slio ls
eaiesssioa AMI management Of revenue departments. 5 go 75
s,Iari-s and expenses % Pable departments
,.t5r~ 1850 I
ttrcNsrrn- Science AMI Z
matte. colonial and consular.
luprr4nnuatbin- ard ehtrffiss- sEs
ip-cfai and temporary ohs-ct
lag leo I
snngiues AMI pensions - I
Interest on loans. secret SERVICE,
;iva eonfinseneiss--
ET2964-N5
THE ALLIED EUROPEAN POWERS. Mexico AND THE
TSTIsp SItrEa-There is a growing uneasiness in
81 :ial circles. in reference 10 the complications
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