The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-03-20
Foreign Summary.

Hon. Garrett Davis has been elected L. s. Senator
from Kentucky, to I'LL the vacancy occasionei by the
expulsion Of John C.. Breckenridge.
One Of the sworl Is which was stolen from japanese
Tommy. while the embassy were in Baltimore. has
been recovered. and will be returned TO him by the
hrst conveyance 10 Japan. The swords we're stolen
b. q young man who Is now in the rebel army.
The President occupied a seat beside Vice President
HamIin during the delivery OF the eulogics consequent
en- the death Of Senator Baker. Visits Of the Presi-
dent 20 either House Of Congress I-c Of n rare occur
race, and this Is the first instance Of the kind
certainly within the past quarter Of a century.
The New York Times says the President has been
assured that the Kentucky Legislature will soon
enaaucipate all slaves in that State, reimbursiHg all
Ioya! men for losses
The Richmond Enquirer Of a recent date has an
editorial article advoctting the raising OF a great
Southern army by transcription The rebels appear
TO be short IT men
The moueyed men in New Orleans are placing all
their funds "a Europe. They pretend to fear that
their money will fail into the hands Of the Northern
ers-but the real fear. is being robbed by the confed-
crate rebels.
A private letter from Port Royal states that one Of
the Quarternas;ers has on his own responsibility set
about forty Gotten gins nj work. The negroes as an
inducement 70 work, are to receive three cents per
pound for all marketable cotton, and they have gone
into the business with enthusiasm.
Il is stated that some capitalists have in con-
temptation, the reOpening Of the steam ship route to
California ria Nicaragua. Ii Is said that the parties
who have taken hold Of this enterprise. have abund-
hAA bA'HAh1 W MI - biAs NAA NbtA Y hANt
beer taken to examine and survey the route, prelim-
mary to TIE commencement Of active operations.
In the south Of France, a harvest OF two and a
half millions Of pounds weight Of flower leaves is
gathered every year. and sold for about ESQ 900
sterling. IL consists Of 100, 900 pounds Of leaves Of
the orange blossom; 100000 pounds OF rose leaves;
100. 900 pounds OF ,smine blooms; $4,000 Of violers;
$4,000 OF acacia buds; 81, 200 Of tube roses; and
5000 Of jonquii flowers.
One Of the most extraordinary salt wells on record,
perhaps, Is now in operation at WeIlsviIIe. Ohio.
The well was sunk in anticipation Of finding oil, but
when at O depth u four hundred and eighty feet
the bOrers struck n vein of gas, which burst with
snch violence as 20 eec, all the tools used ia boring,
together with two hundred feet Of pipe which had
been previously introduced. The boring had devel-
Oped n very strong vein Of salt water, which yields a
barrel Of salt an hour.
The CorTOs SPECULATION We remarked, a few
weeks since. that a gentleman Of this city says the
Boston Bulletin, predicted that cotton woulI go TO
Soc; it is held at that price to-day. Last week one
Of our leading manufacturers bought 300 bales ut
274c; six weeks ago the same person sold Cotton, of
;be same quality, Mt 2lc- Ii only requires pluck to
carry this speculation, both Of the raw and manufac-
tured article, TO a very high figure
VAScoUvER's IsLAsD-A steamer will leave this
country in November for VancCuver's Island, via
Cape Horn, which is to tie employed in carrying the
mails between Victoria and San Francisco. so as to
connect with the Isthmus route The colonists Of
British Columbia and Vancouver have for many
mcsths past been greatly iEconveniencei by having
no vessel to take on their mails; and as the Home
Government mas not neipeu tnetn, the cOlOnlSts nave
bad to take the matter into their own hands
Paper.
The export Of produce from New York for the week
ending December 18th, amounted TO S4,295. 600
greater than for any previous week in the entire his
tory Of thar port. The exports from the first of JAN
uary up TO that date amounted to Sl35, 9i4 III,
against SIO1. pos. $50 for the previous year. and
$50. 79O,6I2 for 1852. This is what We should call
making pretty rapid progress
The President Of the UniteI States took n step that
fisfurbed the aris,ocracy OF the National Capital, and
perhaps il may disturb the courts Of other nations.
lie went out To dine. That was a fearful event in
the etiquette OF social life at Washington, as there il
Is considered that tie President, like n king, must
only receive honor from his subjects not on his part
honor them. The dinner the President attended vas
given By the Secretary Of War To the governor Of
Pennsylvania, to which the President. members Of
the Cabinet. and leading members OF Congress were
invited
the Walton Matthew murder trial in New York
resulted in the conviction Of the accused-Charles VI.
Jederas. The case in one Of the most remarkable in
the history II criminal Jurisprudence The prisoner
u young, good booking. attractive in manners; and
yet the evidence shows that he has been playing the
part OF a professional Assassin And the person by
whom he wIs er1ployed was his own mother This
woman. whJ testified that she passed for the wife Of
three different men ut the same time-gaye her son
$1,000 TO commit the deed
Cotton - making agitation every where besides in
the south. Companies have been organized 70 intro
dgce or extend the culture Of II in Jamaica, in Nene-
zueIa. in Central America. aud IN Africa They
have also been formed IN Belgium for the same pur-
pose In the mean time progress - making To pro-
more the culture Of cotton in the East Indies to the
greatest extent, and 80 far that il will not be singular
IL the British and French manufacturers drew all
their supplies frum that country, except what Is
drawn from the West Indies For our part we could
never see any reason why the islands of the latter
should not be among the most productive cotton
growing regions OF the orld-PoH Eagle
ANOTHER SorKcE OF COTToS SrPPLY-The London
correspondent Of the ". y. Commercial writes
" The belief, that at the present high prices, sup
plies Of cotton will be drawn forth from n number Of
unexpected sources, whose contributions. Individually
email. will make up - not inconsiderable aggregate,
continues TO 5e entertained, and fresh Illustrations Of
its correctness are daily furnished This morning,
for instance. IL Is announced from Ru sia that IN
precelenteily large quantities have been sent into
that country from BOkbara and khiva, and that
further cOnsignmenrs will follow. The manufactur-
es approve OF its quality, and say that II makes n
good thread"
GIGANTIC ScHEHE--we understand that parties
are now in Washington, representing large European
and American interests, urging upon government the
necessity of constructing n ship canal between Lake
Erie and Lake Michigan. They look to the State Of
New York to widen and deepen its great canal, and
TO the State Of Illinois to enlarge its canal. SC that
vessels may be ladened, according TO their theory,
nine months of the year on the Mississippi and DIS
charged On the Hudson. II is asserted that by the
time the canal could be completed, should the gov
eminent enter at once upon the project. the produc-
tons Of the West would swell vastly beyond their
presen; dimensions, and give to the country great
additional resources for an exchange Of products for
the staples and manufactures of Europe. The canal
between the two points would be about 16O miles
long; the Illinois Canal is 100 miles; the connection
with the Mississippi River would be ut Peru, the
terminus Of the Illinois Canal, by the way of the
Illinois River, which is very deep and broad nearly
Its whole length.