The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-04-10
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srxsnK. ros CHrxA-A fine propeller. of $50
tons bartLen, built for Mesrs. McCrezdy, Mott
Co. Of New York. and destined for the naviga-
ton Of the Chinese waters, Was recently launch
ed rom the yard Of Thomas Collyer, New York
city She Is built of excellent materials, and
fastened together in the nost modern and apprUv-
ed style The vessel was towed TO the Neptune
Iron WORKS, where she will receive her machinery,
which win be ready in . few days. Her engines
are Of superior workmanship, and especially de-
signed for speed
misunderstanding to the last adyIces from
Africa, another Of those diabolical massacres,
which are q stigma on civilization, was about To
BE- carried into effect at D~ahomey. The cannibai
king was going to have another :. grand Gus
tome" This sacrifice 10 20 celebrate the new
yam season, and the preparations were TO have
been OF the most complete character. All the
principal natives and traders at Lagos had receiy-
ed invitations to be present to witness the cere-
Hony Of cutting of the heads of about two thou
sands human beings
DzAs Munc.-lt 10 said that the. ins item of
music bands for the different regiments will cost
tie US s. Government not less than four millions of
dollars for the current year. If there is no mis-
take in the figures, this Is a branch Of the service
which well deserves revision and curtailment,
and is Is not 70 be wondered ut that Secretary
Cameron put on o wry face when the ills were
presented TO him.. Yet il is difficult to see how
the different companies can be deprived of their
music without creating an enente. Music has
always been considered one of the necessary adj
junct. 70 the camp. inspiring the soldier by Tatri-
otto airs with q military ardor which might not
always manifest itself 30 readily without the ap-
psal ~ fife and drum.
The NEW U. S. MINISTER TO JAPAS.-Hon.
John IL. PruyB, The newly appointed Minister
Resident frum the United States to Jatan, in
pace Of Townsend Harris, removed. is one Of the
Old Albany family vi that name-the genuine old
K1lck sYhoekSY aerck uuhn haze fr A.. $50.
occupied conspicuous public Positions in the En-
pre- State, and whose wealth and talents have
dine - much 20 add TO her prosperity and great
nxss.
:HoRsEFLEsH BASoUr..-At Algiers a few days
beck, g considerable number of high public func-
tiinaries. superior military officers, judges and
errrgy. partook in the saloon Of the theutre of a
g~.nd banquet. the greater part of the dishes of
vsieh were composed Of horse and MSS Hcsh. The
ossect in getting up the feast was To combat the
p Jular prcjudice against such food. The differ
e1s dishes were dressed in the French styIe. and
declared excellent One Of them consisted of n
young as roasted whole. After the dinner. suit
able roasts and speeches were delivered. One of
che latter was by NJ. Dscroix, Veterinary Sur
geou of the lse mounted Chasseurs, who MAIN
ssined that hor:e hsh l. very nutritious, and
that the general adoption Of it rs an article Of
food would present many advantages.-G ahgnani.
NAviCATfoS WITHOUT A COnrAss.-At u recent
meeting 1T the American chronological Society,
AZ New York, q paper was read, in which Mr.
Diane, OF he Micrunesian Mission, describes q
voyage made by the natives, in little canoes, for
. dissancs Of i've hundred miles and back. with
no guide but the stars, current and winds, and
With only two stopping places. It was stated ut
. previous session Of the Society, by Mr.. Gulick,
that 30 had seen the natives uf che Society Islands
wsks the voyage to the Sandwich Islands in
anoes, and thnf, when offered a compass, they
one I" in hs Nod" Certain old Spanish writers
speak Of sDme Of the Americans as having ALWAYS
in their heads the points of the compass, 50 that
they kew their Courses and bearing even ut the
bottom q . mine.
WINS Is CUMBERLAND GAr1Cumberhnd
Gep sisuared abonr ten miles from Cumberland
Fvfd, In Tennessee, and has been celebrated for a
century O. a great depression in the mountain
ridge which traverses the continent from New
Hampshire 10 North Alabama. Through this
gap, very similar in appearance and Characters
tics to the South Pass in the Rocky Mountains,
formerly the emigrants from Virginia and North
Gsroiins passed ON their way to the virgin wilds
Of the West. For half q century thousands upon
poured through this natural gateway
INTO the Mississippi Valley frum the Atlantic
slopes Boone, kenton, and their pioneer con-
treres, hrst entered the land of a cane and tur-
over the Pre-Adamite turnpike IL really
forms To this hour the best, and, in fact, the
only, practicable ruad for the transportation Of
troops and heavy munitions Of war from East
into Kentucky.
SAvASSAn.-The city OF Savannah furnishes
the next accessible harbor To which there Is sin
gle entrance, with a depth of water Of eleven feet
az mean low water ON the bur. At high water,
vessels drawing fifteen feet can reach the city,
and those drawing eighteen feet can anchor with
in Two miles of the city. Savannah is one of the
moss important Southern Arlantic cities, having
cvanecsion with the interior both by lines of rail
way and the Savannah river. The city is entirely
suTrounded by rice swamps would be difhcult Of
sppruuch by land. and the entrance by sea is
guarded by Fort Pulaski, now in our
possession, On Cockspur Island, under whose guns
all vessels have to pass on entering. Fort Jack
son 10 three miles below the city. Warsaw, not
far from Savannah, IL reached by an intricate
entrance, with ten feet Of water on the bar. The
place has no connections nor Importance, except
its proximity to Savannah. Ossabaw Inlet, of
the mouth Of the Ogceche river. has a depth of
feet on the bar. Sc. Cafharine's cham
mel has eight and q half feet ON the bar, and is
NOS more than two hundred yards wide. Sapelo
Inlet has from eighteen to twenty feet of water.
These three channels lead 20 Sunbury and other
Insignificant places on the sounds, not connected
Darien, on the Altamaha river, has a single inlet.
with thirteen feet on the bar, called Dolby Inlet.
The place has No railruad or other commercial
connection with the inland towns.
A WONDERFUL FEAr.-We have n man here
in Bosom that beats Barnum out and out in the
production Of genuine novelty and the great
will have 10 follow, instead Of lead. in
catering far the qualification OF the public taste
in that rc-pecs. Mr.. Cutting. the proprietor of
;he AquariAl Gardens, actually achieves things
that have hish Fto beeu regarded as impossibiIi
and fables The establishing Of his graf
Geological and Aquarhl Garden was an enterprise
Of magnitude requiring much ability and great
outlay. Then came the exhibition Of living
Whales and Dolphins, that the curious formerly
had 10 make n sea voyage To look upon, then the
training of seals 90 play on q hand organ, of an
Elk to pace and Kangaroos to perform in the
ring and to cap the climax Of wonders. We have
is now announced. the feat Of driring a Whale
IN Harness.. The huge monster is fastened TO a
h~r~x unnanrntino n - sbell- and a vouno GIRL