The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-06-11
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign Summary.

and 70 free the South.
+, is said that under the new tax law the annual
tax Of \. I. Stewart, the New York dry goods man,
will be about so, 900 1t ought TO be $780, 900.
The copper shoe tips, now 50 extensively used for
chldren'5 hoes, are manufactured at Lewiston,
Maine. Three million pair Of tips are turned cut
annually at the factory
Richmond must be a delightful city to live in.
Every man passing IN the streets, who cannot show
exemption papers, Is arrested, sent 10 camp and put
under arms.
ROYAL CAKE-The Wedding cake of the Prince
Of Wales aud the Princess Alexandra stood five feet
and = half high, and at the base was two and Il half
broad.
PRENTICErASA.-The only way to get a Just and
honorable peace Is To fight for it. So stand forth, ye
pence men. with those goOdiy instruments Of peace,
the musket aud bayOnet.
We are not betting men, but we will lay Louis
Napoleon a tTiiing wager that We conquer the rebel
COntederacy before he cOnquers Mexico. And FiCtO-
ria may hold the stakes.
JEFF Davis said in a recent speech that he " would
sooner combine with hyenas than Yankees" Very
naturII-s' birds OF a feather flock together"
Ia Richmond it takes one hundred dollars Of Con-
Tolerate money 10 buy twenty dollars la Unitel States
Treasury notes. Greenbacks are boarded there
as much "a gold
Il Is said the Secretary Of War has stated that We
have nov eight armies in the field, numbering in the
aggregate 100000 efficient men.
Miss Burdett Coutts has shipped 40 lancashire
operatives 10 the United States, and they arrived in
L recent steamer There IL plenty of employment for
them IS farm labOrers in the West.
The Houston Telegraph tells the following Incl
dent Of the fight on the Harriet Lane: One of the
Texans. vino boarded the Harriet Lane. immediate
IL On jumping aboard, grasPed II Federal by the
collar, e~xclIimIng q Surrender, or | will blow your
brains out - The other replied You'd letter
look ut me first - Recognition was instantaneous;
they were brothers.
The steamer BERN uIp, captured by the .Nerceiifr,
and purchased by the Navy Department for $780,
OGJ. has been converted into a man-of war and sent
after the -fiGbama. She is very fast, steamiug
Is miles an hour. Ii would be singular ifan English
captured vessel should be the instrument for the
capture or destruction Of the pirates.
There is quite IA discussion going on in England in
regard to the welding d" no card - question. 1t is
regarded as a social revolution, which of course all
conservative people are bound to oppose. Just to
think OF such u thing-a lady getting married and
sending no cards to her friends I! What is the world
coming to!
A farm laborer in Spain has invented a flying
machine. Is cousists of fans attached to the heels.
and urge wings extending from the shoulders TO the
waist, and moved by the hands. The inventor is
said to have already risen to a height Of 200 yards.
and moved about in all directions, even against the
wind. He had also performed the distance of q
league in less than q quarter of an hour
"a GRIswoLD FOR AN ALABAMA."-The ladies
Of England have published q reply to Mrs. Stoves
reply 10 them. 1t will be found in the April -4HIn-
tic. and contains among other things, the expression
50 You have sent us the GTiSrOtd for the -fiGbd-
ma." Not "a Roland for an Oliver" not tit for
tat. but good for evil. Let IL pass into a saying in
our mother tongue. "a GrisUOit for an -7ia5Gmd,'
when good is returned for evil
UPL.xp RrCE-we again call attention to this
valuable cereal, which We feel confident can be made
profitable crop in California, as it will grow and
produce well on any land suitable for wheat; a good,
fine, deep, lOamy soil must produce a heavy crop.
W. have already supplied many applicants with the
seed, and shall be happy TO forward small parcels of
the same TO those who wish to try the experiment.
Cal FaTmdr.
One Of the speakers at the great emancipation
meeting in London declared {" that there never was q
war Of so stupendous a character that Was carried
on with such moderation As this war has been by
President Lincoln" This is the literal truth, and
the bare statement Of IL by an EnglIshnan ought to
put to the blush those malcontents who are recklessly
charging the government with the commission of all
sorts OF enormities.
II IS proposed to supersede the use Of armor-plates
Tor ships by willow wood Of the thickness of n foot,
having a steeI-roIIed plate Of an inch and a half in
ierteI in the middle of the wood. This wood has the
property Of resisting compression to a great degree,
nd possesses the same cohesive and repulsive pro-
lerties A. steel. WhaebOne. from its cohesion and
enacity, has likewise been proposed a. an extra back
ug for the iron plates. Horn has it's advocates as
IA additional backing Scientific -fmericaH.
The New TEERIroRY.-The new Territory of Idaho
omprises portions Of Eastern Oregon and of Western
)acotah. IL has n dry climate, uiId and healthful.
iuli Is abundant and easily mined, and mines opened
asst year ARE said to yield larger amounts than the
in California. Other metals of extraordinary
urity are found, and coal Of good qualify has been
mined. In extent Idaho - larger than New England.
With all its advantages and natural wealth. what
isiOnary dreams may not become historical facts, IN
he future. II this Territory shall be occupied by
leu Of intelligence, industry and integrity, ike
who have made New England what she Is, with
capital OF granite ard ice.
Gsx BNxKs-A New Orleans correspondent of
he Boston Journal says that the late supposed
ttempt 10 assgs-in1te Gen. Banks was an entirely
affair. with no malicious intent whatever.
he " cuiprit' in the case was 4 lady, who being 10
he room Of Major -, at the City Hotel. opened n
ox of explosive cartridges belonging to the officer,
nd asked him what they were. He explained that
we're cartridges 30 made that when they struck
ny hard substance they would explode. Soon after
be lady thoughtless!y threw two OF them from the
They struck the sidewalk and exploded ut
be moment that Gen. Banks was stepping into his
arriage to attend the French Opera, and from this
circumstance arose a report which grew as II ira
eIed, Of an attempted assassination of the General.
\ British officer writing from Teheran, Persia, to
he London Times, remarks - Cathartic Pill"
Manufactured by ian American Chemist CDR.
J. G. AVER, of Lowell. Nass.,) has cured the Shah
{ a Liver Complaint that threatened his life This
nipple fact. as might be expected. renders the Amer
immensely popular here, while we English are
Doubtless our own scholars made the
which he employs, and thus ii Is IN every
hing; We 10 the labor, then the housing Americans
ut their mark on il and take the reward Doctor
yer Is iioIizqI by the Court aud its retainers here,
Ihich will doubtless be reflected TO him ON n gold
nuH-box, or diamond hilted sword, while not the
ane even OF Davy, Christison, or Brodie-the great
ghts by which he shines, IS -
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