The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-12-31
PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
FOREIGN

Foreign Summary.
Il is said that the prize money of the American
navy amounts to S3O,OOO,eOo-
Er-P residen, Buchanan is in London.
The free labor system appears to be working well
in louisiana
The Great Eastern is to be sold at auction. Bar
mum proposes to buy her as the great failure of the
The Russian Admiral Lessohsky pays Admiral Far
ragu. the high compliment Of calling him .the most
remarkable and successful naval leader Of the age. "
The income tax of A. I. Stewart. Of New York, is
said to be $685. 0O-an income that one might live
on very comfortably.
"A QurrE AN ITEN.-A single firm pays one hundred
and 6fy thousand dollars q year to the London Times
for advertising.
Over $40. 600 has been raised in New York for the
relief Of the colored people who were maltreated and
clundered by the rioters
IL is stated that one of the shells thrown into Char
lesion shiyered TO pieces a statue Of John c. Calhoun.
That was hitting the very Personihcation of the re-
bellion- IN
Ohio, it is stated that the number Of sheep killed by
dogs in 1862 was &c, 778. and during the same period
24,972 were injured, the total value of the canine
destruction being Sl36.3 47.
The city Of Constantinople in Turkey, laments the
loss Of the Seraglio by the recent FIRE, but is perfect
Iy frantic over the loss Of a piece of Mohammed's
shirt.
Two full regiments of Union troops, besides recruits
TOR regiments In the service, have been enlisted In
Arkansas.
The rebels have allowed the American Government
to send supplies to our prisoners at Richmond, and
also undertake TO promise that articles sent TO indi-
vidueIs shall be faithfully delivered to them. All these
things are TO GO TO City Point, on the James river, un-
der q flag Of truce. and thence under the rebel guild
ance to Richmond
The war debt of the Southern Confederacy is now
estimated At 81 200. 0OO. 900. Is there any sane man
who can estimate in ~picayunes the probable cash value
of said debt in FIVE years hence ?-Erchange.
Poor as we are aud expect always to be, we think
that II we live three years we shall then be rich emo
ugh, though certainly not fool enough, to buy up that
debt--L0uisrsHe Journal,
A dispatch from Chattanooga says, .'Deserters from
the rebel army are more numerous that at any time
Bragg retreated from Middle Tennessee. The demon
alization of the rebels increases daily. On the other
hand, Grants troops are all in excellent spirits. Re-
enlistments are more numerous than was expected.
There is good authority for saying that not less than
four ffths Of the entire force will enter the army for
q new term"
DErEscE OF NEW YoRY HARBoR.-The work Of
mounting guns of the heaviest calibre is rapidly pro-
crossing. and, from present appearances, the bar-
Dor is now in q perfect state Of defence. Mr.. Perit in
quired how many guns could be brought to bear upon
a vessel in passing up the harbor. Capt. Marshall re-
piled that . vessel would be exposed to the rakiDg FIRE
Of 800 guns Of the heaviest calibre, and that he did not
see hog q hostile vessel could pass up the Narrows.
AMERICAN CONSUL AT PAITA-We have received a
letter from Capt. Vim. Wood, at Paita. making grave
charges against DIR. C. F. Winslow. American consul
at tina. port. Capt. Wood accuses him of illegal e-
actions ON shipmasters, extravagant hospital charges,
exacting money from seamen, defrauding the govern
ment. &C., giving . detailed account of several such
transactions. We understand that similar letters
have been received by some of our merchants. The
government should make an investigation into the
conduct Of the consul, and if half what is said proves
true he should be remOved.-N. b. Standard.
PANAMA HATs.-Guyaquil is the great depot for
Panama hats, eight hundred thousand dollars
worth being sold annually. The grass of which they
ara rn.J. "a founJ ,b;aAy - a. no;.bh1,,n- 49,
vince of San Cbristoval. They can be braided only
in the night or early in the morning. as the heat in
the day time renders the grass brittle. 1t takes q
native about three months to braid one of the finest
quality, and I saw some hats which looked like fine
linen. and are valued at $50 a piece, even here
-dgTiculturfst-
" ISrELLIoEsT People Talk about the Salem
witchcraft See what they do now in England.
The following is from q late paper:
1t is not n month since a poor old man in Essex,
England. upward Of eighty years of age. a French
man, deaf and dumb, and who lived by himself in q
small wretched hut, was killed by his ~neighbors in
the village because they believed that he was pos
sessed Of some supernatural power and could make
them iii or restore them to health by his incantations
The poor creature was beaten with a stick, thrown
into q pond. and when he got out, covered with
slime and dirt, and thoroughly saturated with water,
was seized again and again thrown into the pond, so
that after he escaped from his tormentors. he wastaken
with a fever and died. One of his chief prosecutors
was q female, one Emma Smith a married. woman,
aged Sc, who believed that she had been bewitched
by the aged necromancer.
New AUroMAroSs.-The St. Paul Pioneer says
IL has long been the boast of Europeans that the
highest degree of mechanism, such as is required for
designing and manufacturing automata has never
been found outside OF France or Germany. This
can no longer be said; for a gentleman of this city
has produced, after three aud a half years Of close
application, some OF the most wonderful automata
known. They consist of six figures, full size Of life,
three of each sex. dressed in the height of fashion,
aud so closely resembling living persons as to deceive
all but the closest observers. These figures appear
on the stage each with n hsrperion, and at a sign
given by the leader, they salute the audience and
commence playing. They perform a large number
Of melodies, keeping perfect time and producing full
harmony. This is, without doubt, one Of the finest
specimens of mechanical ingenuity the world has
ever seem"
IL is calculated that an iron ship of 1000 tons in
ternal measurement, will carry n dead weight cargo
of 1900 tons, which, added to the weight OF the
ship. 715 tons, gives a displacement of 2,275 tons.
has = greater displacement in the ratio Of 1919 to
l.22l. and therefore has a displacement Of 2.473
tons. This displacement, reduced by the weight OF
the ship 1000 tons, leaves q dead weight OF l,473
tons, being within two per cent. Of the cargo OF the
iron ship.
A Partisan physician, considering tyrhus fever to
be q kind Of paralysis or ~asphyIia Of the vital functions
occasioned by the Inhalation Of lethiferous atmos-
phere either from . typhoid patient or any other
bedroom. to which plan he attributes mauy remark
able cures He says there can be no infection in the
open air-fresh air moreover enables a patient to
take stimulants which he could not otherwise bear.
A REBEL Bill OF FARE-The Chicago Tribune
says: We are indebted to the courtesy Of j. IL. Early,
Surgeon of the Seventeenth Iowa Regiment. for the
following copy of a bill of fare found in the rebel