The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-11-26
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

NAvAL-Somel little trouble is reported as having
taken place at San Francisco between the English
Admiral and the U. S. naval authorities, the result
of which was that the English Admiral left that port
in a hui. The following from the Bulletin is the
only version Of the account which We find
GEN. WRIGHT AND The ESGLIsH ApNRAL--It may not be
known that our late marine visitor. the British ship OF war
suite, entered our harbor in a huff and left it in a very dissat-
obey the port regulations by bringing to, and Alcatraz accor-
dinghy fired an 1l-inch shell across her stern-an insult her
Britannia Majesty Could not brook, albeit the shell was an
empty one. The Admiral rather grOwlingly demanded an ex-
PLANTATION Of Gen. Wright. which the General courtenusly gave,
indorsing the haIf-sheIi action OF Alcatraz firing. however. The
Admiral was not satisfied, and wrote another letter, stating his
conviction that a boat should have been sent of to board him
and ascertain the august nature Of rhe vessel beio.e firing 4
shot across her royal wake. Before General Wrights second
reply was penned and sent. the SnthG sailed and the matter
may yet he made the subject Of diplomatic correspondence.
ARTEMUs WARD-On our fourth page we give the
last effusion of this eccentric genius that has appear
ed. 1t appears by the .fLta of the 9th, that he ar
rived in San Francisco on the previous day, and pur-
poses making q lecturing tour through that state. 1t
is possible he may visit this group too. j. Ross
Brown, who has also been lecturing there. purposes
stopping ut these islands on his way to China. Arte-
mus Wards popularity and force consist in his ex
pressing his ideas in a quaint way. often winding up
in a well turned period of wit or sarcasm. The
following are specimens:
"shakspear wrote good phase. but he wouldn't have succeed
ed as a Washington correspondent of a New York daily paper.
He lac the requisite fancy and lmaGinashun-"
~ went to the Rale Road Offs & ax-d the superintendent for
q pass. You q editer ? he axed: Yes sir don't / look poor
enuf! just about, seq he, hut our road can't pass you
Can't, hay p Nc, sir, 1t can't BecauZ,' SEE l, looking him
full in the face with 4 eagle eye. ii goes 20 darned slow Ii
can't pass anybody Methinks l had him thar"
Artcmus Ward says about the war =" have already given
two cousins to the war and 1 stand ready to sacrifice my wife's
brother. rather'n not see the rebellyin krusht. And If wuss
comes To wuss I'll shed every drop Of blud my a~ble-bodied rela-
tions have got to prosekoot the war. I think somebody oughter
ne proserkooted, and it may as well he the war "a ; anybody else.
FROM WAY DOWN SoUF."-By the last mail We
received from Mr.. A. H. Spencer. a copy Of a paper
printed At Corinth, Mississippi, by some of the SOL
diers connected with the Union army. 1t is called
the CEanticieer, and its title is embellished with two
pictures Of that familiar bird. lis motto smacks of
pure Unionism-' Death to Traitors, North and
South, and its columns sparkle with hits at the
rebel leaders and their sinking cause. We, out in
this remote part of the world, can hardly realize the
enthusiasm Of the loyal people Of the South rs well
as Of the negroes ut the advance and sight of the old
Union flag. When the contrabsnds see it, they don't
look around SO sharply as once they did to see if there
are any rebel tools about to lasn them when they sing
the melodies now becoming so popular among them.
Here is one
" Ahram Lincoln last September.
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