The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-10-15
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

FROM CHINA-The ship .4sa Eidridge arrived
from ShdRghde last Saturday, with a passage of
about 43 days. By her we learn that the cholera
was prevailing very extensively at that port, and
that there had been over 10000 deaths from the
plague in the city and its vicinity. So rapid was
the disease that within twelve hours, and frequently
within four hours, after it attacked persons, they
were corpses. OF course no physicians or medicines
could be provided for such an emergency, and the
plague had its own way. 1t was found impossible
to take care of the dead. and the whole city and
vicinity were one vast s~epulchre. Dead bodies
were daily seen floating down the river past the city,
the same river from which the inhabitants obtained
their drinking water. What will our Honolulu
people think Of this, when talking of the unhealthi-
ness of our city So hot was it in Shanghae, that
foreigners could not venture out in the sun after y
O'Clock, A. NJ. and business OF almost every kind
was suspended. Many Of the merchants and foreign
residents were leaving the city either temporarily
or permanently. and we heard a gentleman say that
ten thousand dollars n year would not tempt him 10
return and live there. This account may be too
highly colored, and when the cool season returns,
the plague will doubtless disappear, and ~Shanghae
regain its usual state of healthiness and trade.
Over two hundred foreign vessels we've in port when
the Il. T.. left. -
The MoNTHLIEs-The Magazines for September
by the last mail, come richly ~freighted with literary
daii ties. Hurper'S, as usual, abOunds in elegant
Illustrations. Its first article, An unprotected
Female in the East is illustrated in the new or
more properly antique style of engraving. which
characterizes some of the late English serials, London
Society. among the rest. y sketch of the Pennsyl-
vania Coal Region is beautifully and profusely illus
trated. following which is the usual variety of choice
tales, SC.
The Atlantic is also received. Of all the Ameri-
tive of American serial literature. Its articles are
all original, and it boasts in its list of contributors
the best talent of New England. \ sketch of De
Quincy andsa continuation of Prof. Agassis' geologi-
cal papers form the most attractive pieces in the last
issue. The August number of this Magazine was
the most lively and interesting number we have ever
seen. 1t had several fine articles, among them An
American in the House of Lords written by Way
land, " Derby's Debut . English Civil Banquets,''
by Nat. Hawthorne, and g Side Chances at Harvard
by Gail Hamilton. The popularity of each of these
is the truthfulness of the descriptions given by the
writer's, as any one who has ever had an opportunity
for personal observation will attest.
The Eclectic is composed mainly of articles repub-
lished from the leading British. French and German
monthlies and quarterlies, and therefore embolies the
best of the current European literature. The Septem-
Der number contains Rev. MIR. Ellis Account of the
murder of the King of Madagascar, and the revolu-
ton connected with it.
p The British steamship Fusi Tama arrived
yesterday. 16 days from Alberni, landowners Island.
We have not obtained any papers by her. nor do we
learn of any news from that quarter. She is report
ed to have brought orders for II. b. NJ. Ship Tribune
to remain here one month, but that vessel left on
Tuesday for Valparaiso. The FuSt YamG will sail
again on Saturday for China, after coaling up.
fPRoMoTED.-By an exchange paper we observe
that Lieut.. Sam'l L. Condo. of the 57th New York
Volunteers, has been assigned duty, as aide-de-c camp
to Brig. Gen. Smith, commanding the forces at Mil
waukee. Wisconsin. Lieut.. Condo is a son of Rev.
D. T. Condo formerly of Wailuku, Maui, and is a
native of these islands.
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% The Missionary packet Morning Star will be
dispatched to Micronesia about the I'd of November,
and will take several Hawaiian Missionaries and
their wives. Parcels or letters to go by the brig may
be sent TO care of E. ohm, Esq.
~ We are under obligations to the Editor and
foreman of the PolynesiGn, for the use Of their press to
strike off this edition, while ours is undergoing an
overhauling.