The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-12-24
COMMERCIAL ITEMS.

COMMERCIAL lTEDls-
Colts factory turns out 500 revoIvers per diem, and they all
The Chinese eat picked caierpilars, and think they resemble
trunies-
nyOu have a trouble, keep it to yourself A jolly fellow can
raise a half eagle at any time. A dismal individual, on the
interest
paratus has been in successful operation at the South Foreland
and Dungeness beacon for Two years; Currents Of air produced
fl permanent. magnets generates the current Of electricity,
light
Another NEw sIKwoRM.-Most of our readerl know that a
t.n,s area fr sonib France and yoTtb It,ly T. n,w covered with
ailanthus orchards go cslied), and that the silk produced IRON
II : becoming quite an important article Of commerce. Recent
the Academy Of Science at Paris the fact, that Mr.. Simon had
sent from Japan the eggs Of a siik-worm that feeds on the oak.
That from eightythree worms Matched, seventy-seyen cOcoOns
were obtained; that the only feed was the common oak; that
the 2sth; that the cocoons are the size OF those Of the mulberry
worm, and as easily reeled; that the silk is as fine, is stronger,
YaIaa-mai, and the director thinks this wo.m the most i'm
portant one yet found.
The New York Independent has the following concerning
California and her destiny:
The new State OF California has already become 90 the pride
ofthe nation" It's rapid growth and development have been
alike a matter OF wonder and establishment to the whole world.
California may be reported with confidence to he in a most
, ,nrs. re~sa Iand iI 1i.iaa Of Every kind au netIrei; rn manufac-
mineral wealth continually augmenting by the development Of
The Washoe Silver mines, and the increased working Of the
elder gold quartz mines, while the general wealth of the coun-
try rs Is fast ia sesI%al1,ing; No country is more PROSPEROUS"
NIe
ton. When all the vast territory of that golden empire of the
Pacific shall be peopled and its marvellous resources developed,
u viii from IT. very position, We predict, stand and flourish as
the great commercial and financial centre OF the nations. San
Francisco will then rival New York in population, in wealth, in
trade and in power. To US this seems an inevitable, foreseen
with the East, and then she will begin her brilliant career Of
greatness, to astonish even herself.
The PERUVIAN KASAKA SLAVE TRADE.-The schooner Elisa,
from Tahiti, brings word Of the arrival of some 10 odd natives
OF the Pau7aotu Islands. at that place on board the French war
steamer iaEant from Callao. These kanakas were kidnapped
By Peruvian siavers and taken to Calao for apprentices alias
slaves, but the French Minister and Admiral Of the French
feet on the Sonth American coast protested so strongly against
their landing that the Peruvian Government gave them up to
be transported back to their native Islands From the accounts
which have been received from the South Pacific I'll supposed |
that from 1000 tn 5000 natives in all have been Kidnapped and
sent TO Peru under the hooking pretence Of voluntary contracts
greatest outrages were perpetrated to procure them, sufficient
evidence hs been acquired, the scenes on board Of some of the
stavers being said to rival any known in the African slave
trade Islands in the South Pacific havs been completely |
swept OF their Inhabitants; male and female, children and the |
aged, have been forced on board Of vessels, many Of them to
grief In one o two instances those of the aged who were IN
compatible for labor were, after inspection, uDceremcniously
thrown overheard ane persisted in the waves. This stealing OF
human beings was not confined to islands where the natives
were savage and ipimical TO whites who might be thrown on
their shores, but in many cases natives converted TO Christian
ity, and thereby conhding in the whites. were entrapped and
conveyed away into slavery. Fortunately for the destruction
from Islands under the French protection, and when that
power interfered the whole trade was endangered. In common
the French Minister, the representatives Of other powers
irmiy demonstrated with the Peruvian Government, and as a
this slave trade has received its death blows. F.
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