The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-04-23
Foreign SUMMARY.

SssakE aERsaEy
At St. John, n. H., there are at present l ,267 mer
employed in twenty ship-yards, in the construction
OF thirty vessels, registering III gross 2S,073 tons.
Of the 100000 worth Of postage stamps offerei
for redemption at the New York Post Office, $50, 00t
worth were rejected as having beeh used on letters.
Cotton is coming into Memphis (Tennessee) freely
and the price is advancing. One hundred and five
bales sold at sixty cents.
Miss Ella X. Hayes, of Great Falls, N. II on The
2lst inst, skated the whole length OF Lake Winnipis-
seoge, twenty miles, in less han three hours.
The January dividends of the two great fire arms
companies in l~iartfOrd-Colt's and Sharp's-togeth
er, amount TO nearly 81 200, 600.
Rebel newspapers say that of 10, 900 men led from
Missouri in April and May last by Price, not more
than $500 are now surviving and fit for service.
Charleston papers say the Iadiaaola and Queen Of
the lpesf are both in good condition.
\ rebel Lieutenant captured near Charleston says
that peace negotiations have been progressing for
three weeks at Richmond, but the press are not al
lowed to mention it.
Prentice says ' the South is not a bowling wilder
ness, but there is n good deal more bowling there
than there was when it was a wilderness"
According to s,atisticians, the number of rebels
killed, wounded and prisoners, is 1913. 100; Union
killed and wounded, 32,Si0. Total, 236, 526.
From the most accurate estimate that can be made
from the return of the probate judges and sheritfs
of the countries, Alabama has sent to the war, from
nrSt 10 last. ABOUT sixty thousand men, out OF 4 NOt-
ing population of some eighty thousand.
Letters from England call attention to an immense
fleet building in Great Britain for the rebels, and
insist upon the necessity of a peremptory demand
upon Palmerston to put a stop TO this mode of max
ing war.
George D. Prentice says: " Let those who talk of
conciiiating the South read JEFF Davis message.
They might march toward the South with olive
branches enough to be mistaken, like the branches
borne by the troops of Macduf, for Burnam forest,
and still they would be met only by bullet and
bayonet."
The Charleston Mercury states that n great amount
Of land in South Carolina was planted i'll corn the
past season, and an enormous crop was expected, but
n severe drought cut short the yield, and the crop
will not be larger than last year. The rice crop has
been curtailed 10y the removal Of the planters from the
tide water region, but those who planted obtained
good crops.
THE DIFFEREYCE.-Ther are two classes of Demo-
Gratis those who are determined to save the Union
though they kill the party and slavery. and those who
are determined to save the party and slavery though
they kill the Union. The former are patriots; the
latter, covert traitors.
The Navy Department is about to issue an adver-
tisement Tor sea going iron-clad vessels. all Of a like
tonnage, on a new model, to carry ten FASCINATED guns,
weighing twenty tons with carriages, iron masts,
boats and rigging; TO have two pairs of engines, and
to be twenty one feet draught-propOsals to be open
ed within thirty days. Ii Is contemplated that the
nine new Monitors building vii! be considerably
longer, and they are intended to have twice The speed
Of those afoat. They are getting along well.
ARNING THE NEGEoEs-It is astonishing how rap
idly public sentiment has come up TO the support OF
the bill TO arm negroes for the suppression Of the
Shareholders rebellion. There i "A sort Of poetic JUS
in the measure which commends it now to thcus-
ands who at first doubted its policy. Even the New
York HcrGld and the World recede from their OPP
position, and admit that the time has come to
fight rebellion with all the instruments at hand
U0shingioa Correspondence.
STEVENS PLATOON GUNs-This is the name of a
engine that has been invented by Mr.. W. y.
Of y. York. 1t is a battery OF nine army rifles
set six inches apart on an iron bed, and mounted on
wheels like a piece of light artillery. Ii is "A breach
loader. and each barrel carries an ounce ball. Metal
.c cartridges are used. y simple mechanical ar
rangement, managed by one crank, loads and fires
he battery, and cleans away the shells Of the cart
ridges. The rifles may be centered at any point or
spread to sweep any breadth Of the field; and they
an toe loaded and fired at the rate of IS balls a sec
md, Two to each barrel. \ shield of steel screens
hose who work the machine. Ii Is evident that
his platoon gun can be made to do very effective
service.
General Sumner has been appointed to supersede
General Curtis in command Of the Department which
Includes Missouri, Arkansas, Kansas, Nebraska and
colorado. The confidence Of the Government in The
rave and Jealous veteran has never been shaken.
lie was relieved Of his command in Virginia at his
WI request, and for reasons not generally under
TODD. II was desirable that perfect harmony should
e restored among the officers Of the Potomac, and
locker insisted upon having selection Of his priaci-
al subOrdinates.
BLACK SoLDIERs-The work Of raising black SOL
iers aud organizing them for service Is progressing.
zen Curtis has organized one full black regiment IN
arkansas. and l. making progress with another.
;esiles using blacks ON land they also begin to be
sed on g~unboats, and in naval warfare. In the war
1912 they were thus employed manning guns by
themselves. and all our naval officers OF that day
ore testimony that none Of their guns were made
serviceable than those worked By blacks.
The COMING MAS.-An English correspondent of
ne New York Times, referring TO the manner in
hitch the war has been conducted, severely criticizes
of the Generals in the National Army, and
Jserves:
The man who is to end this war, if it Is to be car
ed 20 the termination on which the North resolved
years ago, has yet to be found, and may now be
ting at an EDITORS desk. pleading cases at the bar,
:. more probably. serving his time and learning his
as a subaltern officer. He may be loahng
1out New York, like Napoleon in Paris before the
eye of Toulon, or serving in the ranks, Ike some OF
apoleon's Narshals.