The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-12-03
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign Miscellany.

The signs of the breaking up of the Confederac
are multiplying. Even the Richmond brokers refus
to exchange gold for Confederate money.
The mammoth skeleton of the Zenglodon in tn
Chcsgo Museum, is said to be the largest in th
world
Charles Fobes, Of Portland. year ago grated 4
pear scion into mountain ash, and the ash hss
borne an abundance Of pears this season
MORTALITY IN New YoRK-The deaths in New
York reached the almost incredible number Of nine
hundred and seventy per week
The claims for damages done by the rioters in New
York city, foot up nearly 81 100000. The amour,
claimed by colOred persons is Sl7.467.
Albert G.. Brown. of Mississippi. has taken the
oath of allegiance to the Federal government. He
was formerly Governor of the State and a noted
secessioBist
A steam carriage is Oh exhibition at Lowell, Mass
that will run from thirty to forty miles hour g
common road IL will travel slow or fast, up hill
and down, backward and forward.
MosaUTToEs-A lady writes to the Rural New
Yorker saying that the annoyance of mosquitoes may
be edectually prevented by q very simple process.
Close the room and burn teaspoonful Of brown
sugar some live Goals. even shavings, and the
insects become paralyzed at once.
A recent sale Of negroes in Montgomery County,
Maryland, illustrates the comparative worthessness
OF slave property in that State Seven likely, full
grown young negroes brought in all S126-an aver
age Of only SIS head. Before the war, the same
a
New Yorker gives as an instance of the vigil
ance Of the Central Park police the following state
ment: One of them stopped young lady the other
d,y and insisted that the flowers in her bonnet had
been plucked in the Park He made quite critical
examination of them, TO the great indignation Of the
lady, ana finally came to the conclusion that they
were artificial.
Sir Charles Lyell supposes that the Delta deposit
of the Mississippi may have required 100 900 years
The eminent French Geoogist, NJ. Ellie De Beaumont,
It \
in the July number Of the Edinburgh ReUielc taking
Prof Dana's data makes the period between FIVE and
six thousand years
No CARDs.-A young lady having learned that
the man to whom she was engaged to be married was
addicted to card playing, refused 10 marry him until
he had pledged himself TO abandon the habit When
the marriage announced in the papers, in order
that ali the acquaintences might know the promising
circumstances under which they started, they added
~ the announcement-.No cards. 1t has since be-
come an institution.
The greatest capture of men mentioned in modern
history made by Bonaparte Austerlitz, where
he took 10000 men. Gen. Grant, it is now reported.
took nearly 81 900 at Vcksburg. Napoleon's spoil
at Austeritz $50 pieces artillery; Gen Grants
at Vicksburg is stated to be 238-embracing nine
siege guns and 209 pieces of artillery.
DICTIONARIES IN ENGLAND.-There are at the room
of the agent for Webster's Dictionaries at Mason &
copies of six different editions of Websters Dictiona
~, published in England, and also specimens of
.' Noah Webster's British and American Spelling
Book" and {" The Illustrated Webster Reader
also from the English press. No person can exam
inc these volumes without realizing how very great
popularity the name Of Noah Webster has attained
in Great Britain.
General Shackleford, who captured Morgan, is a
Kentuckian, eminent lawyer, and, an enrhusiss-
tic Union He entered the with a full con-
science in the fight, and bright sword in his hand
IL happy sequel that Kentucky rebel like
Morgan should be pursued aud taken by Kentucky
heart whole patriot and accomplished soldier like
Shackleford.
Serious complications are likely to arise from the
barbarous treatment by the rebels of negro soldiers
who fall into their hands. If the policy announced
by the rebel officers Fort Wagner, of selling
auction all negro soldiers captured, is carried
retaliation is inevitable Section 3, paragraph 5S,
of the instructions for the government of the armies
Of the United States in the field, issued April "a,
provides that the retaliation for such shall
be death on rebel prisoners in ou- hands.
FoOLscAP PAPER--In Charles the First's time all
English paper bore in water marks the Royal arms.
The Parliament under Cromwell made jests Of this
law in every conceivable manner; and, among other
indi entities the memory of King Charles. it was
that the royal arms be removed from the
paper and the fools cap and BELLS be substituted.
These in their turn, were also removed when the
Rump Parliament was prorogued; but paper Of the
size Of the Parliament journal still bears the name of
Z" foolscap.''
OCEAN STEAMSHIPS Panama Star and Her
aid, talking of Vanderbt's line between New York
and Aspn wall, saws " The Ocean Queen. on her
last trip. had three hundred kegs of butter freight
stored in the passengers berths while those persons
holding tickets for them had to sleep deck. The
North Star, her last trip. had 800 packages of
butter also slowed in passengers berths, but the
kegs breaking away endangerng the lives of steerage
passengers, Capt. Jones threw them overheard and
now claims from the underwriters. One hundred I
cases Of ordnance stores also slowed under the
berths. II of which consisting of bombs, fixed
etc. were thrown overheard"
The Paris correspondent Of the Times, says the
illustration Of Paris, in its last number contains
the following we'll merited and just euogium the
music and the performers of DR.. McClintocks /
Church, the American Chapel OF the Rue de Berry
'' Last Sunday heard at the American Chapel
Te Deum full of soul and inspiration, which is the
production of American, DR.. j. W. Crane Ladies
Of the best New York society sang the music Of their
and sang IL in style for which We
were little prepared The solosts were Mrs. Riggs
and her brother, VI. Van Zsndt, of whom the ances
tors were among the founders of New York. There
is charming and sympathetic voice than
Mrs. Riggs; could sing with more science,
soul and fervor''
VIcKsBuRG BEEF-A Confederate officer who is
writing detailed account of what took place inside
Port Hudson during its beleaguerment, says that
when the 29h Of June the last quarter ration of
beef had been given the troops the 1st Of
July. at the request OF many officers, a wounded
mule was killed and cut up for experimental eating
All those who partook of it spoke highly of the dish
The flesh Of mules the writer describes being Of
darker color than beef of finer grain quite tender
and juicy, and having favor something between
that Of beef and venisop. There was immediate
demand for this kind of food, and the number Of {
mules killed by the commissarIat daily increased.
Some horses also slaughtered, and their flesh
was found to be very good eating, but not equal TO
mule