The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1863-02-05
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign Miscellany.

The ITibune'S Washington correspondence say
African soldiers will be employed to garrison fort
below New Orleans. and on the coast.
The Bermudians continue to be excessively dis
gusted with the close attention paid by Admira
Wkes's little feet their den of blockade breaking
rebel helpers. They squirm and scold, but cannot
help themselves
As an evidence Of the efficiency Of the blockade il
is stated that fUe hundred and forty-Lree vessels
have been seized, worth, with their cargces, forty
millions of dollars.
John Van Buren's Cooper Institutute speech is
having a great through the South. All the
rebel papers copy it from the Richmond Dispatch
with words Of commentator, and the Southern
editors regard " Prince John altogether of
themselves.
The Richmond papers contain a dispatch from
Charleston, announcing that q very large steamer,
freighted for the Confederate States Government,
had arrived safely yesterday, at Southern port.
bringing a heavy stock OF shoes, blankets, and an
immense quantity Of cloth and other supplies.
The number Of invalid soldiers in the various hos
pitals in this city Is variously estimated at from
fifteen to twenty-five thousand. The Government
has lately finished several hospitals and of the
churches in the city which have been occupied for
several months. have been surrendered to their
Congregations Washington paper.
Alex. H. Stephens the rebel Vice-Presdent. has a
plan for breaking the blockade, which is for the
Government to buy the cotton crop, and then pledge
IL pay for iron-clad steamers able cope with
anything in the world, which are TO be used for
breaking the blockade and opening of
the cotton ports.
A shocking abortion case has Just been revealed in
New York betrayed girl, of good family, after
horrible suffering from the hands of abOrtiOnist,
taken from her death bed given gin,
hurried into carriage. and pushed into her fathers
drawing room, where she fell exhausted, and
soon 4 corpse. The doctor and under
arrest AMI the police the track Of the seducer
MONSTER Iron CLAD5.-The U. 5. Navy department
invites proposals for the construction of
irOn-clad steamers, to be built entirely Of iron,
to be Of about 1900 tons burthen. The Great
Eastern is the only vessel either afoat or buliug,
exceeding this. The largest iron-cad vessels of
Europe are the achilles, 6,9T9 tons, and the AgiR-
court, G,O2l tons
WON'T PEFUND.-A London surgeon was paid
$4,000 for declaring that Garibaldi had NO bullet
in his wound An eminent French surgeon, how
ever, after found bullet there and the LOG-
doner is now called upon TO refund the fee-which
he declines to do
LABOR IN DENAND-The New Orleans correspond
of Boston paper, has the following in a late
letter
'' We are in a fair way to learn whether white
labor be successfully used upon plantations
Negroes getting scarce in the country, and the
planters in hiring white get out
their crops. and such prices to seriously embar-
rlss recruiting for the 2d Louisiana
Coral AT THE FARALLoSEs.-Coral was discovered
= few days since the Farallones by n party con-
nected with the Coast Survey The color is red, and
the branches rather in form and size. Ii
in the progress of formation, for the coral animals
inside still alive. Live coral IS, believe not
found so far north in any other part of the world
by 500 miles. Similar coral has been found in Mon
terey Bays. f. Paper.
The Boston Journal learns from authentic sources
that on the 10th of November -four was $50 per
barrel at Charleston; corn, $3.50 per bushe; pota-
toes. 81 per bushel; coffee 81 40 per pound; butter,
81 80 per pound; yellow soap, 81 80 TO 81 90 per /
pound; chdren's shoes, 50 to SO; ladies' boots /
SIC; common calico, - per yard; salt, $40 per /
busbel; poor oak wood, So per cord; gents panta-
looms, $50 The salt sold at auction wholesale /
prices.
TnE PRINTING Business IN NEw YORK--The late
census returns of manufacturing estah hments IN /
New York reveals the astonishing fact that more /
capital l. employed in carrying on the printing trade
than ia any other business, the amount being
IS, 800 900 Over 5000 persons are employed in
printing aud the various establishments up
about So 900, 900 worth Of material, ink, paper
etc, per annum, producing over S1l ,OOOOOO worth
of books, papers, etc
Col Lum Smith, the famous &" bill poster OF
Buffalo, having accumulated tOlerable fortune by
habits OF strict attention business temperance,
&C. has recently opened banking house IN Buffalo,
aud Is doing a fourishng business lie is evi-
deuce of what may be accomplished by resOlute and
indOnitabe energy, combined with integrity and
virtue.
New Orleans adyices give glowing accounts of the
Union demonstration on the 18th Nov Ii consisted
OF = long procession in which the Union clubs Joined
and n grand meeting at the ST. Charles Theatre, I
presided by J. y RJzier. and fifty vice presi-
dents Speeches were made and resolutions adopted
sustaining the administration and Union, and !
expressing desire for the opening of the Mississippi
river, and indorsug the rule Of Gen Butler. The
procession several times gave cheers for Abraham
Lincoln.
Capt. Accors Barns Of New London, President Of
the Bank Of Commerce, died at his residence 18th
Nov. In connection with Gen. Williams of Norwich
be founded the wel-knOwn business house Of
Williams * Barns. from which ne retired time
since. and succeeded by his sons. VIM. III. and
Chas- Barns. who now compose the firm in cOnnec-
tIou with Henry r Bond. formerly of this city. the
successor OF Gen. Williams and his son, the late
Thomas ". Williams, 2d.
SAVE YOUR RAGs.-There Is great excitement Just
now among printers. editors and publishers about
the increase in the price Of paper There is indeed
cause for IT. One-half Of the newspapers in the
country must stop if the present high prices continue
The whole difficulty might be avoided If more care
was taken to save and collect cotton rags. More
rags are wasted annually than sold TO the paper
makers. IL now becomes patriotic duty upon the
part Of every householder economic in this mat
ter-to and sell everything Of which print
ng paper may be manufactured.
Gen. SigeI whose bravery and patriotism have
made him the idol Of all his German countrymen as
well endeared him his fellow citizens Of every
nationality, recently invited TO be present a I
mass meeting to be held in Chicago sept. -, to I
indOrse the Presidents Proclamation. In reply the
invitation he wrote: 80 As have tried TO do my .
best in defence Of republican principles and for the
emancipation Of the oppressed, without distinction Of
race or color, cannot but heartily approve the