The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-11-26
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
Foreign Miscellany.


Charles Lyell, the eminent English ~geOlOgist. has
been made n baTOnet-
The official lists in the Office Of the Cornmissary-
General Of Prisoners, indicate that the North holds
an excess Of rebel prisoners rising Of 1000 men.
The rebel prints are amusing themselves over But
Ier'- canal Let them beware it may yet prove to
then that . last ditch . in which will perish the
hopes OF the COufederacy-
Women are said 20 have stronger attachments than
men. Il il not 80. A man is often attached to an
old hat q bat did you ever knoS Of u woman having
an attachment for an old bennett" Echo answers
Never"
The population % Nashville by the census Of 1860
WA lG,sSS at the beginning Of the rebellion 1t was
5000 II Is now more than 5000.
At Harvard they are beginning again to ili-treat
the Freshmen 10 suen an extent that many persons
refuse 70 send their boys TO that institution
"I wonder where those clouds are going ?" sighed
Flora. pensively, as she pointed with her thin, de-,
cate finger to the heavy funeral masses that foatefS
lazily in the sky. 81 think they are going TO
thunder, sait her little brother.
The Crown Princess Of Prussia. the Princess Royal
OF England, has painted four pictures Of the taking
OF DuPpeL which are to be exhibited at Berlin. All
the English Royal family paint a little. Among
them the Princess Royal Is said TO be the most pros-
cient; the Princess Alice of Hesse, the most confident
Professor Johnson says that n pound Of cheese is
equal IN nutritive value to two pounds of flesh. The
Europeans seem to be better acquainted with this fact
than our own people. With Us cheese - regarded
rather - a luxury, while in England 1t is considered
one of the substantial articles OF food. and 1t l snot
Uncommon for the pOrkneu to make a full meal on
bread and cheese alone.
The people Of St. Louis. it is said. are having a
lively time OF terror just nov. Seven auacondss,
lately imported from the East. escaped from the tank
in which they had been kept, and after 3 three days
search, at last accounts, had not been recaptured.
The Italian Government has just published the
results q the first census taken since the different
annexatiOns. The population of the entire kingdom
- ugE ~ ~ Isl Gyulz IN that Ifalv IA the 6fh
power IN Europe by the number Of its inhabitants,
being superior to Spain and Prussia, the territory OF
which countries Is, however. considerably larger.
LARGE ISCoNEs.-In an official document, the fol-
lowing sums are given rs the income of the Collector
of the port OF New York:
Salary for the year 5 $40 90
Received from fines, penalties, &C .--...---..-.-.. 2i,9e4 SO
Commissions from State officers ..-.-..-----..- 1859 20
Total pay for one year .s54,84s S.
In addition 10 this, the Collector receives one sixth
or the suits for forfeiture commenced during the year
Government. The additional amount from this SER
vice will probably reach 30.OO0-making q total
for the years services of S6O,OO0-SHH-
VIGoR OF TUE BLOCKADE ~FLEErs.-Blockade run
ming must be an Improbable business. judging from
the large number Of vessels captured and destroyed.
An English correspondent says that the whole num-
Der " hIcb has left the Clyde during the war is a little
upward Of sixty. In 1852, thirty blockade running
steamers left. In 1854, twenty eight left. These had
a registered tonnage Of $500 tons, and we're manned
By 500 hands. or the thirty which left previously
20 1868 only four escaped being captured or burnt,
and there is not a day passes now but what we hear
Of two or three vessels captured, large and small, by
the Union fleets. Ii is rather Il risky business nOw
to attempt to run the blockade.
SwTTzERLASD-Geneva has been the scene of fight
ing and riot. An election for a member of the Coun-
ell had been held on Sunday, Aug. 10Th, and the
defeated candidate, q former leader OF the French
revolution Of 1880. attacked the successful party.
Four persons were killed and six wounded, but final
ly the riot was quelled. IL Is said that this outbreak
is part OF a plan to give n pretext fer the annexation
Of Geneva to France. Within the last few days num-
erous arrests and domiciliary visits have been made
in toe Venetian provinces aud at TRENT in the Tyrol.
The police authorities are very active. Great alarm
exists among the population.
The ROCKY MOUNTAIN STATES The further dis
eoveries Of continued and increasing richness in our
new territories pale all former estimates, and pleas
antly d~isappoint early expectations. Every day
develops some new value TO them, while augmeuting
the old. These lands are measured and mapped, and
millions of acres are already sold. The following
statement. compiled from official sources, in an in
dex to their presen, condition in some respects: