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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-06-10
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Upon the receipt Of the news of the fall II
Richmond, the foreign Ministers generally called
nc the Department % extend their cJngra,ula-
tons, and during the evening several sereuate
speeches were drawn out. Among other, See
rotary Seward spoke, and be- gJ,d-na,aredIy
alluded to some Of the foreign GOyernments. a.
follows:
/ thank my fellow citizens for the hongr the,
do me by calling to congratulate me IN the fall
OF Richmond ! am about writing my fgrei,r
dispatches. What shall 7 tell the Emperor Of
China? shall thank him in your name for
never having permitted a ~piratical flag ~ enter
the harbors of the empire. What shall ! say u
the Sultan of Turkey? | shall thank him for
always having surrendered rebel insurgents who
have taken refuge in his kingdom. [Cries Of
That's 1t" and cheering What shall | saw
10 the Emperor of the French? "a voice. .. To
get out OF Mexico.'I | shall say to the Emperor
Ut the French that he can go tomorrow to Rich
mond and get his tobacco, 50 long held under
blockade there, provided the rebels have not
used it up. daughter and cheers.
To Lord John Russell | will say, that British
merchants will find cotton exported from our
ports under treaty with the United States cheaper
than cotton obtained by running the blockade.
As for Earl Ru4sell himself, | need not tell him
that this is u war for freedom and national in
dependence and the rights of human nature. and
not a war for empire, and that. If Great Britain
should only be just to the United States, Canada
will remain undisturbed by us so long as she
prefers the authority of the noble Queen 10
voluntary incorporation into the United States.
fCheers and ordinations of - That's the talk
you're right.'1
What shall l tell the King of Prussia? will
tell him that the Germans have been faithful To
the standard of the Union, rs his excellent Min
ister has been constant in his friendship to the
United States during his long residence in this
country. (Chcers.J
To the Emperor of Austria / shall say that he
mas proved himself a very wise man, for he told
az IN the beginning that he had no %sympythy
With a rebellion anywhere. | do not doubt, fell
ow-citizens, but that at least you accede TO the
heOry by which | have governed myself during
he war, that the rebellion was 10 end in ninety
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ca Lighter and clsers I have thought
;a.= TIE true -.-.ry t-c4u-- / never knew o true
physician able . r==t,re q patient uI--s lie
thought as could work q cure, under The most
ULl4yJrl5l= circumstances, IL ninety days. Fl
rally, L tie American people apPrJye, l NIL
say thai CGr motto II pace wi- ~ TIE sane -
II T-T. livery nation j. ent.L5I - regulate is
c9Is=Iic Affairs n IL own vvay, ana al are
bound y conduct themselves ~ - = promote
pace OF -4rrn and god viii % mankind.
Upon the conclusion q the >-cret4ry's speech.
the crowd c!=perssI, cheering vOe.f-r9U-ly.
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GENERAL GRANTS GElE-Ihe following anal
ysls u The grlr Possessed By General Grant. com
inundated - the 4th1Rt5c Monthly By Z. z
Nhipple, VIII BE- read with special interest in the
time Of the highest triumph u tL- gritty
General
4 peculiar kind of grit. not falling under any
OF the special expressions | have noted, yeJ Tar-
taxing IN SJue degree Of a., ! illustrated II the
character Of Lieutenant General Grant. With
out an atom Of F7etel>I0n u rhetoric. with none
u the external signs e energy and intrepidity,
making 10 parade or the imm0yab!e purpose,
non nerve, anc silent. penetrating intelligence
GOd has put into him. Es tranquil greatness -
hidden from superficial scrutiny behind ! cigar,
- President LincJln's l. behind 3 joke. When
anybody tries . coax, cajOle, oyerawe, brow
beat or deceive Lincoln. the President nurses his
leg and Is reminded Of a story when anybody
tiles the same game with Grant, the General lis
tens and smokes. II YOU try 70 wheed.e out Of
nm ms plans Tor 2 campaign, he sVolidly smokes;
i you call him IN lmbecile and blLDGerer. he
b-andly lights another cigar; if you praise him
a. the greatest General living he placidiy returns
The putt from lis re-al!a; and if yOu tell him he
should run Tor the Presidency. il does not disturb
the equanlmity with which he inhales and exhales
'ae unsuos;antia- vapor which Jypifes the poll
tIclan promises. While you are wondering
%lat kind Of = man this creature without q ton
que l.. you are suddenly electrified with the news
OF some splendid victory, proving that behind
the cigar and behind the face discharged of all
telI-tale expression, Is the best brain u plan and
strongest heart 70 dare among the Generals Of
the republic.
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

Roman Catholic family, and was educated for
the priesthood. OF the religious preferences
of the other editorial gentlemen referred to,
we may add that Mr.. Greeley is a Universal
ist, and Mr.. Raymond Presbyterian OF the
religious press, Mr.. Prime, of the Observer, is
a large and well-built man. with quiet and un
ostentatious manners. This corresponds with
the character Of the sheet he issues, which is
a pleasant readable and useful paper Theo-
dOre Tilton, of the Independent, is one of the
youngest of the fraternity, and may expect
something of a compliment as to personal APP
pearance The Independent, although ranking
among religious journals, is highly literary in
its character, and boasts in its editor poet OF
no ordinary ability. Bryant, of the Ere,,ias
Post, is, as all know, the patriarch of the city
press: he is venerable in appearance, and o
august yet cheerful manners, and bears the
stamp of nature greatness. His associate ant
son-in-law, Parke Goodwin, is about twenty-five
years his junior, and is good specimen of hu
manity.-N0rthern Journh.
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

TIE WONDERFUL SPRING AT ANDERSON
vIILE-Mr I. &. Grant, who was member
of Battery A, of the Eleventh Vermont Regi
ment, and who spent four months within the
stockade at Andersonvle gave us history OF
the wonderful spring that burst out there, that
we never remember to have seen in print
Every one, We presume, Is aware that the pen
in which the prisoners were kept incloSed a
swamp through which ran a sluggish brook,
and from this brook the prisoners received their
supply of water. This water was never fit to
drink in its best estate, but in addition to Its
natural unfitness, it ran down by the rebel
camp before it entered the stockade, and re-
ceived the excrement and filth from that
This, of course, rendered it intolerable. About
the middle of August, 1864, or perhaps a
month and half after the Vermont boys en-
tered the stOckade, there came one day very
heavy thunder shower of some forty minutes
duration. And from that time spring of pure
water burst forth from a sand hill near the
dead line and flowed in such quantities as tC
supply the entire camp of some $4,000 or 30,
600 prisoners Some of the men looked upOr
this as a direct interpositi0n of God for thell
salvation; and all thought 1t very remarkable
for two reasons = The source from whence i
came, a dry, sandy knoll, aud the purity anC
quantity of water it being so unlike all Othe
water in that vicinity, even that found in wells
This spring continued to send forth its pur
fountain during the remainder OF the time on
prisoners were kept there, and for aught on
informant knows, does so to this day. lla
the day of miracles passed ~ Vermont Chroni
Gle
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

CAUSE OF TIE KING SUICIDE.-The strange
suicide of the Hon. Preston King, Collector Of
the port of New York City, on Monday week,
has been partially accounted for. 1t appears
that on two former occasions in his life he had
attacks ofinsanity though they were not severe
ones The first was as far back as 1887, when
he was placed temporarily in an Asylum In
1860, he suffered i'll the same way, and on that
occasion his arrangement was caused by influ-
ences similar to those which have recently been
operating on his mind He seems to have
been morbidly sensitive about everything that
could possibly impeach his integrity; and
when, in 1860, he invested some Of his money
in a partZan newspaper and was subsequently
charged with using money cOrruptly Tor party
purposes, he was seized with one of these fits
of alteration Of mind. Having been placed in
charge of the New York Custom House he
! found that noted hotbed of corruption any
thing but suited to his habits and temper
The NAL practices constantly going on among
the subordinates, and the frequent complaints,
kept him all the time in a state of uneasiness,
for fear of wrongs that might be done and OF
something happening that would compromise
his personal and official character. These fears
brought on the last attack of insanity, which
had such a fatal termination. Like most mel
contemplating suicide, he showed great meth
cd in his madness He was large and yer!
fat man, and probably would have foated il
the water long enough to be rescued, but h'
provided against any such chance, by purchas
ing two bags of shot, which he tied around hi
neck, so as to conceal them under his clothes
1t is hard that So good a man should have $
sad an end
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

DEATH OF A Rich MAN.-Simeon Jennings,
of Welsville, Ohio, died suddenly, while sit
ting in his chair last week He possessed
enormous wealth, most in the shape of real
estate and mortgages on the same. lie also
owned large interests III number of Ohio
banks. He was noted for his extreme penuri-
BUSINESS and intense devotion to moneys getting.
Though worth millions, when travelling on the
cars he would carry lunch in his pocket to
save the expense ola dinner at an eating house.
He bought plain brick residence below Wells
vile, on the Virginia side Of the Ohio river,
and made that his home to escape paying taxes
in Ohio on his mortgages, Judgment notes and
money. He always managed somehow to avoid
paying large share OF the taxes justly due
from him. The heavy Federal income tax
nearly broke his heart He was very obese
and gross looking, and for several years drank
whisky in large quantities He was probably
the richest man in Ohio He leaves no direct
issue, dying childlesS He has several collat-
eral heirs, however, but leaves property enough
to best0w large fortune on each Of them
We have not heard that he left my bequests
to benevolent objects.
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22
lIOmely Girls.

The editor of the Cleveland Herald, having
been tolerably prOfuSe in his compliments to
the pretty girls of Cleveland has been reques-
ted to say good thing in behalf of the home
ly ones, and he does it thus =
First-The homely girls of Cleveland are in
a hopeless minority, but they mean well.
Sccond-They 90 to church every Sunday
and are fond Of their meals They had rather
have their meals regularly than new bonnet.
Third-Thcy understand their business, and
wear No. l6 CATERS.
Fourth-They are bright, intelligent, de
void of low jealousy, fond Of music, dance at
CARROTS Hall as though it was the chief aim
| Of life, and always go in when it rains.
Fitth-Thcy always thank the gentlemen fOr
giving them seats in the street cars never firt
with the boys-because It's out of their line
and keep out of the fire.
Sixth-They never have half dozen young
sprlgs keeping company with them.
Seventh-They wash their own handker-
chiefs. iron their own collars, and darn their
own stockings
Eght-They never wear waterfalls that
weigh over one hundred and fifty pounds, and
have neither rats nor other animals i'll theil
hair
Ninth-Thcy don't call the young hloods
and other trash, perfectly splendid. y
Tcnth-They never eat between meals
Eleventh-They are all going to get married
Twelfth-They will all marry well.
Thirteenth-Their children will be brigh
and shining lights in the world.
Fourteenth-They won't keep hired girls til
their husbands can afford them.
Fifteenth-They sleep under mosquito bar
when convenient.
Sixteenth-They can make coffee and nu
cakes, and can do chamberwOrk
!. Snvantpnnth-'Fhnvor ora n X
Eighteenth-They are homely, but oh Jcru
salem
Nineteenth know they are homely.
Twentieth-They perspire when the the
mometer is at "a in the shade, and wear gore
! waists.
/ Twenty -frst-Young gentlemendon' tsquee1
them by the hand, and they like peanuts.
Twenty y-second-They sing Bcautifl
t Dreamer, and use SOzOdont
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22
The Cattle Plague.

The American Minister in Russia has ad-
dressed letter to the Secretary of State, da-
ted at st. Petersburg Oct. 18th, in which he
says:
81 deem it my duty to warn the people of
the United States against the importation Of
the cattle plague into our country. Being a
farmer, and feeling a great interest in such sub
jects, | have read everything upon the subject
which is accessible, and will give you only
the result Of my conclusions and observations.
The cattle plague is the Russian cattle
pest. In this country it is always more or less
prevalent, and generally kills whole herds.-
Like the cholera, it is both contagious and in
fictitious. BY these terms mean to say that il
is communicative from one animal to another
by the physical imposition of the virus upOr
any animal from any object containing the
virus, and also that the virus may be carried
in molecules in the air, and thus produce the
disease. 1t evidently did not originate de nor,
in England, but was carried there by shipload
of cattle from the Russian Baltic ports. II
this theory is correct then all importation o
clttle from abroad should be at once prohibit
ed by Congress, if not otherwise possible to bt
prevented, and it would pay well to call Con
gresS together for that purpose only.
No ship having a COW, or sheep or anima
from Europe, or countries having the pest
should be allowed to land in America withou
suffering quarantine. Every disease must a
some time have originated from a violent dis
regard of natural laws, and this as Others bu
am of the opinion that there is nothing i
the management of cattle in Great Britain 0
America to generate the disease; so, also, n
sanitary precautions can arrest it short of al
solute non-intcrcOurSe.
81 believe it to be species of bloody mu
rain, aggravated by the marshy nature of No
thern Russia, and the utter disregard of all til
laws of health which is shown to man an
beast, especially in regard to ventilation an
cleanliness, which prevails in these cold cl
mates, where great expenditure of heat is neeC
cd, and fuel and food are scarce.
"The same causes are producing now Il
aggravated typhus fever here, which is callt
outside of Russia the Plague. EnglaT
was warned long since of the danger Of the d
rect importation of cattle from Russia, b.
failed to heed the advice. trust our count
may be more wise and more fortunate.
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

JOHN B. GOUGH.-Coopcr Institute, New
York, was crowded to its utmost capacity on
Wednesday evening last, to hear John B'
Coughs twenty-four hundreth lecture on tenn
perance The Tribune says: Ills earnest
ness and eloquence in the great cause OF rGscI-
ing men from the debasing influences OF drink
are unabated, and the audience testified thelr
sympathy with him and his work 10y alternate
tears, laughter aud breathless silence as ne
touched the cords of their hearts by his lniinlta
bic eloouence. Noreport of his speeches can dc
more than mar their wonderful impressiy,en,eSS
No one ~ can hear him without being made bet
ter, stronger and wiser for it: No one can lister lister
his story without 6S% oopEE WIN We Se
gad to perceive that the great reform Of whicl
! Se has been so conspicuous an advocate during
no many years. starts upon new oampalgl
with hopeful auspices
"Im gone suckerl' said the child whe
his mother weaned him.
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22
A Hen WIND Old Peter H

A HIGH WIND.-O Peter Il lived in
a onc-story wooden house Of not very extensive
dimensions and when it was subjected to the
force Of one Of those hurricanes 50 numerous
Of late years at the West, its power Of resis-
tancc was insufficient to withstand 50 great a
pressure, and it yielded the point without
Stu@ylr-howcvcr. it was not upset or torn to
pieces, but merely moved u few rods. In the
course of the journey the stove split out. and
the danger of contiagration was imminent
Old Peter was too much excited to notice the
removal OF his house, and seeing the necessity
of Immediately applying water to the burning
embcrs on the floor, he seized bucket and
darted out behind the house. when great was
his a>toniShment to find all traces Of the we'll
obliterated After looking in blank astonish-
ment Il moment he called out to his wife,
Sarah, I'll be blamed il the wind has not
blowed the well clear out of the lot There 3
not 50 much as stone left -
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

HAD TO CAVE IN.-Some Of the Democratic
Legislators of Illinois are six months interest
on the pay out of pocket. At the close of the
session of the State Legislature last winter,
both Houses passed resolution to take their
pay in gold. The State Treasurer refused to
acknowledge the binding force Of the resolu-
ton and declined to pay in anything but green
backs The Democratic members generally,
at least those who were able to get out of the
city without their pay declined to accept the
greenbacks, and threatened to appeal to the
force of law to compel the Treasurer to pay
the gold Within few days most OF the cop
perhead recusants have quietly dropped into
the Trcasurcr's ; office and accepted the green
backs which they previously refused.
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22
POET R Y.
AUTUMN LEAVES.

From the elm-tree in the meadow,
By the rill.
And the mighty oak and chestnut
On the hill,
Come the fading leaves of autumn,
Floating still;
Through the wide extending forest.
When the winds no longer rave,
They are dropping, dropping. dropping
Ger the land and DER tho wave:
From the green boughs where the summer
Trssses hung.
And the young twigs. where the room
Perched and sung.
Floating down into the grave.
And whene'.r see them floating
Without sound.
Frnn the long and pendant branches
All around;
When I see them torn and scatter'd
On the ground,
Better thoughts arise within me,
And my heart unconscious grieves;
And Of sad and mournful numbers
I. the song that memory weavss;
For the heart that thrilled enraptur'd
To my own,
And the voice that answered sweetly
Every tone,
Now are silent as the leaves.
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

Coon ONE" Bob, Harry Smith has one
of the greatest curiosities you ever saw.
Don't say so. What is it p
{" A tree that never sprouts, and becomes
smaller the older it grows.
"Well, that is curiosity Where did he
get it?"
:" From California
"What is the name of it?"
"Axletrce. 1t once belonged to Califor-
MIA omnibus"
Scene closes by Bob throwing an ninkstand at
half-closed door.
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

EARTHQUAKES AND THEIR CAUSES. The
soft air which fans the cheek of rosy beauty
into bushes, and bears to invigOrated sense
the refreshing perfume of summer flowers, is
potent enough to press upon the earth at the
rate of l5 pounds to a square inch. 1t is this
pressure which keeps our plc-crust down. A
light increase of the pressure would force it
into the burning food for earth is molten with
in, and agitated as huge furnace, and tri-
fling decrease of pressure would suffer the
struggling forces to break through from below
Earthquakes invariably happen at fall of the
barometer; that is, when the air becomes
slightly thinner, less heavy, and consequently
less capable of treading down the crust upon
the tops of the imprisoned flames. Over 100
miles of country the removal of the atmospheric
pressure will sometimes amount to nearly ,OO0,-
600 of tons, which is a sufficient relaxation of
| force to permit the outbreak of an earthquake.
In every part of the world the surface is
subject to be shaken at times by movements
taking place in the interior, and transmitted
something like a wave, to distant regions. No
country escapes these visitatiOns but in vol
canic regions they occur more frequently than
elsewhere; and, commencing in these, they
have been known to pass beneath the sea and
land, from one hemisphere to another, till full
one e-eghth of the entire surface OF the globe has
been more or less disturbed by the movement.
!
countries are SO subject to these disturbances
that the habitations of the people are built
low, with broad basis and substantial walls,
and with particular reference to their stability
against shocks. This is the case throughout
Central America, and in Chill, Peru, &c. Ia
, king into account the whole surface of the
earth, there is probably not day that passes
without the occurrence somewhere OF senSl
Bile disturbance of this kind, and hardly month
without one or more worthy of note. Ihl
has been the case from remote periods The
approach of these phenomena is stated to b'
heralded by several premonit0Ty symptoms o
to Sp be %s Affected with dizziness, the atmosphere
: often becomes hazy, and the sun seen through
it appears red and fiery. The weather sudden
: iy changes, and rains appear in places unaccqs
, toned to them. Before the shocks occur, th'
of water considerably disturbed. Cdlyorni'
DHDeT,
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

private recipe of Washoe miner: Take
one pint of whisky stir it well with one spoon
tul of whisky; then add another pint of whis-
ky-beat carefully with a spoon, and keep
pouring in whisky. Fill large bowl with wa
ter and make a servant set it out ofyOur reach
Take a small tumbler, pour in two spoonstul. OF
water; pour out the water and til up with
whisky, and add to the above. Flavor with
whisky to your taste. y dose; three fingers
eYerY half hour.
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

1t is said that Artemns Ward being at one
of the New York churches recently, edited
the audience by his unexpected reply to the
preachers text which was as follows :" How
are the mighty fallen?' How are the nigh.
tv fallen?8 After short pause Artcmus
looked up inquiringly and said meekly. II
give it up."
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

4 Or.rsr1o1 OF CLEANLINESS. DR.. Chan
ming N his recent lecture before the Boston
Social Science Association, said that the Rus
Sian mn nea,antry had way of washing which he
had not seen related in any book of travels
Thcy The M took mouthful of water from the pump,
and' after holding it until the chill was well off,
spurtcd sru it, with lively jet, into the hands,
and applied it briskly to the face. Towels
thcv have none.
Smyrna times., 1865-11-22

A clergyman, of Meriden, Connecticut, it is
said, preached from the text, adam, where
art thou?" and divided his discourse into three
parts-frst, all men are somewhere; second,
some are where they ought not to be; and
third, unless they mend their ways, they will
eventually find themselves where they d rath-
| er not be