The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-08
Foreign Summary.

Subscriptions to the Everett statue fund at Boston,
amount To SIG ,425.
Jefferson Davis has just struck oil in Richmond
Fact. 1t is turmoil
There were, in 1854. in England. I,0lI. 753 pau
pers; 42I ,29l were females.
Another silver brick from Nevada to the Sanitary
Commission weighs 1902 OF.
A poor family in Cincinnati has fallen heir to n
fortune of seven millions of dollars.
Look out for we'll counterfeited 6ves on the Mer-
chants Bank of Lowell, Massachusetts.
Elihu Burritt, g the learned blacksmith is the
United States consul at Birmingham, England.
San Jose is now the third city in size in Califor-
MIA, Sacramento being the second and San Francisco
the first.
Under the head of L" Mares Nest" the New Bed
ford Mercury says that Clement Clifford, of Little
Compton, was recently presented with n litter of
three colts. The little family, concluding not to
. wait for the wagon" died in a short time.
The ILLINOIS " BLACK Laws REPEALED-The
bill abolishing the : Black Laws" except the law
prohibiting i]ntermarriage between the blacks and
whites, passed the Illinois Senate last wesk. The
House had previously passed the bill, and the laws
are repealed. The first of these laws was passed
some ~forty-six years ago.
The Washington correspondent of the Boston Jour
nal writes that Mr.. Blair was warmly greeted at
Richmond, and the wife of President Davis actually
threw her arms around the old gentleman and kissed
him. This was considered as strong evidence of q
pacific tendency on the part of the better half Of the
Confederate President.
1t is a burning shame upon the gallantry Of the
young men of Pittsfeld that they should allow a
whole street full OF young ladies to grow up in single
blessedness. Upon a short street of that town reside
nineteen marriagesble misses, and nary an offer
Spring field Republican,.
4 whale was caught in September. in Davis
Straits, and in its body was found imbedded a large
piece os a harpoon, on which was engraved, "Trav-
eller, Peterhead-183S." This was the name of a
vessel lost about eight years ago in Cumberland
Straits.
The Richmond Disputed announces to its carriers
that in future they will be required to pay thirty
dollars per'hundred for their papers, and they must
charge their patrons ten dollars and fifty cents per
week for the paper. That's rather expensive for
light reading.
By a recent fire in Savannah one hundred build
ings were Destroyed and twenty persons killed and
wounded. Among the buildings consumed was one
containing a lot Of shells. the explosion of which
kept up a bombardment lasting two hours, causing
the widest alarm.
About 10, 900 pieces Of Roman money, principally
of the reigns Of Augustus, Tiberius, Claudius and
Nero, have been discovered in the bed of the Mayenne
at st. Leonard. Their presence is explained by the
fact OF a dangerous ford having formerly existed at
the spot, and the custom of travellers to throw in
this river q piece Of money er roto.
OSTRICH FARMING.-A Dutch landowner at the
Cape has discovered a new trade which he thinks
can be carried on proGtabiy in South Africa-that Of
rearing ostriches like poultry. He calculates that.
both their feathers and their eggs being saleabe, each
ostrich would clear his owner about 3Oi. 8 year. or
IN OrleT words, u. lUS. per acre III y country where
land is extremely cheap.
VoLTAIRE's HEART.-The heart Of Voltaire, which
was long deposited at the Chateau de Villotte, near
Observation-Disclosures (Oise), was on the death OF the
late marquis presented by the heirs 10 the Minister
OF Public instruction for the nation. The emperor
TO whom NJ. Drury had referred the subject, de-
cided that the relic should be placed in the Imperial
Library, and the transfer of it took place on the
18th, in presence Of the Ministers of the Interior and
of Public Instruction.
The FCu- IF continued snFariuu which tho
people Of Savannah have endured have left an ex-
preston of pain upon their faces. Men have re-
manned in their houses for months, without ever GO
ing into the street, for fear OF being conscrlpted; and
an instance is mentioned Of one man who had not
gone outside of his door for three years.
SHARP Practice TO OBTAIH A WEALTHY WIFE
The Cleveland Plain Dealer mentions the case Of q
well dressed young man Of good manners who gave
in his income TO the Assessor at several thousand dol
lars, paid the tax, and had the pleasure Of seeing his
name 10 the lists among the nabobs of the country.
On the strength Of this he courted q wealthy mans
daughter and married her. Then It was found out
that he had no money, and had sold his mother's
watch to pay the income tax. The Government made
a good thing out Of it, so did the young man.
FACTS ABOUT THE DURATION OF LIFE-The follow
ing curious facts are from q work which has just ap-
peared under the title Of De la LongeUite Humane,
by DR.. Guyetant. who hss himself reached the patri-
srchal age Of SO
In I777, the average life in France did not exceed
% years. In 1898 it had risen TO rs years and 3
months. In 1886 it was SO years, and at present it
has reached the very high figure of SO, an increase
of six years within q period Of % years. This is evil
IDENTIFY owing, first 70 the great efforts made of late
70 remove insa.ubrIous nuisances, TO provide towns
With 8 proper sewerage, to drain marshes, etc. and
then TO the great progress made in medicine, and the
abundance Of Wholesome food and every necessary
comfort now at the command Of all but the hopelessly
INDECENT, who are themselves the object Of much
greater sohcitude than formerly. There exists init
mate connection between the longevity Of animals
and the time Of CESSATION and subsequent growth.