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

Bank capital in New York, si25,OC0,O01. Bsn@ circulation,
l. Is said that, owing 10 a falling OF in the supply Of r.,
skins This season, there will probably be a rise in the price Of
o. extra fine kd gloves"
In Vernon; there are twelve thousand dogs registered, which
pay an annual Tax q $4,000.
/FasT TnU-The Sea SERPENT arrived a, san Francisco from
Z made between the tso parts for Two years past, though 10; as
quick by some days as has been made.
STEAM TO CHISA- At a meeting % the New York Chamber
q Commerce, on the Fl inst, the following resolution was
Resofosa. That, in the jafgmen, Of this Chamber, Congress
shaud forthwith adopt such measures a. viii lead to the estab-
EsaEeni q a monthly or seultrnonihiy line Of steamers from
san Francisco 70 Japan and China and back and furthermore,
long enjoyed a liberal subsidy from The United states Govern
%sasi g5yes The country claim upon that company to eHisni
ROcx sALT.-It il reported tha; in the ne~ State Of Nevada.
beneath a thin covering Of refuse saline matter, fora depth Of
white as the driven snow Beneath there is water. which
seems to be nltsrsd through sal To al unkno%n depth The
streak q any deietsrous matter or rubbish, and - ready for
S Si1sy as.: o Of R ssaai9 Hvs to market The locality is one hundred
JAvA-Even the Dutch, phlsgma,ic anil peaceful as their
latter years have been. are a; war. Dispossessed in India, viz
tgaay dfspossesssd In Japan, and driven to some sohcituIe
asou; theirfeg freisn possessions y~herst hey are troubled
AMI must, even Il subduel, cost them a great expenditure.
eat OF Dutch poser in the east. and i one Of the largest. most
fertile ard valuable % the very valuable islands which lie near
tanning ar area o. forty-nine thousand seven hundred ami
t5+v srrtr. mile connie II ff1.rsa,t nor than fha S,s.a
% Pennsylvania Il y traversed ~ two chains Of mountains,
containing seven active and six dormant volcanoes. The vege-
tauOn is marvellous. even Tor a tropical island. Coffee, sugar,
rce, cotton, indigo. nutmess, cloves, cinnamon, cochineal,
pepper, pimeut0, tobacco, tea, and COc1Iuuts. are among the
products through which il and the mother country both reapei
profit 80 long ago as 1916 10 exported % the value S24, 26ji9G.
anil imported Sl+,56s,655, and it, business has steadily increas-
ed. Until I+z5 the ISLAND was an anDendag. Of the sonii"s"t.i
h.nr0o empires The Arabs then captured IL. The Portuguese
ssizsd il in 1911. The Dutch wrested If; from them in 1878. The
British held II for five years following 1911, and then restored
u The population includes Chinese. Arabs AMI Bughis, as
vel Is JGfaucse- Europeans and slaves The Dutch Governor
General resides in Java, and from there issues his orders over
the whole Dutch Archipelago The council Of The Indies is
assembled here too.
We gst only an outline Of the condition Of affairs; but It
seems that the natives having risen, had surrounded Sintaug,
the principal fortress. but poorly garrjsOned, and that the gar
risOu- increased in numbers by fugitive citizens were fighting
as they do who know that surrender means torture and death.
The Dutch had succeeded IN sending to the other islands for
assistance, but whether IL would arrive in season is guez-
tonsble- The revolt in some parts % the island hal been
suppresseI- and undoubtedly the whole viii be in iie end
Pail North 4msrieGr.