The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-11-25
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and fined recently, IL one Of the Interior coun!!es-
the hrst case for many years
The Court Of Hymcn has become a popular insti-
tuition 10 diyertiDg confscatigu u rebel estate M
usrOu= instances are reported where SouthtIn
planters have given III their landed properties IL
marriage with the.r daughters IL faithful Union
soldiers
NV YoRK. oct. I8-The Times special says the
Secretary % the Treasury has under consideration a
pIan 20 amend the warehouse system, % as 10 permit
goods 10 te transferred from the Atlantic cities 10 the
Pscifc cast
An errr.oriirary case has just been brought to
Ught az Cotytou, 10 the vest u England A man.
who y generally looked upon - 81 eccentric charac-
ter. has la Ls possession the unburied corpse 0! his
mother, who del FIVE years ago. When she died lie
bal . Iealru c0fin made, with = glass plate let in.
lie deposited the coffin in q shed, aud from time 10
tine goes there 10 look upon the face Of his mother.
The Governor Of Jamaica is severely rebuked in
the local papeIs because he allowed the ex-Qaeen
Emma q tie Sandwich Islands to pass through
Kingston, on her way 10 England, without any on
cial recognition. 4 reply from Queen Victoria to a
petition Of the Jamaica lIborers complaining Of their
distresses, had been received, in which they are ad-
vised that they must depend principally upon their
own industry for an improvement Of their condition.
The disposition made Of Mr.. Peabody's munifcent
gift 20 the poor Of London has already been men,
toned. 4 block Of loigiug houses has been built,
with sets Of apartments, which are rented at two,
three, and five shilliDgs q week But 1t appears that
even neeilewomen DO not make enough in London
to pay the loves, Of these rents. and 90 that class Of
people who most need the charity are excluded from
it. The London press are accordingly somewhat
severe in their criticisms Of the way in which Mr..
PelbOly's money has been expended.
a BLOCKADE WITHIN \ BLocKADE-A curious
question has now arisen for the solution Of those who
have denied the efficacy Of the blockade Of the late
Confederate States by the National Government.
The war on the River Platte has brought up a point
Of maritime law, which probably has never before
presented itself. The Brazilian squadron ordered 10
blockade Paraguay Is in turn blockaded by the bat
teries which the Paraguayaus have mounted On the
banks Of the Peraua.
The last English steamer brought the news Of a
crime which exceeds In atrocity the historical and
cruel murder Of the Princes in the Tower. Three
children were found murdered in their beds, in HoI-
born, London. The criminal i one Stephen For
ward. After committing the murder in London. ne
hurried to Ramsgate. FASTENED to the house Of his
wife and daughter, from whom he had been sepa-
rated for several years, and murdered them also.
Arrested, he confessed that be was the author Of The
triple murder in London, and in Court made a crazy
statement, denouncing Lord Palmerston, Edward
Bul1eT Lytton and other eminent men. Gs response
bic for the bloody deeds
A~singuIar and painful inciIeu, occurred recently
at the Royal Theatre in Berlin. \ new ballet by
Taglioni, named "Sarianapalls. was represented,
in the last scene Of which all the dancers appear and
arrange themselves around Sari.napalas, to die /
with him in the flames. To produce the necessary
smoke, stones were heated. and water was 10 be
thrown uPon them. The stones were laid between
tie seats. but the dancers, instead Of sitting upon
The seats. sat down on the burning stones. y
scream % pain followed, which was not in the play.
Nearly all Of them were badly burned.
Tsg PAcIFIc RAILROAD TELEGRAPH The United
Siates Pacific Telegraph Company have placed POO !
miles Of their new line Of telegraph 20 California
under contract. The section between Chicago aud
Omaha, Nebraska Territory, and Virginia City 10
san Francisco, il u said, will be completed before
the wIntsr sets The wire has been purchased for the
entire line. and the balance Of the poles will be cut
this fail r. = expected that the whole line between
Cnicago and San Francisco will Re completed and in
operation il \ year from October next.
The whole liabilities. assets. loans, etc which
belong 10 the Kefchum defllcation are nearly A.
follows Liabilities Of Morris Ketcbun y Co and
Charles Graham = CO, including the redeemed
checks held by the latter. ID. ZOO. 900. Amount Of
assets Il both houses, about S.Z5D,O 900 DeductiuE
the value u the forged checks held by Graham. the
total present liabilities u both houses are $685.
600 Tue extent Of the abstraction OF bond= aud
the forgery Of gold paper by young ketchum. was,
according 70 these sguTes, 81, 2OO, 900
Thaideus Stevens, in a speech which be made at
Lancaster, Pa, not long since, advocated a sweeping
plan Of conhscltIOn- lie would declare forfeited ali
the lands OF men who own over 200 acres each,
which wOul1 place At The disposal Of the government
54,O0O,OUO acres. OF this he would give 40 acres
10 each freedman. That would leave, according 10
his estimate, 35i 100000 acres, which he would
have the government sell. lie thinks it would bring
$40 per acre. MIR. Stevens will probably see such
a bill as he wishes, passed about the time when his
- gold bill" Is passed again
y singular scene recently took place in the English
metropolis, on the occasion Of the conservation Of the
new CluTGn OF -. NtlCuACt ana III Angels, ElUSUu-
ry, by the Bishop of London. The interior had
been decorated with flowers over the communion
table. n cartoon Of the crucifxion, a cross, and other
such matters, while the assembled clergy wore richly
embroidered stoles. The Bishop expressed in his
manner great displeasure ut these decorations, Ques-
tiOEed the incumbent, Dir. Lyford, severely and
refused 10 proceed with the cousecra-
ton until the flowers were removed. the clergy
Invested Of their sjOes, the cross put by IN a cupboard,
and an undertaking given that the picture should be
efacei.
\ NEw LINE OF OCEAN TELEGRAPH-A cOntem-
porary suggests the following line for an ocean tele-
graph, and thinks it strange that it has not been
thought Of and adopted
From Cape Race to the Island Of Flores. distance
9Si geographical miles. From Fayal TO St. Miguel
about 10 miles; and from ST. Miguel 20 Cape St.
Vincent, on the Portuguese coast, about 500 miles.
The comparatively short submarine stretches by this
line, subject TO treaty arrangements. between several
governments. instead Of being under the exclusive
control of one leading power.
ENIGRIrIoy From GREAT BuIrAIx.-The official
figures show that OF the 2OS.OOO persons who emil
grated from Great Britain last year. there went to
the United States I47 ,Oi2; Central and South Amer
lea, 1888; Canada. 1l,7jO; New Brunswick, 800;
Nova Scotia end Cape Breton. 1873; Victoria. I3. 500;
Queensland, 1883; New Zealand. 1870. Il l. n
remarkable fact, says the London Times. that seven
out II every ten persons who emigrate from the
United Kingdom thus proceeded 10 the United States.
The emigration 10 the troubled territories Of Brother
Jonathan was on q larger scale last year than II has
been since 1854. On the other hand, the emigra-
ton 70 British North America and the Australian
colonies somewhat declined last year.
THE PORE At HOME-It appears by 4 private let
ter. written from Rome. that His Holiness, the Pope,
Is spending anything but an agreeable time in the