The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-09-02

has been employed six years IN fabricatng n lens
two feet in thickness, which 1t has given rs 3 present
to the Observatory Of Paris for the telescope now
being manufactured. the power Of which will exceed
that of the most powerful instruments known.
The Empress Eugene has written 10 the Queen Of
England aud the Sovereigns in Europe, proposing
that, without distinction of creed. all shall join ct
once for the purpose Of efecting a suitable restorn-
ton Of the Holy Sepulchre at Jerusalem, which rs
now in a state of utter disrepair.
General Shernan's report claims the inception OF
the Georgia campaign. He says :. had previously
submitted 20 the commsnderin-chie o general plan.
which amounted substantially to the destruction OF
the Atlanta railroad back TO Chattanooga. and 3 ny-
ing forth from Atlanta through the heart OF deorsia
to capture one or more of the great Atlantic seaports.
The Monitors, while at Havana. had their decks
strewn every day with mapgoes, lines. banana.
pine apples, oranges and cigars, contributions OF
visitors alongside. who would say concerning the
vessels, How formidable they look - 80 Any one OF
them could whip the lStonewall in less than half an
hour - Truly these Americans arc devils ="
g. Hurrsh for the brave American nation
Twenty years ago John Mitchell was the most pow
erful anti England editor that Ireland had. He wss
down on oppression Of every kind. Since then he
has bought and sold negroes, defended JEFF Davis in
his most n~efarious schemes, and now he occupies .
cell in the same casemate at Fortress Monroe with
his traitorous chief. charged with treason against the
freest government in the world.
A most singular phenomenon. in the shape Of q
lake of water. has made its appearance in Nittany
Valley, Centre county, Pennsylvania. about three
miles from a small place called Horntown, on the
fuDlereDu}g fOaI, covering aOout u uunuteU CFe
Of land. and varying in depth according to the irres-
ularities OF the ground. from ten to thirty feet. some
say fifty feet. The water is said to come up with
force. A subterranean stream has probably burst
upward. The water is said to fall o little during the
day and rise during the night. 1t is certainly =
great curiosity, and has been visited by many people.
Ar original letter Of Mr.. Howell Cobb. has been
brought to light. dated 1867, during the period Of
the Kansas troubles. MIR. Buchanan will hardly
feel complimented now by the following endorsement
OF his administration which the letter contains. -
| repeat to you,' says Mr.. Cobb, = that the admins
tration of MIR. Buchanan IL the most thoroughly
identified with our principles and our rights Of any
that has preceded it, and I am willing to stand or
fall by the issue"
NEGRO SUFFRAGE IN LouIsIANA.-New Orleans
papers Of the 18th devote much space to the speeches
made at the public reception to Lieutenant Governor
WelIes. The Governor, in the course Of his address,
took the most uuequivocal ground against negro
suffrage. He warned the people that every effort
would be made by the Radicals to prevent the return
of power to the Conservatives Of the South. He
wanted to know if. " after having taken this CONT
nent from the red man. and holding it for more than
n century. they were going 10 be SO charitable as to
turn it over to the negro"
The son of Mr.. Gladstone, the English Chancellor
of the Exchequer, has become . Liberal candidate
for Parliament, but as, strange TO say, he il no ora
tor, his father had to make n speech for him. The
Chancellor said he had counseled bis son not TO
measure Liberal principles too nicely or stingily.
BY these principles" he said. He understood in
the main. trust of the people, only qualified by p-u-
dence, and by the principles OF their opponents he
understood mistrust Of the people only qualified by
fear"
1t appears from a statemen made by the oee-
brated agriculturist Joigneaux, that the number OF
live stock now in France exceeds 100 600. GOO head.
This number is accounted for as follows: Large
cattle, 10000; sheep, pigs and goats, 4O,000 200;
poultry and rabbits, $1,000, 900; dogs, 3,OOO,OO0-
If we consider the extraordinary affection shown by
the French towards their dogs, which. as everybody
knows, they prefer to their children, the figures last
given appear too small.
IT, E,aooo Nfov,oo. 1oon c.,-:,Iatool;n- "a
gambling lottery features. cannot be forced down
the Threats of the French people. No gift"
scheme could be got up more takingly, but still 1t
will not succeed, for no one has any confidence in
the permanency of the Mexican empire. The en-
pire may end in ten days. pretty certainly in as
many months. The sickly loan, although bearing q
six per cent. interest, vibrates between 46 and AZ.
In other words, - Max cannot obtain money, even
under a French guarantee, at less than IL to IA per
cent. per annum, and not much at that. The whole
loan, if taking up, including the gross revenues OF
Mexico, will not keep Macmillan ahoat for the cur
rent year. And then?
THAT " ERRING Sow LETTING Down GESTLY.-
Clarence Prentice, son Of George ID. Prentice, Of
Louisville, has taken the oath of allegiance and ar.
rived ut Nashville. Perhaps the return Of this
erring SON. may account for the following edito-
rial in the Journal Of the 10th
"a few days ago we were called on by an ex-
Confederate officer, who, after having fought long,
and as bravely as anybody in an awfully wrong
cause. came back. took the oath of allegiance. and
wishes only to be q quiet and good citizen.
Well. this officer, who was misguided. but has
since been guided right, desires, as we have said.
only to be a loyal citizen. but he tells Us that he
can't go anywhere, not even through the streets.
without being constantly insulted. He says that
men call out to him, Where have you been p How
do you like it" Have you got your rights'
: What do you think of Richmond ? Where's your
idolized JEFF Davis p He says he bears all these
things because he knows that he must do it. But We
fully agree with him that TO taunt and Insult men
! situated as be is, men who wish to keep all the OBJ
legations of their allegiance. is not only unjust and
impolitic, and against the public peace. but as cow
ardly as it would be to strike a man who has mana
cles upon his wrists and ancles.''
THE PoT AND THE kETTLE.-The war of words
between the New York Herald and the Daily Ners
is quite bitter. and promises to be still more SO now
that the WorLd has volunteered a hand in it. Ben
nett, referring to the. S25 900 check drawn by Jake
Thompson for Ben Wood, insists that the last named
rebel sympatbizer should be SWING off side by side
with JEFF. Davis as equally deserving q traitors pun.
ishment.
The -peirs retorted by endorsing the statement of a
Richmond paper in which it is asserted that at the
outset Of the reheiion Bennett rendered the ser vices
Of ;he Herald 20 the support Of the rebel cause for q
consideration, and that the prefer was Indignantly
spurned-
This damaging statement seems to have shut No
the Herald mouth, for the moment at least it has
nothing 10 say for itself But the interest Of the
affair is kept alive by the World, which puts its oar
in with considerable force, not only reiterating the
statement but giving chapter and verse with q grav-
ity that challenges belief The Torld processes to
have known the fact for some months, il having been
revealed to its editor by a gentleman to whom JEFF.
DAVIS had impaired il. This gentleman's veracity 10
fully endorsed by the World, which seems to have
forgotten that ii is the veracity of JEFF. Davis, who
originated the story, that most needs endorsement.
But that is a small matter with those who fully be-
lieve that Bennett has been at heart a rebel sympa-
thizer all along, and that nothing but the great up
rising Of the people prevented him from throwing cat