The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-03-11

PLYMOUTH CnUEcH, BRooELYS-The annual rent
ing OF pews ia Plymouth Church. Brooklyn, tRev.
Nh. Beecher,) by auction, took place recently. The
premiums bid and the rentals OF the pews amounted
to more than S45, 600. lie highe-t premium offered
was $500, with a ren;@t Of $40, making SOU.
The highest premium pail last year VA 800.
Eleven pews brought last week from S3u5 to $3.50
dollars premium each, or with the first sold, an az
gregate Of S4,l25 and rentals OF Sl,52O. Tbs sum
Of $4,000 more than ever before was realized to-
the si,t!ugs for the year. Nj Beecher's salary was
raised from : 900 10 $500.
\ PnussI4N NATIONAL TaANKsGIvING.-The FOL
lowing proclamation, appointing q day Of thauksgiy-
ing. has been issued by the King OF Prussia
AS the peace negotiated between myself, my
august ally the Emperor OF Austria. aud he Crown
Of Denmark, was ratified Oh the 18th uit., and was
brought - an honorable conclusion, | now will that
Almighty God. who mas granted TO our arms His
gracious assistance, should be publicly thanked, and
that the honor which alone belongs TO God should lie
rendered 10 HIN I therefore order that on Sunday,
Dec. IS, On which day my victorious troops will
have returned 10 their gaTrIsOns, 4 solemn service OF
thanksgiving shall be held ia all the churches, thar
the day sluIi be usnerei in IN a festive manner, aud
that it shall be closed by the singing Of the hymn
. Nun danket Allie Colt WILLIAM
Tue Postal MoSEg-ORDER SYsTEM-The postal
mUney-order system, designed to promote public con
yenieuce and 10 insure safety IN tue transfer Of money
through the mails, Will 20 Into operation On the first
Of November. It's advantages will 10 doubt be very
great. The mode 10y which safety l. secured consists
ia leaving out Of the order the name Of the payee, or
party for whom the money X intended. In this re
spect, a money-order d.iieIs from an ordinary bank
draft or check. An advice Or notification OF the or
der drawn Is transmitted by the issuing postmaster
10 the postmaster at the othCe Of payment. The lat
ter y thus furnished with the necessary Information,
and will therefore be Informed OF the names OF the
Temitier and YayCC before the order itself can be pre-
scented, and be enabled 10 defect fraud il any should
be attempted. The fees OF charges Tor mouey-OTders
will be a. follows For "a order OF one dollar OF
more. but not exceeding tea dollars, ten cents for
an order a. ftu dollar. al more LH- ED fXrpFifpB
twenty dollars, fifteen cents for an UTdgr OF twenty
dollars or more, but not exceeding thirty dollars,
twenty cents. Fractions OF cents must not be intro
duced into any order. No money order business to
be transacted on Sundays.
MINERAL DISCOVERY IN MAssACHUsFTTs.-Tbe BOs-
ton Traveller says AT the meeting Of the Boston
Natural History Society, Dec. 2lst. Or. c. 7. jack
son announced the discovery Of "a mine OF emery al
Chester, near Springfield, Mass. of almost iuexhaust-
ible extent and Of ines,imabie value to the country.
Upon testing il, il was found to be fully equal 10 the
best London prepared from Naxos. DR.. Jackson
says: 1t may not be generally known that the en-
cry Of the GTecian Archipelago Is muuUpolizei oy a
single bankIng-hOuse 10 London, and those OF Asia
Minor are also monopoiized 10y ~ single mercantile
house in Smyrna. These monUPolies have raised the
price Of emery iourfOld. Now, Massachusetts over
rides this monopoly, and can supply. not only this
country, but the entire world, with the best OF enc
~, Tor all coming time. One OF our citizens. a mem
Der Of this Society, Mr.. John Is Taft, of Boston, is,
in behalf OF his associates. the present manager Of
this new enterprise, and possesses adequate means
and authority TO render irs operation prosperous.'
Re4r-Aimirsl Gregory. in the exercise OF discre-
tiOnary powers, Wisely vested IN him by the Secre-
tary of the Navy, fully appreciating the advantages
which speed gives a vessel upon the blockading ser
vice, purchased II small steamboat, simply because
she dcdS rory fast, armed her with three small guns,
and sent her upon blOckading duty. His foresight
and sagacity in the matter have been handsomely
established by the success Of the little blockader.
She took screen prizes in six weeks, of = total value
OF not less than $1,000, OO,. Her speed Is honestly
fifteen miles per hour. What better success she
might have had in picking up prizes, had her speed
been twenty miles per hour, can only be surmised
but no one VII! doubt that II would have been much
greater.
The death Of n celebrity. n dwarf. in Paris, the
French counterpart of the American Tom Thumb, is
recorded. In his 18th year he was placed in the
establishment of the Duchess at Orleans, the mother
Of the Citizen King, and was 80 small At that age
that he passed Tor AN infant, and so dressed during
the stormy period Of the first revolution Score dis
patches were sent By him, which thus reached with
out suspicion the imprisoned members Of the royal
family Of France. 70 the day of his death, this
dwarf. named Richebourg. received a pension from
the Orleans family Of 3, 900 francs a year. equivalent
to 5000 in gold. During the last thirty years he
has lived in the same-house, III the Fauburg St. Ger
main. Unlike Tom Thumb, ne has a horror Of APP
pearing in public and for half a lifetime has never
crossed the threshold Of his own door. Not the least
remarkable feature III the career Of this creature is
the fact that he lived TO lee % years old.
New ZEALAXD-The state Of this country at last
;idings was not cheerful 10 Great Britain. The colon
lists had no ministry. The Maories who surrendered
their land at TauTauga had changed their minds,
fortified a pah, and threatened death TO the surveyor
ii he crossed the boundary. The escaped Maories
near AuklaLd have also fortified themselves, and were
supplied with provisions. said rumUr. by Sir George
Grey himself In Tarauaki, the tribe of W. King
were holding back more peaceful tribes from making
overiuros TO Government by threats-and Sir George
Grey, without any responsible advisers, was supposed
10 be medituting another roso-water letter to the ma
tves Offering them anything for peace. The settlers
were discussing seriously the advantage Of throwing
OF the English protection.
Os1UARY- Can anything he more beautiful
than the plain aad simple language of the following
notice OF the death OF one Of the editors of Punch
John Lceci,.
oBIIr OCTOBER xxx, MDCCCIXIv., ErAT. 40.
The simplest words are hest where all words are
vain. Ten days ago a great artist, in the noon of
life. and with his glorious mental faculties in full
power, but with the shade of physical inhrmity dark
ening upon him, took his accustomed place among
friends who have this day held his pail. Some Of
the II had heen fellow workers with him for a quarter
him well was to love him dearly, and all in whose
name these lines are written mourn a., for a brother.
His monument Is in the volumes OF which this j one
sad leaf. and in ~ hundred works which. at this hour,
few will not remember mere easily han those who
have Just left his grave. While society, whose every
phase he has illustrated with u truth, a grace, an / a
tenderness heretofore unknown 10 Satire art. gladly
and proudly take charge IF his fame, they whose
pride 10 the genius of a great associate was equailed
hy their affection for an attached friend would leave
on record that they have known no kindlier, more
rehuet, or more generous nature than that Of him
who has been thus early called to his res,.-Puach.
Divorces N ESGLAsD English people are become
ing Disguised with their Divorce Court, and the pub
LEFTY given in the press 10 the disgusting proceedings
therein Fear was expressed IN Parliament ut the