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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-22
TeaZing.

This Is no trivial subject. 1t is . science as
regularly taught and learned as any other. This
is a specimen Of it, which we subjoin
3" Mother. mother, mother, may l, mayntl /,
won't you, shan't she, shan't he, won't, l
must, do now, mother, mother" &c, &c, &c.
WHY If FIVE thousand women had 20 hear the
whole Of it. j. would drive them crazy, And
then, how can q woman work 10 any purpose,
whose thoughts are put in confusion every min
ute by such onsets? And then for family enjoy
ment, and family affection it makes sad work
with these, and with everything which Is lovely
and valuable.
Children are taught TO teaze very much as
they are taught 10 cry. With all his little
wants. real or imaginary, the child runs 10 his
mother. They are matters Of Importance to
him. He wants 2 definite and decisive answer.
one which will settle the question and his
mind will be on tie rack till he has it. 1t is
not in the nature Of the child to feel otherwise.
He will have no peace himself, and will therefore
give his mother no peace, till ne understands
and knows that the point is settled. If you give
no answer till he has spoken ten times; and
then, if he has any reason TO suspect that speak
ing twenty times more viii obtain an answer
more favorable 10 his wishes, he viii speak TWEEN
ty times more. And this will soon grow into Z
habit. But give him an answer the first time he
speaks, and he will not be obliged 10 speak the
second time 10 obtain one and never alter your
decision for his teazing, and he will soon give
it up IS of no use. Wait ten minutes, and
then 1 will tell you :" or, - Wait till l have
done this piece of work" But 1t must be
definite, something that the child can understand,
and which he knows will not be altered. If
you have leisure, and the occasion seems a pro-
per one. you may let him argue the case before
you decide it, but not afterwards. Indeed, if
he has learned by experience that your decisions
are final, he will seldom If ever attempt it. lie
will consider an answer as an answer. His mind
will be at rest on that point, and soon find some
thing else with which TO amuse himself.
Now, mothers, do not say that you have not
time to answer the requests Of your children as
soon as they are made. II your time is so
occupied, that you find it difficult, how can you
afford to neglect it, and thus teach them to teaze,
and thus bring upon yourself an inconceivably
greater hindrance IN. Y. Ledger.
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Education OF Girls.

The subject of physical education Is beginning
t. attract attention. The following remarks arc
from the Boston Courier, written by the editor
after having attended a school festival IN FansuIi
Hall
=. But there was one thing we noticed which
did throw a little shadow over our thoughts. W g
stood on the platform, very near the boys and
girls. as they passed by to receive a bouquet at
the hands Of the Mayor. We could not help
observing that not one girl IN ten had the air and
look o. good health. There were very many
lovely countenanees-lovely with an expression
Of intellect and goodness-but they were ike
fair flowers resting upon a fragile stalk. Narrow
chests, round shoulders, meagre forms, palld
cheeks, were far too common There was 3 gen
eral want IN their movements Of the buoyancy
and vivacity Of youth and childhood. The heat
OF the dav and the nervous exhaustion Of the
occasion were 10 be taken into the account, and
due allowance should be made Tor them. But
this was not the first time that we were forced TO
the conclusion that here in Boston, in the educa-
ton of girls, the body is lamentably neglected.
And IL is 4 very great and serious neglect, the
Consequence of which will not end with the suf-
ferers themselves. OF what use is il u learn all
sorts Of things during the first sixteen years Of
life, and u stuff the brain with all Kinds OF
knowledge, If the price be = feeble or diseased
body? \ finely endowed mind shut up in a
sickIy bodC is like a bright Light Ill a broken Ian
tern. liable 10 be blown out by a puff of wind or
extinguished 10y q dash of rain. Ii the destiny
Of women were 10 be put under q glass and look
ed 1T, like a flower, it would be of little conse-
quence but women must take her part in per-
forming the duties and sustaining the burdens Of
life. These young model scholars, in due time,
will marry men whose lot it is TO earn their bread
by some kind of toll, in which their wives must
needs aid them. To this service they will bring
an intelligent capacity and a conscientious pur-
pose bat how far will these go without health
and the cheerful spirits which health gives? A
sickly wife is no helpmate. but 4 hindermate. If
we neglect the body the body will have its re-
venge. And are we not doing this? Are we not
throwing our whole educational force upon the
brain i not a healthy city-born and bred wo-
man getting TO be as rare as Il black swan? And
is it not time ~ reform this altogether? Is it
not time to think something of the casket as well
as the jewel-something of the lantern as well as
fhn Iirht 9'
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-22
PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.


Opinions ,. aa"irrI rsr.cr Concerning its
Character aud Efficiency.
WAsuISGEoy, Jan. 18.-Admiral Porter has
sent 4 report % the Navy Department on the
subject u! monitors and iron-clads, In which he
states what hI- experience has been with the
MJEGdHOck, Mah0pGc, CqHOHlcIl' and SauguS-
Ill vessels OF some difference Of construction,
and built he believes, by different constructors
tie says the last named left Hampton Roads On
the 18th ult. On the Dist ii blew hard from
the southwest They made the best weather
aad rode easier than any Of the other vessels Of
the feet. AL transports cut and run, though
he thought that was quite unnecessary. After
tire fight he inquired Of the commanders OF the
monitors how they passed the ordeal, and they
seemed to think they got along very well. The
smaller monitors, the Mah0pac and CdnOnicus,
~ times almost disappeared from view, and the
commander Of the former vessel complained Of
discomfort. owing to the decks leaking, but the
decks were in no danger at the time
As 70 the MoHadn0ck, she could ride out n
gale 81 anchor IN the Atlantic Ocean. She is
certainly a most perfect success, so far as hull
and machinery are concerned, and Is only de-
tectige IA some minor details, which IN the
butiding Of these vessels require the superinten-
dence Of thorough seamen and = practical and
ingenious mind. The M9HadHock is capable Of
crossing the ocean alone when her cOmpasses are
once properly adjusted, and could destroy any
vessel in the French or British navy, lay their
towns under contribution and return again, pro-
vided she could pick up coal, without fear of
being followed. She could certainly clear any
harbor on the coast Of blockaders in case we
were at war with Il foreign power. As strong
and thick % the sides Of this vessel are, one hot
heavy shot from Fort Fisher indented the iron
ON her side armOr, without, however, doing any
material damage. These vessels have laid five
days uLder fire from Fort Fisher, anchored less
than 500 yards of, and though fired at a great
deal, were seldom hit, and received no injury ex-
cept 10 their boats and light matter about decks.
Compared with the hOnsides their fire is very
slow and not at all calculated to silence heavy
batteries. which requires rapid and continuous
TIRE to drive the men from their guns but they
are famous coadiutors in a fight To put in heavy
blows, which tell in easements and bomb proofs.
The smaller monitors viii always require steam
ers to tow and take care Of them. Admiral
Porter states that he has never vet seen a vessel
which came up TO his ideas Of what is required
for offensive operations as much Us the IyOnsides.
She combines very many good qualities; the
most important Is the comfort with which people
ON board of her live. though she would be no
match for the MonddHnck in 4 fight, the latter
having more speed.
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NOTICE.

ssY TIE On THE Isi Inst.s
kb two letters were received At ibis Ohice addressed as fol
lowe, the one:
HRs. BUTLER. Care OF Mrs. Llnn, Lli!letOn, near Hartley,
New South Wales, Australia.
And the other:
Miss MARY McPHAIL, care of Sir. Thomas McPhai, New
Castle. y. :. " Wales. Australia.
And each Of them stamped with five cents Hawaiian stamp.
The postage on = letter for Australia sent 10y nay Of san
Francisco from these islands Is as follows
1. : Postage, 3Sc; ship postage, 2ci Hawaiian postaee, oct
making a total OF Acc on a single letter, weighing not more
than One-half ounce, and PREPAYMENT Of the whole 3 e
ouired, i sent through the san Francisco Post-Oflce-
When only the Hawaiian Postage OF &c is paid sn slch .
letter, ii can only be forwarded 10y a private hip gong dFeI
from these Islands 10 Australia, and that happens only n tms
intervals.
10 inform the public that the PBEPAi hENI "a the !. . f1
tage "a we'll as the Ship anu Hawaiian Post9se Is required Q
ali letters cen. from these islands to ans foreign country through
the San Francisco Post-Ohice, the United States ed hngtan3
only excepted; letters 70 those Two countries will be ioT"arleo
by Prepayment Of Hawaiian POSTAGE only-
ARTHUR z
Postmaster General
CEREAL Pcs.Omce, Horolaa, (
Az. -, -3e: -:..8.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-22

Anecdotes Of Ayarice.

My LOrd Hardwich, the late Lord Chancellor
who Is said to- be worth $500 900, sets the same
value on half IL crown now, as he did when ne
was worth only El00. That great captain, the
Duke of Marlborough, when he was in the last
stage OF life, and very intirm, would walk from
the public room in Bath, to his lodgings, On q
cold, dark night, to save I ~sixpence. in chair
hire. If the Duke, who left ut his death, more
than n million and Il half sterling, could have
fOrGscen that all his wealth and hOnO-s were To be
inherited by a grandson Of Lord TrevOr's who
had been one of his enemies, would he have al
ways saved Il sixpence?
Sir james Lowther, after changing a piece of
silver in st. Georges C0ffee-house. and paving
Tor his dish Of coffee, was helped into his chariot,
(for he was lame and infirm,) and went home;
some time after, nc returned to the same Coffee
house on purpose to acquaint the woman who
kept At, that she had given him n bad half penny,
and demanded another in exchange for it. Sir
James had about Els 900 per annum, and was AZ
- loss whom 10 appoint his heir. L knew one Sir
Thomas Colby, who lived in kensington, and
was, / think, in the Victualling Office he killed
himself by rising in the middle of the night.
when he was in q profuse sweat, the effect of
medicine which he had taken for that purpose.
and walking down stairs to look for the key of
his cellar, which he had inadvertently left ON u
table in his parlOr he was apprehensive that his
servants might seize the key and rob him of Il
bottle of port wine. This man died intestate,
and left more than II 200 900 in the funds,
"HNA wei az dAitiS hHC VI SA dbN -AiDOIEIs-
who were his nearest relations.
Sir William Smythe, of Bedfnrdshire. was my
own kinsman. When he was near seventy, he
was wholly deprived of his sight; he was per-
suaded to be coUched by Taylor, theOculist, who
by agreement, was to have sixty guineas if he
restored his patient to any degree Of sight. Taylor
succeeded in his operation, and Sir William was
able 20 read and write without the use of specta-
cles during the rest of his life but as soon az
the operation was Performed, and Sir William
saw the good effect of it, instead Of being over
Joyed, as any other person would have been, he
began To lament the loss (as he called it, Of his
sixty guineas- His continuance, therefore, was
how 10 cheat the Oculist he pretended he could
not see anything perfectly for that reason, the
handage on his eye was continued n month longer
than the usual time. BY this means, he obliged
Taylor 10 compound the bargain, and accept of
twenty gUrneas for 4 covetous man thinks no
method dishonest, which he may legally practice
to save his money.-Dr. Ring'S anecdotes Of has
OJrH Times.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-22
EXPECTED SOON

Rubber Hose, ga inch. three ply. white.
Universal Clothes Ringers.
EOaf Nails. Hoes, Gilt Moulding.
CATTLE SOsP- FurutiaSs Poii=E-
g. Se;I-. e.. &S-. &c.
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-04-22
90 L TO
PLANTATION USE
TuHE UNDERSIGNED HAVE ON HAND
800 TONS BEST LEHIGH COAL.
800 Tons BEST WELSH STEAM COAL.
100 Tons NAINAINO COAL.

Which they offer for sale delivered on the Wharf, at very
moderate rates.
y. BIN case where there is a short supply Of steam or
boiling power, from damp wood, or from any other cause,
TIE addition OF n few hundred pounds Of any of the above
Coal will add from IS 70 80 per cent. To the evapOraiug power.
The. Lehigh Coal L eeTy clean and smOkelcss and gives s.
great local heat.
Ths Welsh Coal gives more fame and is very clean, burning
~ = white ash.
The Nainaino CosI is smoky and more inclined to cinker,
but when supplied in small quantities at n time and with q
gO0i draft gives more fame than the others.
The undersigned confidently TrcOmmeni 20 Sugar Planters a
TRIAL 81 a few tons each Of the above. "a II many cases an
expense - say $40 per izy may adj from IS to so per cent.
70 the daily WELL Of sugar.
is3+2n JANIOS, GREEN K co.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-02
PERSONAL.

ME-. JOHN W. HOFFMAN, Principal OF Clinton
- academy, was sgreeaby surprised few days
Hxo, N receiving valuable present from his much
IoVsd students which he highly estsems account
the munihcent spirit in which it was presented.
" sdnesday and Saturday lights excepted > and
nnos thet ne can accommodate six eight more
pa the DAY, and twelve fifteen more AZ night.
Ihose oesiring to av all themselves OF his n.truc
ton viii do well to enter at once Both schools
Till resume their exercises the drst thursday in
January, 1865, at the usual place, No. 161 West
street. Geor getown, D. c. dec 81
THIS Is TO CERTIFY THAT HAVE AU-
thorizea no person, excepting my daughter,
Sutan T. Cruit, to rent, lease, or otherwise trans
act any business pertai ming to pro perty, either
III Washington city or Alexandria county.
de 2S-6tS MRS. ROBERT CRUIT.
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NEW YEARS RECEPTIONS.

The old time custom Of receiving friends on
New Years has been more generally observed
to-day than for many years past. The mem.
bers of the Cabinet received as usual at their
several places Of residence, and the observance
OF the day was maintained with spirit by
numerous private citizens. Mayor Wallach
dispensed his usual elegant Inequalities at his
residence, on Louisiana avenue and his house
was thronged with visitors for many hours
The Giiy Councils paid their respects 10 him In
a body, and we noticed there were many dis.
tiIguished Government officials, array aud
navy officers, and persons of note in private
life.
Asbury Lloyd, Esq, President of the Board
of Common Council, received n throng of
friends at his house on Z street, as did MIR.
Alexander r. Shepherd at mis- handsome resi-
dence on 10th street.
Mr.. William WALL 10th street, also had
host Of visitors at his bounifully spread tables,
as did Mr.. Thomas A. Stephens, 10th street, OF
the city councils, and Of the same firm.
MIR. Lewis CIephane received in his usual
hos pitab BILE style at his residence on G street.
Postmaster Bowen also was largely visited
by his many friends and the Levy Court, of
which he is member, paid their respects to
him in a body.
District Attorney Darlington, M street, and
Mr.. ). W. Owen, Ath street, also dispensed
generous Inequalities ON the occasion.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-02

II Richmond papers of the 2Sth nit. say
that inc guerrliia chief Mosby's wound was
not mortal; that he is still living, and will re.
cover. The rebel House of Representatives has
adopted resolution inquiring OF jeff Davis
whether 1t is true, as generally understood,
that his Secretary OF War, or any other mem .
Der OF his cabinet, has been issuing passes to
leave the country to young men who have no
desire to be sin at the death" of the Confed J..
eracy, On their arrival at fighting age. The
Richmond Wing, after ackno wledeine very
frankly that the CoGfederacy is now under
several strata OF clouds, consoles itself by the
reflection that no calamity Is without its rem /.
edy. "But it says, 4" after all everything de.
ponds upon the people. II they are determined
to submit, there is nothing more to be said "
The Richmond Examiner of the 2ath saws III at
the exchange OF prisoners is about to be re.
sumed at Wilmington.
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The Wilmington Failure,

L. \
The letter OF our special correspondent gives
an account OF the Wilmington operations con-
siderabiy more readable ana intelligent than
yesterdays dssp itch from Admiral Porter. 1t
Is clear that the prolonged naval lombard
ment failed to impair, to any extent, the
strength OF Fort Fisher. General Weitzels
reconnaissance having disclosed that fact,
there remained nothing for the land force to
attempt lit being admitted IN the outset that q
land force alone would not be competent to
assail the fort.
Admiral Porter intmates his opinion that
where Weitzers skirmish line could 60, the
main body might have followed, and the fort
nave been taken. But the situation was not
such as he represents it. No doubt q few
skIrmishers entered the work. At the time
when they mounted the parapet the fire Of the
navy was pouring in with all its intensity,
and by that fire the garrison was kept in the
bomb-proof. But Admiral Porter himself tells
us that eight or ten OF these soldiers-almost
every one who entered-were wounded by
this fire.
If then an assaulting column had advanced,
1t would have been destroyed by the same fire.
Ii the fire had been suspended, the garrison
fort from the bomb proofs, and with grape and
canister nave probably swept that ground over
which the column was advancing. Weighing
these two necessities. General Weitzel pro-
noun ced the stormlng of such a work, in such
Giro instances, impossible.
The first assault on Fort Wagner, in which
fell the heroic Shaw, affords an illustration.
There also the fire Of the fort had been silenced
by preliminary bombardment, and the garrl-
son driven under coXer. But when the bonn
bardment ceased and the attacking column
moved, it was successfully resisted by the
guns of the fort and the musketry fire OF it's
garrison There Is no reason to suppose Fort
Fisher would have done worse or Buffers
work than Wagner, and no troops could be
Drawer than the 54th Massachusetts.
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FROM THE FRONT.

A Furious Assault on a Picket Post.
Information from the Army of the Potomac
10 the evening OF Saturday, is as follows:
About daylight this morning our pickets ON
that portion of the front line between Forts
Howard and W ellsworth, now occupied by the
1st and Sd brigades Of the list corps, were sur
prised by about three hundred rebels, who
charged upon them without any previous
warning, and drove them back within the in
trenchments, killing two, wounding three, and
capturing thirty-f
The rebels then gathered the blankets, KNAPP.
sacks, etc, which our men left at the picket
posts, and retired TO their own lines, without
losing q man. The attack was so entirely
unexpected, and the affair so quickly ever,
that the officers OF our picket guard had not
time to even give orders to the men, with a
TT,sx TO resistance, until they had fallen back
upSn The Entertainments.
The assault was OF the most furious charac-
ter. The enemy charging with terrific yells,
and firing rapidly as they advanced, very
naturally induced the belief that 1t was au at
tack in force. The scattering IRE ~.,aintaipsd
by our pickets during their -s,roo, ,,,as Inaarac
tive, and the ehein" lid not re main Ion z enough
arouse 4
thing further of interest has occurred here
fnr a few Gays past. The weather cont ues
extremely sisagreeable. To- night we are hav-
ING a fall of snow, which, however, meIts
nearly as fast as 1t deseends.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1865-01-02

FEMALES SENT SoUTH.-On aturday las
Major Gen. Wallace received from Gen. Sheri-
dan request that he would arrest two ladies
who had passed through his lines from the
South, and had located in Baltimore. Colonel
Woolley, upon receiving orders from General
Wallace, detailed one of his detectives and In
a short time the parties were arrested. One OF
them, Mrs. Carroll, was arrested at the resi-
dence OF relative, Col. Chas. Carroll. No. 46
Mount Vernon Place, and the other, Miss Sell
don, was arrested at the residence of MIR. Tay-
lor, Ne 163 st. Paul street. 1t is stated that
the tw o ladies had tried to come to baltimore
being refused they succeeded in getting here
without permission. They are both well known
in the fashionable circles of this CITY, Mrs
Carroll, it. stated, is but lately married. and
returned to this city ACCOUNT of falling
neaith. Both Of the ladies were sent I'D to
Harrer's Ferry under guard, to the headquar.
tiers OF Gen. Sheridan, who has the disposition
OF their Gase.-BdltmOrc Sun.
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TELEGRAPHIC NEWS,


The Steamer New York Arrived-The
Presidents Message received there on
the 18th ultimo = The Lenden Times
Thinks it Affords the Federals Little
Encourasement-Its Views on Confisca.
tion-It Treats on the Canada Raids
into the United States.
NEW YORK, Jan 2.-The steamer New York
from Southampton, on the 2lst of December
has arrived.
President Lincoln's message was received in
England on the 18th ult.
Ihe Times says the message contains little
from which the Federals can derive encour.
agement or consolation. The Governments
position, military and financial, is rapidly
growing worse. The message effectualIy des.
troys peace expectations.
The Times thinks the North does not possess
me power OF confscating property. The mere
threat or confscatIng gives the South the
strongest possible motive to resist to the last
extremity. The Secretary Of toe Treasury's
report OF the Federal finances is even more
aisconraging than the military intelligence.
This conclusion is unavoidable The situation,
even as depicted in the message and accompa.
nying report, financial and military, renders il
the most uncomfortable address ever read to
an american House of Representatives. Brit.
ism neutrality has been maintained so we'll that
tnere Is only one point in the message which
concerns England directly.
The resolution to place an additional force on
tne Greaf Lakes Is not to be complained Of
we nope Canadians Will take measures to
prevent Canada from being made the basis of
incursions into a friendly State, if by placing
gunboats on the lakes, these enterprises can
be impeded. President Lincoln will only be
engaged in an object in which the British au.
thorites will be bound to assist him, but we
sincerely trust that this increase of force is not
meant to be permanent. We cannot conceive
the necessity that occasional forays Of few
adventurers should be brought in connection
with the question of continuing or modifying
rights Of transit from Canada through the
United States, as well as the regulation of i'm
ports, which was temporarily established by
the reciprocity treaty OF 1854.
The Asias news had no effect on the mar
kets. The Confederate loan was from 6la63
Consols sos as9A. United States fve-twenties
declined y, and Erie paid up shares de-
clined 4.
The British Parliament will reassemb!e on
the 9th OF February.