The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-08-26
Foreign Summary.

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jacob Strawn, the great Illinois farmer, has made
the Christian Commission p donation Of $4,000.
Goodwin Smith begins an article with the remark
that in the death of Mr.. Lincoln " America has gain
ed one more ideal character. the most precious and
inspiring Of national possessions"
General Grants medal contains seven hundred
dollars worth of gold, and cost, work and all, seven
thousand dollars.
The British Parliament, as = general represents
ton by = knights. citizens. aud burgesses," has en-
dured exactly six hundred years. 1t was Summoned
by Henry Ill, in 1860.
4 singular circumstance was communicated TO the
French Photographic Society at its last sitting by NJ.
Placit. The magnesium light is SO powerful THAI
when placed ST a short distance from the object glass
it will melt its surface. An object glass spoiled in
this way was produced by him at the sitting.
Mr.. Guinness, the great brewer OF Dublin stout.
has been knighted. and his beer bottles will hence
forth bear the title Of Sir Benjamin. Henry Russell,
who used 10 give such plaintiye efAc' to - Noodman
Spare that Tree is also TO be ~ku,ghted; and there
is also talk Of Topper and Tenuyson.
A writer in one of the agricultural papers says the
stagnant, odOrous water in cisterns, which sometimes
becomes very annoying, may be remedied in a few
hours by putting two pounds Of caustic soda III the
water.
The President of the United States has ordered the
temporary suspension of the collection of taxes in
Tennessee, owing TO the utter impoverlshment OF the
people; and will probably adopt a sirsilar liberal
policy in other Southern States that may reSuire it.
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blow out the light from the top. There is danger
that the flames will so down into the gas ia the lamp,
explode and kill somebody, If the blaze is blown down.
The less oil there is in the lamp, the greater the dan
ger.
How JouN Bull Is ~BrrrEN.-The New York Er-
press says ii has good authority for stating that
Sir Harry Bald de Houghton, proprietor of the pro-
rebel organ in Liverpool-the SiaRd1rd-had
1850 600 invested in the Confederate cotton loan.
He took one-tenth of the entire loan at par, and
his punishment by this time, We fancy, must be
more than he can bear.
The cotton culture is taking wide extension in
Africa. The Governor of Kilmane, on the east
coast, has made arrangements with the Portuguese
Government 10 offer land at ten refs or one half
penny per acre. and furnish laborers at twenty
five cents per diem. the importation of machinery
and implements to be free for ten years. The far
mers OF Kanraria are taking up the business with
vigOr and success.
Roger a. Pryor made 4 smiling speech of hypo-
critical sorrow over the President murder. at
Petersburg, the other day. This Pryor agreed, in
1860. that in ease Mr. Lincoln was elected and I'M
dertook by force 10 prevent the secession of a
State, he would be the Brutus to plant q dagger
in his hearth
At the Philadelphia Mint, during the month of
April. there were coined 3,S3S,32i pieces, as fol-
lows: OF gold, 39,122 silver, 3S.903 copper.
100000.
LO! THE Poor NEGRo.-The New York Grand
Lodge of Masons have just done a thing which is
much criticised. They refused, on Friday, to rec
SbiL IBC 4 AohENo VI AAth ~ YUM
in this city, who have been for some time working
under charters freely accorded to them by the
Crane Lodge of Hamburg, on the ground that the
black man has no status IN American masonry.
This action on the part of an institution which
boasts of its love and charity towards all brethren
of the fraternity, whether jew or Gentle, Chris
tian or infdel, is not tavorably regarded by the
moral public here, especially when compared with
the liberal spirit of the German brethren.
\ few Sundays ago, one of these taboocd lodges
passed down Broadway. with rich regalia and en-
hlaZOnpi banners. and moving with measured
tread to the mournful strains of a full band of mu-
sic. They We're bearing 10 the tomb the remains
of one of their own race who had fallen on the bat
tle-ield, fighting for his country. People halted
as they passed, many gazing with wonder upon
the spectacle, for it Is not known to every one that
there are such lodges in the city. And here was
one which. for the responsibility of its appearance,
the dignity of lis bearing, and the many highly in
~telligent cOuntenances it displayed, might have
proudly challenged a comparison with any white
lodge in the community. This was the remark of
more than one spectator as they watched the
movement until the last of the long line had passed
from sight.
And these men. so respectable in appearance, so
dignifed in bearing. so intelligent of aspect, are,
according to the New York Grand Lodge. unwor-
thy of the grasp of a white Mason's handi They
do things very differently in Europe, and the diff
ference places the American lodges before the
world in a very unenviable position.
RESUMPTION OF ADE.-Charles correspond
ence says that business in that city is very active for
this season Of the year. Every steamer from New
i OIk DTllRS DIAL Ute III Va tuEhkbbR III tlhiCz
cotton and rice spectators have their agents all over
the State, and not q few of them, it is remarked.
are coming money. The holders Of cotton have been
deprived for so long n time of the luxuries Of life
that they willingly dispose of their property at a
heavy discount from the market rates for ready cash.
The only difficulty experienced by purchasers is in
getting the cotton TO the ~seaboard, where il can be
shipped TO market. 1t is anticipated that in three
months from the present time every stOrehouse IN
Charleston will be occupied, and that it will be nee
essary TO rebuild the burnt district III order to ac.
commodate the increased demands Of trade. North
ern capitol is relied upon to do this. Rather than
have their lands parceled out 10 that class who were
formerly their slaves, the landholders say they will
prefer that Northern men of enterprise and capital
should come amongst them. purchase lands and
pr0perty, and put the State IN a prosperous condition.
Emigrants from Europe will also be welcome. 1t is
stated that one enterprising Cbarlestonian proposes
/ the establishment ola land company with about 5O0,-
900 acres within the State, for the purpose Of Undue
ing white emigration to South Carolina-the land 10
form the basis of a capital for establishing a banking
and emigration company, and TO be offered to white
cmigrants on very easy terms. a new line OF
steamers between Charleston and New York is talked
or
A NEW ENGLISH MTEIsTRY NOT lMPRoBABLE-Si1
years ago this month, Lord Palmerston organized the
present Wing ministry, his previous Government
having been overthrow for introducing the :" Con-
spiracy to Murder BILL" after the attempt by Orsini
on the life Of the French Emperor. Friends and
enemies have alike been surprised at the long tenure
vouchsafed to this ministry; clinging to life, az il
has, with all the teuacity Of its venerable head, Pal
merston, and shrewdly avoiding any decisive defeats.
There is not wanting evidence 10 prove, however, that
this Palmerston ministry are now fearful Of an over
throw. knowing, as they do, that their course toward
America has been unWise, impOiuc, and dIsspproved
by the people. Our success in quel!ing the rebellion
has not only confounded Palmerston and his ascot
ates, but given a great impetus 70 liberal ideas. which
are represented and developed by such men as Bright.
Goodwin Smith, the Earl Of Argyle, Garibaldl's
frieud Potter { pbIpu's Successor. JpuDygOD and