The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-11-25


Europe has furty,three reigning sovereigus; -
these only nine. including the King of Italy, arc at
present Roman Catholics, t~hirty-one belong to the
reformed religion, one is Greek, one M~ohammedan.
aud the forty third is the Pope. The Emperors OF
France and Austria, the kiLgs Of Spain, Portugal,
Ss1ony and Bavaria are Catholics. and two minor
German Princes of Lichtenstein and Monaco. The
Emperor OF Russia is Greek, and the Sultan of Tur-
key Is = Musse!man-
A Washington dispatch says The Secretary Of the
Interior. at the request Of General Howard. has
turned over 10 The Freedman's Bureau. four squares
OF unoccupiei Government ground in the city, on
which 10 erect schools houses for the instruction OF
the freedmen.
A KISGLY ROBE An African King recently sent
his compliments to President johnson, and intimated
that he would like to be the possessor Of a " rain
coat An India rubber overcost was sent 20 him as
a present. /, is to be hoped it may reach his Majesty
before the rainy season sets IN.
ACALL-The Rev. DR.. Hall. Rector of the Church
OF The Epiphany in Washington. has just received a
call to the Cathedral Church at San Francisco, with
a salary of $4,000 payable in gold. He replied
that he had not time even to investigate the case,
and they must therefore lock for another candidate.
His present salary is s. 5000 in greenbacks.
NASTUCKEr-When the whaling business was pros
porous Nantucket had eighty ships in the trade. She
now has but one. Her inhabitants have been reduced
from 10000 TO 5000. but the population 10 agaiu on
the increase. owing 70 the fishing business having
been successfully started by the citizens. a large pro-
portion OF whom are very wealthy.
The champion four-oared boat race. Of Eve miles,
two and a half out and TWO and a half back, for g.
600, took place on Monday opposite Sing Sing. The
competitors were the celebrated Newburgh and New
York crew. 1t resulted in the defeat Of the New
Workers. the Newburgh crew winning the race in 81
minutes, 80 seconds. making the first two and a half
miles in 15t minutes.
pARKEY couple got married in a church at Rich
mond recently, and were on their way home when
the patrol picked them up for making a noise in the
streets. and put them in the guard house. where they
-afnal mt nrntn Thar nor tkai. hAanx
moon " sitting up" Sambo. when released with his
bride. kissed her with great fervor. remarking.
= Let's trabel straight home. and finish up dis spree
fore ives took agin."
A French paper tells a story of a duel between two
gentlemen who were 40 equally matched with the
sword and pistol that they decided TO fight with
cigars. two of which were prepared externally alike.
but one WAS 10 be loaded so as TO explode and proye
mortal to the smoker. Lots were drawn, and the
weeds were lighted. After q few puts an explosion
took place. and the duellist fell on his back. lie was
presently picked up, and with the exception OF q
blackened eye, was found to be unburt.-The seconds
had only put in n little piece OF gun cotton, and the
affair ended as il had begun i~n-smoke.
POSTAL ARRANGEMENTS I'M THE SoUTH.-The Post
Office Department are extending the arrangements
for carrying the mails aud re-establishing the post
offices in the South, as far and as fast as is prac-
ticable in the present condition of things. AS yet
only the chief cities and main routes by railroad are
reached as n general thing but the work is going
on, and ere long the entire South will be again in
mail communication with the North.
Census OF EDG ARTowN.-The census Of Edgartown
shows a population of 1,S4o. OF these. s78 are
males, and 973 females. There are 20 persons Of
color. and Z naturalized citizens. The rat: bic polls
number $50, and the legal voters 500. There arc
$40 dwellings, 436 families, 8 churches, and Z school
houses.
In 1866, the population of Edgartown was 443.
a TELEGRAPH BLUNDER.-One of the Office bearers
of the Grand Lodge of Scotland, who had to attend
the recent ceremony Of laying the foundation stone OF
the memorial to the Duke Of Athole at Logierait left
Edinburgh without his cooked hat. On discovering
the omission he telegraphed from q station on the
Inverness and Perth line to his wife in Edinburgh,
"Send my cooked hat with - tomorrow Our
readers may judge of his CONSERVATION when. on the
following day. his friend put into his hand, not the
missing article of attire, but n parcel Of cooked
ham, into which words it appears the telegraph
clerks had transformed the message.
THE CREDIT SlDs OF HUMAN NATURE.-We mention
the following facts, which we know to lie true TO the
letter, not to minister to the self complscency Of the
individual Of whom they are told. but to disturb the
self com placency of others who might and should I'M
i;ate his example. The merchant. Of whom we shall
speak, desires, We know, no notoricty and regards
his course as simply right right, 10 be recognized al
such, and not deserving of any further comment
twenty-five years ago, q New Bedford merchant fail
ed. There was not the slightest suspicion Of his in
tegrity, and his creditors readily accepted the divi
dend which the exhibition of his assets showed thai
he was able TO pay. and gave bin q full discharge
His business since that time has been large, with o
course varying fortune. and his mercantile character
and credit have been such as to minister TO the honest
pride of any man. To the unaffected surprise OF hi
old creditors, within q short time, the merchant hal
paid every mill, principal and interest, Of the bslan
ces Of their former claims. This We insist is to b.
placed 10 the credit side Of human nature ; and is t.
be mentioned, as we have stated. not TO glorify thu
individual who has thus done right, but 10 stimulat'
the consciences Of others, whose success makes then
oblivious of the Golden Rule. while they yield them
selves TO the rule of gold.-.N b. Mercury.