The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-06-03

4 SINGULAR Custom In the Norwegian mines a
ingu!ar custom is observed in paying the weekly
RACES Of the men. The latter present themselves,
u Saturday evening, TO the inspector, w.o, having
ettled accounts with each, bid him turn around,
md writes, in white chalk. upon his black back, the
I'm due TO him. Thus numbered. the man goes to
he cashier, who also turns him around TO look at
be figures. and pays him, without saying a word.
UNITED STATES AKMs-The Springfield armory
as now capacity 10 turn out 400, 900 stands of arms
early Besides the 800, 900 rifles and muskets
low in the hands of United States soldiers, the Gov
rnment has stored away ready for use and distri-
'ution, when needed, $4,000 new rifles and muskeis.
When this war began. the Government was almost
destitute Of arms. II has now, including those
AIKEN from the rebels, more cannon and small arms
han any two nations in Europe.
UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER 1t is believed that
feneral Grant has received the surrender Of more
arge armies than any other General known in mod
rn history-mOst Of the army that defended Fort
Oonelson, the army that defended Vicksburg. the
.rmy that defended Richmond. and finally the army
Inder Johnston. According TO the length Of time
&c has been IN service, he has undoubtedly fought
uOre bstJies-as well as been more generally sue
:essful than any other General known in history.
He is justly entitled TO be ranked as the greatest
General OF. modern. times, and has faithfully deserved
the undying gratitude and esteem OF his fellow coun-
.rymen.
A FINE CoUNTRy-Oa the River Amazon are TO
be found spiders with bodies two inches. and legs
even inches long, that catch and suck birds; but
;erlies that are mistaken for hummiug birds; green
snakes just like a creeping plant. and a lovely coral
make with bands of black and vermilion separated
by clear white rings; monkeys with white hair all
over them; monkeys only seven inches long; and owl
faced apes, sleeping all day and lively all night.
THE MONEY ORDER SYSTEM IN ENGLAND.-A late
number Of the Eiinburg Reriec gives some interest
ing statistics in regard TO the working of the money
order sytem in Great Britain. There are no less
than three thousand and FIVE money order offices. so
that almost every inhabitant is within a few miles of
one, and each Of the larger cities has several offices.
The amount sent by money orders in 1889 was
about 81 900, 600. In 1868 it had increased to the
enormous sum of $50, 600. 900. The losses in ten
years had only been the insignificant sum of $500,
while an average of $4,000 yearly was not called
for at all. The profits to the government in 1868
were Sl50,OO0 notwithstanding there was a loss on
all orders less than FIVE dollars, on account of the
smallness of the charge.
THE WESTERN FLoODs.-Two square miles Of the
city of Rochester, n. Y, was entirely covered by the
late flood, and the water poured through the streets
with such power as TO tear up paving stones several
feet square and pile them in heaps. The damage is
estimated at 81, 00O, 600. The Genessee valley is
swept of bridges. buildings, Sc, to an alarming ex-
tent. The Erie canal is badly damaged.
At Chicago the freshet vas regarded rs a blessing
in disguise. One Of the papers says their sluggish
river has not had such n thorough cleaning out for
many a year, and the accumulated filth of the last
decade has been swept away. In fact the flood solved
a problem which had occupied the attention Of the
Board Of Public Works, the Commission Of Engineers,
md the : committee of thirty for many days and
tights. The flood interrupted travel on the Chicago
md Great Eastern Railroad for a distance of eight
'ulIeS eti is juuSbiOh WIN IL lNuldDd anu Salem
Railroad.
The FIVE SURVIVING SOLDIERS OF THE REVOLUTION.
The law recently passed 6y Congress for the pay
ment of an annual gratuity of $500 to the FIVE sur
viving soldiers of the Revolution, in addition to
their pensions, names them as follows
Lemuel Cook, enlisted at Hatfield, Massachusetts,
now about ninety eight years of age, and resides in
Clarendon, Orleans county, New York.
Samuel Downing, enlisted in Carol county. New
Hampshire, now about ninety eight years Of age,
and lives in E~dinburg, Saratoga county, New York,
William Hutchings, enlisted at Newcastle, Maine,
{then Massachusetts, now one hundred years old
and resides in Penobscot. Hancock county, Maine.
Alexander Maroney, enlisted at Lake George, New
York, as a drummer boy, now about ninety four
years old, his residence Is Yates. Orleans county,
New York.
James Barham, substitute for q drafted man, in
South Hampton county. Virginia, lives in the State
of Missouri, aud is in his one hundred and first year
According to late accounts from Europe the reso-
lutions passed by Congress, declaring that the debts
contracted by the rebel government to carry on war
with the United States, were auxiliary to the rebel
lion, and therefore never could be paid by the nation.
nj government, has caused q high excitement in Eng
land, where most OF that debt has been contracted,
and the rebel loans are held. 1t would seem not q
few of the British capitalists wereeo blind as TO sup
pose that If the rebellion fell the government would
assume its responsibilities. They are awakened sud
denly, and now see that they must lose all, and there
is no hope for them.
How TO MAZE a FLAG-Rev. DR.. Tying, in a
recent address, gave the following incident
Last July, amid all the horrors of the Libby
Prison, our soldiers there are confined in filth, negli-
gence and beggary. w%retched, poor and almost forgot
ten, determined to have n celebration Of their coun-
try's Independence among themselves. Applause. }
But as they looked around upon the necessities of
their condition they found themselves without a flag
and a celebration of their country's independence
without a flag seemed impossible. After a while one
man looked upon himself. and said, have a red
shirts and another man, Why, | have q blue
blouse;' another man, . / have a white muslin Shirt
and no sooner was it said than they stripped them
selves and gave their red. white and blue shirts TO
be torn up into stripes and pinned together to ex-
~temporize their country's flag"
ITALY-Mazzini has recently issued an address to
the Pope, in which he uses language far from duti.
full. After showing the futiity of the anathemas.
and recalling the time when the Popes were the
guardians and repositories Of the nor al law, and had
q mission of justice and liberty to all. he next draws
the contrast OF the present position of the papacy,
and thus closes
Your predecessors might AMI ought, you might
and ought to have accompanied US upon the path of
discovery and advance, in order to have left us. as
Moses left his people on the borders of the promised
land, and have blessed US in dying, even as a diving
father blesses the children who are to survive him.
You expire cursing the spirit of inquiry. cursing the
power of intellect, cursing faith in the discovery OF
truth, cursing the peoples who geek their freedom.
cursing mankind and life itself An apostate from
Jesus and humanity, you condemn yourself TO expire
in isolation, deprived Of all communion with YOUR
brother men. As Pope, six hundred years OF impo-
tence, the betrayal of every precept Of Christ, your
church's adultery with the wicked princes of the
earth, the idolatry Of the form substituted for the
spirit of religion, the systematic immortality Of the
men who surround you, and the negation of oil pro-
gress sanctioned by yourself as the condition of your
existence, rise in judgment against you. AS prince,
the blood of Rome, and the impossibility of your re-
naming there q single day other than by brute force,
rise in judgment against you. Reconcile yourself
with God. With humanity you cannot.
- NEvU pAvE>grSr- tins NicoIcop ava,,o,. % oro,t