The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-03-04
FOREIGN Summary.

nearly $500. 900 per month.
\ man was arrested and tried At New Fairfield,
Connecticut, some weeks since, for an attempt to
kiss, hug and tickle $50 the Indictment ready a
certain woman.
At a recent prize fight near Sheffield, England.
one Of the pugilists died on the spot. He had been
stimulated TO a new round, but when advancing 10
meet his antagonist. re fi!terei and fell dead in the
ring
\ Yerita6le sea-serpent has been captured at Fair
Haven, Mass, which weighed 400 pounds and was
thirteen feet long. II has the mouth Of a shark,
with two rows Of teeth. a fin on the back and a full
eye like q bullock.
! The MoRNoss Brigham Young has just finished
q tour among the southern settlements of Utah. He
visited thirty-seven Of them, and spoke thirty-nine
times.
RosrS.-Some Of the Michigan farmers have been
getting rosin from their white pine trees. The rosin
is Of excellent quality, and they think they can make
it profitable
Coon Says a New Orleans correspondent: -
"Campbell's slave pen il now a rebel prison. Get
in dar y'sel,' said an old coiorei woman, as she saw
the rebel prisoners filing into the old pen. Use to
put Us in dar. Get dar y'self, now. Do Lords
comm, sure"
CATHOLIC GEEERALs-There are upward Of thirty
Major Generals and Brigaiier Generals in the United
States Army who profess the Catholic faith. The
most prominent are Generals Meade, Rosecrans,
Sheridan, Meagher, Sickles, Ord, and Gilmore.
BURNED In November the Triunfo, the flag ship
Of the Spanish squadron holding the Chinchas Is
lands, was accidentally consumed by fire. Nine per-
sons we're consumed in the flames, and the safety Of
the entire fleet was endangered.
The departures from Ireland for America, continue
without dimInuton. One Of the latest Cork papers
says the winter season appears TO have no effect in
lettering intended emIgrauts from the Transatlantic
passage On the contrary, there is q steady increase
IN the number Of persons leaving Cork for the United
States. and the country people now say that the COIN
ing Spring will III all probability witness = rush
even greater than anything Jet seen.
DEPARTURE OF LORD LYoxs-The National H.
feHiSeHccr Of Washington s1ys Lord Lyons. the
British Minister, took leave Of the President and
Secretary OF State on Monday, and the next day pro-
ceeded TO New York III a special car furnished by the
Government. Ills health, il i stated, Is so seriously
impaired a. to require relaxation with the benefits Of
his native air. lie carries with him the respect,
sympathy, and good wishes Of the Government and
people OF the United States J. Hume Burnley. ESQ,
will have charge Of the British legation during the
absence Of Lord Lyons.
The soldiers fair at Springfield. Mass. closed F.
day evening II was q success, the receipts being,
according to an estimate, $4,000. The sale of the
Springfield .buSF6t "a ne~spaper) melted Il, 100,
about n thousand copies having been sold. The ar,i-
cles not disposed OF, are to be put up at auction. An
autograph letter from President Lincoln brought
S23, and one from Gov. Buckingham $40.
Rear Admiral Porter's share OF the proceeds of
captured cotton, blockade runners. sc. since he as
sumed command of the North Atlantic Blockading
Squadron, is said TO amount TO 5000. 900. Over 3d.
900 bales of cotton have been captured. worth ST.
q 10000. The total value of the Captures 10y his
squadron since August last is over 2,0O0.O 900
1t is said that some Yankee sailors, having an eye
to prize cotton and rich cargocs OF arms, &c, have
been assembling at Nassau, aud taking passage on
blockade runners, with \ view 10 seizing them ut sea.
Several of them were recently arrested and put in
irons. The rebels complain that English neutrality
will not punish them.
TnE GwIN NOvENExF-NEw YORK, Jan. IL
Nearly all the papers have editorials on the news
from Northern Mexico Most Of them consider il is
n strong step against the United States Government.
The UOTId thinks intrigles will be set on foot TO add
California 10 the new empire. The Tribune sees
nothing very dangerous III OWNS movement. and
thinks the occu patton of Mexico will be only for a
few years. The IIOrii thinks Gwin's movement is
not in the interest Of JeG. Davis, and says II appears
to be "A counter move ON he party at Richmond ~
against Macmillan. Napoleon aud DR.. Gwin are in
favor Of 4 reunion OF the North and South on the
basis Of the Monroe doctrine. %
TnE CASE OF THE - FLORIDA. The Government
has ended the F0riia case by IA correspondence with
the Brazilian rppresen tative at this point. The latter
asked tor satisfaction ami strongly condemned the
seizure of that pirate craft in the port Of Bahia,
regarding II ~ a fragrant breach Of neutrality. The
Secretary Of State, while dissenting from the positions
o. the Brazilian Minister. unequIvccally dsavows
the act Of seizure, ami informs him that the officers
and crew will be set ut liberty, because they We're I'M
lawfully captured that Captain Collins, the Com
manler Of the UGchuseti, Is suspended, and will be
brought before 4 Court martial; that the United
States Consul AZ Bahia will be dismissed. and the
Brazilian tIg will be ~alute1 After all this, it can
not be doubted but that Brazil will be satisfied. The
Secretary aliudcs 10 the unintentiOnal loss of the
FTOrifa by sinking, from the effect of a collision;
but he has not the power TO call that vessel any more
than ne las spirits d" from the Vastly deep"
DF.ru or MINISTER DAYrox-The last steamer
from Europe brings the news OF the death Of the Hon.
William Lewis Dayton. u. =. Minister NJ Paris This
sad and unexpected event occurred on the 2i inst,
Mr. Dayton being stricken down by Gpoplexy while
making "a friendly call. tie was born in New Jersey
IN February 1907, and was accordingly nearly So
years Of age At the time Of his decra>e. lie had held
the Office Of Associate Justice Of the Supreme Court
OF New Jersey and represented that State in the
Senate from 1912 TO 1851. In 1856 he was c~aniiis,e
for Vice Presil eut on the Fremont ticket. In 1851
President Lincoln appointed him to the important
mission which he held AZ his death.
4 New WEAPON-One Mon. Sieve Guilbert,
has invented u formidable weapon which combines
the sabre and six shooter. The sabre Is Of the regu-
lItion length, and contains in the cap OF the steel
hiit the charging part of a sixshooter. which re
wolves in the usual manner, and discharges the halls
through an aperture bored in front OF the fat guard
coming opposite the thumb when the sabre i grasped
in the hand. This combination enables the person
20 armed 20 use the pistol and sword 1t once, saving
the necessity Of looking after the pistol and disposing
Of the sword NJ the moment when suddenly attacked.
VI. Gu.lbert's invention will enable Il man, in fact n
boy, to discharge = couple Of shots at his adversary,
then guard, OF cut and thrust and shoot again n he
thinks best.
\ most important discovery, far more 50 than that
OF the alleged source Of the Nile, has recently been
made IN South America. /, is that the great River
! Amazon has been found to he uayigable from one end
! 10 the other that. in fact, I new route has been
/ opened between the Atlantic aud he Pacific. The
.UOroEd, I Peruvian steamer, which was sent 10 ex-
plore the Amazon. has arrived at MayrO, about 500
miles from Lima. The .NOEOqI uivigltei more than
1000 miles Of the Amazon proper. and Zoo miles of
the Yeayali and the Pachitea Rivers, which, until
then had seen only Indian canoes. The country is.
Of course. inhabited only by savages, but It Is Of