The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-02-24
The following is n list Of the present paying
subscribers to the American Benevolent Fund

heI - DarIO"s " L. norSan,
Alfred d. Cartwright, L. c. McCandless,
Alex. J. Cartwright 7. Metcalre,
lily. A. P. Carter, VIM. c. Parke,
II. L. Chase, J. II. Patty,
Samuel c. Damon, W. Phillips,
Joshua q. Dickson. VI. RapIee.
David Dayton, Jas. II. Rogers,
Henry Dimond, Chas. L. Richards,
Thomas I. D~ougherty, Ira Richardson,
Jerome Feary. {. E. Richardson,
Thoma. r. Foster, Ell. c. de Silva,
D. \. FH,ner, Henry W. Severance,
a. tnV GriSb @san"n' 4. n S stifman,
il" Hughes, David T%yIoT.
VIM. Hughes, Henry NJ, Whitney,
W. Z. Ilerrick, c. E. Williams.
c. S1a ". u I" ga15qil s. Ws Mss2[
Geo, q. Howe, VIM. wilson,
W. +. Judd, Lew. dublin.
Ii. W. Z. Jones,
There are seventy-three paying subscribers to
the relief fund. the subscriptions being one dollar
per month. OF the original subscribers. four have
died, viz: c. w. Vincent, J. II. c. Pratt, James
Vaughn and G.. p. Gaylord. OF the benefciaries of
the Society, one was buried at the expense of the
Fire Department. Several of the original members
of the Society have left the islands. The Society
has done. thus far, much good. and, if as well sup
ported and managed as it now is, will do much
more. At the meeting this week it was voted to
place $500 of the funds on hand at interest. The
OpJcCt u HIS society OBSERVES tue support II all
Americans, and it ought to be literally sustained.
The Germans were the pioneers III organizing a
benevolent society for their countrymen, having
had a relief fund for some fifteen years or more. to
which any INDECENT German is entitled to apply.
The English also have a similar one for their coun-
trymen. All three deserve TO be well sustained.
4 French IRoN-CIAD FOR TIE Pacific. The
Paris correspondent of the London Times gives the
following item regarding the sending out of an
iron-clad TO this ocean from France. The time is
not far distant when America, England and France
will each have its iron-clad vessels stationed in the
Pacific, and their visits at Honolulu will occasion
ally occur. The United States has one now ut San
Francisco. the Cdmdnche, and another on the way
out. Peru has one and Chile has two now being
built in England.
spun n launched a short srA time sin nc at the he doetyar' of an tSe M Noun a
lon. at Toulon, is nov being plated, and the work is carried on
queuse will be ready for sea by the beginning Of January, and
it is proposed to send her to the South Sea, and place her under
the orders uf kTar Admiral MaiIeres VINO WI hoist ms flag on
board of her. The captain appointed to commanded the corvette
Paiias to France.
PRICES CURRENT IN NEvADA-They have a de-
cidedly original way of doing things among the
silver diggings of the Sierras, where silver - bricks ,"
are the currency medium. The Virginia City En-
terprise gives the following as the rates charged for
lodgins in Carson City at the latest accounts:
For a bel in a house, barn, blacksmith shop, or ay-yard
(uone to he had-all having been engaged shortly after eIection);
cry crate. with straw, s. 90 without straw, s. Is for cellar
door, -; for roosting on a smooth pole, 50 SO pole, common,
Warm Springs road-if cloudy 81 so. if clear 81 Is. Qn case
Very good roostins in a pine tree, back Of Camp Nye, may stai
be had tree, but we understand that h company is being formed
tree, or keep Il man to :" boost" regular customers. Six bits is
the price they talk Of charging.
The Ten SEvENs. There is more truth than
petry in the following " time table, which a mod
ern philosopher assigns for mans journey through
life:
Seven years in chihood's ,port and pIay.............. :
Seven years in school from day to IL
Seven years at n trade or college life
Seven years to aud a place and
Seven years to business hardly
Seven years for some, 4 Will goose
Seven years for wealth. q booless SO
Seven years for boarding Tor your
Then die and go-you should know where
%WASHINGroN's BIRTHDAY occurred on Thursday
the 22d inst. and was honored with a general dis
play of bunting. His Excellency the American
Minister received the visits and congratulations of
his friends. -
70 The New York mails of January 1st and
10th are due by the d. C. Murray, which probably
sailed from San Francisco on the 10th inst, and is,
therefore. fourteen days out to-day. With the
strong trades now blowing, she ought 10 arrive
to-day.
P 5. As we go to press, she is s%ignalled, and her
mails will be ashore by nine o'clock.
CoTUoN SEED-Those interested in cotton, are
referred to the advertisement of Messrs. Walker,
Allen & Co. The seed offered by them was pur-
chased in South Carolina for the late Mr.. Wyllie,
and is probably very superior Sea Island seed.
10 y mail will be dispatched for san Francis
co to-day by the bark Ethan Alien.
There was an imposing display in Boston on the
occasion of the presentation Of about two hundred
and fifty battle-fags of Massachusetts, regiments to
the Commonwealth. A procession, comprising about
three thousand veterans, marched through the prin-
cipal streets. amidst much enthusiasm, to the State