The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-03-31

GlN IuS = I OF II IElDCt SOucbIt
The halter says " Had the hat luckily been placed
just an inch more horizontally. the crown would
have displayed my name as Halter to his Royal
HighDess.' and thus rendered me an incalculable
service, without prejudicing the picture in the least
degree. But fate or the artists fancy. decreed
otherwise"
A California sculptor named Mezzara has nearly
completed a statue Of President Lincoln. Ii Is nine
feet nigh, and stands on a PEDESTAL ten feet in height,
making a total of nineteen feet. The posture is de.
scribed in a San Francisco paper az majestic and
commanding; the lett arm extended IN front, and the
hand grasping n scroll, supposed TO be the Emanci-
patton Proclamation. The right arm hangs nj the
side. thrown slightly back, rs if the subject was
speaking. Under the right foot writhes a serpent:
and close by it is a broken shackle. An allegoricai
stump Of a tree, from which grow two clasped hands,
stands behind and TO the right OF the Inquire.
The n. O. PicayuRe says it is a cruel mockery TO
express an expectation that any OF the great staples
Of the State will soon be produced "on a scale APP
proxlmating to the production Of the year before the
war. The man who expects within the next twenty
FIVE years to see 400, 900 hogsheads of sugar and
400. 900 bales Of cotton produced in Louisiana, under
the present or any greatly improved organization CT
our labor, is truly a sanguine man
THE CONFEDERATE PRIvATEERs.-Now that the last
privateer has closed its career, We give "A summary
Of the injury that has been inflicted upon U. :. com
merce by the destruction of vessels sailing under the
American flag. and also the ports from whence these
privateers sailed. The amount of tonnage captured
eQualled 900. 900 tons, which included 4 steamers,
rs ships, As brigs, 80 barks, and 6S schooners, mum
boring in all 275 vessels. The number OF privateers
was 20, of which Is were armed out In southern
ports. 3 in English harbors, and one was commls-
stoned at sea after being captured by one OF the
English ships. The privateers fitted out In Southern
ports destroyed 157 vessels, while those built, armed.
equipped and manned in British ports destroyed lis.
The alabama inflicted the largest losses. having
captured. burned or sunk sixty-nine different vessels.
An anecdOte is told of the Bishop of Exeter, Eng
land. The scene is a church in Torquay; the BISHOP
is present, but not officiating, and he sits with The
congregation. The officiating clergyman ventures
TO soften TO ears polite the phrase Eat and drink
their own damnation." He reads it 'coDdemna-
ton" A voice is heard eDergetically exclsiming
" damnation - The whole church is startled. But
it is not a profane epithet they hear, 1t is the voice
Of the Bishop in rebuke to the officiating minister.
CRIME IN PARIs-The following is 9 rather curl.
Gus analysis of the police returns for q single day.
1t was taken one Saturday, and will give you a
correct idea of the state of crime in Paris Two per-
sons were arrested for Illicit sales, eleven for insolence
TO police officers, twenty convicted OF petty theHs'
forty Of street rows, twen:y-nine cases oil drunken
ness, twenty-five of mendicity. two OF prostitution.
two for public violation of deceDcy. The list OF
accidents includes two fires, one sudden death, one
person nearly drowned, and one birth in an omnibus
GERMAN FUN-The German Punch. edited IN
Berlin, publishes a coat of arms drawn for President
Johnson. 1t consists in a pair Of open scissors; be-
tween the lower parts is a .ailor's goose. and between
the upper parts n thimble, surrounded by balls OF
thread instead of cannon balls. And IN the places
of flags and fagstaffs, the scissors are surrounded
with yard sticks, on which are hanging coats and
pantaloons. The whole rests on a platform decorated
with American drapery and a shield bearing the
motto " [ shall mend the torn Union.'
Horace Greeley is to deliver the annual address at
the Minnesota Agricultural Fair. An exchange says
that his subject will probably be 1.-The Eradication
of Weeds"
near home. At the reception in Dubuque, he deiV@
cred himself very neatly. as follows:
Ladies and Gentlemen L Am glad to meet you
You all know / am not accustomed to making speeches.
and if | were, | could not find words to express TO
you my thanks, for this hearty welcome
General Butler has determined to 60 into business
again near Richmond, and to that end has closed
negotiations for a valuable mill property on the
James river near Richmond, intending to erect An
extensive cotton factory. He also contemplates the
purchase of the farm through which runs the Dutch
Gap Canal.
Alexander II. Stephens addressed the Georgia Leg
islature on the 22d, saying the great object of his
life is now the restoration Of peace and prosperity
and constitutional freedom. He invites all to CO.
operate, and tells them the first duty is the cuitIva-
ton and the exercise OF patience under present anc-
tions, chief among which ne enumerates their being
obliged to pay their proportion of taxes while they
are denied representation; their partial sutJectlon 10
military rule, etc. He deprecates the discussion OF
past motives, declaring that Georgia must accept the
results of the war and obey them in good faith. with
hope in the future, provided all rally around tho
great standard bearer of the Constitution and liberty,
President Johnson.
RoMANIsM IN THE UNITED STATEs.-It is no. gen.
orally known that there are more than four millions
of Roman Catholics in the United States. Since
1903, there has been an increase from eighty to two
thousand FIVE hundred churches; from sixty eight TO
twenty-three hundred priests; from two to forty -hve
bishops; and from one to forty eight dioceses. BE-
sides these, the Catholics have 1C2 orphans asylums,
where they educate some 1000 orphans. and have
over 100 benevolent and charitable societies, and 70
hospitals. They have also 81 library institutes for
Young men; 212 female academies. and 303 free
schools for 81 $40 males, and 327 schools for 1851
females.
SECRETARY SEwARD's FACE-Mr. Seward took off
the complicated and inconvenient apparatus of steel
and gutta which was used to hold together his frac-
tured Jaw bone, and now wears a simple india rubber
bandage on the outside Of the face only. The gland
in his cheek which was severed by Payne's knife has
not yet wholly recovered, and there is still much in
fammation about he.wound. A great scar on the
right side of his face still shows the desI crate nature
Of the cut received from that assassin. IL looks as II
the entire cheek had been amputated and fitted on
again. The mouth is also much distorted, az n result
of the wounds, the right corner of it being raised Al
inch above its proper line. No former acquaintance
would recognize the venerable statesman, SO much -
his countenance changed by the dreadful injuries.
PROFITABLE NEWSPAPER ESTERPRIsEs-The review
of the past years business in New York is on the
whole satisfactory. A New York correspondent re-
marks:
While on the subject Of wealth and business. I
might add that the insurance, banking and dry goods
concerns show a years profitable business. Two or
three insurance companies have signalized their de-
claration Of dividends by opening new offices. giving
grand dinners, suppers and parties; and one Of them.
the Mutual, had their upper stories decorated and
prepared for a grand ball and supper, at which some
two hundred couples attended in grand costume. The
newspapers also show a good years account. Tho
following are the annual profits On the years bust
ness as far as heard from
Herald, J. G. Bennett K e. 1900 900