The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-08-25
s-sstc Foreign S~scsss.

Two Of the city Judges Of New York have eK-
pressed nn unofficial opinion ,hat the excise law is
constitutional
CossrasE ArFuISrstSr- A,noBR the last batch q
Consular eouhrmar'ons ty the Senate Is that Of George
". Bowie hr Canton.
Rev. Leonard Bacon. y D.. has accepted the pro-
fessorship OF Ulus'ic Theology IN Yale College. The
position Wa, formerly filled hy The iste pr Taylor.
aud since bis d,eeass Prof Hoah Fbrer has eseu-
pied II.
The Postmaster General Aas institutei suit against
a number II delinquent pOstsnss'er- ia the southern
STATES Er balances iue At the Glove q tba war. All
q! tbs cta-s aFe TO lie prose .utei.
Tie Jersh synagogue just completed AZ Berlin.
bur not yet consccrated. Il cue Of the most gorgeous
buildings ia Europe. The entire oost = the structure
10 estimated at "A million tha'ers, or S70O.OoO GOLD.
The ctvr Of George W. Gale. who proposed to raise
8 ,oOO. 900 TO pay for the assassination II Lincoln
aud Seward aud published a card to that effect ia
the salem DiVa:ch. came mp A. Montgomery. Ala.
4th met lie plead Dot guilty. and was allowed TO
give bah ia $4,000.
A family ffr Of gren, rafhy has just been cefe-
Lra,ed At Olmu;E. Miora1ia. ~ honor Of NJ. wpgril,
a landed proprietor. and hs wife. whose uniisi ages
amounted 60 just 700 years. this husband beng ;0d
and The wife 81. They were married on the 25,h Of
May. 1891, aud celebrated tn. 56th anniversary Of
their union.
At one time Daniel Webster had % Ill a5caI. esse 10
plead, aud Il verdict was rendered against bis ciient.
One Of the Witnesses came TO him ard gard - Mr..
Webster. II ! had thought We should hsve Iort the
case. | might have testified 10 "a great deal more than
/ dd - u - OF no courequence,' replied fSe law
yer; A" the jury did not believe a word you saif"
The Huntsville (No) Citizen has in its Office n
printer with only one arm. lie setr, ~jnstihes. ani
empties biz sticks. and st "A meet corTec; . proof
As he can do nothing but Sc, type, he manages. by
constant "pegging away" to get up about 1900
ems a day.
John Il Young. the new managing editor Of the
New York TribnHe. is ouly twenty Bve years old. II
native Of Philadelphia. formerly one Il the editors of
the Press OF that city. a brilliant war correspondent
aud "A natural aud talented journalist.
The Assistant Commissioner u the F~resimen's
Bureau in Missouri and Arkansas reports thar IL Will
Ice necessary To issue %, 900 ratiOns to deriitute whites
in those States in June, aud ii 900 to destitute freed
men.
A white metal is found in California which hss
been nscertained to be platinum. II sells for Elk
dollars m ounce, aud - used for tipping gold peus
with what are termed diamond points" for whici,
purpose about 400 ounces are annually exported from
San Francisco.
A Royal vtddiBg-the marriage OF The Princess
Mary Of Cambridge. to Prince Teek-took place at
Kew, England, June f2th, in presence Of the Queen
and almost every member Of the Royal family. The
church WAS crowded with te h0ute monde. The
ceremony was performed By The Bishops Of Canter-
bury and WINCHESTER. after tho services and n su-
perb dJeuner, the happy pair took their Departure
for Ashbridge Park. the seat Of Earl Er0wDlew, On
leaving, the fair bride vas nearly covered with a
shower Of white slippers ihrswn a1,ar the carriage
for luck.
DELISQUEsTs-As already stated. :be Government
IS preparing 10 trOceeu hRaiD1t Htliu9urut ana ae-
faulting Postmaster in the lately rebeIlious s,ates-
The amount Of this class Of Indebtedness 10 about
$500, 900. Of which 500. 600 has Seen pnij on de-
msnd. and nearly the ZANE amount pat in process Of
collection. The general defence set up, by such Post
masters is. that they should be credited with the
stamps which they turned over to the Confederate
Government.
The Massachusetts, Legislature by a bIuader, 10
said TO have relieved an immense number or HONOR
dealers who had been convicted o. violating the
liquor laws and subject TO fines. Ii passed a law
changing the penalty for the odense, and the new acr
Is contended to be an er post JacfO law as 10 persons
previously convicted, and, as the old law is repealed.
they have escaped all punishment. In Boston aud
lis neighborhood it is stated that over ! 500 persons
escaped. whose fnes would, perhaps, have amounted
to 81 600 900.
The Odd Fellows Hall, the most massive and
magnificent building in New Orleans, except the 81.
Charles Hotel, was burned recently. TIE build
ing. including the furniture, was valued at $500 ,OOO,
insured for $50 900.
General Sweeney, under date OF ST. Adams, 4th,
publishes an address to the Fenian Brotherhood in
America, in which he defends his conduct in the re-
cent raid on Canada. He recommends the organi-
za,ion of circles aud formation OF military companies
by the members under their chosen leaders.
The Tennessee Legislature met on the 4;b, accord
ing 10 Gov. BrorDlow's proclamation. but adjourned
till next week. There were several very serious
among negroes 81 Nashville, during
July 4th and 9Th, in which sumo twenty or thirty
were killed and many wounded-in one case fifty
white soldiers and more than double that number Of
black eI- soldiers had q regular pitched battle. several
were killed and wounded on both sides. Ii Is thought
this will lead 10 another Congressional Investigation
Committee.
Gen. Butler. in q recent address, says:
The principles that should govern our nation
are justice 10 all men, equality Of right. equality Of
protection, and equality Of power under the Govern.
ment. Those who you'd hinder the operation %
these principles must be put aside. II theories him
der. they will fall; if laws obstruct, they mus be
altered; if the Constitutions forbid, they shall be
And adds Enthusiastically
Every mar has a right, because be is a man. TO
be equal TO any other man. If he can. No Law can
effect this. We have 10 right to enact q law that
will interfere with the right Of any man to become
equal with another, provided his moral. physical and
intellectual qualifications will admit Of equality.
. = When the ~prodigal son returned, the faited
was killed; but we DO not read that all the veal
was given 10 the runaway
Considerable anxiety IS felt among Democrats .r
the safety Of General Mcclellan, as war is raging in
Europe and be is travelling in that country. Never
the q roads" will always be " too vet" to allow
him to get within two hundred miles Of a battle field
on that or any other Continent. He Is perfectly safe.
To The YoUNG MEN-One Of the meanes; things
d man can do, sDd it il not an uncommon occurrspoe,
i TO moDopolze the tine and attention Of . young
lady for q year or more, Without any definite object.
and to the exclusion Of any other gentleman, who.
Imposing him TO have matrimonial intentions. absent
from her society. IL prevents tie reoep-
Of eligible ofers Of marriage, and fastens upon
he young lady, when the acquaintance i finally
dissolved. the unenviable aud unnerited AppellatiOn
Il & a. firt." Let ali your dealings with women.
young men. be frank. honest and noble.
The following il an extract from = report by Pres
whitney. who explored the mountains Of Excelsior
District: "A reconnaissance Of the Sierra range.
between the parallels OF Sc and IS degrees nsrih.
gently undertaken, shows ihst this portion e the
States Of California. previously UNEMPLOYED and IN
Known, contains the greatest mass q ussnrsins.
aking width aud average elevation into oossideHs-
ion, which has yet been discovered within the limits
Il the United Siates-snd perhaps IN North America
At one point in The field Of view there were observed
i've mountains q over Il, 900 feet elevation. and
bout so peaks which rose 10 g height - over 1900
eet. The eliminating point q the See - in his