The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-01-27

a German scirntidc paper gives us the following
statistical comfort a. 10 the cholera; From the
foundation Ot Rome up 10 the time OF Augustus, in
1872 years. there appeared thirty three e%pilemics;
from the birth Of Christ up to 1850, ninety seven;
in the seventeenth century, fourteen; in the eight
zenith century, eight aud since the beginning Of the
nineteenth century, the cholera has appeared three
times. IL is evident from these figures, that epidem-
les are decreasing IN numbers as well as in iutensi-
ty, which pleasant fact is to be ascrihed 10 increas-
ing cleanliness in dwellings and clothing 10 the
Improvement in sanitary regulations; to the speedy
removal of miasmamic substances, and TO the pro-
gress Of medical science in general.
Governor Andrew has accepted the Presidency Of
the American Land Company and Emigration
Agency, the object Of which is to mix Il large
amount of the New England element into the
renovated South. and TO develop its agricultural and
mineral resources. Heavy capitalists are engaged in
the enterprise. and il will be conducted on n liberal
and comprehensive scale. The Company has made
an admirable selection OF President, for no man
better than Governor Andrew knows how to keep n
thing before the people and make it attractive by
rhetorical establishment. The headquarters of the
Company are in New York, but Governor Andrew
will retain his residence in Boston and spend u part
of his time there.
\ PARALLEL-The Charlottesville TrgiHiaR says:
There is apparently the same will about Andrew
Johnson thar characterized Andrew Jackson. Both
OF them have made themselves conspicuous for their
national sentiment. Both were born in North Caro-
lima. Both removed TO Tennessee. The one distin-
guished himself by his hostility TO notification, the
otnSr Dy DIS nOstHltS 10 secession. Neltuer mas u
middle name, and their Christian name. Andrew,
being the same, their surnames are also substantially
the same-one being Johnson and the other jack
son-and John and Jack amount TO the same thing.
The JOHN WILLIAMs.-The new missionary ship
John UIEidMS was launched on the 9th Of October,
at Aberdeen, Scotland. She is a clipper bark Of 300
tons. Her squire head is n bust of the Martyr of
Erromauga, modelled after his likeness when in his
prime. Along with the figure head is the text in
gilt letters, Peace on earth aud good will 10 men,"
The mission of this vessel, and the fact Of its having
been paid for by the children, gave great interest 10
the occasion. There was n large gathering of Sab
bath School pupils and others to witness the launch;
not less than 10000 is the estimate Of the assem-
blage. The children marched abreast, under the
guidance Of their teachers. with innumerable gay
bonnets waving in the sunshine. The SHIPS in the
harbor were generally dressed in coors in honor Of
the occasion. y young lady performed the usual
ceremony of naming the ship The John WiiiiImS
may she have a prosperous voyage 10y the viii OF
God" When the ship struck the water the voices
of six thousand children, on the opposite bank,
rose in sweetest notes
Prom Greenland's icy mountains"
Three cheers followed-when the company adjourned
TO n banquet, at which 500 ladies and gentlemen
were treated to refreshments of cake, &c. One OF
the speakers on this occasion said that 30 years a go,
and within 200 yards of this spot, that very month,
he assisted IN sending abroad to the South Seas de-
voted men and women for the propagation of chris
tiauity. Another speaker mentioned that the captain
and wife of the old John Williams were members
of his church, IS was the present master and his
wife of the new John Williams.
BOGUS BABIES EMPLOYED AT WHIsKEY SMUGGLING
The Commissioner of Customs, says n Washington
correspondent, who has recently been making every
effort to suppress the extensive smuggling operations
which, for n long til e, have been going on along the
Canada frontier, has received intelligence from the
revenue detectives stationed there that they have
just detected IN ingenious scheme for conveying
whiskey from Canada TO the United States.
The attention of the officers was first attracted by
the extraordinary number of women and babies on
a railroad train bound to the United States, and
their suspicious were aroused from the fact that on.
of thirty two blessed babies" but two gave evidence
of the irrepressible animation peculiar to Juveniles.
The mothers, likewise, seemed especially anxious
to screen their little innocents' heads from prying
curiosity, folding them closely to their breasts, and
permitting only the neat little feet and legs, encased
in tiny shoes and stockings, to be exposed to the
gaze Of the passengers.
The detectives were on the alert, and Mt the fret
station this side of the river where several of the
possessors of the passive Juveniles left the train, one
of the officers politely requested permission of "A lady
to hold her - baby while she alighted. Struck
with the unusual weight of the infant, and the ex-
cessive solicitude of the mother. the officer com.
menced an Investigation, and on removing tho
wrappings discovered that the interior was n tin
case, fashioned after the similitude of a veritable
baby, filled with from three to five gallons of whiskey.
A general descent was at once made on the bogus
mammas, resulting in the arrest of about thirty and
the securing of over one hundred gallons OF old rye.
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