The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-11-03
Commercial ADVERTISER,
Editorial Gieanings.
PRUssLAS AFFAIRS.


ar. changing their arms rapidly possible.
Even Italy has caught the fever, appears by
tie following
A letter from Rome. in the Opinion Eaiiona'e
s,v-: The needle gun had very nearly been
.i,pted here. The successor Of Mgr. d. MerOd-
General EauzIcr. had suggested it. and the propo-
sifon appeared To- be favOratbly received. when "a
,rIiual remarked that the IN question had not
vt been used by any Catholic army. and that IL
"a. not for RuaIc o. show too much eJrg-rues< IN
an invention with which the Luthcrans had been
!. inspired By the Prince 81 Darkness"
: Prussia has certainly good reason for being
BuItant at the unparalleled result Of the late
The following j. from of the leading Berlin
. Official papers;
Prussia owes these grand results to the war she
h- fu-t been wagiug. She has obtained for herself
An evten-iOa aud . rounding of of territory which
enables her To- Use more eiicacioUsiy her position
A. a great Power. She has united the whole Of
Northern Germany to the Main in a military and
political confederation well bound together by
strong and active German power. She has become
the only great directing Power in Germany. aud
the whole OF Germany. ii she wishes To participate
m the development and tie national power. j. OBJ
Iiged to ltan upon Prussia and the Northern Con
frderacy.
The direct and immediate aggraudizrmrnt of
Prussia J. Of itself important that even IN history
80 admirably fortunate for our Country. there i
Instance like it. During Il reign Cf fOTty--jght
yrass the Great EleCtOT did increase the Piu--an
State by only five hundred and City square miles
aud about "A half million OF inhabitants. fTrd-
erck the Great acquired only six hundred and
eightyeight square miles and about one million Of
inhabitants. In spite Of all the sacrifices size made
in the war Of drlyerancc (ISl3 II and 'I5) those
wars did not bring to Prussia all that she ceded
away by the peace OF Iilsit, and she had then five
hundred and sixty-One square miles less than she
possessed heretofore. The war which We just
concluded increases Prussia by three hundred
square miles and four and half million inhabit-
ans-that Is, by about One-fOUrth Of her former
possessions. Never has Prussia since her existence
received an augmentation important this by
the last war. Not until now could she maintain
the position of great Power created by Fred
erck the Great, except the condition of strain
ing too much the power Of her people. She has
now, by rounding off her territory IN the center
aud north of Germany. and by acquiring natural
base inland as well rs in population, become really
grand Power.
IL would appear that European statesmen had
anticipated the result of this war months ago.
The following IL from the Paris correspondence
Of the London NeIrs Of July %
= w. Thiers is certainly now entitled to call him
self prophet Events have realized almost To tie.
letter what h. predicted in the Corps Legisiatif
50 lately - May last when in the c.,nrs" Of the
debate the address Lee said .- Ii Prussia shall
be successful in the coming war. do not say that
she will at once become mistress of ffy millions Of
German subjects Oh, she has but fourteen
millions and from fourteen To- fifty IL too large
journey to b. accomplished without some relays.
annex of the northern German States, and
will establish her influence over the others (Sev-
eral voices. That's It, that's it, She Will then
have one part OF Germany under her direct author
iy. and under the new order Of things Austria will
be- protected power And then allow me To tell
you there will be accomplished "a grand phenOmc-
non which events have been tending to for the last
century We shall see the German empire revive
that empire o. Charles v the seat ol which was
formerly az Vienna. and will be at BerIin-au
empire which will closely hem ia our frontiers
81.
w. instead Of being supported by SPAIN a. in the
fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. will be supported
by ltaly.' (Circat sensatiOnJ
The following exhibit will probably give a
better idea Of the changes brought about by the
!ata Prussian war than anything that has ap-
Peared:
The Kingdom Of Prussia according to the latest
Census of 1861 numbered Ig.3Oi.si3. In cOnse-
quence Of it, recent brilliant campaign. the Gov
eminent will receive the following additions:
/. In virtue Of the treaty with Austria. the two
Duchies Of Schleswig AMI HOlsteIn which. in 1864,
had population Of $50 996. The people Of North
eru $Chleswig Will. however have a chance TO vote
their annexation to Denmark. Thus the number
100000.
, It has been announced that Prussia will annex
tie whole Of the four States, which had. in lsG4
the following population Hanover IgZ34g2.
Nassau fGs 81. iirSse-CJssrI 54j.u6j. Frankfort
9l-lsO. Together. these States would add TO the
3 He~-e-Dtrm-tadt by special treaty with
Prussia ceIes To- the latter power the Landgrayate
Of llesse-llomburg, which but recently. in cOnse-
guence Of th, death of the. last childIeSs Landgrave
had been united with HesseDITmstadt- IL has a
Population Of z6.SI7 inhabitants.
y J. Bavaria i left of by victorious Prussia with
lhe cesson OF the district OF Lichteufels and the
town Of Clambach. both in the circle (krets) OF
Upper FTancOuil They may represent pOpula-
tion of about 10000 inhabitants.
Altogether the territory which Prussia. accOr-
ding 20 the latest accounts. intended tn incorporate
with its own dominions. has population Of about
40jO,OJ0-
OCEAN TELEGRSPHISG.
The following will give some idea of the cost of
telesraphing news over the Atlantic Cable. As
consequence, all the New York papers, except
the Herald, want to raise the price of their daily
papers from four to six cents. The latter says it
Is making money fast enough.
condensed SYNOPSIS of President Johnson's
speech at DelmoucO's. in New York. of 49, words
vas telegTaphed TO Reuters European Press Asso-
cation 5. by the Atlantic Cable at an expense of
S5Ol9 in gold.
despatch of 47s words in cipher, from the En-
peror Maximilian OF Mexico to the Empress Car
IoiIa.- now in Europe. also passed the Cable.
me cost OF transmission was over $4,000.
IT CosTs--Tbe New York Herald paid $4,000
Tor the special dispatch from Europe that contained
'he late speech of the King.
DARIEx SHIP CANAL.
congress has again authorized survey of the |
4sthmus Of Darien. with view the construction
ol ship canal connecting the waters of the Allan
S.S ana Pacific oceans An appropriation of : 49,
VOO was made for this purpose. To- be expended un-
ter the direction Of the War Department. Ii Is /
proposed to survey route little sOuth of the 1
isthmus Of Panama.
METEORIC SHOWERS.
We referred few weeks since to the meteoric |
exhibition, which is expected during this month.
here Is what an astronomer says:
Professor Newton, Of Yale College, who has spent |
iuch Time IN investigating the matter, says that /
IteeOFic shower the largest and most beautiful /
III VIII happen for the remainder of the century.
~. II 81