The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-01-06
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The Moses Taylor sailed on the 18th December. and carried
$50 passengers, FIRST cabin at Sl25' second do s''i and steer
revenue d sis,OOo,OOO is obtained from stamps alone, in
England
The Lafayette qaliaaal cogIi'r says that city is without a
cemetery That - a grGUe defect
The Loudon Tine- reviews the American financial position.
reason fr doubting that the Americans can, II they viii, sus-
tan the taxation which these estimates assume Their re
prospect for all that. Is a very serious one. '-Fiag-
The total annual product Of coffee in the world i st down in
million pounds, or three hundred thousand tons; Halt q this
Sunatra. $1,000 tons from CryIon. $1,000 tons from -.
Domingo, AMI the remainder from a variety Of other countries
or islands in or near the tOrr6d Zone
The Hrgest peach-grower ia Delaware, is Mr.. Anthony Rey-
bohI. lie has 4 peach orchard q 1000 acres, Of which GOO
Ia eo6oo baskets. Of (which the average price va; 81 per basket
-s50,O0o. The aggregate PROF: 81 his peach culture for the
Of sI5O.OOO.
ToEscCo-There are about thirty species Of tobacco, all
hrst found in Yucaian. TWAS taken To Spain. and from thence to
Portugal From Portugal it was Carried to different European
tingioms- snuff taking commenced in Paris, Catherine de
MeiIeis, whose name has an unpleasant history, from its en-
soon after the settlement II America, it became an important
article Of commerce. and TO pounds was the stipend paid for
a wife by some q! the carly settlers VI Virginia
SEw YoEK-A correspondent thus writes, Of the busy whirl
In New York:
From morn till nigh, the streets are crowded with people hur-
rying to and fro. intent on traffic, and a world Of cars and
wagons, horses and hhorins men are constantly blockadins
chips AMI steamers cannot arrive. unload, =rIoli and de-
part rariiIy enough The piers resemble huge beehiyes. Long
each vessel, and await their tuTn with impotence. 60 GREATS
the pressure 81 business, that for upwards OF six blocks from
every pier. extended before my eyes. was a long queue Of
heavily pled-up vehicles. all anxious TO get down 10 the water
SIDE and rl Themselves u Their precious burthens. All night
long, too, | ara told. this is the case, the day being too short now
10 complete the mass Of work forced upon e All night long,
horses. carts and men convey their loads Of merchandise to the
shiIs, and all night long, new gangs Of s'evelores stow away
the freight in order to get ont the flied-uP vessel and substitute
her successor As fer the railroads, their depOts are filed TO
repetition. They now refuse TO receive any new freight Tor
month. IN order to gain time enough To send OF the astonish-
ingy accumulated mass with which every station Is already
groaning- You can get nothing forwarded To you and you can
fuTNUrI nothing fr thirty days 1t least. The I-uJts overflow.
The roads aIe blocked Up with freight The public is inceusei.
Forwarding merchants are crazy, AMI shipping merchants in
despair. such Is the state % business in this quarter. 1t -
L marvellous spectacle. But how long viii il last :? That's the
question. Until the South and IVES. feel repIeiion.