The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-08

The Itmes' Washington special dispatch says that
the elections will not change the President from VIZ
policy.
The Load,r Of this morning has a significant edi-
torial, that the fenians will not be hung, bot their
punishment will be proportionate TO their crime,
with, perhaps, an sdmiIture Of royal clemency.
The Gio5e has a Montreal dispatch. saying It is
understood that the Government has resolved to COM
mute the sentence Of Lynch and Mcmahon.
81. Louis special dispatches estimate the Radical
majority In Missouri At thirty thousand. with all the
Cougressnen and tuo-tl.iris Of the legislature. sc
euring the election Of Chlrles y Drake 10 the Senate,
rice Gratz Brown. Prank BAR bad only Eve unsj8r-
iy for the Legislature, aDi his sea, vi be contested.
The New Jersey l. gisiature Is Republican IN both
branches, securing a Republican SEatJr, race wright,
who deceased Il few days since
SENATOR SUMNER MIR. Sumner is nearly sixty
years old. and has been II b~oaeor up to the present
time lie Ia soon % be married TO Mrs. stargis
Hooper. Il Boston, a young aud accomplished widow.
The Secretary Of the Interior has received fnom a
gentleman in New jeILey Examples cf paper maniac
turei from sedge grass. a grass which grows in great
abunaance upon all ujewaier Fats The paper Is
very white aud clear, aud will undoubtedly prove u
good substitute for ordinary writing paper made Of
cotton or linen rags. Ii IL estimated that II eau be
manufactured for twenty per cent. less than sDy
variety now IN use. and this circumstance alone reB-
ders the discovery Of great importance to the inter
esis Of the country.
The JyuTu1i Iu HARE contains the following
extract from the report Of Captain Jesse. commander
Of the French ship lie Cog, just arrived from the
coas; of Africa "A large sea serpent pursued Is
for two DAYS. This creature must have teen ca me-
and was not seen again" The report ITSELF. pub
lished in full in the came paper, and there can be no
doubt as 10 lie genuineness-
The Terrible Fire in Quebec.
Nearly 1000 Heu-r- Destroyed and $4,000
PERSON.. Rendered Homeless.
OUFuEc. Monday, Oct. 10th, lS86-At four o'clock
yesterday morning, a FIRE began IN the house. Of Mr..
Tru lei, grocer. on st. Joseph street, near the JAG
oues Cartier Market. Owing to the early hour Of
the morning few people were about. The wind.
which had blown half "a gale from The east all night,
had slightly abatej, but still continued with such
violence as to cause serious apprshensione, which
were afterwards unfortunately realized.
BY the time the FIRE brigade reached the scene
Trudel's house was enveloped in flames. The sap
pers were already there. bat there was come delay Ia
laying the hose and getting sufficient water, which
was not remedied for nearly an hour. Meantime the
fire made rapid progress; no less than ten or twelve
houses were on 6re, ami the lumber and wooden sheds
on all sides we're ignited. BY half past five O'Clock
eighty houses, all built Of wood, were in n blaze.
The aanes, driven by the wind. were Spreading in
all directions. At half past six o'clock over 100
houses were consumed.
The fire by this time had run along st. Joseph aud
Notre Dame des Auges streets to the junction Of 81.
Waller street. carrying everything before IT. The
church Of La Congregation stood IN great danger,
Out a sul1tl NctIluR % n "ih " u. NED--luK
ST. Waller street, the FIRE soon afterward spread into
st. Saviour, and among its hundreds Of wooden
houses ragged with defiant fury. House after house
fell a prey 10 the flames. IL was thought that the
houses TO the eastward would be saved, but the FIRE
crept back, continuing its work Of destruction.
At IL O'Clock the whole centre OF the district lying
between ST. Saviour and the lower streets running
parallel with the river was q charrei aud barren
waste. and having nothing TO feed on there. the con
fagration distributed itself in opposite directions,
the wind increasing again. and bloSing in eusis
from every direction. Three separate conhagraiions
we're observable at one time. St. Saviour Church.,
Dunn's soap and candle factory, Rice's rope walk
and other large buildings were in flames
Along St. Waller street, toward the toll gate, and
the streets surrounding the General Hospital and
Convent, another terrible FIRE was raging with even
greater fury, while at the back Of Crown street,
IC Edwsrd's, Jesuit and Rilard streets.
So"FAA. - back aud enveloping street
along Prince IN, FOR SALE CLAN
the flames were creeping
after street in spite OF the almost superhuman exer-
tons Of the soldiers and the seamen Of the -9nToTG.
The confagraton ceased at about five o'clock, when
there was nothing more for it to feed on. A mode
rate computation places the number Of houses de-
stroyed at $500 and the loss of real property st
from 50, 500, 900 TO SIS. 600, 900. The number Of
persons rendered homeless is estimated at Is. 900.
The body of a man, burned almost TO q c.isp, was
dragged out Of q house in ST. Saviour, near 81. Va
lier street. 1t could not be identified. Sergeant
Hughes Of the Royal Artillery was blown up. and
badly, though not dangerously. burned. Lieut..
Douglas. of the -fUrord, was severely hurt by a fall
ing building. Several Of the seamen received con-
tusions, but SO far as is known, no one was seriously
injured. Lieut.. Bonn, of one Of the regiments, had
his arm broken by q f~alling9eam.