The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-12-29

ALIEr-Tbs resemblance between Andrew John
son aud John Tyler is getting stronger every day.
The same system Of universal cheaiory by Acci1cncy;
the same gathering Of corrupt politicians at Wash
ingtou the same rewards to adventures without
influence or character. and the same open express
sious Of contempt for the man who consents. TO be
alternately hAttered and fooled.
The father Of eleven daughters was lately COM
planning that he found il hard 70 live. You must
husband your time" said another, and then you
will DO well enough" 81 could do much better"
was the reply. If | could husband my daughters"
\ few days since the officers Of the customs 1T
Rouse's Point. New York, seized some $1,000 worth
Of alcohol in casks invoiced pure sheiIack vsrnish.
which proved TO contain a slight mixture of gum
shellac in alcohol. in order TO pass it through the
custom-house as varnish.
There is n new bonnet on the horizon. 1t is made
Of one large full blown rose. which lies fat on the
top of the head, sewn on n scarf Of dew-bedropped
tulle. which is crossed under the chin, where another
small rose peeps forth. The whole is called - chap
eau pud"
Rev. II. Huntington, Chaplain of the State Prison.
and Grand Masonic Lecturer for Tennessee. has
recently fallen heir to the sum of $500, 900 in New
England.
CHOLERA PHENOMENA Physicians Of Nashville,
Tennessee, say that during the height of the cholera
ravages in that city a misty blue vspor, hardly
visible, without any preceptible smell, hung over the
town, being densest in the filthy places. This phe-
nomenon was not generally observed except by scien-
tihc gentlemen. 1t is related that some time ago at
Memphis. Tennessee, a steamers crew, being in per-
feet health, stopped eight hours near the lower part
of the city, lying in the middle Of a thin and almost
invisible vspor. That same day three deck hands on
board sickened and died with cholera, and four
others were Frustrated, but recovered.
The Raleigh IN. C) Standard calls upon the
South TO take this amendment to avoid further and
greater evils, while the Charlotte IN. C) Democrat
prefers the adoption Of the proposed amendment to
the adjustment Of our State Government, enforced
negro suffrage and confscation.
The Newbern Times tells the people that they
should now hasten to adopt the Congressional plan,
and thus secure immediate tranquility and admission
into the Union.
The Charleston Is. c. .Ntics is now convinced
that there is no other course open to the Southern
people while the savannah (Ga) Republican
points TO the Amendment as the Northern ultima
tum, and adds that nothing more will be required of
them. The New Orleans PicGynHe is now present
ing to its readers, from day to day. practical refec-
tons upon the Amendment.
MExIco-Mexico has been relieved Of the presence
of her would be Emperor, Poor MAMMALIAN has
been " ordered - home, and like a royal puppet he
obeys his imperial master. Napoleon sent him there.
and it is fitting he should order him back. French
prestige is no longer able TO prop a tottering throne,
which. in the pride of power, and ~ an insult 10
Republicanism, it would have established a. our
very doors, Thus may all such attempts ut wrong
aud rapfne fail. MaIimilian's crown was one Of
thorns. The scepter turned to ashes in his hand.
He had a short and troubled reign of some FIVE years
"A reign of continual turmoil and war. He labored
hard for success and hoped TO win, but when he put
forth his hand to clutch the prize, it eiuded his grasp.
Recognized in his usurpation by Europe, and sus-
tanned by French and Austrian ~bayonets. he would
have succeeded il the United States had not repudia-
ted his pretensions, and conquered rebellion. But,
the capture of Richmond was the destruction Of his
Empire. And, so, in defeat and disgrace, he leaves
a land he has almost desolated. His history may
serve as a warning to future despots of the Old World
whose inordinate ambition may urge them to attempt
conquest in the New.