The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-04-07

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inmate in nothing short of civil disturbance Mr.
Seward boldly assumed the responsibility Of adNis
ing the President to pursue the course he has.
There is grca; excitement in Canada respecting
a rumored invasion by the Fenians. The Canadian
papers assert that Gen. Sweeny has $4,000 men
ready at a moments notice for the invasion. The
reports. SO seriously regarded in Canada. only eX-
cite ridicule in the States.
From England we have the report that Earl Rus
sell has asked to be relieved of his duties as a Cab
met Minister. The Times says it will be followed
by the formation of a Liberal Ministry.
Arrests of suspected Fenians in Ireland continue
plentiful, and the army is to be strengthened.
The French invasion of Mexico has cost thus far
e27 900. 900. and over IL 900 lives.
Boston has made a good move. Any person who
sells adulterated milk, is published in the papers OF
that city, by a Committee of inspectors appointed for
that purpose.
In Iowa there are so 1000 dogs, and last year there
were destroyed by dogs and wolves $l26,l4o worth
of sheep.
House Of Representatives, four of the colored churches
in Washington were set on FIRE, as also five dwelling
houses. OF the latter three were totally destroyed.
Artemus Ward says, that as n Son Of Temperance,
he believes in temperance hOtels-though rs a gen.
eral thing, they sell poorer liquors than the other
NJ Ole Bull, the celebrated viOlinist, is about to
leave Sweden for a musical tour TO the principal
cities of Europe, in each of which he Is e&pec'eu 10
give n series of concerts.
The Regents of the New York University had n
meeting recently, and distributed S4o,OOo OF the
income of the Literature Fund of last year among
the several academies entitled to participate therein.
A DR.. Everett, of New Orleans, has invented a
new mode of telegraphing, by which he dispenses
with electricity. insulators, batteries, chemicals ana
poles The Picdypne says the apparatus IS very
simple, and its working easy; and, after witnessing
a Saries Of pyDnrimentS, speaks or the lnVCntlOn very
approvlngly.
Giving benefits for the widow of Stonewall Jackson
amounts to an epidemic in the Southern theatres
the last place in the world from which tue GeneFai
would look for money, or receive 1t II II hau oeeh
offered in his lifetime.
Under the protection of the Freedmen's Bureau, as
appears from the report of General sdoWard, thete
are at present 631 schools for colored children, win
l,24O teachers and Ga. 1874 pupils in various parts or
the South.
During the year 1866 about rs, 600. OG0 letters
passed through the Post Office of the city OF New
York. The amount of postage on letters ana papers
was 81. 72l 500 40; amount received for box rents,
S57 $50 rs; expenses OF Office, S359,19l II; proht
to Government over expenses, 81 ,5o6.l74 Il
William NJ. Fuller, of Chicago, has invented a
machine for amalgamating gold by means OF meileu
lead instead of quicksilver.
One account of the recent marriage Of the Prln-
cess Anna Murat states that the whips OF the coacn-
men cost twenty dollars each, and the SILK stockings
of the footment thirty dollars u pair.
MicrOSCODc EXAMINATIONS Oh u odltS u jaw
which have died of the plague in England, show that
the muscles of the diseased animals are invariably
infested with numberless parasites (ento2@)
ASHLAND S~oLD.-Ashland, for fifty years the home
of the great Kentuckiau, Henry Clay, was recently
sold for $50, 900 by Mrs. James Il. Clay. 1t Is de-
signed to transform it into an agricultural college
The estate comprises 325 acres of the richest land IN
the Blue Grass region.
Two artesian wells in Chicago are turned to good
account. An area of thirty acres has been walled
~, ;uto which the waters flow. and the c0nptuy
re- have about forty thousand tons OF crystal Ice, "hlct
they are storing away in an immense ice mouse. l.
is proposed by the company to iurnisn tue CITY Will
cheap ice next summer.
IEss PRFssURE Recommended committee Q
the Legislature appointed to investigate the lOSem
tie boiler explosion, have made q report ana recon
mended that Congress be memorlalzed 10 lo"er ~
standard Of steam pressure now perult'eu IL hAel
{ pressure boilers at least IL per cent.
Ketchum, the New York defaulter who is nov
serving q term at Sing Sing, was a member OF TN
Chicago Convention which nominated mcclellan 10
the Presidency. From the Chicago convention .
the State Prison was a very natural transition.
The TRIAL OF JEFFERSON DAVIS. As long a
nothing is done in Congress relative to the case OF IN
rebel chief, it is quite safe to assume that no yer!
I definite arrangements have been made for his trlsl
Something may have been done in the premises
, however, and there is a possibility OF truth IN tn
following atemen of the New York correspondent
. of the Philadelphia Inquirer 6 MIR. VIM. NJ. Evart
5 has at last settled down to the work of preparing TO
. the trial Of Jefferson Davis, and Is : not at home I
visitors, being engaged in overhauling the records o
trials for treason since the days of the Stuarts. In
Government, it is said. pays MIR. Evarts a fee OF on
Il hundred thousand dollars in this case, a sum ~hIc
n is not an e~xorbitant charge for professional services
; when it is considered that his business Is now owe
fifty thousand dollars per year, and must suffer TO
> great extent during his preparations for and attend
ance on the trial of the President of the late Cor
? federacy."
Mr.. BANCRoFT's OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES, teo. l.
The GRAFTON of Hon. Geo. Bancroft was receive
t with much applause. Particularly that part Of
It in which he referred TO Great Britain and her Refor1
n Bill. He said LET the Reform Bill infuse new II
i into the British Constitution, by comforting rightt'
- powers on the people, and we cannot be indiferer
to the country which produces such statesmen
n Golden and Bright. But the best bower anchors
IT peace we're the working classes Of England, wi
- suffered most from our civil war; for while tbs
broke diminished bread in sorrow, they always e
4" couraged US to persevere."
e. The contrast Of Palmerston and Lincoln, the g 70
mer of whom after a few years was hardly TO
noticed beside Essex and Chatham, but the latter
lp be remembered through all time" received applaus
l. which was more emphatic, however, when the orat
. exclaimed The Republic of Mexico must n
again" Portions Of the address about the Emant
patton Proclamatiou, and the utterances Of I
49, President in favor of freedom, especially his wish
" expressed three days before his assassination. tn
ne the elective franchise should be open to the color
ht men, and those who had served in the war, receive