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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-02-10
COMMERCIAL ITEMS

Accompany IL forming in the south Of England for breeding
oysters Oysters " now nearly seven times dearer than they
were two or three years ago.
Nxw YoRx, Dec. 3Ist-The receipts at the Internal Revenue
Bureau reported yesterday ss3o,44si and for the week ending
sI7s,sss,5Ss.
Tie Savings Banks Of San Francisco have q, this time on de-
pnsit the sCm Of s~5-O2,7Os, and there are no other Savings
per cent. per month interest thereon, OF for the year s6s4 ,32i.
The cotton crop risei by the German farmers in Texas Is
superior IN quality to any ever ETo"n by slave labor; The idea
DEr GooDs TRADE.-The importatiors Of dry goods at New
York. from Jan. l % Nov. 1, 1865, amounted to S~sIy3S6,lI7.
they were s-5s6iO,e72.
The number Of sugar factories now at work in France Is two
pounds. The Whole country in the department Of the Nori is
beet root, pulp, sugar and fuel; the roads are encountered with
The following advertisement is from a lat. number Of tic
London Times:
." PsETSEE wASrED-A practical distiner, having bsen ex-
Permendng for the Iast II years, can now produce a fair port
House in Hamburg for the manufacture Of his wines. Has
slf Cad No. { s II w sSans sitssa. e els.Gissa Apply to o. L. Mead
The bark A. 4. EIdriIge. % days from Honolulu, had arrived
weather ON the 9h ut. \ seameu known as Emanuel, fell
from the yard arm and wa lost overheard
POsr-oyFIcE DEPAErNEsr.-The great leading fac; Of Post
master General Dennison's Report, il one that the people care
most to know. Il Is that the Receipts q his Department for
lures, sI36s+I2si-Ieaving a balance on hand, Ct ss5l.i3o.
According to the statemento Of the Controller OF the Currency,
the amount Of Natioual Bank notes in circulation is smaller
than any estimates have made IT, 1t had been thought that
thorfEed by Law. Bot iu-t-aI Of this there are hardly bombs
deposited to eutt.e those institutions 20 issue $3.50 900 900.
thus leaving q considerable balance IN their favor.
The VINE CROP or FEASCE-Ofs 50 French departments only
IL are not w:ne-growiug; u the others, 20 Consume all they
grow, and IS export In France there are upwards Of 100000
prOpri-t0rs of vines. The average annual produce OF wine
during the four years 1855 81 was upwards Of IS, 10000 hec-
t1itres; which is equivalent to more than s36,oOO.OOO imperial
gallons. The vine growers - thirsty souls, for up~aIds OF
100000 hrctoltr-s n Set dovn ~ consumed by them. Paris
in 1853 drank 2,605, SIS hectOitrrs of wine. besides about
$4,000 hee'oIitrcs Of spirits beer, ei.er, and perry. Setting
dowu the population Of Paris at 1000 600, including the floating
population Of strangers. the allowance per man l. handsome,
IL ~ consider how little the women aud children Consume
Sx Eaaxrr-rn RE-ar MKuEur- TIe f,I,ufug a-hfFfsY D.
state % the retail market Jan. IL
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AMERICAN HOUsE.-By our advertising columns,
we see that our enterprising townsman. Mr.. Kir-
choff. the proprietor of the Aldrich House, has
leased the spacious premises on Beretania street.
lately occupied by the British Commissioner. He
purposes To build additions, with cottages and
other improvements. and open it as a hotel. under
the name of the =" American House" This Is n
step towards providing our city with a good hotel.
and in the course of time may result in an extern
sive establishment. The location is Il very good
one for a public house.-a short walk from
the Post-onice. and we doubt not that, under the
management of Mr.. K, the house will be we'll
patronized. With this and such other houses as
will be provided to accommodate strangers. we
Honolulu, that they will not be left out in the cold.
unless they rush down on us in regiments, which is
not at all likely.
One want creates another. and now we would
suggest to some of our young admirers of fine
horses that q livery stable be opened, where good
saddle horses can at all times be had. As well as
carriages. 1t il true that native horses can be had.
but they are seldom what strangers care to ride
on in fact the equipments on half the horses offer
ed to let about town are not fit for use. and invari-
ably give out. This is one cause of the frequent
accidents TO equestrians. The officers and men of
the Lancaster probably spent two thousand dollars
for horse and carriage hire while here. and would
have spent more. if good horses had always been
ready when wanted. We merely make the sugges-
ton of the need of a livery stable. in case Il COM
petent person is out OF business and looking for
something to do.
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Ship.' Mails.

For FAN FEAScrsco-Per Ajax, this day, Saturday, Feb. 10.
for kOsA-per Em~ine, to-day.
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.s~ The steamer hl0tea. which is ashore at
Kaxaihae. has not been 50 badly damaged as sup
posed. She has been carried by the heavy sea a
long way in shore. and over the rect, so that. II she
j. taken out again. it Will be AT great expense
perhaps more than she Is worth. We do not learn
that anv decision has been given regarding the
practicability of getting her off again. Whatever
i done. any plan of saving her will be expensive.
At present she lies easily in a bed which She has
worn in the soft coral, and the surf strikes her
abeam. 50 that she might remain in her present
position some time without further injury.
A notice has been issued by the Russian Vice
Consul. Mr.. Phuger, soliciting tenders for the re
covery and repairs of the steamer, to which the
attention OF readers is referred.
-
PIRATE WADDELI--EEom the following in
th--Bse4etts,. we learn that the insurance on the
Harvest will be paid by the German insurance
companies
A CLEAR CASE OF PIRAcY-The underwriters in Bremen
have decided THAI the burning Of the Hawaiian whaling bark
at Ascension Island in April last, by Maddeil OF the Shs"a"-
uay the loss. Should Waddell or any Of the officers OF the
Shenandoah ever be found within the jurisdiction of the Ha-
waiian courts it may go hard with them
The payment of the insurance is but an act of
Justice. for u more daredevil case of wanton piracy
never occurred. and Waddell deserves hanging
The vessel was partly insured, and the owners
were Messrs. Hackfcld X Co. J. l. Dowsett and
Capt. Frank Molteno, all of this city.
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ES.

GAM brig Kentucky, Wilistun. for San Francisco
81. !. :. Lancaster, Admiral Pearson, for San Fran
cisco
3-Schr Nettfe Merrill. Fountain. for LShaina.
2-schr Helen, Kinney, FOR MOlokai ard Mahko.
Sing ship Francis Henry, Tollance, for san Francisco.
s-Schr Moi wahine, for -kOloa-
s-Schr Nettie Merrill. Fountain. for Lahaina-
s-Schr Prince, Hatfield. for Hsnalei.
s-Schr Active. Quincy, for Lahaina.
S-ScLr Onward, Lambert, for kawaihae-
9-Schr Moi Keiki, Napeia, for hshului-
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PORT OF HONOLULU. II. 1.
AR L

FEB. 3--Schr Nettie Merrill, Fountain. from Lahaina-
@Schr Active, CIGney, from Lahaiua.
4-Brtish ship Francis Henry, TolIance, - days from
Auckland.
5-Schr Onward. Lambert. from kawsihae.
5-Schr NOi Wahine. from kolOa-
o-Schr kaEama. from kOiOa.
7-Schr EmslIne, Crane. from Kona-
S-Schr Prince, Hatfield, from Hanalei.
s-Schr Moi keiki, Nspela, from KahuIui.
S-Schr Kate LEE, Chadwick, from Makes Landing.
9-Schr Helen. Kinney, from MaikO and MoIOkai.
IO-Schr Alb-rni, Clark, from HiIO'
I0-Schr Manuok 4vai. NRrchant, from Hama.
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HORSES AND ESrRAY LAws.-A correspondent
calls our attention To these subjects, and says there
is a law which compels the owner of a horse TO
pay any person. for his own benefit. one half dol
lar, or the horse found stray may be impounded.
The intention of the law was. no doubt. good-to
prevent the owners of horses from letting them go
loose in the streets OF on public roads to Craze.
He thinks the law works badly, and tends to en-
courage rascality. y horse that is not worth half
a dollar Is left at liberty TO cucumber the high
ways, but any good horse with a responsible own
er, that. by accident. happens to get loose. even
for a moment, is picked up and the owner made 10
pay the fine. Natives secretly drive off horses tied
on the plain, and compel the owners to pay the
fine. At this time. he says. there are over forty
number that have been taken up in this way. The
law can, probably. be bettered.
~ Thursday next. Feb, 18th, Is the Chinese
New Years, which, like comets, comes periodically,
but no one knows exactly when. except the Chinese
and astronomers. 1t happens to be on the same
day this year as st. Valentines day, which leads TO
the inquiry whether the Chinese didn't originally
keep st. Valentines day. Our young folks will
have to settle that question among themselves.
THIS DAY-The mail steamer ijar will leave
for San Francisco at ? o'clock P. N. to-day. taking a
large number of passengers. and the mails, which
be obtained by the dozen, or in single wrappers,
for mailing. The summary of new on the first
page will render it interesting abroad.
a ships bag will be kept open for papers. at
oar counter, till about the hour of departure.
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NOTES OF THE WEEK.

~ Among the passengers by the steamer from
San Francisco are Mr.. Eugene NJ. Van Reed. and
kisahboro. Il young Japanese, who are returning
to Japan, where Mr.. V. 4. has resided for some
years. Mr.. Kisahboro had spent several months
travelling through the United States, has been to
Washington. visited the arsenals and navy yards.
and received marked attentions from the American
Government. Mr.. Van Reed informs u that Heco.
whom many of orr readers may remember has
left the American Legation, and is now in the
Japanese employ. He was threatened with death.
If he continued in foreign service. We find in the
-ItG OF January -. the following complimentary
notice of these travellers:
RETURNING To JAPAS.-Among the passengers leaving on
the steamer 4JGr this morning is Mr.. Eugeue Van Reed, who
where he has already spent over six years, constituting him,
though quite a young man, the oldest foreign resident in that
empire. During this period MIR. Van Reed has thoroughly
mastered the native tongue, having published IA the latter a
work upon our language to facilitate its acquisition by the
japanese. lie has also male himself familiar with the laws,
literature, social customs and commercial usages OF that siugu-
lar aud jealous race, as well as with the natural products and
resources Of III. country. Having by a just and enlightened
policy ingratiated himself with both the Government and the
people, he has been permitted to penetrate further into the
interior and hold more unrestrained intercourse with all classes
than any other foreigner, a circumstance that has disDosed tn.
that will be Of advantage to our Government in negotiating for
a further relaxation Of their exclusive policy. Indeed, it is
hardly claiming too much for the influence AMI eXertiUns Of
this young man to say they have already aided materially
towards abating the ancient prejudices of the Japanese, and
inducing them TO a freer intercourse with the outside world, a
service that entities him to honorable mention "a u promoter
Of International good feeling, and a pioneer in aiding TO open a
enjoyed the confidence OF the mercantile community, carries
with linn to his distant field Uf labor the hearty good wishes
gent young japanese gentleman who came out to America last
year, and has been on 4 tour to New York, Washington, and
goes back with Mr.. Van Reed, aud under the special protection
Of our Government.
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70 The bark On1rdrd is supposed TO have sail
ed from San Francisco Wednesday. January 9th,
and will be due here between this and Monday
next. She will bring the New York mail of Jan.
Ist and London dates to December 10Th.
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dor--..---.-- i OOE co .
Apples. s2Qrs2 so 2 box; Oranges, siGs5 p 100; Lemons,
s6dss = 1905 Mushrooms, 25c. z 70 The market Is well
supplied with oranges, the last vessel from Hoaolulu bringing
still another inyoce-RuHsfiu.
The evening Argus. [volume] (Rock Island, Ill.) 1861-1871, 1866-09-08
Reported for tas Daily argue.
REPORT THAT MAMMALIAN HAS
ADVOCATED in FAVOR OF
PRINCE NAPOLEON.
THE FENFAN CONGRESS TABLE A RES
CLIFTON OF THANKS TO
BANKS.
ARMS AND AMMUNITION COLLECTING
BY THE FENIANS.
THE CANADIANS PREPARING FOR DE-
FENCE.

BERLIN, Sept. The bill 10 annex Hanover,
Hesse, Nassau and Frankfortto Prussia has passed
the chamber of deputies.
The PrUsslan contribution is 10 take effect on
October LIST 1867.
Count Blsmark has introduced a bill for the an
nexation OF Scheleswig and Hoteslein to Prussia
with the exception OF one district ceeded to Til
denburg. Saxony gives up to Prussia the Fortress
of keoning.
The New York TImes's New Orleans special
says that private letter received from Monterey
says that MAMMALIAN Rbdcated in favor of Prince
Napoleon on the 10th ult.
The New York herald's Troy special says:
The fenlan congress has concluded their secret
session yesterday, From some laxative mem be rs
ii has been ascertained that vote of thanks TO
Gen. Banks for his neutrality resolutions were Ia
bed.
1t is said that effort is being m ade to per
suade Gen Sheridan to resign and accept the com
mand of the Irish army.
At the headquarters OF Stephens wing OF the fe.
mans, in this city, arms and ammunition are b..
ing received in large quantities Orders have beer
issued in Canada TO the volunteers to be in readi
ness to march to the border
The N Y. Herald's Ottawa, Canada, dispatch
says:
An order has been issued to the Quebec voun
teers to hold themselves in readiness to march {,
the frontier.
The engineers stationed at Quebec have also re
ceived orders to be ready to march or about tn,
18th of this month to the border. These will b,
engaged in tho protection of the defsnces alon.
the lower Canada frontier. The Canadians hops
that further divisions will in the fenian broth
erhood from the Troy congress. Government
agents are beloved to be at work in Troy.
MorrPELIER, Sept. S.-Hon. Portus Baxter re
| publican, for congress in the third congressional
district has about 1000 plurality over Hoyt. repub
lican, but has not majority Hoyt and Brig
ham, democrat. A plurality elects on the mex
rial on November 7th.
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The President.

Two things have been proven thus far In tue
Journey of the president from Washington 10
Chicago. The people approve of his policy ana
are earnest in their commentators OF himseh'-
The crowds who have awaited his appearance at
every railway station have given him no colo ana
formal welcome They have come by thousands
and greeted him with warmth and cogdiailty
which prove that their hearts are with MN In
his defence of the constitution and the Union. -
No statesman has ever passed through the coup
try who has received more convincing proof OF
the peoples respect for himself and approval Oh
the measures with which he was indentihed.-
The efforts of the radicals to prevent attendance
upon him in his progress have signally failed. =
The petty and spiteful spirit shown by the city
authorities at Philadelphia only awakened de-
termination in the people to turn out en- "'@ss'
and welcome him. Since be began the Journey
the entire radical press has yenomously assaiieo
him, but it has not prevented the people IRON
meeting him and assuring him OF their commence
and support. If he has ever felt any doubt o
the final success of his policy we think tina
doubt ~ now removed. The disunionists WHIT
have made war upon him may read in his journe,
the defeat which awaits them when the natioI
shall be called upon to judge between him anC
themselvcs They NAV read the final overthrow
of the abolition party and rebuke of the spirit o
hatred aud disunion which has ever been 1t
source Of iuspiraton.-Ch Chicago Times.
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JUDGE THOMPSON.
How His Nomination is Received.

The most cheering reports continue to
reach US from all parts of the district. The
democracy, satisfied that Judge Thompson
will if elected carry out the principles enun-
cisted in the resolutions of the convention
that nominated him. with firmness and abili-
ty, are rallying rs one man to his support
In addition to the democratic phalanx, there
are In every county in the district hundreds
OF good and true men, who have heretofore
acted with the republican party, and voted
tor its nominees, but who have done 80 for
the last time, and who will this fall cast heir
ballots tor Judge Thompson, because he ia in
favor OF admitting all the states of the Union
to representation in congress, a warm edvo-
cate OF the interests of the people as against
monopolists, and unalserably opposed to negro
suffrage.
As regards the press, Judge Thompson re-
ceives the cordial support of every democrat
10 paper In the district, and, in addition to
these, the New Boston Herald. hitherto re-
publican, declines parading with the radical
crowd, and hoists the name of John S. Thomp-
son for congress.-O qua~ka Spectator.
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THE INITIAL TOUR.

The President and party left Chicago on
Friday morning for Springfield aud St Louis
At every station on the road great crowds
had assembled to cheer the party-and 80 it
will be all through the trip.
The particular feature of this journey
which excites the severe animadversions OF
the radicals, is the plain and familiar style
of speech which tho President INDUCES in
He does right to defend himself and his poll.
cy against the rude and brutal attacks of the
radical congress- press and mob. He talks
plainly to the people, aud they understand
him. Figuratively, when he speaks, thirty
millions of people listen. Slngle-handsd and
alone, with truth, sincere love for the Union,
q reverence for the constitution, and deter.
mination to enforce the laws, he can meet
and overturn his enemies We are thankful
that be has seen fit to take this course, and
entertain the firm belief that the results of
the Presidential tour will operate for SUBJ
st antial good.
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From the Boston Pilot.
President johnson and the LabOring
Glasses.

President Johnson sprapg from the labor.
ing classes. A son of poor parents too poor
to give him an education, bound apprentice
to q mechanical trade, a master workman al
that trade when he became o man, winning
his way in lite, and earning his bread by tina
labor OF his hands, rising by his industry
and his close. application from one position to
q higher, until. at last he became the Chief
Magistrate of the United States, he has never
forgotten his lowly origin, nor the means by
which he commenced his career III life. On
many occasions since ne has been president,
when the eye of the nation and the world
has been fixed upon him, he hos not hesitated
to refer to the time when he earned his bread
by his trade, and rather refers to it with
commendable pride as an example and en-
couragement to the struggling youth, who
may through that example rise like him to
honor and station, though now working for
day-wages.
1t was eminently proper. then, tor a COM
mittee of the national congress of laboring
men, which has recently been in session in
Baltimore, to wait upon Andrew Johnson
with copy Of their proceedings. The pres
ident has in too many ways shown his gym
pathy with the people, his entire reliance
upon them, to render it doubtful in what
way he would receive this delegation. He
was gratified that they had thought proper
to pay their respects to him. He was 10 IA
vor of protecting laborlng men from the COM
petition OF convict labor. and had, years ago,
introduced measure into the Tennessee leg
islature to remedy that evil. He was in IA
vor of the principle that workingmen should
have suitable time for labor, for res. and for
recreation. This was proposition self.evi-
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al negro soldiers saved the country: that 20 their
valor, bravery, and devotion we owe the fact of
peace to-day; that without their aid We would,
perhaps, be in state of war to-day and that,
the negroes came into the field to our support,
we sustained an almost unbroken series of rever-
SEES. It was they, the negro troops who turned the
ebb.tide of defeat into the the flood tide of vic
tory.
We would not for our right hand, derogate
from the just claims of any brave defenders of
the country. And so far as the negro soldiers
performed their duty in the field, we want to give
them, and to have the whole country acknowl-
edge, their full need of merit. Brave men, of
whatever race, have no envyings of the bravery
of others, and yield to others the honors that
have been:won, as readily as they claim their own
honors. But no good can come to any one by
claiming for class of soldiers merit which does
not belong to them which the facts of history
do not award them which takes from others in
the most unjust manner the laurels which they
earned by their deeds, their words, and their
lives.
At the outbreak of the war, when the govern
ment called for volunteers, and for two years
after, we all remember how party, and race, and
class were sunk in the great uprising of patriot
| ism, and how, by tens and hundreds of thous-
| ands the people from every part of the north,
| sprang to arms. OF the troops thus raised,
| whole regiments and brigades were composed of
| Irish Americans, and there was scarcely regi-
| ment that did not contain quota OF lrish-Ameri
| cans OF the white troops, that numbered mil
| lions three hundred and twenty five thousand
| was slain or wounded. OF the negro troops,
| from rst to last, not more than two hundred
| thousand were enlisted, and their chief value
was in working on Notifications, in holding forts
and doing other duty by which equal number
| of white soldiers were released for duty in the
| field.
| We do not deny that, in South Carolina, in
Louisiana, and on many battefelds, colored reg
| iments served with great vaor but the MAORI
/ ty of troops of that class were kept in the trench
es 1t is, therefore, grossly unjust to the sol
diers of the armies of the country who fought or
| a thousand battlefelds to forget their great and
noble services, and give to the negro troops thu
| high and sacred pre-eminence OF saving the coun
try. For ourselves, speaking for the Irish Amer
lean element of the armies, we utterly deny ant
| Indignantly repudate the claim which radca
politicians set up for the negro. Give to thu
| colored soldiers the merit that belongs to him
but do not take from the devoted white soldiers
| whose bones whiten every battlefield, th'
great merit which is their due.
1t is poor way to recommend ones self Il
the country, to the soldiers, to Instantaneous
to make all their tolls and sacrifices, their BLOOD
and their services, subordinate to the services o
a comparative handful of negroes, who came il
at the eleventh hour Yet this is what the radi
Gals are doing.