The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-14
Late American Items.

The fisheries at Camden, Maine. made Sl.T50 at
one haul recently, taking 800 pounds OF salmon
RicIiMOND. Oct. zS-RetuTns thus far received.
show the election oil twenty-five negroes To The
Convention. \ handbill Offering Sz5.OOO tor the as
sas-inaIiOn Of Hunuicui aud Underwood, gotten up
u - believed by Radicals was found III the street
yesterday.
WA-HENGT0N. Oct. 2S.-The Annual Report of
Mr.. McCul!och, Secretary Of the Treasury. i almost
hni-hed and will probably be scnJ to tue President
before ii i furnished ~ the printer.
\ Tunes special says the proposition for the
continuance vi the session OF Congress To- the end OF
Johnson's term. is iavOraLly reserved BY fscpubii-
eau members here.
\ Tribune special says a Southern Senator who
held a political conversation with Gen Grant. re-
ports that the General will not accept the nominal
ton 10 the Presidency from the Radicals, but will
accept it a. tue representative Oi Conservative men.
OMAHA, Oct. 2s-Five hundred miles Of the I'm
ion Pacific Railroad are completed aud in running
order. Only seventeen miles more are required to
take it to the town vi Cheyenne, at the base Of the
Rocky Mountains.
4. 7. Steward. Esq. OF New York received a
very hattering reception on his visit TO his native
place in the North OF Ireland.
WHAT IT Costs To PUBLISH SOYE NEwsPAPERs.-
The y. j Herald estimates its expenses at one
million five hundred thousand dollars annually. and
the Tribune and Times at one million dollars each.
The cornerstone of the new Catholic Cathedral
in Boston was laid on the 18th of September.
Archbishop McClOskey, five Bishops and eighty-five
priests were present and performed the ceTemo-
ny IN the presence OF Z0,OUO people. The structure
will cost Il million and Il half Oi dollars.
The returns of the census in Iowa, now nearly
complete, Indicate a population of 9 S,O0O, an in
crease Of over las. 900 in two years. or very nearly
ten per cent, per annum. This Is the highest rate
OF increase. both absolute and relative, ever attain
ed in that State. except daring 1851 and 1855. wnen
there was an extraordinary influx OF immigrants.
SCHOOL BOoKs FOR JAPAN.-G. L. Putnam Il Son
Of New York have just shipped ten tons Of school
books 70 the .Japs'; in a single cash invoice
amounting To SIS 600. lrreSDectIVe of nreyiouS
cOnsignments. \ son of Mr.. Putnam is about To
sail tor Japan To establish and represent the firm of
q. =. Putnam ~ Son in that far cOuntree.' Thus
the cranky Japs succumb 10 the Yankee chaps.
The 1t. Louis Democrat saws that the enrolment
of voters shows that the white voters have u MAORI
ty Of 10 ZOO in North Carolina, 1000 in Georgia, of
10000 in Arkansas, of $4,000 in Texas and 1000
in Virginia. The black voters have q majority of
6,0OO in South Carolina, of $500 in Florida. Of
$4,000 III Alabama, OF 10000 in Mississippi and
$4,000 in Louisiana.
The pastor of the Second Presbyterian Church at
Troy, New York. is a tall young man with very
dark complexion and jet black nair. He does not
preach for money, for he counts his 81 500. 900. his
father S3.OOO.OOO and his wife S5.O 900, 900. His
salary II $1,000, and he Is reported To have given
away $3.50 o the past year.
\ correspondent of the New Orleans Republican
begins a long article thus "lf the idcs OF March
Of the year of grace eighteen hundred and sixty
nine shall bring the Inauguration of BENJAMIN +.
Butler as President Of the United States, and of
Schuyler COliaX rs vice President thereof. then,
too. may be witnessed throughout this stricken but
redeemed and dearly loved land. Il satisfaction
profound. and a JOY eXuliant beyond even what the
nation felt at the fall Of Richmond
The Sacramento Union reprints from the old
Boston True Flag, the following simple receipt for
curing inebriates 4 cure for an annette for
strong drink-Sulphate of lime five grains. magne-
STA ten gruins, peppermint water eleven drachms.
spirit Of nutmeg one drachm. to be taken twice q
liant. and so partially supplies the place of the ac-
custoncd liquor. and prevents that absolute physi-
cal and moral prOstraiion which follows n sudden
breaking Off from the use OF stimulating drinks.
\ competitive trial Of speed between two loco
motives, one manufactured by Borsig, Of Berlin,
and the other by Sigl. OF Vienna. was made at ~.
Petersburg, on June 3Oth. Each engine had to
draw n weight of 500 tuns up an incline of one in
l25. An American engine made twelve English
miles in an hour, and the Prnssian only eight.
SwEAKISG--A profane man had a favori;e negro
who always stood opposite to him when waiting at
table. HIS master often took the name Of God in
vain, at which the negro Immediately made a low
and solemn bow On being asked why he did 81.
he replied that he never heard that great name
mentioned but il filled his soul with awe. You.
gentlemen swearers. this is for you'll
ELIAS HOWE. Jr.-Elias Howe Jr.. universally
known n the inventor OF the principle that first
gave practical utility to tie sewing machine, Is
dead. He was born IN Spencer. Massachusetts. in
1919. and lived at home until 1886, working with
his father. who was both a farmer and miller. in the
day time, and attending the district school in the
evening. lie aitcTward learned the trade of n
machinist. and made several experiments in endeav-
voring to complete a sewing machine. lie finished
a model. and obtained a patent on Sept. 10th, 1916.
A patent was also taken out in England, from which.
however. he realized nothing. After constructing
four machines he visited England, remained there
four years. and returning almost destitute to Amer
lea. From this time until 1854 he vas involved
in expensive lawsuits, when the principal infringers
of his patents acknowledged his rights, and ar
ranged to manufacture machines under licenses
from him. Up TO 1854 less than 5000 good sewing
machines had been manufactured now the mum
Der exceeds $4,000 annually.
California Items.
Mr.. GOIham. the defeated candidate for Governor
Of California, is only thirty-iour years of age.
The people of San Francisco paid the sum Of
Si5.j5g to the theatres in the month of September
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