The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-12-21

concluded by mistakc) the white water proof coat.
belonging To Mir. Pitt Taylor. on Tuesday last. will
apply at the barracks he can have the peg IL used
TO hang upon, as il is of no further use TO the owner.
The 1Taes Of the 9Th Oct contains a long editos
rial on the Roman situation. IL says Prime Minis
ter RaiaZzi must order the National troops 10 Roma,.
and anticipate the arrival there OF both the yolnn-
teers of Garibaldi and the regular troops OF France
The article concludes by declaring that the boldest
policy il the best for Italy. and advising her to-
seize Rome and then treat with France
The existence of vipers in France is more COM
mon than may be generally supposed AT tue
sitting Of the Council General for the Cote-i Or, u
was shown that ia 1866 this department alone paid
in rewards for the destruction OF these reptiles
IL .9Os francs. which at 30 centimes a bead gives -
total OF $685. vipers killed, and tor which the
reward WAS claimed
European meteOrologists are predicting an early
aud hard winter this year. for the reason that the
birds of passage have begun their migration south
ward al least "A month earlier than usual. Siorks,
wild ducks aud other birds, are reported to be
passing southwards over France and Belgium in
large numbers.
By a recent invention in Germany. conclusions,
of the air are Made visible. The intensity and dura--
ton of thunder can thus accurately be measured
by the eye.
The Prince OF Wales has founded two scholar
ships in the Royal School OF Mines, of which Sir
Roderick MurchisoE, Bart, Is the director.
There are or were. thirteen gas companies m Lon
don. They found their profits 50 frittered away
that they agreed TO become four companies.
The building trade strike AT Barnslcy. England,
with " W me = u may 10 ia -
length cone 10 an cad, the master and hen having
met and mutually agreed upon the terms OF COM
promise.
NJ. Bismarck tas proposed to his colleagues TO
constitute the executive power OF the confedefa alton
outside the Prussian Cabinet. III this bold policy
is adopted. il will singularly facilitate the complete
annexation of the Southern States
An article in a London magazine dilates on the
paiatabic qualities of steaks from lions and tigers
1t is not certain about lions; but it is said that
those who fight the tiger" rarely get their stakes
The Registrar General has published AN alpha
betical list of 80 sects. Among them are some
curious names. but they are chosen by the sects
themselves. The following are among the most
peculiar: Apostolico, Baptized Believers, Chris
tlan Israelitss. Christian Teetotallers. Eclectics,
Hailelujah Band. Peculiar People, Providence Ran
tiers, Wesleyan Reform Glory Bann.
The death is announced. in the parish OF St
Martin. Colchester, of Mrs. Ann Rumsey. widow. in
her lO4th year. Ii is an interesting circumstance
that she was the daughter of the celebrated eircum-
navigator. Capt. Cook. who was massacred by the
natives of Owhyhee, in the South Sea Islands. and
that she was born only few years after the accession
of George Ill. TO the throne OF England.
Prlssians are not too much beloved in either
Hanover or Saxony, and q good deal of agitation
consequently prevails. Especially in the latter
country nearly ineessant quarrels arise between the
Prussian Cabinet and the local authorities This
state of things makes the Berlin Cabinet rather
uneasy. and it is generally attributed to the war
preparations in France, by means OF which the
annexed kingdoms entertain great hopes of recov-
ering their former position at no distant period
A Dublin steamer has arrived at London, having
on board the small deck chooner-rigged boat Joh.
Ford, which made such a perilous and fatal voyage
across The Atlantic. The boat. which is scarcely
two and a quarter tons, sailed from Baltimore and
got upset of the coast of Cork, three of the four men
on board being drowned. Armstrong. the survr
vor, was picked up by a passing ship. A few days
afterward the boat was cast up on the coast OF Ire
land, near Wexford. She is very little injured, and
it is said she will be exhibited at the Crystal Palace.
Wal in Europe next year is considered almost
inevitable. France is arming, and it is said strase-
gic studies have been made, with a view Of covering
Strasburg, the Emperor having made personal
observations of the country in that neighhorhood,
as he returned from his recent visit TO Salzburg-
The country around the town is being leveled. to.
allow of the establishment of four detached forts,
and an intrenched camp OF immense extent is TO be
constructed. protected on one side by the Kline.
and by submergible lands, and on the other by the
four advanced forts. capable of sheifering, In case
of need, a large number OF troops
In China and India there grows a tree known as
the grease tree. 1t is said that large forests OF this
vegetable lubricant are to be found there, and tsey
form the source of a considerable local traA.c-
This tree not very long ago was imported into India
and it is said that the experiment of crltivating it
there has proved quite successful. In the PanlaRh
and Northwestern Provinces generaliyi it Crews as
rapidly and as vigorously as in its native soil, and
| there are already thousands of trees on the Govern
nent plantations, yielding tons Of seed adlairably
adapted to a variety of commercial purposes. DIR.
Jameson. a chezaiSt in the Punjaub. has prepared
huudredweights of grease from this particular tree.
and has forwarded on trial a portion Of il TO the
Punjaub Railway to have its qualities tested in q
practical manner as lubrieating material for those
parts of the machinery constantly exposed to frie-
ton. The grease thus obtained forms an excellent
tallow, burning With a clear, brilliant. and. what Is
infinitely more to the purpose, a white light. and
at the same time emitting not a trace OF any
unpleasant odor, or Of the ordinary disagreeabie
Accomplishments of combustion-smoke.
The news of Dr. Liyingstone's safety will cause
a thrill OF Joy all over the civilized world. for the
fame of the intrepid traveller has gore into all lands.
| Whether he has reached the spahoar6 hsusSalf Or
has been reached by the expedition sent to decide
the question OF his fate, is not stated by the dis
patch. and an account of his adventures will he a.
waited with interest.
The proportion of white to black votes in South
taronIa-stated by the dispatch as in the ratio OF
80 10 to ll-shows that the whites in the Palmetto
State utterly refuse to take any part in reconstruc-
ton. Well. We can stand it if they can. Itis prob
able. however, that when the Constitution framed
by the various Conventions come before the peo-
pie, a full secesh vote will be polled against them.
GOLD M1NTNG.-A Washington telegram says: -.
Ross Browne has returned from his tour of the PEI
, The general condition of the mining interest isr-
resented as healthy and prosperous, and -,
a opment of the Pacific coast in re- .e dove
, branches of industry, is said t." .uect 10 otbe
derful. The states local pe absolutely vou
will not vary mater' returns of the proirctio,
ma, Sl2. 600. O0" ..aIIv from the followipg: Montu
00e: Colo -; idaho. SC. 600 900: Oregon So 600
B CafF ,rado, s., 100000; Nevada, SIG. 600 OOG
.ornia. SIS 900. 900; miscellaneous, IS, 900. O0
TOT the present year.
10 \ NEW UNIvERsIrY.-The Trustees Of the Corne!
* University, at their last meeting. adopted a pro
graame which will soon be placed before the PEG
pie, for opening the Institution to students on th.
third week in september. 1865. 1t will commence
its Instructions with a faculty who are to be paid
Y $4,000 per annum, and with accommodation fol
n 1000 students. The present resources of The Trus-
h tees for carrying ont this programme are as fol
lows: S35.000 per annnm, from the income of the
n donation from Mr.. Cornell. upon which the institn.
ton was originally founded. and the income from