The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-07-27
Editorial Gleanings.
Gu.Siana.

Rusiana.
An expedition u Russian America has been
organized by the Department of State at Wash
ington for the purpose OF making thorough
scientific explorations of that region. The expe-
dition was to start in May. Professor Baird Of
the Smithsonian Institute. Is one of the scientific
eJrIe. The members were 10 sail from san
Franci-oo in the revenue cutter Lincoln, for Sitka,
from which point the expedition was to start ON
it- Investigations.
Meantime. the new acquisition Of Uncle sam
continues 10 supply food for merriment, and
-allie- of wit. y number Of California Wilkins
Micawbe-s, who are always " waiting for some
thing - turn up We're To leave in June on the
steamer OryfGHuHs, for the American Siberia, 10
vi-it that cOngelated fragment Of the North Pole.
w.th 4 view Of embarkinS in the trapping bust
ness. The following method of taking the
sable IN that country" says an Oregon paper,
e Il said 10 excel all others, and We respectfully
Vet earnestly recommend it TO the attention Of
those embarking in the business -
Provided with a pitcher Of water, the hunter sta
tiOn- himself in u tree over the hole leading to the
habitatiOn Of the animal, and when the latter comes
cut, and stands looking about, the hunter pOurs
some water on the creatures tail, which almost in
stantly becomes frozen % the ground. The hunter
then de~cends, and with his knife slashes the sable's
lace. The frightened animal struggles 10 get AWAY,
and finally escapes through the opening made in its
cOuntenance by the hunters knife, leaving its skin
in the possession Of the hunter, while it returns TO
it, hole 10 await the growth Of a new skin.
The numerous admirers of Russian America
already talk of laying out a national railway 10
Sitka, with stations at various pOints ON the coast.
such a. ChieLagpff, Bpcarbof, Reyillagizedhof,
Techugatsch. and others. II is said the chief
practical engineering difficulty that will be en-
countcrei in the construction of this road is the
difficulty Of pronouneing the names of the stations.
The Pacific Railroad.
\ writer in a San Francisco PAPER, moved by
q vision Of jnurncying by railroad from New
York To that city. three thousand two hundred
and nineteen miles. in five days and nine hours,
his least extravagant estimate, exclaims
Then farewell our isolation; farewell sea sick
ness; farewell a seventeen days basking in the seetl-
ing tropics; farewell the Isthmus and its feyers and
good-for-nOthing, i~mpudent population; farewell that
jail-like confinement and mOnotOny on shipboard-
adeu old acquaintances, but never friends-we will
bid you all IA most willing farewell when the road is
completed. Then will be literally inaugurrted our
year Of jubilee. The subject il full of poetry, but
can the poetry of words equal the poetry of facts, as
seen in the rushing up through these snow-cad
grand old mountains Of the irun horse, our literal
cloud-compelling Jove and poet laureate of science
and progress"
A Model County.
Ii IL commonly supposed that the people who
inhabit the mining regions of the Western Ter
%ritories belong to the d. wicked and corrupt gen
Grafton which is alluded to in the Bible. But
the following extract from the Humboldt Register,
is rather cheerful reading, and shows a healthy
state of society
Our county Jail Is empty, and has been for a
long time. The docket If the District Court fails
to show u single criminal ease for the April term.
No Grand TurE will IL. Wuutel- and nome will H.. Srtsu-
monel. Our criminal lawyers are in despair at the
prospect, AMI threaten 10 leave the county unless the
profession Il properly sustained. This would lie
a calamity and ought To be prevented il possible.
If any one has in contemplation the commission of
any crime, such rs then, robbery, or even murder,
or If our county officials contemplate plundering
cur revenues, We would suggest IN "A friendly way,
that they please hurry up, 80 that times may improve
a little, ami everybody lie satisfied with tlc business
Of Court The truth i however, our people are to
much engaged in running long tunnels, and prepar-
ing for extensive crops the coming summer. To give
much attention 10 such little p~astines as shooting,
cutting, stage rObbing, etc"
Franchise for Women.
On the subject Of women voting, Mrs. Jane G.
Swissheln, the talented authorizes, writes thus
to the Pittsburg Commercial:
when women vote, the death penalty will lie
abolished except for rape; the inmates Of those houses
which are now the hOt-bels Of evil, viii be sent to
houses OF correc'iun, AMI there kept for life, or years,
doing light, fancy work, and domestic labor. All
the legn!iIcl hauHts II crime, which stand n rivals
60 viTtuous homes. Will, at least, have a struggle for
life. Women Will not work for half pay. and vice
will not furnish her with the NEST profitable employ
Inent, and all parts will grow better and wiser, or
the principle Of sclf-gOvcrnmcn; is founded in error.
Longevity Of uer-ymru.
Statistics show that ministers rs a class live
longer than any other portion Of the community.
OF ~fprty-six ministers whose deaths were reported
in the CoH9rcgahoHaEsi, n having occurred dur
ing the year 1866, the average age was s~ixty-two
AMI n half years. This speaks well for their
temperate habits and shows that mental activity
i not uniayOnLic To long life.
Este Deus.
This il the title If n new work recently pub
li-hci in Boston. and il in some sense a reply 10
- Eccc Homo and j., like that famous book,
printed ANONYMOUSLY. Both volumes revive and
continue an old religious controycrsy-one that
il almost as old rs the Church itsclf-and that is
upon tire question of the divinity Of Jesus Christ.
The author says that /. . Ese Deus Is not Il reply
to Eccc Homo" although containing controycr-
sial notes ON that work. lie claims it to be
an examination of the life and doctrines of
Jesus Christ conducted OH independent ground
And in the prosecution of his work, the author
announces that lac proceeds upon four convictions
"First That it is not merely difficult. but abso-
lutely impossible, rightly to survey tie Life and
Work Of Jesus Christ without distinctly acknowl-
elging the unprecedented conditions under which
Jesus Christ became incarnate.
Second That those conditions can alone account
for. and are essential TO n true Interpretation Of, the
entire doctrine and phenomena associated with the
name OF Jesus Christ.
Third: That those conditions and the whole course
which they inauguratel (the miraculous conception,
the doctrine, the miracle, the death and the rcsurrec-
tion,J constitutes IA unity which nscessifatss the con-
clusiun that Jesus Christ was God Incarnate. And