The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-02-01

RETcRS OF A SOUTHERN REsEL Ex-GoyERxoR-
Ex-Governor Isham G. Harris, Of Tennessee, who
left Nashville ON the approach Of the Federal forces,
has returned TO that city. He went Directly 70
Gov. Brownlow. who received b. IN kindiy, and al
lowed him to depart TO his home in'Henry Connty.
on giving his parole Of honor to appear as the
Federal Court IN March next. to answer an lndlct-
ment for treason, which is pending against him.
Mr.. Harris heartily thanked the Governor for ths
friendly Difference 10 him in his late message. He
left England on the 9th of Nov
ODp FELLOWSHIP IN THE UNITED SrarEs.-The re-
port OF the Grand Secretary of the Order in the
United States has been issued He reports the
membership at the present time 10 be 2l7 $50, there
having been an accession the past year of S3,70{
members The receipts for the past year have been
81. 1861 oil, OF which ST. 100, l23 SO were from
bodies under the jurisdiction of the Grand Lodge,
and S505, 593 ~ from bodies under the jurisdiction
of the Grand -Encanpment. The total relief dis
pensed in the same time was S690.675 81, of which
S625.S2o % were by the bodies under the jurisdic-
ton of the Grand Lodge. The relief dispensed by
the bodies under the jurisdiction OF the Grand En-
campment was S64.S55 l2- Washington Intel.
THE MEXICAN PREsIDENT-Juarez was at one
time an exile in the United States. This was dur
ing the year 1852, when owing 10 the downfall OF
Commoniort.t through the ~intriSnes of Santa Anna,
he voluntarily expatriated himself. and took up his
residence in the city of New Orleans, where ne con-
Quoted a small mandatory of cigarrettos, During
his soJourn there he WIS employed in the dil!igent :.
study of our laws and Institutions and be returned
to Mexico with his mind well stored with sound
republican ideas. Although an Indian. he is free
from the vices of the race TO which he belongs. He
is described as a small man, with all the physical
characteristics of the aborigines of mild, gentle
manly and kindly manners, and by no means harsh,
cruel or yindIctive.
SETH WILBUR PAYNE's GREAT WALK TO SAN FRAN
cisco.-The second great pedestrian feat now being
attempted is that OF walking from New York to
San Francisco i'm one hundred and fifty days. By
way of the Central Pacific Railroad the distance is
precisely three thousand three hundred miles
between the two points. so that the average of
Mr.. Seth Wilbur Payne. the pedestrian, is well
known to the public as an author. He walked over
pretty much all Of Europe some years ago. and
upon his return wrote q book of all he saw. heard
and did. The object of the present trip Is precisely
the same as was his European tour. and ais limiting
himself to a certain length of time was doubtless
distinction. He will take copious notes on his way,
which will be published in book form after his re-
turn from San Francisco.
PLAINFIEID. NJ. Nov. ll.-Seth WILDER Payne.
who left New York this morning to walk to San
Francisco. passed through here at las O'Clock this
afternoon.-N. L. Herald
MExIco.-The news from our sister Republic.
Mexico, is reliable and encouraging. President
Juarez has taken the bull by the horns. and declared
all treaties with European Powers ended. Austria,
France, England and Spain treated Mexico as a
heartless bully wonld a woman that he had in bis
power, and the better way is to have nothing to do
with such constituencies people. The message
surrenders, all his extraordinary powers into the
hands of Congress and freely and fully acknowied-
ges the indebtedness of Mexico to the United States
for her ability to triumph in the great struggle.
The British Consuls were all leaving the country
international relations with England having peen
suspended. American influence will now be felt in
M~exico-English and French have been permitted
heretofore. The Republic is at peace, the gferril-
las and yet rebellious bands having been chastised.
European.
the Bishop of Oxford has created a sensation,
by permitting Sunday School children to play in
the fields after service on Sabbath. -
An oil bearing stratum. 500 miles squire. yield
ing petroleum of a superior quality, has been dis
covered not far from Pekin, China.
county. Colorado, which is said to yield one thou
sand barrels o. saline a day.
In Ceylon here is a fig tree 2,l55 years old, bav-
ing been planted 2sS B. G. Its history from that
date is preserved by both documentary and tradi-
tionai evidence. n
A church to the memory of Abraham Lincoln is
about being established in London in connection
with the Lincoln school in that city.
The property left by Charles r. Browne carte
mus Ward') falls inside of ST.. 900. He was
thought to be worth $40 900 to s50,0 900, and unsat-
isfactory management Is limited at.
Accounts from Madras state that a small grub
called the a. borer' has been doing great mischief
in the coffee district On one plantation 400, 600
trees have been destroyed.
Z TIE Austrian Emperor'ss efforts to keep the
schools Independent of the Catholic clergy have
made him popular.
Accounts from Iceland, report that a terrible
eruption of Mount Hecla occurred about tIe. last of
August, SO terrible as to nearly s~hffocate. with its
sulphurous fumes, people at a distance of nearly
OiS ubafS AhhNS hOhA a. NOiNaao.
The Prussian Government has made a new con-
tract with the North German Lioyds' Steamship
Company for regular service from Hamburg and
Bremen to New York. Especial provision is made
for the tranmission of merchandise by mail.
Lord Brougham gives it as his opinion, Is one of
the learned papers Constituted to the publications.
of the Society for the Diffusion of Useful Know
ledge, that the child receives its Interchangeable
'sbent, of character before it's 9TH year. IL this
be so, how important are home infuencesl
The Brazilian mail steamer brings advices that
the allied calvary made an attack on the Para
guayan forces. A complete victory is claimed by
the allies. The Paragraphs lost two hundred
killed and twelve hundred prisoners. The allies
bad only eight killed. Isl So
Chignons are rising in Paris. The French I. cap
Hilary artist now sell annually 240,0 0 pounds of
hair, and when braided. curled, and cork-screwed,
bring in a revenue of more than $4,000 900.
There is a horrible suspicion that dead females are
scalped in order to supply the demand.
TERRIBLE.-A German newspaper says: Two
years ago Mr.. Christian Segemeyer became father
of his fifty weight child. His first wife gave birth to
twenty-three, of which twelve were twins and eIey-
en- single born children. Of these fifty eight child
rem twenty-eight are living, all being daughters,
and the man has never been sick, and enjoys good
health as do, his children. = = u - -
THE FENIANs appear to be active in the ancient
capital of ireland. 1t is reported that they have
sent many letters laden with explosive missiles TO
prominent people and that they attempted with
Greek fire to burn the post Office in that city.
1t is said that Louis Napoleon proposes to aft
ance the Prince Imperial of France to Giselle, the
youngest daughter of the Emperor of Austria 1t
has already twice happened that an alliance Of this
kind between France and Austria has been follow
ed by the downfall of the French ~reigning dynasty.
In London they have a man who gives exhibi
tons in a huge tank filed with water. He sits on
the bottom cruss-iegged and g-ins at spectators;
opens his mouth quite wide. eats, drinks q bottle
of milk. laughs ~audibly. smokes a pipe without ex-
tinguishing it, all under water. His feais usually
occupy about half a minute. but he is able to re-
main more than a minute beneath the surface.