The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-09-12

dency for more than n single term, and that an
amendment ct the Constitution embcdyiBg that
democratic Institutions.
David Il. Harrison. a bank-note engraveF Of Bos-
ton, has recently been appraised of the fact that he
Is sole heir of a fortune equal to Sl4,O00,N0o IN
United States paper currency. the bequest OF his
uncle. formerly an East Indian merchant. The for
tunate legatee IS 40 years of age.
KIT CARSON-The renowned Kit Carson died ai
1 Fort LYON. Colorado. or the 2Sd Nav. of Il rupture
the most noted of that intrepid race Of mountain
GERS. trappers. and guides that have ever been the
pioneers of civilization in its advancement west
ward across the Western continent
To AND FOR CHINA.-A New York paper says
These two little propositions To and For. never in
Dictated more strikiugiy different relations than on
the visiting card of Mr.. Burlingame. When he left
New York a few years ago his title on the card ran
thus " Envoy Extraordinary and Minister Pleni-
potentiary 10 China - on his return yesterday, we
saw that it now is: "Euvoy Extraordinary and
Minister Plenipotentiary TOR China"
The diamond pointed rubber pen is one of the
latest inventions. The pen is as elastic as a quill,
and as durable as a gold pen. The point OF the
pen is of gold. while the rest is rubber. There is
no chance for it to corrode under the presence of
ink.
Mr.. Wilson's resolution, authorizing the officers
aud soldiers of the army TO wear the corps badges
Of their fighting service, is eminently judiciOus.
These grand old emblems-the acorns, crosses. and
clover leaves that cleaned in battle-arc the true
heraldry of the land.
In "A lake near Cheyenne. several specimens of a
very peculiar amphibieus animal have been cap
tured. They are described as partaking of the ma
tire and bearing some resemblance to II fish, a liz
ard and a tadpole. The head is like that OF a frog
with gills. the body is much like that of a lizard,
the feet are those of q frog and it has a long trans
parent tail.
The French Government employs 5000 men and
women to sweep the streets and crossings of Paris
all Germans. Their pay is from 80 to 80 cents
a day. and n few of them get 60 cents. They are
said to be a very frugal people and out of these
small earnings many of them save money TO return
home and buy farms.
\ PRINTERS TRIBUTE To THE SrEAKER.-Schuyler
Colfax is a printer, regularly trained in the craft.
He is the first printer ever nominated to So high an
office as the Vice Presidency. In fact, he is the
nonpareil of printers, the pearl of the craft and y
No. i diamond type of a man. He will make u
capital Vice President. and although the modest
Roman of them all, the Italics will sustain him in
an emphatic manner. His popularity Is without Il II,
and will make the opposition see =
1t is IA remarkable fact that when there were only
three mail steamers monthly between San Francisco
and Panama. the average number OF bags printed
mail matter received was about so now there are
four steamers permonth. and the number has increas-
to $50 bags. Thus it will be seen, that with the in
creased facility for transporting this kind of matter,
there has been q remarkable increase in the amount
oft.
The submarine race in Boston Harbor. on the 4th,
was the most unique feature OF the day, and quite
successful. The submarine blast OF 80 kegs of pow
der. exploded by electricity from IA schooner at a safe
distance, threw an immense volume of water about
100 feet into the air in the shape of a water spout.
George Phillips, of Mansfield. and Jacob Palmer, of
Boston. each submarine divers for five years. and
William Lloyd, of Boston. ten years In that business,
were the contestants. Boats acted as tenders to
them, conveying each ones air pump and life line.
The course was 2, 100 feet which Phillips accom-
plished in IL minutes. Lloyd in 1S4, and Palmer,
who was accidentally hindered at the outset, in 81
minutes. They received prizes of S75, $50 and
$25.
Wilson's Life Of Grant says, concerning the Gen.
erals family: His eldest son, Frederick, a youth
of Is. is now a cadet at West Point. where Admiral
son is also being educated, and is the
bold little fellow who accompanied his father
the Vicksburgc campaign. Another son.
some Is years of age. is named Ulysses, and his only
called Nellie, is a sunny-dispositioned and
a merry young lady, whom every body loves
while the youngest son, known as Jesse, and we
named after his worthy grand father, is a
bright lad who sometimes appears dressed in
costume, the garb of his Gaelic ancestors.
The family, therefore, consists of the General and
Mrs. Grant, three sons, and their only daughter,
Miss Nellie.".
The appraisement of the property of the late
Buchanan shows his total wealth to have
been $4,000 mostly in State and city bonds
the real estate being valued at $4,000 He held
no United States securities. According to an Act
of Assembly, five per cent. of Mr.. Buchanan's es-
goes TO the State of Pennsylvania as collateral
tax.
a curious law suit is reported in the New Bed
Standard. 1t is brought by Captain John A.
Beckerman against the New Bedford. Vineyard,
and Nantucket Steamboat Company, for Sl2, 900,
Tor personal injury. He alleges that about. five
Years ago, he was passing through Woods Hole in
4 sloop, when the steamer lMOnOhdnSett came in
collision with the vessel, causing her main boom
and tiller to fly athwart ship. He stopped to avoid
he boom, and the tiller struck against his head,
In a permanent injury to one OF his eyes.
Three of the Pendleton Escort are still wander
ng in the mountains of Pennsylvania. A note
rom one of them, tied 10 a stone and chucked on
he platform of a sleeping-car, says: at is awful
but of course nothing near as hot as it would
De were it not for the fact that there inst a single
on the mountainsi Our commissary
torres, a sour sandwich and a bottle of pop, gave
tut the first dag, and we subsist for the most part
IN huckleberries. culled by the side of the rail-
Dad. John says he is sorry he learned the trade
being an escort. We have been treated with
treat kindness by the people who live along the
Dad. One stole my Pendleton badge while asleep
lnder a tree, after dining rather heavily on slip
'ery-elm bark, aud another set his dog on us. /
m writing this on a stump, while John has gone
Gull some sweet flag for our frugal supper. John
las his jokes. of course. He said to-day: Tom.
have a wine dinner to-day. You. as commits
ary-in-chief, find the dinner, and I'll provide the
Good, wasn't it-tor John. EUeHiRg-
We have got d miserable set back. \ hand-car
anne along, and John hailed them for a ride.
hey stopped and took s on. Rode Il miles be-
ore we found out we Were going the wrong way.
We were nearly in despair.
European.
1t is reported from Paris that Lamartine has lost
is mental faculties, and that his death is daily eX-
ected.
After this year the metrical and decimal systems
yill be the only one, allowed to be used in Spain.
There are over 800 female clerks employed in
.ondon telegraph Offices.
Brussels is about to make trial of the American
treet railway system.
All France is agog at the expected arrival of a
a,a lan MIL, m nan Af tlsrt nil .
on dollars, who is going to try to marry the best
nd prettiest French girl he can find.
Hood and Glove a new English novel, COM
ares the manners of one of its characters to those
+ ." an overseer on a Massachusetts cotton planta-
on
ty of London and a sword valued at two hundred
uineas presented to him on his return from Abys-
MIA.
French liberals believe that the opposition will
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