The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-08-15
Miscellaneous.

TEE Russian VICTORIES ~ CENTRAL AsIA.-Tel-
eZrams have ccrre 10 hand in London via Alexan-
dTia and Malta, reporting that the Russian army.
which had been steadily advancing in Central Asia
for some time past under the command of Major
General ROmanOffsky. had reached the ancient
and populOus city Ut Bokhara, which appears to
have been the objective point Of their march from
the border Of the imperial territory on the way to-
wards southern Asia.
The BOklarian troops, said to consist of men
picked for waEfurpOses from n population number
ing over One hundred and eighty thousand souls,
met them at the base of their civic ramparts and
from behind their twelve fortified gates and preci-
plated in u fight. y bloody battle cnsued. The
Russians were victorious, aud captured Bokhara.
The BOkharIan army was commanded by the Khan
in peFsOn, who was killed either in the held or IN
some Of the narrow streets which intcrsect the city.
Russian interests are jubilant, and Russians and
their friends point out the leTsistency OF their
commander and soldiers from the commencement
Of their operations in Chinese Turkestan, during
the native revolt in Yar-kand, a couple of years
since, 20 the present, when they viii be enabled
q threaten the whole northwestern border OF Brit
ish India towards Afghanistan by holding Box
hara. The facts are pointed out that by judi
ciOus combinations Ofhis troops and rapid marches,
performed under the most intense heat, General
Romanofsky was enabled TO fight the battle of
Irdjar, on the banks of the Jaxartes, or Syr Darla,
on the Goth of May, 1866 that he defeated the
Bokharians, after a bloody engagement, and open
Ell the way to q series of Russian victories which
have established the military power of the empire
ia the entire country north ofthc J~axartes from the
Celestial Mountains to Lake Aral, and places
n Christian force in the heart of Touran.
At Irdjar the Russian COssacks met the Bokha-
rian cavalry and routed them. The Emir of Box
haH directed the fire of twenty-one guns of heavy
calibre on Romanofisky's artillery, but the Rus
sian general, in reporting his reply, says: NJ a
shot of ours missed its aim" The result of the
fight OF Irdjar led to the fall of the Bokharian for
tress of Nau.
The 3lst Of Nav, 1866, the Bokharians and Rus
slams fought n terrific battle before the city of
Khodjent with artillery and infantry, when the
BOkharians Were again beaten. Retrcating To the
city, they cloeed the gates and barricaded the
streets at all points. On the 5th of June, 1866,
the Russians stOrIncd KhOdjcnt at many points,
having cannOnade1 it with eighteen guns and two
mOrtars during four days, and entered 1t. They
were met bravely, and the ground contested foot
to foot in the streets and allcyways, but Romon-
Ofsky obtained the victory and city. This result
separated Bokbara from KhJkan.
Tachkend was next taken by the Russians on
the 18th OF August, and from this point they
have gone on to the conquest Of Boklan itself.
The news Of this, the latest Russian victory in
Central Asia, has produced n very decided scnsa-
ton in London, IL being regarded as n complete
Off.et on the part of the Car TO the recent gain
of England's ally, Shere Ali Khan, in Kandahar,
as alie, ting the issue of the grand question Of iu-
ture supremacy in Asia.
l<DNDpN IOSI OlEtCE.-Iu lNul. ~ HT-l YEAR
OF the pre- sent century, the local l-eticrs-tlat is the
letters both posted and delivered within the me-
trOpOlIt1n limit=-were estimated to be about
3-2OO, 900. In 1905 they had increased TO 8 ,OOn,-
600, and in 1913 To y 400, 900: but i'm the follow
ing ten years they had nd only to 10 500 900,
that beng tine estimated number in 1928. They
were almost stationary during the next ten years,
Notwithstanding the increase OfPOpulation; indeed,
they rather rc;rograded, their number in 1888
being estimated at only lO.2OO, 600. In 1885 they
a M a. - I01n +
fore the introduction of the penny postage, they
were Il. 4SO, 900. In 1910 they bounded suddenly
to 2O,372. 900, AMI IN 1914 they reached ~ .0O0,-
COO. In nine years aftcrwaTd (lS53) they were
43 900 200. In 1855 London was divided into
ten districts, by which very much more rapid de-
livery was obtained for local letters. the eonsc-
quence was that in 1853, the third year after the
alteration, local letters had risen to 81, 4OI 900,
and in 1862 to II ,G9l 900. In 1865 there were
about 90, 600, 600, Of which upward of 5000, 900
were delivered In the districts in which they were
posted Vt the PI-sent time the average daily de-
livery of letters in London l. about $50 900, of
which about halfare local and half from abroad.
The number OF newspapers and bOokpackets de-
livered IL about 80 900. Sir Cusack asserts that,
If London correspondence continues to increase as
it has in recent years, it will soon be necessary to
have half collections and deliveries during
certain parts OF the day. He also alleges that Lon
don local letters are the most profitable that the
Post Office handles, and that n considerable pOr-
ton Of the total net revenue of the Department
is Derived from them
Observation-Disclosures I. Stewart, of New York,
MAY fairly be said To be the first merchant in the
world. None OF the merchant princes of England,
or on the European continent, COMPARE with him
in the extent of his business or the amount of his
profits, and his success is Il tribute alike to his in
dIvidual energy and tact, and To the marvellous
business resources of the United States. Ii is
worth knowing. both by business men and the
public at large, that Mr.. Stewart ascribcs much
of his success to moral causes. 10 4 friend
who was once pushing his Inquiries somewhat
sharply IN this direction, he replied: Il have won
success, because / have conducted my business
from the first ON the basis of truth. 1ruh,'' he
added with emphasis, lis the talismanIc word
and If l have any one other earthly wish or desire
greater than another, il is that in this respect INV
example may be commended and followed by
young men entering into business, and especially
by young merchants Business men, for pur-
poses OF Immediate saiu, often deceive or Overreach
unsuspecting customers. But such a policy IL as
short sighted as il Il dishonest, and leads almost in
eyitably 10 loss of public confidence and TO bank
ruptcy.-PrOridsRoe Journal.
\ CHATTER OF ACCIDESTs.-Maimon was valet
to- n Count. One day his master, on returning
from n tournament, encountered Maimon, and ask
ell him where he was going. lie answered, in the
coolest possible manner, that he WAS going To
seek n new situation. "a new situation" ex-
claimed the Count; sswhat. then, has happened at
my house that you are leaving me?'-s Nothing,
sire" but what besides?" Nothing, very much,
| tell you. Only the dog of which you were 50
fond is dead" GLOW did it happen?'' 'Why,
your beautiful ~palfrey, who was tied up in the
courtyard, took fright, smashed in the dogs head
with it's hoofs, flew down the street, jumped into
the river, and was drowned And who frigh-
tened my hOrse?'' '.lour son who fell down IN
front Of il out ofa top window" MY SON. Great
heaven, Where were his nurse and his mother? Is
he wounded?'' .'Yes, sire; he was killed on the
spot; and when his corpse was taken up to Mad
ame she was - Mortified ut the sight that she fell
forward in a fit, rs if she, too, were dead"
"Scoundreli Instead Of DESERVING my house, why
did YOU not remain and procure help?' BE
cause, sire, the nurse, in watching by Madame,
fell asleep the light vas upset the chateau
caught fire, and now nothing but ashes remains"