The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-05-01
Miscellaneous Foreign Items.

\ PbiIndeIphian has taken out a patent for the
o,anullcturt. Of wooden shirt bosOms the material
being the same that now used IN PapeFIng
rooms
A writer ia the Jo,a7,af ds P,n-is estimates the
.uul lost and won Mt cards IN thu Paris clubs ut
IOOgOOO francs a day. The cards alone cost 5000
francs pes nigtt
charlie. Dickens f5r his farewell readings (Which
are IL Is .aid. to gytcnd over ths Inited hiagdom
20 one nuucfrrd nfgbtsJ, u 90 receive ci0O0O from
Mr. ChaPpclL.
The Rhode Islanders are lamenting over the
.trcadenc,s Of their cherished CLANS which never
were. known 20 BE- scarce as now. y Rhode
Islander without clans, and n Nantucket skipper
vvitbout beans. are evidences Of destitutiOn every
right-thiuking mtu would regret to see
over s00oO persons attend the balls held in
N.vy York during two weeks 10 y estimated that
h cost tb, aforesaid 10000 persons the magnificent
ann Of slG100J toe the necessary tickets. supper
enrrit-, hire aud other trns but delightful Incl
dental expenses
Tbrre-s1urths Of an acre OF land in Georgia
fpI,ntd with eottonJ has yielded. in year, nearly
5000 proat or at the rate OF about $500 an acre.
Tn. ground wa Ot course. carefully cultivated
nud feuded What future looms up Tor the
Sa,tberr people. II they will only be- wise anil
Industrious in the use Of the sPlendId advantages
which nature has given them!
T,fK NEWS BoYs.-Thirty thousand dollars were
appropriated by the last Legislature to the build
ing of - newsboy's lodging house in New York,
provf,lrd $4,000 more should be raised by private
subscription The money has been subscribed.
-eeking u site for n building.
P,ss4,.,r FOR CEN SHERMtN.-SOme Of General
sherman = friends at New York have recently been
quietly at work, and have succeeded I'm raising
about 100000 for n testimonial To the General
Nbont half OF this sum will be invested in house
at Washington. and the balance will be usefully
disposed Of Gen. sherman deserves we'll Of his
loyal couutrymen. and this testimonial viii be
mite "A handsome addition to his present fortune
and income.
TuE -NL,n.n,- ~ AS0uIEE SH,FE--The House
Naval Committee reported bill to pay to COmmO-
tor,. Winsi0w aud the officers and crew OF the war
sts,furr 6srrutf- the sum Of SlgOOOO prize
money that sum being the estimated value OF the
rebel pirate. tltb,f1,t. which destroyed by the
Estrs'fys. IN amendment wa adopted providing
that no part Of tn. money should be- paid to an ds
signec Of any mariner. and the bill was passed
Nor Dsms,ntE Now.-NII the Southern journals
are opposing the acquisition Of Cuba, whereas be-
fore the rebellion they we're hrTer Tor ~, ana
several times came near getting the Government
into difficulty In their indefru-ible methods for
getting 10. The reason they give for opposing 10
now ~ that it is fu way desirable; that the
reason Why 10 j. not desirable j.. that slavery
no longer exists. Cuba could be % no benefit To
that sration. The Southeruers never used to say.
however. that they wanted Cuba TO strengthen
slavery bus urged other reasons n necessity for
10 ..rsstug g. tt l. little singular that these
grounds are not ~ essential they were before
slavery dird.-Goh nm Nsrs.
A Dt4s,rsrrva MrtrsNE-The NgrfOlE. Journal has
dfsrov.r, f IT, disgust that tn. Southern song
WIS hrst written for and sung by John Brown
AbolitiOaists The party who proposes to % TAKE
his stand iu uiVieIs land y - a runaway slave. rN
pressing his intention % returning 90 the south.
srlls his masters plantation. and live and die IN
DIXIE slavery i referred 90 metaphOrically n
eJohnny'S pig that lived in clover but when 10
died if died all over This was the opening song
Of MANY Nbolitiaui.t gatherings. before the war,
and edition after edition wt- called for The very
term Dixie wus original with the AbolItIOuIst
author and never In use before ht- application OF
g. The air itself t. that of an old scotch love-
song arranged In doubls-quick time. The people
Of the south failed % discern the obIect with which
this NbOltiouist song was written. and u became
popular ls the national song Of the COnfederacy-
NEGROES N P,Hrs-Amoug the wealthy foreign
Residents Of Paris Gfty negro and uulatt0 lam
lilies. who hold intercourse With u great many
ari.tocratic French families terms Ot perfect
equality NJ Pontehrrv. a wealthy negro from
Porta- Prince. lives with his family IN one OF the
finest HOUSES on she Chausee u tutu Keeps halt-a-
dozen white servants. and was invited last winter
o. AT 0f VI. E1uher's parties lie u millionaire
and has "a very Gue gallery Of paintings ana -tatu-
ary. Another negro resident OF Paris - CandOrts-
whose father owned large plantation on the
ISLAND of Iluritiu4. The son sold the plantation,
married an EugIishwonau at Cape Town, and
went with her Paris. where b. lives now IN
brilliant style e. Of the bOldeSt operators az
the Bourse. aud i considered very rich His
chideu are almost white. and bis eldest daughter,
belle Of eighteen. l. cOurted by a great many
young officers and others, who seem not TO care
hg Tor her colOred descent. Bcllisle, very black
negro, owns two or three large business houses IN
Paris. where b. settled thirty or forty years ago
and made money in the oyster trade lie l. also
married 20 n white woman. Ili- daughters are al
married 10 Freuchmru