The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-03-26

G1AlN up uA6 III NhNfbN tDb'f
time since. setting forthrthat the Cubans bad estab-
lished a de facfO government, and instructing the
Committee, on Foreign Affairs 10 enquire why bel
ligerent rights should not be accorded the Republic
of Cuba.
Mr.. Logan argued at some lcDgthia favor Of bis
resolutions. tDL
Dawes wanted the appropriation DH sent to-
the SeDate as soon as possible aud not left t4l the
end 81 the session. The Senate usually made large
appropriations at the last moment, when the House.
had no opportunity TO discuss them.
After further discussion, the House went into
Committee Of the Whole on the Legislative Appro-
priatiou hill Several amendments were offered
and discussed; one. making the pay Of female
clerks equal to that of the males, caused some ex-
element and amusement. Rogers taking ne ground
that the employment OF women IN public onices
was demoralizing and disTeputBbic. and should be
abandoned. The suggestion was replied 10 by Ste
vens and others.
Dawes. referring TO the inHnepoe Of politics on
public affairs, told members of the House that they
were slaves to vile politicians from all parts 81 the
country, who focked 10 Washington last March,
and had been bunting for members for the last two
months to raise the salaries OF the very Offices they
crawled for the first month after the inauguration.
That was the position they proposed 10 place
women in by giving them the same salaries AZ
men, leaving all the Offices TO be thus contrnded
for.
General Logan, from the Military Committee.
reported a resolution that ID. +. Whittsmore, Of
South Carolina, having been accused OF improper
motives in Gisposing OF Cadet appointments, should
be expelled.
Dawes said it seemed to him SO dangerous a pre-
cedent to be established that u member could re-
sign whether the House will or not, that he desired
to put his opinion on record against it. II a mem
her could escape the punishment which the Consti-
tuition clothed the House with power TO inhict, by
r~esigning. regardless of the will of the House, It
was proven that the control Of the House was at
an end.
A motion was made to table the resolution Of
expulsion and agreed TO without division.
Logan then offered a resolution that Whittemoro.
the late member. did make anuOintmpnts IN the
Military and Naval Academy in violation Of the
laws, and was Influenced by pecuniary considera-
tons, and that his conduct had been such as TO
show him unworthy of u seat in the House of Rep
resentatives, and therefore the House condemned
bis conduct as unworthy a representative OF the
people. 'E...'
Butler asked unanimous consent hatWhittemore
be heard on the resolution.
IL Morgan objected. and the resolution was adopted
unanimously-ayes lS5, noes none.
Sumner announced that he had received for pre-
s%entation to the Senate O beautiful volume contain
ing the Lords Prayer in q hundred different Ian
Ruages. 1t was to be received aud deposited in
the Congressional Library.
Miscellaneous.
A young Quakeress has been conducting reli-
gious services in the prisons of Indiana and Ohio.
The effect of her eloquence is described as mar
velous.
The members of Cambridge University have fol-
lowed those of Oxford in an important meeting, in
which they urge that all religious tests in the
universities should be abolished.
The Aerial Steam Navigation Company Of San
Francisco held a meeting lately and decided to
build a new and larger Aoitsr, for practical york,
to cost $37, 900. S5.6I5 has been subscribed. The
corpOratOrs are satisfied with the performance Of
the last model. which was accidently burnt while
on exhibition.
The Houston (Texas) telegraph hears an excel
lent report Of the performance OF the Chinese
laborers on the Central Railroad.
Cassius N. Clay has the patent for a I" perpetual
CANDLE" a Russian invention. He is having the
article manufactured in Waterbury, CT.
The crude oil sent abroad by Pennsylvania last
year amounted to S25, 600, 900 In value. more than
half the value of the gold export Of San Francisco.
The Commissioner OF Patents speaks handsomely,
In his report, Of the women employed in his Office,
and asks that their pay should be made equal to
that of male clerks, of like grade and capacity.
A Louisville blonde. with long and flowing locks,
thirsted after a new bonnet but had no money,
and could not wait TO earn it. So she went TO a
milliner and sold her bair to her, which was clipped
off ruthlessly.
A battle took place ut San Luis Potosi on the
18th of January between insurgents and Govern
ment troops. The insurgents were victorious, cap
turing 20 pieces of artillery and compelling Gen.
Roche to fly in hot haste.
A minister ia New England, receiving a salary
OF $500 a year. wears an overcoat made from a
cloak he wore in 1884. His wife has one eIoak
only, and it is thirty-ive years old. As was the
case with the Israelites in the wilderness, SO Il Is
with them, their garments wax not old.
The girls in Spinner's bureau at Washington are
the bandsomest in the Treasury building. BesIty
is always one of the points which decides whether
they shall or not be employed. An ungainly, ILL
favored woman is as obnoxious TO Spinner as ID
Wall street gold gambler. The Treasurer has am
idea that a handsome woman can do Der work bet
ter than a homely one.
A new proof is given of the superiority of
women 10 men. The latter kick and struggle more
than the former when under the hands Of a dentist.
Women also do not chew tobacco when they are in
distress. They do not take to drink under reverses
OF fortune. For these important facts we are in
debted to the RerOLHion- lE.H
The spectrum microscope is applied To the age
of wines, and it is ascertained that IL is quite posi-
BILE, mp to six years. 10 determine the age within a
single year. After about six years the difference
is so small that it would be almest Impossible 10
1t is said that Mr.. Thornton, the British Minister.
has received, through Prince Arthur, "A notification
of the intention of Her Majesty the Queen 70 ere.
ate him a baronet, In appreciation OF his diplomatic
services while in America.
Prince Alfred arrived in Calcutta so late In the
day that more than halt the ceremonial was OBJ
scnred by night. The Government House was
waiting, with % spiendldly caparisoned elephants
up in line. and surrounded by acres of
black and white faces, but all 10 no avail. The
sun would go down.
An explorer Of vital statistics discovers that in
the proportion Of Legitimate children
born is greater than anywhere else In Europe and
hat ireland, according TO her population. produces
he least number Of these unfortunates. The virtue
Irish women has long and justly been the theme
Il Erin's bards.
DIR. Lilientbal, q well known rabbi of Cincinnati,
las written a letter 70 Governor Baker, Of Indiana,
alling attention to the state of the divorce laws
? that State, stating that the probate court Of
had denounced them as a disgrace 10
ne noble State of Indiana. as an outrage against
utilization, and as highly endangering the martial
in all the States of the UnionU aufs
There are in the British Navy 1874 serviceabIe
ghting vessels, iron and wooden hulks. with a
apacity of 10000 tonnage. Fourteen other ar
1oTed iron ships are now building Great Britain
as at present twelve lines of ~hrstclass mail steam
subsidized. to the amount Of $4,39z, 244. gold.
our others receive the postage paid for such mails
8 they carry, and two other lines received from
nc Home Government one-half Of the. amount
greed 70 be paid by the Colonial authorities.
A NEW CABLE@Tbe British Australian TeIe-
raph Company is organized. 1t proposes to lay a
able. 1--WE hundred and slxiy-tbrce miles in Length,
'om Singapore, the terminus OF the Britisb.Indinn
.xtension Telegraph Company. 10 Batavia, from
thence the Dutch lines extend TO the south eastern
Xtremlty, OF Java. From this mint I'm lava tha