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The Daily state register. [volume] (Carson City, Nev.) 1870-1872, 1871-02-12

L-to2--1e FRO IL L1eD.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21
A Protest from the Parquette.

Nh EDITOR Il was one of a good many who
went to the theatre last Monday night, on the occa-
sion Of Miss Maggie Knights benefit. Not being
very flush in funds, I could only afford half q dollar
for q ~parquette ticket So / and my companions
bought each g ticket, on which was printed 8 Par
quette, so cents" But going inside we were refused
admittance to the parquette, and were showed in the
hole they call the pit. / saw a good many served the
same way. Now I call that shabby. Not only
shabby, but an imposition, to put sc cents on the
bills and tickets, and then charge . dollar after one
gets inside the house.-ft may be a nice little game
for the manager, but it won't pay in the long run.
Yours, A REGULAR CUSTOMER.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

The Washington Patriot says " Mr.. Bret Harte.
the author OF The Luck Of Roaring Camp and
other characteristic sketches OF California miners
life, and the present editor oftbe Overland Monthly,
has been successful enough to bring the shabby
publishers TO his feet Two magazines have been
competing of late to secure his undivided iabors
as a contributor, and one of them has succeeded.
Mr.. Harte, being under engagement. it is said. TO
furnish it with twelve contributions for FIVE thou
sand doliars.r
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21
The German thaler is worth about $40 cents.

The German thaier Is worth about s75 cents.
When the war expenses come TO be added, Ger
many will probably have a debt nearly equal 10
that of the United States at the close Of the late
civil war. The debt no doubt will be funded at a
low rate Of interest. 1t IL now settled that our
project OF eAecting a foreign loan at least 10 Ger
many. will not succeed. The Germans will have a
place for most OF their spare cash and patriotism
will suggest the duty OF looking after their own
loan before taking a foreign one, even at a higher
rate o. HIteres1s = #-fM ~ IWI
The smallpox in Salem, Oregon, Is reported on
the decrease; there are only IL cases there now.
H. has reached the country, and appears 10 he
more fatal there than in the city. Seven deaths
occurred recently in one family. W
A San Francisco dispatch says The arst sales
OF Alameda county beet sugar were made in this
market to-day. Thirty tons sold at l35 cents per
pound to grOcers. II is lighter than refined cane
sugar, ten per cent. sweeter. and almost pure
white Ii is retailing at six pounds for one dollar.
Within fourteen days after Rome gained A.
liberty, fourteen new journals. varying I'm -nr,ce.
from a halfpenny to three half-pence, were started
Mrs. LneIla Gross has died in Maine from .kll
excessive use OF tobacco for lO7 years . and a. -.
the terribly insidious nature OF the pol.on a.
stated that she apparently enjoyed Derfect S.".
all the while her constitution was being rrSn
mined. -e unuef u
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21
NOTE OF THE WEEK.

The Mosrs TAYLOR. viii be due next Wednesday.
from San Francisco. .t1 a-l.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

- The new coaster, the LunGiito, was "A hours
hence to Kailua, and showed herself a good sea-boat
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21
REMOVAL.

A NEW o
~ GRAPHIC GALLERY on Fort Street. nearly opposite
my old stand, next door TO Grunwald & Schultz 4 sraii ne
happy to see my old patrons. and any others who wish Tor
hrst-class picture. All styles taken upon the most reasonaole
terms. Having made arrangements with a good artist in San
Francisco, 1 shall pay particular attention to copying and en-
largng pictures for retouching or painting.
By attention to the tastes of my customers, 1 hope To receive
a share OF patronage
Also for sale a variety OF Photographic Views, Portraits, &c.
PANORAMIC VIEW OF HONOLULU,
d3 n. L. CHASE.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

K1LAuEA leaves on Monday for Hilo and interrne-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

SUBMARINE-Yesterday afternoon, one ofthe divers
recently employed at Midway Island, went under the
RIGuea, as she lays at the wharf. and examined her
bottom thoroughly to ascertain if any copper was
loose. Some sheets of lead were found lacking on the
keel, where the boat touched bottom near Honoipu,
some time ago. The diver goes down again to-day
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

WEATHER WARNINGs.-The British Board of Trade
has published. for the benefit of seafaring men, the
following remarks on the appearance of the sky: A
rosy sunset presages fair weather, and . bright yell
lowish sky in the evening indicates wind, and a pale
yellow, wet weather. A neutral gray is a favorable
sign in the evening, and an unfavorable one in the
morning. If the forms of the clouds are soft, unde-
fined and f~eathery, the weather will be fine but if
the edges are hard, sharp and well-de6ned, it will be
foul. ANY deep unusual lines bounding the clouds
betoksn wind or rain. while quiet and delicate tints
bespeak fair weather.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

COMET ON The BRAIN.-The Gazette appears to be
considerably exercised "all about a comet for
there are no less than three illusions in its last issue
to the imaginary vagrant of the skies for the account
of whose expected coming we were indebted to a
waggish correspondent. When we feel inclined to
regret the admission of that sensational story, we
are consoled by the reflection that it has done some
good. inasmuch as it has provided the Gazette with
two items and a communication, and it is said, has
prompted some to pray " who never prayed before"
Vive Humbug s4t e e -e ~
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

A REAL COMET THIS TIME.-We clip the following
from a late number of the San Francisco Bulletin,
which in its turn copies the item from the Providence
Journal. Its record coming thus from responsible
sources. the new comet may fairly be considered a
reality. and worth looking for by our amateur
astronomers If visible here
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

KnAUEA VERY .AcrIvE.-Bya gentleman recently
from Kau, who was at the volcano house on the 18th
instant, we learn that the crater was more active than
it had been for years. He represents the entire sur
face of the old northern lake as presenting a magni-
fcent sight, being one mass of boiling lava enveloped
in lambert fame. Those who have never seen Kill
auea in q state of action have missed a grand sensa-
ton, one to be remembered through life. The steamer
sails on Monday for Hilo, and a good opportunity
occurs to visit the great natural wonder of the Pa
ci6c. We would hike to go, but belong to the can't
pet-away club. -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

IT WAS AN EARrHoUAKE-In our issue of the 18th
inst, we mentioned the fact that on the previous day,
friday the weight Of an astronomical clock in this
city was observed to vibrate sensibly. between the
hours of II and l O'Clock, the motion being from
N. E. to s W.. By passengers on the -Annie from
Kona. Hawaii, we learn that quite a number of light
earth tremors had been experienced there Of late.
and one was noted on Friday, the l3th-the precise
hour not however being remembered.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

RErIrrING.-The bark FideIstas. which came into
port last summer dismasted and was sold at auction,
is now being fitted with new masts and will be putin
~sea-going order by her present owners, Messrs. Fos-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

A COOP Accommodation the Sacramento
Union, we learn that Miss Gum, daughter of DIR.
Gum, late editor of the San Francisco Times, has
been appointed Assistant Librarian of the Mercantile
Library Association. Some of our readers may
remember Miss Gum, who visited the island in 1869
as a correspondent of a San Francisco journal. and
wrote an interesting account of q visit to the volcano.
She is a lady Of acknowledged talent among the
literati, and we are glad to see the appointment so
we'll conferred. --
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

LIFE INsURANcE.-Mr. ]. R. Helen, Special Agent
of the Mutual Life Insusance Co., informs us that
parties DESTROYS of insuring in that company. become
participators in all profits, dividends, etc.. accruing
for the fiscal year commencing January 1871. Those
contemplating insuring will do well by making ap-
~plication previous to the departure of the next
steamer for San Francisco. Mr.. Helen will be at the
Office of Mr.. E. p. Adams, Queen. street, Honolulu.
each day between the hours of 10 and 8 O'Clock. No
charge for medical examinations.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

FLowER, VEeETABLE AND TREE SEEDs.-We have
received from Messrs. C. Platz & Son, of Erfurt,
Prussia, a printed catalogue, with prices annexed,
of some 5000 different varieties of seeds, comprising
assortments Of German asters, stocks, balsams, wall
flowers, ETC., and all novelties in summer plants,
greenhouse, dollhouse, and perennial plants. The
Messrs. Platz s. Son have been established as seed
growers and nurserymen since 1903, and have gained
a high reputation in their line, and are furnishers to
His, Majesty the King of Prussia Their bouquets
and ornaments Of dried natural flowers are very
beautiful. Orders can doubtless be sent from the
islands through some of our merchants trading to
Germany. The prices appear quite reasonable.
TopoGRAPHIcAL SURvEY.-The old saying to the
effect that one must go abroad in order to find out
what is going on at home, is exenpli6ed in the. fol-
lowing paragraph, which we find in the American
Journal of Science and Arts, for January. Prof.
Alexander is eminently qualified for the service, and
we anticipate valuable results:
GA Typographical Survey of the Hawaiian Islands
has been ordered by the Legislature of the Islands.
and an appropriation of $4,000 made for procuring
instruments and meeting the expenses OF the hrst
wear. Prof. W. d. Alexander of Oahu has been ap-
nointed Surveyor General, and Is making arrange
ments for commencing the work. He proposes to
measnre n base line on the sandy isthmus between
East and West Maui, which is six or seven miles
wide. and to carry forward the survey as nearly as
nossible after the methods of the u. S. Survey.
Geolopical and Botanical collections and observations
viii be made in connection with the survey
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

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AustrsiEss IN, (weekiy1. 10 90 Melbourne IIustsd News. 10 90
Town q Q, 1nty Journal. 10 90 Weekly Sydney Herald. 9 90
EXCLUSIVELY TO MUSIC
HishoOekS 49, 40 Peters Musical Monthly. 4 90
~ Any Periodicals. not m this list, will be ordered at any
time, and suFpliea 81 -. and charges
Addrss h. NJ. WHITNEY.
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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

"a CoMEr.-At last we have a sensation in the skies.
Winnecke has discovered another comet He already rejoces
in one which bears his name, and which the spectroscopists
say is a mass of burning carbon We cannot tell much news
of the new conner just at present, for it has not even been
christened. But it was discovered at Carlsruhe, and was
found near a star in the constellation of the Virgin. If IL
comes nearer to the earth, increases in size, or sweeps the
heavens with q majestic tail, it will be a grand ud-bit for the
-nhYsicists.n - .---. - - - = y
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

OF AN OLD REsIDENT.-Last Saturday even
ing, Capt. E. R. Coffin. who has resided in Honolulu
for the past fifteen years, and who was ~sixty-six
years Of age, died at his residence in this city of
inaammatory rheumatism. Captain Coffin was from
Hudson. N. Y, out of which port he at one time
commanded a v haleship, and where he has a sister
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21

WOUNDED BEFORE PARIs.-By recent advices from
Europe we learn that Mons. Beranger, late French
Commissioner and Consul of France at these Islands,
was wounded in a sortie from Paris. The wound was
not a dangerous one, being in the feshy part of the
leg. 1t has also been reported that Captain Won
Gosnitz, who 1t will be remembered was Military
Instructor to the Kings troops, and who left for
Germany shortly after the commencement of the war,
had been killed in front of Paris. We cannot how
ever trace this report to any reliable source.
The New York herald., 1871-12-02
Treasurer spInner's Report.

The first of the batch Of departmental reports
which are regularly sent to Congress when
that body assemblies in December of each year
terday. This is the report Of the United
States Treasurer, addressed to the Secretary
of the Treasury. True, there is not great
deal for Mr.. Spinner to say of strictly official
character-simply, in fact, to show how the
books ofhis department stood at the conclu-
sion of the fiscal year; but the Treasurer has
made, Notwithstanding, pretty long report.
Nearly all of it is taken up with defence Of
Mr.. Spinner upon the charges which news
papers have made against him, and another
portion in defending the policy and
action Of Secretary Boutwell, with regard
to the Syndicate and disposing Of the
five per cent loan. To put good
face on the Secretary's management of our
national finances is uphill work even for
such faithful friend as Mr. Spinner still
this gentleman has made the best effort in his
power. When we get the more complete and
detailed report of Mr.. Boutwell, we can Judge
better OF our financial condition and the
management of the Treasury Department.
The best feature in Mr.. Spinner's report is in
his comments on the shortcomings of the ma
tional banks and the necessity of compelling
them to do their duty. One of the worst is
the urgent recommendation to increase the
percentages of the Syndicate agents and
other financial agents Of the Treasury Depart
ment as we'll aa tn raise the salaries of the
Treasury employees. This is not the time
for increasing the expenditures, and par
ticularly to lavish money upon banking or
other favored agencies. On the whole the
Treasurer gives q very rosy hue to everything
connected with his office, promises great
deal for the future, and congratulates Mr..
Boutwell, that the Treasurer's operations have
been conducted without the loss of penny
the whole year.
The New York herald., 1871-12-02
TR z l. e SH e EFT
New York. Saturday, December 2, 1871.
CONTENTS OF Te-DAY'S HgKALD.

PAGE. ~>~"~>s"~>@-0s.
1-Advertisements
2-Advertlsements
S-Ihe Grand Duke at West Point: The sau
up and Down the Observation-Disclosures oi
ment Revived-The Captive Connolly-church
Rs,og@aiion ess9a nation. in Europe New YORK
OF Appcals-A Kentucky Stud Farm-Munici.
pal AnAieties-The New Coector-An Armory
4-Congress the Struggle over the House Stand.
Ing Committees; Blaine, the Committee:
Maker; How the Speaker Makes his seiec.
nons; Personal Sketches OF Celebrated Chair
men; Government OF Prlvy Councils-Hotel
hurEed at Newburg--Boiler Explosion Ill Pat
Rates On the @ Runnersn openins e are Of the the
skating Season; Preparations for the Patl-
neurs In Central PARK; The Skaters Houses;
Inc Llfe-Saving Apparatus; The Lake by
Night-Anotner Feast at the Howard Mission
Last Night-The Biblical Battle The war OF
Creeds IN Long Islanu city; Both Sides Inter-
5-Europe State Of Public Feeling in France and
the CONDITION OF Trade in Paris; Cruel Treat.
ment oi the Barbarine Nuns In ROme; The
Circular OF Count Beust; Mental and Physical
Condition OF Queen Victoria; Archbishop Man
ming on slavery; The Great Fire in the CITY OF
Geneva: The Emperor William and the CaLh0.
iic Church-Foreign Personal Gosslp--ForeIgn
Miscellaneous ltems-Greensboro bloodhound
Murder: Gllmer, the Accolnplice OF Parker,
Again Brought 10 the Gallows and Receives a
Second kespite-New YORK ty-Rhode Island
Murder Another warning prunkards-
Personal notes.
DedulDg Art1ce. zine ReaSSemDllng
oil Congress-The Presidents Message ana the
Republican par1y"-Amusement Announce.
ments
S-The Prince OF Wales Hlness-News from Eng
land, France, Germany, Austria, Belgium and
Chlna-The War In McXlco-News from Wash
ington-The Nauonal DeDt-views OF the Past
business Notices.
S-Fisk, Mansfield, stokes: Tie Notorious Trio
Still Trying Their quarrel in Court to the Ex-
clusion OF Public Business; Tie Suppressed
Letters-The Political Outlook The Reorgani.
zation OF the Democratic Party IN This CITY
and It's Difficulties Republican Meeflng in
the First Assembly Disirict-Runnin9 Notes,
Political and Genera-A Desperate Jersey
Burgar-iiow an Ex-Poceman Makes His
Lving-Ihe Fires IN the Nor;hwest-Affairs IN
Georgla--lhe Reform Movement in Brooklyn
The CHARGES Against brooklyn Policemen
The Brooklyn Fire Marshalis Report-Brookiyn
Navy Yard Aliairs-The Rode Suicide-A Mys-
tcrOus aiuruer-river Piiates-Tampering
with the Jury-Procecdn2s IN the Courts.
"a Pacific Coast Romance: Tie Great Breach OF
Promise case IN san Francisco; $40 1000
Damages CIaimel-1De Baltimore Tragedy
Financial and Commercial Reports-Mar-
riages and Deaths.
lO-Water fircl Water Temporary Water Fam
Inc at Boston; The Water Choxed by Ice at
Chestnut Hfl; Gleat Excitement aud Gene
raj "Hub-'bub-The Winter Elements-rne
weather-Amusemenis-Ne by Telegraph
shipping Observation-Disclosures
11-A Massachusetts Runaway Bank Cashier Cap
tured In san fTancsco-The Taxpayer ana
Alderman OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES.
12-Adyertisements.
The New York herald., 1871-12-02

In our case, as the next door neighbor of Mex
leo, for whose good conduct we stand as secu-
rity before the world. Moreover, fifty years
in her vain experiments have proved that
Mexico is incapable of self-government, and
that she needs, to begin with, the wholesome
discipline of our territorial system. We fear,
however, that for the present General Grant
has had enough of manifest destiny" in his
st. Domingo adventure, and that in his Message
he will throw out no encouraging hints in
reference to our golden opportunity in Mexico.
Upon the whole, from General Grant this
time, on the threshold of the great contest
which will involve the merits of his admins
traton and his claims for another Presidential
term, we look for good, practical and popu-
lar Message-for document which will serve
not only as clear and satisfactory exposition
Of the doings aad the policy of his administra-
ton in our foreign and domestic affairs but
which will serve also as guide for Congress
in its measures of legislation and as plat
form for the republican party in the
coming national elections. II is probable
that General Grant, who has ex-
torted from his enemies the admission
that he is shrewd politician, has thoughtfully
considered his Message as campaign docu-
ment, and has taken good care in it to protect
his fanks and his rear while pushing forward
his reconnoitring columns. AT all events,
with the submission Of this Message to the
country, we shall very soon ascertain the
strength and the purposes of the anti-Grant
republicans in Congress and out Of Congress,
and from present indications the strength of
these anti-Grant republicans, as an outside
party, as thus developed, will not be sufficient
to justify the democracy in change Of base
on the eve of the battle.
The New York herald., 1871-12-02
The Priucc Of Wales nyness-LOrd Ches.
ter1eldss Doath.

uume03-IxOru
teraeId's Death.
His Royal Highness the Prince Of Wales
is still prostrated by fever at Sandringham.
The disease retains its hold stubbornly,
although the patient has SO far made, as is
quite apparent from our cable reports,
firm resistance to its assaults. The medi-
cal bulletins are not of reas suring character
The disease is ftful in its alterations, par
ticularly 80 during the hours of the night
moments when the invalid ne eds brief time
of rest absolutely. A bulletin which was
issued at nine o'clock yesterday morning
stated that there had been an increase of
fever early Thursday evening, but that the
disease subsidized partially as the night ad-
vanced, and that the Prince remained COM
parativey quiet throughout the remaining
hours to the moment of the date of the paper,
yesterday forenoon. The words sscompara-
lively quiet are very indefinite; they mean,
in truth, that the sick man may have been
better or may become great deal worse 1t
is exceedingly difficult to fix point of time
for comparison during the progress of typhus
or typhoid fever in the same suf-
ferer, so that we my take it thus:
that the Prince Of Wales had been alarmingly
i'll and was somewhat more quiet yesterday
morning. Queen Victoria left her seat Of
watching in the sick room and proceeded to
Windsor. Her Majesty may have been hope
full of a favorable issue of the ailment, or, on
the contrary, she may have been advised to
avoid the contagion, particularly near the
hour of the fever crisis, at which time it is
said to be-indeed, it is conceded that it is
more active and virulent. The Court was il
gloom. London was anxious. The markets
were dull and fiat during the day yesterday,
and Britain acknowledged with q grief
stricken countenance that princes will fall,
though they may have lowered even as the
cedars on Lebanon. The news of the death Of
the Earl Of Chesterfield furnished cause fpr
additional alarm to the people. His Lordshlp
had been constant friend end very intimate
associate Of the Prince Of Wales. He was
stricken with typhus fever about the same
time and in the same locality as the Prince.
Earl Chesterfield succumbed to the baneful
influence; why not the Prince? Such was
the case which was presented to the Brit
ish people, and in such shape were their
differences thereon. 1t is to be hoped that His
Royal Highness may have received salutary
warning and may escape the dire earthly
penalty which has just removed his friend
Stauhope, ofChesterfield.