The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-03-30

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Great sums of money are boarded in southern
France since the late troubles, the locking up ol
which creates q financial stTingency.
Five members Of the House of Representatives
an Congress are colorci men. Two OF them were
appointed by the Speaker on Committees
IL Is announced that the Germans are making
= censue OF the private fortunes ot the Weather
citizens OF the invaded department.
INsuEA>cr-The English insurance companies
are declining 10 take further risks in Chicago, and
threaten 20 withdraw altogether. owing TO the
great number OF wooden structures erected on the
burnt district.
RICE AND OPIUM.-Thc importation Of rice into
san Francisco from China, during the last year,
amounted in value to 1864 ,059, and Of opium,
1923 PA. The celestial population consume
the greater portion OF both articles.
Josephine Neddermau. wife Of Joseph Ncdder-
man, LAS brought suits against six saloon keepers
Of Ironton, for selling liquor TO her husband.
Damages in each case are put down at So 600 or
$4,000 IN all.-lIrOnton Register.
The Italian Liberal journals are bitter in their
attacks upon the policy Of the French Govern
ment under Theirs. The latter is denounced ms "A
Janus-taced statesman, secretly working in the
interests Of the Pope while protesting friendship
for united Italy.
The French courts-martial have ground a huge
= AcNs atNtAAAiS 10 AhC aiC ItIbiAH. NO less
than l4,37S persons have been through a form of
trial, and 2,022 nave been convicted and SEN
fenced. Nearly eight months have passed since
the surrender of the Commune, but that period
has not been long enough to carry out the re-
vengeful policy which the government seems TO
have determined to pursue toward the revolution
lists OF Paris. There must be vet more courts, il
Is said, t. finish the work which is now i'm hand.
This spectacle of trying II legion of men, serianm,
is certainly AN unparalleled one in history.
Judge Smith, of Fauquier county, Va, presid-
ing IN Loudon, has decided that a party giving a
note bearing interest at ten per cent. for a speci-
fled time (atter date. if the note is not raid at
the expiration of the time specified, the holder OF
the note cannot demand after that date more than
six per cent. as ten per cent. was a subject of
contract, and the contract expired ut the cxpira-
ton of the time stated on the face of the note.
Parties should be careful in taking notcs-aftcr
stating the amount agreed upon, If it be more
than six per cent. to add on the face of the rotc
" until paid"
Mayor Medill still receives abundant ~attcsta-
tIons Of sympathy and remembrance for the desc
lated city from Europe and abroad. Consul
williamson from Callao, Peru, sends SIC. 900 in
gold. Among other contributions, one is from
Cardiff, Wales, ia which the Marquis Of Butte
heads the list for $1,000 then follow a circus
with G2O a histrionic club, El2, an established
church, 80; IA dissenting chapel, 40; and
other contributions in a like amount from a jew
ish synagogue and a catholic congregation. In
most of the communications Mr.. Medill is STYLED
: the Lord Mayor" and his fellow journalists
silly poke fun at the good man because of the
honor the fire brought hm.
Telegraphic communication has been success
fully established between st. Petersburg and Japan
by the cable laid In the Sea Of Japan, between
Russian Amooria and the island empire. A dis
patch which left Nagasaki ~fity-fye minutes after
midnight reached st. Petersburg at IL O'Clock in
the morning, having traversed Northern Asia and
Russia, a distance of nearly five thousand miles.
by the route of the telegraph. \ cable from san
Francisco to Japan would now give Americans
the honor of completing the girdle around the
earth. To Judge from the increasing commerce
between the Pacific coast and the Japanese isl
ands, such n cable will soon become "A matter of
necessity.
An elderly gentleman was recently ''conflence"
on a train running into Keokuk by s~harpers, who
induced him to buy a draft (wOrthless) on Buffalo
for $l57 40, he paying them two 800 bills, and
they paying him S42 GO as change. The con-
ductor on the train took the first opportunity to
quietly suggest to the innocent old gentleman
that he was afraid the draft was a fraud. "Well,"
was the bland response Of the impcrturbable
greeny, 'il it Is any bigger fraud than my two
one hundred dollar notes were, then | am not
lorty-three dollars ahead, which | think | am. |
am not in the habit OF dealing i'm counterfeit cur
rency, but l always keep a little of that sort Of
stuff about me for the benefit of that sort Of Gus
toners"
The committee appointed to award premiums
in a type-setting contest that occurred during
the late Mississippi State Fair made the following
report: d" W thin the hour allowed Mr.. NJ.
Shannon composed 1888 ems, Mr.. b. G. White
| 300 ems, Mr.. j. &. Rietti 1894, and Mr.. A.
d. Wright ] ,276. Having reference to the proof
sheets and the general finish Of the composition,
the committed considered that Mr.. White was en-
s,tI.l e, A., 49,. xr.,.,r. .Il-,-l 4 Oh
non composed 80 ems more than Mr.. White"
Mr.. Shannon was awarded the second premium.
This contest occurred in the open air with a fresh
wind blowing and the sun shining, and amid
much confusion and excitement, and in the pres
ence of thousands Of spectators-a state of affairs
adverse to a fair development Of speed.
Some Of the English newspapers do not hesitate
to assert that the sickness of the Prince Of Wales
has been exaggerated. They say that this has
been done 10 arouse sympathy, and thus allay the
feeling of dislike toward the Prince which they
affirm was rapidly growing in the minds Of the
public. We can not think this state
rnent possible. To suppose that an attempt had
been made to represent the severity Of the disease
under which the Prince is suffering would imply
deprayity on the part of the Queen Of which,
whatever may be her failings her previous ire
bearing would prove her incapable.
Such a course would also cast lasting disgrace on
the Prince medical attendants, who are men Of
and it would likewise i~mplicate a large
circle Of persons who pride themselves on their
unsuIlied reputation. The Royal Family move
ments and actions are closely watched, and the
Of such a trick would bring down upon
them the dislike Of even that portion Of the Eng
nation who have hitherto been most loyal.
The Captain-Gener Of Cuba has taken the op-
pOrtunity Of showing his contempt for the re-
addressed to him., in favor Of con-
ducting warfare according to the dictates Of civil
izatiOn, by issuing a proclamation more inhunan
in its terms than any that has preceded it. Val
naseda appears TO have resolved, that the bar
barous practices Of his military subordinates
should be no longer considered irregular, from the
Of official sanction. He accordingly declares
every ~insurgent captured after January Is
shall be shot, and that every one surrendering
shall be condemned to perpetual imprisonment.
Negro men are to be treated in the same manner