The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-03-29
Foreign Items.

Z a BILL has been PASSED by the French assembly
Prescribing severe penalties for drunkenness.
y ALEXANDER H.. STEPHENs. ex-vice-presiden OF the
+ confederate states, has been nominated for con-
gress. TO Gil the vacancy in the eighth district OF
Georgia made by the death of General Wright.
THE last hope Of the New York ring thieves is
said TO be the possibility of breaking down the new
jury law, OF which we spoke in terms OF praise not
long since. The criminal lawyers declare that
their O~ccnptiOn will soon be gone IL the Ito tbsm)
detestable law is not repealed
HESRY p. HAVEN is the name of the next Gov.
ernor Of Connecticut He lives in New London. is
n prosperous whaler, a man OF large benevOlence.
u Praeticsl Christian, - given To EOspitaiity,p and
earnest iE every good work.
THE UEited States senate passed two important
bills. One was for the abolition Of the ranking
privilege (passed by 30 to 10y, and the other was
for construction of ten new slOOps Of war. the vote
on which was 80 yeas and s nays. The frstOf these
bills takes effect July Ist. 1873. after which con-
gressmen sending dirty linen, etc, through the mails
must pay the postage.
The sea serpent again makes its appearance.
The log OF a Hong Kong ship. Just in at New York.
is quoted by the Tines as authority for the state
ment that in south latitude zoe IS. east longi-
Jude I79o IS, a sea serpent at least fifty feet long.
of o dark brown color, oTnamented with black
spots, passed within six feet OF the ship. and was
seen by the captain and all on deck We are dis
appointed because of the animals limited length
but dry feet will do very well.
VICE-PRESTrENT COLFAx spoke to n large audience
in Trenton, \. j. recently, on the temperance ques-
ton. and some OF the statistics he presented were
VERY suggestive. There were, he said. 400. 900
more persons engaged in the rum traffic than there
were in teaching the children and filling the pulpit
SIX hundred million dollars per year was paid TO
the United States for the retail Of intoxicating
drinks. and but $40, 10000 was paid per year for
education and preaching the gospel. The poor
houses Of the country cared for 1900 paupers.
one-half OF which number came by the results of
intemperance. One hundred and ninety thousand
human beings had died in New York within the
last ten years from intOxication ; and in that city,
out of $4,000 arrests made in enc year. 10000 were
traced to the same cause. We have no doubt these
figures are correct, and they are certainly startling.
We are sorry to be informed that the deIusion of
MiIlerism Is r~eviving in Vermont The world, il is
there affirmed by some, is coming TO an end toward
the close Of the present year. Others think that the
catastrophe viii occur during the present winter.
There are . good many meetings, and there is q good
deal Of preaching and excitement, aud all this shows
less common sense IN Vermont than she usually gets
credit for.
The American eagle will still roost on the sill
yer dollar; 80 the Senate has voted. But many
OF the friends Of that noble bird will never have
ocular proof that such is the case.
Fred. Douglass says in his paper the Nation0t
Era. that 10 view of the recent developments IN
Credit Nobilier there isn't much danger of negro
suffrage demorslizing our political notorieties or
lowering the standard OF Legislative honor.