The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1873-06-18
Late Foreign News /!


are booked at New York TO cross the Atlantic this
season.
The new American trade dollar was issued at the
New York and San Francisco minis on the LIST OF
June.
testimonial of the value of $29 600 has been pre-
scented in London to Rev. DR.. Mofatt in recognition
of his services missionary in Africa. He is the
father-in-law of DR.. Livingstone, and has labOred
fifty years in the heart Of Africa.
The London Telegraph says although Mr.. Bout
well has never aimed at daring or tentative policy,
be leaves behind him at the Treasury name for
conscientious and rigid honesty which of his
predecessors surpassed"
The Chancellor of the Exchequcr has arranged to
carry the reduction of so per the sugar duties
into effect next month. The reduction on raw sugar
will take place the sth, and refined sugar the
2sth.
The United States Consul-General at Mexico, Ju-
lius A. skilton, gives the coinage of the Mexican
minis for 1871 S22 900 OOO and for 1870, S2I OOO
600. That is, the whole coinage of the Mexican Re-
public is less per than the production of the
state Of Nevada and little more than the coinage of
the mint at San Francisco
TIE Next President. B. Washburne, of
Illinois, for President, and General Joseph R. HaW-
ley of Connecticut, for ePresident the ticket
proposed for the national campaign of 1876 by a
Cincinnati paper. That wouldn't be bad
Everybody seems to be down on gamblers New
York. Cincinnati, Louisville. ST. Louis Chicago, and
many smaller cities throughout the country. have
been prosecuting these gentlemen lately, and they
don't seem to have any friends.
Marblehead built the third Episcopal Church in
Massachusetts,, and the fourth in New England.
Kings Chapel goes back to 1859; Queen Anne's, at
Newbury, comes next, in I'LL and Old Trinity, at
Newport, R. L, was the only other before it.
One of the German steamship companies makes
curious distinction in the matter in which baby is
bound For babies under one year brought from
Germany to America the fare is two dollars, while all
who are carried from New York to Germany go free.
Dishonest Southern planters have way of mixing
dirt and rubbish in their baed cotton. To such an
extent has this been the case the past season. that
quite panic in the market was caused, seriously
affecting the price of good fairly packed cotton
A splendid equestrenne, who rides gracefully
through the crowd of carriages, looking neither to
the right left, is the ghost that troubles Rotten
Row, London, just now. Her face is covered with a
mask, and she wears heavy cavalry sabre, a car
bine, and a cartridge box.
The British Museum, having purchased " fossil
dodo" exhumed at Fort Dodge, Iowa, is hereby
warned against buying any more in that district.
The Cardiff giant, gentleman who attracted consid-
cradle attention three four yeaas ago, came from
Fort Dodge, and several expert workers in gypsum
reside in the vicinity still
The botaxists of Europe are endeavoring to ac-
climatic plant growing in New Granada, (which
is valuable for the manufacture of ink. The juice,
called Chanb," is reddish, but changes after few
hours into deep black, and is then ready for use.
The " Chanbi" has less destructive influence on
steel pens than common ink and it is not affected by
sea-water.
The suprem@Court of the United States has de-
cided in the case of the New York Mutual Insurance
Company VS.. Terry, that where person commits SUI
icide from insanity, the insurance policy must be
paid, even though it provides expressly against
suicide.
Rev. Mr.. Sturgeon has had an offer of SIS 900 for
twenty-five lectures to be delivered in the United
States, and in telling his congregation of the fact
said that he could doubtless $4,000 in year
but he was minister of the gospel, and had never
lectured for money and did not intend to.
Rumors of an impending civil war in Franco come
from Paris, via London. The Monarchists are re-
solved to overthrow Theirs and the Republic at any
cost
Gen. Buffers political programme is reported to be
to secure the Office Of Governor of Massachusetts,
and then lay his plans to the U. S. Senator
ship as Summers successor
At the annual meeting of the American Bible So
ciety in New York, report was read by the Treas
urer, showing receipts for the year 5000 6O7 nclud-
ing SS54,O67 for publications; $39,67O from rents
sl39,454 from legacies $l25,S97 from donations and
Sl0,5l6 from suDdry items. The payments for gen
sral purposes were $656,419, and balance in the
treasury April /, slS7.S9.
letter from Essen says there will be sent to the
Vienna Exhibition from the cannon foundry of Herr
Krupp two specimens of his " big guns" that sur
pass anything of the kind the establishment has
hitherto produced The first is gigantic brass can
non the tube Of which will be $40 metres in length
and Las metres in diameter and which will weigh
769 quntals, 900 kilogrammes. The SECOND is
manufactured of one block Of brass four metres ong
and one and one-half metres in diameter, of the
weight of 1000 quintas, $4,000 kilogramnes.
These two monster guns are to be dispatched to vi
towards the middle of the month by special
train, via Glassen, Nuremberg. and Panau.
Boston letter says: " By the near opening of
the Hoosac Tunnel. and the consolidation of railroad
interests Boston hopes to share the Western trade
which is to undergo great and rapid developments
Boston expects to become grand grain depot
through new railroads, harbor an dock improve
ments."
The Austrian Government finds that it has got an
elephant its hands in the Vienna Exhibition. The
scheme originated with Baron schwarz, who got an
appropriation from the State funds Of So 500 900 to
carry ont his project. But the Baron was poor
calculator of the cost, and his lavish ways have made
it necessary for the Government to contribute s.,
100000 to make the Exhibition a success. In
order to the expense of the undertaking. tickets
must be bought by at least twenty millions of Wis
itors.
When the Duke of Edinburgh and the daughter of
the Gar married they to live half the year
at least in Russia, and have of the houses
the quay in front of the Admiralty, in St. Peters
burg. The brides fortune is to be million Of rou-
bles. One of the chief causes Of delay in the ar
rangement of the match has it is said been the wish
either side to spuate for living the greater part
of the year in England Russia respectively. Hence
the compromise of dividing the time equally between
the two. A question Of precedence in England is
also said to have contributed to this delay.