The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-07-12

The total loss by the Boston fire is fixed by the
National Board OF Underwriters at SO. 900. 900. of
which about s~ixty-tive and three-quarters per cent.
will be paid by insurance.
The late Mr.. Cain. it has been conclusively
established by an article in Scribner. was insane
when be killed his brother. As a natural conse-
quence, a proposition has been made to start what
is called a Cain fund. - for the relief of the dis
tressed family, or rather the descendants, of the
unhappy man. We are glad TO indorse the propo-
sition. and regret exceedingly a paper. drawn by
our creditors. in which We are prohibited indulg-
ing in any manner of benevolence.
Since her great Ere. Chicago has borrowed no
less than fifty millions OF dollars, thus mortgaging
her realty to non-residents for about seventy mil
lions, according TO one of her local journals. New
York. Hartford aud Boston have furnished this
money. mainly. and one of the moneypd institu-
tons of Hartford has nearly ten millions of Chicago
mortgages drawing an average of nine per cent.
The extent of the sugar and coffee lands in
Mexico exceed all others united in the northern
hemisphere. The saccharine matter of the cane is
several per cent greater than any produced in
other countries, and nothing but skill and ma
cbinery are necessary to make Mexican sugars
highest in the market. 1t has already been shown
that Mexican coffee is quoted equal to Java and
above all West India and American cofees in the
New York markets, yet its culture does not receive
the attention which it deserves and which would
raise it to a still higher grade. Epicures of New
Orleans have pronounced in favor of the &" OriZaba,"
while those in San Francisco declare for the
"Colima - and there are a hundred coffee districts
in Mexico equal 10 either of those famous localities.
THE HAMPTON Systematically every seat in
Liberty Hall was filed Friday night. and the large
audience. gathered to hear the concert given by
the Hampton cOlored students. was very enthusi-
astic throughout the whole entertainment. The
success of these concerts everywhere is not due 10
any rare solo voices. nor yet altogether to the
harmonious singing of the whole chorus, though
some church choirs of much greater pTetensions
sing less sweetly but. in these crude melodies. the
charm is in their association with the past, and the
pleasing pictures they suggest of the good time
coming. and already come for these liberated
slaves. Plantation life comes up wildly before
one, as these negroes sing again, as they used to in
bondage. Then I'll shout Glory" TITS Jordan's
River I'm Bound to Cross" Swing Low. Sweet
Chariot giving fervent expressions in such wild
melodies to their hope for rest in death, the only hope
they once had. or seeking consolation in the plant
i've tunes, " | hope my Mother will be there, Peter,
Go ring dem Bells" suggested by the tenderest
sentiments common to humanity everywhere.
The Hampton students excite our sympathies
both for what they have suffered. and in the good
work to which they are devoted. They have
gained liberty but not all the blessings OF freedom.
During the concert the Rev. Mr.. Julian introduced
Gen. Armstrong, the principal of the Normal 1nsti-
tute at Hampton. who eloquently explained the
object for. which the school was established. and
the purposes it has in view, to educate colored
teachers for the great work that is demanded of
them at the South. Gen. Armstrong also gave
notice that in consequence of the success of the
evening another concert would be given in the
Liberty Hall again. and it is to be hoped the Gen
eral will receive other substantial recognitions Of
his pr~aiseworthy enterprise-N. B. Mercury,
May 2lSt.