The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-11-20

liantly lighted with torches for the occasion, and
looked like a picture in fairy land.
A MONEY KIxG.-Baron Rothschild, Of the Paris
branch of the celebrated banking house, is expected
to arrive here by the next steamer en- route for Aus
tralia, and may perhaps make a stay of q few weeks,
as We understand he is travelling mainly for pleasure.
LUAu AT ALuoLASI HousE.-A fine and abundant
set out of yiands, cooked a la Hawaiian and other
wise, was provided by government officials on Tues
day, in the spacious verandah of Aliiolaui House, of
which officials and subordinates partook after the
reception and review.
MAsoNIc-We learn that DR.. Browne, of the u.
s. S. Pensacola, whom many of our readers will
remember as a pleasant gentleman, has been cleo
ted Grand Master of the State of California. D..
K. Fyfe, VIM. of Hawaiian Lodge No. 81, has
been appointed G. L. Inspector for these Islands.
Music THIS AFTERNooN.-The band viii play at
Emma Square this afternoon, commencing at four
O'Clock. Following is the programme:
Queen Kspiolani March, new Berger
Overture, opsra-Poet and Peasant.
Grand selection, opera-The Puritan .BeIini
North Flowers, Fantasia .Riyiere
CELEBRAT1oN PARTY.-The Good Templsrs cele-
brated His Majesty's birthday on the evening of
Monday, with the festive dance and q handsome
collation.. The attendance of ladies and gentlemen
was large and the enjoyment in like proportion. His
Majesty had intended to be present, but sent his
apology by his Chamberlain.
GREAT FIRE IN VIRGINIA CITY-October 26, a
very large and destructive fire occurred at Virginia
City, Nevada, which destroyed one-third of the
place, including several silver ore crushing mills
with hosting works, etc. The loss was estimated at
between five and six millions. The people Of Cali
fornia contributed literally to the relief Of the suf-
ferers.
The DARIEN CANAL-The officer detailed for the
service reports to the Department at Washington
that the distance of the canal survey is % miles in n
direct line, but the necessary curves make it 80
miles. The officer, in giving full details of the cost
of the entire canal and incidentals, estimates it at
$50, 900, 900, to which he adds S20,OOO,OOO for con-
tingencies, making the round total 800, 900 900.
REPUBLICANS IN THE AscENDANT.-The mail Of
Thursday brings the intelligence that the Republican
party had carried the October elections in the States
of New York, New Jersey. Pennsylvania, Massachu-
sets, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Kansas, Nebraska and
Iowa, while the Democrats claim only Maryland, Vir-
ginia and Mississippi. The organization in the city Of
New York known as the Tammany Ring has met
with a Waterloo defeat.
MORMON MIssIoNARIEs.-At the last Conference
held in Salt Lake City, one hundred and Eve mis-
sionaries were appointed to go forth to the Gentle
world to convert them from Christianity to Nor
monism. Mine of these passed through this city
en- the Colima yesterday. on the way to Australia.
We hear that several are rather considerably mar
ried, as high as FIVE wives TO a man but these lat
ter portions they have left behind. IL it requires
grit to leave ONE partner of your bosom and go
into foreign countries without purse or scrip"
what, oh! what must it be to leave four or five?
Iron VS.. WooD-England is not entirely satisfied
with her iron and iron-clad ships. OF the former
she has lost several lately, which has induced her,
for the passenger and mercantile trade, to try a
new style of marine architecture. That is, instead
of iron plating her ships on the outside, she now
puts the iron inside. The Boadicea, a ship of this
kind, has just been launched. Her merits over
the old style are yet to be proved, but if she serves
the purpose. there will be a complete revolution
wrought in English ship building hereafter.
Loss OF TIE STEAMSHIP Observation-Disclosures
was received by telegram at San Francisco from
Seattle, on the sth inst, that a ship had arrived
there having picked up a man floating on a portion
of the wreck of the steamship Pacific, Capt. w. D.
Howells, which foundered on the night of the 4h
Nov. off Cape Mendocino. There were some 200
persons on board the steamer, on the passage from
Victoria to San Francisco, and it is feared that
many of them were lost. On the 10th the wires
were down, and no further intelligence had been
received.
The ABANDONED " JESSIE ScoTT ."-Th ship En-
pire, Capt. Leckie, who refused to take the boats
crew of the Jessie Scott, abandoned of Cape Horn,
as recently reported in this paper) arrived at San
Francisco Nov. Sd. In the daily papers Of the 4th
appears the following memoranda from the logbook
of the Empire:
September 7th, latitude Al degrees south, longi-
tude 70 west, was boarded by a boat from the Brit
ish bark Jessie Scott Of London, l56 days from
Liverpool bound to Guayaquil. She had lost her
mainmast two days before in q heavy west gale, and
the men wished to be taken OF. The captain had no
hesitation in doing so, but requested the demand to
be put in writing, which the chief mate refused.
There was a bark in sight to leeward. and they made
for her. Probably the whole crew left her"
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ALABAMA CLAIMS IN HoNOLULU.-We learn that
Ex-senator Cole of San Francisco has undertaken
TO present before the proper tribunal in Washing
ton the claims of those seamen who suffered from
the depredatfons of the Confederate cruisers Ala
banaa aud Shenandoah. The original time for pre-
senting such claims having elapsed it is proposed
10 obtain authority from Congress to further extend
it. in order to allow claims to be presented for sea-
men who by absence or ignorance of the rules
were not able to get their claims in earlier. Mr..
A. 5. HartwelI of this city has been requested by
Mr.. Cole to examine and prepare claims of persons
residing at these islands, regardless of their race
or nationality. 1t is believed that many Hawaiians
are entitled TO Indemnity for such losses.