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New-York tribune., 1875-07-27

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New-York tribune., 1875-07-27
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OFFICE No. 2.2Sl Thirdave. one hundre land
twenty fuurhs Harlem savings Bank Rudng); and at the
BROOKLYN BRANCH OFFICE. No. 3e3 Washington. st..
next door TO the Post Office tO at regular Onice
NICELY Furnished ROOMS, without board
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SE EAST 9TH-ST., between Broadway and
pO University placcTwO large ROOMS, with bed
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New-York tribune., 1875-07-27

4 GREAT number of French, German and
English ~ERN for All capacities city and country
males and females Al JACQUIN's FRENCH BUREAU.
t;D1 9Th ave bet. 3bth--ts
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20
French Sentiment in Alsaee-LOrraine.

A writer in the AIgenaHe Zeifrulg, says the
Paris correspondent Of the London Times, gives
some curious instances Of the way in which the
Alsltian authorities set at naught the maxim,
De HiHinsiS curaf prTt0T. At StTasburG 1t was
lately ordered that newly-born children must
henceforth receive no names which did not appear
in the German calendar. \ citizen Of moderate
views, who wished his daughter to be named
Blanche, has been obliged to put up with Ma
thilde Fernand, Carlos and Susette have had to
give way to Ferdinand, Karl and Suzanna. This
measure has been taken under a French law Of
the time Of the revelation which had long been
forgotten. Why" asks the writer, 50 are peo-
pie annoyed By such petty regulations Again,
girls in private schools have been won't 10 orna-
ment their desk-eUyeTs with designs after their
own fancy, such as a shepherd feeding his lambs,
an invalided soldier throwing himself into his
mothers arms, portraits of Charlemagne or the
Emperor Napoleon, and Of late they have taken
to the ~tricol0r. 1t has now been ordered that
the eolors must be blue and must have no pictures
or ornamentation. A brewer at Strasburg wished
the other day 10 repaint his signbOard, one side
of which had always been in French and the
other in German. A police officer told him
French inscriptions were no longer allowed, and
he had to 60 from pillar to post until he reached
the Besirk president before he could ascertain
that the officer was in the wrong. The French
papers are detained some hours for examination,
and not only are UltramOntane and radical papers
confiscated. but moderate journals like the Temps,
which hold up Germany as a pattern to France.
The De6aIS incurs the same fate about every ten
days. The writer attributes this mistaken policy
to the subordinate officials being almost exclusive
ly Prussians, who have nothing in common with
the Alsatians, and are accustomed TO a more rig
orous system than prevails among the South Ger
mans. The latter have good and perhaps also
bad points in common with the AlsatIans,
who have been accustomed under French rule to
a milder system, and are driven by those measures
to a passive resistance. "Tbey make us feel
that they are conquerors = was the recent remark
of an old Alsatian who has accepted German
nationality and is anxious for the welfare of the
country
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20
South Sea Missions.

Fired with a noble ambition, some of the
Christian Churches are seeking new heather
worlds 20 conquer. Among others, the Wesleyan
missionaries point to a glorious success in Tonga,
Samoa and FlJi. Tonga was the first group Chris
tianiscd, bat even in il Christianity is but a
thing Of yesterday, while in FIJI less than forty
years ago there was not q single protesting Chris
tan in the entire group Cannibalism, child
murder, club law, and slavery abounded In their
worst and most ~repuI-iEs forms. To-day there is
not a single heather IN either Tonga or Samoa,
and in Fiji there are not more than 2O,OOO. who
are confined to the mountains Of the two great
islands Of Wanna Leyu and Viii Lew. In the
Thousands Of villages along the coast, and IN
Samoa and Tonga IN the mountains as well,
morning and evening hymns are heard, and daily
prayer Is never missed. The Bible - IN the
hands Of all IL is their library Of history, OF
poetry, and Of religion. To have accomplished
all this in very much less than half-a-century-tO
be able to sheW a muster-rOll Of q quarter of a
million protesting Christians where the cannibal
death Li 80 recently resOunded, Is an achieve
ment Of which the missionaries may be proud.
Among thus multitude there are, Of course, many
Thousands only nOminally Christian, but the mere
profession OF Christianity is so far a gain that It
indicates the abandonment Of heather notions IN
peace and war. IL indicates also that the door
Il opened for missionary effort, that the Bible
NAV be introduced, and the thirst for knowledge
lead these savages Of all ages and both sexes to
the rudIments OF learning which, 50 common
among ourselves, are to them an inestimable
boon. One however Of the greatest results Is the
splendid band Of welltFained, Bell-educated and
devoted natives who have been brought up at the
missionary trimming schools. Ii is these men
through whoa it is now proposed to spread the
Gospel and plant the seeds Of civilization IN the
great groups Of islands yet untouched.
The vast Southern Pacific is occupied on the
east by scattered islands Of no great size and BY
scattered groups Of which few are widely known.
Among the few the Marquesas, Low, and Society
0roups are the m1st familiar. They are very
distant from Auckland being from 1000 to 25OO
miles 10 the eastward, and are chiefly occupied
by the Roman Catholic missions whose head
quarters are at New Caledonia and Tahiti. The
FIJI Islands-the central and the finest and most
extensive group Of the whOle-are about 1000
miles north OF Auckland. To the southeast o
FIJI lie the Tonga Islands, about 500 miles dis
tant, and to the northeast Of Fiji the Samoan Of
Navigator group about the same distance away
The New Hehrides, a like distance 10 the west
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20
Funeral Reform.

Says q late New Zealand paper
In Adelaide the infection for funeral reform has
spread to the Friendly Societies. \ meeting Of
Friendly Society delegates was recently held In Ade-
laide, at which 40 lodges were represented. Mr.. W.
Mullett opened the proceedings with n statement,
pointing out that all means Of ~econOmising had been
adopted in other directions medical attendance,
printing. &c., and the same effort, he thought, should
be made to lessen the cost Of funerals. II the Friendly
Societies could agree that they would not pay more
than q certain sum-loOking at the large number Of
~lodges-the thing would be done. They should
either undertake themselves to bury deceased broth
ers, or determine 70 pay only n certain sum. The
difference between this and the amount at present
paid, il was pointed out, might be made beneficial in
other ways TO widows and orphans. After a little
discussion the following resolution was carried -
That this meeting is Of opinion that a reform in our
funeral customs IS necessary, and that the expenses
attending funerals can be very much reduced. and
we pledge ourselves 10 use our influence with the
various societies with which We are connected to carry
out this subject according TO the principles Of the
Funeral Reform Association There was n general
expression Of opinion in favor Of lessening the ex-
penses Of funerals, and Of doing away with many Of
the customs in force. Professions were regarded as
needing reform, as well as the practice Of meeting at
public-houses when deceased brethren were TO be
buried Reform Ess required in the matter Of fun
eral habiliments, as IL was thought that much need
less expense was often entailed upon persons who
could Ill afford IL, in order to keep up appearances.
1t was thought that ministers should either not charge
burial fees, or only take a small SUN for their SER
'INcS- ~ PACtAtf ~ SNm ~ ~ AAtSAlAy ~
oieties for burial fees is el5, but it was urged that
&c or 81 would be amply sufficient 10 meet al neces-
sary expenses. IL vas pointed out that the Lodges
bad no power to interfere in the funerals Of their
members, unless there were no relations or friends Of
the deceased 10 see the last rites performed; and the
societies felt this 10 be q difficulty in the way Of tax
ing combined action 70 reform the present customs
1t was thought, however, that although the societies
could not at present be pledged 10 undertake the re-
form, yet that an effort should be made 70 influence
the members 70 aid the Associatian, the principles OF
which were approved Of. One or two other formal
resolutions we're carried, when it was
that the matter should be laid before the variou:
Lodges for discussion.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

ward, are occupied by the PTesby t%erians. and the
myriad islands Of Melanesia 70 the northward
and westward are occupied by the Church OF
England. The Wesleyans are, it Will be seen,
EayOured by the central position Of the groups
they occupy, and are also favOured by the Ieculi-
aTity that these groups contain IN samoa and
Tonga, natives Of the POlyne-ian Malay type,
and in FIJI the pure Papuan race which iuhabiis
also New Guinea and other great islands % the
nOrthward If Australia. The proposal now
made is 70 take the mission barque John e-.ey
to FIJI in April with a full supply Of stores, a
small steam launch, and a deputatiOn Of expeT-
fenced white missionaries. At Fii she will take
ten TO fifteen Of the best native teachers who have
volunteered for the work, and proceed 10 Samoa
and Tonga where similar numbers Of trained
teachers will be put on board. The whole band
will then away to the far North, aud take the
FIRST STEPS 70 the occupation Of the great islands
Of New Britain, New Ireland and New Guinea,
1000 miles TO the northwest Of Auckland, by
leaving native missionaries on their coasts at
spots yet to be selected. The north coast only Of
New Guinea will be occupied, as the south Il 10
be selected By the London Missionary Society.
OF the success Of this great movement we do
not entertain the slightest doubt. The climate
will have no terrOTs Tor the native teachers though
fatal TO white men. They will quickly be able
20 converse with the people among whom they
settle and to teach them the mysteries of reading
and wTiiing-the Erst great step 10 their ultimate
civiIisatiOn. The funds required 10 carry out the
whole scheme and to supply the steam launch and
requisite food for a year amount 10 Ll2IO. OF
this sum one gentleman alone in Sydney has
given, we are told, E4J0. The lecture Of the
Rev. Mr.. Brown, on Tuesday evening at Pitt
street Chapel, was designed 70 explain the steps
which had been taken in the matter and 70 urge
those who felt an interest in the civilization Of
the south sea islands 10 come forward and lend
what aid they could TO the undertaking. We
cordially wish it success aud regard il as the first
step to the eyangelisatiOn Of the myriad islands
yet untouched in this vast sea. The story Of the
past, as told by Mr.. Brown, was deeply interest
ing. That Of the approaching voyage Of the
John Wesley will not be less SO and We shall
await with impatienee news Of her proceedings
after she leaves Eii-NelC ZEALAND Herald.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20
The Australasian Trade.

There IL now every reason for believing that the
Autra..an and san Francisco mail service VIII speed
iy &c pat upon such 4 basis that the permauence Of
tie Lac viii be assured. This has
been long delayed by certain jeaiousies existing be-
tween the Governments Of New south Wales aud
Neg Zealand. These have q, last been removed after
rrCtractel negotiation. The hnal arrangement was
not arrived az until the day before the -H1egTeg0T
sailed ir this port. According 70 this arrangement
the two colonies are to unite IN maintaining a TEN
porary service az their joint cost, the steamers call
ing at Auckland On the upward aud downward trips;
they unite also in taking legal proceedings against
the sureiies Of Hall and Forbes to recover the penal
ties due for the breach Of the contract entered into
By those gentlemen to supply q temporary service
TIE agreement further provides that as soon as Hall
and Forbes shall make default in carrying out the
permanent contract the two colonies will join in e.
tablishing the permanent service on the original
basis Of alternate through boats to each colony The
prOttactei character Of the negotiations which have
az last resulted in the above arrangement was pro-
badly caused by a desire on the part OF the Govern
ment Of New South Wales to establish a service
direct from Sydney 10 San Francisco, thus leaving
New Zealand out in the cold and securing for the
former colony the exclusive advantages Of having
the direct through trip 10 and from Sydney on each
voyage. IL was probably thought that the success
q such 4 scheme would compel New Zealand 10 take
a branch service from Fir. Fortunately, however.
these rash and selfish eounsels did not prevail. Had
il been otherwise, New Zealand would In all probabi-
lity have established a distinct service. asking assis-
lance from such Of the other colonies as might be
willing 70 join in the enterprise. This would have
entailed q double expense upon the two colonies,
with 10 corresponding advantages TO either. The
Ausiralasian colonies with which the new arrange
ment Will bring US iuto regular, and We trust perma-
nent, commercial relations, have, in the aggregate.
q population Of probably between two and a half
and three millions. The Importance Of the trade
with these colonies may be inferred from the fact
that the imports Of Victoria alone for the year 1856
amounted TO SOL 100000. and the exports TO S62.-
100. 900. The average distance Of the principal col
oDies from Us by steam is only thirty days. There
now seems 10 be an absolute certainty Of tae main
tenance Of a monthly mail line between San Fran
cisco and New Zealand and New South Wales. This
can scarcely fail to result in a large increase Of our
Australasian trade, and probably in a semimonthly
service in lieu Of the monthly one.-SaH Francisco
HIrov5rTs
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20
The Australian Line.

The Sydney Morning Herald says Of the San
Francisco mail service The temporary contract re-
ferred TO n few days ago has been definitely arranged
between the Hon. the POstmaster-General and the
a. ;. y. Company. Ii is TO extend over a period Of
seven months, and the mails will be carried during
that time by the steamships .Hikad0, City Of Mel
bourne, yHGcgTegoT, and CyPhTenSs. The first two
named vessels have demonstrated their ability TO give
n course Of post equal to anything that has been ac-
complished between this port and London; but while
so much depends upon the Home Government we can
hardly expect that punctuality which ought to char
acterize all mail services. For the present there VIII
be no connection with FIJI, the only intermediate
ports Of call being Auckland and Honolulu. Nothing
has transpired as to what is intended relative TO the
permanent contract. 1t may be that the statements
in the New Zealand papers regarding Mr.. Russelfs
trip home to secure the purchase of the boats ordered
by Hall is correct. Even if this should be confirmed,
il is likely that the new steamers will start from Sgd
ney and Auckland alternately.
A correspondent writes to the Sydney Morning
Herald as follows. in reference to the San Francisco
mail seryice:-The fact of the POstmaster-General
having arranged with our local company for a con-
tinuation of the temporary service will be accepted
as an intimation of Mr.. Halls inability TO begin the
permanent contract at the date agreed upon; conse-
quently our Government will be released from their
engagement, and placed il q position for calling
(should they so elect) for fresh tenders, and. in the
event Of their doing so, | would urge the ACCESSIBILITY
Of giving fullest publicity, with ample notice. From
letters received during the past month from London
correspondents, | am advised that a company could
readily aud Immediately be formed, with a capital Of
e300 ,000, and having four frst-class steamships of
5000 tons register, fully qualified in every respect
for performing the service efficiently and within the
present contract time between Sydney. Auckland,
Honolulu, and San FranviscU, backwards and for
wards, on the basis Of q contract extending over q
term OF seven years. for a subsidy Of 10000, but
with the proisvo that being unable with this subsidy
TO return their shareholders a dividend of 6 per cent.
per annum, the Government to guarantee same, and
which, in the event Of their paying, would make q
total subsidy of eSS, 900 per annum. Our Govern
ment, having these facts before them, will recognize
the responsibility of fully ventlating the subject be-
fore pledging the colony to any further contract.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20
An Example to Young Writers.

A few days ago we printed in our local columns a
copy Of a letter written by William Cullen Bryant to
Hubert Howe Bancroft of this city. commendatory of
the latter's great literary enterprise, which we treated
ediIorially in yesterdays issue of the Examiner.
We were permitted the inspection of the original au-
tograph Of the letter to Mr.. Bancroft, and we could
not but express our surprise and admiration at the
beauty, legibility. and steadiness of the chirography.
Written on unruled paper. this communication is re-
markable for its lineal rectitude and the accurate
formation Of every letter. No attempt at fancy sig
nature, nor any other of the faults or follies Of pen
manship so reprehensibly conspicuous in the episto-
larry efforts and other manuscript illusions Of our
great men. Bryant's letter to Bancroft ought to be
engraved as a model to the young men who imagine
a bad handwriting a sure symptom of genius.
Many lodgings in literature would seem to culti-
vate an abOminable habit Of penmanship, because Of
the ridiculous notion that call great men write illeg-
IDLY" FersorE connected with the press in an edi-
torial capacity have most cause OF COMPLAINT on this
score. and to them it ia a genuine pleasure to see q re-
ally great man, like Bryant, master Of so fine a hand
at his patriarchal age. This great poet. celebrated the
eightieth anniversary of his birth on the occasion of
the political regeneration Of this country, to which he
contributed very perceptibly. William Cullen Bry-
ant is an evidence that the general law of nature,
that the first 10 mature is the first to fall, does not
always hold good.
The now venerable poet and editor was one of the
most precocious youngsters of bis day. At the age
Of ten years he wrote verses for the county newspa-
per, and at the aga of fourteen wrote two poems
which obtained quite an extensive circulation.
"Thanatopsis - was composed at the age Of eighteen,
and no one can read il without feeling that he is COM
muning with a mind thoroughly matured and de-
yeloped. Poetry has not claimed all, or even the
greater part Of Mr.. Bryant's attention; and, during
the past half century, he has been a daily worker in
the field Of literature and politics. With the memo
ries Of @ long life to draw his mind to the past; with
a warm Imagination and q contemplative tempera-
ment that seem TO make him enjoy most living among
the creations of his own fancy, he has yet always
kept himself abreast the tide of current public topics
But a few days before election he wrote q powerful
article on the Ihird-term question that showed that he
had lost none Of the discussion Of that perplexing prob
lem. At all times his facile mind-more remarkable
because linked with singular vigor-could abandon
the favorite field Of communion with the visible forms
Of nature and conquer the tender seasibility that was
touched TO melancholy by the death Of the flowers,
and turn his thoughts into the rugged channel Of free
trade to struggle with the knotty problems Of the
tariffs. T. Examiner.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

REPORTED MASSACRE or THE CREW or THE BRIG
JAMES BIRNIE."--By telegram from Hobart Town,
received on the evening Of the 22nd. we (Sidney
Morning Herald are in possession OF the following
particulars: THE barque Wolverine has ar
rived from Bird Island. having on board Mr..
Rhodes. second officer OF the James BirRie, who
has been transferred from the American whaler
Benjamin Cummings. Mr.. Rhodes reports that the
brig james Bi'nie sailed from Sydney. in May
last. bound on a cruise they reached and fshed
at Howe's Island, situated near the Solomon group,
for beche-de-mer, the friendly demeanor of the
natives disarming all suspicion. The crew Of the
brig separated, or rather were divided, into three
parties, the captain commanding one, Mr.. Rhodes
a second, and a seaman named Davis the third.
Mr.. Rhodes who had supplied the trading chief
with tobacco. 10, was suddenly set upon and
dubbed from behind but the rest OF the party.
who were in the hut. came to his assistance, and
attacking the natives succeeded in repnlsing them
and gained the boat, making for the brig, which
had been left in charge of the chief officer. On
reaching the vessel be found the natives in force
about the brig, and he at once made on, the ma
tives in their canoes giving chase. he succeeded
in reaching the Solomon Group, whore he was
picked mp by the whaler. Mr.. Rhodes believes
that the three parties were simultaneously at acked.
and the vessl seized, ana he considers himself TO
be the sole white survivor. Six natives who form
ed his party, remained faithful to him, and escaped.
OF these five are now on board the whaler, aud
one died"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-02-20

A private Act of Parliament, as unwieldy in
dimensions as the person to whose misdeeds it
overs its origin, was passed during last session
of the English Parliament, and has now been
printed by the Queens printers. It's object is to
authorize the raising of money on the security of
the Tichborne and Doughty estates, to discharge
the costs of the defence against the " Claimant.''
The settlement Of the estates, which commences
nearly seventy years ago, is strict, and Of course
no provision was made for the supply of ready
money that was required to repel the audacious
the infant heir were attacked, the trustees had no
option but to fight, and from the collapse of their
assailant they had no pecuniary recompense to
expect. No indemnity was to be recovered from
the Claimant when his mask of good birth and
breeding was stripped of, and be was discovered
to be the Mapping butcher after all. But the
task of proving this coat the Iichborne family q
sum Of more than 600 900, as was ascertained
and settled by the Court of Chancery a few
months ago-not to speak Of the immense sum
which the Government had afterwards to expend
In bringing the imposter to justice. The expen-
ses are to be raised out of the value Of the estate
by trustees appointed under the Act, and it can
not be denied that the charge LAID upon this fam.
lily by the daring aggression of Orion is n heavy
one. 1t shews, indeed, that everyone who owns
property is still exposed to the CHANGES of private
war in it's defence, and if the aggressor be a pen
niless adventprer, the loss may be serious, and
even crushing. People with great estates ought
to be eager law reformers.