The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-09-29

very interesting contest in aquatics this afternoon
at s O'Clock. and some good pulling may be expec-
ted. The Custom House boat, coxswain w. o.
Robertson, and the Laiu, coxswain y. W. NUN,
denberg, will pull from the end oil Long Whari
out and around the outer buoy and back.
THE Phvfolaccq electrical is the botanic name OF
a curious plant which grows in Nicaragua. a
person cutting of a branch and taking hold OF IT,
receives an electric shock. The needle OF a COM
pass turns completely round, when the compass Is
placed in contact with this plant. Al mldnlgnl,
the shock is weakest, at midday, strongest In rain
less than In wind. Altogether IL Is a strange
botanic specimen, says the Horticultural Gazette OF
Nicaragua.
WE FEEL happy to welcome back to the scene
of his clerical labors our esteemed Episcopallan
clergyman, Rev. Alexander Macintosh, who,
with Mrs. Macintosh, has just returned from a
needlul vacation tour to Oregon and British Column
bia. We believe that we may promise our READERS a
real treat. in the shape ola very Interesting account
Of how it Jared with Mr.. and Mrs. Macintosh
over, the Pond. which, as we previously an,
nounced. that Rev. gentleman kindly PROMISED
before his departure TO note down for publication
on his return. In the y. O. a. Our esteemed REV.
friend has faithfully kept his promise, and we
hope next week 10 m the publication OF
his NJ. S. which Is v~oluminous enough TO occupy
our leisure space for some weeks TO come We
think that our readers will find this narrative OF
travel as interesting as II has proved LOT our
selves.
The Cars PERILs.-we have heretofore alluded
to the Omladina Of the Panslavists, a socialist
society, which really aims at the overthrow OF
monarchical government, and the foundation OF a
Panslavist Republic in Eastern Europe. We notice
the following remarks on this subject in a home
journal There are ominous signs also that the
secret societies which, in Lord Beaconsheld's opin-
ion, forced the Gar to commence the war, are work
ing busily behind him in the interior OF his king
dom. The terrible defeat, or rather succession OF
defeats, at Plevna, have shown the Omaladeni and
others that the Cars armies are not inVinclble,
and that IL he sends his Imperial Guards TO fight
the Turks he must leave the protection Of Russian
cities 10 the militia, three-fourths Of whom are not
to be trusted as loyal TO the Car. These contin-
pencies were foreseen in England before the war
began, but the English abettors OF the Gar carried
away his judgement and encouraged him TO un-
dertake q war which may possibly lead to the
overthrow Of his dynasty"
Our NATIVE contemporary the Ldhui Hd'oaii has
published some articles, editorial and from con-
tributors, on the subject Of the recent " morality
discussion, that has excited so much attention In
the native community. We regret that our space
will not allow us TO publish IN erienso a transla-
ton of some of the letters in question. Speaking
Of some of the foreign residents Of the islands,
one native writer says:
"For ten or twenty years they have been living
Will AhWhlA1h Wbihbh "hNtbhN Whh'h|f ~
whom they have had grown families, but, down TO
the present time, they have been allowed TO leave
those women, and even their families, and some OF
them have married another woman, while Others
have gone TO cohabit with a woman without mar
riage and several have gone away out OF this
country altogether, without having been inter
fered with by the authorities during all that time,
while they were openly violating the law"
What say you, Messieurs the Attorney Generals
of this Hawaiian Kingdom for a score OF years
past, TO this sweeping charge OF derelictlon OF
duty brought against you by the native pressY
ESCAPE OF TWO MISSIONARIES AT EsKI-SAHGRA.-
People, who talk so loudly about Turkish Jana
ticism, will probably read the following account
with some surprise. It is taken from a dispatch
forwarded TO the New York Tribune, by that
journals correspondent at COnstantinople;-
1.-TWO American missionaries, Rev. Bond and
| Marsh, with their wives and i've small children,
we're in Eski.Saghra during the sacking OF the
place. They sheltered some poor wretches who
were in danger at the hands Of the Bulgarian mob,
and fed some OF their MOslem neiRbbors. In con-
sequence Of this and other kindnesses, their Mos
lem neighbors rallied around them during the
destruction Of the city and saved their lives. AZ
one time the Circassians drew their swords and
eame at the missionaries TO kill them, but the
Turks withstood them, and between entreaties
and resistance kept the rufiana away, although
liz one case the missionaries had 10 pay n CircRs-
sion $50 in gold as a ransom. The Turks then
got word TO the Governor OF the city, who at once
came 10 see the missionaries and provided them
with a guard Of regular soldiers, which kept of
all marauders, and thirty or more Bulgarians
were saved from death In their houses. These
missionaries lost everything they possessed, escap-
on, and on the road sleeping for three nights on
the bare ground and living on raw wheat.