Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-08

nal states that Hawaiians understanding Eng
Iish have better opportunities of obtaining
lucrative employment. It believes in send
ing few young men abroad to obtain thor
ough education-not in Francs or Germany
or Italy, but in English speaking countries.
The example of Japan and China in sending
pupils to the United States is cited, and it
believes that good would result to the Sand
wich Islands by pursuing like course.
The attempt to extend the elective system
to municipalities in India has met with but
little success in Bengal. In Serampur, the
first city in the interior to enjoy this priv
Iege, there were in 1873, the year when the
system was first introduced, 5, $50 voters of
whom at the first election 1873 came to the
poll. In 1876 the voters had risen to $685.,
but at the election for seven vacancies in
that year 635 only exercised their rights. In
1878, when again seven vacancies were to be
filled, the votes recorded dwindled to 316. In
Krishnagur and Bardwan-the only two other
cities in Bengal thus rivileged-similar facts
are recorded. The apathy of the municipal
electors is due to the belief that they are not
really delegating any power to their repre-
sentatives.
General John G. Fremont thus explains
his claim to be the owner of Alcatraz island,
the Golden Gate, +" in San Francisco harbor ::
He says that while military governor of the
territory of California in 1847 he bought the
island for the United States government and
named it the Golden Gate" But the gov
eminent repudiated the purchase and GeLe-
raj Fremont was court-martialed in 184S,
charged with mutiny in buying it, on the
ground that it was ''an assumption of pow
er." In 1856, he says, he paid the bond Civ
en- for the purchase, and became sole owner
of the island The government afterward
discovered that it was the key to the harbor,
and without General Fremont's consent or
knowledge took possession of it and still
holds it as government property.
There was an interesting meeting of the
Boston board of aldermen Monday after
noon, when public hearing was given on
the petition of several electric light compa-
MES for liberty to light the streets and pub
lie squares of the city. Ex-Alderman Hugh
O'Brien, treasurer of the Brush Light COM
pany, opened the hearing, in which he dwelt
upon the discovery of electric light by Fara-
day, and the many improvements since made
by Brush, Edison, Weston and other electri-
clans. At the present time,, he said, the
Brush patents are represented by forty com
panies with an aggregate capital of $1,000
600, and have over fifteen thousand arc lamps
in use; the business had steadily increased
and was bound to increase in the future. IN
til the public streets became as light by night
as by day if sufficient electric lights were
used, public morals would be improved, and
the community would be rendered much
safer. Police Commissioner Gargan spoke
in favor of electric Lighting, es-
pecially on the Common and pub
lie grounds, because he believed
that these places would be rendered SO light
that the police could readily detect any pub
lie offences and check certain evil conduct;
even ladies would not fear to cross these
places without escort, and the police force
might be reduced in these at present unsafe
of the New England Weston Electric Light
Company, and the Jsbl ochkoff Company, set
forth the advantages of the electric system,
and reiterated in part the statement previ-
ously made concerning the improvements In
morals and public safety sure to follow upon
the general introduction of electric Light; he
said that the present cost of lighting by gas
was nine cents lamp, night he offered to
furnish electric light at cost of ffty-eight
cents lamp, night; if his company could
secure the use of the lamp posts and lamps
now owned by the city they would furnish
arc lights of twenty-four candle power each,
being fifty per cent. more light than gas, st
thirteen cents a lamp. night; he further
proposed to furnish light of forty candle
power at cost of sixteen cents lamp, a
night.