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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-12-09

Christmas Auction
SAL at led. r.. EhlGpz
& Co, on Saturday
DeCem-
Der 1G and O., NH.
E.P.AdamS will sell
our entire stock of
Fancy Goods. I'D. r.
Eh1ers e Co., Dry
Coos I'm
Fort St, Honolulu.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-12-09
poRT OF HONOLULU, n.
ARRIVALS.

coAsTwIsE.
Q 1-StnIr Lehua, LorzensOn. from Molokai and Maui
with 81 bbls molAsses
Stmr @ x Bishop, Berry, from Kauai. with 1925
bgs sugar, 100 bgs paddy - bgs rice, 80
bbIs mOlasses, II hides and 2 bndls goat
skins
Stmr Waimanalo, Nelson, fromWaimanalo Koo-
lau. with 40 bags sugar and % bbis mo
lasses
Stmr KiIanta Hou. Sears. from Kahulni. Maui,
with 43 bgs sugar
Schr Pauahi, from OOkala. Hawaii
1Stmr Llkelfke. King, from Man and Hawaii, with
99 bags sugar
Stmr MokOlif, McGregor, from KOolau, Oahu
]Stmr Iwalani, Bates. from Mani and Hawaii, with
500 pkgs sugar
6-stmr James Makee, Mcdonald, from Kauai
Dgs sugar
schr Kauikeaouli, from HonokaA. Hawaii, with
1900 bgs sugar
schr waiehu, from Stone Quarry, WaimanalO
Sehr Kaluna, from Kipahulu, Maui
Sehr Caterina, from H3neoo, Maui
7EStInr Waimanlao. Nelson, from Waimanalo, with
s7 bgs and "a kgs sugar. and IA bbls
molasses
sehr KuIamanu, from Ookala. HawaiiG
schr Mary + Foster, from HOnuapO. Hawaii
Schr LfhOliho, from Punaluu. Hawaii
ISchr Mana, from Lhhaina. Maui
Sehr Pohoiki, from Puma, Hawaii
s-Stnr Mokolii, McGregOr, from KoOlau, with 300
bgs sugar and 400 bgs rice
Schr Marion, from KukuihaeIe, Hawaii
Stmr Lehua, LOrZensOn, from Mani and Aolokai
FOREIGN.
Am bktne Discovery, Perriman, firm Puget Sound
sam bgtne J ID Spreekels, Fries. from 3 +
Am brig North Star, MorehOuse. II days from
sydney, n s w, Australia
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outward demeanor they may be, our
Chinese fellow-citiZens are thoroughly
determined to have and to use opium by
hook or by crook; and that of their in
Vulnerable articles for importing it and for
transferring it from hand TO hand among
themselves, but very few are ever dis
confess their belief that if a Chinaman
wants opium and has the money to pay for
it he viii find ii, buy il, carry it away with
him and use il, III spite of all their vigilance.
This being SO it speaks well for the orderly
character of our Chinese residents, who, as
we have so often been reminded of late,
outnumber in adult males all the other pop
ulation of the Islands, that they have not
uprisen in a turbulent way against what
they must deem a wanton and un~provoked
persecution. 1t also speaks well for the Of
ficers of the police force, as to the manner
in which they carry out their duties under
this law that we never hear of any affray
resulting from their inqCisitions and cap
lures. In the late case against offers Mar
cos and Oadt, the violence on both sides
warranted the Magistrates commentator
of the manner i'm which those officers did
what they supposed to be their duty. But
had there existed among our Chinese popu-
lation any thing of the spirit which has,
from time to time, given such serious
trouble in those English aud Spanish set
Elements in the East in which large bodies
of Cinnamon are located, the enforcement
of our opium law would have led to trouble
long ago, however judicious the conduct of
those who were called upon To enforce it.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-12-09

Tor Kauai. per c r Bishop. Dec A Hanneberg and
lister Ms Riee. Chas ForsteF. j + Hsekfeld, sHhiinan,
Hon y kauais EE Consult W c King. II West, Mrs Miller
and 2s1dldren, Miss 7 stempel, W Forster, and about
For Maui and Hawaii. per IwE1anf. Dec Nv II Davis
and wife, : Alderman, Mrs J Dodd, ? Misses shaw, ;
Macauley.S shaw w II CornweIi, c Macfariane. Mrs
slmmersOn and child. DIR OIlino. Capt Cooke. Mrs. Lee.
sister and child, and Hbout 20 deck
Prom san Francisco. per J d ~spreckels, Dec s-H
Meter. Mrs Zeigfur-
For Kani. per James Make. Dee s DR. Thscher aud
about - deck.
FROM Maui and Molokai, per Lehun. Dec S-W Aud
and wife, Miss Mary Bannister. ] II Black, Z NJ Hatch,
Il Meyer, Mr Wong LeOng. Mr. Lee Kat and 30 deck
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THE pursuit of horticulture interests q
larger section of mankind and we may
emphatically add-of w~omankind, than
any other industry that is carried on undo
the sun. No little attention has been paid
to it by individual enthusiasts in this
country. In some respects natural circum-
stances have been highly favorable to them
in others quite the reverse. Circum-
stances other than natural, as for instance
the high price of labor and the inferior
quality of it that is to be had here at any
price, have gone greatly against such de-
velopment of horticultural taste as is COM
mon in all other countries. Taking it alto
getheT, things are not easy here for those
who would like to cultivate flowers and
shrubs in variety, aud vie with one another
in the possession of lovely gardens and
pretty effects of foliage. Some very beauti-
full forms of trees and palms grow here
iuXuriantly. and many of the former pro-
duce splendid flowers. But the number of
gardens in which the smaller flower pro-
ducing plants are to be found in quantity
and in variety is much less here i'm prODOr-
ton to the number and wealth of our pOpu-
lation than it is elsewhere; and among our
working population horticulture is almost
an unknown thing. In many parts of the
world the most ardent enthusiasts in fiori-
culture are to be found amongst the work
ing men, but we do not know of any in
stance of that sort of thing here.
We should like tossee n change come
over the place in this respect, and are
glad to think thai some recent circum-
stances seem calculated to promote so de-
sirable a development. The Agricultural
Society has announced that it Intends TO
take horticulture under its wing, and will
hold Il Flower Show in connection with its
annual exhibition. AS we announced the
other day, n professed horticulturalist i'm the
person of Mr.. Kidwell, has determined TO
settle amongst us and carry On his business
on rs extensive and varied a scale as the
patronage he may receive will warrant.
Mr.. AshwOrth who has already lone some
good service in the importation of trees and
we hope he will find his nursery Il successful
undertaking. These in addition to our longer
established florists and nurserymen will,
by their enterprise, greatlyassist those who
desire to devote more attention than they
nave hitherto given to the cultivation of
garden shrubs, plants bulbs, etc. The Gov
eminent in obedience to the expressed will
of the Legislature is also engaged in pro-
noting the introduction here of trees and
plants likely to be useful to the country.
We sincerely hope that all these helps and
inducements will do much to improve the
taste and spur the enthusiasm of those who
ave the means to devote to horticultural
pursuits, md that ere long we shall see
here, as elsewhere wealth oflovely gardens
instead of the gloomy patches overgrown by
large trees which are SO common in all the
older settled streets of the city.
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DEPARTURE S.

coAsTwIsE.
4-Sehr Josephine, for EVA, Oahu
Stmr Lehua, Lorzenson. for Maui and Molokai
Stmr q X Bishop, Berry, for Kauai
StInr Kilauea Hou, Sears. for Kahului. Maui
Stmr waimahalo, Nelson. for Waimanalo, Oahu
s-Stmr Likelke, King. for Maui and Hawai-
Sehr Ehukai, for Waialua, Oahu
Schr Haleakala, for Hepeekeo. Hawaii
stmr Mokolii. MeGregor, for KOolau, Oahu
6-Schr Waiehu. for Stone Quarry. WaimanhlO
7-stmr Iwalani, Bates, for Maui and Hawaii
Sehr Kzluna, for Kipahulu
Schr Waioli, for Maliko, Maui
e-stmr James Makee. Mcdonald, for Kauai
Schr WaileIe, for MalikO, Maui
FOREIGN.
6-Am blk Reindeer, Baker, for q cruise
Am blk Lizzie Marshall, Baker, for Port Townsend
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SHIPPING NOTES.

The German bark Livingstone will sail for HOngkong.
early next week
The repairs Of the Claus spreekeIs will be completed
next week
The chip Hope Ia offered for sale. Her cargo of lum-
Der has been purchased by Msssrs- Allen L Robinson,
md Is now being landed
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06

ures whose adoption would seem to be very
desirable. instance In particular those which
relate TO arrears of taxes, - steam railways
and 70 assessments OF real property.
COUNTING TUE ELECTORAL VOTE.
Among the questions which have been the
topic of recent debate in the halls OF Congress
none are of greater gravity than those relating
to the ascertainmcnt of the vote for Presidcn-
tial Electors and the amendment Of the Con-
sttution in its provisions for deyolving Exec
utive functions upon the Vice President when
the President suffers from inability to dis
qAarge the powers and duties OF his office. 1
trtlst that no embarrassment may result from
a failure to determine these questions before
another National election.
CONCLUSION.
The closing year hns been replete with bless
ingS for which we owe to the giVor of all good
our reverent Acknowledgement. For the unin-
terrupted harmony of our foreign relations,
for the decay of sectional Rnlmosities, for
the eXuberance of our harvestS and the
triumphs of our mining and manufact-
uring industries, for the prevalence of health,
the spread OF intelligence and the conserVa-
tiOn OF the public credit Tor the growth of
the country in all the elements of National
greatnesS-fOr these and countless other bless
ings we should rejoice and be glad. l trust
that under the inspiration Of this great pros
perity our cOunsels may be harmonious and
that the dictates of prudence, patriotism,
justice and economy may be the adoption of
measures in which the Congress and the Exec
utive may heartily unite.
CHESTER A. ARTHUR.
Washington, Dec. 4, 1852.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06
RePartee and BathOs in the Supreme
Court.

The Supreme Court is % bad place for
a Pretentious display of legal learning,
or flourish of OratOry. The most sue
cessful advocates who practice at its bar
are those whose style is most condensed
and lucid, and who never travel away
from the essential matterin controversy.
They no doubt remember the anecdote
of Chief-Justice Marshall--an anecdote,
by the way, which has been tackled on to
many eminent Judges, but which Mar
shall's biographcrs claim as belonging
to him. A pompous and tedious advo-
cate was rehearsing well-known and un-
disputed rules of law, when the Chief
Justice interrupted him, and said, Mr..
c., think this is unnecessary. There
are some things which court, consti-
tuted as this is, may be presumed to
knOw.'
Not always, even in recent times,
however, have the lawyers confined their
speeches to the clarified common sense
and direct logic which Judges like to
hear. Now and then the court is forced
to listen to flights of rhetoric which
bring half-amused and half-impatient
looks to the faces of the Justices. Here,
for example, is q specimen of fiorid elo-
quence with which, not many years ago,
q lawyer opened his brief in an import
ant writ of error case. The brief is still
shown as 4 curiosity in the office OF the
Clerk of the Court:
May it please the Court: When the
bonnie blue flag went down before the
I 'star-spaugled banner and that
glorious emblem of the Union, the Con-
stitutiOn and the Enforcement of the
Laws again waved in triumph
From Names dark pines and orags of SNOW
To where Magnolian breezes blow
it was fondly hoped that civil strife and
contention were ut au end, and that
peace, quiet and repose had returned to
bless the land
but these were
Hopes which but allured to fy;'
they were, indeed, but
Joy that vanished whilst We sipped.'
For scarcely had the roar of artillery
| ceased aud the smoke of battle cleared
OFF, and scarcely had the ink became dry
on the parchments of pardon which fell
| from the Executive hand,
Thick as autumnal leaves that strew the
In vallombrosa,'
before some
of the last few, who, vainly brave,
and who would theoret ically, merely,
Die for the cause they could not save,
rushed into the courts, renewed the
contest in another form, and we are
are here to-day on a writ of error to the
! Supreme Court of Louisiana, to reverse
a victory obtained in this new mode of
| hostility and attack upon the power and
authority of the United States. and the
rights of one which are firmly based
upon the same. ."--E. r. SnlaLley, IN tic
| CGntitTg.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06
UnG0le Unable

The bulletin shows the following percent
ages OF persons who cannot write among the
native whites over ten years old: United
y ates, 81; Alabama, 25; Arkansas, 265;
Florida, 20.7; Georgia, 3D.; kentucky, 22.ss
Louisiana, 1913; North Carolina, 3I.7; South
Carolina. 22.4; Tennessee, 27.9; Virginia, la.5a
Illinois, 5.3: Indiana, G.S; Iowa, 2.6; Michigan,
s.3; Wisconsin, Q; Massachusetts, OF; New
York, 2.2. Seventy per cent of all eolOred
persons in tho United States over ten years
old cannot write, and twelve per cent
of the foreignb born white persons can
not write. The percentage of fOroign-bOrn
persons who can write varies widely in diff
ferent States. In Connecticut one per cent OF
the native whites and 1873 per cent. of foreign
born persons over ten years old cannot write
In Illinois Only ~ per cent. Of the foreign
born cannot write, while in Maino 211 per cent
cannot. In this last STATE only ll.9 per cent.
OF the native whites are unable To write. In
Delaware iS.j per cent OF the foreigners cans
not write. In Dakota the percentage is only
6.S; in Massachusetts 1t ia 1876; in Wisconsin
Sc Is 1913; i'm Rhode Island IL ls I.3, and i'm Tex
as 24.T, while I'm South Carolina 1t ia only 4.e,
and in North Carolina ~.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06

The Scientific american says that
the prejudice against American hemlock-
tanned leather has disappeared, and En-
glish tanucrs now appreciate its excellcnt
qualities. Its capabilities for resisting
water and withstanding wear by attrition
in the soles OF boots and shoes are said
To be quite equal to those of tho best
English sole feather, and greatly supe-
rior to the leather of the English
''niiNed'' tannages or the generally poor
Europe.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06

You Bet, Total Wreck and Bob Tail
are the characteristic names of flourish
ing Arizona towns. \ correspondent
remarks of them that most of the mer-
chandise used there is transported IA
barrels. Chicago Herald.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06
mlteraey in the United States.


WAsaINOToN, November ~.
The Census Bureau has just issned a bulletin
of the iIliteracy in the United States. From
this I appears that the following percentages
of persons over zen years OF age are unable to-
read and write:
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06

The estimated total currency of the country
on November thus appears 70 have been more
than Sl,4S&OOOOOJ, which is $ESiUO1,O0J in eX-
cess of the amount held ON January I, 1879 and
81 60 0,UO0 in excess OF the amount held two
years ago ON November l. ISL The gain in
gold coin since the resumption OF specie pay
ments alone has been $2gi,OOO OlO The in
crease in Nat onal-bank notes has been
nea ~ S3AOOO,OOl. No change has been ma To
in the amount of leVai-tender notes outstand-
ing. Ii remains at S3tGGSl,OlB, which was the
amount outstm ling ut the datC of the ppssage
of the act of May 81, 1873, which prohibited
any 1urther reduction Of the volume OF these
notes.
The report contains three comprehensive
tables of two pages each, giving 10y gee graph
icul divisions, and by states, Territories and
principal cities, th5 number Of state Dluks,
Savings banks, Trust md Loan Companies
ana private bankers OF the country for the
present aut two previous years, together with
the amount of their capital and pOsits and
the amount invested by thCn in United States
bonds. The ttUst official information OF this
character ever published in rCggirl To the pri-
VHtc bank 'rs ui the country was contained in
a table in the CCmptru!iCr's report for 1880
The following table gives the number, capital
and deposits of the private bankers in six
teen of the principal cities.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06

Three National banks have been placed in
the hands OF receivers during the year ended
November l, l92-namey, the Mechanics
National Bank of Newark, N. j., on November
2, lSel; the Pacific N ltinnal Bank of Boston,
on May %, 1882, and the First National Bank OF
Buffalo, on April y, 1882. The suspension of
the two first II tmed banks was mentioned in
the rep lrt of the Comptroller for the year end
cd November |, 1881 and the causes which led
TO both of these failures We're then fully dis
Gussed. The Directors of the Pacific National
Bank of Boston undertook to make good tho
impairment OF its capItll stock in the manner
authorife1 by section 5,2O5 Of the Revised Stat
uteS. but as they failed to do within the time
liked by law, Il receiver was appointed to take
charge of its affairs. The failure of the First
National Bank of Buffalo was the result of
inc Inlsapproprmuon OF funaS by itS Presi-
don't Its condition was discovered by tho
Bank Examiner when making his animal cX-
ANIMATION, ana n receiver was appointed. as
before stated. The affairs of ten National
b'nks have been finally closed within the
year Since the commencement of the Nh
tiona'-banlS system 81 banks have been placed
IN tue hands of receivers and 420 banks have
yOluntar ly closed their business by the yOteg
OF shareholders owning twO-thiTds of their
stock, under the provisions Of sections 5.2N
and J,;s.l of the Revised Statutes. OF tho
banks so placed in voluntary liquidation BY
their stockholders, failed to pay their dc
posltors, ana In these cases receivers were
appointed by the Comptroller to wind up
their affairs. OF the 81 banks paced in the
hands OF receivers, 81 have been closed leaV-
ing 35 still in process of settlement. The loss
to creditors OF National hanks which IA ve
been placed I'm the hands of receiV srs dur ng
nearly twenty years that have elapsed sin q
tho pasaage of the act of February p, lsfl as
near as can be estimated including dividends
which will probably be hereafter paid hag
cccn about ST001,'00 The average annual
loss has been, therefore, about $4UO,O 900 in tho
capital of about SiJO.OJOOO0, and which have
been responsible for the safc-keeping de
postts in their han 1s averaging constantly oy yer
SsO0,OOO,O 900, or about twentieth of one per
cent OF annual loss to depositors
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06

\ WORCESTER (NGass.) man, who has OBJ,
served the comparative ease with which peo-
pie do" their thirty and forty miles in one
evening. on roller skates, makes the predie-
tion that the time is not far distant when
smooth, covered ways for the accommodation
Of wayfarers 50 equipped will be "a con mon
as ran and dr.Ve-yrsys are now Bostos Post
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06
A Thousand Million Suns.

But rs astronomers increased their
estimates OF the SUMS distance, and as,
observing more and more carefully the
stars positions, they diminished the
possible range of the as yet undetected
apparent motions, mems conceptions
of the grandeur of the material universe
increased. With Briareau arms science
thrust back the stars into the depths of
space, until the glories of the nOctural
heavens were changed from so many
thousand points Of light to so many suns,
many rs grand as our own, many far
grander, some, like Sirius, Vega, and
CanoPus, so much Yaster than he is,
that by comparison with them he seems
the merest miniature of a sun.
But even this, stupendous though it
seems, is little compared with the scene
presented when we rightly interpret
what the telescope reveals respecting
the depths of space beyond the domain
of the visible stars. For each star we
can see, thousands were made visible by
the telescope of Calico, in later times
tens of thousands, and in the days
of the elder Herschel hundreds of
thousands. With the best telescopes in
our time it is probable that as many as
a thousand million stars could be seen
were every part of the celestial sphere
examined. A thousand million suns, q
thousand million repetitions of the
glories and the wonders which modern
science reveals and in the central orb %
our system!-Prot Proctor, IN BelgraUja.
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06

The weighs of women are not al
ways past finding out. In Boston they
weigh on an average, 1919 pounds. In
Ohio, Indiana and Kentucky as ascer-
tanned at the Cincinnati Exposition they
weigh 1889 pounds. This is a hominy
against the bean diet.-Dstroit Free
Press.
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COMPTROLLER KNOWS REPORT.

WASHINGTOS, November %
In the report Of John jay Knox, Comptroller
of the Currency, the amount of the circuai
ing medium OF the country on November l II
gwen as follows:
Treasury no es outstanding. S;I6,B31, ,016
National bank notes outstanding. 62,7sI,7T
Gold in the Treasury, less Certih-
Gates held 10y the banks. 70. .... 14S,i30, ,473
treasury. y....................... g2,4ll,O77
Subsidiary silver coin and silver
bullion in the Treasury ........ 3O,76l.95
Coin in the Nati lnal banks. ....... lG9 }B2, ,O6j
Coin in State and savings banks 1.,S92.jOO
the people c..................... 3S5, ,JG2, ,5ga
Total 81. .4ss- SIS. "a
The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1882-12-06

hope that however numerous and urgent
may be the demands upon your attention, tne
interests of this district will not be forgotten.
The denial to It's residents of the great right of
suffrage in all its relation to National state
and municipal action, imposes on Congress the
duty of affording them the best administration
which its wisdom can devise. The report of the
District Commissioners Indicates certain meas
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1882-06-26
POLITICAL NEWS.

The convention which nominated Colorel
d. b. Henderson TO Congress in the lid Iowa Di'uo'
WAS one OF the largest and most enthusiastic that ever
assembled in the State. Mr. Henderson is the secretary
Of the Republican Congressional Campaign So,''o''
The district has party majority OF aOou' f''0"
The Democrats and Greenbackers OIL Mlchi-
ran will hold their state Conventions at the Same uhs
and nloce in order to being about fusion between tas
tuo narties some Of tho hard money Democrats oP
nose his action but the advocates Of victory at any
price are the most huMeTouS auu WILL uVuOASS' N'''
through their 5cheluc'
The annual mud campaign against Senator
John sherman is under way. The Democracy compre-
bends clearly that he is Of the greaest enemies tae
party ever had. and # seems TO 90
retarded as "A parzan duty to break HIM down Inc
renash OF old scandals now going the round oil .u'
Democratic press has not the merit OF ueshh o o'o"
The chief interest in Massachusetts, pohtlcs
lust now centres In the Hid Congressional District
bitter light is wagng there between the supporters VI
Representative Harris and Governor Long ior inc nv
publican nomination to Congress- The former has tns
of the oce-noders, while the latter Il oaoko" ~ "a
civil service reform people. No conjecture 0~N -
made yet Is 10 the result OF the contest.
Senator Butler, of South Carolina, fayors tho
raneel e the registration Law Of that state passed
Democratic LEGISLATURE. lie acknowledges thai IL turn'
es the Republicans the means Cor securing iane' W.
and there fore thinks that 1t should be removed f' ~
statute book The chief organ of the bulldosers mA
calculation of the white and oolored vote IN tno ttsf
aud comes to the significant CONCLUSION thai ~'
have majority VI about 4o'OoV "a
The small majority by which Cohgress""1
Ladd was renoIninated in Maine last Week ~