The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-11-11
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steam Plows in use in the United States at that
Adviees from Shanghai report that disturbances
nave occurred between the sailors ON English and
German war vessels, and that six Englishman re-
ceiYed serious wounds.
The reined-sugar market ot the East has re-
covered from the temporary excitement caused by
the burning of Hanson, Havemeyer < Co.'S refinery
al Philadelphia.
A telegram received in Hongkong, dated Manila,
september oath, states, Ion authority" that the
total deaths from cholera in Manila and suburbs To
date numbered 1, 1871.
By Imperial DEGREES, dated September I4th;
Chen Lan-Pin, late Chinese Minister to Washing
ton, has received the appointment of Junior Presi-
dent Of the Board of War at Picking.
Apropos of the discussion of the question,-what
will be the name of the Queen of England if she
should retire into private life and be forbidden the
use of a title, it is reported that a petition bearing
the signatures of 33. 47s, 9S9 Smiths, has been
received requesting Victoria to assume that
name
We congratulate Mr.. L. A. Thurston upon his
admittance to the practice of law in this Kingdom.
Added to intimate acquaintance with the language
and characteristics of the native Hawaiians-he
himself being 9 to the manor born Mr.. ThurstOn
Is presumably, full of " wise saws and modern in
stances, - the result of his studies in the United
States. We wish him every success in life, in
GLIDING the realization of the balance of Shakes
peare's happy description of a Justice in the Seven
Ages of Man.
Let every honest man show by his disapproval
and censure of these adventurers and time-servers
that good Government. for which Hawaii nei has
so long been Il bright example, must and shall be
the biTthright of all."-IEd. Gag
This sounds amusing, as the bosly talk of "a man
who adventured here without a dollar to spare,
and who in his last Issue illustrates his time
serving by trimming his journalistic sails for a
Democratic breeze. As for the birthright part, we
suppose that If adventurers like him and ourselves
manage to feather our nests in Hawaii nei It's as
much as we have a reasonable claim to.
The assertion that . protests had been lodged by
certain parties with the United States Consul
against the alleged illegal collection of duties bv
the present Hawaiian Government" would lead
the uniformed tn infor that some unjust impnSts
were being levied by the authorities. The only
protests lodged Is one by Mr.. George f. Wells,
concerning pianos, and one by Mr.. H"pp. concern
ing a small lot of gimp and braid. The total dutv
and cost Of stamp on the last named let would
he covered by n 50 piece. Furthermore. To say
that Gin order to raise money the Customs were
screwed up to the highest tension, " Is a base false
hood. and uttered without the slightest foundation.
Such ribaldry As " Brudder Alatau INDUCES in
in the concluding paragraph on this subject is
worthy of an idiot rather than of a schoolmaster.
The following is an official summary of what is
termed II sa satisfactory conclusion of the difficulty
between Corca and Japap - ~ The principal
ringleaderS of the outrage on the Japanese Lega-
ton to be punished. (2) A sum of $50, 600 to be
paid for distribution amongst the families of those
Japanese who were murdered. 80 An indemnity
of s., ZOO. 900 (0 to be paid to Japan for the eX-
penseS incurred. az A guard of Japanese troops
of sufficient strength to be stationed at tbs Capital
until all danger of a repetition of the outrage is
passed. 10 A special envoy to be sent to Japan
with an apology for the outrage. signed by the
King. (6) Treaty limits extended to so Ii and
within one year Yang-hua-chen shall be opened
for trade. "a The Japanese Minister and
Consuls to be allowed to travel anywhere through
out Corea," The n. C.: Herald adds that this news
will be greeted with pleasure by all foreigners in
the Far East, who will also combine in applauding
the extreme moderation and tact shown by the
Japanese Government under the recent trying cir
cumstances. They learn at tho same time that the
King of Corea has been reinstated in power.
Solomon, who is said to have been very wise.
would have accused a man of "chinning" him if
the man had related to him that in the future
lumber would be manufactured without the aid of
a saw-mill' or forests. 1t isn't so slow to make
lumber without either of these heretofore necessi-
ties, and it is a piece of work worthy of the CEN
fury in which we live. 1t is not known but that
the time will come when every farmer of means,
living though he may thousands of miles from a
forest, will have his little lumber mandatory,
just as he will have his cider mill and cheese press,
He will require his crops of wheat and oats every
year, and every year the straw of these grains will
be the material out of which. on rainy days. he can
make lumber for a barn, crib, or a new son-in-law'S
why is it not reasonable to suppose thai, nv and
by, ont on the prairies will be the great lumber
yards, and that the men who will occupy the de
nuded woodlands of the Northwest will go there
for their supplies annfact"r"r" Gazeae.
From statistics lately published in the Hong
kong Daily Press, it appears that the tstal import
Of foreign opium into China in 1881 WAS 105, 43.
lbs, or little more than one third ut that raised in
the Southwestern provinces of China. leaving GU
of calculation the product of Chekiang. Honan
Kiangsu, Manchuria, and other parts. 1t il notOri
Gus. too, that the inland provinces have never beer
consumers of the Indian drug. the opium from
Yunnan, S%zechuen, and Kweichow going to supply
that demand. Mr.. Donald Spence, Her Majesty
acting-consul at Ichang, in his report on the nativ,
opium in China asserts - that the people o
Szechuen, who are perhaps the most cOnstan
opium smokers in the Central Kingdom, will vel
compare PHYSICALLY with any people i'll China
Sir Robert Hart, the In~spector-General of Customs
in China. says, in his review ON the reports of Com
missioners of Customs, g that in China, opium wa
known, produced, and used long before any Euro
peans began the sale of the foreign drug alon;
the coast: and that the number of smoker
in China may be said tn he in all 2,O00, 600. or two
thirds of one per cent, of the population"
James Rourke, a Custom House night inspector
in San Francisco, has been arrested for ALLEGED
completely in smuggling from the D. and o.. 5. S
Co.'S steamer Arabic, and is lying in Jail in defaul
of giving 5000 bail. Ex-Supervisor Bsyly called
at the United States District Attorney office TO
the purpose of getting Ronrke's bail reduced t.
$1,000. which he said he thought could bs procured
Mr.. Teare informed Mr.. Bayly that the offens
charged was one which demanded riSOr toward
the offender, and the circumstance surrOundin;
this case seemed to indicate guilt on the part o
Rourke he could not therefore, consistently will
his sense of duty, consent to a reduction of tia
bail. The value of the seizure has been varioUsl,
stated, but the Government officer who has charg
says that instead Of $4,000 rs reported in one paper
the value is not over $4,000. The penalty of wiIfu
neglect of duty, or conspiracy, or cDllusiOn with
those engaged in defrauding the revenues of tin
United States is not less than 81 900 nor more thai
$4,000 fine, and not less than six months nor NOR
than three years Imprisonment.
From a telegram, dated October %. we regret t.
learn that Captain William A. Parker, one Of tin
oldest officers Of the United States navy. dice
October "a, in East Boston; Mass. Captain Parke
was born in Portsmouth, n. H., January II, 1916
and entered the navy as midshipman i'll 1892. II
first saw service in the sloop-Ofwar Vincennes, O
the Pacific Station. Six years later he was pro
= NOTED to the grade of passed midshipman, ant
served on various war vessels until lS43, when h
was made lieutenant, and was transferred TO tin
Cvane. which visited the California Coast, tn
Sandwich Islands, Chill, Peru, etc. In 1876. n
was ordered to the Mississippi, on the MeIical
Coast. and during most of the Mexican War h
I served on that vessel. Lieutenant Parker wa
present ae the seize and capture of Vera Cruez
Tobasco, and other places. During the late ciVi
war he was actively engaged. For a long tim
he served under Commodore Porter, as commando
of the Fifth Division, north blockade. including
, over twenty vessels and a number of monitors
June %, 1861, he was promoted to commander
4 .nL four Ia ter he WAC nlacnl nn The RETRO.