The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1882-12-23

A train on the North Scotland Railway fell
through a bridge in Aberdeeshire. Fourteen
passengers killed.
Deryish Pasha is 10 be executed.
The Archbishop of Canterbury died on Srd
December.
Arailway accident at Hobson's Bay occurred
on 18th December. One person killed.
Distress anticipated III Ireland during the
winter.
A detective shot in Dublin by a Fenian.
Great fre in London. 9Th December. Total
loss estimated At IS, 600. 900. One fireman
killed.
The new map OF the United States, prepared
under the direction of the General Land Office,
is now in the hands of the printer in New York
and will soon be ready for distribution. 1t is
said 70 be the most complete and accurate one
yet compiled by the Government. 1t contains
over 1000 places not on all maps. These addi-
tons are mostly in the West. The rapid strides
of that section render the maps now in use al
most valueless.
The Democrats, it is understood. will make q
bitter fight in the Senate against the confrma-
ton OF General Pope to be Major-General.
Friends OF Fitz-John Porter accuse Pope of in
stigating the overthrow of Porter, and this, to-
gether with Pope's well-known anti democratic
principles, will, it is thought, combine all the
Democrats against him. He has, too, a few enc
mics IN the Republican party, and, it is said,
three Republican Senators will vote against him.
Ames, Boston Director of the Union Pacific,
! says the earnings OF the company Tor the cur
rent year, partly estimated, shows a surplus of
81, SOC, 900 floating debt, s., 700, 900, which
latter will be entirely extinguished by the imme-
diate placing of 50, 600, 900 collateral trust
bonds, already negotiated. Ames says the COM
pany will next year pay 8 per cent. dividend.
That portion of the Presidents Message
referring to a revision of the tariff saws:
While recommending this reduction | am
far from advising the abandonment of the
n0licu of ca dfScripD iDa io - %ho od.ret,oo-.
of details as to afford aid and paotection to
domestic labor. But the present system
should be so revised as to e~quaIize the public
burdens among all classes and occupations,
and bring it into closer harmony with the
present needs of industry. Without enter
ing into minute details, which under the
present circumstances is quite unnecessary,
l would recommend an enlargement OF the
free list so as to include within it the nu-
merous articles which yield inconsiderable-
a simplification of the complex and incon-
sistent schedule of duties upon certain man.
ufactories, particularly those of cotton, iron
and steel, and a substantial reduction of
duties upon those articles and upon sugar.
molasses, silk and wooden goods. If a gen.
eral revision of the tariff shall be found to
be impracticable at this session, | express
the hope that at least som of the more con.
spicuous inequalities of the present law may
be corrected before your final adjournment.
Crews arriving Dec. 7th, in the break
water were badly frost-bitten. Two vessels
came into the harbor completely covered
with ice. The crews nearly persisted. Ears,
hands and feet were frozen. Most of the
trains due here (Chicago,) yesterday, were
from half an hour to twelve hours behind
time, and many freights were abandoned on
account of the snow. There were no impedi-
ment, but the roads had difficulty in making
steam enough, while having water freezing
in the tanks. No accident is yet reported,
however.