The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1883-01-13

D. Burns, Wnlch arrived at san Francisco
from Tahiti, reports sighting on the 18th of
November, in latitude 1850 s., and longi-
tude 1893 W., the little dory Pacific, that
sailed from that port last August, bound
for Australia. When the barkentine came
abreast Of her she hove-to, and. in answer to
the captains boat ahoy," came in a strong
voice This is the boat Pacific, 90 days out
from San Francisco, and bound for Bris-
kane, Australia In answer to queries,
The master of the little craft said his name
making the voyage entirely alone, just to
see what could be done. His boat, he said,
was less han two tons burtheD. He reported
that fine weather had been experienced,
winds and calms had delayed him twenty
nine days. He seemed cheerful, and san
guine of success, and did not need any
assistance.
The British bark Lennox, from Dundee for
San Francisco, was burned at sea September
18th, in latitude 46 deg. south, ana longitude 81
deg. west. Her captain, Joseph Doughty, ar
rived in San Francisco December Goth on the
ship st. Nicholas. The crew were transferred
to a vessel bound to Valparaiso. The Lennox
had a cargo consisting of 500 tons of pig iron
and 11S0 tons of coal.
HsRsEs FOR HAwAu-The S. F. Merchant says
that Mr.. A. B. Spreckels has returned from
MaTyville, after purchasing sixty head Of work
horses. The herd will be sent to the Hawaiian
Islands on one of the smiling vessels The average
price palu was ABOUT Sl4U per mead, which Is
considered rather high. California work horses
are scarce. and breeding them pays we'll. Prob
ably our farmers are satisfied now that as they
not only supply all the horses and mules used on
the Islands, but also furnish all hay and grain
they consume during life, that the reciprocity
treaty is a pretty good thing for them, the
Chronicle to the contrary Notwithstanding.
From the same source we learn that the Asso-
ciated Press is sending over the wires some bOsh
which the slightest pains on the part Of it's re-
porters would have shown to be false. Spreckels
and Co. have shipped no raw sugar round the
Horn to New York but Mr.. Glade, managing
partner of Ii. Hackfeld and Co., did ship
some time ago $500 tons, but this act of
the firm Of Hackfeld and Co., of Honolulu,
was not even by the advice of Mr.. Spreckels,
but rather in opposition to his wishes. Mr..
Glade says that the Eastern refners claimed that
the benefits of the treaty were sectional, and so
he determined to offer them a slice of the pud-
ding. Instead OF accepting 1t gratefully, they
flew into a rage, induced the Collector at New
York to refuse it's admission free, and the ship
ping firm lost money and are not likely to repeat
the experiment. The Secretary of the Treasury,
on the evidence of people who knew best what
Island sugars were before the treaty was made,
has just ordered the release of these sugars, but
in the meantime the avs have fallen. The New
Workers have in Ihis affair exposed the weakness
Of their position on reciprocity by blowing hot
and cold IN succeeding breaths.
The undertaken who had charge of the funeral
expenses of the late Senator. Ben Hill, of
Georgia, which were ordered 10 be borne by the
u. S. Senate, brought in his ''little bill, ;" the
items of which were as follows: Hearse 5000;
embalming $500; casket $500; and other sun
dries S12OOl His idea seemed to be to get the
money and then go to New York on a spreei
He didn't go though, because he had to borrow
some money with which to get home, where he
was sent by the Senate mmit to make out a
new bill.
Herr Most, a socialist who arrived in New
York q short time ago, has delivered o lecture
there. The following are the press opinions of
him. ''Sadly muddled headed person. ~ World.
HAS been in Jail, and probably ought to be
there nov Tribune. ''Can't earn a reputa-
ton as an orator. Times. Had better take
to the hand-organ business at nce.''-Herald.
Cold weather for Herr Most.
The Mutual Life Insurance Co., are erecting a
new building on the site of the "Mill's Block
lately destroyed. The new building will be
eleven stories high, reaching a height of 161 feet
from the ground, and will cost 81, 500, 600.
The Sultan's unhappy condition continues,
and his surroundings are still chaotic. Sedition
is rife on every side of him. The army is full
of dissensions and disaffection, the popular dis
content is loudly expressed. and affairs at Con-
stantinople present an aspect which usually in
dictates the approach of a violent transition.
REGULATION OF ARGUMENT IN GERMAN UNIyER-
sITIEs.-In the debating clubs of German univer-
Sites there II u RUE pTOQlDlIluB TWO hluQS Oh
argument from being used in discussion. The
one consists in saying, 81 am very glad not to
think as you do and is called the spinach argu-
ment in recollection of a famous bit of reasoning
once used by a lady-'FI am very glad that l
don't like spinach, because if l did l should
always be having some for dinner, and l can't
bear it," The other forbidden argument is that
of reminding a speaker that he has altered his
opinion, and it is styled the apple formula,
because an apple, being twitted of having
olanna1 ire color 10 sold m hnua onCyUarpH fh AT
>, it is only bad fruit that remains always green
The following notification has been issued by
Chen, Magistrate of the Mixed Court, by order of
the Tai-t'ai of Shanghai. 1t certainly does not
speak favorably for the progressive spirit of the
Chinese :-"The Mixed Court Magistrate Chen
hereby commands the constables Chao King, Wang
Hal, and Hung Flu, who in obedience to the in
structions of the Taotai, relating to the discovery
and prohibition of Chinese subjects from using
the electric light and to arrest and punish
ment of any one guilty of disobedience, had made
inquiries and reported the same-to cooperate
with the To-paos, and, in accordance with this
notification, to order the proprietors of the fol-
lowing places which use the electric light =
Fook Tab opium smoking shop, Yeh Yuen opium
smoking shop, Tien Sien theatre, Wen Cheng Tab
opium smoking shop, Sc Yuen opium smoking
shop, Long Yuen billiard room, Wah Chung Wei
billiard room, and Fab Kee opium smoking shop,
to discontinue from this day forth, the use of the
electric light on their premises, and never to use it
afterwards. The constables are to report, within
three days, obedience to these orders, and the re-
port will be forwarded to the Taotai. Do not de-
lay or waste time IN executing this notification"
The ". o. Commercial Bulletin SAYS, in reference
to the railroad monopoly that Claus Spreckels and
his associates, owners of the immense sugar plan
tations on the Sandwich Islands, have made a COM
pact with the Pacific Railroad Company, whereby
that organization binds itself to charge such exor-
bitant freight rates on sugar from the east to Ssn
Francisco, that competition against them will be-
come an impossibility. The Philadelphia Record,
speaking of the charge, and associating it with
the demand for a repeal of the reciprocity treaty
existing between the United States and the Sand
witch Islands, says Freedom of trade has created
this enormous commerce in sugar with the Sand
witch Islands but if the treaty were repealed and
the duties reimposed, the bride TO the Pacific
Railroad Company not to carry sugar from the east
would be increased, and the consumers of sugar in
California would be worse off than before, as the
duties would be added to the cost. By reducing
the duties on sugar as well as other articles to a re-
venue basis there would be no need of such a spe-
cies Of commercial favoritism as a reciprocity
treaty. As long as the protective system lasts a
reciprocity treaty has the merit of affording ONE
relief TO commerce. But how to prevent a rail-
road monopoly from insolently defeating the OBJ
iact for which n railroad il constructed. by uniting