The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-05-14

OAHU. KoIoa, waimea and NJ,
I.,.,,.- nA@ o,,,no, HeasIsi and Haalsea-,..
Lanalna-F. A. Oudlnot' GruDen. 81
Waialua and HonuaulaJ. D. HAwAu.
Makawao-Kapihe.
Kodhu and Kahikinui-J. Har- Ka'u-D. Sanford.
Kahakuloa-M. Kenui. North Kona-T. +. q Paris.
Molokai and Lanai-Kamai- South Kohala-J. Louzada
pelekane. North Kohala-. WieSt
KAUAI Hamakua-F. Davis.
Puma and koolau-H.A. Wide
All the above are intelligent and capable men. ~,
we trust that they will show their fitness for the off,.
entrusted to them. by promptly putting in passabls
condition the disgraceful roads existing in man,
parts of our kingdom.
A FIRE broke out on Monday morning, Ma, II. in
the upper story of the rear building on the premises
OF MIR. j. O'Neill, on Hotel street, between Fort and
Nuuanu streets. The cause OF the fire appears II
have been carelessness on the part of one of the It'll
boys. Within three minutes after the alarm va.
given, and before the flames had burst out from the
house, water was thrown on the building both from
Mr.. Bartlett's hose and by No. 2. We have nevo,
seen a fire company SO promptly on the ground, and
the fire extinguished in so short a time. A delay Of
even ten minutes would have caused the destruction
of several frame buildings adjoining, as the wind
was blowing a gale at the time. No. l. was also
PnomPty oh III SiOuHu, u . Jill the names were
subdued, their station being farther off. The value
of our public reservoirs was clearly shown ON MONDAY
last. -
N. Y. NAIL OF April Owe think it very probabla
that this mail will be received in the course of a few
days by some transient clipper, as Mr.. Allen expected
to secure q passage in one as soon as his health
would allow him to leave.
Is From Lahaina, we learn that the Jury in tba
Case of the American Seamen'' tried on Mondar
returned a verdict of mot guilty. We have not
yet received the report of the case. Messrs. Ducorron
and Farwell for defendants. E. P. Bond, ESQ.
District Attorney, for the Crown.
FATAL AFFRAY.-On the Both of April. in an affror
on board the American whale ship .Adnline. which
commenced in =" skylarking,' Peter Lanhan, opeor
the crew of the wrecked ship Edoard johnson. "a
fatally stabbed by James Bell, one of the crew of tbo
.ddalane. Lanhan is spoken of as a very Quiet.
peaceable man, and an afectionate husband and
father. He leaves a wife and child in LiyerpooI
Both parties were Irishmen. Bell has been nlaced IN
charge of the q. S. Consul at Lahaina.
- REV. VIM. SPEER, of San Francisco, whose yis;t
to the Islands last summer will be remembered bv
many of our readers, left that port with his family for
the United States in the steamer of April 9Th. on ao-
count of his health, which has not improved since bs
left these Islands.
SKETCHES OF THE q. lon our first pape VIC com.
mence a series of sketches of life in these Islands
which will be continued once or twice a month tbrough
our second volume. We have been promised som.
original sketches of scenery, travelling, life and
toms in our Islands, which will be of interest to our
patrons abroad, if not to resident subscribers.
= 49, IT,
with the Seminary at Lahainaluna took place on
the 9Th and 7h inst, and was closed by an exhibition
of the graduating class on the 9Th. Among those
present at the examination were the Hon. Judge
Robertson of the Supreme Court, Hon. Judge Rich
srdson Of the Circuit Court, His Excellency Gov.
Nahaolelua, Rev. r. Armstrong, d. D., President of
the Board of Education, and many residents of that
island. The number of natives present was very
large. At the exhibition eleven speeches in the
Hawaiian language were delivered, and two in the
English language by pupils. The Seminary appears
to be in a prosperous condition.
EPISCOPAL SERv1oE-was held last Sabbath even.
ing at the Bethel, at which Rev. Mr.. Every. Chaplain
to II. b.. Ms ship Esk, offciated. The chanel was
crowded with an attentive audience. The chanting
by the choir was excellent, and was the more COM
mendable, as chants are so seldom performed here.
The organ was under the charge of Nh Newman, a
German artist, who has, ON several occasions, pre-
sided over it with credit.
CANE BL1GHT.-We regret to hear from Kauai that
a portion of the cane fields, both at Koloa and Lebue
have been attacked with a blight or rust. At Ko1os
it appears to be a rust, and as yet is very Light
having touched only about fifteen acres. At Libue
the disorder is attributed to an insect, the aphis,
which is often noticed here on the cassia and other
plants. 1t is a white fuzzy insect, which breeds at
the junction of the cane leaf with the stalk and covers
the root. Some few acres have been attacked
at the latter place, but whether it will be a serious
injury remains to be seen. The late cool and windy
weather, it is thought, will prove a check to the
blight and rust.