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

remain here no longer. line IOllOWlng are the
officers of the Pearl:
Captain, Edward s. sotheby. Asst Engineer, B =. Budding
Lieut., S. w. D. Radcliffe. " F. Henderson.
Henry Grant: Midshipmap, A; W. Inges.
Ss5ssss; JOIN 8r{ SssSi i: Speed. s Gn !; H 1. Fs5s:
Chief Engineer, John Barber. Masters Asst E. T. r. Mere
Chaplain and Naval Instructor, Wether.
Rsy. i. !. Williams Naval Cadet, F. G. Timing.
Asst Surgeon, VIM. J. shone. Asst Clerk, T. II. L. Bowling.
ID Master. John Fowler. Gunner, Richard Parkins.
Asst Paymaster, J. K. PIERCE. Boatswain, Richard Cooley.
Asst Engineer, II. w. Eigar. Carpenter, John Burton.
u AS Fl. B. NJ. steam frigate Pearl CANE around
Diamond Head on Saturday afternoon, she fired two
guns from her larboard and one from her starboard
side for q pilot. The latter was charged with shot,
and probably well aimed, as it hit the pinnacle of
Diamond Head, and bounded back into the gulch
below. The natives, who were sitting on the beach
watching the noble ship pass by, heard the ball
fly over their heads with a whizzing noise, and ran
up the hill to find it. Next morning they found it
and brought it down, where it was an object of great
establishment to hundreds who passed by, and ex-
claimed Maj Ioa p3Iikia Pake, (great will be the
trouble of the Chinese, referring to the wer with
China,) and q thousand other EXPLANATIONS of wonder
which spring from their excited brains. The ball is
very smooth and about eight inchesin diameter. which
we suppose is a 68-pounder.
MAeAz1NEs.-The leading American magazines
come promptly to us by each mail, all of them crowded
with the choicest miscellaneous reading. No family
nor any lady or gentleman ought to be without at
least one monthly from which to CLEAN the current
popular literature of the day. Among those received
which we can recommend are Harper's, Godey's,
Graham's, Peterson's, Arthur's, and the United
States Illustrated-all choice and valuable monthlies.
Hunts Merchants and Debow's Review are stirling
commercial monthlies, which every business man
should study, and no merchant can esteem himself
fully qualified to carry on his business successfully,
without the aid of the important commercial statistics
furnished in one or both of these valuable magazines.
The home price of each of the magazines named above
is So, excepting Hunts, which is SIS, which does not
include postage, however. We will order for any
parties wishing on the terms specified in another part
of this paper. Sample copies furnished at any time.
L. B. ~SwAN.-Lettersr received by the last mail from
San Francisco, state that the suits brought by Homo
lulu merchants against Swan resulted at the trials,
in March, in a verdict against him, and the jury say
in their verdict: ssWe further find that said defendant
(Swan) was guilty of fraud in contracting the debt
for which the verdict was found" Judgment was
entered against him by the court for the full amount
of the suit and costs. Swan is liable to be arrested
upon this Judgment, and as the U. S. Government
have granted the request of the Hawaiian Government
to deliver him up for trial, it is not improbable that
he may be arrested and brought here.
AN OLD SETTLER By request we publish in our
supplement the letter signed with the above signature,
which we find in the S. T. Herald, without, however,
endorsing any Of the writer's statements. He saws
some things that are true, but some are equally I'M
true. His main object appears to be to hinder immi-
grafton into our kingdom. The more that the true
-, 5;4;oo lof +boso ic1a D6s &c Ino,ro 4bo 6o44.. "a nj
be for them, for a large portion of the adventures
who come here, come with mistaken ideas, and too
often are disappointed in their expectations. One
great object for which the Commercial was established
was to disseminate correct information of the condition
and wants of our islands, and for this purpose we
shall continue to furnish the most reliable agricul-
tural and statistical data chat can be procured.
WORTH KNowING.--Ants are a great trouble to
every housekeeper, and a sure remedy against the
little vermin ought to be made known. We have
never found anything effectual till we tried a prepara-
ton put up by DIR. Hoffman,, which we can pro-
nounce infalLible, as we have not seen an ant about
our premises for a fortnight. The DR.. S modesty pre-
vents him from h~eralding it, but we shall not allow
it to hinder US. Ask for ANT Poison
THE PoLYNEsIAN-came out last week in q new
form. 1t is now issued in quarto form, eight pages,
about the size of the Haze HaDaii. In its present
form it contains in the amount of matter in it Just
three columns of the old paper less than it did as
formerly issued. If the change is made on the score
of economy, it will no doubt meet public approval:
but we think that if the Haze and Polynesian were
united, four pages to each language, and issued at a
price at which the natives could afford to take it, an
edition of 1000 copies would be required to meet the
demand. But perhaps the change is now made with
that union ultimately in view.
- By recent advices from Texas we learn that
Jas. d. Blair, Esq, who formerly resided here for
several years, expects to return to Honolulu, and
resume the practice of law.