The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-01-28
T OF THE WEEK.

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Kona. Large quantities Of rain had fallen at Maka-
wac and the windward side Of Maui, and hail fell at
the former place as large as peas. The wheat farm
ers complain Of the ravages made by rats among their
seed wheat :. The schooners Kamehameha ~. and
JManuokatoai left a small place beyond Honuaula on
East Maui-called Keonioio-on Thursday. the 18th
instant. the former bound to Kohala, and the latter
to Hilo. The next day the JManuokaacai returned to
the anchorage, reporting that she was unable to beat
up the Hawaii channel. She had picked up a schoon-
er's main boom, which Captain Beckley thought was
the Rdmehameha's. He also saw trunks, calabashes,
&C., floating about. Besides this, it was reported
that two long pieces Of three-inch plank had been
picked up at Waihee. From all these facts it was
feared at Lahaina that the Kamehameha ~. had
been lost; though how the circumstance Of finding
a plank at Waihee and main boom on the opposite
side of the island were connected with the loss of
the same vessel, is difficult to imagine. The Kane
hamehd ~. has since arrived at Honolulu safe and
sound. The main boom must have belonged to some
other vessel, though we know Of no other in that vi
cinity at the time Of the tonnage of the Kamehameha
~. We look for the arrival of the .Manuoka,cai
for an explanation. f. The John Dunlap arrived at
Lahaina on the 18th, having gone to that port to re-
pair damages. She was blown off out Of sight of Ha-
waii. during the late gale, and carried away her fore
topmast and wheel. After repairing at Lahaina, she
sailed again on the Goth for Kailua. After an
absence of two years on a visit to the United States,
the Rev. Mr.. Baldwin again officiated in his pulpit
Mt Lahaina, on the 18th. During his absence his
place has been gratuitously supplied, as we learn, by
the Rev. J. F. Pogue, of Lahainalunn, whose services
have been well appreciated by the congregation.
CHINESE NUIsANcEs.-Coolies are noted for their
filthy habits, and Inspector Jourdan in the discharge
Of his duty as the abater Of nuisances has revealed
the existence of any amount of pestilence-breeding
matter on various premises on Nuuanu and the con-
tiguous streets occupied by Chinese as restaurants.
etc. In one place he found a tank or wooden box,
sunk to a level with the ground, and covered with a
platform, and into this receptacle had been poured
for months, all sorts of swill and garbage, which, in
the crowded neighborhood of Hotel street between
Nuuanu and Mauna Kea, under a hot sun, was fes-
tering and steaming with putridity. On Nuuanu
street, adjoining the Mazeppa House, was another
Chinese establishment, in the rear of which the In
spector found a number of barrels similarly sunk in
the ground and used as repositories of filth. The in
mates of both these premises were warned by the In
spector to remove the nuisances, but without effect,
for at the end of n week they were not abated, and a
complaint was entered and the parties summoned be-
lore the IOIce court. FOR some reason they were not
fined, but let off on the payment of costs. These facts
corroborate the statement we made some weeks since
that Honolulu was getting to be a filthy place, and
that Sickness would inevitably follow unless measures
were taken to cleanse and keep clean the purlieus and
by-ways of the town. The late sickness would seem
to have aroused the authorities to a sense of their
duty, and we hope that all parties complained of by
Mr.. Jourdan, (who is regularly appointed rs Inspec-
800 Nj Ill l. - 81 I'll p;.b Z.
LOOK Or FOR THIEvEs.-On the 10th instant, the
Rev. Mr.. Clark's study, at Kawaiahao, was entered
and a strong desk lock broken open. About $150in
cash was stolen; supposed to have been taken during
the daytime. No clue to the thief has yet been dis
covered. Mr.. Isaacs' clothing store, on Nuuanu
street, was entered on the night of the Goth, and
about 50 80 in change stolen from the drawer. 1t
seems that one Robert Davis, a colored man, and
some others, were in conversation on Tuesday even
ing, in Isaacs' store, when the latter remarked, in a
casual way, that he always kept about $500 in gold
in his till. Davis asked him if he was not afraid of
thieves, and where he slept. Isaacs replied that he
was under no apprehensions of being robbed, and
that he slept in a room above the store. The fol-
lowing night the burglary took place, and suspicion
at once pointed at Davis. He was arrested on Thurs
day, and, after an examination before Judge Girls
void, was committed for trial at the next term Of the
Supreme Court. -
Blowing ONES SYPHoN-The Polynesian tries to
get out of the syphon hoax, by lodging behind the
back of one "P. Huerne, Civil Engineer and Archi-
tect." That won't go down in a community of intel
ligent readers like that of Honolulu. Mr.. Payne Of
Worcester, Mass, once took out a patent for making
gas out of water. Was that "a sell! One John
Jones of New York, also once got out a patent for n
perpetual motion, and actually exhibited it to crowded
houses. The perpetual went till it stopped. Was
that a sell And now Mr.. Huerne ESQ says the
Polynes;an) is going to take out a patent for empty
ing sinking ships by a ~syphon-probably on the
suction principle. Isn't that g another sell? ," And
who's the victim =
A SrRANGER.-A fore and aft schooner passed by
this port on Friday last under full sail, within about
six miles of the harbor. There was but a light air
from the southwest at the time, and she was in sight
several hours, apparently bound to Kauai. The sup
position among the knowing ones is that it was the
Olivia, Capt. Allen, of San Francisco, belonging to
the same owners with the Gen. Morgan, and bound
to Koloa for a cargo of sweet potatoes. If so, the
schooner RaIama, from Lahaina, will get the start
of her, as she probably cleared with her cargo on
Monday, the 18th, and will reach San Francisco
about the time that the ST. .Marys does.
TARGET PRAcTIcE-The 81. .Mrrys on Friday last
exercised for an hour at target practice with shot and
shell. The target was a frame work of joist about six
feet square, covered with canvas. and erected on the
reef ut the east side of the entrance Of the harbor.
We are not able to say how often the mark was hit,
but Judging from its tattered appearance at the close
of the exercise. we should say that the practice was
very good. -
DEPARTURE OF THEIR MAJEsTIEs.-H. B. NJ. steamer
Tiren, sailed on Thursday last for an excursion
among the windward islands, having on board as
guests of Capt. Meacham, their Hawaiian Majesties the
King and Queen, and suite. On the embarkation of
the royal party a salute of 81 guns was fired from the
Punch-Bowl battery and the -Alcibiade and 81. .Marys
manned yards. We understand the trip is intended to
be prolonged some three weeks, during which all the
principal ports of the windward islands will be visited.