The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-10-12

Court opened on Monday the Sd INST ) u1ssoe hooe!t-
son presiding. Chief Justice Allen being lndIspoeeu:
King rs. Dyack, q Chinaman. Ash b. Bates fr
the Crown. and Sir. Blair for the defence. Prisoner
charged with assault with a deadly weapon, in pursu-
ing . Portuguese with a hand axewwas acqnitted :
King as. j. Wilkinson, of the {" Worlds End DO
tel. Mr.. Bates for prosecution, MIR. Blair for de-
fence. Defendant was charged with selling liquor on
Sunday and had been convicted and fined STU IN
the Police Court. On appeal the Judgment OF the
Court below was confirmed.
TUESDAY, 4th-The Court was chiefly occupied IN
hearing motions. etc. Judges Allen and Robertson
present. So
Assumpsit. for moneys had and received for PLAINTIFFS
use. Messrs. Montgomery and Harris for the PLAIN
tiff. Mr.. Bates for the defendant. This was VIVA!
has become familiar to Honolulu juries as the ''oio
.NTle case, Plaintiff claimed to have owned one
eighth of the ship.Nfle Mt the time she was seized and
sold in 1854, at suit of defendant, to recover the value
of supplies furnished by him to the uaher CtaIioh,
another vessel belonging to Bailey and Gilbert, the
supposed owners of the Nile. Verdict for piaintn
for one eighth part of the proceeds received oy deiend-
ant with interest from that time, say Sl,SOo.
THURSDAY, 6th.-HenryM acfarlane Us. Peter Lar
kin. appealed from the Police Court. This was an
action for damages sustained by the collision of
bullock cart driven by defendants servant, with
plaintiffs carriage. The Police Magistrate nad
awarded $50 rs damages to Mr.. Macfarlane.. De-
PENDANT appealed. Mr.. Montgomery for plaintiff;
Mr.. Blair for defendant. This case, as the one pre-
ceding, occupied the entire day. The jury went out
about u O'Clock and almost Immediately returned
with a verdict confirming the judgment of the Court
FRIDAY AND SAruRpAY.-The Court heard sundry
acknowledgements.
In the Nile case, above reported, the decision is
not yet final. Exceptions having been taken = the
verdict by the defendants counsel, the case will come
I'D again before the Chief Justice in Chambers, after
the session is closed.
MONDAY, 1Oth.-Was tried Makahanohano. charg-
ed with the crime of murder. The circumstances of
| tha r,,.dar IF N hv her paramOur at Eva. In
July last, will be in the recollection of our readers.
The aN was one of peculiar atrocity in the commits
sion, and from the want of any provocation and his
deliberate acknowledgement and unconcern since, he
was found guilty of murder in the first degree, two
jurors dissenting, finding in the second degree
Messrs. Bates and Kanaina for the prosecution,
Messrs. Blair, Harris and McCully, counsel, assigned
by the Court for the prisoner.
TUESDAY, 11th.-The morning was taken up by the
case of Henele, a native charged with the larceny of
S83, from the safe Of the schooner Rekauiuohs, in
September last-appealed from Police Court. Found
guilty. Messrs. Bates and Kanaina for the Crown.
Messrs. McCully and Mahelona for prisoner.
WEDNESDAY, 12th.-Agreement on motion 20 post
pone the cause of Kaopua Us. John Ii. to next term.
PLEASANT WALK.-One of the best walks, fer exer-
else about the town, is the ascent of the Punch Bowl.
7 Ah4 w Avs w. NHD
enough to bear the fatigue, there can be no pleasanter
occasional recreations at n time when the sun is sink
ing towards the western horizon, and the heated air
of midday has given place to the cool. quiet hours
that herald the approach of night. The walk up
Punch Bowl, gives one a good appetite for supper.
The view from the summit is beautiful-old Diamond
Head on the one side, and the Waianae mountains ON
the other; Nuuanu Valley in the back ground, and
Honolulu in the fore ground, with its harbor and
ships, and the little schooners working out through
the channel and blowing their way, eastward and
westward, through the blue waters of the sea. And
as you lean upon one Of the cannons there, on the brink
of the crater, you see the sun sent below the ocean,
while its dying rays lend an air of extraordinary
beauty TO the landscape. We recommend all dys-
peptics TO walk up to the top of the Punch Bowl,
at least as often as once a week.
Rev. Nh. BEcKwITH.-The following is n copy Of
the preamble and resolutions of the Board of Trustees
Of Oahu College. in reference to the resignation of
President Beckwith, passed Aug. p, 1859
"Whereas the Rev. L. G. Deckwith, President
of Oahn College. has found it necessary, on account
Of the confirmed illness of his wife, to offer his resig-
nation to this Board of Trustees, TO take effect at such
time as shall suit his,convenience,"
Therefore, Resofred l.. That his resignation he
accepted.
Resolred 2. That while they unanimously and
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this step upon his part necessary, they would never
theless express their gratitude that he has been per-
mitted to labor in this post so long, and with such
eminent acceptance and success, and that their kind
wishes will accompany him into any field of labor
into which he may enter, with their earnest wish
that his labors may he as acceptable and useful in
the future as they have been in the past
Published by order of the Board of Trustees.
r. ARMSTRONG;, Secretary.
QUICK DISPATCH The ship HTHiam UTrt,
(whaler,) Of New Bedford, arrived in this harbor on
the 18th instant, consigned to MIR. Chas. Wolcott
Brooks. She went to sea again on Tuesday evening,
having taken on board a full supply of stores, provi-
sions and water, without having lost a man by deser-
ton during the twenty-four hours OF detention.
We copy the above from the S. f.. Mere. Gazette.
The dispatch noticed is certainly commendable, and
no doubt our San Francisco ~neighbors will be able to
do the same thing again, when the next whaler strays
in there, provided, they have the assistance of one of
our Honolulu Ship Chambers to do the thing for
them, as was the case with the Uiliiam Writ.
Had not the ship chandler referred to, who is an old
hand at the ropes, fortunately teen waiting in San
Francisco, on his way to the islands, at the time the
WTrt went in. and lent his assistance, Capt. Osborne
might possibly have lost all his men and perhaps his
vessel too. We have a faint recollection of such
things having taken place at that port.
Y On our first page we copy from the Providence
Journal, which IS one OF the ablest papers IN the
United States, a letter relating to these islands. We
see that the same article has been extensively copied
throughout the United States. We do not believe
that there is any ground for alarm, and publish the
letter simply to contradict its correctness. From all
our observation We should judge, that the French are
satisfied with the present basis of relations between
the two governments. The treaty yields to them
more than that they ought to have asked. The writer
of the letter is probably not q resident of these
islands, but a person who may have resided here, and
is evidently well posted in our politics.
ONLY A CIrnER.-It is amusing to notice how ri