The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-02-10
Nor OF THE WEEK.

which returned from Micronesia on the z4tn uit-s
was for several days last week an object or no ittie
curiosity. Her copper being detective ana mucn
worn. it was decided to strip and recopper her WINE
in port this trip. While caulking the upper WORKS
about the stern preparatory to heaving down, 1t was
discovered bv the sound that something was unsound
inside the planking, and ON boring in. the timber
was found MS rotten as punk. The planking was then
stripped OF some three or four feet down, nearly to
the waters edge. and al around the stern. when q
most extraordinary sight presented itself Mt only
we're the timbers SO rotten that they could be easily
picked to pieces with the fingers, but the whole stern
was a most curious combination Of patchwork, maze
up of the refuse odds and ends of a %shipyard. One
timber in particular we noticed. The lower part was
of oak, evidently unseasoned when put in,-at the
middle was a piece Of pitch pine some two feet in
length, and on top a similar piece of spruce.-these
two last not jointed together, but merely held In
their places by the iron E,stenings of the ceiling or
"skin'' and Of the outside ~planking. The skin
around the stern was also Of the same patchwork
character, not the slightest regard having been paid
to matching, ~jointing, or the kind Of wood used.
At a meeting of the Hawaiian Missionary Society, on
Tuesday Evening last, after hearing the reports OF
the differen gentlement who had been deputized to e-
anime the vessel, it was unanimously resolved to
recommend the agent here of the Prudential Com
mittee to have her repaired, the estimated cost being
S25OO, in addition to the expense Of coppering. The
copper was brought from the United States.
FoR THE VoIcAxo.-To a reader at a distance-say
in the Eastern States or Europe-it viii sound strange
that people should live within two days. travel Of one
Of the most stupendous exhibitions of Nature. and
make no effort to go and see it. But so it is here.
and day after day we hear the remark made-that if
-. -or1J ollo- O. md On unnld take n trim To
the volcano. There may be a vast deal Of business
going on about town, but if so, it is done very quietly
in out-ofthe-way corners. But seriously, a visit to
the habitation of Pele is an event to be remembered
during a lifetime. One writer, in speaking of his
impressions of a first sight of the immense crater Of
Kailuea says +" Had Vulcan employed ten thousand
giant Cyclops, each with a steam engine of one thou
sand horse power, blowing anthracite coal for smelling
mountain minerals, or heaving up and hammering to
pieces rocks and hills, their united efforts would but
begin to compare with the work of Pele here" Latest
accounts from Maui, received on Tuesday morning,
are up to last Thursday, when every indication was
apparent that the course of the flow was on the Kona
side, and that Kailua is the most preferable point
from which to start to view the grand spectacle.
ENTERPn1sE-Mr c.. H. Levers, the enterprising
lumber merchant of Honolulu, has imported per
Modern Times, a steam engine. which he has placed
on his premises on King street, opposite the residence
Of c. r. Bishop, Esq, where he intends, we learn, to
carry on the steam saving and planning business 1t
was a novel sight last Monday, when the newly i'm
ported patent trucks, drawn by one horse, bore the
boiler of the engine to its destination, and much won
derment was expressed among the natives. The en-
CINE, we understand is about thirty horse power.
Mr.. Levers will be able to receive koa logs from
rr---.. - L. 49, .Io,-ar than can no
done by hand in the mountains of Kona or Hamakua,
and thus we may be able to export furniture wood
as a slight offset to importing so much lumber. I'm
provement is the order of the day.
CHINESE New YEAR's.-Last Friday, February 4,
was the Chinese New Year, and the Celestials, in
humble imitation of the outside barbarians. made as
much noise over it as they dared for fear of the police.
They INDUCED in Hastings and merry-makings. and
pretty generally displayed their want of skill in horse
riding. The more respectable among these children
@ Of ths sdfs Their as sSamasessa sS j end Them 81 Pshs
festive board. and many availed themselves of their
hospitality. At Lahaina, where the Chinese are very
patriotic, n feast was prepared in the house of every
Chinaman of note, and such a display of cakes, fruits.
meats. SC. reminded many, who witnessed the festi-
val, of new years day in New York.
ISLAND STEAMERS AT LAST BY reference to the
report of Legislative proceedings in another column,
it will be seen that the House of Representatives have
passed, without any opposition Of moment, the Act to
incorporate the Hawaiian Steam Navigation Company.
The substance of the Act will he found in the pro-
ceedings for Monday last. We congratulate the
country, and especially the planting and grazing in
terests upon the prospect of the acquisition, within a
comparatively short period. of so valuable an aid in
developing the resources of the islands as inter-island
steam communication.
SADDLE SrEALING.-We have had frequent cause
to mention the frequency of saddle stealing, but never
have been able to chronicle the recovery of one. Last
Thursday, however, the Chinese New-Year's, the
police identified a saddle on which n celestial was
riding, as having been stolen off the horse of Professor
Haskell, some weeks since, in front of the Fort Street
Church. The culprit, who calls himself Kaniku, was
fined by Judge Davis, $40 and costs, and sentenced
to six months Imprisonment. Good.
BREAKwATER AT LAHAINA.-Mr. Austin, Repre-
sentative from Lahaina, introduced a resolution in
the House on Tuesday, requesting the Minister of the
Interior to direct the superintendent Of Public
Works to inquire into the present state of the break
water at Labaina, with n view to ascertain what
measures are necessary to prevent the influx of sand
at the landings, and the probable amount which will
be necessary to make the needful repairs.
DON'T ENCRoAcH.-We occasionally hear of en-
croachments on our public roads by selfish and short
sighted land-holders. One moves his fence a few feet
into the middle of the road, and by-and-bye his
neighbor moves his to make the line straight. Our
beautiful Nuuanu avenue, to widen which so much
trouble was taken a few years since, has been mar
rowed in some places four or five feet. Is it not the
duty of the Road Supervisor to look after and prevent
these encroachments on the public highway. If not,
let us know whose duty it is.
A BREED OF NATIVE PoNIEs-The wretched,
dwarfed native stations which are permitted to run