The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1859-05-12

sMorEr.ss-Thefe are persons in this world vh'
think that all The wisdom and learning extans :
LODGED il their own shallow brains. Some Of then
would appear to be driving the quill of the PQtyne
s;an. We once heard OF q lnnatic brought into tina
condition through the overwhelming thought that II
his brain alone was centered all knowledge ana WIS
dom. Whether the Polynesian editorial stan eve
become 80 far lost. it is impossible to say, but presen'
appearances would indicate that no sooner mas : nos
pital been fairly established. than we shall need
lunatic asylum.
The last Polynesian takes us to task ON q variety
Of subjects in a manner which shows the ignorancs
if not impudence Of some Of the craft. That mistakes
l-typoeraphical and clerical-may and often do oc'
cur. none are more sensible of than We; but these
righteous, pharisaical habit Of pointing at the mote
in another's eve when there is a beam in his own
is a trait of the PoIynesian. We quote from it:
Ii ttbe Commercially says that the British bark Nelson !" ar
rived yesterday twednesday) from Arean,pa. s s,um thn Coast
we would ask how the bark got there, and back again 70 the
water!
Now, any school boy knows that Arequipa is o
state or department of the Republic of Peru, with Its
capital of the same name. The port of the state is
the little town of Iquiqne (not Yquique, as the Poly
sian has it, The Captain of the bark reported him.
self from Arequipa, and he was correct, just as YES
sells report themselves from California, Oregon, &c.
What is more common than for a whaler to hail from
Oahu or Japan, or a ship from California or Oregon !
The geographical ignorance of the Polynesian is
what all laugh at. If it will take the pains to study
o Primary Geography. we will send in a copy.
1t next hunts up an affidavit to show that the
Splendid did visit Johnson's Island. AS the voucher
is of considerable importance in establishing the
Poiynesian's veracity, it should receive full faith and
credit.
Again, in endeavoring to straighten us, it gets it
self wrong. 1t says that the brig .fduance was
bought by Mr.. Coquin. There is no such person
in Honolulu, that we are aware of. The gentlemen re-
ferred to, is probably Mr.. Coqui.
Next, we find a hypocritical snarl at US for not re-
tanning a font of Greek type which has lain here un-
used for thirty years, more or less, because there is no
earthly use for it, and which would probably lay for
thirty years longer unused, unless wanted to illus
trate those very verdant commercial articles,
which abound in " classic thought and ancient art. y
But the beauty of the whole of this Greek affair is.
that before the Polynesian had scrubbed his snarl.
we had actually offered to the Government Press this
Greek font, which is completely new. at taco-thirds
what it would cost to import it, and the offer has
been declined. II that isn't hypocrisy. then we have
yet to learn what is.
OF Greek art at the takingo of Corinth. The Mummius family are
not all dead et-"-Pofynesian
No! There's at least one of them to be found in
the Polynesian office. Verbum sap!
1t publishes a list of g whale ships expected to ar
rive at Honolulu in 1s59,"-but who ever heard Of
a ship of the name of .drragon The Carolus and
Helen Sims will be a long time expected at this
port, as no such vessels exist in the whaling service.
We point to these errors, not in the spirit Of recrim-
ination, but to show how easily typographical and
other errors occur, and also to show the pedantry and
vanity of the Polynesian, which is so proverbially
full of mistakes that our merchants do not rely on it
for correctness. We cannot stop every week to hunt
them up and make them known though if we were
to delay the issue of our paper on publication days,
TO correct errors and procure afidavits, till 10 or IL
o'clock. rs does the Polynesian, we should be able
not only to obtain afhdavits to prove the truth of
every statement made, but perhaps some that would
place the sanity of the government newsmongers in a
very questionable position.
ATTEMPTED SUICIDE.-Early yesterday morning it
rumored about town that Mr.. Martin Beck had
committed suicide. 1t appears that during the night
he cut his throat with a razor, and was found in the
lying on his settee. nearly dead, the settee
and floor covered with blood. His son, who slept in
the SANE room, heard no noise. and only made the
discovery in the morning. DIR. McKibbin was called
in, who dressed and sewed up the wound, which was
\ very severe one, the ~windpipe being cut nearly if
not quite through. 1t is quite doubtful whether Mr..
B. will recover. He is a Dane, we believe. by birth.
quite advanced in years, and has long been residing
IN the islands. His wife, who is of Spanish extrac-
deserted him some three or four weeks since,
md the cause of his attempt on his life is no doubt
with his domestic troubles.
BuaoLARY.-Mr Isaacs' clothing store on Nuuanu
street. just below the establishment of J. II. Strauss,
vas entered. il is supposed, between the hours of three
md four o'clock on yesterday morning, and about
s1CO dollars worth of clothing stolen. The propri-
of the store was awakened from his sleep by the
parking of his dog. and on going down stairs found
he back door open ard a lot of goods (about $50
strewed about. which the thief had evidently
eft in his hurry. The fact that the goods taken were
he best in the store. and evidently picked. goes to
how that the burglar was well acquainted with the
PREMISES. We do not hear of any trace of the thief.
CLOSE SAILING.-Three of the fine clippers which
eft here last fall for New Bedford and New London
lad arrived home, all making splendid passages,
they we're deeply laden with oil. We
the dates of their sailing from Honolulu and
'assages:
low. 25-sh. Golden Eagle, Harding. arr. Nd. Mar. 800 DIS.
low. 25-Sh. Skyiark, Folansbee, arr. at NIB Mar. 9-104d DIS.
low. 2S-Sh. Il. u. WiIetts, Holmes, arr. MI Mar. 11-103d DIS. /
The Skylark met a squall near the Equator in the
atlantic and lost her fore-top gallant mast. Other
rise, she would probably have been up to her
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THE YOUNG PRINcE's BIRTHDAY.-A week from
Friday, April 20, will be the first ami
ersary of the Prince of Hawaii's birth, and will be
bserved as a national holiday. Besides a recep ton
nj ball ut the Palace, there will be a regatta in the
during the forenoon, and horse races at Wal
Xxi in tine afternoon. For the regatta a number of
have already been entered, but we have not yet
earned the rules adopted for the occasion. They
1ill doubtless be published.