The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1860-01-12

retired for the space of about half an hour. and re
turned with a verdict of guilty. Mr.. L. McCully,
appeared in the case as counsel for the prisoner.
Judgment was deferred. The other two Cinnamon,
Kea and Achee, charged with being accessories to
the above murder, were then placed under trial, but
owing to the absence of reliable evidence were dis
charged by the court.
On Friday the Chinaman named Apah was brought
before the court charged with endeavoring to COM
init the crime of arson. The Jury returned a YER
dict of guilty. but that on the ground of insanity
and fermentation, he was not responsible under law
for his acts. Apah was then committed to custody for
safe keeping. -
SUCCESSFUL CASDIDATE.-A candidate for the hon.
ors, comforts and privileges ofthe chain gang, in the
person of a Chinaman named Onghung, appeared be-
fore the Police Magistrate on Thursday last, to an
swer to sundry charges OF theft, preferred against
him by Mr.. Davis of he National Hotel. The cul-
prit is a discharged servant of the prosecutor and has
for some time been carrying on a system Of devasta-
ting crusades among the cold meat and other eat
ables, but the watchful vigilance of Mr.. D. succeeded
in dislodging the gourmand. On Wednesday even
ing. being disturbed about 8 O'Clock by a noise in his
kitchen, he found the long looked for, when he imme-
diately gave him into custody. The Magistrate,
showing a kind and benevolent appreciation of Mr..
Onghung efforts and desire to rejoin the chain gang
fraternity. from whom he had been for q short time
separated. sentenced him for the offense to six
months hard labor, and then in consideration of it
being the second time, added three months more. No
thing like such prompt and severe measures for the
checking of crime. -
CLIPPER BARK CoMET.--This fine vessel, lately
purchased by Capt. James Smith in San Francisco,
arrived here on Friday last, with the European and
American Mails. She is a staunch looking vessel,
and will Especially when her cabin accommodations
are e~nlarged) prove well adapted for the trade in
tended. She appears to possess the qualifications
which enable a vessel to sail fast, and we doubt not
under the command of so old and esteemed a sea
veteran as Capt. James Smith, will make some good
passages. Her tonnage is 537, some two hundred
tons larger than either the Yankee or Palmer. She
has nearly a full cargo engaged. and is expected to
sail about the Doth inst. AS soon as she can spare
two or three weeks to make the changes, she will
have a large cabin house erected, capable of accom-
%modating at least 90 passengers. As a full freight
is now offering, she will not delay this trip to make
the alterations. -
A GALLANT CAPTAINS ND.-Ou readers will
remember that We published some months ago the
account of the loss of the British ship Pirginia on
Bakers Island, q part of the crew of which vessel
was brought to this port by the Josephine. Capt.
withers left that island in the ships boat and ar
rived at Sydney. His subsequent history and heroic
NS~''h, ~ S'Nh ~ "HS "H"a W H"' III
Forney's Press:
Or arriving at Sydney, Captain Withers learned
that the Royal Charter was at Melbourne, and
about to sail for Liverpool. He accordingly went to
Melbourne, and embarked on board that steamer,
little thinking that she too, like the vessel he COM
manded, would meet with n similar fate. He is the
same Captain Withers which one CT the survivors of
the ROYAL Charter described as I" behaving himself
with such noble for'itude and unfiinching bravery
when all seemed lost, and when it was even a mock
cry to hope for succor in such a fearful tempest. But
ne was evidently doomed to die a sailors death; and
the last seen of him, who was as accomplished a
gentleman as he was an experienced sailor, was
when he called out to Captain Taylor and his chief
officer, Mr.. Stevens g God bless you, Taylor God
bless you, Stevens Keep frm.'' The Royal Char
ter broke up Immediately after. The remainder is
already too well known.
The ELEcTIoNs.-The returns for the Election of
Representatives come in very slowly. We give as !
full a report below as has been received
OAHU.
J. I. Dowsett,. ..... Honolulu. p. F. Manini,. ..........Ewa.
VIM. webster,...... do. S. NJ. Naukanar. .waialua.
5 5: + E ;a al.mn':::: do do: G 6. nheEs,o .:K i.Tooinalos.
MAUI.
D. D. Baldwin. -. .Lahaina. s. NJ. KamakAu,.. . Waikiki.
P. j. Green, ........ Makawao.
HAWAII.
R. K chamberiayne, .Hilo. J. Kaukai .Hamakua-
L. McCury .Kohala. D. H. Nahinu,. South Kona.
KAUAI.
H. A. Nhenan-- aWhI"lH ~. d. haboe. hanalei-
V. Knudsen.- .Waimea- |
One District on Hawaii is still to be heard from;
also Molokai. From all the reports received, it ap-
pears 10 have been an unusually quiet election all
over the islands. The defeat of Capt. Cummings in
Kona, by 10 votes, and of J. W. Austin, ESQ.,, at
Lahaina, viii be regretted by all.
DAsHAwAYs.-An able and entertaining lecture
was on Saturday evening last delivered before this
society by Mr.. S. Westcot. After the business of the
evening was disposed of, the members of the society
were agreeably surprised to find that a member Of
the Dashaway Society in San Francisco had arrived
among them, who presented some copies of Bylaws
Dashaway Songs, which he had brought with
him. -
DEDIcATIox.-The new and beautiful hall on Fort
street, erected recently by the Odd Fellows, for their
use, was dedicated on Saturday evening last, with the
usual exercises on such occasions. The hall was we'll
filed with ladies and gentlemen. We had hoped to
have found room for a more extended account of The
exercises, and for the admirable address Of Mr. Dur
ham, but are forced to omit them.
Our readers may not all be aware that Capt.
Jones, who had charge Of the Vanderbilt steamer
North Star, when she ran on the Bahama banks
the United States mail and 900 passengers, is
the same gentleman who commanded the steamer
Point, which was lost at Koloa, Kauai, several
years ago. -
p HIS MAJESTY IKE KING and suite arrived
rom Lahainl in the schooner .Nanuokaacai on Fri
last. and was seluted by the battery on Punch
BOWL Hill. -
- For China news, see an interesting letter from
lr. Maclay, following the foreign news, on nezt page
e An interesting letter from an old resident,
nm in tba Tr;ta 70. - =