The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1861-06-06
NOTES OF TIE MEEk.

Church. before one @; the most crowded and refined
audiences We have ever witnessed within is walls,
AMI its verdict Is one of unanimous approval. Upon
the stage erected for the evening display, we noticed,
besides President Mills aud the Professors of the Col
lege, Monsieur L. Emile Perrin. II. / NJ. Consul
Commissioner; W. l.. Green. II. B. " Acting Com
missioner and Consul General; Dr. Bailey. ,He L..
; Special Commissioner, recently arrived; Col. J..
4. Parker. U. :, Consul HIS Ezcelleucy. i. [.
Gregg, Minister q: Finance; Chancellor and Chief
Justice Allen. and other well known and prominent
officials and citizens. The absence OF Their N~Iliesties
the King and Queen, was much regretted. The
performances ~c-mmcucel with singing, and the
Chorus " Ha, ha, we've stem'd the stream 50
electrified ~, that the Designations Of the e. Ro-
man Soldier" and "Flo.tSuc in the Nav"
were got through with. and the Quartet u the
L-rA's song commenced. before We recovered that
e4~Eanimity OF mind which If i necessary 10 possess,
before listening 10 hear So - 70 bee able 70 report.
Young ladies dressed in white muslin with white
rosctIjs ia their bosoms, are sad L.sturler, Of ones
thoughts II least, bat when the muslin dresses be-
GIN % MARBLE like uightingales, it is all up then
with poor reporters. After the quartet, came the
Grafton, by Mr.. Henry Thompson. ON Poetry, which
was the masterpiece Of the evening, both in the
manner in which il was handled, and the beauti-
fully clear and correct euuuciation with which the
words in which it was composed were delivered. The
first thing which struck Us in this young gentle
mans performance, was its delivery, and the meli-
fucus flow Of the language. The sentiment we did
not pay much attention 10 until that charm was
partially satisfied, and then our at,eLtion was drawn
10 what the orator was talking about. We racked
cur brains TO recollect if We had ever read it be
fore, not for one moment supposing we were listen
ing TO an original piece. The composition showed
maturity aud depth Of thought, and is the earnest
OF a successful and prosperous future, should Mr..
Thompson select the steep road Of knowledge to ar
rive at the Temple of Fame.
After a graceful and quiet Grafton entitled 9 No
Contented' by MIR. Chas. T.. Gulick, another one
Of those choruses came in, entitled : Happy and
ond again we experienced the sensations
alluded 20 ut the commencement Of our report,
which were only demolished after Mr.. VIM, Andrews
recitel the Duties Of = Fireman, which duties,
the members Of all the Engine Companies, from
I 10 / both Inclusive. are earnestly ad-
yised not to follow. The Grafton by Mr.. Chas. X.
Clark, and next in order, took us by surprise. It
entitled the &" Hero of Hawaii and KANFH4-
yEHA the 1st was the theme. In o%ratorical delivery,
We should yield the palm to Mr.. Clark. The ener-
getic and self possessed manner in which, before
q = >t u. uItA4LCl 4tCtS, lue speaker WIS dule
to overcome a natural difiience. was highly praise
worthy. We well recollect our first impression on
such an assembly. Every person before
us appeared to be a bunch Of eyes, regular Areuses,
o~rgosies, a terrible spectacle to difident youths.
The graphic delincation of the great kings char
pcter. aud his ambition to rule Polynesia, in entirety,
well set forth, and the apostrophe to the shades
Of the deceased monarch, was one worthy of an
dor aud mora .wrawr.praI Dnr,u-b,r;,, ,I,, NJ.
After the " Hero Of Hawaii" came the gem Of
the evening, in the singing line, There's Il sigh in
the Heart "a Duet by Miss Ellen Z. Armstrong
,nl Mss Ellen l.. Lyman. which seemed to
ouch the heart-striugs of the audience. so raptur-
'usIy was it encored. We plead guilty to a split in our
5uly lair Of white silk gloves. Every body was
Of enthusiasm. For purity Of tone and clear
Jell-liEe singing, we have heard nothing like Miss
Armstrong since it was our good fortune, years gone
b., TO listen 10 Adelaide Phillips. After the Duet 4
,llin matter Of fact Grafton on Commerce. BY
,Ir. II. VI. Alexander, was followed by one on
. Louis Napoleon" by Mr.. J. Z. Emerson. The
after oratian as well as that on the Ambition Of M
B1uauar;e," by Mr.. Nathaniel Emerson, as
ar as the subject matter was concerned, was evil
.eHtly derived from the Abbo;tiau School Of History.
were both wei delivered, that Of Mr.. Nathan
Fl Emerson particularly. For ease and self
ossessiou Of manner of speaking, We cannot too
ighly praise this speaker. The orations on Mon
,ucle -" uuI " le Neyeu De mon Onclc.' appeared
specially TO crafty II. /. W.. Commissioner. who
uilel very benign4ntly aud amicably upon the
Dung orators
The r~crf5rmances concluded with the chorus
the '' Tourist - and the distribution Of the prizes.
y the Committee, W. L Green, J. W. Austin, and
b. b. Bates, Esquires. The first prize, a fine edition
Webstor's Unabridged Pictorial Dictionary, was
Judged to Mr.. Henry P. Thompson, for the best
omnosei and delivered Grafton. which was present.
| 20 him by Mr.. \. Z. Bates, with "a few pertinent
emarLz aud the second prize, Smiths Classical
dictionary. 10 Mr.. Charles X. Clark. for the best lie
vered grafton. which was in like manner preseu:s;
him by ". L. Green Esq, II. B.. VI. Acting Com
lissioner and Consul General. The awards ap-
ear to have met the ful]es; approval Of the an
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- " STEAMER DAY" in Honolulu, Is becoming
an important event. giving business an Impetus
nd stirring up orr idle population, to move about =
at least one day in n week. On Tuesday last,
he Steamer left for Kona. Hawaii, taking probably
re largest number Of passengers and heaviest freight
lie has ever had. There were some forty cabin pas
myers, and perhaps three bg48rsK deck passengers
was splendid sight to see her decks crowded with
lch a living mass as she had ON board when she
,ckel ont into the stream, while the wlarves near
2 were crowded with thousands Of spectators, ana
,rsemen, carriages, carts and express wagons, hur-
ing here and there. \ person must be very sksp-
who now doubts whether the steamer enterprise
a success or not. Her receipts, We are assured,
averaged over one thousand dollars pc" ;up, for
e last six trips made, and her curreu, eEPen-
.nses do not exceed twenty-seven hundred d,-
rs per month. The regularity with which her
FPS to wiudwarl are made, AMI the comfort and
uveniences on board for travellers, are what attract
her such an increase of travel and freight. Trar-
bo,h by natives and foreigners, Is evidently
the in -rease, for the number Of passengers which
Il ON TnesdaY last, by the Steamer, Wine -lLeLE-A