The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-01-30
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

A HA~rLsToRM-On Saturday evening last. sharp
but distant lightning was observed on the horizon at
the Northwest, presaging n disturbance Of the ele-
ments. \ light westerly wind prevailed at the time,
and during the following day was accompanied with
rain. On Saturday night, a haiistorm passed over
the city. the hailstones rafting like bullets on the
roofs, waking up almost everybody. Had it occur
red in the day time. we should probably have had a
repetition Of what happened in a similar storm on
Kauai some six or eight years ago, when an old ma
tive woman, living at Laval, who had never seen the
like before, picked up a small calabash full, covered
it carefully up, and trudged off to koloa, two miles
distant, TO ask the foreigners what this new thing
was. After a hard hours tramp, she reached Dr.
Smiths, and opened her calabash, when TO her
a~mazement, a half cupful Of water was all that re-
mained of her treasure. Poor woman, she was sold;
but she was not the first one whose g pursuit Of
knowledge under difficulties has met a like fate.
OFF AT LAsr.-The Peru sian coolie ship Petr0Riia,
sailed again for Callao on Thursday last. During
her stay in port she was thoroughly repaired. and
the repairs made here will doubtless enable her to
reach her destination safely. Her expenses have
been heavy, and rumor says her bills amounted to
nearly twenty thousand dollars. Her live cargo will
have to realize q large profit to settle up the expenses
of the voyage. While in port, her coolies, number
ing about 500, were housed on shore, and generally
appeared to be in good health. The poor fellows,
however, have not yet learned the hard life before
them-worse by far than American slavery.
DEATH OF GEN. M~IIIER--Advices by the last mail
announce the death of General VIM. Miller, at Callao.
Peru, on the 31st of October. 1t will be remembered
that the advices by the Russian steamer Norge, left
him very low and with no hope of his recovery. He
II A. ns - 80 Drst,.I
Commissioner and Consul General at these islands.
aud also enjoyed q high rank under the Peruvian
Government, with emoluments attached. We have
not yet received the particulars of his death.
FROM KoNA-His Majesty arrived at Kailua on
Thursday last, having suffered somewhat from sea-
sickness on the trip up, but when the steamer left
had quite recovered. There have been several severe
shocks of earthquake felt on the Kona side of Hawaii,
during the past month, auguring more than usual
activity in the volcano. The blight, which has so
much affected the coffee ana orange trees, is rapidly
disappearing, and hopes are entertained that it will
soon only be among the things that were.
e The ship Harrison formerly a whaler,)
which sailed hence for San Francisco Dec. 8, arrived
over on the 1sth.-l5 days passage. Land was
made in Is days from Honolulu, but owing to calm
weather, the ship did not get in till two days later.
- The brig Sheet .4nchor, which followed her,
sailed from this port on the 2lst Dec, and ought to
have arrived at San Francisco by the 9th of January.
THE MAILs.-Large mails were brought down by
the Eidridge and Comet, consisting of mail matter
which had accumulated at Placerville by the flood in
Sacramento Valley. OF some Eastern papers receiv-
ed at this Office, there were eight weekly dates run
ming from Sept. Is to November 10.
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- The next meeting of the Ladies' Strangers
Friend Society, will be held on Thursday, Feb. 9th,
at Mrs. Cartwright's, corner of Fort and Beretani.
Streets. -
~ We are under obligations to Messrs. M'Ruer
s Merrill, and Messrs. C. w. Brooks s. Co., and ].
W. Sullivan. Esq, for latest San Francisco papers.