The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1862-07-03
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

The L. 5, snip "wYoMIHG."-Thi steamer
which visited Honolulu early in 1861. is hourly ex-
pectedfrom san Francisco. and may arrive soon after
We 60 to press. She was 70 sail from that port on the
18th Of June, but may have delayed till the 10Th.
FROM this port She viii proceed to Japan and China.
In the Bulletin. We fud the following ZEN referring
TO her:
SAILING OF rHs wronNG~-Tae L. steamer yomsag.
tor several months yius at the Navy Yard, Mare Island, uu-
and viii proceed to sea with a. little delay a. possible. The
ne" boilers OF tie " coming viii NO; br placed Uu board till she
voyage. L j. understood that the order Tor this sudden and
unexpected move was lately received frr. washington hv FI,g-
officer Bell, the "Td-r commanding that there should te sent 10
the China coast aa armed steamer ( the protection # Auer-
which have shown themselves Of late. Il i sad TIA, pra,ic.I
Jiahs, armed with : and o-IoCaiers- are sAu.Ai"E about tie
damage or captures, however, have been reported. Tins j. what
leaving our ships and commerce in THAI part Of the world wholly
anprotec'ei-thers not being then a single American unan-of-
American vessels have been the only ones which have been in
aiyanp,se Of The Eyom5,gg viii be comnaaded by capt
McDousa, I. S.N.
The following is a list Of her officers. at the time of
her arrival at san Francisco. There may have been
some changes since
CamDandgr, I. MeDousal; Lieut., George W. Young: Master,
P,ynasplr c.. Cs-i-,,.' 49,. ~ VIVA r9n'oi1
j.; lst Asst. LuEine--, Philip Inch; ~ Asst. EuguL er. : Al
bert 81 Asst. Engineers, William c. Nunroe, Hugh II. Cline,
Masters Mates, Walter Pearce, John Z. Sweeney, Isaac 7.
Brown. -
FIRE.-The alarm of fire was sounded on Friday
night, about 10! o'clock, which proved to be caused
by the burning of two native houses in rear of Wm.
Woni's residence, in Nuuanu Valley. The inmates
of the house, which was owned and occupied by
Pualewa and his family, who are among our most
worthy natives,-had retired. The house, it appears,
was set on fire. probably by some mischievous person.
as the flames were first observed outside and near the
r,f Pc Co, III ia 49,. z...l IL. Ill.,
family had barely time to escape, and did not save
even their own clothes. Two thatch houses were con-
sumed. Engine Company No. 4. being located near
est, were first on the spot, but followed not far be-
hind, by the other companies. Owing to the houses
being located back from the road and among taro
patches, they had some difficulty in getting near the
fire. No. 3 was the only engine, we are informed.
that succeeded i'll getting water on to the fire, but
only after 1t was of little use. Thatch burns with so
great %rapIdlty, that generally any efforts to check 1t
are useless. -
lIYDRANTs.-The necessity of hydrants on the
Valley road is plainly obvious, from the fact that no
water could be had on the occasion of the fire last
Friday, except by Company No. 3. who filled their
engine with buckets from a small drain, which was
found By chance. Fortunately the fire was well off
from Mr.. Wonds, for the efforts of all the fremen
could not have saved his property had the fire occurred the
same distance to windward of his place. 1t is to be hoped no
VIII u iSt u iIOptIlN-HOiltIS SllNtltu III the
Nuuauu road from fire, by constructing hydrants where
necessary. "
OVERLAND MAILs-By notices in the San Francis
Co papers, we observe that the mail coaches have
commenced running overland, having started at each
END on the 10Th of June. All letters are to be car
overland, and all papers by the steamers. Ex-
presses. however, ae allowed to carry letters via
The Bulletin of the 18th says:
" learn by "a Geographic dispatch received at Wells, Far
X Cos express office. to-day that the overland Mail route
has been restoched and put in complete crder again. On Mon
lay TIE stages viii resume running from Placervine, 50 that
newspaper mails or passengers starting by this eveninG's boats
rom san Francisco, viii be in time tor tins uTst trip through.
some of the - missing mails that have been due here for the
asst month, will probably come to hand soon. An agent WAS
ent out over the line from the East to take charge of those that
lie was last heard from, that few if any would be lost"
~ The bark Comet arrived at San Francisco on
he llth, II days from Honolulu, and would leave
gain about the close of June. She ought to arrive
about the 10th to the 18th of July.
MISUNDERSTANDING the passengers by the
Fanny, on Friday last, was Mr.. Samuel Alexander,
gho has been engaged by the Board of Education as
n assistant teacher in the Lahain.luna Seminary,
place of Mr.. II. II. Parker, whose term of engage
leut as teacher there, has expired.
81 The steamer leaves again for Lahaina and
.ona next Monday.
G==.s
UoNoLrLu, FIRE DEPARTMENT,
July Sd, 1867.
So IL EGULAR
MEETING II The Board Of Representatives of