The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1864-06-25
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

c1osE OF OAHU CoLLEGE.-Tbe report of the Ex.
aiming Committee Of the above Institution sail that
ICED be said regarding the examination. At its close.
an the second day, q few remarks we're made which
will be interesting to those who were not present.
| NJ. LYMAN. as Chairman of the Committee remarked
Ia, although be had been accustomed to attend ex-
,nipations for twenty years, his interest did not di-
rin;sh. He spoke Of the practical character of the
Institution. Classes, when Examined, showed that
,ssv we're as ready to answer questions asked by the
SPECTATORS as readily as by their teachers, which in
! dcated that the training was thorough.
/ His ExcelIency NJ. de Varigny, q member of the
Board Of Education, and a graduate of the Uuiver-
sty Of Paris, followed, and remarked In substance as
pillows:
Nv verso FaiExDs.-The pleasure with which I have at
padrt the examination during the past two days, IS my apoi-
oy FOR OBTAINING you a lane longer. L have listened tben,
uSey 20 your answers and have noticed with interest,", IN them
y, veil as in your written compositions, the spread Of that sound
and gas" SaIS. tMe Course OF your lives. .es, my friends,
aknoWbedge is power = but knowledge Is poser only IN ie
dependence OF life and thought. From our peaceful island home
sbS are rich to-day are poor tomorrow. Lee US understand
that great lesson that men and women must re.t their chances
dhs future on a hrmer. foundation than mere external appear
ances-,hat sound practical knowledge assistei by honest r-
a sIt . isie 81 your parents, to the faithful devotion of your
saehrn, you are indebted for these benefits. ihateveF D n
course which God, in his Infinite mercy may e u % IT, ~ -
1syr ~ @ S- sIsar thai the education you Five received, il
sTa.bs for You q lssminate among others; uTt "a hsns ~
trovf-4gr-azT civihZ1stOn- tndL dfSu "thSh uS JNHnub
no we S.-I TO hand from one to another in tseir races Of old,
bas 10 PASS from you to othersi and that u IS !yur duty 10 kesp
is asme pure, and its light bright, on the Istn s. y te rst nrn
you travel ny = o = ~ ana and in that Of those Gao. unable to he
.rresrpt today. follow you with anxious eyes a your earnest
endeavors, in your quiet and peaceful triumph
Rev. Mr.. Damon then made a shoft address, anu
said Il afforded him pleasure to be present AT the
annual examination of the College. DIR. Lyman had
made an aIlusion to one subject, upon ; hieh he would
add a few words. Our esteemed Precedent and his
wife are expecting to retire from tHIs institution.
Tkar services have proved invaluable Scrae years ago the
English lost one OF Their ascic discovery SHIFT IN the conu r,
sS~y LauJon by American whaIemen. 1t WIS then purchased
bs tie American Government and sent to EPgland. II
thank you" He felt that w. have more occasio1 TO Ihanh Mr-
i hi 70 he President and his lady, Mr.. D. san, {" In the name
aAs Trustees. L thank you' i'll the name q the parents %
isnk spas Pointing to the motto = our .upns. God bless
men, S}s EheS al hing ,bs P Sysf 5ng s anG his { s %if'D ~ s:nIi follow those
who have been under their instruction TURING o n ns I'VE
roE, he said he felt that they wouLi prove tue TRENDS ia no 10 thfe
Institution, wherever their 10: -sight Ae cast lner r an needed
ant a the gEzs-xtes, 90 many OF whom was Ir-sent, were eLS this
sy the ~lsrGdron- Ey mutual co-oPera.io:. h5 II h SIefalness
xhSbi it has pursued during the past score ofSears-
rosyoLoor-Messrs Fowler & Well. of New
Ofk. have lately published a book Tith the a66'e
tile, giving full descriptions IF the vSious kinds and
shapes of noses. and how to judge of a mans char
| aeier by the form of the nose. DIR. Sm- Hiiiebrand
I Of the Queens Hospital has iately reformed an ope-
ration which constitutes an advance "a surgery, anu
TO which the above Esu will have to- devote a sepa-
rate chapter in the next edition of tseir book. fne
facts ae these A Chinaman went "a abe hospital
4 I'd a sew one put on,
the r,ln's forehead a
| size and snap e for a nose,
| a nexnose 18th IT. The piece
4 nat IL would ave open nostrhs,
| man has an artIfeie. nose, which could
sl As such. except on clos.: inspection. Inc
head was -frg.che and seWtSi together, 10 ina
n of is now hardly nOticeabIei This IS one OF the
/ Se~able surgical operations We hay3 ever noticed, e
nArkabe mainly for ingenuity and successful result.
ENGLAND AND The : so-cALLED CsNFEDERAcY-''-
In the San Francisco Bulletin of the 1lth June
there is published a correspondence between Ear
Russell and JEFF. Davis, regarding the fitting out o
rams in Euglard, in which the noble Earl protest
against the purchase of any war vessels in England
by the sc so-called Confederate States" The repl.
oi Jef. Davis is as spunky a piece Of official CORES
sn1enc-a as We have seen lately IN print The same paper o,
Irginit 10 May, and also "a bill Of fare Of a 4th of July LHau
honolulu, said 70 have been sent to San Francisco for puohca
"@ III Of course a burlesque-
luz SMALLPOX AT THE MARoUEsAs.-By way
Hh francisco, we learn that the 8 nall-pox continue
"spread through the Marquesas, and had extend e
!" the Society LANDS. In the latter over 200 death
Ad occurred. Gu the island of Uapou, in the Mar
quesan group, all the inhabitants of the valley i
"acn the Hawaiian missionary Kauwealoha wa
sauoned, are said to have been swept off. and fesI
~e entertained that he and his family have not es
~s raVases- The total deaths on the group were 900, an
SPAguee continued to spread. IL is we'll for our authorize
o. tne alert, and keep a good Supply of fresh vaccine ma
49,, 49, i aso watch al vessels coming Ia these islands from tn
y racine as the smallpox is now revaging the FIJI an
grouPs. besides those mentioned Wrh the Chinese lei
~ ex1endng rapidly among the people, and threatening 500
u The smallpox.
The Smyrniote is the first vessel that we loo
81 mr UTeL
:" win a mail. She probably sailed on the 18th
l ! therefore seven days out to-day. She ougt
uahe a lying trip down, and arrive during mel