The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1865-10-21
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDA Y, OCTOBER 81.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

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E Drunkenness among the Hawaiians, the
boat boys in particular, is getting TO be of fire.
quent occurrence and is a great nuisance. and
the question is where do they procure their
liquor: When the police are blamed for not put
ting q stop to it, they answer that they cannot get
evidence to convict a person Of selling liquor TO
natives that the natives will not inform. This
may be very true, but we question if an in
ventive genius could not obtain the evidence, par
ticularly when he can almost any day see natives
going soberly into grogshops and coming out of
them in a state Of boisterous drunkenness. We
have frequently heard Government officials say we
want a law to this and that effect. and Immediately
make 4 note Of il for the next Legislative Assem-
bly,. This is very proper, but why not first en-
force what laws We have, and if their enforcement
is to no good end, let them be repealed and others
substituted. We venture the opinion that the
cause of three-fourths of the cases that come be-
fore the Police Court can be traced to liquor. and
in many of them TO liquor sold in violation of the
law of the Kingdom.
Es- The Hawaiian ship IoIani. of Brewer & Co.'S
Boston Line, arrived on Wednesday last. in las
days from Boston. From her first officer we OBJ
tanned the following memoranda Left Boston on
the 26th May was IS days TO the line in the Allan
~ iOSbN III 'bSs - ~ '- " AhC -lht W
80" 5. in the Atlantic was 50 days; from thence to
500 in the Pacific was 16 days from thence to the
line was SO days crossed in Long. 1859 3V W;
from the line into port was % days. Experienced
good weather all the voyage. Made Hawaii five
days before getting into port. The Iolani is dis
charging cargo. in fine condition, on the Esplanade.
~ By the Smyrniote, we We're in receipt of
the proof of q new Hawaiian fve-cent postage
stamp, executed by the American Bank Note
Company" for the Postmaster-G General. The stamp
is printed in blue ink, and is one of the neatest
extant. The engraver has executed the centre fig
ure, portrait of His Majesty Kamehameha ", with
singular fidelity to the Carte de Visite of tire origi-
nal which was enclosed with the order.
10 Some little time since n native was up be-
fore the Police Magistrate for cruelty to animals.
having tied a horse out of reach of feed for some
three or -four days. By the suggestion of a gentle
man in this city, We would cali the attention Of
those III authority to the appearance Of animals
confined in the Pound III Pauoa Valley, where they
may see legalized cruelty to animals.
Circus CoHNa.-By San Francisco papers re-
ceived, We learn that Wilson's Mammoth Circus"
will be in this city shortly. The California papers
are loud in their expressions Of admiration of the
performances of this establishment. and the public
here will no doubt appreciate the performances of
such artistes as Ella Zoyara, Ross and Carlo, James
Cooke, Dina, Barry and Mile. Comma.
fS- By last advices, we learn that the American
Government had detailed the iron-clad Monudnock.
and steamers Vanderbilt and Tuscarora to join the
Pacific Squadron. and that they would leave imme-
diately for the station. We may see some of the
fleet here from time to time.
ES- On MONDAY morning at two o'clock, n very
heavy fall of rain occurred. it being the forerun-
ner Of a Kona storm, without the usual gale of
wind. The wind was very light and s~outherly I'M
til Thursday evening, when n light trade wind
blew for q few hours.
Gs> BY letter from San Francisco we learn that
the Comet would leave that port on the Both Septem-
Der, with some sixteen passengers, among whom
are Mr.. and Mrs. Church, teachers for the Oahu
College, C. L. Richards. Esq, and H. NJ. Whitney.
Esq. ~
~ A letter was received at the Post-offce, by
lulu, Sandwich Islands, post-marked Geneva, Swift
zerland. The party can have it upon application
at the Post-ofice.
FIREAAS's FUNERAL~-The Fire Department Of
Honolulu made quite n display on Sunday after
noon last, the occasion being the funeral of a men,
Der of Honolulu Engine Company No. l."
5Es- The recent rains have carried away the
bulkhead lately built to keep the Kahana stream
in its legitimate channel, and have also carried
away the bridge at Waikane.