The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-09-15
THE "a IFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY,, SEPTEMBER Is.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.
MURDER At HANALEl-An unfortunate murde
occurred on the Princeyille Plantation on FRIDAY
last. Angus, :. in which Mr.. John M'Intyre. ia,
over-ecr OF Hiram Fri,dcuburg's laborrrs. VA.
killed by q Hawaiian named Pahukoa. The fact.
- furnished by Mr. J. T. Lowe To tire Marshal. Al,
these. Mr. MIutyre. on liz return from dinner I,
the cane field. found the laJorcrs lying down under
q LGG tree. and told them 10 go 10 work, and t.
mous.rated with them for being idle. when one
Of the gang. named Kanawai. told him. EalIsAi. 4
term equivalent to the vulgar phrase. shut up"
MIntyr- said to him. Don't you say I~-la,-lli "a
me. or I'll punish you" The native retortcd with
other and more gross Language. when MIntyre adj
vanced 10 seize OF strike him. At this instant.
Iahukoa raised his hoe. and s,rucS MIutyrc on
the head, the blow crushing ia Ills s.ulI. and kill
ing him instantly. Messrs. Marklc and Stevenson.
- also several natives. were standing by. and wit
messed the whole proceedings. The murderer was
At once arrested and sent to this city for trial. lie
makes no denial Of the murder, but says he had no
intention Of committing it. 1t was probably wholly
unprecedented and done on the spur of the mo-
ment.
- The other native, Kanawai. appears to be the
chief offender and an unruly fellow. lie had
threatened Mr.. Friedenburg's life. and, on the COM
plant Of the latter, has been bound over to one
years Imprisonment. lie was sent up to this city
with the murderer. So far as appears from the
reports received, there was not sufficient provoca-
ton from the oycrsecr M~lntyrc, unless he had had
trouble previously with these men. Trouble with
!aborers appears To be getting more frequent. but
whether II arises from injudiciOusness in the man
a@cIncnt OF them or from increasing in>ubOTdina-
tEOn on their part. or both, it Is becoming 4 serious
matter, which will require prompt correctiyes.
y SIDEWALK WANrED.-We have often advocated
Il new sidewalk on the south side of Nuuanu
Avenue, but like a good many other public i'm
prOvements sought for, we long since came to the
conclusion that it must Jide its time Some
gentleman have within the past few days taken the
matter in hand. and with the aid of our daily CO.
temporary, which has seconded the work in good
earnest, bid fair to accomplish something. 1t Is
proposed to make IA walk ten feet wide. partly at
the expense of Government and partly of the land
owners on the road. and plant the " monkey-pOd"
tree near the outer edge. This is a faSt-growing
and beautiful shade tree, and if protected for a
few years, while young, would soon make a good
shade and render the walk up Nuuanu a more
pleasant recreation than it now Is ut MONDAY.
u lille speaking of this avenue. we would suggest
10 the worthy Road Supervisor. that il few carloads
Of black sand sprinklcd over the white coral would
tend To keep down the dense alkaline dust. which
auAoys editorial eycs. if nobody's else. This ave
nur is almost the only public promenade We have.
snd-somc pains should Ice taken to make it attrac-
tive healthy and pleasant.
LEpI;osY.-The recent development of this con-
tasion is not confined to this group. but it is APP
pearing in various parts of the world. and exciting
much attention. 1t has for ages been prevalent in
Asia, but more particularly in China. and the in
creased Intercourse of foreign nations with that
formerly secluded empire. had tended to It's spread
1ar-l.r.rp.nf ia r,r,ptS,- ,I... :. Ia -
formerly exist. Those nations which have most to do
Peru. California ana tie West Indies. will be most
exposed to the disease. Some three or four centu-
ries ago, it was quite prevalent throughout Europe,
and ii is now reappcaring there. with all its former
features. An exchange says:
II prevails extensively in two widely sundered countries. the
The tuhercuHEr form OF the disorder, which Is much more COM
nHozs the joints. is pronounced by physicians iucursbe. 1t
~"sSi be more modest in the faculty to say that they have not
a cure 70. 1t. Ia all probability the antilote exists,
alLbaugh it has not yet been brought TO light. Meanwhile. il il
satisfactory To know tina. it is not contagious. Mui,ituies Of
leI.Ts persisted miserIbly in the early ages, abandoned to their
fate in consequence OF the universal belief that whosoeyer
a"v ku"~n that the di,temper is absolutely incommuuicable in
that way, although like scroiula and some other cutane"us and
ii,ndul"r diseases II may be transmitted in families, a terrible
from generation To generation. The malady is very
Orleans. -
THE "SouruEEIY TRAcx.'-Capt. Lovctt has
shown as his track on the last passage to this port.
10 which he has beaten the Comet fairly at least six
hours, although both vessels went well to south
lie is strongly in favor of taking the south
route, that is. crossing latitude 80 cast Of Iongi-
1870, and running off the latitude as soon as
possible and since he has been in the .Smyrutote
las always followed it. except once, when he took
from another man, made Il straight course.
md was t,reHty-t1eo days reaching Honolulu! Dur
ng the present fall and coming winter. we shall
probably have frequent illustrations of the ad-
-auiage gained by vessels which. ON leaving San
francisco, steer nearly south. and make a long
weep to the southwark. Not only is the wind
more reliable there. but the westerly current aver
yes from one to three miles an hour, while there
little or no current farther north.
Ter Regarding the race between the Comet and
'Hyrujote. from this port to San Francisco, the
}1ditia of August II SAYS:
ocEAS RACES BETWEEN CLIPPER vEssEIs.-The clipper banks
Diyrni0te and Gomez, oe!or ging respectively to the Hawaiian
nd Dispatch lines o! packets. arrived yesterday afternoon from
he Sandwich Islands. Both vessels left Honolulu on the same
dvluce OF the SmyTnIOte, which, however, having a strong
allied during most Of the passage. while the vessels, being on
a-siuc Fort Point. No opportunities for showing great speed
ere had on the voyage. which vas remarkably Iouc for sucL
st sailing vessels AT this season Of the year.
The distance b~twceu Honolulu and this port, on a direct
ne, il about ZOO miles. The only race equaHug the above in
loud and Hornet from New York. il. 1851. both vessels Ieav-
* sandy Hook at the same time and arriving in this harbor
I:hin a few minutes Of each other. and Of the clipper ships
'o-ret and Flying Dutehman. ia 1852, from san Francisco to
'eE York. ia which the vessels were in sight Of each other
-psAteiIy on the trip both in the south Pacific and South
.uantic oceans aud abreast Of The Bermudas, and the clipper
tirs TTqf,IrinG and Hornet in their passage to Panama, in
So, in which the vessels were often 50 close that al times the
IujSatd vessel becalned its rivals sails.
NEW MAIL ROUTE To AUSTRAIIA-U Is stated in