The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1866-03-17
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

80 r.a-
y H The CONCERT, on Saturday evening, at IA.
waiahao Church. drew together a considerable
audience, though the Church, which will hold al
beast $500 persons, was far from full. Some OF
the pieces were very well executed, which, how
81 ever, cannot be said of all. Several of the female
voices, that sung on that occasion, are certainly
very fine, and with proper culture, could be much
improved. The pieces that drew out the most APP
plause were the Duets, I" All, could l teach the
Nightingale, and Ever be Happy"-the latter
sung by Mrs. Dominis, who possesses a very sweet
voice. (" Home, Sweet Home rendered in Ha-
waiian, possessed all the melody and music of its
original, and sho VS. that the Hawaiian language is
not the sen seless jargon it has been called by
Sempyrics. As an exhibition Of Hawaiian music,
'originated and Conducted solely by Hawaiians
the concert was a success. Ii realized about S475,
which is so,be devoted to. the fund for purchasing
a new organ for the church. To illustrate how
Independent the Hawaiians are, and also to dis
prove the. Bishop of 0xford's charge of their abject
poverty. we may state that, when Madame Bishop
was here, she offered to give half the proceeds of
two concerts towards the organ fund, provided she
could have the use of the church. The native
! trustees firmly and unanimously declined the offer,
stating that they did not wish foreign aid. and that
they should enjoy their instrument and its music
more if raised solely by their own efforts.
~ IT. "FN|
Relics OF THE OLDEN TIME.-In clearing out
some antiquated rubbish from the Government
printing office, sundry old papers have come to
light which the writer's, no doubt, presumed were
long since destroyed. The secrets of the editorial
drawer-which ought to be held sacred as Holy
Writ-all at once were opened to the light, and
among the dead copy" scattered around by
the winds, might be seen the familiar autograph
of ex-Ministers, Judges and Privy Councillors,
whose pens in those early days helped to fill
the columns of the Polyaesidn, under the head
of editorial articles. The future historian Of the
Islands would have given anything for the con-
tents of the MSS. from the cellar of the Gov
eminent printing Office, which. were dumped on
thu Esnlanada &c rrhhish fnr thare miuht% r>"nd
the key OF many an runaceountable move on the
State checker-board. Among the old documents
we picked up the subscription list for ls49. with
the autographs of many of the old firms that have
now passed off the stage. There was Mr.. Pelly's
writing, Francisco r. Vida, s.. I. Hanchett, who
directs his paper to be left .: at the house that Jack
built" Everett & CO., Henry Macfarlane, VIM J..
Lee, Starkey, Janion & Co., John r. Jasper, S. II.
Williams Il Co., Joel Terrill, DR.. Rookie, John
Robson, and a score or two of other names. more
or less prominent. mostly in their own hand writ
ing. Among the curiosities we find the following:
"NorIcE.-I forbid any and all persons trusting any one on
my account without a written order from me, for 1 am so poor
4 cannot get trusted myself"
If novelty in advertising is the key of success,
as is said, then the person who inserted the above
must have got the worth of his money.
Gis- n passenger by the 1jar, on her trip from
this port to San Francisco. writes, that they had
fresh head wind all the way over, but a very pleas
ant passage. So far from the vessel rolling badly,
as passengers on her trip to this port stated, she
1r1S ,oucb oor ctaoJ- <fban coil 1-oe,nI, .o.o.01J-
are. She made 24O miles a day with good coal.
The date for her departure had been set for the
10th, and she may be expected by the middle of
next week. We notice that the two new steamers
Montana and Idaho, both propellers of about 1000
tons measurement, are laid on the Oregon route,
Messrs. Aldrich. Merrill & Co., being the agents in
San Francisco. it strikes us that these vessels,
with a freight capacity of six or eight hundred
tons, would be just what Our trade calls for. Quite
a number of new and very fine sea steamers have
lately arrived at San Francisco from Eastern ports,
and others are on the way out. Where these YES
sells. are to find employment, does not appear. Just
new there is a pretty strong opposition between
San Francisco and Portland.
From yAfARAIso.-By the arrival of the British
clipper ship FALCON, Capt. Gum, we learn that the.
of valparaiso is still. blockaded by the Span
ISL uttb. COIupIlSluS tnc Ou-ttd NNTNUJtclU. Irlp-
Resolution and BerengueNd, Cofrettes Tfa.ca-
dora, and Marquis de Victoria. The frigates ViHa
de- Madrid and Btdnco had gone on a cruise in
search of the Chilean and Peruvian feet. Valpa-
raise was the only port blockaded. and five British
ships were stationed there to prevent the place
being bombarded by the Spanish. The Falcon has
made a passage from Valparaiso to this port. seldom
beaten. Her passage from London to Callao was
he quickest ever made-7S days, and from Callao
20 Valparaiso she ran in Is days, beating the
Sloop-of-War ST. -Marys three days.
To ARRIvE.-The c.. S. n. Co.'S steamer Ajdr
was to leave San Francisco on the 10th, and will be
lue on the goth or 21st, Tuesday or Wednesday
lext. The clipper ships White S,oapo,o and Frank
in were to sail from San Francisco early in March,
or Hongkong. and should they touch here in pass
ng, will be due next week.
ne The mail which arrived on the 18th. was a
large one. consisting of 1862 letters and over
900 newspapers, the whole filling seven bags. This
vas only a semi-monthly mail, and shows the in
rease of the labor required in this department.
here was considerable grumbling outside of the
flee, because the distribution of this large mail
ook up three or four hours. In San Francisco a
ingle steamer mail often requires an entire day TO
istribute il. --
~ y rumOr is afoat that the circus schooner
ilce, which left here for New Zealand. was lost
leaving Tahiti. We cannot trace it TO any