The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-05-25
MoRF WORKS.
arrival 1T the Rus

sian America has been annexed~
lie, and British Columbia and VI
talked Of as going the same way. - AA
that Minister Harris may have already
gain to transfer Us, our lands, goods, {.
sons and government offices. to Uncle SamJ
the presence Of these two war vessels has s&/ Il
uecticn Herewith At all events ii i is sugg, v
that it might be As well to PROFOUND the follow.
pertinent questions 10 the Russian representative
"How long does your Emperor's ship intend 10 stay
in these watersg'' And if the reply should happen
To he that he did'nt know, but would ask the En-
peror by the first opportunity, then it might be fol-
lowed up by such a sumner as this Pray, sir,
what is her business here, anyhow This might, 1t
is further suggested, not only relieve the public
mind, but at the same time by ~proftably employing
the pens of the Foreign Office, keep them in practice,
now that diplomatic affairs in Waimea, kohala and
Waip;o have, according to the Gazette, been settled.
An INDIAN MIssIoxARY.-We saw, and conversei
with on Thursday morning last, an Indian of the
tribe. or association of tribes known in California rs
The Diggers,'' from their subsisting a portion OF
the year ON roots, dug from the ground. The present
specimen of that much abused race came 10 these
Islands in 1880, with the late Mr.. VIM johnson, ON
whose ranch he had been living, on the Sacramento
river, and with whom he continued to live at kona,
Hawaii, until Johnson's death. During the past
three wears, he has been at school with one of the
American missionaries on Hawaii. While there, his
conduct is said to have been correct and religious,
and he studied hard, with the intention, rs it now
appears, TO become a missionary of the gospel 10 his
own people. He went in the Comet, and while we
bid him God-speed on his mission, We indulge the
hope that he may in some measure be the means Of
checking the " no quarter war which is now going
ON between the whites and reds on this side Of the
Rocky Mountains.
"Lo, the poor Indian, whose untutored mind,
Secs God in trees, and hears him in the wind,
is now being shot down g on sight, by white men,
merely because he is an Indian. 1t sounds queer,
that Hawaii nei, so recently in n state of barbarism,
should send a missionary to California. Our Indians
name in his own country, is .MoOnoo, in Hawaiian,
.MakaRi, either of which has the same meaning in
English-Wind. -
DANGERoUs.-We characterize as particularly dan
gerous to life and limb, the practice, which is quite
common, of driving herds of wild bullock through
the streets of Honolulu. Last Tuesday afternoon, at
about half-past five O'Clock, a herd of some twenty
wild bullock, led by a single horseman, went ganop-
ing along King street at n furious rate, towards Wal
XXI plains. Al that hour of the day, n great por-
ton of the population of the city are in the streets
people of leisure taking a post-prandial drive, nurses
with their little charges out for an airing, and work
ing men going home. The sudden appearance of
such a crowd of wild maddened animals as that OF
Tuesday, is very alarming and dangerous in every
respect, and should be promptly put a stop to. There
is a statute forbidding the driving of loose cattle
through the streets-viz. Chap. p, Sec. 3, of the
Penal Code, making it a fna6le ofense; why is it not
enforced? 1t would be poor satisfaction to any one,
after his wife or child had been gored or ~trampled 'o
. I'LL, J., laar, tIar tho partu pftapIipn had hppu
mulcted in a fine.
THOSE PLANTS AGAIN-We have seen an extract
from Mr.. J. Q. \. Warren's letter to Judge Mont
gomery, in which he uses the following language re
garding the plants sent per Comet: " These (plants,
are all for your pirate use, in exchange for those
you kindly sent me- This will correct the state
ments in the California papers, copied by US, thai
they were solely for the Royal Hawaiian Agriculture
Society, and relieve somebody from the imputatiol
conveyed in our editorial remarks. The items in the
San Francisco papers were doubtless written by
Warren himself, for buncombe, and he well know
how to use them to advantage. They are to hin
what beer is to an Englishman-victuals and drink
We object to a mans holding the position OF agen
for a society for the sole object of beneihing himself
and his correspondents, when he publishes to thu
world that his labors are for the public good. TIT
officers of the Agricultural SOciety-whether know
ingly or not is no concern of ours-are only assisting
this imposition on the ignorant California public.
PERSIAN INSECT PowDER.-Our reporter being a
times somewhat bothered by mosquitoes at his re
pertorial table, who, while he was attempting u
indite some of his would-be lively sallies and brillian
ideas, persistently buzzed about his ears and endeav
ored to shove their bills into his face, eyes and nose
happening to mention the circumstance to the Doctor
who has newly located 81 the corner" on Printing
House Square, that gentleman, with his usua
impressmOng and a~tfability, pointed out an antIdot
for the mosquito bane, and produced a little botti
marked :. Insect Powder 1t was Immediately tried
and the result proved that, in this instance at least
it had the quality of making the tormenting insect
either skedaddle or lie down quietly. The process
to ignite some charcoal in an iron pan and sprinkl
the powder over the burning Goals. Neither mos
auitoes nor flies can stand the effect of the fumes
which to human olfactories are not disagreeable.
THE EMELINE-This staunch schooner, under til
charge of Capt. Crane, arrived on Tuesday, two an
a half DAYS from Kealakekua. She brought som
twenty head of beeves, besides other freight, and
larre stick of ohia timber, TO the Messrs. Foster
about thirty feet long and thirty inches in diamete
ut the butt. The ohia and koa wood from Kona
remarkable for its size, more especially the former
which is much in demand by our shipwrights. 1t
a tough, close-grained, durable wood, remarkabl
; well suited to be made into stern posts, keelsOns, {
in fact, anything connected with a ships repair
The cattle from kona are always pronounced by til
b, butchers the best that come to this market. III
Emeiiae did not lose one, owing to good care, n
, doubt, and the cattle jumped on shore as lively an
in as good condition as they were when they en-
baRked. |
| THE GAME OF CRICKET.-We learn that a mOv'
5 ment is on foot among the employees Of the Honolulu
I Iron Works, 10 organize a Cricket Club, which how
o-or 50 - . IN he exclusive, but members will !