The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-09
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
FEBRUARY 9.

The L Steamer LIekIr1H1. Capt Wm. Rey-
nolds arrived this morning from New York via
Valparaiso. She touched q Lahaina Yesterday.
In the absence Of foreign news. We give up our
paper almost wholly % matters Of local inirres,
and TO advertisements all which are worthy Of at
tentive perusaL. The bark Cmt5ridgs. with the
New York mail OF January lst, viii be due early
next week.
The water right decision. which was delivered
by Chief Justice ALIEN on Monday last, has been
the principal theme Of discussion the past week {:
and the anxiety 70 sc II. has induced u 10 issue it
in fuII. II will be found on the fourth page. and
as tlis decision will become the law Of the land. it
should be carefully read and preserved by all III
Jerested in water claims
A communication from Mr.. Myer on the Molokai
lepers. viii be found on the first page. Il gives the
facts already laid before our readers. in a. fayora-
bic a light TO the Board Of Health as Is possible.
but in the main substantiates the previous accounts.
1t appears a. if It bad been prepared al the instance
of the Minister Of the Interior. and probably con-
tains all that can be said in favor Of this unfortI-
nate hospital.
An impromptu concert was given By Madame
Jafa on Thursday evening at the Public Hall.
which was well attended. The music consisted Of
the piano-forte. and the playing was superior. Two
or three songs We're sung by an amateur vocalist.
The performance was hardly up to the expectations
Of the audience. but in apology It should be added
that neither the hall nor the instrument gave salts
faction TO the pianist, who gave the concert solely
at urgent request.
Among the passengers by the steamer on Mon
day last we noticed Hon Z Perkins, L : Consul
at Laha:na Hon. p. Brrcuger. French Consul, and
F. \. Schaefer, Esq. Pru,>ian Consul. The two
latter left to visit the crater Of KiIauea. which. ac-
cording to our latest adviccs. was very active. and
was constantly rising. The present i a good time
for visiting this great natural curiosity.
Tbefts are becoming quite frequent again. as Is
usual when the taG-collectOr makes his annual raids
on the empty purses Of the non-industrious portion
Of the community. native and foreign. The police
are not omniseieut. and those who have valuables.
should either settle their debts or keep q sharp
lookout for rogues.
The bark Cq1sdsa leaves for san Francisco to-day
at y o'clock, taking the usual Eastern mails. Ac-
cOrding to the passage table in our last issue, she
ought to run over in four weeks. When She was
employed - = packet ship between New York and
Liverpool. she vas cl4s=ed as one Of the fastest Of
the fleet II she i not now. II i no fault Of Capt.
Mitchell. who intends &, demonstrate that as a pas
,enger ship. she has 10 equal. and i worthy Of the
.aurels she wore then.
\ sensational rum"r of gold discoveries on this
island i current. and we give it for what il may be
worth. IL i reported thar two California miners.
after prospecting for several days have found gen
gold in KawaiIoa Valley. a few miles back Of
waiAlua on this Island They probably have not
heard Of Tie KoOlau gold discoveries made some
sears since. and have forgotten the old saw that
all Is not gold that g,itrer-.-