The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-04-20
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY Y. APRIL -.
of the Morning.


There are eight vHaIe-z IF the port this morning.
xkich inelu.le al that have teen reported 81 wind
wari ports. The s;hoone-s Kate Lee and Moi va
Aiae are in from Maui, both having been out several
days from Lahsina.
The Steamer returned from K0ns thi= morning,
bringing a passenger Rev. Mr.. Williamson, Eugene
Bal, George Miller, Miss Pogue, Ch-s. Clark and
o;herz- she reyo-s abundant rains On Maui and Ha-
~ai. At Kazaih-e there have been i vhaIeLiIs
thus fr tht spring.
To-Day AZ y o'clo-k noon. VII Re soil the ONONEA
PLANTATION, heated about eight miles out Of Hlo.
ani comprising one u the finest sugar estates on
thee Islands. II cs- $4,000. and vii be sIi by
order q the assignces q Walker. Allen * CO, There
are 300 acre, q which so are planted with cane.
Thi= year-= product 4 sugar : estimated AZ GO tons,
And tba, q 1865 VII k fully so tons.
The dwelling and premises cocuQielbyS : C. Allen,
Esl., with entrances from Alakea, King and Richard
street,, VII also - zIi today By order Of the as
signe@ Of the above estate
The steamer California nsy lie expected here
any hour from san Francisco, En- route for japan.
This ! not the 81 Pacifc Nail Company's boat.
which ! s,u Stationed At Aczpuleo, but a new AMI
larger vessel, about two years Old and Of 12JO tons
burthen. She has been purchased by Capt. Burns,
- ~ ~ ~ 1900 49, 49, --E~ --M+@-
q the whale>bfp .HsrfIa a passage 20 Honolulu. Il
ne would wait for her. But the latter being anxious
% -t back u his ve-el. came hiJher II the Murray.
The Calitornia i intenlei fr the japan c5astius
trade, AMI was expected 70 leave san Francisco about
April 10; but whether before or after the Ethan
-4YsH. We can not say. She VIII probably bring
both freight and passengers for Honolulu, making
the Passage IN u OF Il days We 10 not lock fr
the EHaa -4HsH til the 2s;h or 3Gth instant, - the
winds are Light and vessels average about Il days
passage n Apil-
The event OF the week has been the removal Of
&. the eoruer, Or rather the drugstore which i
synonymous with ii,-one block uptown, % the cor
uer q kAaLumanu AMI Merchant streets. VIII that
has ever vi-itei Honolulu during the past ten years
does not remember " the oil corner" The -oIi
oaken bucket or . the oil arm chair was never half
- well known The old ok Post that las guarded
the corner for twenty years, : an ancient landmark,
for We remember when tie tile washed II twice u day,
and over It pa-ser-by had 10 leap or get their feet
vet. 1t has long served y a milestone or guiie-pO>tt 10
h~urying business men a. vel a. lOafers on the Leach.
How many jokes have been cracked, how many whal-
ing reports and crooked yarns CANNED around it,
and how many penkuiyes broken in nutilating the
old post. Well, good reader, the corner has
been moved ne block uptown, and may hereafter be
Ipull II lOul o EElLL4u--iou-G S1AAEt-A 4Nl-4ts
scarcely less fimous in Hawaiian history than the
Rialto is in Venetian And We neeI hardly add
that our friend The Doctor may always be found
there, ready To serve the needy.
Captain Reynolds and the officers Of the Ldeka-
gaRaa gave an entertainment on board their fine
ship on wednesday evening last to the residents of
Honolulu. At SIX O'Clock, a regatta took place, in
which three boats aelorying to that ship and manned
10y her men. participated. Starting from a point
near the ship, they pulled out the channel, and
around the anchorage buoy, returning by the same
route to the point Of starting The distance was not
far from two and 4 half miles, and the time occupied
by the winning boat Dolphin, - minutes, the other
two boats following 4 minute or two behind The
evening, from eight TIL Midnight, was spent in
dancing, and while the Honolulu brass band dis
coursed sweet music, the full Noon with unriyalei
brilliancy, such A. our tropical climate alone can
give, . shone On fair women and brave men" The
officers Of the LaetGiranHa, by the courteous AMI
gentlenanly bearing exhibited by them since their
arrival. have male themselves deseryelly popular
with all our citizens
On Monday night the pleasant trade winds quietly
died away and a heavy dew covered the GROUND in
the morning, which has been repeated several times
since, the Thermometer falling each night TO about
6i7- During the day, however, the heat has
ueen intch-e-ENAhz L our Mli--unileF weather,
with the Thermometer at So at noon, and no
wind but gentle sea breeze>. which rather added TO the
discomfort On Thursday afternoon 1t rainei here
slightly, but on the weather side Of the island rain
has fallen more coPiyusly. We usually have during
April and May eight or ten inches Of rain. Last
year the " ~southsrly spell " st in April - and con-
tinueI till May II, giving n a LITTLE over ten inches
Of rain Yesterday noon the trades returned again
fresh and strong.
The Concert on Thursday evening. CT which we
give = report elsewhere vas q most decided success.
ani drew out a large AMI aTpreciativc au Hence. not
withstlnling the i~lclemency Of the weather When
such an array Il local amateur talent exists here.
would It not X more crelitable If concerts were
given oftener, sly every three or four months. The
effect on the young, l. u excite in them an ambition
and vocal a. well instrumental skill Is generally
the result Of praiseworthy ambition-which can bc de
velopcd in 10 other way 80 readily.
Our rea1ers VII observe the clear and beautiful
appearance which cur paper presents this morning.
Il : owing mainly 20 Hssr type received from Boston
by the ship Syre1. AZ a cost Of about one thousand
dollars In future. a. heretofore, We shall spare 10
expense OF labor o. make the COMMERCIAL ADvEE-
TISER a credit to the Hawaiian Islands. and deserving
OF a continuance Of the generous support which II
has received since IT. establishment eleven years ago.
On our fourth page, fe-iIeS the stirring speech IF
John Bright. referred 10 in d leader, viii he f5urt
at the political ra-lie~ q the age are aimir.als. II is
worth a peru-lI