The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-15
NOTES or THE WEEK.

NI>IT OF TIE ANNA To- k,UkI-Tbc L :.
Steamer LacLarI4Ha len Honolulu for IIanalei,
Kauai, on the 22d ulr., p. NJ. having as passengers
Her Excellency Ruth keelikolani, half sister 10 His
Majesty Kamchameha V, and Goverue>s Of Hawaii.
and her suite; His Excellency Paul Kanoa, Governor
of Kauai. AMI suite, and Mrs. Reynolds. Her Ex-
cellency on going on board the LackaraRHd was
accompanied 10y the Hon. Charles r. Bishop, of the
Privy Council, and was received with royal honors.
The Lackdlraana arrived at Haualci at 5 4. NJ, ON
the 23d, and landed her distinguished passengers
during this forenoon, in good health. As this was
the first American ship-ofwar. and the first steam
ship Of war Of any nation to visit Kauai, she was
quite a curiosity and the islanders generally tockel
to see her.
- On the occasion of target practice witt the
great guns and the boat exercise Al Hlnalei, Us ~
cellency Judge Allen, the Chief T,lsyce and Chancel-
Tor Of the Kingdom, and his family. Rev. Mr.. John
son and Mr.. Wilcox, of the American Mission, and
their families; Mr.. Low, manager 81 Ie frinceville
Plantation, and other residents. were entertained on
board. On the LIST Of June a. ", the Lacka'rcnRd
again received on board her former passengers, the
family of the Chief Justice. Mr.. Wilcox and family
of the Mission, and some others, and steamed round
the western shores of the island 10 koloa, auchoring
about 1 p. NJ, and landing her guests soon afterwards.
On the evening of June Sth, she left koloa for Homo
lulu, having received ON board the Royal party, the
Chief Justice and family, Rev. Dr. Smith and daugh-
ter, Rev. Daniel Dole and wife, and Mr.. and Mrs.
Wilcox of the American Mission, Mr.. Low of Hanalei,
and a few others, and after a quick nights run,
anchored in our harbor at 10 \. NJ, on the 9Th.
- His HighneSs, the venerable Matthew Keku-
anaoa, father of His Majesty Kamelemeha V, and of
Her Excellency the Goyerness Of Hawaii, AID the
Hon. Charles K. Bishop came ON board to escort Her
Excellcncy Oh shore, and her departure was attended
with all the honors of her reception appropriate to the
Sabbath day. Her Excellency was exceeding kind,
and attentive to the wants of those on board the
Lackacaaaa during the "trip, and constantly sent
off tokens of her Aloha-at Koloa very substantial
ones, i'll the shape of two big tipis, "a fathom -
puaa, fish, turkeys, chickens, and vegetables in
abundance. The officers of the Ldcka,canna enjoyed
their trip to Kauai exceeding and are very much
indebted to their country-folks at Hanalei, Kaloa,
Malumalu and Lihue, for many h~ospitahle and kind
attentions so generously bestowed upon them.
A SHAMEFUL PRACTICE.-A case came to our notice
in the Police Court the other day, which, as we are
informed being one only of many similar transactions,
ought to be brought to public notice and the practice
at once put n stop TO. \ native man, having formed
an Illicit connection with n woman, and wishing to
have her live with him, took her To Il native lawyer,
and had an agreement of service duly drawn up in
accordance with the usual form, whereby she bound
herself to serve him for the term of three years, and
do whatever he ordered her to do, he paying her the
sum of five dollars a month for such service. The
parties went before a notary Public and obtained his
certificate to their signatures-Napoleona Opio the
man, and KahOohanohanO the woman-and then had
the document duly recorded in the office of the Regis
trar of Conveyances. After having perfected all
these arrangements to their satisfaction, and as they
supposed undoubtedly, beyond the possibility of any
interference, they proceeded to set zap housekeeping
like any man and wife. But there vas a husband
in the case, to whom the "bound female servant ;"
had been married for twelve years, and to whom she
had borne children. But, through the seductive in
huences brought to bear upon her by the 60 Young
Napoleon she was induced to leave husband, chill
dren and home, TO follow the fortunes of a miserable
loafer. The husband made a complaint to the police,
and the guilty pair was arrested for cdultery'
Though the evidence, as is usual in such cases in
these times, was insufficient TO procure n conviction,
the erring woman went back to her husband, who
received her gladly and forgivingly, and the para
whose appearance it would be prepos-
ferrous to suppose that he was able 20 hire anybody
was instructed that married women cannot make
contracts without the consent Of their husbands. 1t
is said, on good authority, that foreigners, unmar-
ried, white men, moving in respectable society, not
only in Honolulu, but in country places on the other
Islands, have in some instances gone into this same
practice of hiring female g servants with an ute
rior object. This is another style of evading and rem
dering nugatory the statutes against oiienses.
Curious PHENoMESoN.-The Paris Constitutional
has an account of "A singular natural phenomenon,
which was observed at the Island of RarotOnga, one
Of the Cook group, Pacific Ocean, last November.
The weather being fair and clear with "A gentle breeze
from the :. :. T., the tide being ut ebb, the sea sud-
denly recedel four feet below low-water mark, then
gradually returned until IT mounted to four feet
above h~igll-water mark. There was no special agita-
of the sea, or even waves, but the ascent and
descent were both made, so TO speak, with n complete
calm. The sea mounted and retired in this way three
or four times, and then the oscillations gradually
ceased, the sea returning TRANQUILITY TO its habituai
level. The correspondent of the Constitutional, who
furnished these facts for publication, thinks that the
or movements We're not those of the sea,
rather of the island itself, Il theory which the
Journal from which we quote discreetly says the cor
respondent is solely responsible for.
The above phenomenon has been frequently noticed
1t these islands, during the last thirty years, but has
never been accompanied with any earthquake. 1t is
undoubtedly caused by some submarine volcanic up
heaval or explosion, not of sufficient power to shake
the land. II there had been the slightest motion Of
the land, it could not have escaped observation.
THE CONCERT on MONDAY NIGHT.-At the Royal
Hawaiian Theatre, on Monday evening last, a very
select and fashionable audience, in spite of the incle-
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