The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-06-22

Tor the celebration OF the ensuing Iuuitn OF July, anu
to call a public meeting. The meeting was held on
Thursday evening, at the auction room Of {. :. Bar
tow, and was numerOusly attended. DIR. John 5.
McGrew was appointed to the Chair, and W. W.
Hall Secretary. The report Of the Committee ap-
pointed at the previous meeting was read by the
Chairman, Nj. H.. \. p Carter, and after discussion,
adopted entire. The following is the programme of
exercises for the Fourth
Reception Of Capt Reynolds and the L. Naval officers Of
the LaekairaHHd, At ha~ailhao Church, II lc"t!ook \ NJ
Addrr~> Of weicome. by J. w. Austin, President OF the Day.
or551,s5n 81 he ~. /, cdS%aa.
Music by the band
At sunrise and sunset there viii be saluteS OF Is
guns each, and at noon IS guns-being one for each
State. These salutes will be fired by the Hawaiian
Artillery, the use of the guns and the services Of the
troops having been kindly offered for the occasion by
His Excellency Governor Dominis. Various Com
mittees were appointed to attend to the details of the
day-on music, salutes, church decorations, recep-
ton of the United States naval officers, at the wharf
and at the church, etc. \ committee of eight was
also appointed to act as ushers, to seat persons in the
Church on the Day.
1t was voted that a special invitation be extended
TO all who had been engaged during the late war, in
establishing the glory of the national arms, in fight
ing for their c~ountry's flag. Thanks were then voted
to Gov. Dominis and Mr.. Barlow, to the first for the
use of the artillery, and TO the latter for the use of
his room. On the call of the Finance Committee,
numbers of patriotic Americans came forward and
subscribed the sum of $500 towards the expenses of
duly celebrating the Day. Eloquent speeches were
made by Mr.. II. \. p. Carter and others, and the
meeting wound up with three rousing cheers for the
Union. -
FIRE.-The House Of Miss Brown, at Kaluaaha,
Molokai, was consumed by fire, on Friday night, the
eth instant. The house adjoined the premises occu-
pied by Mr.. E.. Rogers, being only II feet away on
the windward side of the latter building. On the
night in question, between IL and II O'Clock, the
sister of Mr.. Rogers was aroused by the tramp of n
person in the yard, and shortly afterwards heard Il
horse ~galloping away. Though it was moonlight,
she was not able to discover the intruder. However,
in Il few minutes the thatch roof of the Brown
house was discovered to be ON fire. a shower of rain
alone prevented the house of Mr.. Rogers from shar-
ing the fate of its %neighbor. y bunch of horse hair
was found, which had been used to fasten the torch
of the incendiary to u stick, i'll order to reach the
thatch. Suspicion fell upon Isaia, who was arrested,
and has been committed by Judge Jones, for trial at
the next Circuit Court at Lahaina.-Gasehe
FEMALE SUFFRA GE.-Our cotemporary O. short time
since sneered at the American Senate for its vote on
the proposition to amend the National Constitution so
as to allow women to vote. What will it say now of
the British Parliament for its recent vote on the same
question: The telegraph announces that Il motion to
amend the reform bill SO as to allow women to vote
g was rejected by q majority of 121." The House of
Commons consists of about $50 members. If there
was 4 full house when the vote was taken, to give
this majority, there must have been about three-6fths
against the motion to allow women to vote, and two
ffths of the members in fdvor Of ii. Verify old
England is fast becoming g RADICAL III the strongest
sense of the term.
By AuTHoRrrY.-The Minister of the Interior gives
notice that Messrs. D.. Publ and S. Kamakahi for the
Island of Hawaii, have received licenses to perform
the marriage ceremony, in accordance with Section
1888 of the Civil Code. 1900. Application has
been made to Hon. 4. NJ. kahalewai, Circuit Judge
of Maui, by H. Daniels, for the appointment Of an
administrator on the estate of C. ID. Mcnamara,
late of Lahaina, deceased, April 4th, 1867. We'd
nesday, the 10th day of July next, is appointed for
hearing the said petition at the Court House, Lahaina.
THE KoNA COFFEE CRoP.-We learn from Kona,
Hawaii, that the coming crop of coffee bids fair to
be a very good one, the blight, which has in former
years been so destructive, having in very many To-
calities quite disappeared. The crop for this year
will, it is estimated, amount to not far from 100000
pounds, worth in Kona (and paid for there in cash
and goods) say $50, 900. There is no reason why in
time, under favorable circumstances, KOna should
not produce q million pounds OF COuee per anHIn.
New literature is about to be
enlarged by the publication of a commentary on the
gospel of st. Matthew, which during the past year,
has been prepared by the Rev. J. +. Pogue. Hitherto
no commentary on tie Scriptures in the vernacular
has ever been prepared, and the need of such a book
now that Hawaiians are being inducted into the sacred
Office, is very apparent. The work thus begun, as
well as its extension to the other books of the sacred
text, will be Il valuable assistant not only to the min
listers but to the religious portion of the Hawaiian
community at rge.-GaS
DOUBLE PICTURE Horace Crabb, at the photo
graphic establishment over the ADVERTISER printing
office, has succeeded in getting very pretty double
pictures. That is, two likenesses of the same person
on one plate in different attitudes. Go and try for
yourselves. -
PHoToGRAPHIc.-We have received from Messrs.
Crabb and Meek, a photograph of the new Public
Fountain. 1t is well taken, and to those abroad will
give a good idea of the pioneer fountain of Honolulu.
ST. JoHN's DAY.-Next Monday, June oath, is
st. John the Baptist's day, usually observed by Free
Masons rs a festival. We notice that the Grand
Lodge of California purpose having a public celebra-
ton on that day. -
ANNIVERSARIES OF NOTED BATTLES. - Monday,
June Il, was the ninety-second anniversary of the
battle of Bunker Hill. On the 18th, occurred the
famous battle of Waterloo, when Napoleon 1. was
defeated by the Allies.
The KING.-By arrivals from Nolokai, during -
hssks take - ---.-IIss Machinery, a.. on Sugar P"he
past week, We learn that His Majesty was at Kauna-
kakai, in excellent health, and occupying himself
with fishing, cunning, planting taro, sc.
To THE EDITOR OF THE Z. c. ADVERTISER:
SIR-In your com ments on the doings Of the Agri-
cultural Society, i'll your last issue, you have made
the following assertion, the inaccuracy of which, as
regards its President, compels me to ask the ordinary