The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-05-11
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

ice DtNl> give HIS htt4>4o ia IA Cl-c OF u. Lllilitr
x Co. V J. 5. Walker, and 5. C.. Allen, and z. z
Adams, administrator Of the E>ratee of W. S5ott
This was "a suit for the sum of ~ 800, with Interest
from December LIST, FOR materials and repairs fur
nished the schooner .Nariida, at the instance Of 5
c. Allen, one of the late firm Of Walker, Allen * Co.
The defence SCI up was that the supplies were fur
nishcd To and on the credit of that firm, and that the
claim must be considered as one of it, debts, and be
adjusted by the Commissioners in Bankruptcy, ia like
manner with all others against that firm. The plain
tifis contended that the charge was exclusively,
against : The schooner .Nqriida and owners, = and
that the firm of Walker, Allen * Co, were never
owners of any portion of said schooner, but simply
were the agents Of the owners, through whom the
business was transacted. Judge Davis gave judg-
mcnt for the plaintiffs for the amount Of the demand,
citing and thoroughly reviewing a large number OF
authorities on the subject. The decision VIII pc pub
lished in full. The Judgment as quoted by the
Ga=etfe, is rs follows
"one half Of the amount against f. p. Adams, Administra-
tor OF the Estate OF WIN. Suit, ami As to the other defendants,
Allen X Walker, owners of the other moiety THE schr Narhida,
the firm of which they were members, having become hank
rupt since the maturity Of the deb, judgment for the other
mar>haIing Of the assets Of the partnership and private pro-
Ierty hut III the meanwhile. one half OF the amount must re-
main as a claim in favor Of the plaintiffs against the separate
estate in the first place of each Of the defendants, Walker &
by the A>>ignees Of Walker, Allen y Co; that is To say, one
half Of the whole amount due and interest, to he paid by
them Is owners Of the one half OF the vessel, costs in favor
Of The plaintiffs" #
French FRIGArE SHOALS. The U. 5. steamer
Laekarannd returned to port on Saturday morning
last from the scene of the wreck of the Daniei Hood,
having been absent nine days, and brought the first
and third officers and twenty-five men of the wrecked
vessel, and three wlaleboats. We are indebted to
Capt. Reynolds for memoranda, published in our
commercial column, which will be Of interest to navi-
gators generally, and to whaleIs bound north and
China bound vessels. The location of the shoal, as
there given, is north lat. % ? So TO % so, and
west long. IG6 : 90 to 166 , 26'. From the ship
wrecked men of the Hood We learn that, during
their stay on the sloal, they noticed an almost con-
slant current setting very strongly to the westward,
but they had no means of ascertaining its velocity.
The existence of such a strong westerly current dur
ing most of the year in this ocean, of which there is
no reasonable doubt, is II very important point for
the Pacific Mail Steamship Company to consider in
determining the best route for their ships to take
in going to Japan and China. Masters of sailing
vessels should also bear in mind the existence of
these currents when cruising in this latitude, rs no
doubt the loss of the Daniel Hood was in part
owing to it. This current is said to be from four TO
five miles an hour. --
Man AND MoxEY MIssISG.-The California papers
OF April -Dtn, Stilttu lnlI Il HAL ntilct -ADiItl NlCNdIl,
Treasurer of Santa Clara County, had disappeared,
between two days, taking with him some twenty or
thirty thousand dollars, funds belonging to the
County. 1t was suspected in San Francisco that he
had slipped away on board the schooner l. b. Lunt,
for this port, and information was forwarded here by
the Comet, with a request to Marshal Parke to have
him arrested. He was not however, on board the
schooner on her arrival here, and it is quite possible
. - H., =, I.~-n o,,,,rt T-,, ,Ln Ianl
he may have met with foul play in San Francisco,
1t appears that there was n further sum of $1,000 in
the State Treasury belonging to Santa Clara, which
he could have drawn AT any time, had he 50 desired.
If his intention was fraud, he would, it may be
have taken all the money ut his command.
SUDDEN DEATH.-On Thursday morning last Capt.
Hopkins, master and owner of the British cutter
Jsa6eiia, died suddenly on board his vessel, which
ut anchor IN the harb0r. He had been ailing for
some months, and his disease, when he came here
had assumed the form of n chronic diarrhea. He
leaves a wife and two children, to mourn the loss Of
4 husband and father in Il strange land and amongst
strangers. Capt. Hopkins was Il native of Bristol,
and was about 80 years of age. His re-
mains were conveyed to the Sailors Home on Thurs
lay, and on Friday were inferred in the Nuuanu Val
ley Cemetery. -
ANOTHER COASTER GoNE.-We regret to learn by
ldvices from Maui, that the schooner Bruce, went on
shore and became a total loss, ut Kipahulu, Maui, on
the 18th ult. There was a cessation OF the usual
trade winds at the time, and a heavy sea setting in
shore, and although the Captain native Hawaiian
Of long and approved experience in the coasting bus
ness,-tried every expelient to save the schooner,
the swell drove her on to the rocks, where she became
l total wreck. She was owned by Captain Henry
English, formerly proprietor of Fanning's Island,
md rs we are informed, constituted his all in worldly
goods. -
RcMovAL-By advertisement in ~to-lay's paper it
will be seen that Mr.. NJ. McInerny, whose store at
he head of Mauna Kea street, has been a fav rite
resort for those seeking choice goods, has removed to
he corner of Fort and Merchant streets. He has an
assortment of goods, and it viii be well for
purchasers to give him a call. His stock of mems
boots, Indies and misses CATERS and children's shoes
the largest and best to be found in this
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HEAVY, But JUsT.-Last Saturday, in the Police
Court, a Chinaman was fined 500 and costs for SELL
ng a vilnnous kind of spirituous liquor to natives,
all II - Samschu.' II is manufactured in China
rom the Juice of the green bamboo and is imported
in jars. 1t Is said to he naddening in it, effects
N the brain-worse, If possible, than strychnine or
~forty-rod " whisky.
Commemorative learn from Capt. Hopkins of the
that we misunderstood him last week in re-
alton 10 the L. 5. 5. TuScdrOra having touched on
he reef Of one of the Chain Islands. She only came
,retty near doing so. :" \ miss is as good as a mile"
apt. II. learned that the TuScarOrd was short of
land>-over a hundred men, it was reported, of her
Complement. -
EFFEcrs OF WHIsKY.-Ycsteriay n sailor belonging
o the J. B. LuHt. without the slightest provocation,
ttuckci a native fruit peiller, and fellel him TO the
ground with "a stone. infictiuc a severe though not
wound. lie WIS arrested and locked up.
mi " Il be dealt with ut the Police Court this NOR
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We are indebted to +. 2. Bond. Isl. Of Bos-
100 tr copy uf the final report If Plyma-ter-Genera
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