The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-02-02

for trial Of wives deserving their husbands. and for
husbands rice rsrSa, and unless they can produce
good reasons for such d,>crtion. they must return
To their partners. or he subj .ctcd 10 Imprisonment
Al hard labor not 10 exceed one month. and pay
the costs OF Court. The latter provision is a queer
one. FOR. marriage being a civil contract. the hUs-
band Is liable for the debts Of his wife. and fines
and costs Of Court are in that category. \ case
occurred the other day before the Police Magistrate
Of Honolulu. which goes FAR to show The singular
a~bsurdijy Of the law in question. \ native man
got out = warrant Tor his wife. ~ having deserted
his ~ bed and board She was taken before the
Police Magistrate and there made u defense. which.
in the opinion of everybody then present a well
as of the Court. perfectly justified her in leaving
the society of the man 10 whom. she had been mar
rica. and 80 the case was discharged. The man
appealed To the Circuit Judge, who issued n sum
mons Tor the woman 10 appear before him At a
certain time. Now the question arises under the
law. i tiisa civil or a criminal cases If the latter.
the Crown cannot appeal if the former, as would
appear By the summons. what will be the result If
Ib~defcndant fails to appear?
NTALE OF TUE kIAUEA-One-half of the interest
in this vessel. which for three weeks had been in
the possession of the Marshal. was sold at public
auction at noon on Saturday last. 4. large crowd
F. ""T AA"NN' ~ AAt CNAts anu sAN Ava I'm
menced at $4,000, from which it run up TO $500,
at which figure it was knocked down to MessrS.
Hackfeld Il Co. for James W. Austin, Esq. If the
statement is correct that on her last trip she cleared
about 8 1000 over her expenses. the purchaser has
made a good bargain. The steamer now stands in
To her present owners. MeSsrs. Austin Il Emmes,
about $4,000. on which capital steam ought. if
ever. to have fair trial, and prove profitable. The
hjilUea was built in New London in 1860. cost
about $4,000. and her hull is nearly as good as
new. She will continue in the coasting service.
AN UNUSUAL. SIGHr-Those who are in the habit
of d" looking aloft, = saw an unusual and very inter
esting sight on Thursday forenoon. In the full
blaze ofsunlight the waning moon was seen near the
zenith. and two or three degrees to the westward.
plainly visible to the naked eye. was the planet
Venus. During the past week the atmosphere has
been remarkably clear. aud stars have occasionally
been visible in the day time. Venus is the planet
whose transit across the sun was observed by
Cook at Tahiti in l7I4, at the place named by him
Point Venus. which name it still bears. Another
transit of this planet will occur in December, 1874,
and still another eight years later. in 1882.
WORM KNowING-In these hard times. when
small change aud choice dry goods are so scarce
that it hardly pays to advertise, and housewives
have TO make the circuit of the town before sup
plying their wants. it will be a gratifying item of
news to them that there is one store well supplied
with a large and very select stock of just what they
want. For particulars we refer to Mr.. M'lnerny's
advertisement. His store is located on Beretania
street, and those who deal there always find prices
considerably below auction rates. Mr.. MI. knows
and lives up to the old proverb-'a nimble six
pence is better than a slow shilling"
%,,- p,,x. H., lot, l,ris1aE,ro ,o+od a cnp,
for laying buoys at Koloa and Waimea, Kauai.
With a promptness which is commendable, two cask
buoys were prepared by the Harbor Master, and
have been properly laid with heavy anchors by
Captain Kinney. of the schooner Nehie Merrill. We
learn from Capt. X. that during the recent south
erly and westerly blows, they have been of real
service to the vessels anchoring at those ports, ena-
bling them, by running 4 line to the buoy, to get
under way without risk to the vessel or cargo.
Every port, where schooners have to anchor. should
be provided with similar safeguards.
Il TdE BAGPIPEs.-On Tuesday last, that ancient
instrument of music, the early recollections of
whose mellinuous % notes are so dear to every
son of the Sc land of cakes and brithcr Scots, the
vcritable bagpipcs.-made its appearance on our
streets, under the arm of one of the passengers by
the Njmrod. 1t and the odd sounds it emitted Gre
ated no little wondermcnt among the natives who
had never seen the like before. and they gathered
in a crowd, with expressions of pleased wonder
ment. Said bOe q lea hG0ie What
next from the foreigners?
~ y statement in our last issue relating to the
English ship NiDeroud needs correcting. She was
chartered at this port early in October last, arrived
at Howland's Island October 22d, and sailed on the
2Ist of November for England, with a full cargo of
guano. The above should not be COMPOUNDED with
the Nilnrod. which touched at this port the present
week. The latter vessel bears the name of :" the
mighty hunter" of old the former is the name of
the site of Lcyard's excavations at or near ancient
Nineveh. -
\ CIRCUIT Court AT HAwATL-On Monday. His
Honor Justice Davis sails for Hawaii to hold the
special term for the 81 Judicial Districts at Waimea,
appointed to try Paakaula and Kahauliko, accused
of the murder of Henry Clark at South Kona. The
Attorney General and his clerk F. r. Harris went
up in the steamer last Monday to prepare the case
Officer Wills takes charge of the prisoners to
Hawaii who are now in confinement in the Oahu
Jail. --
PR,isEwoETHY.-We understand that the ladies
connected with the Rev. ii. II. Parkers church.
under the Presidency of the Hon. Mrs. Charles R.
Bishop. have formed themselves into a Benevolent
Society. for the alienation of pain and the relief c.
want among the aged and other INDECENT IIawaiians.
All honor to them, and may Heaven prosper their
work.
80 woman, in our hours q case
Uncertain, COY, and hard to please
When pain and anguish wiring the brow,
A minIsteriug angel thou ~
ULurALAkuA-We noticed recently in the book
store a beautiful map of Capt. Jas. Makee's plan
tation of UIupalakua. executed by Prot. Alexander
of Oahu College. This sugar estate Is a splendid
one in all respects, and a just cause Of pride to its
worthy owner. and the artistically finished map
will mako an extremely appropriate and handsome