The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-05-04

FROM New ZEALAND AND T,HIrL-On Wednesday
last, arrived the British cutter sloop Eq5eiIu, -
tons. Capt. Hopkins, from Auckland. y. T., Fetrua-
" II. and Tahiti, March 30. Experienced light
and variable winds during most Of the passage, with
occasional rough weather. \ short time before lelv-
I ing Auckland. Capt. Hopkins saw the Rev. VIM. II.
HoapjIi and wife, who, he understood, We're recently
from sydney, y. :. ", and 1T the date Of his de
rarture hal left Auckland for the Waikato country,
2O0 miles inland, the battle ground Of the late war
between the Maoris and the British. While in
Auckland, Nh. Hoapili and wife were the objects OF
much attention. a. native Christians from the sand
wich Islands. They made a very favorable impress
SION, ana were evidently well cared FOR.
At Tahiti. 1nlv three vessels were in port when
the Isabella left. which were the following L. : :.
TuscGrorG. from the MarqueSls. She had touched
on Il reef in going through the Chain Islands, and
would repair. and after coaling would proceed to the
Fiji Islands. \ French war steamer, stationed at
the Islands. and IA French transport, employed in
carrying the mails between Tahiti and Paita, on the
South American coast, were ut Papeite. 1t was
stated that the latter service would hereafter lie
between San Francisco and Tahiti much preera-
bic route. Times were extremely dull at1he islands,
although the cotton plantations We're prospering.
The business Of planting sugar cane was about to be
gone into pretty extensively by three different firms.
both on Tahiti ami Morea.
BY the IsubcIq. we have received several copies Of
the New Zealand Herald and Ueekly .Ntrs, both
published Mt Auckland. The news is not very i'm
portant. The Maoris appear TO have become sub
missiye in the waikato country, but on the 18th Of
january, hostilities had again broken out in the
Tauranga district. Three soldiers were killed, and
five natives We're reported as shot, rs they were seen
70 fall. but their comrades carried them off. Three
villages were burned and crops destroyed, as well as
all other property that could be found. There Is
evidently on ''irrepressihle conflict between the
British and the Maoris, which viii continue until
the former get possession of al the lands Of the latter.
The papers were agitating for prison reform, and
assert that the prisoners have been inhumanly treated
in the Mount Eden q Stocknde." An investigation
was going on.
Flour in Adelaide, Feb. :, was quoted el7 per
ton. Wheat, IS. Id. per cwt.
CuINA-Is d queer country. \ writer who has
visited il, says: 1t is a country where roses have
no fragrance and women no petticoats; where the
Iaborer has no Sabbath and the magistrate no sense
OF honor; where the road hears no vehicles and the
ships no keels; where old men fly kites and the needle
points to the south; where the place of honor is on
the left hand side and the seat of intellect is in the
stomach: where to take off your hat is an insolent
EI0luAN- hl'A " wa "HNN SNS
which has II literature without an alphabet and u
language without a grammar
The Hawaiians have the same idea about the
stomach being the scat of intelligence; and Il knowl-
edge of this fact is sometimes necessary to under
stand their meaning, when abiding to their belly
being heavy with thought, or TO any important sub
iect being still undecided in their belly. Opu is the
Hawaiian word for the belly, and hOhonu signifies
deep. Thus, ii they wish to represent II person as a
deep thinker they say he is opn hohon". 50 too,
naau is the word for the intestines, and idhiiaht
means thin, consequently when they are describing "A
weak-minded man they denominate him a nGa"
iahilahi. 10 signifies light, or sometimes TO learn,
hence the word naouaO, educated or enlightened.
\ chapter could be written ON the English language
that would show very conclusively how many Of the
words in common use among Us have, like the Ila-
waiian we have mentioned, had their origin in just
such Il homely style, but now suggest to the mind a
meaning totally different from that familiar to our
remote ancestors.
THE PRorosED STREET FoUNTAIN-At the Thurs
day night meeting of the Temperance Legion, this
subject was again brought up. a Committee has
been appointed to procure subscriptions, and attend
to details, consisting of Mr.. Thrupp, Rev. DR.. Gulick
and Mr.. Fettcrs. A question has arisen as to what
kind of stone shall he used in the erection of the
structure. The most preferable would be the sand
stone of Eva. The Rev. Mr.. Damon has donated
the front corner OF the Bethel lot for the location.
papers will be opened at Mr.. Thrupp's
office, Mt the Iron Works, DIR. Gulick's office in the
Sailors Home building, and at the Bookstore.
During the evening, a very eloquent address on
the subject of temperance was made by Mr.. w. c.
Castle, n son of ). N. Castle, Esq, and interesting
remarks made by others. The Legion now numbers
$50 members. -
POLICE CouRT.-On Thursday a man named Hall,
connected with the cutter Isabella, was brought up
for assaulting the captain on the previous afternoon.
1t seems that Hall WIS navigator as well as mate,
though not on the shipping articles, but assumed all
the authority of master while ut sea. Capt. Hopkins,
after the arrival here, gave some orders to one of the
crew, which Hall resented by abusive language and
by violently pushing the captain several times. The
magistrate ordered Hall to pay a fine of S25 and
costs. and on the captain further complaining that
the mate had threatened to smash him up" and
that he was afrail Of bodily injury from him, Hall
was ordered to give bonds in the sum of one hundred
dollars to keep the peace until the captain shall leave
the port. -
Coolies IN TIE UNITED SrATEs.-Chinese coolies
have lately been introduced as laborers on a Louis
lana sugar plantation. The NachitOches Times of
the 9th says of them: They are good laborers and
sober men. They are Industrious, and perfectly sat
isicd with their new country, and any amount of
labor viii he performed by them, provided the con-
tracts passed are carried out to the letter, and par
ticularly that about the payment of monthly wages
and rations." Congress at its late session discussed
a resolution forbidding the importation of coolies,
and declaring the traffic in them n penal offence,
which is reported to have passed. If we are not mis-
taken, this is the first legal action taken by any ma
ton against the importation of coolies.
\ TORTOISE ExPREss-Last week we gave an in
t~eresting synopsis of Australian news up to March