The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1867-03-16
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
MARCH I6.
News of the Morning.

The steamer sailed on Wednesday last for La
haina and Kalepolepo. and returned to port this
morning. having bat few passengers either way.
She will leave again on Monday next for Lahaina
and Kona. Passengers arrived this morning are
Rev. :. l. Bishop. Me-srs. ~Treadway. Adams and
TurtOn. Reports bark Funny at Labaina.
The trade winds have con inued fresh and steady
during the past week. imparting health and vigor
to every one not affected with disease. Without
these bracing winds life in our warm lautudcs
would become a burden.
The sudden and unexpected death OF Judge
PabertsOn was a shock to our community. and
must remind all of the uncertainty Of earthly
things. We met him a few days before his death.
to all appearances perfectly well and likely to
live a. long a. any one Of his age. To mortals it
seems strange that the most active. useful and re-
spected should b. taken away in the vigor Of life,
and others left to fII their places. who could much
better be spared. Such. however. are among the
mysteries of Divine Providence, which the ken of
man i unable to solve.
Regarding a successor to the vacant judgship on
the Supreme Bench. We hear that no appointment
will be made at present. nor until an effort has
been made to secure some person Of requisite legal
qualifications and reputation from the United
States. If a lawyer Of distinction and ability can
be induced to come ont, who will take hold and
master the vernacular. it would be far preferable
to the appointment Of any one now available. The
Supreme Court has established 4 reputation that
commands the respect OF all classes, and that reputa-
ton should be sacredly guarded. The office is a
life tenure. and special care should b, taken that
it be not filed by one incapable Of preserving its
good name.
The whale-hipS are Tally dropping in from their
winter cruises. and bring poor reports. Whale
men say that there have been very few whales on
the coast the past winter. Our belief Is that their
number has not decreased very much. but that
they have merely changed their haunts. Ships
that have LEFT the old grounds and gone to new
ones. will come in soon reporting well. Whales
are knowing animals. and will sometimes outwit
the sharpest Of their pu-suers. leaving their old
retreats. where they have been hunted each by a
score Of harpooneers. and hiding themselves in
some unvi-ited lagoon OF bay. A. We 60 to press,
another whale-hiP has arrived or the port with
pilot signal flying. supposed 10 be Emily HorgIn.
WV. +. ALLl>. E-g. Collector of Customs. has
been appointed to serve on His Msjesty's staff.
with the rank Of Colonel. and T. HoFFNANN. VI. D..
To serve on tie COMMANDMENT Chiefs staff. with
the rank of Major A. these gentlemen are both
civilians. aud have never been known to shoulder
= muskct, thc appointments are all the more COM
Elementary. Major Hoffman. however. i an ardent
d4ullEcI OF TIE lIu--lil LftIlc--lI anu II one
result Of his appointment he it, introduction here
the country Will be the gamer.
\ correspondent inquiries of ". who Is the Com
mandcrin-Chief: Our army movements have been
80 seldom chrouicIei since the death Of the late
e Secretary Of the Army and Nav" that really
We have to stop AID brush the dust from the official
state records to find out. His Highness VI. KEKUA-
NAoAi i mmInder-in-CLi Of the Hawaiian forces.
and We trust that NO occasion will ever occur.
compelling him to marshal his troops in the field.
We have no later foreign news to report than
that received last week. \ few items Of interest.
including the Presidents new plan Of Rcconstruc-
ton. will be found in our foreign news column.
The American bark 81 -. Sslyer. Capt. snow. go
tons, en- route for China. may possibly touch here
to day or tomorrow. leaving us a mail or later
papers There j. no certainty about her stopping.
she was - sail from san Francisco, March ,.
The bark CunJriiys will sail on Monday next
for san Francisco. her mail closing at II II. She
will he followed by the bark Cnmct on Saturday.
March 25. Both vessels take full cargocs and
large Isis Of passengers
The attention OF shipmasiers Is called to an OIL
notice relating +, a dangerous reef among the
PaImcrston Island. which viii be found under tie
head Of marine memoranda. The fact that two
vessels have recently been totally lost ON this reef
should be q warning Is shIPmHstrrs Ia give 1t
berth in passing