The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-06-06
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

NOTES OF THE WEEK.
LIQuoE DISTILLArIox.-Tbe extent to which this
nefarious traffic is carried on on Hawaii is astound-
ing. We are informed that nearly every other
house in the secluded Hamakua and Kohala dis
tricls is either a ~distillery or in some way concern
ell in the disposal of OkOlehdO. Numerous caves
and secluded places are also used for the manufac-
turing or storing of it. So extensive has the traffic
in liquors become that the Judges and other officers
Of the government, it is said. are more or less inn
plicaicd in it, and use their authority To screen the
Offenders when arrested. Recently an effort has
been made on the part of the government to bring
a few of these law-defying persons to justice, and
with some success. Fourteen We're thus arrested
and tried two weeks since at Waimea, before Dis
trict Justice Frank Spencer, with the following re-
suit:
Makauhi plead guilty Of dstirine, and was fined $3.50.
kusahahea plead guilty q distlling, and was fined s75.
kauaikOru plead guilty Of distining, and vas fined $50.
John Lincoln plead guilty Of furnishing liquor, fined 800.
Makalahi, found guilty 81 furnishing liquor, lined sloo, APP
Po%Akai, found guilty Of dis,nlln. liquor and fined $500, ap-
Paewa and KameO, found guilty Of distirlng and each fined
w@. Lincoln. charged with distlling, none proseq9i entered.
APPEALED
kununui, charged with furnishing liquor, renAnded till June
KaInike. selling liquor To foreigners. remanded in June 9Th.
ICkua, furnishing hquor-nOne prOsequi entered.
1t will be seen that fonr plead guilty. seven
others were found guilty, but appealed to the Cir
cnit Judge. who is said to be in full sympathy with
this liquor gang, and before whom they will prob
ably escape with little or no fine. Government,
however. deserves credit for the effort to put a stop
to this business, and if it will only appoint good
judges and other officers on that island. there will
be but little more heard of illicit distiIIation there.
-
VIEWS or THE LATE ERUPTIoN--Mr. Chase, the
artist. has laid on our table a series of photographs
taken by him. representing scenes in the district of
Kan. One shows the lava field at kahuku, taken
near the residence OF Capt. Brown. a second shows
the ruins of the Kahuku church, with an da ridge
in the back ground. The size of this church was
surrounded by the lava, but the building was not
touched by It. 1t was destroyed by the earth
quakcs. Another view shows an island where five
natives were surrounded by the lava and compelled
to remain a week till the lava cooled so as to allow
them to escape. \ fourth gives Il view of Waiohi-
M. with ruinel buildings IN the foreground. The
fifth. and perhaps the most graphic. shows The lava
rushing over = precipicc. precisely like a freshet
stream filed with blocks of ice. Imagine this tn
he blood-red. and rushing at the rate of twenty
miles an hour, and you have some idea of the mag
niicent sight Which was afforded 20 the few visitors
who saw the late eruption. Another picture repre-
senis The =. mud+fow' al kapapala. There are eight
in the series before us, and we can bear witness TO
this correctness of the scenes which they represcni-
OLYMPIc CLuB.-The lecture delivered before
this Society by the Rev. Z. Corwin laSt-evening.
drew ont a good audience. The subject was the
Mystery or Philosophy of Motion, US exhibited in
astronomy and the various mysterious phenomena
Of nature and science. Though the topic was rather
aI-truz. tho iA.fursr made IL exepadinrly iutprest-
ing to his audience, atiributing the source Of all
mysterious motion to one Supreme Being. the Gre
atOr aud UphOllcr of the Universe. lie closed his
lecture with an earnest appeal to the yonng TO
study the philosophy of motion. and investigate its
mystery. with the aids which science and revsla-
ton furnish. At the close, the President of the
Club announced that two lectures were in prepar-
ation-one OH Volcanic Phenomena by DR.. Hille-
brand. and another on Hawaiian Mythology by
Professor Alexander.
A LoxG RAxGE-The other day we found two
large twenty Founders approaching us from towards
the sea. in size a good lit for n ffteen-inch gun.
Amer having collected our senses sufficiently To
learn what they we're. we found them to be genuine
dr,anLead eaJJaSes. shot all tho way from Prospect
Hill. Ulupalakua Plantation. Maui. Trey safely
lodged in Merchant street, without doisg damage
to n single person. and delighting the eyes of a
crowd. whatsoever fred these "swsmp angelo
shots at us will please accept our thank. They are
the missiles that give newspaper reporters appetite
and a good will -
UNrsUAL--On Thursday night and Friday morn
ing heavy rains tell in various distrids on this ISL
aud. causing freshets in the streams During last
month the same occurrence happered on this and
other islands. 1t forms n contrast to the extreme
lack of rain which we usually havedurins the sum-
mer. Everywhere the pastures are as rich with
verdure as in mdwinter.
SNAIL Pox-The brig China Picket, which arriv-
ell on Wednesday from Hongkons. appears to have
had : case Of snail pox on board during the pas
sage. The patient has entirely recovered, and all
the clothing having been burned. the vessel was al
lowed to come in and all tabu 'emoved. 1t is pos
sible the contagion may show Iself somewhere.
U. s. NAVAL AGEx1.-Fra,k Cosby, Esq, late
in the Q. S. Navy, arrived in the bark Com
ct, having been appointed nava agent and store keeper
Mt this port OF hte years the American Government
has had no regularly a~ppointec agent, though in former
years il had. Mr.. c. is accompanied with his family,
and expects to reside here permanently.
TT We understand that Mr.. -Asheong will deliv-
er a lecture in the Chimes, language at the vestry
room Of the Bethel Chapel on Sunday evening.
Those having coolies ir their employ will please
give them notice Of the sane.
s- The steamer Raho will be due from San
Francisco on Tuesday morning next. with the New
2s or 30.