The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-01-25
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY. Y. JANUARY %.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

audience Of foreigners and Hawaiians. The price of
tickets had been very properly RAISED to one dollar.
which brought together n more select audience than
was present on the first occasion. The programme
was changed by the omission of a few Of the lees
meritorious pieces and the insertion Of others. This
change was a decided improvement. All the pieces
consisted Of the more simple popular songs and cho-
ruses, and this feature tended more than any thing
else 10 give the concert the success it met with. Ha-
wamans are naturally good singers, some of them
have remarkably fine voices, which with proper cul-
ture and training would make them fayOrites in any
country. Their department on the stage, and the or
der and precision observed in all their
elected general admiration. Another noticeable fea-
ture was the manner in which the English songs were
executed, the pronunciation Of the English language,
in most cases, bring very good. This was specially
observed in the Duet, Hhen Stars are IN the quie!
skies. The tenor voice in this piece was a very sweet
and pleasant one. that gives promise of a fine singer.
The chOruses were performed with the precision and
power noticed at the first concert, showing most adj
mirable training This is due, in n great measure, to
the untiring efforts of Miss Emma Smith, assisted by a
native Hawaiian, Mr.. Peter Kalaikini. We have
never felt 50 much pride in the advancement of native
Hawaiians, rs since attending their concerts ; and We
could not help thinking that if Bishop Staley had
had this choir Of fourteen Hawaiian ladies and four
teen gentlemen TO exhibit in England, he would have
drawn out audiences which Exeter Hall could not
hold, and that would have demonstrated more salts
factorily than any thing else he could do the real
progress and improvement Of this much abused Ha-
waiian people. On the whole, this concert was a
most decided success, and we feel sure that every
one who attended it went away satisfied and gratifed
beyond measure The receipts were 1907.
THASKs.-The bark Ceiestid brought us an .4itd Of
January 9th, one day later than dates by mail, for
which We are indebted to that veteran 6oatman John
Cobb, who will be remembered by many captains and
passengers who have visited San Francisco. 1t is q
pleasure to know that Cobb does not forget his friends,
though thousands of miles away. And now while we
have our pen in hand, we may cs well narrate IN
anecdote of him, to show the perilous life he follows.
Some six or eight years ago, during one of those
heavy storms which occur occasionally of the port of
San Francisco, and make the bar a perfect whirlpool,
Cobb, while in the prosecution of his duties as n boat
man, was capsizei outside the heads, and would have
been drowned, had not n ship-the .MaIoy-fortu-
nately come along just at the time. Capt. Hutchinson
hove back his ship at considerable risk, and picked
up the drowning man, who had been in the water
over two hours. This hardy boatman stil fol-
lows his perilous vocation, serving his customers in
fair weather and foul; and when any of our friends
want n faithful boatman, let them call for John Cobb,
at the foot Of Vallejo street. Such as he deserve 10
live forever. -
ARREST OF THE HAIKU MuRpERER.-Marsha Parke
went up TO Maui on the Steamer, to aid in the find
ing Of the ringleader concerned in the Haiku muir
der, Of which We gave an account last week. On
reaching Lahaina he learned that the cOolie had been
discovered ON Sunday last secreted on the plantation
of Mr.. Spencer. Mr.. Everett having intimation as
to his whereabouts, went over and found him in one
Of the rooms of the coolies employed on Mr.. Spencer's
plantation, arrested him and took him TO Lahains,
where after exanir alton he was committed for trial.
All four Of the coolies engaged in the murder are
now in the Oahu prison. The native who was wound
ell died on Thursday last. His death may dc, rive
the prosecution Of evidence necessary to convict all
four Of the murderers, but it is possible that some
may be obtained before the trial, sufficient for the
purpose. -
RETURN or THE MISSIONARY PAcKEr-The Morn
ing Star, Captain II. Bingham, returned on Friday
morning from her annual cruise TO the Caroline ISL
ands. She sailed from this port July !, and has been
absent about seven months. She brings back ~ pas
sengers Mrs. Snow and children, and two Hawaiian
missionaries and their wives. The return passage was
made in twenty-five days and six hours, which is a
very short one. Her best days run was 235 miles,
which is the same distance as made on her best days
run on the passage out from Boston. Aside from the
death of Rev. Mr.. Johnson, noticed elsewhere, no
mishap has occurred, and she has had a very pleas
ant cruise. Her next trip will be TO the Marquesss,
for which group she will leave in n few weeks. We
have received from Capt. Bingham a report of her
voyage, which will appear next week.
CocoANUTs FROM A QUEES.-When Queen Emma
of the Sandwich Islands was in San Francisco, some
year or more ago, she visited the Deaf, Dumb and
Blind Asylum, and was greatly interested in the in
stitution- There was also an intimation that she
would not forget the pupils on her return to the Ha-
waiian Islands. The steamer Idaho on her recent
trip, says the Bulletin, brought up a fine lot of CO.
cosnuts sent by Queen Emma and consigned to
Charles L.. Hitchcock, Hawaiian Consul, as a gift
from her to the inmates of the Asylum. The cocoa
nuts are Il novel and most appropriate present, and
many young hearts will bless the good Queen for her
thoughtful kindness.
DEATH OF AN AMERICAN MIssIoSARY.-By the re-
turn of the missionary packet, we learn of the death
Of Rev. Z. Johnson, on board that vessel, while on the
passage from Tarawa to Ebon. He had been unwell
for some time, but no serious apprehens;ons were en-
tertained till a day or two before his death, when it
became evident that he had typhoid fever. He died
at sea on Sunday, September l, and was buried at
Ebon on the third Of the same month. He took pas
sage in the Morning Star as a delegate from the
Hawaiian Evangelical Association to visit the Mis-
sions of the Micronesian group. He leaves n widow
residing at Hanalei, Kauai, and several children.
EXCHANGE ParERs.-It is gratifying to notice i'm
provements in good papers. The San Francisco daily
Times, since December LIST, has shown n decided
change in it's management, and seems possessed of the
elements Of a live newspaper. \ growing metropolis
like San Francisco, should possess frst-class dailies
equal in every respect to those of less gO-sheadative
Atlantic cites The Pncihc has enlarrci To ainhf