The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-11-28
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATTRDAY y. NOVEMBER ,
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

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y NOTES or II WEEK.
4 The oKoLEHAo Tn1ALs-we last week stated THAI
the two cases for selling liquor to natives, by parti,-
ION the other side Of the island, had been hearl before
the Circuit Judge, on appeal, and that one party had
suffered the penalty Of the law, and one escaped.
Touching the case Of the party that escaped, there is
"a little story which remains untold. Four natives
gave positive testimony of having obtained the liquor
from the defendant, drank it and paid for it. A sharp
lcross examination did not shake the testimony a
whit, and the case seemed hopeless, when 10, the de-
Tense put n witness on the stand who said that he was
in a position where he could have seen the parties if
they had visited the house where the liquor was said
to have been obtained, and that he remained in the
said position in an open yard all day. This testimony
Twas backed up by another witness, who had also been
swhere he could have seen the purchase Of the liquor,
,,but that be had not seen il. The cross examination
[of the last witness ELECTED the fact that he might have
sbeen absent at intervals from a half to a whole hour,
still he too had not seen the parties obtdin drink or
pay for liquor. On the strength of the testimony OF
the last witnesses the Court felt that it must discharge
the defendant. and accordingly did so. As the
3lamented President Lincoln would have said. this
puts us in mind Of a little story, the purpOrt of which
sis as follows \ son of the Emerald Isle had been
-oIouSut DtloI a mhpTstralt 7 committing SOme ~
against the law. and the ofhcer in charge Of the pris-
soner gave n statement Of the act, having been an eye
witness TO It's commission. The magistrate asked the
ssprisoner what he had to say in defense. Prisoner
sputs in the plea of innocence. The magistrate says,
T. But this officer says he saw you commit the offence -
when the prisoner naively says, What of that? |
can bring a hundred witnesses, your Honor, who will
swear that they did not see me do it."
4 THE BODY of His Highness, VI. Kekuanaos, was
laid in state in the East room of the Palace on Tues
day last, between the hours of IL A. NJ. and 3 P. NJ
sand the public were admitted TO view for the last:
stime the features of the honored and honorable Ha-'
swaiian chief who has gone from us forever. The!
expression of face of the corpse was s~ingularly serene'
lind pleasant, without a trace of pain, and looked like.
:one in a peaceful sleep. During the time allowed for;
.entree at the Palace, (although the notice issued was
quite obviously worded,) there were a good many ma
;tives and foreigners who availed themselves of the:
privilege. Their Excellencies the Minister of Finances
and Attorney General, in full uniform, stood at the
head of the corpse. and the avenues to the Palace,
,were guarded by the officers of the Hawaiian Cavalry, \
Honolulu Rifles and Household Troops, while.
THE two latter corps were under arms in the Palaces
yard. The flags of the foreign consulates, and those.
:of the shipping, were displayed ut half mast durings
.the day, and in the afternoon, Capt. Sartori, of the:
~. S. s. OssiPse gave proof of his courtesy and kind
.ly feeling by causing minute guns to be fired FROM
ship. The date at which the funeral of His late
will take place has not yet been fixed, butS
probably be duly announced III advance. {
THANKSGIVING DAY.-Thursday was very generality
as a day of Thanksgiving by residents andi
by many from the fleet in our harbor. At IL o'clock
i'm the forenoon, service was held in the Bethel-thes
services being conducted by the Revs. S. c.. DIAMOND
land S. L. Bishop. The sermon of the Rev. Mr.. Da-s
mon was listened to by a large audience, and hass
been pronounced by many as one of his best dis
The text was from Isaiah k, 22-''A littles
shall become n thousand, and a small one a strongf
nation" The sermon has been obtained for publi-s
cation. and placed in our hands, but we have beens
unable to give it space this week. We shall PUBLISH
liz in full upon the first page of CIR next issue. Wei
heard of several family gatherings and dinners, aftert
time-honored New England custom. At one is
particular, a mother dined with her four childrens
grandchildren. - =
No DISTINCTION OF RAcE.-A seaman was brag-s
'ging the other day. how on board his ship, on the
voyage, the white men on board joined ~togetheri
whipped the ksnakas, and, he said, at the insti-s
cation Of the captain. That doesn't do to tell in thiss
Such a distinction Of race is bad enoughf
ION land. but most unsailor-like ut sea- \ true sailorS
should know no such clanship. The Hswaiians, too,a
are good seamen, and seldom give cause for any sucht
occurrence. Ii that captain set one portion Of hist
crew to thrash the other he was no captain. and liz
|thst part Of the story was untrue, then the whites
crew were no sailors. That is what We have to sayk
OF such things. - {
SCBSSL FOR CHISEsE-The Rev. Mr.. Bonner hasE
Spened an English school for the Chinese. under theE
of the Methodist Episcopal Mission School. The
room secured for the purpose is in AN upper story, on
the corner of Nuuanu and Merchant streets. 1t is
well adapted to the purpose, being about twenty hys
thirty-five feet in size, and fitted up with convent
fences for scholars. The instruction is at presontS
mostly in the evening, some twelve or fifteen Chinese, z
some of them engaged in business, availing them-S
selves Of the privileges of the school. The enterprise
is a most worthy one, and well deserves encourages
ment and assistance. - s
A Doc C~AsE.-Yesterday q case was brought befores
the Police Court, in which the owner of IA a. yallers
sued a native for malicious injury, in that tbe5
said native, with malice aforethought, and. withouts
the fear of the law before his eyes, threw Il stone ak
said dog, whereby and whereof he died. Dogs. beingS
taxable in this country, are property, and the ag-E
gressor in this case was fined SO and costs. ThereS
should be some special law in regard to dogs. Goods
dogs as watchers. are valuable. but worthless cursS
arc numerous, and should be exterminsted. &
Inc trustees of Fort Street Church have inf
contemplation an addition to the church edificc, for4
the purpose Of accommodating the organ and choir Z
The addition will be on the end towards NuuanuS
street, leaving n carriage way beneath. The work.
on the building is to be finished about the twelfth off
December, and the organ in its place ready for uses
about Christmas. - b