The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1868-08-22

nv NA"EC N"N A-AN Il
drys, the longest having been eleven days and twenty
two hours. The return passages have averaged over
twelve days. The Idaho probably sailed from san
Francisco ON Monday, the 10th Of August. aud will
be due here this morning with the New York mails
to July l6, London TO July /, and san Francisco TO
August 10. -
FIRE AT KALun.-On Monday night last, the house
of Pohaku, the native missionary preacher at kalihi
was destroyed by fire. The alarm was given at IL
o'clock and the ~neighbOrs aroused. but no means
were at hand 10 save the premises. The house was a
small frame one, bought some months since 10y his
congregation, and moved near the church FOR his resi-
dence. lie is a blind man, and was sleeping alone ia
the house ~ the time il caught fire. tie was aroused
from sleep by a feeling Of heat, and went outside on
the Verandnh with his mat and pillows, but finding 1t
warm there, finally went over to the church, about
forty feet distant, 10 finish his nights rest. By this
time, the cause of his uneaSiuess became apparent by
the bursting out of the flames, and had the house
been n thatch one, We believe the blind preacher
would have persisted, ere he could have been aroused
ia time 10 escape. The church was in great danger
" catching fire, but was saved.-Gd-eite.
TPERsoSAL--Capt. CHARLES BREWER, ST., long a
merchant of this city in its pioneer days, and the
founder Of the house Of c. Brewer & Co, is expected
ia the steamer, or the clipper ship .dk6ar, accOmpa-
MED by his daughter and Mrs. Maria p. Brewer.
Sherman Peck, Esq and wife, and George Gordon,
Esq, of the San Francisco Refinery. are also expected.
Dr. Judd and wife remain in san Francisco till the
return Of the bark ID. {. Murray, which will be due
early in September.
MOVING Ox.-It is said that by the end of Deem
Der, 1868, mails will 60 through from San Francisco
TO New York overland in nine days. The time re-
quired in July was thirteen days. 4 director Of the
overland railroad said in n speech recently n Sacra-
mento, that when the road is completed, express trains
will run through from that city to New York in four
days, and regular trains in six days. The fare is ex-
ifected TO be about $50 for through tickets.
.FATAL AccIDENT.-The eldest son of s. G.. Wilder,
Esq.,-a lad about nine years of age-while playing
in the sugar-house of the Plantation at Kuoloa ON
Thursday, fell into the cIarifier, and scalded his legs
and body so severely that he died on the following
day. DIR. M'Kibbin was called in, but no skill could
save the child's life. The funeral will be attended
afternoon, from DR.. Judd's residence.
Z - A report was received by the .NariIaa, that
Neville, the Sheriff of Kona, had been lost in the
woods, while travelling with his family from Hilo to
Waimea. He left the party, and went on in advance,
but when they arrived at waimea, they found that
had been heard from him. BY the steamer
we learn that he had reached Waimea all right.
The NEXT MAIL-wil leave by the steamer, on
Friday or Saturday next, Saturday is much the more
Gay of departure.) Letters sent by her
will reach New York, September 25th to 30th, and
October Sth to 10th. Files of the advertiser,
for the past six weeks can be obtained at the office Of
this paper, stamped and ready for mailing.
SCHOONER LosT-The Schooner Deuoiif, owned by
natives, was capsized in a squall off Kaupo, Maui,
IN Friday, the 18th inst, and sunk almost immedi-
lteiy. Her crew and passengers, some ten or more
in number, escaped by swimming to the shore, about
half a mile distant. -
81 HIS MAJESTY THE KING sailed for Molokai on
Saturday afternoon last, in his yacht the KamGiie,
md arrived At his country seat on the following day.
lie will probably remain ON Molokai for some months.
~ The United States steamer .HOhoRgo arrived
1t = p. NJ, yesterday from Lahaina, having during
ier absence visited Hilo, Kealakeakua, Makee's
Landing and Iahaina.