The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-04-24
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NOTES or TIE WEEK.
MrHpru or Cu,uir- J.. Lovs.-Ey letter from
Tahiti. under date or February l-', We have the par
ticular- Of tine murder uf MIR Charles j. Long, who
shipped On board the whaling bark Sane. last hll,
e. return a. the United State. on the way to Eng
land. Nr. Long was we'll known here as an accom-
pli-bcl or-luist and musician. lie was born ina
India in 1873 We quote from the letter AFTER
leaving Honolulu We u-el often 20 have him sing aud
play in the cabin. The Captain and my
self were beginning o. like him very much, for he
was always reutcmauly and respectful. .
The attentions shown him aroused the jealousy Of an
other sailor who had been with us six or seven years,
an ignorant min, who was very li~asrectblc toward
his s~hipmatcs but we supposed that everything Wa,
quiet, and suspected nothing. Wishing To
procure some .hcct mus:, on shore, / took Mr.. Long
with me 20 select IL, aud when he returned to the
ship he fell a victim 10 the rage and jealousy Of Cor
nelius Nye. who stabbed him f~earfully. He was
taken Immediately TO the hospital, but the surgeon
and doctors could 10 nothing for him. He lived
only nine hours. Ills suifcrincs were fearful.
Everything was done 10 make him comfortable, but
we could not save him. He i very much
misseI On board. Two Of the crew saw
'NiA'l4l- -Ill ullis anu the Auu-ul his taken iltut
out Of the ship to send them rs witnesses 10 san
Francisco Mr.. Long. it will be remem-'
bercI, was the or-,nist at Kawaiah,o Church for
some months. lie was for years a pupil Of DIR.
Booth, orghui,t at st. Adams Cathedral, Hertiorl-
shire. England, and was also "a chorister in the
Cathedral. lie was familiar with every kind Of vocal
music, and accompanied his singing upon the organ,
pianoforte. harp or guitar, with equal facility. The
few who have listened to his rendering Of sacred mu-
SIC, and the better style Of secular songs, will not
soon forget him. Il may afford some consolation to
his widowed mother 10 know that there are many
here who sincerely mourn his untimely end.
Our PrI5iIuN-Afer several months delay, the
American .dgricuHlrisf, which was offered as a
premium. has pushed its way through the Rocky
Mountain snow drifts, and the January and February
numbers have been distributed TO those entitled to it.
Ten more numbers, making the volume Of 1863 COM
Tlctc, will be sent as they arrive. Ii will make a
beautiful and instructive family paper. The termson
which the premium were offered were-thut all who
paid FOR roiume thirteen promptly in advance, with
out requiring u TO make the charge OF send bills
for collection, should have it.
( MoRE WHITE Pine, not Lumber bit Sguash.-Mr.
Crowoll, the gcntlcmanly Curator Of the Agricultural
Garden, sent down To our Office for exhibition IA spec
linen of squash raised by him. weighing 90 pounds,
which lac calls the White Pine Squash Whether
the seeds came from that famous district, or u mine
Of silver exists inside the huge vegetable, we have
not learned. some years ago, Mr.. kenway sent us a
squash. raised mt Waimca ON Hawaii, that weighed
over 100 pounds, we don't remember the
exact weight. This, however, ranks next to that.
PirEAs,Nrs.-The ship .I,nie hunks brought from
-
IIassinger, all which arrived in fine order. The
golden pheasants, Of this lot. are among the most
birds We have ever seen, and if they could
be placed in some locality where they would be safe
dogs and the guns of vicious sportsmen, and
Gould choose the climate that suits them best, they
might soon become numerous.
BAD WE,TuER-The Kate Lee returned from
lilo, yesterday, and reports having experienced bad
off Hawaii. She was compelled to land the
for Kaupakuea at lilo, and the Paukaa
reight, shocks, were thrown overheard and hauled
ip on the rocks by parties ashore. She came back
a cargo, and viii sail again to-day.
8Rnovrp-Messrs. o. Hall & Son have moved
heir stock of goods into the building on King street,
ust beyond their old stand. The store 50 long occu-
by them has been removed to make way for
iew ~fre-proof brick building. The new building
vii have a front of fifty feet on King and Fort streets,
md will be two stories high.
<QLsNoND CUT DI4NoND.-The Boston Post got off
What it thought a very cute thing, when it remarked
Ii a late paper that New York has become so wicked
hat they have been obliged to widen Hell Gate. To
which the Times Of New York replies, that the Post
nay be correct in its inference. because the princi-
al object in widening is TO make broader the road to
L.FAF Iha pct hos NJ -U.H.l
The clipper schooner .NtHie Merrill appears
Ieterminel to maintain the reputation she has had
Or eight years. She left here on Monday at II. NJ,
discharged and took in cargo at Koloa and Waimea,
Kauai, and was back 1t her wharf 1t l. o'clock on
'riday, having been absent three days and nineteen
i9urs. -
NEW Fmu.-Mcssrs. Dillingham; * Co. have pur-
hasel the stock in trade Of Henry Dimoud * Son.
nd will hereafter carry on the business at the old
t,ud. We doubt not that the young gentlemen who
the business will see that the reputation which
his store has always had Of being the cheapest in
town, i sustained. -
VESSELS AND MArs.-The clipper ship Resolufe
allied from san Francisco for this port on or about
april 10th, and i about due now, with a mail. The
rIm5rifge was expected TO leave that port about the
7th,-duc here May l To 1. The Comet would
about the 2ith,-due here May 10 TO l..
CAUrIoS.-We have heard several times lately that
iarks were seen in the harbor. One was seen and
listened to a week or two since, which had made his
ny up to the wharf opposit, the fish market. Parties
Tho are in the habit Of bathing in the harbor might
make a note Of this, and perhaps save a leg by it.
MrLEs FOR WHITE PINE.-The Idaho took three Of
valuable animals, which are said to be destined
,r White Pine. If they reach that place in good
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al the venture will doubtless prove a good specula-
on for the owner. -
Another interesting letter from the versatile
en- Of our New York correspondent will be found ON
~ first page. The writer evidently occupies a
Jsition which enables him 10 witness passing events