The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-19
PUBLISHED AND EDITED II
HENRY VI. WHITNEY.

viour This custom was. however, in the course
Of a few years, CONSIDERABLY cominuted for tax
The musical services at the Catholic churches
were Of an imposing character. vt st. Stephens,
which Is generally considered the most musical Of
the churches, grand high mass by VIM Berse'
the talented Organist Of the church, was rendered
by chorus Of fifty voices, with Prof Thomas
orchestra and solos by Madame dc Lussan and
others. Tie Offertory was a solo by GOunOd,
with violin and harp accompaniment. The crowd
was immense. Strangers contributed 10 the
church fund as they entered, and the ushers made
n second collection during the service, taking up
= very large sum. Every one who attends
Catholic church in New York il called upon to
contribute according to ms means and the same
ruic prevails at 81. Adams.
vt st. Xayier's, BeethOyen's Mass in e was
given with orchestral accompaniment. Madame
Gazzaniga sang at st. Anne's aud the music
was also very fine the Cathedral in Mott street.
The music ut the Episcopal churches, though
good, was not generally OF elaborate 4 char
acter a. that Of the Catholic churches. The
prevalence among the former Of boy-chOrus, while
it tends to a severe simplicity in the form Of wOr-
sh'D, yet diminishcs largely its musical interest
At the Church of the Ascension in GrecnpOint,
the music Of the day was composed by al old
Island resident, a gentleman well remembered i'll
the social and musical circles Of Honolulu The
q. Te Deum,'' then produced for the first time,
was by y. ). Bailey, and rendered by skilled
quartcttc. Mr.. Bailey has lost none Of lis love
for music since his return from the Islands.
The flower decorations in the Episcopal churches
were u prominent feature Of Easter. Greet sums
Of money were spent upon them, and theflOrists
were made happy by immense profits upoI heavy
sales Only one Of the Unitarian churces
thus decUrated-thc Church Of the Messiah, in
Thirty-fJurth street; but this was flld more
prOfu-eIy than any other church in town with
lilies, rOses AMI other rare products Of fIc hot
house. There could not have been les tIE,n
thousand dollars worth Of flowers in TIN church
ON Easter morning. At the close of the Cay they
were distributed among the inyalids ant poorer
members OF the congregation and dist'ict. In
some churches tire ornaments were omitted, and
contributions were taken up for the diret pecun-
iary benefit of the poor.
Dr. OsgoOd resigned Il week ago the lastorate
of the Church OF the Messiah. Ills successor is
not yet announced.
Easter Monday wns more celebrated by we'd
dings than in any other way. Prominent among
these was that of Lieut.. Loyal FarraSut, I. ). \,
son Of the Admiral, to Miss Metcalfe, the daugh
ter Of wcll-known physician Of this city. \
more imposing spectacle il seldom presented at Il
welding in n democratic country than Grace
Church aHlrded ON this occasion. IL was filed
with elegant t0ettes and full dress uniform, and
vouu. L0yaI looked. with his bride, upon more
eraulettes and swords than he had ever see. to- /
gethcr before except upon drcss-Iarade. The
snowy pageant passed away in an hour and eft
the Young Lieutenant with bride in additionto
his hundred dollars q month and his prospcct1f
camp life. which must have seemed at that IN !
ment less attractive than ever before.
On the same day the funeral Of cx-NlayOr Jamei
Harrer. Of the Harper Brothers firm, was held at
St PauI's Methodist Episcopal Church. Friends
Of the writer, sitting in their library windows,
saw the accident by which be was killed, hIs car
riasc being oyersct in Fifth avenue near the
corner Of Fifty-secoud street. 1t is n strange
commentary on the insecurity Of American life
that casualty ike this should occur in the most
fashionable thOrOughiarc Of our most civilized
city. caused by the Instructions which our build
crs are allowed u keep up in the streets. Piles
Of mortar. brick and building stone blockade our
best streets and avenues, cndanscring tine life
and the property Of all who drive in the high
WAYS Accidents from falling materials Of Gun
struction are Of constant in the vicinity
OF buildings in process Of erection. Mr. TroOTe
or Dickens, visiting New York to-day. would
almost be justified III declaring that in America
the bricklayers are accustomed 10 anuse them
selves while working by aiming bricks from q
great height at the heads Of people in the street,
knowing that the jurics IN such cases, invariably
bring In vcrdicts Of =. accidental death
Arnold x Constablc's immense new building
uu1n Broadway has Just been completed and
thrown Opcn u business. The occasion was cele-
brlted BY the gift Of suit Of clothes to each Of
the many clerks In the establishment. All the
employes Or this generous firm are provided with
lunch in tie building sign Of considerateness
toward cmpl1ye- which J. quite n novel and pleas
ant exception to the usual hardness of the New
York millionaire. Stewards recent gifts, Of
which propose 20 speak more fully upon an
other occasion, are signs Of 4 coming reaction
from the -elfishness Of fortune.
The Methodist book concern in Mulberry street.
j. about % be- removed into a splendid new build
ius upon Broadway, costing 100000. Here the
members Oi this denomination viii hold their
Monday reunions with more than ever Or social
enj1yment.
II. ". Alexander, E-,i.. Of Honolulu. j. passing
n few weeks IN New York. Your correspondent
had a call this morning from Dr. :. e. Powell.
who bring hack pleasant "reminiscences Dr hi last
winters visit O. Honolulu and llilJ. CNilNJs.
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