The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-06-05
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Advertiser.
SATURDAY,. JUNE .
NOTES or TIis. WEEK.

the trial Of Ktonl and his followers. kahikoSu,
who. it is claimed. murdered Sheriff Neville. was.
after "a trial which Ils'ci throughout i~ourdays, found
guilty O. maus,lu-htcr IN the dr-. degree the jury
being unanimous. lie has been sentenced TO sixteen
years hard labor. Should De serve cut the term. Of
which some doubts are expressed, IT Is a much better
use to make Of him than hanging. Il We are cor-
rectly informed, Ii was proven that hahIkoku, while
Neville was PROSTATE GA the ground, aul in a dying
+ condition, took % club AMI beat him Co death, which,
kahikoku ayers, was done Ly command of his supc-
rior, Ksonl, and which fact was also proved.
On Monday, May 2lth, the court proceeded TO
the trial II Kaoun, Alike, Kamalla, anil kalama.
for the murder Of Kamai. a constable. The court
was IN session from nine in the morning until six in
the evening, and Oh Friday afternoon the jury re-
tired. again coming into court, after an absence Of
six and "a half hours. with a verdict Of guilty ofman-
slaughter in the second degree, also unanimous.
Sentence was passed upon them Oh Tucslay-haona
and Alikl ten years each. and Kamaka and ka!ama
t. five years each, hard labor. Il Vas proved that
one OF the four, AHhl, aided and abettcl 10y kamaka
and KaIama. Leaf the constable brains out, probably
by command II Kaoua. This murder was the equal
Of the other IN brutality. although it may be urged
that they were melted 10 II by the wautou attack
upon them by K~upakce's party, who stoned and fired
into the EaouaitcS. IL must strike our readers with
surprise that for the commission Of the same crime
one party is found guilty 81 mansl'ughter in the first
decree. and another in the second degree. IL can
only be explained by the fact that kaona conducted
his own defence, making "a most wonderful speech,
mild. vehement and sarcastic, completely using up
some of the witnesses, which doubtless had its effect
upon the jury "
lx Argr,y.-Thc second mate and . seaman On
b5ar,I tue bark J. ~. Ssarcr had q set-to yesterday.
Of thc origin and result If which W. have heard tie
following version The second mate gave seaman
named Brown an order which drew a back answer
uy5n which tie second mate and Brown cHnchel I;
the Captain and mate, who We're standing near sep
arltcI them. the Captain holding on TO Brown, the
mate standing before the second mate, who endeaN-
orcl to obtain q Delaying uin, and falling seized upon
a niece Of rope which had an iron hook on tine end
and struck at Brown over the mates shoulder, upon
which another seaman named Murphy, seeing the
second mate make an attack with Z dangerous weapon
urs,u 4 shipmate who was unable to defend himself,
! stcpuci up, marlinspikc in hand, the second mate
faced towards him, but whether endeavor1ng 10 strike
him or not was not made clear, upon which Murphy
threw the spike NJ him striking him upon the Lett
side Of the head, telling him TO the deck, upon rising
lac was again attacked by Brown, who had cleared
himself from the Captain, and struck three or lour
blows. upon which he cried ont and Brown desisted.
The wound on the second mates head was an ugly
SCALP cut which blcd p~rofusely. The two seanlen
were remanded to the station house by the Consul.
TIM L,uArxs CoxsrlArE-In the Norwich BUiie-
Tin OF April -, We Gud the following, which indi-
Gates that the Senate did not respond to President
Grants motion to have his townsmen, NJ. Hough-
ton. sent out to represent the American Government
At Lahaina. 1t is probable the present incumbents
will retain their position, for the present at least;
The aypo,urmen, Of ilo-ac, uourhiau as Consul 10 Laraiua,
. u / I'm Sac. Of Films Perkins. Of New London, was anf.Ull-i
hg uLe a4j5' NJ, r i. g, Il H. !. Sa ag.. cn ""Ha 20 bciors that BODY Tor
conGrmarion. In III. meantime, the friends OF Mt Perkins
are making strong efforts u have him continued IN 'e posi-
ton which Tor eight years he hls 50 crcdi'ably flied.
4" The DEoUTH on MNUI.-A letter from n planter
dated the 3Oth, states that the drouth still continues
on that island, that the streams and pools are nearly
all dry, and cattle and horses dying from thirst.
The mills at WailuLu have stopped grinding-on this
account, what little water there is in the streams
there being required for irrigation. The indication
Is that rain commenced falling on Thursday night on
the windwarl sides Of Maui and Hawaii and if this
conjecture be correct, the plantations viii soon be re
licyed. =
FIGURES VIII Lra-This was proved this week
wien n GN-tltt E'lNlt ~ tAt"ANS ~ ' So
the pounds Of sugar as 75l.6S7, while, after two
trials We find al ,Ol5 pounds as nearer correct :;
- .5i2 pounds Of pulu when &S,532 ; is probably the
fact value Of foreign produce $4,000 when $500
IS f,o,el in plain figures upon the manifest value
Of domestic produce S52,O22,O5 when S5i,oG3,Gi
should be the figures. 1t is difficult to be always
correct, but mistakes seem to be chronic with our
~neighbor. "
DrsrrrrRS-Our item last week about the treat
mcnt Of sailors ON the ship ResoiUic, and also the
item published two weeks ago in the Ga-dis about
the men ON the Lorenzo and hiRS Philip, are, 50
we are informed, 50 far as relates to the i'll treatment
and shaurhacinc. wholly unfounled. We obtained the
story about the men from parties who protesSed to
know tie facts but when the sailors were brought
before the Consul, they had 10 complaints TO makeof
in treatment or Strengthening, and were remaaded to
their ships To perform the service they had agreed TO-
= - The Sunday School celebration takes placcto
4 dav at kawaiahao church. at IL O'Clock. y process
sion, under the direction Of :. b. Dole. ESP, leaves
Eawaiahao church at 10 o'clock, marching through
Fort. B,retania. Nuuanu and thence back to ka-
wai,blo through King street. Numerous banners have
been prepared by the juveniles and their teachers,
and the exercises will no doubt be well worth wit
Messing. "
JouSsox's IsL,xp.-The schooner Maize Merrill
Z sailel ON Tuesday last for this island, which Is located
abou, zoo miles west of here. 1t is said to contain Il
large deposit of suano, with a good anchorage for
ships. ami the purpose IS To establish a colony there
and resume the Shipment Of guano to England, The
schooner Is expected back before the 25th inst.
O,ur CuLLEsE-Thc annual examination Of this
institution will take place ON Tuesday and Nclucs-
day next, from nine till three O'Clock each day. The
exhibition will lie ON Thursday evening, and on Fri
dly evening the alumni meeting. at which the
graduates and patrons Of the institution will be pres
cut. will close the gatherings.
FIRE DEPARTMENT ElrcrIox.-On Monday even
;u- next the Fire Department of this city holds its