The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-07-24
Insult to IniurX.
In our article, published last week, on the
appointment of Mr.. ii. A.. Widemann to the

In our article, published last week, on the
appointment of Mr.. II. A. Widemann to the
Supreme Court Bench, we said:
so far as the Bar is concerned it has received an open
insult and challenge, which it may or may not take action u.
backs upon the Court, and left the building, ON the occasion of
the new incumbent taking his seat, it would have been a wen
meTited rebuke 10 the appointing power. and We believe they
would have bcen sustained by the voice of the community"
To which the Ministers make the following
answer, possibly .. BY Authority"
"Most people would be curious to know what the appointing
power by his appointment had challenged, these gentlemen
To do-wbat action they may choose 10 take How BADLY the
appointing power would feel that lie had meri'ed the reouke
In other words that the appointing power has
so little respect for the gentlemen of the Bar that
no action they could take could injure his feelings.
We have learned that upon the occasion OF MIR.
Widemann's taking his seat, an officer of the
court was requested to notify the gentlemen OF the
Bar of the fact and request their presence, that he
did so, and that the gentlemen expressed their dis
pleasure by keeping out of court. The only menu
bers of the Bar present being those who were
engaged in q case ut the time, and the Police
Magistrate.
A New ISyEyTIoy.-An inventive Yankee, is an
irrepressible character. Take him wherever you
may, in Connecticut or in the Sandwich Islands, he
is still the same,
sStTl achieving, still pursuing,
Learns TO labor and to wait"
Mr.. Sam. K. Rawson, of this city, is one of these
irrepressible geniuses. lie has invented and per-
fected a machine for turning rounds, ovals, oblongs,
or spheriods, with perfect exactness, and of different
sizes, from that of q pea, to n billiard ball. 1t Is
capable, also, on the same principle, of enlargement
indefinitely. so that it may be made applicable to the
operations of heavy machinery. The great desider-
alum of turning billiard balls to q perfect roundness,
is here overcome. We were not favored with q sight
of the machine, nor, as We understand, will any one
else get a look at it, until Mr.. Rawson secures his
patent right at Washington. We saw however some
of the billiard balls which he has produced, beauti-
fully colored, and polished during the operation Of
turning. If this new invention shall turn out to be
oil that is claimed for it, it may produce something
like a revolution (no pun intended) in some branches
of the mechanical arts
LUNAR EcLIpsE.-An eclipse of the moon occurred
on the morning of the 23d inst, commencing at a few
minutes after midnight and continuing till near day
break. 1t was observed by Capt. d. Smith, who reports
that the observation was very indistinct, owing to
the hazy atmosphere, till about 4 o'clock, when it
became clear. 1t was a partial eclipse, as only about
half the moons disc was obscured.
A total eclipse of the sun will occur on the 9TH of
August, in the afternoon. 1t will not be visible here.
The central line of total eclipse will pass through
northern Asia, Bhering Straits, and British America.
H Referring to what We said last week about the
simple and effective ice machine to be seen at Mr..
Bartow's we would add the following clipped from an
exchange:
"They are making ice artifcially in New Orleans. The
method is no! given, only that it is colder and more solid and
lasts longer than Northern ice. Made ice !" has long been an
occasional production Of chemists. Nothing, however, has been
done ON a large scale. Since the article is no more a luxury,
but a necessity, the advantage of being able to manufacture 1t
to order will be invaluable in Southern latitudes, and TO those
taking long voyages"
OLYMPIC CLUp.-A meeting of the Club will be
boll OF tho Hall IN Mnndau euaninn next Mt 6 O'Clock