The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-04-03

''.N '- @r-- N@~ - A- A[Aa--Ns "a N-tNNI 49,
comprised 5II lots, or about 200 volumes, most Of
which evidently hal al,vI tie shelves Of some anti
qu.r;au bookstore in that city. Notwithstanding
their ancient and worn appearance. the invoice COM
Vr-cl rare and original editions, very seldom met
with. here or elsewhere. Some twenty OF thirty
/. volumes, relating 10 the Pacific, with expensive maps
and plates, sod at good figures, say from FIVE TO ten
dollars a volume, not "a 1.-THE of the original cost, but
high, as many thought. Altogether. it was one IF
the most remarkable sales ever held here, and the
81 lots were all closed cut in three hours and
tWenty-nine minutes feat that has never been
done here before. The sale realized nearly one thou
sand dollars. which considering the fact that "a large
proportion Jt the books sold were Of little use To amy
one. Is a credit to the Honolulu public AMI TO the
auctioneer. The author Of " Social Life evidently
did not get his statistics from this sale, nor from any
other which We have ever witnessed in this city
"HE BouGHr IT: HE GAVE SEVEN DOLLARS AND
a HALF FOR IT.''-Ycs, that's true. But the next
time the ministers want to secure a rare reference
book, which cost originally eS,-an edition which
neither love nor money can procure in EngaRd-we
advise them not to stop bidding At the begglrly sum
of ssrea dollars, nor to resort to the mean shift of
publicly exhibiting their disappointment in not get
tag the volume, 10y retailing personal and spiieful
abuse in their paper, rs in the item referred TO.
But what else may be expected from the third-rate
@scrlnblcrs who DO the Government paper from week
10 week. -
Circumstances At TIE MARQUEsAS.-By late ac-
counts from the Marquesls Islands, we learn that
drunkenness among the natives is getting TO be alarm
iugly common. \ whaling master informed US that
he was ten days getting a supply Of irewood which
ought to have been obtained in four, the cause of de-
lay being the drunken condition of the natives. The
liquor they drink Is made from the cocoanu5s, and is
said TO be what is called Liquid lightning The
LHHr- vu.-L al - - 49, So. -- - -.
dlsulIauUn OF their rum.
HoNE MANuFACTURE.-On Thursday evening last,
three velocipeIes might have been seen perambulat-
ing the streets. One of them has three wheels, and
carries two persons. The others were of the usual
two wheel pattern, but they were all constructed
here, each combining some new feature, the inven-
ton OF the builders. We saw two of them, and they
were operated quite as skilfully as any we saw in
San Francisco. The fact that our mechanics can
make these vehicles and add improvements of their
own, speaks well for them.
WHATS THE MATTER :-The Gazette has been for
several months spinning out an endless yarn about
the Fijis, which has already unraveled thirteen
skeins. "Quilp ;" asked what it was all about, and
was told in reply that it was proposed soon to send
the .nauna Loa to Fiji, and that the Ministers and
Board of immigration may possibly migrate and set
tie on that delcotable group-when the yarn is all
unrayelei. The riddles explained. "That's what's
the matter" =
- by reference to our advertising columns it
will be seen that u native Hawaiian, David Kealoha-
pauole, has taken the shop Of the late Mr.. Nohea, and
intends TO carry on the business of painting. We are
always glad to see Hawaiians ONE forward and COM
pete with foreigners in business enterprises. This Ha-
waiian served n faithful apprenticeship under Mr.. |
Gillland, to whom he refers 10y permission.
NJ
DsMAsTED Captain Knowles, of the whaleship \
George Hogiaad, informs us that after he left here
last fall, and when bound over to the coast of Califor-
mia, his ship was dismasted by a whirlwind. The
Captain set to work with his crew and repaired all
the damage, coming back to this port with his top
hamper in Us good condition rs when he sailed.
From Makawao we learn of the death of Min
nehaha, youngest daughter OF the late Or. Seth z.
Ford. She died ON Sunday last, 18th ult., at the
NIakawao Female Seminary, after a short illness, it
is said, OF diphtheria. She was a very interesting
child, of n winsome disposition, and had become a
tIyOrite with her teachers and s~chOOlmates.
New HAWAIIAN CoNsUL.-From the Panama Star
and Herald OF February l6, we learn that Mr.. Isaac
M'Kim Cooke has been appointed Hawaiian Consul
at that port. There is an old adage that people
abroad know more of our own affairs than those at
home, which is well illustrated in the present in
stance. | II
PEpsoxAL-On Saturday evening last, Nh. Sher-
man Peck, senior member of the firm of c. Brewer 4
y CO., was attacked with a severe stroke ofparalysis.
regret to hear that his symptoms show no i'm
p~rovemeut, and but slight hopes are entertained by
physicians OF his recovery. !
BY a card in our columns we learn that Mes
Frank and Godfrey Brown, sons of Mr.. Thomas
Brown, Registrar Of Conveyances, have taken the
90, NI.u.r.n lt~r.+ .,,L.-#, .g,C Sill H. !
where they intend to carry on the business of i'm
pOrteIs and wholesale dealers III Wines and Spirits.
TAyGLED-Our neighbor of the Gazette has made
several errors this week in regard to facts. but as he
is evidently inclined to anger at our attempts TO cor
the errors lie commits from week to week, we
will not point them out, but simply say to his read
,rs not TO place too much reliance on his items.
DuE-Thc clipper ship Free Trade, under char
ter to load guano at Bakers Island, and the bark
c. .nsrray, were to leave San Francisco about
he 18th or 10th of March, and may be expected
in all next week, with later Eastern mails, to
bout March ISt. -
- The u. 5. Ship Ossipee. Capt Sartori, left on
he LIST inst. about noon, for San Francisco, taking a
mall mail. 1t is stated that Admiral Craven is pur-
losing TO visit this port soon, in the flagship PenSa-
-
y The American whaling bark Eagle arrived
from the coast of California. She has |
ashore and sustained some damage, not so ex- !
ensive however as to cause much detention for re- l
rairs. =
FROM KoNA-By the arrival Of the ROna Packet, t
yesterday, we learn that the Kona coast has been 1
with showers, which had caused vegetation
o start. - ,
ACcIDEyr.-A halfcaste, Mr.. James Bunker, met
nth a severe accident on Wednesday last by being :
brown from a horse, breaking his left leg below the !
nee. -
- The schooner Ra .Noi Is receiving a new gang =
f standing rigging and coat of paint. She Will leave !
II her next trip to Kahului about Monday next. {