The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1869-12-25

HE WEATHER. nurSuay Va
light battling winds. which veered from south 10
west, but towards the middle of the day hsnt airs
were felt coming from the northeast, which gradu-
ally freshened and brought with them a hne dfi'i"s
rain. As the afternoon wore ON, the wind increased
to a gale, and through the night blew about as aru
we have ever experienced. During the night OF the
blow, vessels in the harbor were dragging over
towards the reef, and on the morning of Friday the
positions of the shipping showed the force o '"e
wind. The Cambridge which had been made fast
astern, to the new can-buoy in the middle OF the
harbor, had dragged across the harbor. carrying the
buoy with her. The Lorenzo had dragged down
close alongside of the Rohoia, but neither suffered
damage that We could learn Of. Had the gale hap
pened during the first of the month when the whal-
ing feet were lying so thick, there would doubtless
have been some crashing. In town the force of the
wind is evident from the quantity of fencing lying
PROSTATE and the number of trees, principally alge-
robas, which have been broken or uprooted. Inc
large tree in Mr. Heuck's store premises went over.
and its roots running under the building occupied by
Mr.. Burgess raised havoc with the flooring, and
caused the u~psetting of some drinkables. Most OF
the coasting fleet are out and will probably report
some damage. The wind went down yesterday, and
NAV yeer to another quarter Of the compass, and
blow as hard from that, as often is the case In storms.
"
ARRIvAL OF THE AUSTRIAN FRIGATE DoNAU.-
II. L. R. Austrian Majesty's steam frigate Donau,
Admiral Baron Won PETE. commanding. arrived at
this port on Monday the Goth inst, 81 days from
Yokohama, Japan. She encountered two heavy
cyclones during the passage, in the last of which she
suffered serious damage, the memoranda Of which
will be found in another column. The Donau car
ries 16 guns, and her engines are 800 horsepower.
A. IN o,oloot 4 NJ N m TueSday. she Saluted the
Hawaiian flag, which was returned from the Battery
on Punch Bowl. She has on board the members of
the Imperial Legation, consisting of Contre Admiral
Baron Won PETE, Envoy Extraordinary and Minister
Plenipotentiary ; Baron Won Trauttenberg. Secretary
of Legation Pfsterer, Officer Board of Trade {;
schoonberger, Czerey, Commercial Reporters. The
following is the list of her officers:
Contre sdmirai-Baron Won PETE.
Captain-Chevalier Won Wiplinger.
Lieuteaants-Kolb. Baron Minutillo, Hentschel, Desehauer.
Count Auersperg, Poglayen, Prasch, Bartsch, and Baron
Benko, Aid de Camp.
L x;.S Z Of nH' WsSra- Won BeuS''
Surqtons-Drs. Janka and Fried.
Paymaster-Raschin
Engineers-Engerth, Won Benedict, Wondra, Sclnabei,
Cadets-Labres. Wiedemann. Count Hahn, Hlouscheck,
Pittner, weisse, Chevalier Won Benigni, A~lbrecht-Gasene.
On Thursday, His Majesty's Ministers paid an
official visit to Admiral PETE on board the nonau;
and on Friday the King received the Admiral and
officers OF the frlgate at the Palace.
THE WEEK OF PRAYER.-The following programme
of subjects for the prayer meetings during the an
nual week of prayer has been handed in for publica-
ton
SUNDAY. January end-Thanksgiving and Confession
year Confession e 3 sin. ""N
MONDAY, INSTRUMENTATION Of the WorldIMissions to
heather and nominally Christian lands that the Holy spirit
may bless all missionaries, mission schools, and Ill nahve
Christians, especially the native ministry.
TUESDAY, 4th-The Churches-For pastors ; for a bless
ing on the word preached to the conversion of the impenitent
and the greater conservation Of believers OIL all meetings for
prayer on Christian households and baptized children.
WEDNESDAY, 5th-Home EuongeHzation-For lay effort,
young mems ,O ShT hsnanol ansO saaiep,s n ihe Lotus as pay. the re-
lgious press, duties to immigrants.
THURSDAY, 6th-For CiU,t Gouernments-An who are in
authority wise and Just laws ; for internal and international
peace for the removal of obstacles in the way Of moral and
religious progress and the proper influence OF Christianity on
our civil institutions.
FRIDAY, 7th-For Christian EdueafiOn-Family and Sab
o oai l. somUoi Ehr = sn S,mpo' 81 3Ee y = NV with Reference TO
the future of the church and the worlds evangeization.
SATURDAY, sth-For Christian Union.-Evangelcal ai-
ance efforts looking to a closer union Of the disciples Of
Christ; Christian charity for grace equal na TO ,, the eh1 da,ies N
SUNDAY, eth-For the Holy Splrit.-For the blessing Of the
Holy Spirit on all efforts to promote the kingdom Of Christ;
for a revival of religion in our churches for higher Christian
attachments and a full appropriation Of redemption.
"GoSE TO TExAs"-In the olden time in the
United States, when a person absconded he was sup
posed to intimate his destination by marking g. TT.
upon his door, which means what this item is headed.
Texas in early days was the refuge of every outlaw,
where, with a change of name, one might commence
a new record. R%unaways from these islands of per-
sons of any standing are of rare occurrence, and
when one occurs. it is Mt least a days wonder. On
Saturday last Mr.. F. Bernard, who has been doing
business of late years on Nuuanu street, felt sudden
ly called upon to take a trip to the Bonin Islands,
possibly in search of health, too close application to
business rendering change essential to ones comfort.
The singular part of the proceeding is that he
failed to make q sign as to his whereabouts or inten-
tons. Since his departure the sheriff has been
called upon to take charge of his abandoned estate,
and now appears in the government paper the usual
:. In the matter of the bankruptcy of F. Bernard
The liabilities of the estate are variously estimated at
from five to two thousand dollars.
- Messrs. Duncan s. Crockett have built a shop
Hear the site formerly occupied by George Leonard's
machine shop. where they intend to carry on black
in all its branches. To most if not all Of
our readers it will be needless for us to say a word for
this new firm. Mr.. Duncan's long residence in our
community and well earned reputation for industry
and integrity is a sufficient guarantee for the future.
Mr.. Crockett is well known to most of our residents
MS a competent mechanic having been employed at
his trade in this community for several years. His
short visit to California has satisfied him that there
are few places where a reliable mechanic can do
better than here. We wish the new firm success.
BEYEFIT.-Messrs Lee s. Ryland, proprietors of
the Great Eastern Circus, propose to have q benefit
on Monday evening, when our citizens will no doubt
turn out en- masse. to show their appreciation of the
efforts of these gentlemen to aid some of the various
benevolent enterprises among US, as they have 50
generously done. -
VOCAL CONCERT AT LAHAINA.-The Hawaiians
connected with Rev. A. Moku's church in Lahaina,
gave a concert last week for the purpose Of raising
funds to purchase an organ. The result was that
over 800 were secured. Pretty good for Lahaina
They probably look after the receipts there better
than at some concerts we have heard of here.