The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-07-02

BASE SAcR1LEGE Early on Thursday morning, it
was discovered that the cast-iron monument erected
over the grave of Lieut.. Won Beust, in the Catholic
cemetery, had been broken during the night Thecross
was found lying ten or twelve feet from the monu-
ment which it surmounted, with marks in the soil of
its having rolled for two OF three feet after 1t struck
the ground. A portion of the top of the monument
was also broken off, and was found lying some three
feet from the base. There is also a singular crack
through the part that remains standing. The sup
position is that the cross was first knocked OF and
then the top of the monument broken by q heavy
blow from a sledge hammer, given by some powerful
arm. And yet there is no trace of a blow from iron.
This, however, may be accounted for by supposing
the face of the sledge covered with lead or leather.
Some have suggested that it might have occurred by
some natural causes, such as heat and rain, or other
improbable miracle but this is all CANNON. 1t
could never have been done but by some evil-disposed
person. We trust q reward of at least $500 will be
offered for the detection of the midnight grave mutt
lator. A graveyard is more sacred than q dwelling.
COLLISION ExrRAoRDINARY.-We understand that
some day last week, quite a I" muddy !" affair took
place between a son of la belle France and one of the
children of the Flowery Kingdom, at Eva. Muddy
it indeed was, for the parties had an alteration
about some water rights, on the bank of a rice patch.
1t seems that they embraced each other so cordially
that they together rolled into the rice patch, and
therein rolling. sank into the mucilaginous soil, so
far that their heads alone were visible. And even
these last vestiges of the combatants were threatening
to disappear, when, upon q last despairing cry of
q haul in - from one of the combatants, some chari-
tably disposed natives, coming to the rescue, sue
ceeded in extricating the loving pair from there un-
fortunate predicament. As it is said that the ''pake"
got a little the worst of it, he it is who has prose-
cuted his adversary before the District Justice at
Eva, and it is not to be doubted but that sapient Of
fetal will do full justice in these t~muddy) premises.
THE LAST BoAT-STEALING CAsE.-Since our last,
the true facts have transpired in regard to the taking
of a boat from a vessel lying at the Esplanade, by
two man-of-wars men of the British squadron recently
here. The men had been on shore during the day,
on liberty, and towards night, having perhaps i'm
bibed o little too much beer, took it into their heads
that they ought to return on board ship, before gun
After vainly endeavoring to bargain with some
the crews of several coasting vessels for n boat TO
take them off, they themselves took the boat off, by
cutting the rope, and put out to sea, with the evident
intent Of going on board thei. own ship, the Lifey,
lay just to leeward of the entrance of the har-
Dor. In the darkness, they missed the ship, and at
daylight landed at Puuloa, strangely to say, without
mishap, and thence walked up to Honolulu, ar
irving in time to go ON board before their liberty
time was up. The great wonder is that the boat did
not get capsized among the breakers ON the reef.
q TELEGRApHING 1880 MILEs.--On the 18th of May,
the telegraph operators in New Orleans proposed to
make as long a continuous circuit as is possible, to
the power of the telegraph. An unbroken cir
was made from New Orleans through New York
to Plaster Cove, (the American terminus of 1.-The At
cable,) then back again through Atsburg,
Chicago, and st. Louis to New Orleans
total distance of 300 miles. The report says Of
he experiment =" The writing was returned to New
orleans almost as clearly as when leaving the office,
having passed through IL States and over 1890
of wire. The electric current traversed the dis
ance in about three quarters of a second. The
was transmitted as rapidly as on ordinary
hort wire.' This is the greatest feat yet accom-
lished with the telegraph, and shows that there is
10 limit yet known as to the distance over which
messages can be instantaneously sent. a
ELEcTIoN.-At the semi-annual meeting of the
|oard of Trustees of the Sailors Home the folio wing
Ulcers were elected :
Treasurer-Chas. r. Bishop.
Secrefdry-F. A Schaefer.
Audit0r-W. J.. Green
Executive Committee.-A. J. Cartwright, s. N. Castle, G.
!. Bishop, J. C. Pnuger, F. A. Schaefer.
; NB- We know of no vessel likely to arrive from
ian Francisco before the d.. @. Murray. If she
ad her usual passage over to that port, she would
cave by July 2, and be due here about the 18th
lstant. =
MAsoN1c.-The regular monthly meeting of Ha- {
allan Lodge No. 81, F. & A. NJ, will be held at I
rooms, Makee's building. on Monday evening q
at u O'Clock. {