The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-02-26
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

that each one should hold q meeting on the evening
of the 22d of February, the anniversary of the birth
day of WASHINGTON. The G. L. l. o. G. L. of Cali
fornia, officially informed the Lodges of Good Tenn
plars of this city of the fact, and accordingly, a Tenn
perance Meeting was held in the Bethel on Tuesday
evening last, which. although the notice given was
extremely short and the weather unpleasant, was at
tended by about one hundred persons. The speakers
were the Rev. Messrs. Bissell, Snowden, Snow, Stur-
ges, and Emerson, who all spoke enthusiastically
and ably for the cause of temperance, the speeches,
especially that of the first named gentlemen, being
interspersed with interesting anecdotes anu MARIA
tives. Could the spirit of the Father of his country
have looked down upon earth, we imagine 1t could
have seen no more pleasing spectacle than the ceie-
bration OF his birthday in so many widely separated
localities by the advocates of Temperance.
BAY WHALING.-Some three weeks since the .4nne
sailed for Kalepolepo Bay. having been chartered by
Captain Roys TO engage in whaling Try works nave
been erected at Oloalu, some four or five miles be-
You'd Lahaina, where the whales are cut up anu the
oil tried out. Owing to the stormy weather, nothing
had been done up to the early part of last week ex-
cepting to complete all the arrangements. During the
latter part of last week, however, the weather mod
Grated so as to allow the schooner to commence work,
dIo VIC VI ludl II uLS
whales. She is fitted with Captain Roys' new whal-
ing guns, manufactured by Mr.. Hopper of this city,
and we learn that the two whales taken were both
killed almost instantly after being struck, and will
turn out fifty or sixty barrels. Captain r. claims
that no whale that allows him to get within one hun
dred feet of it with his gun, can escape alive, as the
weapon is carried with extraordinary accuracy, and
its striking or entering the whale causes instant death
by explosion. We certainly wish him every success,
and hope he will return to port in a few weeks with
a thousand barrels as the reward of his enterprise.
LEGAL ERr1sEMENTs.- following appear in
the last issue of the government Gdzette: Estate of
James Currie, of Honolulu, deceased-application of
W. c. Parke, administrator, for final settlement of
accounts. Hearing set for Monday, 4th proximo.
Estate of Frank Molteno, of Honolulu, deceased-ap-
plication of Stephen H. Phillips, administrator, for
final settlement of accounts. Set for Monday, 9TH
proximo. Estate of Chas. T. Newman, of Koloa,
Kauai, Observation-Disclosures of d. X. Fyfe and Mary
Ann Newman, administrators. for final settlement
of accounts. Set for Wednesday, 10Th proximO, at
Wahiawa, Kauai, before Hon. D. McBryde, Circuit
Judge. Estate of Thomas H. Marshall, of Lihue,
Kauai, Observation-Disclosures of d. K. Fyfe and John
Stupplebeen, administrators, for settlement of ac-
counts. Hearing set for Thursday, 18th p~roximo, at
u UL1c AhNoA ONNSA 1870
Judge. -
u The sale of rare old English books, held by
Mr.. Barlow on Saturday evening last, drew out a
large attendance, and some few of the works sold
very well ; but there was evidently not the interest
shown as at the previous sale, n year ago. 1t doesn't
speak well for the moral condition of any place when
all the volumes of sermons and theology have to be
Knocked down to the auctioneer or others, at 124
oarts n yo1uroa oDd crab povalS DC fhn Pirate hrin0
1915. The author of Social Life would have
Z chuckled in his sleeves 2" when he saw the Ency-
clopedia Britannia knocked down at GO cents a
volume. Well, the fact is just here, that there can
be u glut of books in the market as well as of denims
or hessians, and it has been pretty clearly demon
strated that Honolulu is overstocked with " rare old
books, - at least. -
- Advices from New Zealand, by way of London,
give the details of the trial of the Maori chieftains at
Wellington, New Zealand, for treason against the
British Government. After a patient trial the trail
tors, Hotariki-Te-Oikan ELECTROMAGNETIC
Matene-Te-Karo, and several others, were found gull
ty, when Judge johnson assumed the black cap, on
the I'd of October, and pronounced sentence that the
prisoners should be drawn on a hurdle to the place of
execution, and there &c hanged by the neck until you
are dead that your heads be severed from your
bodies drawn and quartered.'' The prisoners re-
ceived the sentence without evincing the slightest
emotion, but Mt night two of them committed suicide
by hanging themselves with strips of worsted torn
from the rugs in their cells.
Brass CAsTINGs.-Mr. Young, at the Honolulu
Iron Works, is turning out some heavy castings in
brass for the frigate Dondu. One casting. on
Thursday, was an inch plate to go alongside the keel,
extending beyond the propeller to the rudder post. 1t
-, s0 60 -. 1~--EI ,-o.-1n I n .a,"ln aud = IV
far the largest brass casting ever undertaken here.
There are two of these plates, one for each side Of the
keel. Besides these, Mr.. Young has orders for a
considerable amount of other brass work. 1t is sat-
isfactory to know that we have in Honolulu the men
and the facilities for such work, equal to any to be
had elsewhere. -
POETRY RUN MAD.-The two minors of the Press
Punch Bowl and Benefits Own-haye of late been
exercising their ingenuity by hurting mimic thunder
bolts of rhyme at each other-we can't call it poetry.
The Pegasus of the former. like very young steeds in
general, is rather balky, and &c breaks up badly
while that of the latter, though it travels smoothly
enough, appears to delight in running through all
the dirt and mire it can find. One is Irresistibly re-
minded OF Coleridge's fore IDLE epigram
Did certain persons die before they sing"
A HEALING MEDIUM.-We do not know that the
Hawaians ever heard of Home, or Andrew jackson
Davis, or indeed anything about modern spiritualism,
which has so many believers in Europe and America,
but we were informed recently that there is in Homo
lulu a native who processes to cure certain diseases
by simply laying on of hands, with prayer. We are
told by natives of intelligence that they really believe
in his mana (power), but we have not yet seen this
When we do, we will g report progress"
New HALL FOR THE Coop TEMPLARs.-We learn
Ultima Thule Lodge have leased the old Maine
Hotel premises, on King street, and have fitted up
the upper portion as a hall for their meetings. The
and furniture are said to be very neat.
There would seem to be a kind Of poetical justice in
this, that where formerly for 30 many years men as
to carouse and drink whiskey there now will
meet O band of sworn enemies to all that can intoxi-
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THE CmCU REDIvIvUs.-Like almost everybody
alse's children. those of Mr.. Lee. the circus man.