The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-03-05

SUPREME CoURT.-On Saturday last, n petition for
a writ of Habeas Corpus was presented TO Mr.. JUS
tice Hartwell, in behalf of Batchos and five others,
natives of Singapore, by Mr.. Stanley, setting forth
that they were in the Marshal's custody by virtue OF
the following Consular requests
HONOLULU. Feb. 25, 1870.
SIR: l have to request that You will cause to be apprehend-
ed and delivered TO the master of the 8nne Porter, Batchos
and two seamen named Ahinat, natives of Singapore, who have
deserted from the above vessel, they having been absent with
out leave for two days.
am, sir, your most Obelient servant,
H. MS COmmir and Consul-General-
Marshal of the Hawaiian Islands.
ii. B. NJ 5
Honolulu Feb. 20, 1870.
w C. PARKE, Esq, Sir: Please arrest the { lowing men,
who have deserted from the British brig 4nne Porter; Boy
them until the vessel is ready 10 sail.
/ am, Sir, your Obelient servant,
JAMES II. WoDEHoUsE,
II. b. MS Commissioner and Consul-GenerM'
[Signed,l Per w. l.. GREEN.
The petition AYERS that the petitioners are not legal
ly attached to the .7nne Porter, and do not owe
service thereon, as by the shipping articles, when
produced, will appear. The writ issued returnable
at noon on Monday, with directions that the British
Consul be notified thereof. The Marshals return
showed the arrest. under our treaty stipulatiOns, made
at the request Of the Consul as alleged. The Marshal
also informed the court that the Consul desired that the
case be continued until the following day. On Tuesday
at noon, TO which hour the matter was adjourned, j.
Montgomery, Esq, appeared in behalf of the master
and owner, and stated that they desired no further
confinement of the petitioners. The Court accordingly
directed the Marshal to discharge them at the mas
ter's request. 1t is understood that the men were
shipped at Singapore for four months, 10 be dis
charged at Shanghae but the vessel being chartered
at Strorg's Island, to convey to this port, the mis-
siOnaries and their families, wrecked from the
Morning Star, it seems that the original term OF
contract had expired, but no question concerning the
shipping articles arose in Court, in consequence of
the withdrawal of the case.-Gd-.
HOME MANUFACTURE.-We were shown yesterday,
at the ware rooms of c. Z. Williams, a beautiful
Coleman, who has amused himself during his leisure
hours, for the past few months, in making this in
strument to test not only his own mechanical ingenu-
ity, but the adaptability of our native woods for the
manufacture of musical instruments. In both re-
spects Mr.. C. has succeeded, no doubt, beyond his
own expectation, as he has made an instrument out
of native wood which is not only beautiful to look at,
but pronounced, by those who know, to be of very
fine tone. Eight different kinds of wood have been
used in the manufacture of this instrument, all of
which has been well seasoned, and a part Of 1t has
been known to have stood over 20 years in a house,
recently taken down. Persons passing the corner Of
Fort and Hotel streets, will, for a few days, be able
to see the guitar in question, in the show window Of
Mr. Cieghorn, at that place.-GGS.
a YANKEE GENIUs-Many of our readers will
recO!lect the abSconding of Il noted lumber mer-
chant from San Francisco fifteen years ago, who
had become embarrassed in business Honest
Harry Meiggs,' as he was Familiarity called. He
went to Valparaiso, engaged in business, and en-
tered into contracts with the Chilean Government
for the construction of railroads, all which jobs
were satisfactorily completed. BY II late Panama
paper we observe that he has recently entered into
contracts with the Peruvian Government TO bnild
two railroads of over one thousand milHE-one of
them over the Andes-the two contracts amount
ing to .ffty-seUen millions Of dollars! y pretty
heavy job for one man to undertake.
THE AGE OF THE HoRsE.-We overheard a discus
sion the other day between several gentlemen who
have resided a number of years in the islands, as TO
the average age to which the horse arrives here.
The opinions were very conflicting, but on the whole,
we came to the conclusion that the old California
breed, brought here first by Vancouver from Mon
terey, were considered the hardest, and capable Of
being of service, under fair treatment as saddle
animals, between twenty and thirty years. Perhaps
some of our correspondents can give some light on
this subject. -
EfEoN FENCE AND FOUNTAIN AT THE Court House.
We notice that work has been commenced on the
iron renee LOT lit COuI IlOuSC pIClnlocoy iCCShlJ
imported from England by the Paraguay. The
basement will be of stone laid in cement. SIR
mounted by the iron work. AT the corner facing
Queen street, will be an iron drinking fountain,
not a constantly running one like that at the Bethel
corner, but worked by touching q spring. when
the water issues forth, and stops when the pressure
is removed. -
e The fourth reading of the series at Buffum
Toll woc 1alivorpI lasf avaninp NV Rev n II Snow
den, the subject having been "The Night-side of
Life" Instead of being a gloomy picture of the
shady side of life, as its name might indicate, it was
made. by the ~frequo-t Introduction of anecdotes and
illustrations, an exceedingly interesting and in
~structive lecture Our space will allow us only to
refer to it here. -
a SLIGHT MIsTAKE-The Gazette made a slight
mistake when it stated that a carpenter was acct
IDENTIFY cut by a falling chisel, while at work in the
box under the stern of the DOnau, last Saturday.
1t appears that he was on the wharf at work on the
new rudder post-which had not been put in,
when the accident occurred.
JUDAS IsCARIOT HANGED.-Last Tuesday, the sea-
men of the Austrian frigate Donau had no little
sport with an efigy representing Judas, hung by the
neck between the fore and mainmast. This is a Gus
tom observed invariably in Catholic countries, on
the day before the beginning of Lent.
FLOR the Pacific Commercial Advertiserl
Taste Not.
The following extract is from the address of Vice
President Colfax at Baltimore, before the Ladies'
Fair for the benefit of an Inebriate Asylum
g It is the large-hearted, the social man. who can
not resist the temptation of a social glass the genial
man~the generous man. whom the tempter finds its
victims. II assails all classes alike you can find it