The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1870-04-09
NOTES OF THE WEEK.

CARRYING CONCEALED WEAPoNs.-One day during
the past week, a man attached to one of the war YES
sells now in port was arrested and brought to the
Station House on a comparatively small charge
J drunkenness and fast riding-but on searching his
person, which is the usual and necessary custom be-
fore locking up, he was found to have, concealed in
his bootleg, a t~wo-edged dirk, beautifully polished,
about SIX inches in length and wondrously sharp. He
certainly must have had an object for carrying such
Il deadly weapon. The law penal Code S 1907 says
-" Any person, not authorized by law, who shall
carry, or be found armed with, X any
deadly weapon, shall be liable to a fine of no more
than thirty, and no less than ten dollars, or in default
OF payment of such fine, to Imprisonment at hard Ia
Dor for a term not exceeding two months, and 20 less
than fifteen days, upon conviction of such ofense
before any district magistrate, unless good cause be
shown for having such dangerous weapons and any
such person may be Immediately arrested without
warrant from the Marshal, or any sheriff, constable,
or other officer or person, and be lodged in prison
until he can be taken before such magistrate There
is the law,-let US see it carried out strictly, without
fear or favor. The practice of carrying concealed
weapons, it is well known, has been the cause of
more than two-thirds of the frightful hOmicides
which darken the early pages of CalifOrnia's history.
- An Interesting ceremony took place at the
Bethel Church on Sunday last, in the admission Of
two Chinese and one Hawaiian t. church member
ship. One of the Chinese was Mr.. Aheong, well
known as a devoted colporteur, and the other was a
cooLie, still serving under contract to the Hawaiian
Government, in Mr.. Luce's department. The third
was the wife of Mr.. Aheong, 4 native Hawaiian.
But these all have given every evidence of true con-
version to the Christian faith, and desired to unite
with a foreign church. The event certainly marks
ON ao %In ,,4- e a. a. G. T--l.o,
and Hawaiian races in one church and around one
sacramental table. The worthy pastor of the Bethel,
who is expected back from Europe and America
about May Is, will find that his people, under the
efficient ministrations of Rev. Mr.. Snowden, have not
been slow to abolish all distinction of race and color,
and receive to Christian fellowship those who in some
countries have even been denied the rights of citi-
zenship. -
IS On Wednesday evening last, Prof. WALTER
MONTGOMERY gave an informal recital on board the
U. S. ship jamestown. The quarter deck had been
fitted up with awnings, seats and lights for the occa-
sion, and an audience of one hundred and fifty, in
Guiding the officers and seamen of the yessels-and u
number of ladies and gentlemen from on shore, lis
tened for an hour or more 10 his lnlmltable enter
tainment, with evident delight. Indeed we should
judge he is quite as much at home on the water and
among the gallant tars as he is on shore. After the
recitals were over, the company were entertained to a
lunch provided by the officers, when the ladies joined
in the dance, for an hour or two. The Professors
plan of visiting the volcano having been fOiled by
lack of q conveyance, he will give his last recital this
Saturday evening, which we advise all to attend.
The programme will be found elsewhere.
SrABBING AFFRAY.-Last Monday morning two of
the crew of the U. s. S. jamestown had some words
of dispute together on the wharf. when one of them
drew q pocket knife and inflicted four or five stabs
upon the other, on the side and abdomen. The
wounded man was Immediately taken on board the
ship, and cared for by the surgeon, while his assail-
ant was arrested by the police and locked up, to
await the result. On Thursday morning, the sur
geon having reported that the injured man was
likely to recover, his assailant was brought before
the Police Magistrate on q charge of assault with a
dangerous weapon, and pleading guilty, was SEN
fenced to one months imprisonment and to pay a
fine of $50. -
LEGAL ANNoUNCEMENTs.-We find the following
new legal notices in the Gazette of this week: In
the matter of Chas. n. Spencer and Henry Macfarlane,
bankrupts, it is ordered, that the Marshal
take possession of all the property of said bankrupts, ]
that Thursday, April 2lst, at 10 O'Clock A NJ, IS
set for hearing of all claims of creditors of said bank
rupts, before MI. Justice Widemann. In the matter
Of the estate of H. Baumeister, deceased, application
of Theo. c. Heuck, administrator and guardian of the
minor children, for final settlement of accounts and
discharge from trust,-hearing set for Friday, April
22d, before Mr.. Justice Hartwell.
WHERE DO THEY GET THE LIQUOR ?-Was the ques-
ion propounded to US one day this week as we wit
messed the spectacle of a drunken native, reeling {
through a public street, and shouting obscene Ian !
,or IN hrOlan ENGLISH SIRE enOuOh- where do
hey get it? The laws are plain and explicit.
,ut yet they are evaded every day. The d~windling
emnant of the Hawaiian race, is going " over the Y
liver " quite fast enough by natural causes,-let US !
~ and check the baleful influence of these artificial /
auses. We might write a chapter on this one subject, 1
ut we wait the action of the authorities, whose q
rovince it is to see that the laws are executed. b
- Since our last issue we have been informed 0
hat after the accident which resulted in the death of I
German employed at the plantation at Lihue, =
.auai, last year. a rail was built around the CHARTERS O
nd that the native who was scalded last, stepped
the rail rather than go around, and his foot slip n
ing be fell in. Every precaution has been taken to +
revent accidents, without avail. Contemplated
in the boiling house will, it is hoped, prevent S
recurrence. (
y We have seen q chart of the {" Arctic from q
herring Strait to Lion Reef" copied from an English RI
dmiralty Chart by Mr.. Thomas G. Thrum. The n
hart is copied in ink, and so perfectly done that one
ould, without close examination, take it to be from la
4 engraving. We understand that Mr.. Thrum ~
tends to establish himself in Honolulu as a stencil tn
liter, copyist and caligrapher, and We can assure Fl
who have requirements in his line that he will
We them perfect satisfaction III
80 Ill Ill o..o-.;o, 20 Tho oor1 of NJ A
HAvELL, 121 Nuuanu street, who offers his CO
rvices as manufacturer of piano fortes, and also as
ner of instruments. He has recently carefully. p,
paired and tuned the organ of st. Andrews Church, thi
to the satisfaction of those having it in charge.
e commend him to any wishing service in his line. ce
- Til
The band of the Austrian frigate gave a fine ny
on Emma Square ON Thursday afternoon, tb,
d the large audience present bore testimony to the