The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-01-21
THE PACIFIC
Commercial Aobertiser,
81.

Mean T,me-As prepared by Capt. Daniel Smith
Jan. eth-FuII az : A. M
Ian ian SS,h- : oUaIter 2 43 5 a. N.
NOTES OF THE WEEK.
The MosEs TAYLOR, will be due next Wednesday,
from San Francisco. flf asls
K1LAuEA leaves on Monday for Hilo and interrne-
date ports. =
~ The new coaster, the Lunaiilo, was "a hours
hence to Kailua, and showed herself a good sea-bOat.
SUBMARINE.-Yesterday afternoon, one ofthe divers
recently employed at Midway Island. went under the
RHauea, as she lays at the wharf. and examined her
bottom thoroughly to ascertain If any copper was
loose. Some sheets of lead were found lacking on the
keel, where the boat touched bottom near Honoipu,
some time ago. The diver goes down again to-day
to complete the job. -
REFrrrIsa.-The bark Fideistas. which came into
port last summer dismasted and was sold at auction,
is now being fitted with new masts and will be put in
sea-going order by her present owners, Messrs. Fos-
ter s. Emmes. - 4.
hEAT OF AN OLD REsIDENT-Last Saturday even
ing, Capt. E. r. Coffin. who has resided in Honolulu
for the past fifteen years, and who was sixty-six
years Of age, died at his residence in this city of
inaammatory rheumatism. Captain Coffin was from
Hudson. N. Y, out of which port he at one time
commanded q whale-ship, and where he has a sister
now living. s-4 - asl"-
CoUaHs, CoLps, Ero-The continued cold and
clustering weather experienced this mouth, with
occasional sudden changes from wet to dry. is begin
ming to bear its fruits in the shape of coughs and
colds. There is besides a good deal of q species of
cholera morbus about among both children and
adults, attributable principally to the unsettled state
of the weather. -
LIFE INsuRAxcE.-Mr J. R. Helen. Special Agent
of the Mutual Life Insusance CO., informs us that
parties DESTROYS of insuring in that company, become
participators in all profits, dividends, etc.. accruing
for the fiscal year commencing January 1871. Those
contemplating insuring will do well by making aP-
plication previous to the departure of the next
steamer for San Francisco. MIR. Helen will be at the
Office of Mr.. E. p. Adams, Queen. street, Honolulu.
each day between the hours of 10 and 8 O'Clock. No
charge for medical examinations.
A Coon APPoINTMENT.-From the Sacramento
Union, we learn that Miss Gum, daughter of DIR.
Gum, late editor Of the San Francisco Times, has
been appointed Assistant Librarian of the Mercantile
Library Association. Some Of our readers may
remember Miss Gum, who visited the island in 1869
as a correspondent of a San Francisco journal, and
wrote an interesting account of a visit to the volcano.
She is a lady Of acknowledged talent among the
literati, and we are glad to see the appointment so
well conferred. " -
COMET ON THE BRAIN.-The Gazette appears to be
considerably exercised "all about a comet for
there are no less than three illusions in its last issue
to the imaginary vagrant of the skies for the account
of whose expected coming we were indebted to a
waggish correspondent. When we feel inclined to
regret the admission of that sensational story, we
are consoled by the reflection that it has done some
good. inasmuch as it has provided the Gazette with
two items and a communication, and it is said, has
prompted some to pray " who never prayed before"
Vive Humbug r' e rra8 -- ~
A REAL COMET THIS TIME.-We clip the following
from a late number of the San Francisco Bulletin,
which in its turn copies the item from the Providence
journal. Its record coming thus from responsible
sources. the new comet may fairly be considered a
reality, and worth looking for by our amateur
astronomers, if visible here
"a CoMEr.-At last we have a sensation in the skies.
in one which bears his name, and which the specrroscopists
say is a mass of burning carbon! We cannot tell much news
of the new conner Just at present, for it has not even been
christened. But it was discovered at Carlsruhe, and was
comes nearer TO the earth, increases in size, or sweeps the
heavens with q majestic tail, it will be grand tid-bit for the
hySiCisS a.. EF - ~ Mr E ~
KnAUEA VERY Acr1vE.-Bya gentleman recently
from Kau, who was at the volcano house on the 18th
instant. we learn that the crater was more active than
it had been for years. He represents the entire sur
face of the old northern lake as presenting a magni-
fcent sight, being one mass of boiling lava enveloped
in lambert fame. Those who have never seen Kill
auea in q state of action have missed a grand sensa-
ton, one to be remembered through life. The steamer
sails on Monday for Hilo, and a good opportunity
occurs to visit the great natural wonder of the Pa
cifc. We would like to go. but belong to the can't
getaway club. -
WEATHER WARN1Nas.-The British Board of Trade
has published. for the benefit of s~eafaring men, the
following remarks on the appearance of the sky: A
rosy sunset presages fair weather, and . bright yell
lowish sky in the evening indicates wind, and a pale
yellow, wet weather. A neutral gray is a favorable
sign in the evening, and an unfavorable one in the
morning. If the forms of the clouds are soft, unde-
fined and feathery, the weather will be fine /; but if
the edges are hard, sharp and well-de6ned, it will be
foul. ANY deep unusual lines bounding the clouds
betoken wind or rain. while quiet and delicate tints
bespeak fair weather.
STRICKEN FROM THE ROLL.-On Thursday last, in
the Supreme Court, on a complaint filed by the Deputy
Attorney General, F. II. Harris, ESQ.,, the name of
J.. b. Biahoe, a native practitioner, was stricken from
the roll of Attorneys and Counsellors at Law. The
charge was for malpractice, in having received
various sums as fees for clients, whose business he
utterly neglected to attend to, refusing also to refund
the fees. We are informed that there has been a
good deal of this fleeing of native clients by their
countrymen who are privileged to write 81 loio " after
their names, and it is quite time that the Hawaiian
bar should be purged of this class of imposters,
whose ignorance of the principles and practice Of law
is only equalled by their powers of suction.
Flower. vEeErABIE AND THEE sEEps.--we have
received from Messrs. C. Platz & Son, of Erfurt,
Prussia, a printed catalogue, with prices annexed,
of some &, 900 different varieties Of seeds, comprising
assortments of German asters. stocks, balsams, wall
flowers, etc, and all novelties in. summer plants,