The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-05-20

the Ming, OF the non. a. f0rnanQer, 10 De OHculG
Judge of the Second Judicial District, in the place
of A. ]. Lawrence. Esq, resigned. Judge FOrnan-
der formerly held the position to which he has now
been reappOinted, and which he filed with credit
and to the satisfaction of the people of his circuit.
A USEFUL BooK-The following is a cory of the
title page of a pamphlet of some sixty pages, shortly
to be issued from the Government press. The name
of the compiler is a sufficient guarantee that it will
be accurate and reliable Hawaiian Tariff, and
Digest of the Laws and Regulations of the Customs,
Pilot and Harbor Regulations, Positions and Bear
ings of Light Houses, Currency Tables, Postage
Rates. List of Diplomatic and Consular Agents, &c.
Prepared by John A. Hassinger, Deputy Collector of
Customs, Honolulu We shall hereafter notice the
book at length. -
The NEBRAsKA.-This splendid steamship of the
United States, Australian and New Zealand Line,
was an object of admiration to all who had an OPP
portunity to visit her during her short stay. She is
a twin vessel to the .NsUada, the pioneer vessel of
the Webb Line, and in nearly every respect is her
counterpart. She is in command of Captain j.
Harding, a ~ship-master of long experience. MIR.
Francis Ross, formerly a ~ship-master from Hobart
Town, a native of Tasmania. is the chief officer
Mr.. e. K. Rogers, well known in the P. I. Co. and
California S. n. Co.'s vessels, is chief engineer Mr..
Hugh Craig, of Auckland, is the purser DIR. E. NJ.
Curtis, a graduate of the University of Vermont,
and for som years a surgeon in the q. S. Army, is
surgeon of the ship.
DISCRETION OF A BoAr's CREw.-One night this
week. five seamen belonging to the American whale
ship Europa, Capt. Mellen, laying off and on at this
port. took a boat, without leave, and came on shore.
They made various complaints of il-treatment re-
oa;vo % +ha I,r1S of u ,-aetor o.I oGSaorO Ona
of the men is a Hawaiian, and his case was carefully
examined into by the Acting Governor. Hon. D..
Kalakaua. and Capt. D. Smith, Harbor Masters
Deputy, but as we learn, no serious cause of COM
plant was found to exist. The United States Consul,
Mr.. Nation, has also examined into the cases of the
American seamen, with a like result, and the men
have been ordered to return to duty.
"THE INDUSTRIAL REFoRMER,'' is the title of a
new journal, the first number of which comes to US
from San Francisco. 1t is the declared organ of an
Order which has lately come into a vigorous existence
in the United States, and particularly in California,
which is secret in its deliberations, and has for its
declared object the reform of abuses in the labor
system, taxation, and general administration of gov
eminent. The paper before us has a long explanation
of the principles and purposes of the " Order of the
Industrial Reformers,' which is too long for US to
print. The following paragraph, however, is a sig
nifcant plank in their platform "The protection
IF free labor against the enoroachments of the unpaid
or -paid -laber Of imported barbarian coolies,
whethe. Sssg come under the gGise Of voluntary I'M
migration, undel cover Of contracts, or 1EdGT ts
provisions of treaty coInpactSsTh initial number
is neatly printed and well filed with editorials q
conservative tone. 1t remains to be seen whether it
will be able to keep clear of politics, this fall.
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A CASE IN BANco.-The public were surprised to
learn on Tuesday last, that A. J. Lawrence, Esq,
Circuit Judge at Maui, had been arrested on a
charge of gross cheat. The warrant, as we learn,
was issued on the oath of the Attorney General,
based on an affidavit of a native residing at Lahaina.
The charge is that the native executed a document at
he instance of Mr.. Lawrence which was understood
~ the native and represented by Mr.. L. to be a gen.
power of attorney, whereas it was in reality a
of sale of a piece of land. On the part of the
License, it is contended that the transaction was q
bona ide sale in good faith. The case will be
leard before Mr.. Justice Hartwell, on Monday next,
t 10 A. NJ. 1t is q matter of remark that the sum-
nary arrest in this case, without any previous init
nation to the party, thus rendering difficult if not
impossible the procuring of bail, and involving the
and hardship Of a nights detention in
he lock-up-was, to say the least, unusual and un-
e'eSsary' under the circumstances {
THE New BISHOP OF HoNoLULU.-We find in a late
umber of the n. Y. Independent, the following
office of Bishop Whipple, who we are informed is
expected to arrive shortly 'Bishop Henry Benjamin |
Che likes to write it in fuIl,) of Minnesota, +
as been invited to take the diocese of Honolulu. =
Whipple is the most indefatigable of bishops, =
nd his work in Minnesota is marvellous. If any man :
ould establish the Anglican Church on a sure foot !
lg in the Pacific, he would be the man. His i
rother was for years in business in the Sandwich
After returning to this country, he studied +
r the ministry, and returned to Honolulu as a clt.-
lyman ; so that Bishop Whipple has some point of b
with the Islands, and it is thought might
the diocese on account of hrs failing health. v
ut what would Minnesota do without his enthusi-
his u~biquity, his charming presence, his adroit T
management, his smooth and fascinat- b
e eloquence? If he should 60 to Hawaii, all con-
,rned will find that they have no King Log to deal O
it'll. As a graduate of Oberlin, he knows the weak "a
well as the strong points of Congregationalism.
DIV prevalent i'll the Islands, "
THE LATE Observation-Disclosures every ex-
ton made by the police, no trace has yet been dis "
vered of the parties who entered a drug store Z
st week and stole a quantity of opium. The China d
an who was arrested on suspicion, was discharged, b
wing fairly accounted for his whereabouts on the I"
ght in question. The article is easy of concealment, 7
to the smalness of the packages. The proba-
is that it will not be used in Honolulu, and a
IL be taken to another island for disposal. The -
antity is sufficient to make a small fortune to a 81
illful manipulation of the drug. The police authori- a
s on the other islands have been notified to keep a u
lookout on all arrivals from Honolulu. The o.
ence of the Gazette on the subject of the burglary N
s been remarked, and the suggestion made that
Re the Irishman's parrot, 50 though it don't spake, re
keeps up a ID of a thinking lin fact, that it is p
detective in disguise. OF
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CRUELTY TO ANIMALs.-The case of NJ. Benfeld, Z
10 was arrested yesterday on q charge of unreass -
ably beating a horse. and gave bail, will be called re
is morning in the Police Court. G.
th
United States. -
New YORK. May IA Washington special says m
at. Notwithstanding the secrecy members of the or
int Hi0 fNnnmicainn horn nuoFauCn1