The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-04-08

E1OatGE oh0 hAO dE1
bothrepOrt twelve days passage from San Francisco,
strong ~northerly and easterly winds prevailing.
ROYAL ARCH CHAPTER, meets every third Thurs
day in the month, in Lodge Room of LIE Progress de
POceanie. 7Tl5e 4a -
CoMMANDEHY OF KNIGHTS TEMpLAR, meets every
second Thursday in the month, in Lodge Room Of
LIE Progress de FOeeanie. rrsgsas
THE ASSESSMENT CASE, of the Minister of FL
nance VS.. Hackfeld s. Co., was before the Supreme
Court in banco on Wednesday last.
Coon WoRK.-We have rarely seen finer speci-
mems of ornamental painting than is displayed in
the new Post Office. Dickson, King street, is the
artist. ..sf -
MAN OF WAR ExPECTED.-H. b. MSS. S Jealous,
70 guns, S7l6 tons, 800 horse power, having on
board Rear Admiral F~arquhar, is about due here
from Callao, en- route for Victoria, v.
LARCENY OF LUMBER.-On Tuesday last, a native,
a soldier, was convicted of stealing a board from J.
s. Lemons premises at Kulaokahua, and sentenced
to two months imprisonment.
SEEING AND HEARING.-We learn that DIR. D. f.
Dudley, surgeon Oculist and Aurist, recently from
San Francisco, will remain in this city for a few
days, and can be consulted at the Sailors Home.
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PASSING SPURIOUS Co1N.-A case comes before the
native jury this morning of a native passing a brass
medal for a So piece. 1t has the head of liberty and
the eagle, with the words "W. r. Brown, Congress
Hall, Saratoga He got FIVE silver dollars for it
from an old fish woman-so she says.
The MoHoNGo.-This double-ender, which for
merly visited this port, having been condemned and
sold by the United States Government, has been, by
her purchasers in San Francisco, entirely rebuilt of
iron. and is now decl ,red to be the safest and strong
est sea-going steamer sailing out of that port.
WAIALUA SEMINARY.-Thi institution for the ed
ucation of Hawaiian girls between the ages of six and
eighteen, was ~re-opened on the I'd inst, under the
able charge Of Miss Mary Green, formerly of the
Makawao Seminary. II There are already fourteen
pupils, and We hope to see the institution well sup
ported. -
CHANCE FOR A RACE Across THE PAcIFIc.-The
banks Comet and d. c. Murray, will both sail for
San Francisco about to-day week, when there will be
an opportunity to test the relative sailing qualities Of
the two vessels To suit the San Franciscans, per-
haps it would be a good idea to divide the mails be-
tween then. -
SUPREME CoURT.-The sessions of the Court com
menced on Monday. The only cases decided we're
The King Us. Pahukula, larceny. Verdict of not
guilty. $1,000
The King vs. A. c.. Buffum, noncompliance with
a statute provision. Verdict of guilty. - p
In the latter case,i counsel noted an appeal to the
full bench. ~, Ds
BOLD RoBBERY.-On Thursday evening, the Goth
ult., some one entered Mr.. w. r. Seals bedroom at
Makiki, and stole a lot of jewelry and trinkets, and
a sum of money in silver, altogether about 500
worth. The thief had begun to rummage the drawers
of a bureau, when apparently disturbed by some one
approaching. -
A NOTEWORTHY 21sT OF MARCH
Tuesday. March 21st, was st. Benedict's Day
The sun crossed the equinox;
The Marquis of Lorne was married to the Princess
LOUISE, of England and
| UThe new Honolulu Post-ofice was opened for the
public. Remarkable events.
TRorTTNG HoRsE.-In a late number of the New
Bedford Standard, we notice the announcement that
Captain VIM. H. Allen, of Groton, Conn, formerly
master of the whaleship OnWard. in company with
Mr.. H. H. Rockwell, of New London, has bought the
celebrated horse known as :" Fitch Hambletonian.''
for trotting purposes. The price paid was $4,000.
RARE ToYs.-We learn that the children of Mr.
Ballieu, the French Consul, have donated to the
Fair, all their wealth of toys, among which are some
| new and very rare kinds, of German manufacture.
There is something suggestive in these little French
| children in Hawaii, thus giving their cherished play
| hin ys-thei wealth it may be said-to feed and
| cltthe their compatriots in far-off France.
AN INcoRR1GrBLE -Kainapau, a member of the
| changing, was before the Police Court on Monday,
| on charge of stealing q carpenters rule, valued at
| $s5, from Mr.. Fyfe, the governor of the Jail. Kali
uapau is an old offender, being under sentence of
five years for setting fire to the w~haleship President,
and having previously served out several terms for
larcenies. He got six months additional for the rule.
INQUEST CLosED.-The inquest on the body of an
infant that was found on the fats near the prison
some time ago, was closed last Saturday. and the
jurors finally discharged, nothing having been dis
covered as to the case beyond the mere finding of the
body. The verdict was to the effect that the infant
came to its death at the hands of some person or
persons unknown. -
Holy WEEK.-To-daye ends the week of Holy days
according to the church calendar. Last Sunday was
Palm Sunday, Thursday was Holy Thursday, yester-
day Good Friday, and tomorrow is Easter Sunday.
By official notice, no public business was transacted
yesterday, and numbers of stores were closed. The
services tomorrow will be particularly interesting in
the Roman Catholic and English churches
fCHo1ERA IN THE EAsr-The Asiatic cholera is
reported as having broken out in the East Indies.
and is raging f~earfully. It is of course expected to
| travel Westward on its devastating career, and we
| notice that New York has already taken precaution-
ary measures Of quarantine. Several thousand emf
| grants from Europe were at last dates detained
| below Staten Island on this account.
An IsrERNAL MAcHINE.-A native, named Hoopii,
| employed about Tibbetts & Sorrenson's ship yard.
had for some time been suspected of pilfering small
sums which we're missed from the money-drawer.
On Monday last, an ingeniOusly contriSed trap was
set and resulted in catching the thief A loaded
pistol was fixed with a string to the trigger, securely
fastened under the drawer, on opening which the
string was pulled and the pistol discharged About
IL O'Clock HoOpii, being probably short OF funds.
made his accustomed visit to the drawer, and was
received with an explosion that made his hair stand