The Hawaiian gazette., 1871-01-04

mea of this city agans; the schooner Sovereign and
her owners for freight damaged on the passage from
san Francisco to this port.
sHr lease. for ten years. Of the premises known as
" savyes's Yard sold at auction by c. 5. Bar
tov on Saturday to Mr.. Rose. the carriage builder
rent Of sl55 per year. which is large advance
the last lease.
ONE the native hands connected with the Ad-
rcyislr Office, while getting one Of the Job power
presses ready for use on Monday forenoon, had ore
of his fingers broken. No doctor could be found in
the immediate vicinity at the time, the injured
man was sent 10 the Queens Hospital.
THE guns which were brought here some years ago
to replace those on the old Port, which were spiked
during the excitement in ls49, have been brought
into service after lying the Espanade for number
Of years. They are to be sunk into the various
wharyes, as mooriug posts for vessels.
The brig sbellehoa sailed on Thursday morning
for Tahiti with &C head Of the finest lot Of cattle that
have been shipped from anypart of these Islands
They were from the best herds in the country, and
were driven over the Pail fresh from the ranch on
other side Of the island during the night and taken
on board the vessel at the Esplanade.
KoHALA AHEAD.-we have seen sample of some
50 tons OF frst and second sugars from the Kohala
Plantation. boiled by Mr. Geamount, lately arrived
here from Maurijus. This is certainly the finest
sample Of sugar We have ever seen, which shows
that an We need is practical experience to produce
the finest quality Of sugar.
C. :. Barrow will offer at his salesroom to-day at
ten o'clock, assortment Of dry goods clothing,
pickles and Oregon Cider. E. P. Adams viii
hold a Regular Room Sale tomorrow at the usual
hour, and vl offer large and superior assortment of
general merchandise. potatoes, ETC.. and lot of
choice trees and plants.
The next mail from San Francisco will probably be
brought by the clipper ship Oracle, Chns,
aud due here the latter part Of this week The D. c.
Murray Is 80 days from here and viii be due
about the first Of next week. She bad unusually
long passage orer-26 DAYS out and had not arrived
when the Moses Taylor left San francisco.
As old gentleman was riding along Yuuanu street
day last week, mounted an animal that
taiBly would have been admired either for. his
strength beauty. Near the corner Of King street
the horse stumbled. giving the rider ugly fall,
which stunned him for short time, besides knocking
ont some Of his teeth. He was kindly cared for by
persons who the accident.
Masonic FEsr1vAL-The anniversary of St.
Johns Day observed by the Masonic fraternity
ia this city Tuesday The 27th ult. lie Progres
de roceauie" lodge, celebrated the event at their
ball in the evening, after the installation of officers
by bsueuit The supper was q most recherche
affair and rchec ed great credit on Mr. Borres the
confeciioner forthe manner in which was got up.
Oyr day last week-at residence in the upper part
Of oiy-some children in search Of mischief got
bold Of some matches and FIRE to basket Of
paper. The blaze frightened them. and their cries
attracted the attention Of the eope in another part
o. the house, who arrived in time to lreveDt any
damage being done The youngsters got fright that
viii probably teach them not to such danger
play,hings in future
a boy was arrested one evening last week for GO
ing around dressed in woman's clothes. The po-
lice. who had been watching him for some time
around the theatre aud various other places, took
him to the station house to give account of him
self He gave Is reason for bis disguise, that he
had only done it for amusement he was let. off
with the injunction that if be got caught in any
such disguise again, he would not ind it much
Of an amusement
The Moses Taylor left her dock at half past four
last "Wednesday afternoon the 2Sth ult, witha large
freight, and 25 passengers from this port, few Of
whom, however, were residents. A large number OF
persons collected on the dock 10 see her of. On
passing the end Of the eplanade before she had full
headwsy on, she almost ran into the whaling bark
Concordia that was mooTed stern to the espla-
made. After backing short distance to get room
for steerage- way, she finally went all clear
While of the Hamakua coast, with a terrific squall.
something like a vhirlwind. She shipped heavy
which broke her deck-oad adrift and almost filed her
cabin whitewater, besides doing other damage For
tupately the squan was Of short duration. Our IN
formaat thinks that if she had net been large and
siSuneb vessel she would have foundered, the squal
was SO sudden and severe. 1t is not often that
coasters meet with anything Of the kind.
FRox the New Bedford S,aadard of Nov. oath,
NE learn that considerable excitement existed there
in mercantile circles in regard to the cargo of the
Hawaiian bark Mauna Loa, which had been seized
in san Francisco The cargo-fur seal skins-wss
afterwards released, as the seals were taken on
new island which is not under the jurisdiction Of
the United States The Russian government has
nov made a demand for the cargo, on the ground
that the seals were captured one of the Russian
Islands in the Ochoisk-
BUSINESS CHANsEs.-By notice in this issue it
will be seen that the eopartnerships in the firm of
c L Richards & Co, ship chambers and commission
merchants, expired hy Limitation on the Slst ult.
The business will hereafter be Garfield at the old
stand By A. W Pierce and l. B. Peterson-formerly
Of Brewer & Co's.-under the name Of A. ". Pierce
& Co. Mr. P C. Jones-formerly Of C. L. Rich
ards go. enters the house of c. Brewer & Co,
a partner, from the lst inst Mr.. S. C. Wilder
tired from the Auction House Of Adams & Wilder
on The Isl inst The business will hereafter be car
ried on by E P Adams.
A coLoRED man was brought before the Police
Magistrate last Friday on a charge of assault and
battery. If be had plead guilty-as be no doubt af
serwsras wished he had done-he would probably
have got of with about ten dollars fine and costs.
Instead Of doing So however, he got lawyer to de-
fend him, whose services probably amounted TO as
much as the fne would The evidence on the trial
proved that the prisoner guilty of still greater
ofense than the original chsrEe-tbat OF violating
section 9. chapter Is of the Penal Code, Of which
be was found guilty and sentenced to Is months i'm
prisonnenf At hard labor.