The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1871-04-15

Templars,'' celebrate the second anniversary of the
establishment of the Order in these islands, by q
ball on Monday evening next at the Olympic Hall
The Assembly some four months ago under the
auspices of the same Order, will be remembered as
one of the best conducted and pleasant of social
gatherings, and every preparation has been made
that the present shall be even better. The whole
affair. as will be seen by advertisement, is simply
under the patronage of the Order, and the proceeds
will be donated to the Charitable Fund of Ultima
Thule Lodge, No. l. The Order, we are glad to
learn, is prospecting in these islands, numbering
several hundred members. Besides Honolulu, Lodges
have been instituted at Waialua, on this island and
Wailuku, on Maui. and another is soon TO be insti-
tuted at Lahaina. -
INJURED INNoCENcE.-There was a tableau Of it at
the station-house a few evenings ago. The police
brought in several individuals, who, as they each
carried a bundle and were extra clothed, had the ap-
pearance of people about going on a journey into
the country. On entering the station, they en-
quired. with no little exhibition Of yirtuous indiGna-
ton, how it was that people could not go quietly
about their business, interfering with nobody else's
business, without being thus unceremoniously ar
rested and brought to the station? But on examin-
alton it turned out that they were runaway sailors,
and their bundles contained a goodly store of provi-
sions, besides a bottle of whisky. wherewith to regale
themselves in their proposed retreat in the hills.
They were provided with a nights lodging and sent
back to the ship next morning, to reflect on the
difficulty of running away on Oahu, and the sum
that will be charged for the expense of their catching.
AN ATTEMPTED ELoPEMENT.-Just as the Klaued
was about casting of last Monday, quite an excite
ment was created among the crowd of idlers that
always gathers at the wharf on such occasions. An
anxious Benedict had been searching among the
passengers for his truant spouse, whom he suspected
of a design to elope with another he. Finding her
at length, she proved contumacious, and declared
that she UouLd'nt return to the shore. WhereupOn
the aid of the everpresent constable was secured,
and the rebelious dame was marched off to the
station-house, followed by the rabble of boys and
men. There she relented, and declaring herself
ready to 90 home, was discharged from custody.
The amount of matrimonial bliss to result from the
affair, is Benedict's business, not the itemizer's.
The excited crowd of men, women and boys about
the statiOn-house door was so great during the lady's
stay, that they stood a good drenching from the hose
before dispensing. -
IMPERIALISM IN HoNoLULU.-We were somewhat
startled the other day on observing over the door of
Whitney's bookstore, a gilt crown over the word
81 Imperial in raised letters. We at once COM
menced to cogitate as to what these cabalistic letters
could mean, and our suspicion that they really
meant something was heightened by observing a
prominent Government official gazing intently at the
same phenomenon, with a purturbed air, and event.
ually walking off shaking his head. What could it
all mean? Suddenly we recolleoted that the "Daily
Bulletin . board had recently displayed a handsome
likeness of Thakombau, King of the Fjis, and we
put that and that together, and concluded this was a
sign of the coming Empire of Polynesia" Wish
ing to hail the rising sun, we 'applied within A" for
the position of Minister of Foreign Affairs under the
new regime, modestly intimating that having read
Mark Twain's tInnocents Abroad we considered
ourselves qualified for the performance of the ardu-
GUS duties. Imagine our disappointment on being
told that the sign which had SO excited us was only
that of the Imperial Fire Insurance Company of
London, which takes the risk of the store burning
down. -
The KILAUEA.-News was received here on Thurs
day morning last. by the arrival of the Warwick,
that the steamer KIauea, which left here on Monday
evening for the Hilo trip, was ashore near Kauna-
kakai, on the west side of Molokai. Full particulars
as to all the circumstances have not yet been received,
by which to account for the fact of the steamer
running on shore in a spot out of her course, in
pleasant moonlight weather, and with a smooth sea.
The steamer was under orders to proceed off Kauna-
manu-, AdDOuIC ikub HllOS OCJOhU buC GbIuOhJ
there to await the approach of a boat with passengers
from the shore. At about one O'Clock, on Tuesday
morning, the vessel went on the reef of coral and
sand, which at that place makes q bend inshore, SO
that she must have been running at the time directly
towards the land in q line parallel with Kaunakakai
beach. 1t is reported that the Captain and mate were
on deck and looking out at the time, which makes
the accident still more unaccountable. Opinions
were divided among parties on the spot, some believ-
ing that the vessel will prove a total loss, and others
that she can be got of. On the forenoon Of Tuesday,
both the false and real keels had come off and drifted
away, and as she careened over, the larboard fires
were put out by the incoming water. The pumps
were becoming choked with sand, which would prove
that there was a hole in the bottom. The passengers,
among whom were a number of ladies, and mails for
the windward, were forwarded to Lahaina by the
schooner Pauahi. His Majesty the King, who was
at his ranch Oh the island. went on board with his
people as soon as the situation of the steamer was
discovered, and rendered every assistance possible.
Up to the time when our informant left on Wednes-
day afternoon, the weather had been moderate, but
at that time, the surf began to rise. The strong
trades which set in on Thursday and have continued
since, will prove unfavorable for operations on the
wreck. On Thursday afternoon, the schooner Mary,
with Capt. ]. Brown, several ship-earpenters, and a
gang of prisoners in charge of an oyerseer, was
dispatched to the scene of the wreck. with casks,
tackles, etc for the work of endeavoring to get the
vessel of.
Some ELECTRICITY for "IxuaaIna-"
Kuaaina, thou art a philosopher. Read thou the
following lesson
Electricity is a primitive motive power. The idea
of an electric fluid is erroneous. 1t is a force acting
on matter, and magnetism gives it direction. Its
motion is spiral, caused by the tendency ct the
electric force to proceed in a straight line, and the
-annotio farce To rive Ii a direction at right anples