The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-05-11

patched per 4. p. Jordan to sail early next week
Z Arcrrox To-DAY.-Coutinuanec Of selling OF
stock. at the store OF Chung Hoon 4 Co.
MAsoxtc.-A special meeting ." Hawaiian Lodge
No. p, 4. & a. NJ, will be held al their rooms on
Monday evening, at halfpasi seven O'Clock.
ENGINE Co. No I've are requested to notify
members that there will be n special meeting on
Tuesday evening next at "a o'clock.
Cmcur CouRr. uAwNn-The Chief Justice and
the Attorney General sailed for Iilo on The hldnca
last Monday, 20 attend the May term Of the Circuit
Court -
Coon TENPIARs-We are requested to say that
a full end pnnciual attendance II r~equested ~ the
members of Ultima Thule Lodge this evening, a.
business Of importance viii come UP.
MrErNa-We are requested TO say that there
will be a meeting Of those interested In the coming
races tonight. at the Commercial, corner Bere-
tania and Nuuanu streets.
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THE UNUSUAL RIIxTALL.-we have received a
communication on this subject from a valued CORE
s~pOndent, but it Is unavoidabU crowded out OF this
issue. -
"FoR SEA."-The brig Eamehdmehd W Captain
Wood. sails in all next week TO return 70 tbe place
where the Isabella left Capt. English with his gang
of 6ve men. We hope 10 give the latitude and
longitude Of this terra boogHhd, one OF these days
FoR THE voLcANo-The steamer RIidlea will
upon her Kona trip May goth, 60 Ms far a. kaaln-
alu; thus giving parties now "a our Sloy an opPor,
the Kona side. returning 10 kaalualu so as TO reach
Honolulu Saturday, May 25th.
ANNEXATION or SAMoA4-By the Neuada comes
the rumor that the authorities OF the Samoan group
have made a treaty OF cersion Of the Sovereignty OF
the Islands TO the United States, and that Il goes
forward for ratification by the outgoing mail
A FREsnEr.-Tbe continuous rains in the mount
aims on Tuesday eliminated la the afternoon IN
sudden rush OF water doS 4 the different streams.
There was some exciiemeL along tho banks, but
we have heard OF no serious mishap. May 30 far
proves the correctness of the anticipation Of our
Nuuanu correspondent
TUE ANswER.-The following Is the answer 10
the puzzle In cypher which we gave last week, cor
rectly rendered by a correspondent
"Oh Wellington, or Yillainton, for Fame sounds
the heroic ~syllables both ways France could not
even conquer our great name, but punn'd IL down
10 this iacetous phrase" 4
LITTLE, But SNART.-The yacht schooner Henri
eta. Capt. Geo. Gilley, which has been on n shark
ing and whaling cruise 10 the windward islanda. a
lett Lahaina last Friday morning at D o'clock, ana
arrived here at 8 the came AFTERNOON, making the
passage in the extremely good time OF twelve I
hours. - u ~
SCIENTIFIC ExPEDITIoN.-According 10 the British
Naval and Military Gdzdte, a screw corvette,
named the Challenger, is TO be commissioned by the
admiralty early this summer for "a voyage OF ex-
ploratiou and research. This Idea was presented
by some English naturalists last year, AS worthy OF
adoption. and IL is a source Of eradication 20 them
that the authorities are likely 20 carry Il out. The
expedition will probably be accompanied by Sow
eril scientific specialists, with Captain Mares In
command and IL Is expected that some years may
be employed in the work, and that the research viii
be especially directed to the vicinity OF the Islands
of the Paci6c. Both this vessel and that Of Pro-
fessor Agassiz now on a similar voyage from the
United States may visit Honolulu during the year.
THE LONG Losr BRoTHER.-In the New York Sum
Of April 9Th, we find n letter from MIR. Peter Gen.
nett of Makawao, East Mani, addressed 20 Henry
w. Genet, who is one Of the Senators Of that State.
In the letter the writer says he has heard nothing Of
his friends for over thirty years, and noticing the
Senator's name in the papers he was struck with the
resemblance to his own, and 30 wrote in hope of
gaining some information Of bis family. SENATOR
Genet, says the Sun, promptly answered the letter,
and was convinced that his correspondent was his
brother, who. q wild adventurous boy Of sixteen.
ian away from home into the wide wide world, forty "a
years ago. MFR. Gennett is a well known and I'd
spected resident of Makawao. Nt
THE NEBRAsKA-The ground trip" Of this
steamer, nineteen days-is the quickest ever
made between the continent and these islands.
During the passage over, she met with two severe
gales, which doubtless heightened the passage
several hours. A purse was made up among the
passengers for the man Ga steernge passenger) who
lost his money at this port, while in bathing. The
day before arriving, the saloon passengers i'm
provised a ball, and enjoyed themselves highly.
All spoke in the highest praise OF the ship and her
officers. The Nebraska, after "A stay in this port Of
only twenty-four hours, sailed yesterday nj one
O'Clock, on the voyage 10 New Zealand and Aus
tralia. With ordinary good fortune, she will de-
liver news from England m Auckland only twenty
four days old, by far the quickest time ever accom-
plisbed. - ,
MoRE INCENDIARIsM-THE Man CAUGHT IN THE
ACT!-At about hali-past ~ O'Clock Tuesday morn.
ing, a policeman discovered two men on the makai
corner Of Merchant and Nuuanu streets, acting In
an unusual manner, leading TO the belief that one
OF them was drunk. The policeman proceeded
10 arrest this man, when the other attempted u
rescue, but on the call for assistance ran away.
The arrested man was found 20 be well provided
with matches, and at the spot where be was seized.
in the act OF STOPPING down, all the preparations
had been made for setting fire 10 the store, which
is 10 the occupancy Of J.. Weed az a dry goods es-
fully placed under the stills OF the building, already
for ignition, and 1t was apparently 10 the act Of
scratching a match that the incendiaTy was arrested.
A FIRST CLASS SENSATIONAL SELL--The San Pran-
cisco Chronicle has n long article headed 'Our
Royal Guest; Arrival Of Prince KamcbAmeha.''
&c, relating the personal appearance and the move
ments Of a recent arrival there, who IL says 10 n
brother-in-law Of Queen Emma, and " the youngest
son of King Kamebameha "" both his father
and brother are dead, and as soon as Queen Emma
dies or abdicates, the Prince becomes King Of the
Sandwich Islands 8" The ingenuity Of some OF the
San Francisco literary Robemians in connecting a
story is only excelled by their ~impudent recklessness
in palming IL of on a credulous public.
JACOB WILKERsoN--The inquest on the body Of
Mrs. Burkhardt, shot by Wikerson on the Sd Of
April, lasted several days, and resulted in his COM
initial for trial on the charge Of murder. The fol-
lowing is the verdict Of the coroner's jury; Il
That the deceased. Harriet Z. Burkhardt, came
to her death on the 18th of April. 1872. at the DWELL
ing No. Is SITTER street. in the city and county OF
San Francisco. That she was a native Of Spring
field, Illinois. and at the time Of her death aged 80
years. That her death was caused by a pistol shot
wound or wounds inflicted on the I'd Of April. 1872.
by one Jacob Wlkerson, by which act of bis the
crime of murder was committed.
EAST MAUI ITEMs.-On Tuesday April 30, on the
road between Waikiki and Kahului, n little native
boy, ten years ofage, was run over by n bullock cart
and instantly killed. He with other lads were ridingon