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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09

entive gentlemen aud leading business men az THO
city. as subscribers.
LIST or MEMBERS.
We the undersigned agree 20 become. members a
the Hawaiian Immigration Society under the Ior-
going resolutions
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09

THE YOLCANo.-From Captain Joseph Spencer,
who arrived in the city on Sunday from Kan, we
learn that the crater OF Kilauea is reported by Wis,
itors as very active. but that no light is visible from
the summit of Mauna Loa.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09
Piece or Parcel of Land
FOR SALE.

- PROPERTY AT ~
- the tot Of MAkIkI VALLEY near Punahou. ~
sl containing FOCK ACKES DF LAND. one-third -
being KaI0 Land under cultivation A GOOD COTTAGE Con-
tanning four rDoms-Cook House. Fowl House. &c, on TIE
premises. Two streams % water ran through The land. Fer
further particulars. inquire % W. q. WOOLSEY,
auaEJm. Firm of. VI. Cat q Co, saiImakerz.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09

p BUYING OFF BIDDERs.-In an auction room this
week the following conversation was overheard
q What will you give me to 60 homer" .How
much will you takeH" 'Five dollars That's
too much. III give you this ;" Pr%offering q dollar.
A right - pockets the dollar and goes.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09
NOTICE.

SING1 EE HAS THIS DAY
made an Assignment ~ All his property. both real and
personal. to the uuder-ignet for the benefit q his creditors
POW, therefore, all parties having claims against the said S!ng-
ye~. are hereby requested % prrsen; the same to ths under
signed At his odics IN HouoIului and ali parties indebted 10 the
said sinEyee. are hereby requested 20 make immediate pay
ment 20 the uniersigued. y. A. SCHAEFER.
Honolulu, Oct IS, IsT3 o25 a.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09

The "DAKoTA."-If this steamer sailed at the
date proposed Nov. 6tb,) she ought to be due here
on Thursday next -
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09

CIRCUIT Court, HAwAIL-On Wednesday, His
Honor Judge Hartwell, of the Supreme Court, sailed
for Kawaihae to hold the November term of the Circuit
Court of Hawaii at Waimea. Lawrence McCully,
Esq, also went up on the steamer TO attend the
term, as Deputy Attorney General.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09

= We are requested to say that there will be a
special meeting of Engine Company No. l. this
evening at ~half-past seven o'clock.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09

BURGLARY.-Some time during the first part of
Thursday night, some thief or thieves entered the
variety store of VIM. Hall, on Beretania street west
of Nuuanu, and carried off a lot of clothing, to-
bacco, etc. The owner was absent from the house at
the time, and the keys of the store we're obtained
from his sleeping room.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09

THEATRICAL Buffum's Fall this evening
Fanny Morgan Phelps and Mr.. Joseph Rayner give
another of their drawing room entertainments. Be
sides the amusing comedies of "a Comical Countess
(never before presented here) and Perfection, or
the Lady of Munster, Miss Phelps will recite
again the fine poem of Beautiful Snow which so
delighted the audience on Monday night last. A
number of songs will be given during the evenings
performance, and altogether an excellent and attrac-
tive bill is presented. Messrs. LIE Roy and Berger
afford their valuable assistance.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09

ES- The following are the names of officers of
" Honolulu (" Lodge No. 5, |. o.. G.. t., installed on
Tuesday evening. November 9TH Thomas r.
Lucas, W. C. T.. D. McCorriston, W. r. H. s.. J.
Clements. w. l.. II. s.. Mary McGregor, w. V. t.;
Geo. Trimble. w. s.. J. Steward. w. A. s.; W. G..
r. Warren. W ID. NJ; W. Phillips. w. /. G.. J. L.
Blaisdell, W.. o. G.. J. Dover, W. c.. S. Stains, p.
W. C. T.. -
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committee, composed of Messrs. Green, Bishop, Glade
and Gibson, were designated by the chairman to
wait upon the Minister of the Interior in order to
obtain precise information about the government
lands. their extent, availability for settlement, and
other particulars.
According to previous appointment, the sub-com-
mittee waited upon the Minister of the Interior at his
Office, and as a result of the interview were assured
that the information required and at the command
of the Department would be collected and prepared,
and furnished to the Committee.
The Committee held a subsequent meeting to con-
slider and prepare a plan of a circular to be addressed
II the planting and all other interests in the country,
upon which a plan of action for immigration might
be based.
1t will be seen that this Society and the immigra-
ton movement meet with the cordial concurrence Of
the King and the government, as weare happy TO see
the names of His Majesty. His Elk the Chancellor,
and all His Msjesty's Ministers and the most infu-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09
To conclude with a march around the Square.

~ The entertainment at Bufum's Hall. on the
4th inst, by Miss Fanny Morgan Phelps and Mr.,
Jos. Rayner, was a very pleasing one to the full
audience which assembled. Two new Comedies
were presented with much spirit. and Miss Phelps.
by her spirited acting and fine singing has decided
ly made an impression. the audience expressing
their pleasure by loud and frequent applause. We
look forward with pleasant anticipation for the
promised second entertainment to night.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-11-09

MUsIC-The following programme OF music will
be performed by the Hawaiian Military Band at
Emma Square. this Saturday afternoon, commenc
ing at halEpast four O'Clock:
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-08-16
From the s. +. iChronicle.l
ENCENDEAEsHSM.
A DasfardIy ReckIessness Of HUI
man Life.

Yesterday morning at half past 3
o'clock officers Brenard and McCaf
rey were on Market street, opposite
Third, when they observed very Pc
culiar and flickering light in Manning
& Corbyr's saloon, known as The
Parlor," at 720 Market street. They
crossed the street, and looked into the
saloon saw fire in several places
They tried to get into the saloon and
found that the door had been locked
inside, and braced with a piece of
wood, and that piece of cloth had
been stuffed IN the key hole TO pre-
clude the possibility of detection by
that means. After several hard
pushes the door gave way and the
officers entered.
AN oDoR OF KEROSENE OIL
Pervaded the whole place, and fires
were burning all around the ROOM
The officers extinguisbed the flames
without much difficulty, and then en-
tered into an investigation Of the
premises. They found that fires had
been kindled in eight different places
in the card-room, behind the coun-
ter, under a stairway, where 4 gas
meter stood, and in several other
places on the premises. They also
found that the carpets were saturated
with kerosene oil; that the walls were
covered with it in various places, and
that large quantity had been thrown
on the billiard tables, the covering on
the same being damp from the OIL
Sergeant Ward arrived soon after,
and, after hearing the facts, started 20
Jessie street, between Third and
Fourth streets, and
ARRESTED HARRY W. coRBYN,
One OF the proprietors, and charged
him with arson. Corbyn was the part
ner who bad charge of the saloon
during Sunday night and up to
couple of hours previous to the dis
covery by the officers. 1t is said there
is evidence of a conclusive nature
pointing to him as the incendiary.-
The property was insured for $4,000
in the Scottish and the State Invest
ment Companies. Corbyn is broth
er of Sheridan Corbyn, and both were
at times connected with melodians in
this city as managers.
| A HENIoUS CRIME.
The discovery of the attempt to
burn the place was most providential-
The building in which the saloon is
located is three stories high, and in
the upper stories twenty-three persons
were sleeping. Had the fire even
gained headway, the only mode of
escape by doors would have been cut
off, and if any of the dodgers escaped
with their lives it would have been by
the merest chance. The examination
of Corbyn will take place to-day,
when the full details of the crime will
probably be made public. Since his
arrest it has been ascertained that
Corbyn was in charge of the saloon
up to the time of its closing, and he
then left through back out let; and
it is believed he left rather hurriedly,
as a rear door was left open.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-08-16
AN AWKWARD MISTAKE.

A curious story was current in
West-End circles some years ago.
The Duke of Wellington received a
note which he believed emanated
from the bishop of London, request
ing permission "to sketch the Water
loo breeches." The Duke, though
both alarmed and surprised, i'm
mediately ordered the "small clothes"
to be forwarded to st. James square
with the following Characteristic
epistle: "F. M. the Duke of Well
ington presents his compliments to
the bishop of London, and is not
aware that the breeches he wore on
the occasion of the Battle of Water
loo differ materially from many other
pairs in his grace's possession, but
they are very much at the bishops
SERVICE, and he can make any use of
them he thinks proper" The bish-
ops CONSERVATION on receipt of the
above with the accompanying parcel,
had the effect of Inducing him immedi-
ately to order his carriage and drive
to the prime minister with this sad
proof Of the wreck of his grace's
mental powers, whilst the "duke. :"
on the other hand, mounted his
horse and rode to the residence of
the lord chancellor with similar
announcement in respect to the bish-
op, producing the note he had that
morning received. On a closer ex-
animation it was discovered that the
writer was not the bishop of London,
but ''Miss Loudon," daughter of the
great landscape gardener, and her.
self an artist of some celebrity. ask
ing his grece's permission to sketch,
not the waterloo breeches," but
clump of trees at Starthfeldsaye,
known as the waterloo beeches."
The duke has mistaken "London"
for London" the bishops usual
signature, the initials beng, sim
gularly enough, the same in both
cases. .-Miner's Journal.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-08-16
A DISTINGUISHED KEN.
TUCKIAN.
"WiId Pat" and His Crimes.

TIE Louisville Ledger gives the
following incidents in the life of q
noted Kentucky guerrilla horse-thief
named "Wild Pat" who lately got
into the clutches of the law:
"Wild Pat" who gives his proper
name as John Mcmahon, has been
truly "wild" and reckless rascal.
During the war he took the Confed-
crate side and turned guerailla, and
many deed of blood and robbery
was committed by him in this dis
guise. He preyed upon Union men
and rebels alike, robbing, and, when
necessary, numbering indiscriminate-
ly. His field OF operations was
principally in that portion of Ken
tucky lying between the Louisville
and Nashville Railroad and the Cum
berland and Ohio rivers, and he is
accused of more than twenty cold
blooded murders.
"Wild Pat, was captured in 1863,
tried as murderer and guerrilla by
court-martial, by order of General
Walt. Whitaker, and sentenced to
be hung; but the cunning villain
managed TO escape the day before
the one fixed for his execution, and
after the rope had been purchased
and the gallows erected. After his
escape he renewed his work of rob-
Lery and slaughter, and became a
terror to the entire population in the
counties on Green river, and be-
tween that river and the Cumber-
land. He frequently extended his
raids into Tennessee, having under
him from five to twenty men.
Before the war wild Pat" was a
horse thief, and was convicted in
Lyon county of horse-stealing and
sentenced to a long term in the pen
itentiary, but when the boat upon
which the Sheriff of that county,
with Pat, took passage for Louisville,
en- route for Frankford penitentiary,
reached Portland, Pat made his es-
cape. He has been sentenced to the
penitentiary four times, served two
terms, and is now serving the third.
When placed in the penitentiary he
was recognized by several of the old
officers of that institution.
We gave the particulars of "Wild
Pats" daring leap from the cars be-
tween this city and Frankfort, while
being taken to the penitentiary. He
had been permitted to enter the wa
ter-cioset on the car, Capt. Atkinson
accompanying him and standing al
the door. While the train was run.
ming at the rate of thirty-Gve miles
an hour Pat hoisted the window and
leaped out. The alarm was immedi.
ately given by Captain Atkinson, an1
Sheriff Spaulding had the train stop.
ped, when he and Captain Atkinson,
got off and started in pursuit of the
fugitive. After q chase of half q
mile he was captured and taken on &
freight train to Frankfort and lodged
in the penitentiary. He says he cut
off his shackles in the Louisville Jail
while waiting the departure of the
train for Frankfort, with a knife
stolen off the boat upon which he
was brought up from Uniontown.
While on the boat he nearly succeed
ed in releasing himself from the
shackles. The officers in the prisoI
know the desperate character 0
"Wild Pat" and will keep a sharI
eye on him. He was sentenced TO
mule-stealing.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-08-16
An INQUEST ON A MUMMY.

An exchange tells the following ex.
cellent story of Coroner in a coun-
try town, who, it seems, has determin.
ed to make the Office pay him liberal
ly for services rendered. The story,
which We give below, is too good TO
keep:
A gentleman brought to the town n
mummy which he had procured in
Egypt, aud as soon as the Coroner
heard of it he summoned q jury and
held an inquest upon the mummy and
decided that its death was produced
by causes unknown" and then collect
ed his fee with interest from the time
of the mummy's death, about three
thousand years ago. Well, that same
Coroner has been at it again. Last
week some laborers, while digging n
cellar, discovered dozen old bones.
They appeared to be the bones Of a
horse, but the Coroner seized them,
threw away the large ones, laid them
on the floor in something like the
shape of man, and held an inquest.
He had the same old jury that sat on
the mummy, and in about ten min
utes they handed in a verdict that
deceased came to his death apparent
ly from torpidity of the liver" Then
they went for the fees and divided
them. The Coroner says that his
most remarkable characteristic is his
zeal, and we believe it. If anybody
should bring to Wilmington a hand
full of dirt from the banks of the Eu.
pirates, we believe that Coroner
would rush out his jury and declare
that the said dust was the mortal re-
mains of Abel, and find verdict that
it was killed by Cain with a club
And the way in which he would col,
lect fees on that dust would be fright
fui.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-08-16
BEAUTIFUL SENTIMENT.

In his admirable speech at the open
ing Of the great national Senderfest
in st. Louis, Senator Schurz had the
following beautiful passage:
"Music is n language which cannot
be translated in words. Every one
may understand it differently, but cy-
cry sensible man understands it cor.
rectly for himself. For this language
every one carries his own dictionary
in his own breast. In each one it calls
up different thoughts and awakens
different sensations, but in all only
good. An obscene picture, or an OBJ.
scene piece of sculpture may taint our
fancy, but no one has never yet learned
anything bad from music and harmo-
ny. A melody may be accompanied
by bad words, but melody itself with,
out the words il innocent. Strip the
operas of Oiienback of their text and
the music may appear meaningless,
but it speaks nothing evil. Music
has exalted many. 1t has never de-
based any one, neither by it has any
one ever been misled into harm. It
may excite the feelings, and even in
flame the passions, but only the noble.
Music is the purest and most virtuous
Of all arts. 1t lifts us from the vul-
gar up to the things far above us. 1t
is the voice Of the unutterablc, the
color of the invisible. Its employ.
ment leaves no spot, and no regret
behind. In its impressions the purest
sensibilities of men are purified.
The music festival is therefore the
noblest, purest of all popular festivals.
1t has drawn thousands upon thous-
ands to our decorated city, and into
this hall. Here nobody has come for
his own self benefit. Here business
jealousies are silent. The voice OF
seliishness is dumb. The little strife
of parties in church and state is here
forgotten. In the harmonious com.
mingling of sounds which revive the
heart and lifts the soul above such
vulgarity. the differences of the every
day life battle do not intrude. All
that makes us discontentcd, and bit.
ter, and war.likc has to-day sunk and
disappeared in the ocean of harm ony''
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-08-16
A GAMBLERS FATE.

A Washington correspondent of
Kansas City Bulletin relates the fol-
lowing:
Socially speaking, Washington is
deserted. The beautiful lions who
fit, not like swallows, toward the
Summer. but away from it, have
sought the mountains and the cool
spray of the beach. The blinds of
the great drawing rooms are closed,
and no more upon the pavement
comes the soft rustic of trailing
raiment, the patter of French heels,
the CLEAN of jewels and the glitter
of eyes brighter yet.
The gambling dens are closed too
the great army who delight much
to gamble on the green, have gone
to fresher pastures. And now I
must tell you O sad story that came
to us from a little golden-haired
maiden that we caught on the
same mission as ourselves-a WIS.,
it to the Senator from Ohio
She had come to Washington with
her father some six months since,
and been living in very pleas
ant quarters sustained by his exer-
tions as correspondent-they had
been of large wealth before the war,
and what were his companions then.
now serve him as news-furnishers.
Within the last few weeks-'only Of
late, mind you,' said the lady with
the red lips and dewy eyes-bills
had poured in upon them, which her
father seemed unable to meet, and
one by one she had given him the
jeweled relics of her former luxury
Just for day, YOU know, till he
got the money those ugly newspaper
men owed him.
The night before he had failed te
come home at the usual hour, and
after waiting wearily till past mid
night, the little lady sought her pill
low, and found there note and left
there many hot tears. The note
stated simply that her father was in
great trouble, and must be away fol
many days, and referring her to a
SENATOR VINO nad Deen very kinu u
them, for assistance. A note to him
had sketched a direr tale; the
trouble was gambling, and the many
days absence meant-eternity.
brought with few grains of arsenic.
It is common story and q true one,
but I pray God I may never know
such a low wall of suffering as stole
from the adjoining room, when the
kind-hearted Senator broke the sad
news or see again the look of dazed
horror that had driven the sunlight
from her dewy eyes when she came
trembling out. It is pleasant to
know that she will be well cared for;
but I wist that that laughing girl
hood will never lie so sweetly again
upon the fair face of this Little Nell.
The state rights democrat. [volume] (Albany, Linn County, Oregon) 1865-1900, 1872-08-16
A TRUTHFUL TALE WHICH
READS LIKE A FICTION.

The five Sacramento merchants
who undertook to build a railroad
through 600 miles of an almost un-
inhabited country, over mountains
and across an alkali desert, were so
totally unknown to the great money
world, that their project was pro-
nounced impracticable by engineers
of reputation, testifying before legis-
lative committees; that it was oppos-
ed and ridiculed at every step by
moneyed men of San Francisco; that
even in their own neighborhood they
were thought sure to fail, and the
Dutch Flat Swindle," as it was
called, was caricatured, written down
in pamphlets, abused in newspapers,
spoken against by politicians, de-
nounced by capitalists, and for a long
time held in such i'll repute that it
was more than bankers character
for prudence was worth to connect
himself with it. even by subscribing
for its stock.
Nor was this all. Not only credit
to be created for the enterprise
against all these difficulties, but when
money was raised the material for
the road-the iron, spikes, the tools
to dig, the powder to blast, the loco
motives, the cars, the machinery,
everything-had to be shipped from
New York around Cape Horn, to
make an extensive and hazardous
eight months voyage, before it could
be landed in San Francisco, and had
then to be reshipped 200 miles to
Sacramento by water. Not foot of
the iron was laid on the road, on all
the miles to Ogden, not a spike was
driven, not dirt cart was moved,
nor powder blast set off, that was
not first brought around Cape Horn;
and at every step of its progress the
work depended upon the promptness
with which all this material was
shipped for a voyage of thousands of
miles.
Men too, as we'll as material, had
to be obtained from great distance.
California, thinly populated, with
wages very high at that time, could
not supply the force needed. La
borers were obtained from New York,
from the lower country, and finally
ten thousand Chinese were brought
over the Pacific Ocean, and their
patient toll completed the work.