The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-01-13

treatment not likely TO be had by them outside Of Il
hospital -
The CALENDAR Saturday, January 18th, St
Hilary, Bishop Of Poictiers lie was an eminent
defender Of the truth in opposition TO the Arians
for 80 doing he was banished 10 Phrygia by the
Emperor Constantius, but after some years returned
to his see, where he died in peace, 4 D. $685.
Thursday, 18th. St. Prisca, Virgin and Martyr, is
said TO have been a noble Roman maiden Of about
twelve, who on refusing to sacrifice to the gods, was
thrown into the amphitheatre; but the lions, appar-
emily recognizing her s%anctity, lay down at her feet
and refused 10 touch her she was then beheaded.
POLICE CouRr-The business in this portion of
the temple of justice, is exceedingly fuctuating.
On some days in succession the room is crowded
and the docket overlooking with cases. and again
there is a hull, and the welI-woru benches are bare.
So it has been during the past week. On Monday.
three DRINKS were fined in the usual amounts.-one
a dollar extra, for being drunk on Sunday. By
way of rarity. a Cinnamon was arrested for drunk
enness, but was bailed out, and did not appear
Drunkenness is q vice not often imputed to the
Celestials, at all events, not in public. \ mol pros.
was entered in an embezzlement case, and one or
two unimportant civil cases were disposed of-and
SO ends the record for the week.
OFFICIAL ANY~oUSCEMENTs.-In the Gdzetie of this
week, the following official notifications appear /
From the Foreign Office, that 7. c. Heuck, Esq. has
been duly commissioned by the Emperor of Germany
and recognized by the Hawaiian Government, as
Consul for Germany in this Kingdom; and that J.
c.. Pfuger, Esq. has been duly authorized to take
charge of said Consulate during the absence of Mr..
Heuck From the Interior Office, setting apart the
front and rear entrances of the Court House in Ho-
nolulu, for receiving votes for Cof] electors at the
coming election for Representatives. From thee
Board of Education, that Mr.. VIM. o. Smith has
been appointed School Agent for the Districts of
Koolau and Hanalei, Island of Kauai.
Antonio Rogers. a Portuguese, shot a Chinaman
at Hawkinsville last Saturday. and was discharged
from arrest, there being only Chinese evidence
against him. although his act was generally re-
garded as unjustifable.
We clip the above from a San Francisco paper.
We all know that by the laws of California Chinese
testimony is excluded in the Courts of Justice, and
in the above case we see the result of such law.
An unjustidable and murderous act must be per-
mitted to go UNPUBLISHED because no one but Chi
namen saw it, and the affair is only considered
worth a four-line item in the papers. Had it been a
white " man who was murdered, would the muir
derer have escaped because none but Chinese tes-
timony could be had
WEEK OF PRAYER.-During the past week the
daily prayer meetings have been well attended at the
Bethel. as have the evening meetings at the Fort
Street Church, and have been of a very interesting
character. A degree of awakening on the subject
of personal religion is apparent in the community,
aud pastors and Christians are encouraged in their
labors. The subject of prayer for to-day, as appears
by the printed programme, is-'' For a blessing on
the labors of Christian laymen Young Mems Chris
Associations, Bible and Tract distribution for
the religious press for Benevolent Associations;
for a higher Christian life in all the churches"
We may be allowed to say here, that we have heard
the remark that hardly prominence enough was
given on Monday to that portion of the g order of
the day which included prayer for " Rulers and
all in authority - that in fact, it appeared to have
been almost forgotten. 1t is to be hoped that the
may not have obtained that those in
authority here do not need praying for-Or p~erchance
may be, that they are past hope of reform.
GEO. PAUNCEFoRr's READINGs.-The entertainment
given last Thursday evening by Mr.. Pauncefort at
Hall, drew together a select and apprecia-
tive audience to hear his rendition of Dickens
Carols, and Boots at the Holly Tree Inn.
Coming as he did, a stranger among US, unheralded,
the selection for the display of his Evolutionary and
powers, and for exciting the sympathy
and securing the good will of his audience, was
most appropriate, and has proved successful. The
iream of Ebenezer Scrooge was told with such
mastery effect that he carried his hearers at times
n merriment, and then in deep sympathy with him,
ill at last the - Ghost of Christmas yet to come
vanishing and distorted, proved to be his own bed
If Mr.. Pauncefort had not sufficient proof of
ppreciativeness up to this part from his audience,
le certainly had it then. Mr.. Pauncefort cannot
Justly be compared with the late Walter Montgomery,
or the reason that the styles of the two artists differ
Mr.. P, without a question, does Dick
ms well while Montgomery did all alike well.
very pleasing and in perfect harmony with the
were the stage arrangements, looking like
md giving the effect of a parlor entertainment-a
marked contrast with the scenery and stage effect Of
he Royal Hawaiian Theatre. Mr. P. intends to give
entertainment on Monday, when 9 Nicholas
- will be presented, and we bespeak for
linn a full house. Public entertainments of an intel
ectual AID literary sort are too rare in this isolated
ommunity, and we must profit by them when the
offers. Tickets of admission S1.00 and
cents. -
APATHY ABOUT ELECTIoNs.-Our reporter, hearing
one casually remark on the street last Monday
hat there was to be a public meeting at 3 o'clock on
afternoon at Kaumakapili Church, at which
omething was going to be said or done on the sub
ect of the coming election for Representatives,
ccordingly determined to /" make a note ont, and
roviding himself with pencils and paper, at the
our appointed betook himself to the church. Arriy-
ng at the door a little late, he expected to find a
lrge assemblage and the meeting in operation, but
ehold, the huge barnlike ediice was utterly tenant
ess On the curbstone on the opposite side Of the
treet, a dozen or so Of natives were sitting idly
hating, but upon almost any subject but politics.
1t length. at ~half-past three, one of the candidates
Or Honolulu, who was nominated at the meeting a
ortnight ago, came along and entered the church.
Ghen all the bystanders, consisting of-one Judge,