The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-05-18


One doesn't need a microscope exactly to discover
the - Social Evil -" on these Islands 81 ours, il being
IN fact an institution here, with all its nice and
naughty variations, and 70 sum il all up IN one
sentence aud see the community's kettle calslng the
community cruck-black, 20 into a native Court
House during the agitation Of one o. these interest
ing cases and say 10 every individual man and woman
there (tor the ladies take active interest IL such
matters and se not debarrei), judge, witness,
counsel, IntoTmer aud spectator, " who II there
among you that will cast the irst ~stone?' You
shall see every arm in the nom uplif Ell, vet there Is
" none that doeth good, No. not one - same with
okoleaao-and your bcsom's alkaas, partaker CT
your guH-o1TTsi, (even p~erchauce Of nearer rels-
toEsl for year.. will suddenly as by inspiration label
a pint bottle with traitrous intent and put il IL his
pocket, whence il viii next issue 4 dsmnab,e boise
before the judgment seat And all this IS done on
the Holy Egangehsts, their guides and protectors to
8 better world. Such and similar testimony j. in the
market at an upset price Of % cents a tongue, very
useful on a pinch. Il i fortunate tfor somel that
"e have higher Courts OF appeal, irrePrOachsble,
where truth and justice are paramount. Yet many
poor victims Of spite or interest or greed are utterly
debarred from this great privilege from simple ina
bilIty TO meet the required conditions preliminary.
Aud l have more than Unce been grieved 10 see in
places where one might reasonably look for better
things, an amount Of leyity in the conduct Of crimi-
nal charges fippant presumption of guilt before
the judge has taken his seat, and an eager anxiety
10 convict with INSTRUCTED zeal and mereifully ex-
pressed hopes that the Court will inhict the full
penalty-whether for gill or hOgshead, all Infused
with a manner which at times would seem 10 resent
defence as an insult. And when success has crowned
the prosecution with bastard laurel) and another
poor criminal is added to the roll Of unfortunates,
the high note of cock-d-30oIie-30 and much official
Wit may he heard from the retiring rooms. whilst
the wounded deer may weep his eyes out without
sympathy or succor.
Oar boss magistrate is at present engaged fighting
legislative battles at the capitol, whilst his place is
admirably filled by Mr.. W. II. Reed, who, without
protesting To he a lawyer, shows every dy the
anvlna onI -al-a- s - H
h-nestly brought to bear on the cases which come
before him, whilst all the sufficient dignity of the
court is preserved without effort. Aud II is an in
stance worth studying.
| mentioned Mr.. Pauncefort. That gentleman has
given two readings, only the first of which l at
tended, much to my own chagrin, for | hear that the
second was the best. He is more Of an actor than n
reader. and in certain comedy. n very good one. His
light scenes in the Christmas Carol were admirable,
whilst ScrOoge and Marley were screwed up a trihe
too high and the spirit INDUCED over much in the
rolling T-r-T. The Christmas dance and Irritation at
Fizzlewig's Owe forgotten the nancy were capital,
but | regret not meeting Wackford Squeers and John
Brodie last night. Mr.. Pauncefort is q regular old
stager and we could and did gam charmingly over
the times of Macready, Farren, Madame Vestris and
young Charles Matthews,-the Olympic, Adelphi.
IIaymarket and Covent Garden, &c, &c, sc. He
is a sportsman too, and will return to his Oregonian
shooting box when the present campaign is over. \
pleasant kind Of life truly.
Circuit court opens to-day,-is being opened in
deed as | write, though the Rii9uea with dye and
counsel has not yet wbistled. She has been due an
hour. The calendar is rather heavy. Yet in civil
cases., 1t is amusing to see how peremptory ~litigants
very bold six or nine months ago, have been let
ting all their courage OOze out at their finger ends as
the crisis approaches, and are now seeking to ''doff
their lions hides and hang but calf skins on their
recreant limbs Compromise is the tune to-day.
l have been greatly delighted with the first part Of
IHarper's supplement-Dore and Jerrold's Lon
/ don" To my fancy the illustrations exceed any
thing | ever saw before, in genius and in cr~ecutioH,
though the literary matter SO far is too much in the
style of the ''Anliable CLIQUE not suited to the
mass of readers. But it may improve, or l may be
wrong Returning to the pictures,-Oh London
Bridge! 1t is perfect. For l am one of the fOrtu-
nate few at these islands Who saw l. in its habit as
1t stood and that Is when good King William
reigned and l was a youngster going north to school.
My Quaker guide led me there to see what lie i'm
pressed upon me 10 remember as 4 relic of the
past" Hind / sHtc tUo Of The heads which Jerrold
speaks of. | think Methusalch never LIVED so long
as they who We're born early this century and remain
still
Then the " hny-boats on the Thames and that
marvellous figure reading by the gas lights to the
weary who are Mt rest, with the wierd hot air pipes
over head and the suggestive distance But l shall
tire you aud myself too to 60 on. Such pictures set
one t~hinking-they are wonderfully suggestive.
Only Dore has omitted the four Jack DAVIS nests
in the four minarets of the tower. They are always
there and annually used. as is the Ravens nest on
the golden grasshopper of Cheapside. No use to say
such objects are too minute Dore could indicate a
flea on the Archbishop of Canterbury'sl lawn or a loose
hair in the Lord High Chancellor's wig.
We are rather anxious to see what the Legislature
is Mt. The Royal speech fell rather dead on Hilo,
though that don't say much for either. 1t is well to
know that foreign relations are healthy, which is the
main thing after all. Shouldn't there he a treaty
I with the internationals
Up to the present moment, and it is ten \. NJ, no
Illegal celebrity has put in appearance, though it is a
charming morning for travel, not raining at present.
and some are said to be ploddiDg-perhaps probing
the Hilo road.
The RiiaueG. evidently, is neither Waltham built
nor Roskell-she never keeps time.
Yours truly,