The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1872-09-14

on tuesdays, the eShOfS IA tNe ne3kntof0eri 81
" Printing House Square, are Strangely tortured
by the horrid notes Of a tin horn, savagely blown
by the koolsu pOstmau. THIS individual appears 70
be lahoring under the mistake that the public admire
his hideous noises, from the sei'-s.tished manner ln
which he keeps mp the villainous toot-iooting We
would commend q subscription 10 purcha>e u less
diAbolically toned instrument for hs use, before
something serious shall result.
JUVENILE LirERAruHE-we have received = Gle Of
the PunaAoH Reporter. a little iwe-psge newspaper
printed and edited by the scholars st the College.
For = time the young sspirants for newspaper fame
got out their journal IN manuscript, but " the edl-
tors finding II took too much time. they have now
got a little Love printing press aud some types,
aud make a very creiitable appearance. The matter,
too. while occasionally youthful enough in style TO
prove its genuiueness, Is good. Witness the follow
ing extract from a communication TO I" Mr.. Editor, -
which may be profitable for some q! the old iolks TO
resd
ALLOW me 10 give q school-boy's opinion Of
questions asked by visitors on examinations. On tine
examination at the end of last term, one of the gen.
tlemen present asked 8 good msny questions. and
said he had come, not only 10 see the school, but 10
get information and knowledge for himself. Now we
think the examination is not 10 teach those who have
come 10 hear il, but TO show how much the scholars
have been taught. Just enough time is allowed each
class for il 10 be examined thoroughly. and when
visitors ask questions just for their own information
because they don't know il themselves, or about
things which do not pertain to the subject on which
the class Is Deing examined. they consume time
which belongs 10 the class. We think The best way
for such 10 obtain their knowledge would be 20 60 10
the Encyclopedia or join the school themselves
Another annoyance experienced on examinations, is
the rather loud whispering which is sometimes car
ried on among the visitors"
We have also received No. /, of the Punahon
Journal, which is apparently q friendly rival 20 the
Reporter. Ii is extremely well printed. Every
Tuesday Morning, at % cents per Term; Foreign
Subscribers, 90 cents. Subscriptions must be paid
in Hyanaa ~ Afa0far Harry II Poor 10 fha 81 "a
ponsible man of the Journal, and deserves great
praise for its matter and manner.-Wheu these boy
editors and printers have been at the business as
long as Horace Greeley, won't they want to 60
a hshing?" -
PRELIMINARY HEARISG--On Wednesday the native
who was concerned in the affair Of the drowning of
Edward McCorriston at Eva. on the 9th inst, was
a~rraigned in the Police Court. His name is Ka-
lepe. apparently about twenty-five years of age,
tall and well built, with II dark complexion for =
Hawaiian, and almost woolly hair. He WAS charged
by the Attorney General with the murder of Edward
McCorristOn. at Eva. Oahu, ut or about the hour
OF | O'Clock on Monday the 9Th day of September.
The charge is thus brought under the statute which
allows of a conviction for either OF the degrees Of
manslaughter, or of assault and battery. The
prisoner was duly cautioned and informed that he
might either plead or waive an examination. when
he made answer, {" don't know whether | am guilty
or not" and a plea of " Not Guilty" was entered.
I Mr.. Richard Gilliland, the principal witness in
the case. was then sworn, and his testimony in sub
stance was as follows:
/ i" left Honolulu last Monday as passenger on
board the sloop Wdimdiu. of which Edward McCor-
riston was master. bound to Eva. Besides myself,
there was a native woman passenger and two ma
lives. as crew. We got TO PuulOa about ii O'Clock.
where we landed some freight. After a short stay
there we got under way again and proceeded to
beat up the river into the upper bay. The prisoner
was at the helm, when the Captain discovered that
he was drunk. as he did not steer straight. The
Captain told him to go forward and assist in tack
ing, which he did, and the Captain took the helm.
Tho pFiannar hnupvpF was nf no assistance IN TACK
ing, only a detriment, and the Captain told him to
go below and go to sleep. Prisoner went below,
after which we made one more tack. when prisoner
came on deck again. and said. 1ou can't tack with
out me- The Captain told him to 60 below. He
refused. Captain then told him to sit down he
did so. Soon he began to talk very abusively TO
the Captain. who tried to pacity him, but he con-
tinued to talk and use bad language. | was mid
ships at the time. and looking aft, saw prisoner and
The Captain fighting. | went aft and took hold of
them and succeeded in separating them the Cap
tain resumed the helm and prisoner sat down again.
I then went forward, and on looking around i'm |
saw that Ahe prisoner had hold of the Cap
tain again. | and the native woman passenger ran
aft and endeavored to separate them. They were
%scufiing very near the taffrail they had hold of
each other: prisoner gave n sudden push the Cap
tain was next the rail the Captain fell over almost
backward, and they both fell into the water, the
prisoner on top the other native on board then
threw a rope and the Captain got bold OF 1t we
hauled on the rope and got them mp to the vessels
side. when / saw that prisoner bad the Captain by
tue throat WIN MS TiRnb manu- COuln not See hS
left hand, as it was under water soon the Cap
tain let 60 the rope aud they both went down to-
getber the vessel was moving through the water
all the time next saw the Captain and prisoner
mp close together the native boy and i tried
to get the sloOp's boat over the side, but could not;
the boy then LET go the anchor and the sloop brought
up then the boy, the native woman and myself got
the boat over and the boy went in it he could not
the Captain, who had sunk. He found the
prisoner swimming and brought him to the sloop.
Prisoner stood up in the boat and sung out to me
that he would Kill me also. The words he used
were Likeke. 1 make you too" He also said
to the boy and woman about killing,
1 did not thoroughly understand. The boy
got on board the sloop, but prisoner would not, but
after throwing away the oar, pushed off and drifted
away. The Captain WAS up only about a minute
on rising the second time, and did not rise any
On Thursday, the native boy and woman, and
several other witnesses were examined, and at the
Of the investigation Kalepe was fully committed
for trial ut the October Term of the Supreme Court.