The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-11-29

creditable regularity, and was promptly responded
to by the guns o! the L. ;. :. SIranac.
By TIM EaausG this morning, We hear the report
Of an accidental homicide a; Waikiki. Two native
boys were killed by the discharge OF a gun in the
hands Of a Chinaman, who was arrested. pending
an investigation. -
The RIrLES paraded yesterday. under command
Of Capt GUlick. BY invitation Of Capt Hassinger
of The Artillery. they e~ncamped on the grounds Of
Kewalo, and spent the day in target shooting,
skirmish drill. etc, returning at 4 p n. to the
AEmory. -
DIED OF HIS ISyURrEs-Mr. VIM. Lyall. the ship
carpenter who was severely injured on Friday last,
as reported in Saturdays paper, died at the Queens
Hospital on Monday night. \ post morien examin-
alton showed that one Of the broken ribs had per-
foratel an intestine, which was the immediate cause
OF death. Mr.. Lyall had resided in this city some
1--WE or six years, and was much esteemed by all who
knew him. He was a native Of MonsroSe, Scotland.
and about 50 years of age. His funeral took place
on Tuesday afternoon, escorted 10 the cemetery by
the Fire Department (he being a member Of Engine
Company No. y. The flags Of shipping in port
were displayed at half-mast in respect TO his memory,
and the bell of the Department tower was tollei dur
ing the funeral. -
SUPPOSED MURDER At koNA, nAwNI-By u letter
received per schooner Prince, we learn that a most
brutal murder was committed at Nauwewe, sew
eral miles TO the Northward Of kealakekGa Bay.
On Friday, the 2lst inst, a woman named Haahaa,
the wife of one Nakookoo. was missing, and on
search being made for her the following day. the
body was found some distance from the house, with
the skull beaten in. The husband Is quite blind,
aud has been for some years. \ grandson, named
Kahikina, who with his wife lived with the old peo-
pie, made statements ut the coroners inquest that
pointed at Nakookoo as the murderer, but subse-
quent revelations turned the suspicious against
himself as being the guilty one. Great excitement
prevailed in the usually quiet district of kona.
We shall expect to hear further particulars by the
steamer this morning.
REPORTED volcano on MAUI--A correspondent
writes as follows respecting the reported volcanic
outbreak on West Mani: Our volcano turns out
to be an old crater high up in the mountain above
Waihee, that in its green old age has taken to
smoking again. Mr.. James Alexander, who dis
covered and reported it. rs well rs Mr.. Hart of
Wailuku who has visited the spot, both agree that
the issuance of steam and vapor from the crevice
in the old crater is probably due to volcanic ac-
ton but as the place has never before been visited
that we know of-and is very much overgrown,
with no sign of any recent disturbance. it is but
fair to presume that everything has been going on
there rs at present for a very long time. II the
subterranean fires that are now warming things
there ever grow hotter, they won't require as much
fuel at the plantation below TO make steam, as
they do now. L should have visited the place, but
when a pedestrian like Mr.. Hart-who has made
the circuit of West Maui in twelve hours-reports
that it was the hardest tramp he ever undertook, ]
am going to wait until the thing biles over"
CELEBRATION OF THE 2STH NovEMBER.-Yes:erday
was the thirtieth anniversary of the joint recogni-
ton by England and France of the independence
of Hawaii, or, in the words Of the declaration of
Aberdeen and st. Aulaire, of " the existence in the
Sandwich Islands of q Government capable OF pro-
viding for the regularity of its relations with for
eign nations Beyond firing a salute at noon, and
closing Government offices. there is no official de-
monstration in celebration of the day, and this
| year an association of natives known as &" Young
| Hawaii took the matter in hand, with distinguished
success. There was a torch-light procession on
| Thursday night; services at Kawaiahao Church
| Yesterday forenoon, and a grand dinner a la Hawaii
at the grounds known as Pohnkaina, adjoining the
| Palace, at . 7. VI. The services at the Church
| (Which was not crowded. consisted of Music by the
band Prayer by the Rev. Ii. II. Parker Singing
my Native Land - Grafton by the Hon. H.. Poll
| Singing, " Hawaiian Anthem - Benediction, by the
Rev. II. Ii. Parker. The feast which followed was
an immense one the provisions were in vast
abundance, the crowd was moderate, and the utmost
! cordiality and good humor prevailed. A Hawaiian,
indeed, is perfectly at home at a grand ttau. As a
whole, the celebration reflected much credit on the
committee of young laval"
DEEP SEA SoUNDINGs.-The United States steamer
TuscGrora, under command of Captain Belknap, re-
turned recently to San Francisco from a surveying
cruise, and brings the following interesting memo
randa of her trip. Left San Francisco September 2.
| and cruised 100 miles toward the Aleutian Islands
and put back to Victoria for coal, and there received
orders from the Secretary of the Navy to return on
account of the lateness of the season.
Ran a linesof soundings off the coast, to determine
the continental outline. Had SO casts. The deepest
found was 2.443 fathoms, 40 miles west of the Faral-
ZONES. The machinery for the deep sea s~oundings
! worked well.
One hundred miles west of Cape Mendocino, we
discovered a submarine mountain 1000 feet high
and l 700 fathoms of water on either side. We found
in all the soundings, that the bottom slopes to the
southwark.
From all the different points along the coast, the
de 9th of water drops suddenly from a few fathOms to
a I 900, more or less. Nine hundred miles off shore,
in q line from Cape F~lattery, we found the water to
deept N one fathom to the mile. The bottom all along
this C oast is very level, and suitable for a submarine
cable -
ARR VAL OF THE ITALIAN FRIGATE.-His Italian
Majesty s steam frigate the G~aribdldi, arrived at
this port on Wednesday last, from Japan, en- route
for San Francisco, for which port she sailed again
on Thursday evening. She is a screw steamer of
$50 hor. e-power, of $3.50 tons measurement. includ-
ing engine space, and built of wood. She was