The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-05-03

sister Lodges and the public generally are invited Il
/ attend 81 the installation Of officers OF Ultima Thule
Lodge, No. l, l. o. q. L, this evening at S O'Clock.
MAsoxIc.-The regular monthly meeting of Ha-
waiian Lodge. No. 81. F.. & \. NJ, viii be held on
Monday evening next, at u O'Clock \ full attend
ance Is requested. -
HILo PAcKEr.-Messrs. Walker & Allen and
others have purchased the fine schooner Pauahi
! the yacht of His late Majesty Kamehaneha V.
and will run her as a packet on the Hilo route.
The MKT mail from the East will probably be
brought by the clipper ship WILLIAM TapscOn,
which is under charter to load guano at Enderbury's
Island, and was lying in the stream at San Fran
cisco, April 18th, awaiting a crew. Bark Clara r.
Sufii also, would sail for this port about April 2Sd.
STEAMER EDITIoX.-The present edition is issued
at = O'Clock to-day, the mail closing (for newspapers)
at 10 A. NJ. tomorrow. It has been prepared with
special reference for readers abroad, and will be found
q good number 10 send TO friends in the East. Can be
had in wrappers at the Office Of publication and at
the Bookstores. -
The U. s. S. CALIFOnNLA.-This noble ship which
has graced our harbor for the past three and a half
months, will sail shortly for San Francisco. Admiral
Pennock and the gallant officers of the ship, one and
All, htN lAde themselves very popular III his COlQ-
munity during their stay, and their departure will
be witnessed with regret.
The NEBRAsKA-Up to the arrival of the mail on
Sunday last, we had anticipated that the Nebraska
would be due here from Auckland about the I'd
inst. Intelligence now comes that she is ordered
(by telegraph) to proceed TO Hongkong, to take
her place in the line between that port and Japan,
as she now belongs to the p. NJ. Company.
HAWAIIAN REpoRTs.-We learn that there is in
preparation for the press q third volume of Reports
Of Leading Cases in the Supreme Court. The Court
and Bar are daily experiencing the need of a new
compilation of decisions. Vol. l of Hawaiian Reports
was published in 1856, and was compiled by the late
Judge Robertson, and Vol. . made its appearance in
1866, by the late Judge Davis.
OCR EsCAPEs.-Twice during the past week we
have had " almost a fire. Late on Wednesday
night, a cook-house in the rear of Emma street was
discovered by neighbors to be in a blaze. and ex-
tinguished with a few buckets OF war fortunately
at hand. On Thursday evening, a policeman going
his rounds, discovered some shavings on fire in a
workshop on the Esplanade, and put it out, with
ont making an alarm.
THE ONLY SoLACE.-A note from q friend on the
passage to Lahoina on the " Betty Merrill " brought
US by q whaler, reports Of MOlOkai. Sunday,
lis, p. NJ. Twenty-Five honrs out from Honolulu
wind up and down. Caught one shark this morn
ing two more in s~ight-will " haul in on them
directly - unless VT get some wind. Captain
Heron, says yesterdays p. C. a. is his only solace
III this d|calm.i -
The NEW Government building is progressing to-
wards completion, and will be q grand affair, too
grand indeed for our means and requirements. But
as it has been begun and so far carried forward, it is
too late to grumble at the to us,-heavy cost.
We learn that it is intended to dock one story from
the original plan of the tower, which in point of
architecture, will spoil the symmetrical beauty of the
building. -
FRIENDS RETURNED-Among the passengers by
the Murray, on Wednesday last, was z. g. Jones,
Esq. of Brewer & Co., returned from q visit East;
Capt. James Smith. an old kanaaiaa, and Frank
Damon, son of the Rev. S. c. Damon. By the Costa
,Rfca on Sunday, came Col. +. 5. Pratt, and Capt.
Samuel James. The latter has been absent for the
last eight years in Japan. Somehow, those who wan
der away from US are attracted hack again. ere long. |
Music THIS AFrERNooN.-The Band will play at
Emma Square, commencing at ) P. NJ. The follow
ing is the programme, to conclude with a march
around the square:
Liiu March ............ Berger
Her Bright smile Haunts Me stm.
T..
Love Among the Roses, schottische. .Minasf
"THE OLDEST PAPER IN The PACIFIC.'-The
Friend, now in its 31st year, is promptly out for
May, and as usual, full Of good reading. Two of
the articles, "The New Testament Translated into
the Gilbert Island Language and a historical sketch
of the same by the Rev. Mr.. Bingham, we have
transferred entire to our own columns, as worthy of
preservation there. The Friend is an excellent
record of historical events at these Islands, and
indeed throughout the Pacific, and is afforded at tn
low price of two dollars per annum.
The GLENsANNox CAsE.-Our readers will remem-
Der the ha5eqS corpus case of Chinese Coolie, which
came up before Justice Hnrtwell some months since,
and ended in the discharge of the Coolie, held in
custody by the master of the Italian steamship Glen
sannor, en- route from China for Central America.
During the past week, the case has been before the
full Court on appeal, and has been fully renrgued by
C. Harris, Esq. counsel for the appellant, and Z
ESQ, for the appellee. A decision may be
reached next week.
Too Much Waterloo the last trip of the steamer
RIduea TO Kaawaloa, one of the crew, a native,
diyed to the bottom of the bay, and made a rope fast
to on anchor that had lain there for some years, and
which was got on board. The depth of water was
eight fathoms, or forty-eight feet, and was too much
the man, who, after making fast to the anchor
became insensible and in that condition foated to the
surface, when he was picked up, with the blood flow
ing from his nose, mouth and ears. He soon how
recovered. -
SESTENSzD.-On Monday last the exceptions of
counsel having been overruled in the case of the
King vs.. A. NJ. Kahalewai. convicted at the last
Term Of manslaughter in the first degree, he was
brought up for sentence. The Court imposed the
penalty prescribed by the law-ten years
imprisonment at hard labor. Also in the case of the
VS.. Nahakualii, Ga native lawyer for forgery,