The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1873-12-20

The T.. :. :. SAE,SAc-Tbis ship has been ready
to sail for san Francisco since Thursday noon. but
has been delayed on account Of the strong NorthcAs,
winds that have prevailed She win probably get
away this morning Her departure viii be regretted
by the community At large. in which Admiral Pen
mock and his gen,lemanly officers have made hosts of
friends. -
DE,H OF AS AGED CuIETus-At the residence Of
His ExcellCney the Minister Of Foreign Relations. on
thursday morning last, expired the high chiefcss
Lnahine, the grandmother Of the Hon. Mrs. Pauahi
Bishop. Luabine was the granddaughter Of Holoai.
the high-priest Of KalAniopuu, King Of Hawaii at
the time Of Cooks arrival. Her mother was Kali
pakslua, the sister Of Kuhaupio, the frs, kameha-
meha's tutor in the art Of war. This venerable
chiefess was verging On ninety years Of age.
DISEASE ANoxo CHIckESs.-For some time past
there has been a great mortality among b~arn-yard
fowls in and about the city. Nobody has We, ex-
planned the cause, but the fowls suddenly drop dead
while in apparently good health. Dissection shows
the liver to be swollen and di~scolorei. Rycron Of the
Fountain restaurant. who lost several hundred
fowls by the disease, informs US that birthstone -four
mixed with the food given in the morning, has proved
q cure for this mysterious plague Of chickens
IL MEMoRIAN-At n meeting of Ultima Thule
Lodge, No. l, l. o. e. T., held on Saturday evening,
December 9th. the following preamble and resolu-
tions were adopted
WHEREAS, 1t has pleased the Almighty to remove from this
life, cur Brother W ii. smith, a worthy member Of this Lodge
and Of the Order therefore,
Resolrtd, That in his sudden death, which We deeply de-
plore, this Lodge has sustained a severe loss.
ResOirea. That we sympathze with the family and friends
Of the deceased in their bereavement.
Rssotued, That q copy of these resolutions BE- published IN
the papers of this city, j. Z. GREEN, VS..
MAYHEM.-Last Thursday afternoon. q native
named Uaua, being under the influence Of drink,
went into the National bowling alley and tried to
create Il row. Nalopi, a native in charge of the alley
at the time, endeavored to quiet the rowdy and at
length put him out by force. He immediately came
back by another door, and clinching NalOpi, seized
his right ear with his teeth. and bit off about a third
Of it! 1t is thought he swallowed the piece, for a
strict search failed to find it. Uaua was arrested and
yesterday committed by the Police Magistrate for
trial ut the ensuing term of the Supreme Court under
n charge of mayhem.
HISToRICAL.-The circumstance of Kamehameha
III. having placed these islands under the pro-
lection of the United States, referred TO by the
Hon. ID. kalakaua in his letter Of last week. occur
red in connection with the twelve demands made
on this Government in the name of the French
Republic by the late NJ. Perrin. shortly after his
arrival here. NJ. Perrin arrived at Honolulu, De-
cember 18th, 1851, in the French corvette Serieuse,
"a guns. The vessel lay in our harbor until the
following April. The negotiations between the
French Commissioner and the late Mr.. Wyllie.
Minister of Foreign Relations, commenced De-
cember 2Ist, and ended March 25th, by the with
drawal of the demands by NJ. Perrin until the
receipt of further instructions from his Govern
ment. During the same year Qs52) the form OF
Government in France was changed by the election
of Napoleon as Emperor. /
STATISTICS OF RAINFALL. lS73.-Mr. J. X. Wilder 4
of Kaalaea Plantation, on the windward side of
this island. furnishes the following summary of the
record kept by him at that place during the past
wear. nn to December 10th