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The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-05-30

WHILE THE ATTENTION of our Legislature is
being directed, through petitions and otherwise,
to the consideration of the liquor traffic, it may
be proper to inquire-admitting that an utter
prohibitory law is impracticable under our cir
Observation-Disclosures some amendment cannot
be advantageously made in our laws regulating
the traffic. The Massachusetts, Legislature has
had before 1t, as a substitute for the prohibitory
law, a license law which shows great thorough
ness and s~trictness in its provisions. 1t prescribes
who shall sell, and on what conditions submits
the applications of all dealers to n commission to
be appointed by the cities and towns of the
State graduates the rates for granting licenses,
afixes proper penalties for n breach of the law and
on the Sabbath, as well as to intoxicated persons
and to minors authorizes the License Commits
sioners to make personal Investigations at any
time, and to call ON the constaLles and police !:
empowers them to take samples of liquors ex-
posed for sale and subject them to ANALYSIS. and
makes the license forfeit for three years when
they are impure or of bad quality; and forbids
the selling by a licensed person TO any person
who may he complained of by wife, husband.
parent or adult as unfit to use it, by reason of
habitual excuses, the condition of his health in
consequence, and the neglect of his family and
business.
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PoRr OF HONOLULU. Il. /
ARRIVALS.

AZ al-schr Jenny. BaIIsucr. fm Waimea q E1i1a, kauaL
gl-schr Mary Ellen. Jim, from kohala- Hawaii
a4-Schr Warwick. KalaWaa. FRI KaaupaTa, MoloAai.
24-schr PRICE. Beck. from kona and hau- HAWAI-
2I-Schr Juaulta. & DUdoit- frCu Naiaiua-
2s-Schr FaIry Queen. Kaaina- I'm Hanalei- ha1a-
9g-=chr Nettie Merrill. Crane. from Laha,ra, Maui
27-Schr Keoni Ana, Kauklno. from RcoLau-
Z7-@chr Ea Moi. Powers. from kahulli- Maui.
2s-schr Pauzhi, Hopu, from Hiio, Hawaii
2s-Schr Rob Roy. Jim f0m Mako Maui
gs-lrhr Active. PuaahiFa. from Maalaca, Maui
2s-schr Luka, kaal, from kahcOiaTe-
2q-Schr " ai0ia, AhuihaIa, from Mako, Maui
2g-@Ioop Live Yankee, Clark, from Hans, Maui
g9-SehF UHama. DcAne. from BOna s. ksu. baEah-
sO-Echr Maulokawai, Ealauaos I'm Na"Ms4li hhN
2o-schr Juaulta, g Duicit, Gom Kcoiau-
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-05-30

WHEN IT BECAME apparent, during the reign of
Kamehameha v, in what an inconvenient posi-
ton and on what a superlatively grand and in
appropriately large scale the then Ministry pro-
posed to erect a building for the government
offices, the ADVERTISER protested against the
measure loudly and frequently, but of course in
effectually. The deed was done, the country is
saddled with the &" huge sin and blunder - now
known as Aliiolani House, and we must make the
best of it. Now comes the Gazette, and with q
loud cackling sets forth the brilliant idea, (of
its own hatching) of turning the new government
building into a palace, and building another
government house on the esplanade. To begin
with, AliiolaBi House is in no one particular of
its design or structure capable of being sc turned
into " a palace and if it were, it would cost Il
half a million to properly furnish it as one.
Next, an army Of servants would be. needed con-
stantly on duty, to keep it only decently in order.
Truly, a " novel idea,' . as the Ga=ette remarks
quite complacently, and one we beg to suggest,
that should entitle its inventor to a - pension for
life in company with the ministry which will
carry it out. At all events, be and they should
most assuredly be disposed of in some way that
would efectually protect the country from the
possible dangerous results of such chimerical
/" novel ideas"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-05-30
DIED.

D4vts-At waHuku, Mani, EsTHER, the tsloved and he
voteI wife Of John J. Davis, a native Of County Cork, Ireland
aged 70 years u Auckland papers please copy
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-05-30
THE PACIFIC
Commercial 90bettlstr.
SATURDAY- A 30.

-,@6Asn SATORDAI. A %
A CHANGE in the Cabinet has for some time
past appeared to be imminent, in consequence OF
the obvious diversity of views among it's MEM
bers. The want Of harmony on several import
ant measures was apparent in the sessions OF the
legislature, especially on the Constitutional
amendment for two Houses, the Bill to Mitigate
-csstals, diseases, and the Opium Prohibition Bill.
Although nothing official has transpired as to
the immediate cause Of the dissolution of the
it has been evident that there was not
= the unity of action requisite for efficiency.
This state Of things eliminated on Wednesday in
the resignation of the Attorney General, which
was followed on thursday by the resignation Of
the other Ministers. However much we may
.Papsa necessity that arose for this course, We
glad o see the principle recognized and acted
non, that when members of Government are not
in accord on measures of importance, the minor
iy promptly retire rather than continue in the
false position of pretending to advocate a policy
or principles in which they have no faith.
Yesterday, in the Assembly, Mr.. W. L. Green
announced that it had pleased His Majesty to
make the following Ministerial appointments
His Ex. =. NahaOlelua, Minister Of Finance.
His Excellency w. L.. Green, Minister of the
Interior, and al interim Minister of Foreign Re
lations.
Ills E1cellency R. H. Stanley, Attorney Gen
eral.
The announcement of the retiracy Of Messrs.
Hartwell and Widemaun from the Cabinet has
been received with universal regret. Aside from
the demoralizing effect upon the public confidence
which inevitably follows frequent changes in the
administration Of government, the presence in
the Cabinet Of both the gentlemen named was
regarded as a guarantee of safety and stability,
alike by variOusIy interested portions Of the COM
munity. Liza o.. -lr- -at
In February last, when Mr.. Hartwell left the
/, Bench of the Supreme COurt-a position in
' which 6eJAEN Sttained the unlimited confidence
and esteem Of the entire community-Our regret
for his retirement was compensated for by the re-
lection that as a member of the Cabinet, his safe
counsel and calm judgment were assured for the
benefit of the country. And while we cannot
but commend his present course under the cir
cumstances, we are but eehoing the public 0pin-
ion when We say that his withdrawal from the
councils Of the nation at this ~juacture is a public
misfortune. -
Mr.. r. Il. Stanley, the negly-appointed Attor-
ney General, is a thoroughbred lawyer, and
during a residence here of some fifteen years has
become perfectly familiar with our courts, our
government and our people. His industry and
application are noted, and while it is too soon to
speculate upon what may be his political course
in his new and untried position, we venture to
predict that he will prove to be a worker.
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rTTiZENs AND RESIDENTS OF HOMO

- LULU, Visiting Friends and Strangers generally are
cordially invited TO attend Public Worship at FORT ST.
CHURCH, where services are held every Sabbath at IL O'Clock,
A. NJ, and : IL p. NJ. Seats are provided for all who may be
pleased to attend. There is a Wednesday evening Prayer
Meeting at I l2 O'Clock, in the Lecture room, to which all are
welcome api ly
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-05-30

some MONTHS since, some of the critics among
our townsfolk complained, and with a show Of
reason, that our newspapers were giving too
much prominence tn articles about leprosy. the
effect Of. vb,SA attoad it was declared, would be
luxurious to the reputation of the islands as a
saGe country TO visit OF in which to reside. The
Gazette was especially amenable to that sort of
criticism when it made the wild assertion that a
large proportion of our people were affected with
the disease. But the leprOsy panic of that jour
nal is long since past, and now it gets of its bal
ance in another direction, and publishes to the
world that the entire fabric of our apparent pros
perity is a mere shell, tottering towards 4 speedy
collapse. Such in reality is the meaning of the
article so prominently and 50 uselessly paraded
on its first page this week, entitled "AddIess of
the Planters to the legislature" If some of the
planters chose to make such a showing as therein
contained to a committee of the Legislature,
with a specific object in view, it by no means fol-
lows that the whole body Of agriculturists and
business men Of the country Will thank the Ga
zette for spreading the cheering story before the
outside world.
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10 amend an Act 10 regulate the awarding and distributjon oi
water in the district Of Lahaina, island Of Maui" BE il
See i. That Section "a, Of an Act entitled, sc, be and
2I- No person who Is entitled TO any portion Of the water
which has been awarded, OK Elneh may hereafter be awarded
Iowancs OF water away from the Ahupuaa, III or parcel Of
other Ahupula, III or parcel Of land"
The Custom House regulations, respecting Con
sular Certificates, Passports, and Health Certif-
Gates, to which we referred last week, were
passed to be engrOssed on Monday, without dis
cussion.
On Tuesday, the Special Committee on Prison
regulations presented a majority report. giving 1t
as their opinion that it Is not advisable, ut pres
ent, to alter the practice of letting out ~convicts
to hire in competition with free labor, giving as
4 reason for that opinion, that to stop the prac-
tIee would involve a loss to the government of
some $50, 900. No figures were shown however,
and when the minority report on the bill
comes in we may expect to hear further on the
subject. The radical measure Of the session.
the bill to tie up all government property in Ho-
nolulu beyond the power Of the Cabinet to sell
or lease-was frustrated, or perhaps We should
say, compromised, on Tuesday. The bill had
slumbered on the Secretary's table for a week,
by which delay its friends lost ground for with
out doubt 1t would have been carried after its
second reading if pushed. AS it was, Ministers
felt so sure Of the disposition of the House, that
they declared themselves ready to accept the
amendment offered by the introducer of the bill,
which substituted the control by the Privy Coun-
ell for that of the Legislature. And it was I'M
questionably an agreeable surprise to find that
by a majority Of four even the Hon. Mr.. Bishops
amendment was adopted, which provides that in
all transfers of government lands in the city of
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-05-30
FOR
Dwelling House and Lot
i'm Pueo, HiIO. Island Of Hawaii.
ON SATURDAY, JUNE 2zth,

At u O'Clock, Noon, will be sold at Public Auction,
a: the Court House in Hilo, Hawaii.
By virtue of a power Of sale. made in favor Of the under
lersigned MAKAAI, by Kaolulu and J. Y. K. Davis, In con-
iection with a certain Mortgage OF the property 10 be sold,
nted the 18th day Of July, A. D. 1870, and recorded in the
Registry Office in Honolulu, Oahu, in Liber 30, pages pa and
as, the following described real property, to Wit
A house lot, situate in Pueo, Hilo, Hawaii, consisting OF
fifteen one-hundredths Of an acre, with a dwelling house
thereon. aad bounded as follows From the edge OF the
Wailuku river at the southeast corner Of Wshine's lot, run
north IIo east, L2I chains thence north. $40 l5 east LILO
chains 10 a line OF ~breadhuit trees thence between The two
breadfruit trees to river bank, south age so east, las chains,
thence along the river bank to starting point
A deed OF the premises viii be delivered to the purchaser
and the SAID mortgage cancelled, upon the conptstion OF the
sSle. TERMS Cash.
MAKAAL, by his Attorney :. B. Dole.
my3O4 Il D. II. HITCHCOCK, Auct'r.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1874-05-30
DEPARTURES

NAV 23-sehr Rob Roy. Jim, Tor Mako, Maui
Z3-schr Active, PuaahiEa, for Maalaea, Maui
25-Schr WarEick, KaiaWata, fr kalaupapa. Moi2Aai-
1s-Echr Odd Fellow, Sika, Tor Kcua- Hawaii
25-schr Kamaiie, y Bodies, Tor haEaihae, ha"ai-
25-schr Nile Morris, Lima, Dr Mol9AaL
2s-schr Mary EmeD- Jim, for koha-a- naFah-
9s-Germau brig Helene, r Bnhn- Tor s4u fraIci-c'-
2s-schr Juauita, q DuIoit- Tor Kogau-
27-sehr Netue Merrill Crane, fr lafiaina- MAUI
27-schr Fairy Queen, Kaain1zfr IanaLsi, hantl-
2s-sehr Prince, Beck. Gr KDna and kau, Hawai-
1-Srhr Jenny, Baiisuer, Tor K0loa & Nalnea- KAUAI
2s-Am bktn Jane A Fakinburg-JA Blown, iDf Fort
land, o.
2s-Echr Iuka, Kaai, for Mobaa, Bauai
2g-schr Pauahi. Hopu, Er Hil0, Hawai-
2g-schr Rob Roy. Jim, hr Nol0aa. Kauai
29-sehr Ia NoL. Powers, brkahuluir Maui
29-sehr Active, PuaahfEa. for kohaia- Hawai-
3g-stmr KHsgea. Msrchanf, for NaWiLwh, halAa-
2g-schr WaIola, Ahuihaa, fT Mako, Maui
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COM NJ
FRIDaY. NAY -. 1s7s.

FRID4Y. NAY -. 1s7s-
TnEaEi been no GrcEu arrivals since car l'st report
The depaEf rs have been-2sth, German brig he.sae o. 7'
Francisco. With island produce ard -sthr b1rAelhnr J1"s n
FaIkiutur. for Portland, o. with sugars-
The brig WA. II. Auen is repairing and viii sal 90 Tahiti
10 all next week
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w facility TO parties DESTROYS Of probably and securely
investing small sums Of money, Bends Of the Hawaiian Gov
ernmeat Of the several values OF 500. 5000, $500.
and 81 900, bearing interest at the rate OF Q per cent. per
annum, payable semi-annlaay, viii be issued At par 10 all
persons applying for them at the Treasury, for terms Of not
less than 5, nor more than 20 years
7. NAHAOLBLUA.
Minister Of Finance.
Department OF Finance, April 2f, 1874. sp4 SIN
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y
Or f III
Large and Desirable Assortment.
Liebig's Extract Of Meat,
Hubbuck's White Zinc,
White Lead, Paint Oil.
Black Paint, Red Lead,
Paris Green,
COgnac in Boxes, Fine and Table CIaret,
Liehfrauenmilch Rhine Wine,
A Small Lot Of Fine Hungarian Wines,
Settler Water, Fine Liqueurs,
German, Scotch and Norwegian Ales, OTIS. and pts.
Zine Havana and German Cigars,
Vienna Rocking Chairs, Sofas, Chairs, Wardrobes, Writ
ing Desks, and other Furniture.
Galvanized Iron Pipe, l-2 aud "a inch;
Steam Pipe, Ia 70 l 12 inch;
Charcoal Tin Plates.
Block TIN, Rabbits Patent Metal.
Perforated Brass, for Centrifugals:
Sheet Zinc, EuntZ Yellow Metal and Nails.
Hoop Iron, 3 s, 4, IS. ! and I Ia inch:
Fence Wire, No. !, 5 and 9;
Best Refined Bar Iron, all sizes;
Keg Rive;s, Lanterns.
Portland Cement, Fire Bricks, States,
StogkhOlm Tar, Stockholm Pitch, Coal Tar.
Fire Clay, Bath Bricks,
Blacksmith's Coal in Casks.
Hemp Packing. Hide Poison,
Demij0hns, Birch BTooms.
Oak Boats fnr Coasters Oil Shrunk Shocks.
Petroleum Barrels for TaI0w Containers,
Syrup Barrels,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-02-19

HE DEAD SIAMEsE. The bodies
OF the Siamese twins have been taken
out OF the tin case in thch they were
brought to Philadelphia, and are now
lying on the dlssectng table at the Col
lege OF Physicians. A perfect plaster
cast has been taken OF the busts and al
So OF the bodies from the shoulders to
the middle. The busts of the bodies
are not yet complete. No impressions
have been taken Of the limbs, arms or
connecting link. The bodies are en-
tlrely nude. oponges saturated with
carDoilc acid are kept on the faces OF
both, and a thin linen cloth covers the
connecting link. There was no incis-
ION OF the knife up to noon. injections
to preserve the boI .es have been made
at point OF the knees and there is no
unpleasant odor from either of the bod
les. The body Of hang. who died first
is OF a very dark blush tint The body
OF '.lg Is as natural rs during life.
Complete casts OF the limbs and connec
Ting ink will probably be made to-
morrow, when the knife also may he
applied. Everything is being done
with The greatest secrecy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-02-19
Riot and Drafting in Cuba

HAVANA, February 13--A mob OF
several hundred men marched toward
the captain generals palace last even
ing with the intention Of denIaut,in.
that the government send into the field
entire battalions,as ordered in Jovellm's
recent DEGREES. Mounted police met
the rioters and dispersed them There
wereno casualties. The captain gener
al to day quartercd detachment OF
gendarmes in the Feurza barracks, Cp-
poslte the palace.
The police have arrested Saturniro
Martinez, editor Of the Union. work
ngmans journal, and priest named
Castro. They ale known to be siren
republicans, and are reported to have
been connected with-yesterday's demon
stration. s-~-
1t is stated that the draft will be car
ried out within twenty days The city
is now quiet, but the people fear furth
er trouble.
The consular agent of the United
States at Baracoa, officially denies the
truth Of the report that the steamer
Kansas took soundings of the harbour
while recently lying at that port. Tn,
iron clad Arapiles is leaking badly. and
W Il probably go to Martinique to bt
docked
Elk President Santa Anna arrived in
Havana yesterday from Nassau en- route
TO Mexico He says he returns to
Mexico under President Lerdo's pro
clamation Of amnesty, but is firmly
resolved to take DO part i'll Mexican
politics.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-02-19

The FAMINE IN lNDIA.-The English
press is anxiously discussing the pros
poets OF a famine in India the present
year, owing to failure Of the latter
rains If 1873 Kice is the great sta
pie Of lii.iia agriculture, and this is
largely depend nj upon the periodical
rams. Ii 1869 three millions Of per
SONS in India perisled from famine. If
the weather Of the first three months
Of 1874 prove favorable, there may ~
nothing more serions than a sssere
scarcity Of food if unfavorable, the
consequences may be appalling The
calculation now is that the famine i'm
perlis one third Of the population, OF
twenty millions Of people, who will
consume weekly, at the very least
forty thousand TONS 1t may last until
the earth again yields her increase,
which may be next fall, and may not
be for two years. There is partial ac
CESS by railroads and other means OF
transportation TO this immense popula
ton. The London Times recently, af-
ter summing up all the facts OF which
1t is IN possession, sees no hope IN any
thing but miracle to prevent the Gala,
nifty of widespread starvation. Area
dy, before New Year, ga few cases
Of starvation had been officially report
ed
DR.. Hunter, a valuable authority,
say that in Bengal two tarthings make
the whole difference between a famine
warning and actual destitution, and
three and a half tarlhings per pound
|, whole difference between time OF
plenty and a time of famine The
Bengal laborer earns nine cents per day
and upon this sum an average number
Of three persons have to be supported
Usually four pounds of rice may be
bought for three cents. In famine
years the price rises to six, and even
ten cents at the pinch, which is a cent
over the total earning Of one fourth of
the families in Bengal. The result
may readily be appreciated. A resort
is had'to roots and various sorts of
green food. The children and weaker
persons die, and, as DR.. Hunter grim
~ expresses it, 1.-The rural population
enters famine as fiigate goes into
battle, cleared of all useless gear and
Insufficient members
The problem 20 be solved is how to
save this ''useless gear and to mitigate
this suffering. The employment OF
the non agricultural laborers upon pub
lie works has taken place in some dis
tricts. The prohibition of the rice
report is looked upon as last resort
One OF the troubles of the governments
Is found in the possible complication
with the native dealers in foods, and
In 50 regulating the special Efforts of
the government as not to interfere with
them. 1t has been suggested that III
this dilemma the British government
might with advantage draw on the
teeming cereal surplus Of California :;
the only thing needed to facilitate the
operation being a few quick sailing
steamers to. convey the food to the
ports nearest the famine region. The
suggestion has been taken up by the
San Francisco journals, and if the FAM
inc is NOT speedily -asSuaged there is
reason to believe, from their st. tenents,
that it will ere long be acted up
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-02-19

The army Reduction bill, under con-
slderation by the House Military Com
mttee. has been printed for the private
use ofthe members of the .mmittee
only. 1t provides for sweeping reduc-
tons in the army, among others, OF
i've regiments of infantry, two Of cav
airy and one artillery, Officers who
may necessarily be affected by the
reduction are to receive one years pay
Oh being mustered out. Important
changes are also proposed in the num-
her and mode OF the selection of eff
GERS as commanding generals of the
several military departments.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1874-02-19

A Novel CAsE-In the Couit OF
Appeals sitting at Richmond, yester
day, as we learn from the State Journal,
the counsel for Joseph A Blair pre-
scented a petition to the court for a
writ of habeas corpus Blair was con
victed by a jury in the Hastings Court
Of grand larceny, and the jury ascer-
tanned the term of his imprisonment in
the penitentiry at three years. but sem
tence was not pronounced by the court
at the time, and before it was pro
nounced Gov. Kemper, on the recon
mendation Of the jury, and owing to
the peculiar circumstances of the case,
pardoned Blair. Judge Guigon refuses
to release Blair, holding that the Cows
ernor had no right to pardon him unit
sentence waspronounced by the court
Blair's counsel now apply to the Court
OF appeals FIR his writ to determine
this question, and Blair will have to
remain III jail unt.' Inc court can dis
,cse OF his case
Judge Wright, tried IL Washington
I'll i c. ...a...- arc Of Indian iund foiserics,
i-as sesL .4equittsd;