The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1875-08-28
AUGUST ..
Official Notification.

Hanalei .......".-.-.-.A S. Wilcox.
JOHN s. wALKER, Minister Of Finance.
Department Of Finance, August cath, 1875.
" NOTES OF THE WEEK.
Tine BALL las, night in aid of French charity, was
I q brilliant success.
H. r. H. PRINCE LELEIoHoKUand II. II. Keeliko-
lani and the Minister of the interior arrived from
aIolokai, per steamer, at 10 o'clock last night.
RECEPTIONS on SHIPBoARD.-We learn that the
usual Thursday afternoon receptions on board the
Pensacola will be continued as heretofore.
h TILE ORGAN recently imported for the Bethel, has
Ynot yet been put up, on account of the absence from
| town of Mr.. Macaulay, who, however, arrived last
evening.
QUICK PAssAoE.-The bark d. C.. Murray which
arrived on Thurday, reports 124 day from San Fran
cisco ; which makes amends for 4 long passage of so
days the other way.
MAsoNIc.-The regular monthly meeting of Lodge
LIE Progress de rOceanie, No. l24, Al F. A. NJ. will
take place at their Hall on King street, on Monday
evening next, August 30th.
u TIE ARcoNA.-Papers from Germany recently
received contain full accounts of the visit Of this
ship to Honolulu last spring, speaking in fiattering
terms of His Majesty and the Royal Family OF
Hawaii.
THE TELEGRAPH, for some reason, either because
the wires are down or that the boys are not up
does not seem to have worked with its usual eff
cheney of late, several vessels having arrived off the
port unannounced.
II MEMoRIAM.-Yesterday the flags on the ship
| ping in port, those of foreign Consuls and government
buildings, were displayed Mt half mast, and half
hour guns were fred from the Us S. Pensacola and
II. B. n. S. Repulse in memory of Andrew johnson,
Ex-President of the United States, who died July
81.
eTnEArRE To-NIGHT.-The literary and musical
entertainment by Mrs. Corlett at the Royal Hawai-
ian Theatre tonight, will be under the patronage
fof His Majesty the King, Admiral Amy and the
officers Of the Pensacola and Peiera. We trust
that the talented and deserving beneficiary will be
greeted by Il full honse.
3 FINE BLANK BOoK-At Thos. q. Thrum's store is
on exhibition a large size full bound Journal that
was manufactured at his Bindery to the order of
\. S. Cleghorn & Co, which gives further proof
of the efficiency of his establishment to rule paper
and bind up work to any desired pattern, and the
cost, compared with imported work, is in favor of
home manufacture.
THEATR1cALs CoMING.-Says q late number of the
S. f. Call: The Lingards-with the exception of
William Horace-leaye for Australia by the steamer
Colima in September next. They will be well sup
piled with the latest and French society plays. If
he does not get another left-hauded benefit through
some of our city journals, Horace may accompany
the party as far as the Sandwich Islands.
A C~HANcE.-Recently during q brief visit to Ka-
hului, East Maui, it occurred to us that here was q
noble chance for improvement. By setting out a few
acres of the sands with cocoanuts and algerobas-one
species of the latter grows remarkably we'll in such
soils-in o few years q beautiful grove would adorn
what is now q barren waste. With its invigorating
sea air, what a delightful place of resort it might be
made for the Wailukans, or the planters of Haiku
and Makawao!
8 UNNECESSARY PRECAUTIoN.-That is what the pub
lie say on Sunday afternoons, when taking a stroll
on the Esplanade and finding the gateways of the
steamship wharf closed and locked. There can
surely be no harm in leaving them open on that day
for citizens and women and children to promenade
through in search of fresh air from the harbor,
especially when there are no ships at hand from
which to smuggle. For it was to prevent smuggling
that the gates are said to have been placed there.
SIGHT-SEEING.-Yesterday, by permission OF
( Admiral Cochrane, quite a number OF natives
men. women and children, visited the RepulSe,
going off and returning in the ships boats,
Through a mistaken idea, originating with som
one on shore, many of the people were prepared
to carry on board presents Of pigs, fowls, fruit. &c,
according To the native style Of kookunu) but the
Admiral, perhaps enlightened as to the inspiration
of the movement, refused to receive the gifts.
Roses BY MAIL.-One of our most successful ANA
teur florists received by mail per last steamer, from
Pennsylvania, over forty rose plants, packed in light
wooden boxes with moss filing, the postage on the
whole amounting to less than one dollar, and the en-
tire cost of the invoice amounting to about seven dol
lars. All the plants-with perhaps q single exception
came to hand in good order, and in a little over fifty
days from the time the order was sent East they we're
all set out in g Honolulu garden. They came from the
Dingee and Cunard Co. Floral Establishment, West
Grove, Chester Co, Pa
SUGAR GRow1yG at Waialua on this island appears
to be prospecting. The natives, in their dealings
with Mr. Thomas Hughes, the owner Of the mill
there, are encouraged to plant extensively, on terms
that are apparently advantageous to both parties,
the cane being ground On halves. We hear Of one
native who recently received 5000 in cash for his
season 3 Hofk. we expect 20 see the culture OF
sugar very much increased erelOug in that part Of
the island, where the land is peculiarly adapted to
the business.
THE MouSrAIS MEADOWS MAssAcRE.-As we an
~ticipated, the trial Of John D.. Lee as the leader in
this dreadful affair resulted in a "hung verdict"
Says the telegram
BEAVER, Utah, August 7th.-The jury have just
been discharged. An interview with one of the
jurymep discloses the fact that from the beginning
Of the balloting the jury stood nine for %acauittal,
two for conviction and one willing to go either way.
Classified thus For acquittal all the Mormons, one
Gentle, and one Gentle wavering, and two Cen
tiles for conviction. The jury we're released and the
cose continued for the term.