The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-11-18

RErArEI>G rnE wu,Rvrs-Cap,. Jacob Brown
with q gang Of bborers has been AT work the pas
two or three weeks employed in putting the uptown
wharves in gool repair, putting IN new piles. build
ing retaining walls, sc, sc. The oil Judd
wharf is being put in COED order, the lease having
terminated, whereby the government is relieved
fom the annual payment Of $1,000, an arrangement
which hal subsis,ei since isf7.
CorRrnors-We learn from Nh. Bmsh, Parser Of
the HTlauts. that the steamer will meet II. d Ms.
5 Fsaioas at Kawaihae on tuesday evening next,
Capt. Long having kindly consented TO receive au
nail matter addressed for Kona care Of the Fda,oRe,
and having notified the p. VI General Of the same
This act Of courtesy on the part Of Capt Long will
doubtless be appreciated by the people Of Hono'ulu
as well as by those Of Hona
OYsrERs-oN raE H,Lr-SuELL-H Is Burns, we
think. who e1ultlngly sings Of having " dinnerei
vi a Lord q" An episode q cur editorial life. Of
which We proceed 70 " make a note" was ~lunching
with mine hest Herbert on Thursday last. on oysters
fresh, plump, luscious. just cut 81 The shell F! And
what made it more interesting was the fact that the
las, time we tasted fresh oysters was in Boston.
t~hiriy-oae years ago. But these tasted wonderfully
natural. They were grown in California. having been
,ransplauted from the East. and Mr.. Herbert has a
few brought on every steamer. on ice.
BErnEL CHURCH YrsIRl At a meeting Of the
Bethel Church and Congregation held on Wednesday
evening last. it was decided to undertake the re-
building Of the vestry adjoining the chapel, for the
purpose Of accommodating the large and growing
Sunday school attached 10 the church. as well as 10
provide a suitable room for the Chinese Sunday and
evening school. DIR. J. Mott Smith was called to the
Chair and J. q. Carter, Esq chosen Secretary Of
the meeting. Il was stated that through the gener-
osity Of a number Of gentlemen in the United States.
the nucleus Of a fund had been obtained towards the
proposed building. and a committee was appointed
TO solicit subscriptions for the same object, through
out the islands. The following is the committee,
from whom il is probable that our readers will ere
long hear His Excellency, II. A. PIERCE, u. 5.
Minister Resident, Chairman; Rev. $. c. Damon.
Messrs. Daniel Foster, b. F. Dillingham; and II. 4.
Sheldon. It is a noteworthy circumstance that Mr..
Peirce was an active agent in 1S33-he being then a
merchant of Honolulu-in procuring from the la
waiian chiefs the lot of ground on which the Bethel
Cor Seamen's Chapel) was erected, and that he has
ever since continued to take q lively interest in the
prosperity Of the Chaplaineyl AS years however
have passed, with the decrease Of the whaling fleet
and with the increase in numbers of foreign resi-
dents worshiping at the Bethel, the sphere Of action
and influence Of the church has come TO be felt and
recognized as one Of the permanent religious institu-
tons Of the city. And this, it may be added, with
out neglecting the spiritual interests Of seamen visit
ing this port, for whom the Bethel, the Chaplaincy,
the Home are ever accessible.