The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1876-01-15

TurEE WIZ be a meeting Of the Pacific Hose Com
pany % Monday cvcaing Ee2t, tic I.th inst \
full Attendance IS requested
Az AN,wrE-Wo learn that carly ,hc coming
week . circular will bc issued 10 the native Ian
Eaaec. showing the fIlasy q M KamaSau's array
otssures-uLich appear elsewhere "a today paper
SxoErD Mrllr-This il new domestic product,
anl makes an excellent trcskhs, or tea reli,h. The
man THAI smokes them can be found ca the csplanaic.
near the Custom House
CoxsrIrrrIoSAL AxrNuVENu.-Through the fall
ure TO publish the amendments 20 the Constitution
three months prior to the election for representatives,
as provided by article 50. those amendments (PrO-
posei 3, the las; session. must be deemed 10 have
become void
MysIc rms ArTrRSooS-Tbe band will play At
Emma Square this afternoon, commencing AZ half
past four o'clock. Following is the programme
Puncess Vctoua. Fesis March Berger
Overture, Opera, The Billed Mcn e rsleio........,. Mohm
SslccG5a. opera. Masan4elo.. .Auber
Fantasia. Opera, Dou PAsgaaic. Don.Eett
Artist 0uSiriic-. .NHa9ss
Tnr LrrrR IsLAND-The : F. ChroRiels's cor
respondent Diowiddie" believed to be the Rev.
T. VI. Dawson-describes in a lengthy letter the
icper settlement Al NANilhal. Ills 0tlAAe ~ AalAN
truthful and altogether be makes an interesting letter
seeing that he never put foot on the island. and
that his account is in many portions a verbatim
copy Of an editorial that appeared in this paper
April Is, 1874.
EGYPrIAN CoRS-ProE ~Shepley, Of California,
who spent a month here and returned home on the
steamer this week, left with US some seeds Of a grain
which he called Egyptian Corn-so named from
being the product Of seeds found in the wrappings Of
a mummy, several thousand years old The plant
is said to resemble sorghum in appearance. and
bears beautifully Of a grain very suitable for chicken
feed. To any one having a garden and wishing to
experiment, we have 4 few seeds 10 give away.
The END (PERHAPs) OF 4 CASE or GIS.-Chas. W.
Kanaau was indicted for the manslaughter Of one
Hanupaoa, who was found dead after a spree over q
case of gin, during which spree it appeared that
Kanaau had assaulted deceased. Last Monday the
jury returned a verdict Of assault and battery
against Kanaau, and on Tuesday the Court sem
fenced him to pay a fine Of 500 and S3S costs. The
evidence was that the deceased (llanupaoa) was in
so precsriOus a condition Of health owing TO q dis
eased state Of the heart, that violent exertion or
excitement was enough to produce a rupture at any
time; that he had worked hard the day before his
death and drank several glasses Of gin in the even
ing, and while drunk was struck and kicked several
times by the defendant, and finally taken to his room
by defendant aided by another person and left there.
and was the next morning found dead. The defen-
dant's counsel (Mr. Hartwell) asked the court 10
rule on this evidence that a verdict Of manslaughtor
could not be sustained, as no one could say with
certainty that the death was caused or accelerated
by the blows, when the evidence showed other effect
ual causes which without blows, in the opinion Of
the medical witnesses, could have produced the fatal
rupture. The court ruled accordingly that only q
verdict Of assault and battery could rest on such
evidence.