The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1877-10-06


To- Article 81 of the Constitution granted on the goth day o.
August, A. d. 1854, in accordance with Article 50 of said
Constitution. That Article 81 be, and the same is hereby
amended so as to read as follows:
ARTICLE 81. No person shall be eligible for a Representa-
tive Of the people who is insane or an idiot; nor unless he be
male subject of the Kingdom. who shall have arrived al the
full age Of twenty-one years, who shall know how to read and
write, who shall understand accounts, and shall have beer
domiciled in the Kingdom for at least three years Immediately
preceding his election, and who shall own Real Estate OIL
Personal Property within the Kingdom of a clear value, over
and above all membranes of at least five hundred dollars.
Approved this 80. day of .......A.D 1876.
Proposed Amendment
To Article 90 of the Constitution, granted on the goth day Of
August, A. D. 1854, in accordance with Article 80 Of said
Constitution.
That Article 20, be and the same is hereby amended by
striking out the words " of a Court of Record, - Immediately
preceding the words " shall ever be a member OF the Legis-
lative Assembly, " so that the Article as amended shall read as
follows:
ARTICLE 20. The Supreme Power Of the Kingdom, in its
exercise is divided into the Executive, Legislative, and Judi
cal, these shall always be preserved distinct, and no judge
shall ever be a member of the Legislative Assembly.
Approved this .... day Of ..-..-..A A. ID. 1876.
BRIEF MENTION.
SEVERAL valued favors are unavOidably left out.
JUDGING from samples at hand, excellent cigars
| are TO De DaQ at NOlLeB ~ Via corner"
Our THANKS are due to Mr.. Hervey E.. Whitney
for late dailies from San Francisco, per Bonanza.
WHALEBoNE.-One thousand pounds Of Arctic
whalebone were recently sold in New Bedford for
$3.50 per pound.-COnn. Gazette. Aug 81.
Z MONTANA, the Photographer, is surprising every
body with the precision and nicely of execution Of
his pictures, and we everybody to go
and see his new processes.
FOREIGN JURY.-We are requested by the Mar
shall to say that the foreign jury are expected to be
in attendance on Monday morning next. at 10
o'clock.
We ARE unavoidably obliged to reserve for our
next issue a commencement of the publication of
our esteemed friend, Rev. Mr.. Mackintosh's MS.
of his late tour to the West coast of North America.
RAINS have been plentiful of late on Maui and
Hawaii, much to the satisfaction of sugar planters;
whereas the moisture on this island for the past
fortnight has been gradually growing less. But
it is prophesied that we shall catch it this winter.
Music THIS AFTERNooN.-The band will play at
Emma Square, commencing at Al O'Clock. Follow
ing is the programme:
Overture, Opera-If I were the King
Cornet Solo, Opera-Tarquato Tasso .Donizetti
Waltz-Beautihul Italy, where the Lemons Bloom. . STRAUSS
Sa~FareweIi to the Forest .Mendelssohn
{b-The Storm is Wildly .sehuberth
CAVE CANEM.-Beware Of going overheard is
rather a free translation of the old Latin motto.
There have been two instances lately of carriages
going overheard on the Esplanade, one in which
there was loss Of life, and one last Tuesday when
fortunately only the horse was lost. 1t is time
that the authorities made a rule that either wagons
should not go beyond a certain limit, or else that
there should be a high kerb on the wharVes.
- For sale at A. L. Smiths. Fort Street, an
extensive variety of Island views, viz Cabinet,
sx1O size, both mounted and unmounted; also, ste
reoscopic size. These views are all new and very
recently taken by Mr.. II. L. Chase. and comprise
views Of Oahu Prison, New Government House,
Nuuanu Valley, Punchbowl, Queens Hospital,
etc., etc, which, for excellence of finish and clear
ness cannot be excelled in Honolulu. Also, on
hand and for sale, Maui and Kauai views.
HAWAIIAN TELEaRAPHY.-A Correspondent at
Walluku asks us to notice the fact that there will
be a meeting of the Stockholders of the Hawaiian
Telegraph Company at that place on the evening
OF wednesday, OCts 1Ot dL tue NOuE LAouSCB auu
that all feeling an interest in the enterprise are
respectfully invited to be present. Ourselves feel
ing a strong interest in this important and praise
worthy enterprise,-which we regard as the pioneer
Of great things for Hawaii nei-engage to be present
by deputy.
DEATH OF AN OLD REsIDEST.-Mr. II. J. Nolte
informs us that be has received intelligence from
Europe that Mr.. Theodore G. Heuck died at Ham
burg on the 25th of August, of disease of the heart.
Mr.. Heuck was a native of Hamburg, but resided
in Honolulu from 1850 to 1870. where he was a
successful merchant and a much respected resident.
He filled the positions Of German Consul and
Acting Danish Consul, for a number of years. But
as a Hawaiian subject he was prominent and use
full, having been elected in 1864 as q member of
the Legislative Assembly, and latterly appointed
by the Sovereign a member OF the PriVy Council
of State.
fHE NEW SCHOOL year of the Pacific Theological
Institute, under the presidency of DR.. Hyde was
opened on Tuesday morning OF this week. The
occasion was one of interest. Five promising
students were present, with a prospect of a few
more coming. DIR. Hyde read in Hawaiian a brief
address to the students, outlining somewhat the
work and course of instruction for the year. After
which brief addresses were made by Revs. Messrs.
Frear, Dodge, Bishop. Damon. Baldwin and kuaea.
Tue LIKEIIKE.-Our new inter-island steamer
seems to have been fated to meet with a series OF
mishaps at the outset of her career,-noneo Of them
however of a very serious character, or that might
not have happened to any other craft without re-
marks. Interisland steam navigation is a pecu-
liarly risky business, as witness the history Of the
old " Hawaiian Steam Navigation Co." and the
history of the KiLaued. which has been ashore on
nearly every island Of the group. The last re-
ported trouble Of the Likelike is that she has lost
two of the four Aanpes Of her screw. This Il SUD-