The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1879-03-01

other interesting reading matter, will be found an
amusing description of the late "Laird Of Hazel
bank, !" from the pen of c. W. stOddard.
NAVAL NEws.-A telegram. dated New York,
Feb. 4, via Panama, says that the U. s. steamer
.4tcska sailed on the 21st Jan. for a cruise along tbs
coast and to San Francisco, after which she goes to
Honolulu. The TGscGT0rG sailed on the 2Sd. ThS
flagship PeRsacols sailed this evening for Chile"
MusIc.-The Band win play this Afternoon al
Emma Square. commencing at 40 O'Clock. The
following is the programme
overture-Emms OF Antioeh. ..MercadantC
T;nsis an Csx.,ina T s R.rs:r TsapPt
Walz-IheN iolets, .Waldteniel
Galop-T The Hermits' Bells, Maitland
The usual moonlight concerts of this month, will
take place on Tuesday and Thursday, March 4tl
and 9th, at Emma Square, at ~half-past I o'clock.
ACCIDENT TO THE {" CRY OF SYDNEY.n-We are
furnished with the following extract from a letter
crowded out last week. of q passenger by this
steamer on her last trip to the Colonies. 1t is dated
Auckland, n. T., Jan. 18th, 1879. "We bad a de.
lightfnl voyage until we arrived within four hun
dred miles of this place, and were anticipating tht
honor of having made the fastest trip on record
when at 5 p. m. 1lth inst. the crank pin of the after
engine broke. totally disabling the ship, and leav-
ing us to make the best OF our way to port under
sail. As long as the wind was fair all went well, bui
is soon changed and came dead ahead. a few
minutes observation convinced me that however
well our ship might steam, she could not sail. ]
think but few of the passengers realized the gravi-
ty Of the situation, as the officers looked cheerful
and did all they could to keep up good spirits, for
the day ending at noon 18th inst. we had made but
eighty-four miles and not all that in the right d.
rection. The pin which broke wac q delicate bit
OF iron, weighing about three thousand pounds
From the moment of the break the Chief Engineer
was hard at work trying to patch it up. No one
believed tina: he would succeed, but at noon l4th
inst. he got one engine to work, and we proceeded
at the rate of 1--WE miles per hour, and arrived here
at midnight 18th inst. The company have charter
ed a steamer to carry the passengers and mails to
Sydney, and we so on tomorrow"
i" DIPHrHERIA it's nature and Treatment, vari-
ties, andsLocal Expressions. By Morell Mackenzie,
NJ. D. London, Senior Physician to the Hospital
for diseases of the throat and chest, 1872 This is
the title of a work of 102 pages, recently published.
In q brief review, the London Mail says " Within
the compass of u small volume. forming one of q
series of essays on throat diseases, DIR. Mackenzie
has clearly summarized what is known with regard
to the history of diphtheria, and has added to this
summary of his own experiences of its varieties and
of its management. 3 = = On the much de-
bated question of the essential identity Of diphtheria
Group, DR.. Mackenzie expresses q decided opin-
ion that the two affections are in reality the same.
and he defends his position on a variety of grounds.
with signal ability. He took the same view so
long ago as in 1868, in his Jacksonian Prize Essay
and has since seen no reason to alter his opinion.
His colleague at the Throat Hospital, DR.. Semple,
is also we'll known for the earnestness with which
he has advocated the same doctrine. DIR. Mackenzie
admits an original difference in the locality invaded
in the two forms of the malady, but recognizes
no other difference between them and the argu-
ments which he adduces in support of his position,
while they are too strictly technical for discussion
in o general newspaper. will be admitted to have
much weight by members of his own profession