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r1 I i x's- i Hit i I IT V. 1 I 1 .1 I a viivi b. I ai FRIDAY, JULY 23, arrival of two lar-e steamers from the East and an.1 th- and shipping of freight, ha given trc quite a rtiiric? appearance during the ist few Ajri.l from these temporary excitement, we have ivitr in oimnerdal circles to nolo, ot a and IVons Wonjra," from Saa i -j ..) it lux for the r. 1 I foreign armabt idnwour r.irt hjve Uon July ajiicricau bttrk J-A. ralkiiUnir-'," from Astoria, wnn tr: if.t,.

American ship "JokcJi li. Hale, from gluw, for Ourtno Inland; 2Ui, i5nU.sh fteam ship ir-a from San Francisco, to W. L. Green i American steam ship Nevada," fruti Auckland, to 11. "lackitll Mlh, American Uirk C.

I. Taylor," ViCMria, with coal to II. IlacJtfeld Co. The depart-, aTbeen "Comet," fur San Francio; "Morning jr. for ilicronesia; 44 Ka Malle," tjr Ouauo Inlands; oi AdeUid fur San Francisco 2 Ith, Terpsichore," 1 i oano Idanii.

pout or rixoxarox.TJX.TJ, 11. i. ARRIVA I-S. 23 Prhr Ifattie, Kale, from Kauai. 21 ManuokawaL, Thompson, frwn MauL 23 Schr Mary, Keoki, ffooi Kauai.

21 Am bk A lalkeubuig, Calbcarl, 18 day from Astoria. 25 8chr Jenny, Lambert, from Kauai. 2 rtchr Fairy Queen, Ksaina. fmm Kauai. 'jl rtfhr Hokulele.

Booth, fnm Molokai. it Mtr Active, Mellish, from Maui. ij rtrhr Mary EUn. Davis, from MauL 10 Am ship Josiah tike, 41 days from Shanghe. 27 Brit nmr Wonri Wcnga, Steuart, 8J daya from Francisco.

28 Am stmr aevada, II Bkthen, 15 days from Auck- laad. 23 Am bktaC Taylor, Sears, 23 dajs lrn Victoria. 2S fVhr Nettie Merrill, Crane, from Maui. JX Schr Kinau, Wahie, from Msui. 21 tohr Ka Moi, Cluney, from Maui.

DEPARTIKKS. 22 frbr Moi Reiki. Green, tor MauL V2 fhr Ka Moi, Cluney, for Maui, ii tVhr Kate Lre.AVent, for Hawaii. ti Schr Wrwick, Joliu Hull, Molokai. 2i Am lk Comet, Fol'er, for Han Francisco.

2i Am brig Morning Star, Maitliewa, for Micronesia. o-l Haw scu Kamaile, Bridges, for Guano Islands. 2- Brit iimr Cii of Adelauie, Moore, for Han Francisco. 21 Nor Ger ship Terpiscuore, ltuler, for liowlanda Island. 21 chr Hattie, Kale, for Kauai.

2t gchr Faoaiii, liallastier, for Molokai. 2I rkhr Waiola. Uudoil, for Molokai. 2 Simr Kilaua. McGregor, for Maui and Hawaii.

2a Schr Odd Fellow. Hawaii. 25 Schr Mary. Keoki, for Kauai. 25 Schr Manuokawai, Thompson, for MaoL 24 8chr Fairy Queen, Kaaina, for Kauai.

27 Schr I lokulele. Booth, for Molokai. 27 chr Mary Ellen. Davis, for Maui. A Schr Active.

Mellish, for Hawaii. 28 Hcbr Jenny. Lambert, for Kauai. 29 Stmr Ktlauea, McGregor, from Hawaii and Mani. MEMORANDA.

The 8. 8. Worga Captain J. Steuart, left San Francisco on the ISth of July at 7 P. and arrived at Honolulu on Thursday, July 27ih, at 10 A.

making the passage in cajs and 13 hours. an abstract of the Log of the 8. 8. Nevada, during i. last trip from Auckland, N.

we take the following Timary July 13th, at 1X40 noon, fired gun and proceeded to sea. iring the trip experienced strong winds, with rain and thon-t''t and lightning. July 14ih at 4,30 P. passed over posi-f oo assigned Cart is Island, nothing in sight, lat. 30 38' 8.

ag.1793 l'W. at 1:55 P.M., crossed the Equator, I ig. 10' W. July 26th at 1:15 P. exchanged sig-r da with a North German ship, bound south, (Terpis- 'tore Ed.

Shortest day's run, 213 mites longrest, 270 ilea. Total distance run, miles. Time, 15 days and I I boars. Bchooxeb Pea Breeze, Austin, sailed from Anckland, for I ooolulu, July 6th, assorted cargo. IMPORTS.

Fbow Pobtlsxd aid Atobis Per J. A. Falkenburg, uly 24tn 54 cs Navy Breaii. ecs Hams, 800 qr sks Flour, 55 I bis Halmon, 100 hf bbls Salmon to II. Ilackfeld ic Co 58 cs Navy Bread, 3 ca Hams, 647 qrsks Flour, 114 cs Pilot Bread, 7 bbls Halmon to Walker St Allen 400 qr sks Flour, 60 bbls itlmoo, 5U hf bbls Halmon.

24 hf bbls Salmon Backs to C. Krewer Co 2 cases Hams, 25 bbls Halmon, 25 bf bbls Salmon to A. W. Pierce A Co 195 bbls Halmon, 75 hf bbls Salmon, 3 ca Hams to Bolks St Co; 200 qr sks Flour to C. C.

Mclean 50 bbls Salmon to T. II- Iavies 370 sks Bran to II. K. Melntvre ic Bro 70 bbls Salmon, 27 hf bbls Salmon, lOcs Mams. 25 bbls Pork, 4J0 qr sks Floor, II cs Pilot Bread, 18,300 Lumber, 200 Piles, 1 case Salmon to Castle At Cooke 100 bls Halmon, CO hf bbls Salmon to Order.

Fbom aiaiuo, V. I Per C. L. Taylor, July 2Sih 625 coos Coal to II Ilackfeld Co. taoa LrrrLrron a so Accblsbd, N.

Z. Per Nevada, July 2H 2U cs brandy. 2 qr ok brandy to A 8 Clrhorn, 0 ca iron, 10 dot spades, liO iks potatoes, 12 qresk whiskey, 2 pks iron ti 11 Uavies 1 pkg leather, to Jas Dawson 2 pkrs leather to Oaltoa 1 JO sks potatoes. 60 cs jama, to order. Through freight fur fan Francisco 143 kegs butter, 1 ba plants.

1 cs mutton. 1 trunk. Fsow Si Fciico-Per Wonga Wonga, July 2S 6 cs tobacco to Ilolfeler Co, 1 cs mdse lo II Ilarkfekl 6t Co, 2 cs saddlery, 1 bll saddle trees. 1 bale moss to Whitman, 3 ca saddlery. 2 roll leather, 3 bdl Sadllery to Dal ton.

1 case glassware, 1 roll stair rods, lo Parke, 1 case carriage to Uillinghnn Co, 1 box mdse to Helen. 1 case wine 1 kg whisky to Walker it Ailen. 1 bz mdse to Dickson. 6 cases mdse to lloflscatrger Co, 1 keg emery to Chulan Bro. 103 bii apples, 10 baa pears lo Adams, 4 cs mdse, 6 sks wheat 1 cs cheese.

2 bales saddlery, 100 1 sks flour, 1 cs crackers, 1 pkg meats to Momman it Bon, 3 pkgs rope ami dead eyes to It Foster Co 17 cs mds to Gnnbaum 4c Co 1 box giant powder. 1 pkg car and fuse, 10 cs medicines to A Clrghorn, 13 es mdse, 2 bales mdse. 1 cs shoes to flyman Bros 2 hf bbls wkisky to Long, 3 bbls whisky, 3 bf bbls whisky to Humphreys 19 cs groceries to May, 6 cs wine, 3 cs mdse, 100 qr sks flour to Castle dc Cooke. Through Frkicitt tor Fiji, 79 pkir mLe; New Zealand, 27 pkar mdse; Kydney, i nk.t tlour, 154 pkg mdse, 373 doz brooms; Melbourne, 21 pkf indite. EXTORTS.

Fob Baa Fbascisco Per Comet, July 22J Bitters, es 30! Wool, lbs 13,444 Sugar, tts Value Domestic. 16; Foreign $133. Fob Ul aso Islaxos Per Kamaile, July 22d Casks, galls 1,008. Poi, bbls 23 Molaaes, And Stores. Value Domestic.

$137 Oj Foreign $307 98. Fob Sas Fsascisco Per City of Adelaide, July 22d ananas, bncha lOO Sugar, lbs 74,024 Limes, cs sjvVool, lbs 681 Valoo Domestic $4,461 2Z Poa MicbosksIa Per Morning Star, July 22d Beef, bbls 8: Rice, Its 3,000 Cordage, coil ijSalt i too Furniture At Household iSugar. 3,138 Effects, pk 09 And Sundry Stores Organ 1 Value Domevtic. 158 Foreign $6,039 47. Fob tdset.

via Fiji Per Wonga Wonga, July 29th Pulu, fcs LTnsj)ecifled Mdse, pkgs 2 EUgsr, ids Value $,517 89 Foreign $22 60. PASSE.VGERS. Fob Sab Fbascisco Per Comet, July 22 Beazell. Ceo Wolf, Francis Worth 3. Fob Micbosiesia Per Momin? Star, July 22 Mrs Doane, Rev A A Sturges, Rev Mrs Snow, Bev Whitney, Mrs Whitney, II Naliian wife and infant, Kaehuaea and wife, Lono wife and infant, Rev II Bingham, Mrs Bingham, Joseph and wife 17.

Fob Sax Fbascisco Per City of Adelaide. July 22 Mrs Thos Brown, Mr Brown, Magnin, Leary wife and child. Cape Williams, 25 officers and men, cre of wrecked ship Napier from Bakers Island, and 38 through passengers from Sydney M. Fbow Saw Fbascisco Par Wooga Wonga, July 27 Ernest Tinni, A Law, Wason, Win Schatta. McCullum, and wife, Thos Stntlerd and 5 Chinese Through Paxstngers for Fiji, H.

jtuttraiiaV Msson, Hoyl and wife, Mrs Ware, Kater, Jules Aresong, DUworth, II Rhodes, Marks Martin, Mrs Schulu and 2 children, Wm O'Brien, Wm Smith, Jno ManneLJ Williams. A Fbhner. wife and 3 children 33. Fbobj Agcklasd Per Nevada, July 23 Mr Barnard, Patterson, VV Reamer and 41 for San Francisco 44. Fob New Zealabd Per Nevada, July 29 Mr Hutzinsi wife and child, Mr Wason, Sinne, J.

P. Fo Fui aid Btdbcy Per steamer Wonga Wonga, July 29 McColgan, Mr McCorrister, Mr and Mrs Watts, and 2 children, Messrs Bockletoo, Renno and Clint and Arnold 9. Fob 8am Fbascisco Per steamer Ajax, July 31- Hall, Miss Anna Rice. Rev A Stone, DO, II Baily wife and child. Dr Newcomb, 7.

rortv.P Ktlaoea, July 29 Mrs Jas Makee, Miss Waierhoose. Miss II Smith, Lewis and wife. Dillingham, Bailey, Monsarrat, 1 CornwelL Lyman, John Brewer, Chas Makee, Mrs Cox, Mrs frail. Mrs Smithies, Van Cleve, Young Sheong, and 40 oo i deck. DIED.

Mich kl In this city, July 24th, Piebbk Michel, a native of Bordeaux, France, and for twenty-fire years a resident of Boooluln, aged about 50 jears. Obitsmry. Died in this city, July 25th, Mr. Joseph Ibwis, a native of Furfleet, Ireland, aged 69 years and Ave months. Mr.

Irwin bad resided here tince 1850, in which year he arrived from Australia, with his family, in the ship Eudora. Shortly after ftia arrival here, Mr. Irwin was appointed Secretary to the late Mr. Wyllie, Minister cf Foreign Relations, which position be held for five years. He was for a period of twenty years employed in the Ordnance Department of England, in the office of Sir Et D.

Ross, Adjutant General of Artillery, at Woolwich. Receiving the apimntment of Superintendent of th Penal Settlement of Van Dieman'a Land in 1S40, he proceeded to that colony, where he remained eight Tears, coming to the islands in 1S50. lie was a Mason of long standing and advanced position, having been a member of the Grand Lodpe of Ireland in 1329, and Master of a lodge In England in 1S40. From bis probity of character and generous disposition, Mr. Irwtn had during his residence here gained the esteem and respect of a Urge circle of friends and acquaintances.

His remains were escorted to the grave by members of the Royal Arch Chapter and other Masonic bodies of Honolulu, and the beautiful service of the Order was impressively read by the Re. A. Mackintosh of St. AnJrew's Cathedral. BIRTH.

Tn (Mi a' j- 2V T3E FACirZO (famcrrial IpbcrJtscr. SATURDAY. JULY 29. TO CORREHPONDKNTH. Our columns are open to all contributors, writing on mat tertt of general intereM, and avoiding personalities but we do not, by admitting correspomlence, endorse the views exprewed.

Publishers' Notice. We youM ca- attention to the commencement of Vol. XVI of the Pacific Commercial Adveutisek, on July 1st. The subscription price is 6.00 per annum. If paitl for in advance, i.

on or before the loth of July for the Island of Oahu, and on or before the 31st of July for the other islands, 5.00. BLACK AULD, Publishers and Proprietors. The Leprosy. Spenk the truth, and shame the devil, is one of those good old maxima that has come down to us I'ruin the fa8t, and emacks of the times when a Fpirit of blunt honestly was prevalent, and that wretched word, expediency," Lad not so inhidiouBiy crept into favor as now. We of lie mc ihlaihls have leen for some years on exhibition before the world as the prize children of the century, wonderful specimens of human pro-press from barbarism and paganism upwards, and so we have always been in the habit of putting our best side forward to obseivers.

We have so often of late been put on our good behavior in this respect, that we have gradually coiue from a desire to the practice of actually ignoring the truth to ourselves. We have been putting on a liandeonie exterior so long that we have almost lost bight of that which we don't like to tee our real internal condition. Of course a visitor from abroad does not meet with facilities in this kind of investigation, for to afford such ourselves would be too deeply wounding to our self-love. And if any of our own people should undertake to lift the white robe of Sunday clothes in which we have arrayed ourselves, and show a glimpse of the foulness within, he is straightway looked upon as a croaker, an alarmist, or even hated as a traitor. A few good men Christian men have mildly questioned the "policy" of this journal in keeping before its readers so persistently the subject of Leprosy in these islands.

The awkward expose, it is thought, will injure us abroad, and we are recommended to the masterly inactivity conduct of the Government newspaper, which scarcely ever refers to the dismal topic. But we confess to too strong a sense of our duty as public journalists to conceal the truth or to fail in giviDg an alarm when danger threatens the public weal. Thus we have invariably, whenever the occasion arose, laid before our readers all the particulars that could be obtained in regard to the progress of the terrible malady that prevails to such an alarming extent among the natives, and have urged the most prompt and vigorous measures to protect and preserve the remnant of the Hawaiian race from the ravages of this scourge. And we have the satisfaction of knowing tliat our efforts and our appeals on this behalf are fully appreciated by many, true friends of humanity and the Hawaiian people, who look closely and think deeply on this subject; and further, that the public generally arc awaking to a 6enee of the magnitude of the danger and to the folly of shutting our eyes to its existence or of folding our hands in apathy. From all parts of the islands come painful accounts, corroborating our previous statements of the prevalence and progress of the disease.

From Kauai, a writer, who is fully alive to the pressing importance of the subject, sends us the following stirring appeal Auwcl li.ii Mako Mr; Editor My blood runs cold, my heart seems a Bolid lump of ice in my breast, when I reflect on the inevitable fate of this Hawaiian' nation, if more energetic measures are not soon taken to stamp out that most loathesomc. most terrible of diseases, TUE LEPROSY. It is with horrid rapidity insinuating its venom into the blood of the whole people from Hawaii to xS'iihau. I in my mind's eye AN APPALLING SPECTRE. Every nerve in my body tingles and thrills as I gaze upon the ghastly object.

Trembling and lair.t and sick, I turn away almost ready to despair. A being bearing still a semblance to human form, but with a face bloated and putrid, and wearing a diabolical. grin. Eyes bloodshot and swollen, apparently starting from their sockets, they are no longer human, no longer earthly, but their aspect is hellish, their leer Satanic. See the fiend-like limbs, emaciated and rotting joint by joint.

In the rigid talons which take the place of hands, is borne an inverted torch I'rom which constantly falls clouds of lurid pestilential smoke, covering the land with gloom as wim a manue. SL'CH IS THE GEXIUS OF LEPROSY, As, in a crouching attitude, ho passes swiftly but silently through mid-air, like an avenging Nemesis, visiting without fear or partiality the palace of the chief, and the hovel of the beggar, lie applies the poisonous fumes of his torch ulike to the nostril of the innocent child and of the aged man. With relentless malice he causeth the virtuous as well as the depraved to breathe the potion of death. ell may the preachers in the churches exclaim, Verily we are smitten of God and afflicted." 44 From the crown of our head to the sole of our feet there is no soundness in The outlook is in very truth terribly appalling. FOUR HUNDRED LEPERS In the settlement on Molokai and probably as many more in the incipient stages of the disease, still at large scattered over the group.

You are right when yon say that the disease is spreading with the rapidity of an epidemic. More decisive measures must be speedily taken to stay the plague, or in a few short years Molokai will have become the lazaretto for all that remains of the Hawaiian race. Who knows at how early a etage the disease commences to be contagious? No one. And yet there are on this island of Kauai cases of undoubted leprosy of years' standing, where no restriction whatever is used, but the patients come and go, buy and sell, in perfect freedom. It is a hard thing to separate friends, to expatriate a man who is guilty of no crime, but in a case of this kind prompt and energetic measures are the only salvation of the nation.

The mortifying leg mast be instantly amputated if you would save the body. Mercy to the few is damnation to the many. I would suggest that tlic Minister of the Inte-" rior set apart on each of the islands, one or more secluded localities for PROBATIONARY HOSPITALS, And as soon as there appears upon any person the first sign of leprosy, iet him be compelled to retire to the seclusion of the hospital grounds. Have theso places guarded day and night, and let all intercourse between the patients and the outside world be absolutely taboo. As soon as the leprosy is unmistakably developed in any patient, let him be transported to Molokai if any prove to be free from the disease they can of course be released.

Kacai. July 22d, 1871- The public at large has been, we are persuaded, under a good deal of misapprehension as to the real nature of the disease known in these ihv LerTu v. tv-me resembliDg what is known by the same name in China and the East, it haB peculiar features of its own, differing radically from the former, and sufficient to stamp it as an entirely separate disease. The opinion is held by physicians of long experience in the islands, that our Leprosy is but a phase of hereditary syphilis, brought about by the original disease having been multiplied upon itself through succeeding generations, and under peculiar conditions of diet and climate, and that it i contagious invariably to those whose blood is already contaminated. Observation goes to prove this last position, and explains the fact that there have been well known cases of couples cohabiting for years, one of whom had the plain symptoms of the so-called Lepropy, without imparting it to the other.

Old residents assert that as long ago as 1K37. cases had occasionally begun to make their appearance on Hawaii, bearing the distinctive uiark3 and symptoms of what years afterwards was termed the 44 Chinese Leprosy." If the theory here advanced in regard to this disease is correct, (and it would seem to be reasonable) we have presented for our consideration a ray of hope for the future. If the presence of syphilis in the system is a condition favorable to contagion from Leprosy, then our efforts should be directed to arresting the progress of the first disease, and thus cut off the supply of victims for the second. It is asserted, on good authority, that there is more of the first mentioned class of disorders among the natives to-day than existed a few years ago. When the 44Aet to mitigate" was new on the statute book, the opposition it met with resulted in its being 6trictly enforced.

The consequence very soo was apjiarent, in a diminution of the class of diseases referred to. Now however that the law has become an old story, it would apjiear to have become relaxed in its execution, and the evils whieh it was created to mitigate, are on the increase. Now, considering these circumstances in connection with the subject recently under discussion the admittance of prostitutes into the Queen's Hospital the necessity for prompt and severe action as to the regulation of this class of our population, becomes imperative. We say 6evere, and by that we mean that all known to be diseased, whether registered or not, should be compelled to be strictly isolated and medically treated. Thus and thus only, by striking at the 6ource of supply, can the plague be stayed.

The decision of the Circuit Judge for this island, whereby a Chinaman who had been convicted and sentenced in the Police Court for gambling, was discharged from custody, has been very freely commented on during the past week. The evidence of the guilt of the accused was so clear and unquestionable, without one extenuating circumstance, that the acquital is upac-countable on any fair grounds of reason or justice. The result of this discharge cannot be otherwise than mischievous in the extreme. It is- well known that the lower class of Chinese in tin's country, as elsewhere, are much habituated to gaming among themselves, and with that sccret-iveness which is their national characteristic, they are not easily caught in breaking tho law. It is only through extreme vigilance and shrewdness on the part of the police that they are ever detected, with sufficient evidence to ensure a conviction.

Hut let it be understood that, no matter how conclusive a case may be made out against them, the gamblers havo only to appeal to the Circuit Judge, and that fact will amount to a license. The only way in which they can be interfered with is by a prosecution for Sabbath breaking, as that day being one of leisure, ap- I pears to be a favorite time with them for gaming. We see now additional reasons for the opinion we expressed some time ago, that the office oi Circuit Judge for the Island of Oahu was useless, if not a stumbling block to justice, and ought to be abolished. The New York Independent, in commenting on the burning of a coolie ship with five hundred Chineso on board the account of which has been going the rounds of the papers says We are gUtd to know that the Sandwich Island Government, which has bceu guilty enough in this matter, has withdrawn from the trade, and that the tflort to secure immigrants from China who shall hire out for themselves has proved quite successful. The first shipload of emigrants immediately found employers, and a better class of laborers wns secured." While it may be conceded that our Government foimerly pursued a mistaken policy in procuring laborers from China, we absolutely deny the correctness of the inference given above, that we have been 44 guilty of engaging in the shocking and piratical trade in coolies.

It is some satisfaction, however, to have the world know through a paper of 6uch widespread circulation as the Independent, that we do not now allow the traffic. ThoBe two or three good words from such a source, will go farther towards substantiating our credit abroad, with those wliose good opinion is worth having, than a whole year's issue or twaddle and disingenuous utterances of the Gazette. Tli Ila-ttlo ot The May No. of Blackwood's opens with an article with the above heading, and the narrative is one well calculated, in the light of recent events, to set people thinking of the probability of events taking place within the next fifty years, that will cause "The Battle of Dorking to be looked upon as a prophecy. The writer in Blackwood, is supposed to be relating to his grandchildren the invasion and subjugatiou of England in 1872-3 by the two great powers of Prussia and Russia, united by a secret Treaty, which was published while the English army and naval force was scattered over the globe.

The public announcement of this treaty was fol lowed by the annexation of Holland and Denmark, and England declaring war, flew to arms. Then follows a graphic account of the assemblintr together of the volunteer force, and the equipment of the Channel Fleet, the sudden cessation of news the whole of England being cut off from communica tion with the north of Europe within twentv-four hours and the astonishment felt by all at the rapidity of movement on the part of the enemy. An embargo was laid by them on all the ehipnine in every port from the Baltic to Ostend, their fleet had been reported as assembled in the great northern harbor, and troops were being hurried on board all the steamers detained in these places most of which were British vessels. It was clear that invasion was intended and if the English fleet had been ready, the enemies, transports might have been damaged materially. As it was, part of the English fleet had been decoyed down to the Dardanelles, and the rest of the Channel squadron were looking after Fenian filibusters off the west coast of Ireland.

By the time the fleet was got together (ten days) the enemies preparations were too far advanced to be stopped by a coup-de-main. Then follows the description of the appearance of the hostile fleet in the North Sea, the sailing of the English squadron to meet it, taking with them a submarine cable that was laid down as they advanced, and by means of which communication was kept up with the Admiralty, the encounter with the enemy. anu the almost total destruction of the English fleet by means of torpedoes, which the enemies, avoiding tne combat at close quarters, sheered off and left behind them. The fleet being gone, the invading force effected a landing, and two hundred thousand men trained flft a'l Trn-h fp.lu tl cf Vri swept like a torrcut over the liad, defeating the volunteer tnglish force at iiox-HiU Guiuord, and then again at Dorking. We have not Bpace to recount the varied incidents attendant upon the advent of a victorious army upon tho hitherto unconqoered soU of England, and we would refer our readers to the article itself.

The results as set forth by the Blackwood writer all hinge upon the successful use of a new torpedo, and that there has been such an engine of attack and defence offered to the British government and refused by the Admiralty is a feet. Whether an invading force would be warranted in depending upon a new and untried invention of this character for destroying an opposing squadron, is matter of great doubt. Nor do we think it likely that the sagacious minds at the head of military affair, 5n Procaia and Russia, who study all contm- gencies and set their armies in motion, only after they are fully ready to meet any anu tut vi unsticks that may oppose themselves, would be willing to risk all on one move. England's coast is accessible at more than one point, aud in spite of her immense naval force, it would be practically an impossibility for her to defend herself successfully against the combined fleets of Russia and Prussia, unless as the Blackwood writer says, they had two years to get ready in instead of two weeks. The article in Blackwood is evidently written by a man of military experience, who while giving his countrymen due credit for their patriotism, pluck, and courage, still recognizes the great peril attendant upon the sudden massing together of volunteer troops, without sufficient drill, and harassed by the unavoidable confusion that always bewilders the men fresh from the daily routine of civil life and occupation.

44 Das exereiren niachtden guten soldaten," exclaims a member of the victorious army 44 occupying a private house near Loudon, and he is right-Gentle peace has not brooded over the United States so long, but that we remember how enthusiastic and universal was the rising in response to the call to arms, when Sumpter was fired upon, but what think you could those thousands of brave but untrained men that each State sent forth, have done, supposing an army such as Prussia alone can furnish should be landed on the Long Island coast Try to stem the flood there and then? No, rather let the invader seek an ever flying force, that retreating each day, and gathering numbers, and gaining discipline as it flies, could at last turn on its foe, and hemming him in on every side cut off and destroy him. Cut England has no boundless west, in which to gather a new army if one is lost From her coast to London communication can be kept up with ease, while her enemies press her defenders on, until the sea arrests their march. Traversed as she is in every direction by railroads, that are as useful to her enemies as to herself, with no large depots far inland, from which to draw supplies, with her only arsenal lost to her, of what avail would be her scattered navy Let her look to it Let her recognize the fact that while she is manufacturing for the whole world, she caunot produce within her own borders food enough for her own people in time of peace; let her contemplate the horrible waste unseperable from a state of war, and then, and not till then will she seriously prepare for what, if she intends to resist the encroachments of the Northern Powers, must come invasion. A writ de tunatico inqvirendo is wanted. The writer of tho leader in the last Gazette, ancnt the whalers, is evidently in a condition of mind that renders him an unsafe person to be abroad with pen and ink.

There is not even method in his madness. By turns, he grins a ghastly smile like one trying to be jolly with the toothache makes a melancholy failure in an attempt to be witty, and hopelessly gropes in endeavoring to ascertain what an 4 unavoidable circumstance means gets syntax inextricably confused, and after floundering thus through a column of verbiage the only recognizable point of all which is a plain expression of contempt for the whalers and their owners, 44 the Nabobs of the city of blubber," winds up naturally and appropriately with a sneer. And this from the organ of a Government which got its first suit of clothes and its start in life from the whalers Ijetter lVom AIx. Cjii'Uiicly. 7b the Editor of the Pacific Commercial Advertiser Sir Just after Betsy Jane had cleared away the tea things on Saturday night and I had lighted my pipe, and Mrs.

Grundy had taken up your valuable paper to read to me the news of the week as is her custom, and having drawn my chair up to the fire I mean the door and putting my feet on the fender confound it the table (how these old country ideas do stick to one) I said 44 Now go on my dear Anything about the Gazette, or the hotel, or the Victoria Regia, or that unfortunate bill sticker, or collector, who stuck in the mud the other day on the Esplanade and had to be dredged out minus a leg I was suddenly startled by an hysterical ejac-uiatiou from Mrs. 44 Oh what's this? Oh a challenge, oh Fire Police Help Stop e'm Mr. Grundy Oh the dreadful man 44 Why what the de uce is the matter?" said I. 44 Oh look! That horrid Park tins challenged Mr. Rawson to a duel." 44 Goodness said 44 I'll run down to the Marshal and have him arrested at once but let me read it first." I was much relieved when I done so, and told Mrs.

Grundy it was all right, all in fun. There was a little man, and he had a little gun," and so forth, but she would not be comforted (for fiom the day our little Dick sat on the darning ne- dle and Susie got a mango stone fast in her throat she has been very nervous) and insisted that I should see Mr. and beg of him not to accept the challenge as she was sure it would end in bloodshed. 44 But," my dear, I remonstrated, 44 1 have not sufficient knowledge of Mr. Rawson to do such a thing." 44 Bother Well, write to him can't you 44 He would consider it impertinent, my dear." 44 Don't dear me, Mr.

Grundy." So seeing clouds looming, I at last compromised the matter by consenting to aA -V "W-1-. a-. write to you, air. Jbuitor, to intenere, ana i must say that Mrs. Grundy who is a particularly sensible woman has very reasonably argued that Mr.

Raw-son's long established reputation as the best shot in these Islands needs no further endorsement than the fact that his bag and bis bounty are always full upon his return from a shooting excursion. And though, unhappily we are not known to Mr. Rawson, still Mrs. Grundy, who is a particularly sensible woman, avers, that from what she has heard, she is sure Mr. Rawson will bag more game in a day than K.

Park can in a week, by aid of either the muzzle of his dog or the muzzle of his muzzle-loader. With this parting shot, Mrs. Grundy has gone out to tell everybody all about it, so I will have a word or two upon the subject myself before she comes back. I have been resident in the best duck shooting country in the southern hemisphere, and have seen many such trials of skill as proposed by Mr. Park, and never yet saw one satisfactorily settled, so that I would strongly advise Mr.

Rawson to have nothing to do with it I have not the pleasure of Mr. Park's acquaintance, nor have I heard of him before, but of Kinney Rawson and his celebrated dog and gun I have, and I trust Mr. Rawson will rest content with his well earned laurels and be satisfied that such a puerile attempt; to aeiract tuereirom is iruiuess, ana mat be will not be lured into a contest so derogatory to the character of the true sportsman by the temptation to enrich himself at Mr. Park's expense. Probably this challenge would never have been issued but that T.

K. Park is cognizant of the fact that his quiet, unassuming, and gentlemanly rival would decline to enter the lists with such an antagonist or in such a cause. i If Mr. Park's stream is ruffled by Mr. Rawson's successes, let him move higher up and not act the wolf in the fable.

Now if this philistine is bo anxious to engage an opponent in mortal strife amongst the feathered tribe, I will find him a foeman worthy of his steel a David for his Goliath now resident in the province of Auckland, New Zealand, providing he will make the amoant worth while, and allow reasonable expenses for my friend's loss of time in coming hither, and the merits involved shall be, Mr. Park's personal, and those of this dog and gun, at duck, snipe, pheasant, or the pigeon txap, or all combined, but let us call it by its right name a betting transaction and not pollute the honest sportsman's. Any communication through your columns shall be promptly attended to. By jove here comes Mrs. Grundy I wonder what she will say when she sees this last clause in print never mind, I'll swear the editor did it, or that it's a clerical, typioai i ypompliical error, cr Ix-Mei that the t.

it, (bhi those imps) and hXW LUIUIL ool for due At A. dollars to produce better couplets than the wretched doggrel T. K. Park has put in print, anu wnicu a hope by this time he is heartily ashamed of. Mrs.

Grundy who I must say is a particularly sensible woman will have the last word, and wants to know. that if the ducks do prefer to lose their lives at Mr. Rawson's hand, what business it of Mr. Park's or any other man There now I am Sir, yours obediently, Augustus Joseph Judas Gbukdy. Honolulu, July 24th, 1871.

A. trftbor Tjecturo In IIIlo. Editor Pacific Commercial Advertiser: Dear Sir: This evening of the 18th July may possibly be remembered hereafter as a memorable time for 'llilo. or it may possibly be forgotten. On this eventful evening the while population of our city have just returned from Lectcke.

Tbey were startled a few days siuce by the vry rare announcement that on this evening, Mr. Bailey from Maui, would give a. lecture at the English Church on the subject of labor, commencing at P. M. It is now, as I sit at borne writing, nearly eight, and I have bet-n there, heard the Baileyan idea on this momentous question of the period, and got home again Wbat would Beecber or Gough think of it? Rubicund planters were there from near and from far, other sugar men, boilers, overseers, and the like were there, breathless and muddy from the saddle.

mechanics were there in respectable force. Schoolmasters were there all abroad for recreation. Ladies were there from sheer good nature, I think, or peradventure curiosity, and children were there who might have been in bed. The clergy also were well represented, sitting in a sort ot dubious expectancy, and Mr. Thompson led off with a short prayer.

Then appeared a venerable lookiog head over the pulpit desk, and Mr. Bailey, first remarking that the lecture was intended for a native audience, went ahead. I suspect that lecturing is distasteful to him. It was a level piece of ordinary reading, without animation or expression. Enterprises requiring labor for success notably failed here trom misapprehension of the value or rather worthlessxess ov native labor.

The Masters and Servants Act was neces-arily stringent, for except as bondsmen, nothing could be done with the native worker. He required a large advance and then became indifferent about repayment All qualities necessary to the making a good servant were lacking, and these lacks the lecturer classified nnder nine specifications. The native was unreliable, a mere servant, untrustworthy in word and deed, unlaithftil, lazy, had no sense of abstract justice, no fortitude, no ambition, no energy and nintldy. was as a laborer ooon for just nothing at aij- What, in short one might indicate briefly as a precious bad lot. The speaker allowed no offsets, no redeeming points.

nothing for the wonderfnl good nature and obedience to law. nothiog for the stylo of feeding and lodging on plantations, so quietly submitted to. nothing whatsoever on the credit side, but ho insisted that the race had been too tenderly dealt with, had been grossly mismanaged. Then there was a pause. So much, thought for the Kanakerian branch of the subject.

What comes next I wonder. There was no next. That was the lecture on lubor. The interesting race" was played out and nothing behind 'em. Mr.

Bailey shut his book and sat down amid dismal silence. Children had gone to sleep. It was like one o'clock half struck, a torso of a subject Presently Mr. Thompson, in bis lively smiling way skipped up the pulpit steps, and after a brief whisper to the lecturer, faced round and exclaimed. Ua pau or something like it I didn hear very.

well and so llilo went home. As I was stumbling down the steps outside, a lady asked me what I thought of the lectura. Such' a puzzler that I baven't answered her yet, and am doubtless set down for a boor. But then you see, the only public lamp in llilo is away down on the wharf waiting for the coming man. If Mr.

Bailey, who seemed to speak from long and sad experience, and like one I thought, who had been recently hurt, will translate his little manuscript of fits, and. give them to a native gathering some fine night. using if he can some animation and emphasis, and try to be a little colloquial, then, if his blister don't draw, the fault must be with the patient. Meanwhile, the Iftbor question has not been settled by Mr. Bailey's lecture here this evening.

I thought you might like to know if the llilo folks feel any interest in it, hence this narrative. Yours truly. FOR IVE IVJCZEIT ONIIT. Great Cannibal Exhibition -AT- BUFFUJl'S II A Is THIS SATURDAY EVENING, JULY 29lh. TWO PIJIIAN CHIEFS! i JUST ARRIVED OX 1 HE NEVADA, E.V route to the UoiteU Stales, will perform tln ir National War Dance and Songs, In Xalire War Costume, nul With Fijiian Weapons, consiatiag or Clubs, Spears, A FIJIIAN DWARF Also oo exliibitioa, Aged 35 years and only 3 feet, 4 in.

high, Aud who acknowledges to being a regular Musi Ealer. ALSO GREAT VARIETf OF FIJIIAN CURIOSITIES Consisting of Cannibal Forks, Kara Bowls, Mats, lleaU llresses, Necklaces, Cloth, Hooks made Human Bones, Sharks Teeth Swords, War Canoes, Idols, the Vampire or rlyniK Fux, Preserved Suaies, Insects and Lizzards, 2 feet long, beautiful hpeciuieus of 1 ijiian Coiioii and Tobacco. ALSO The Hand of the Late Klug of the Lavoni Tribe killed in Battle with King Thakombau. All collected by Mr. N.

C. Uardenhire, the proprietor. Their only aspearauce us liter positively Sull iu (he Ajax far the United Mates vino vii v.jt, uv cilis Back Seats, 26 cents. No llalf Price. Doors open at 7i, Performance at 8 o'clock.

WILL BK GIVEN IN BUFFUfiVS HALL, ON FRIDAY EVENING, AUG. 4th, al 7X30, By Archdeacon Mason. IU AID pF A FUND FOE BUILDING A SCHOOLROOM. SUBJECTS The Indirect Influence mf Popular Writer of Fiction en Social I Mali-lutieaat no exemplified hr the Writing- of Charles Dickens Jy29 COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON, Well Packed and Salted. IN FIRST RATE CONDITION, FOR SALE JL CUKAP.

by II. UACKHLD CO. Just Received STEAMSHIP NEVADA, AN INVOICE Of Choice Jams in 1 lb. tins. VOH SALE LOW BY Jy29 II.

HACKFELD CO. JUST UECE1VKI) Ex Bark Jane A. Falkinbiirg, COLUMBIA RIVER 1ST in bbls. and iialf bbls. navy bread, oregon hams, EXTRA FAMILY FLOUR.

lie at ll.ilACKFMO A JLHTIXJ11 -'1 I WmL. SVC THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURAKC OF NEW.YORK, "FFERS THE FOLLOWING PECULIAR ADVANTAGES To Vt TO INSURE THEIR LIVES THE ASSETS ARE LARGER TIIAH Ti, any other Life Insurance Company in tho Unitej 1 Amounting to FORTY-FIVE MILLIONS of AND ARE EXCLUSIVELY CASH. THE DIVIDENDS HAVE BEEN LARGER IN AHqjJ ever declared by any other Company The Mortality among its Members has been bly less than in any other Life Insurance Compaq America or Europe, a result in the highest to Policy holders. Dividends Annually, FROM THE START, ON THE FIRST AND SUBSEQUENT pt Adj further InfoimalioD desired will furalnhed by the undersigned. (7 Note carefully the name of that it may not be confounded with other similar institutions.

LEWEES DICKSON, DEALERS jy29 IN LUMBER AND BUILDING Materials. Fort Street. ly ALEX. J. CARTWRIGHT, inMMISSION MERCHANT AND UEN- fcHAL bHIPfINQ AGENT, Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands Jy29 1 D.

N. FHTNEB, CONTINUES HIS OLD BUSINESS IN THE fire-proof building, Kiahumsnu Street, Chronometers rated by obserTationi of the inn and start with a transit instrument accurately adjusted to the meridian of Honolulu. Particular attention given to tine watch repairing. Sextant and quadrant glasses silvered nd adjusted Charts and nautical instruments constantly on jy29 hand and for sale. ly AGENCY OF THE MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE R.

HELEN, SPECIAL AGENT, N. 13 3 jy2t KAAIIUM AND Rhodes' Building. 1m STEAMER KILAUEA. r1HE STEAMER KILAUEA, WILL NOT JH. make a trip to Windward during the SKCONb WKttt IN AL I ST, having to Scale lioilers, Will make a Trip to Kauai Upon the following time table Leave Tlonnlulu 6 P.

M. Thursday Anpunt 10th, for Ilsnalei iuave llanstlei at 7 A. Al. rid ay, nth, for Waiinea. Waiinea at 1 P.

M. for Kolna. Lt ave Kolna at V. for Nawiliwili Leave Nawiliwili st 7 P. M.

for Honolulu, where she sy be expected at lit on Saturday, August 12ih Tickets for Round Trip, Passage Down, $8. Parties wishing to ship Cattle up, will please write the agent No Credit far Pamoge Msmey. Freight liiils payable monthly. Jy29 2t SAM'L 0. WILDKR, Agent Steamer Kilauea.

EX FALKINOURC. FINEST COLUMBIA RIVER SALMON. AL80 FRAZER RIVER SALMON. NAVY BREAD, CRANBERRIES. SBsS EX STEAMSHIP NEVADA! FINE NEW ZEALAND POTATOES Yates' Clack Spades, Black Iron, assorted sizes, Qr.

Casks Whiskey. Galvanized Iron Spouting. FOR SALB BY Jy29 3t THEO. H. DAVIES.

J. A. ROBERTSON. (Formerly of Plymouth, Mast.) 7 Carriage, Wagon and Cart MANCFACTCaF.il, King Street, next door to Donnell's Furniture Warehouse. PAINTINO AND REPAIRING DONE.

jy29 Cm Tcruia Modern te. Pound JVoticc, AT PAUOA. AT 12 O'CLOCK, on WKDNK8DAV, August 2d, there will be sold at PUBLIC AUCTION, Oner liny llvl-ae, with a small white spot on forehead, aud two white fore feet, shod all round. It bat a sore back. Branded on left hinder hip.

lt P. KAAIAIIUA, Pound Matter. NOTICE! it. njlIIERE WILL UK A MEETING OF THE STOCK noLDKKS of the OLYMPIC CLUB, onlset. day Eresilntf.

August lat, 1871, at the Club Koom. A full attendance is requested. fit) PICH OUUtE. NOTICE ALL PERSONS ARE IIEREUV FORBID-den to trust any one on my private account, without my written order. 1JOENHOLT.

Honolulu. July 21, 1871. J22 1m TO LET. THE PREMISES AT THE ENTRANCE of Pauoa Valley, lately occupied by Mr. Young.

Jy2Z 1m Apply to B. U. COUPEE. NOTICE. WEN J.

HOLT. HAVING MADE AN assignment of all bis property to the undersigned lor the benefit of hit creditors, all parties having claims against the said Owen J. Holt, are notified to present tne same to trie undersigned at his office in Honolulu, and all parties indebted to the said Owen I. Holt, are hereby reqeested to make Imme diate payaeut to the undersigned. iyU at P.

H. BABBIS. DE. J. II.

WHITNEY YHTOULD RESPECTFCJLLV ANNOUNCE to his friends aud tbe puMto, that his UKNTAL ROOMS will be closed from Jalr 0tls ls Scptrnsber lHlh. 1871. jyzzot FOE EENT. TWO DWELLING HOUSES IN HONOLULU, both conveniently situated, with four rooms each. Kitchen, bath bouse and oat houses, will be leased at moderate prices by tbe month or year.

jjl Apply W. C. JOMK8. WANTED $3,500. mo BORROW TIIIRTV-FIVE II UN- JL DB.hU UOLLAK8 for two or tore years, at nine per cent Interest, Beal Kstats security, jyl 8.

B. POLK. Cornsr Fort aud Merchant Bf. NOTICE. DURING MV ABSENCE FROM THIS Bingdom.

Mr. J0I1N II. PATY will be my duly authorized attorney, and will have charge of the business of Bishop Co. CHAS. K.

B18HOP. Hoootulo, Jus Sot A FINE BILLIARD TABLE FOR SALE. rilUE BILLIARD TABLE AT PRESENT JI in the Saloon of the Olympip Club, together with ail pertaining thereto, will be sold to any on wishing to buy the same, at a reasonable price. Apply to W. WUNDKNBUBG, iVn 2t Tiarer.

J. R. EIELEN, Special no. k.J this ComnuY, THE MUTUAL LIIB IN8URANCK COVp, 8ITUATIO! ed by a sU-sly XyT (a native of Kii any kind of ilon SITUATION young Klsndl. any kind of store, tatlon snvwliiri.

Puu Jy22 2ti 1' Dissolution cf Co-par! 'UMIK ART KRMf e'l'DK between the bihw' the said Wm. Crockett, on the IftihTj mm ucumi DiBcmniiWii. Iiaviii. mk U.IHH mr sijovc Brio 1 ih. r.

i imue im Dunnes lu nit own i tame, I Juplnnadu. Honolulu, July 21, 1871. HEMP CAKl ASSORTED NUMBERS, ji Kl) and for tale in Ikiud or linu Jy22 vri CORN, COM A SMALL LOT WAULCi quality. for Hale ly Jy22 RECEIVED PEE A SMALL LOT HUM BOLD superior quality anil new crop Jy22 for Kale by CALIFORNIA BE PER COMET ANDOtri Jy'22 for hale MAE.T KXTE FOR INVALIDS AMU J'KllbOMI, A SPLENDID LIH la cstet of 2 tacts For Bale by fl Jyl Ot OAHU COLLI MIIE NEXT TKRM OP THIN, will befits Wednesday, the 6th dajt and rwitlnw U4 wo Candidates for admiMiou will be rot Tuesday next preceding tl.eopeuluf aih Intuit will be formed io all the ant and lu the hixher Malht-ioatlci, liacludiu Trigoiinc ry, and surveying it Us inaiul Latin and Oreek cttttes will be fra stages of advancement of lliuw detinai gUHges. Vocal mnaieand DnwiniwillbeUuk Ths Uosrdinr lenriueiii ol the such persons of both sexet, at rsu tin 4 of (food character.

BucM a price will to cover cost only, whicli will protisblf Isrs ier w-ek. exclusive of wsabint. given to the boarders, rent Ires, each own room-furniture, llglitt and There will a Matron who will tin wants and manners of the bmrderi. Alterations in the bulldinri rem ill essentially add to the contort uW' lad boarders. Parents winning to place their chlUra well to make immediate application, an advantage lu the choice u4 roonil The Trustees take pleasure In swanis i have a corps of competent teach rnp1 that thev III spare oo effort to matt respect thorouKh, visoroua, and well crtrf The tuition in the elastics and in IWW1 will be at the raw of One foliar tr liah studies.

75 cents Imt wsek I It no allowance will be made In cliarftt lH absence for a period lest than half sickness. Jy22 Kdurallon Cnmi NOTICE. 'MIR PARTNERSHIP Of 1 P11KKV8 and F. HIWWN Importers aud Dealers in inet, IhJnU Honolulu. It dissolved tlill day by retiring iitw Mtv i VS.

HUMPHREYS will continue tt stand aud receive all det.ttduet" litt.ir.ent of the firm, and pty all hopes his numerous friend! liberaf supiwrt, at they can the most moderate chariret. Honolulu, July 8, 1S7L Honolulu Fire Dep: AT TIlKMf iw Mi-el ng oi in vr jj. etected Fir. W.rdentU ths a. Honolulu Jno.

TH'blUt, Kj Oeo. C. McLean, Kq Wm. luld, Ftq Honolulu, July 10. 7I.

TtTTftCI HIE UNDERSIGNED fT An addm" FURNITURE Is now preWed to Im with a call. He hat alt" fr. same building, (up ttttrt) hit friends that wsnt any Thankful It past is.i future. Ilooolulo, July ltt, WtV DICKSON A RT Photographs A LWATSON IU tt Dress. Jli Lava Specimens, KOIT AND EOA fee A i Picture Frame8.