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TIVENESS AND PARALYSIS OF THE
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tions from the bowels Persons who lor "M
years hare cot enjoyed a natural stool, and
hare been compelled to ute utjetiins, hare
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READ THIS.
New Albany, Ind, March 12, 18G7.
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pelled daily to resort to injections to secure
an evacuation. In December last 1 com
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tvin; a few doses, my liver, stomach, and
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and duties. I hate now a regular movement
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ago.
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Tril!. i
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embodying the result of an
analysis of
EADWATS SEGULATIKG PILLS.
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Jealousy, excited by the great celebrity at
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Signed on behalf of the College,
DB. PHIL. THEOBALD WERNER,
Director of the Polytechnic Burton.
DB, HESSE, Firit Meulant.
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It is however, better in chronic cases to take
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THE VOLCANO !
The following letter, by the School Inspector-General,
Rives a detailed acconnt of
the volcanic phenomena on Hawaii from the
commencement np to April 10th. Though
not written for publication. It can not fill to
interest our numerous readers.
Htu, April 0.1SCS.
I left V.alohlnu on 'W ednesday, March 25th,
and proceeded to Kampala, where I ilcpt
that night. On Thursday, the 20tb. I arrived
at the Volcano House, In a rain-storm, and,
bavlnc business to transact with Kalna, wbo
lives In the nelgtiborliood, I remained there
mi Mondar morninr. March Snth. On Sat
- i - - ). - ' - - ' - - """"
which have convulsed Hawaii for the past
week, and which are not yet ended. At 123,
.,,ri,v 1 n slandlnr- at the
,. 'r rnu.n iton. the first hmr
shock occurred, makin, me sway to and fro
as If I had lost my footing, on a vessel's
deck, rolllnir In a ronsli sea. On looklnc at
the crater I Tumid the south part of It filled
with clouds of dut ami smoke, which, when
it had cleared away, wi: found had proceeded
from the tumbling down of a portion of the
southern wall, near the road to Kau. At
5S5, r. it., another smart shock occurred,
longer In duration, but not so violent as the
first one. That night all the lakes in the
ciater were intensely active. The first shock
was felt throughout ,Kau, Puna and Hllo.
At Keauhou, the ground shook continually
all the afternoon on Saturday. In Kan, the
shock seemed to have been strougertbemoru
southward you went. At Waiohinu, It shook
don n walls, and cracked the stone church
from top to bottom. At Kahuku, Capt.
Brown's place, the dwelling house, cattle
pens, stone walls, etc., were thrown flat on
the ground fortunately no one was hurt
and a volcano is said to have broken out in
the mountain, somewhere bctwea Kahuku
and Hlilea-uka, from w bich smoke and fire
bad been seeu to proceed, though in what
direction running, was not known here. By
subsequent arrivals from Kan, we learn that
Mr. Pogue, C. Spencer, Capt. Haley and their
families, bad left Waiohinu either that day
or the following, and were living in the open
country somewhere towards Kahuku. What
damage Saturday's shock did In Kona, we
- J--. " l-nuwledge of here, except
, that a letter was received the day before yes-
terday from Kona, ia Kawaitiae, perstcainer,
saying that several land slides had occurred,
but not stating particular localities
On Sunday, the 20th, another smart sbeck
was felt at the Volcauo House, at about 12
o'clock, noon. No special damage done
there. On Monday, 50th, I left the Volcano
House, and descended into Puna through the
Panau woods, came out at the sea by Laea
pukl,and slept at Kalapana, near Kaimu, that
night. On Tue-day, I got as far aiOplbike
kau, where I slept. On Wednesday, I reached
.Makun, and remained there that night.
During the whole of Monday, Tuesday and
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felt In that portion of Puna where I traveled,
though tbe earth bad been lu constant trem
bling, with Intermittent shocks, more or less
sharp, at Hilo, and on a line south and south
west from there to Kilauea, and through
Kau.
On Thursday last, April 2nd, as I was rid
ing from ilakuu to Hilo, and was in Pa
naewa woods, about SK to 4 miles from
J the latter place, auother shock of earthquake
occurred at 3:45 r. si., by my watch, (some
( minutes after 4 by Hilo watches). This was
the heaviest shock we had yet experienced.
I was riding at a slow walk ever that miser
able road which leads through the forest,
when suddenly my horse stumbled, and at
the same time the rolling, rushing sound of
the earthquake was heard beneath the ground.
1 Instantly Jumped olf the horse, and as soon
as I touched the ground I found It moving
forward and backward with a sharp, peculiar
motion, and at the same time the tall ohia
trees were bending and swaying from side to
side like willow wands In a gale of w ind.
, This lasted certainly while I could have
counted 35 or 40, at a moderate rate, when
the motion ceased, and we proceeded on our
journey. About lj miles beyond this place
we found that the lauhala woods were on
B e, and twice we had to ride at as rapid a
rate as the horses could go in order to get
ahead of the tire and smoke, which were
driving up with a strong breeze across the
road, sometimes not 40 yards from us.
Arrived at TValakca at last, we found the
whole population in commotion. Shortly
after lhe shock of the earthquake, the sea
had risen se era! feet above high-water mark
S or 9 at least. When we 'arrived it had
receded, but the people were expecting it to
return, and were, in consequent, packing
up and cany ing away their moveables to the
higher lands 1-nka. Having escaped earth
quake and fire, I trusted to luck if I had to
swim for it, and regardless of the penalty
for fist riding, we crossed that bridge and
, coursed along the beach at an astonishing
rate for horses so tired as ours really were,
until we Came to the corner of the Gov
erness's lot, where, Instead of crossing the
ford of the Waiolama river, wc turned np
mauka, andcrossiog by the bridge above,
rode down to Hilo, and were heartily wel
comed by Coney.
Let me now tell yon what damage that
Thursday's shock did to Hilo and vicinity.
It shook down almost every wail in the j
tuwn ; It cracked tbe basement of the Cath- j
olic church In several places; It knocked
down ever so many (I think all), brick chim
neys; it smashed up all tbe crockery and
glass-ware In Coney's, Spencer's, and the
China store -. it made an almost total wreck
of Dr. Wetmore's drug-store; it knocked a
great portion of the stone basement of old
Mr. Lyman's school-house from under It, so
as to render it nnsafe to dw ell in, and In con
sequence the scholars were quartered for tbe
eight, and for several nights, in Hithcock's
school-house, and at R. Lyman's; it jarred
and injured Jlr. Lyman's own dwelling
house so as to oblige him to move into Rufus
Lyman's house, where be still remains, with
bis family; it Injured Mr. Beed's new bouse
considerably; It knocked down tbe sugar
house chimneys on tbe Spencer, Kain iki and
Onomea plantations; it caused ever so many
land-slides on tbe palis beyond Hilo, as far as
Waipio, in Hamakua. At Msulua, a man and
woman were killed by tbe falling of tbe palL
In Puna, no serious accident has been re
ported beyond the falling down of stone
walls, and the inundation of some houses by
the sea ; no Urea lost, nor houses destroyed.
I Atthecraterof Kilauea the action of Thurs
day last was terrific. Mr. Porter (who bad
d-trge of tbe YoIcseo House), arrived In
Hllo Friday forenoon, and reported that from
4 to 11S p. Ji., (the time when he left), there
was a cotinued series of heavy shocks, the
earth opening and cracking In all directions.
At the first heavy shock (4 r. 3c), the crater
charged Its entire appearance. The walls
bad tumbled In on the south and southwest
sides, and on the east side from the south
eastsulpbur banks to nearly the place of de
scent from the Volcano House. The banks
of the south lake. Including what was known
as the Cathedral, bad cared In, and the lake
was some six times larger than before. A
large chasm had opened In the neighborhood
of the north lake, near the look-out house.
running up Into the woods, and cutting off
the Kau road entirely. Between 5 and 6 r.
v., fire was discovered to have broken out
In the old Kllanea crater, to the cast of the
volcano, and at the same time the lava beds
In the volcano seemed to have settled down
about 100 feet, as If the volcano had been
tapped. Mr. Porter attempted to visit the
old crater, but was obliged to give It up on
acconnt of the chasms and cracks continually
opening and barring the way. He got suffi
ciently near, however, to ascertain that that
old crater, which forages has been extinct,
was now all aglow with burning lava, prob
ably drawn olTlrom the volcano. The shocks,
explosions, openingol new cracks and steam
holes lu all directions, threatening to isolate
the Volcano House, a large steam-hole right
In the gravel path In front of the house, and
a chasm running all along the fence nearly
up to the stables, and the, so to say, risible
grinding of the rocks to powder by tbe con
tinued action of the earthquake, admonished
Mr. Porter that it was about time to leave
for Hilo, and he left.
At Keauhou, the following results of the
earthquake on Thursday have been reported.
Mr. Stackpole, who had charge of the place,
had been up to the Volcano House durlcg
the day, and was returning in the attemoon.
While descending the pall to Keauhou, the
first shock occurred, precipitating an im
mense amouut of earth, stones and boulders
down the pall after him. Escaping these, he
arrited on the plateau below; thepali, and
looked In the direction of the village of Apua,
but not a house was to be seeu I He then
rode down to the edge of the plateau, from
whence Keauhou ought to have been lu sight,
but nothing of it could be seen. Descending
to the paahochoe, be met the men working
at Keauhou rnnningup niauka, who reported
that nothing was left ol Keauhou; that Im
mediately after tbe earthquake the sea bad
rushed in and swept off every dwelliug and
store-house, and all their contents, and that
they had barely escaped with their lives.
There were some 167 bales Df pulu In store,-
ready for shipment, all of which was swept
away. They represent that the sea went up
as far as the two basaltic columns Indicating
the road down to Keauhou a depth of wave
of at least 40 to 60 feet. Mr. Stackpole's
mule being tired, or unmanageoble, ho rc-
InniMi nn fruit tn tilt Vir-sirr linns fl lift.
turned on foot to the Volcano House, a dis
tauce of 13 miles, wheru ho arrived in the
course ol tlic evening, and started lor Hilo
in company with Mr. Porter. The laborers
went to the goat ranch on the upper lands
I for n-fuge. What number of lives, if any,
were lost at Apua, is not yet known.
Kau, from Kapapala to Walohluu, and be
yond, so far as is at present known, seems to
"have suffered the most severely Irom the
earthquake on Thursday last. As near as I
can ascertain from Judge Lj man, of Kau,
from C Richardson, one of the proprietors
of Kapapala. and from Akau Hapal, the tax
collector of Hilo, who was in Waioblnu at
the time, and from others, the following Is
about as correct a reiort as has been ob
tained : All along that part of Kau the shock
was Intensely sharp and prolonged. Nearly
every wooden house at Kealwe, Pnnaluu,
Ninole, and beyond, were shot off their
foundations or tumbled over, and straw
bouses, with posts In the ground, were torn
to shreds. At Kapapala, tbe vault of the
cistern, (1,700 barrels capacity), was shot off
like a quoit, and the cistern Itself smashed
in and shut together so that not a vestige
was tn be seen of it. Tbe ground all around
Kapapala w-s frightfully broken up In ridges,
chasms and cracks, as was also the case all
along that region as far as Uouuapo, and
beyond.
Between Kapapala and Kealwa is a small,
semicircular valley, making Into tbe mount
ains about one mile from the road, which
forms the diameter and outer boundary of it.
The valley formed a large and nearly level
plain, and the mountain spurs surrounding
it were very steep, and quite lofty. Several
inhabited houses were in this valley, and
hardly ever less than SCO bead of cattle, be
longing to Reed & Richardson, besides sheep,
horses and donkeys. At the time of the first
shock, a hole opened In the side of the
mountain, on the Kapapala side of the val
ley, and shot out a stream of mud and water
in so large a volume, and with so great a
force, that in a very few moments nearly tbe
whole of that valley was burled beneath It,
with all wbo were living and moving on the
plain. Thirty-one persons, men, women and
children, are now known to have perished
and been buried beneath this flow of uind,
and nearly all the animals grazing on tbe
plain. The depth of this mnd-fiow is said
to be from about 100 feet, at tbe foot of tbe
mountain, to some 4 or 5 feet at the outer
edges of it, beyond and makai of the road.
At Punalun, at tbe moment of the shock,
it seemed as If an Immense quantity of lava
bad been discharged into the sea some dis
tance from the shore, for almost instantly a
terrible commotion arose, tbe water boiling
and tossing furiously. Shortly afterwards,
a tremendous wave was sweeping up on the
shore, and when it receded, there was
nothing left of Pnnaluu! Every house, tbe
big stone church, even tbe cocoanut trees
all but two were washed away. Tbe num
ber of lives lost is not yet ascertained. All
who were out fishing at tbe time perished,
and many of those ashore A big chasm
opened, running from the sea np Into tbe
mountain, down which it is said lava, mud,
trees, ferns and rocks were rushing out into
the sea.
The same wave that swept away Pnnaluu,
also destroyed the villages of Mnole, Kawaa
and Honcapo. Not a bouse remains to mark
the site of these places, except at Honuapo,
where a small "hale halawa"" on the brow
of the bill, above the Tillage, still stood on
Friday last. The large cocoannt grove at
Honuapo, was washed away, as well as that at
Punalun. A part of tbe big paii at Honuapo.
on tbe road to Waiobinn, bad tnmblei Into
tbe sea, and people coming from thence are
now obliged to take the mountain road
through HUlea-nka.
Tbe only report from "Waiohinu, so far, is
by Akau HapaL At tbe time of the shock
on Thursday, he was sitting In T. Martin's
house (a wooden bouse on si stone basement),
near the road, opposite tbe church. Tbe !
shock cansed the wills of the basement to
fall outwards, and tbe wooden story fell in.
the inmates saving themselves through doors and reliable, but from tbe action and dlrec
and windows, some of them being more or lion of tbe earthquake, it is apprehended
leas braised by tbe tilling stones and timbers, here that Kona bas suffered terribly.
C. Spencer's dwelling-house and store were
tilted over, but not entirely thrown down.
The heavy stone wall at tbe makal end of
Mr. Pogne's. yard, fronting the road, was
thrown down. The large Protestant stone
church was knocked flat to the ground.
Jfearly every houso w as more or less dam
aged, and most of tbo ropulatlon fled to tbe
adjoining hills, where, they encamped for the
night. Widow Laanut's bouse was also
knocked down flat, bet no one was Injured.
From beyond Walohluu, no reports have
reached illlo up to ttiis time.
During Thursday night, Friday and Friday
night, frequent shocks and some pretty
sharp and a constant trembling of the earth
was felt throughout this region. On Satur
day, the shocks decreased In frequency, but
the trembling continued all day. Saturday
night and Sunday were comparatively quiet,
but every now and tben a rap and a tremble
would notify us that the commotion below
bad not yet subsided. 1-ast uight two light
shocks; this afternoon two more, and an in
termlttent return to tbe trembling motion.
.On Saturday noon Mr. Richardson and his
men arrived from Kapapala, and reported
that when be passed the volcano of Kilauea
the whole floor of the crater bad sunk at
least 500 feet below Its former level, and no
lava visible. On Saturday night, Judge Ly
man and Her. Mr. Kaubane, with their fam
ilies, arrived from Kealwa, and It was re
ported that upwards of a hundred people,
old and young, were on the way from Kau to
Hllo and Puna, sufferers and refugees from
the disasters ol the earthquake. Mr. Coney,
early Sunday morning, dispatched a number
of men loaded with food to meet these peo
ple on the road, and succor them. The men
thus sent returned this afternoon, and re
ported that out of about P0 refugees from
Kau, SO had turned down into Puna from
Ola, and that they had relieved the wants of
some 40 others, who would be in Hilo In tbe
course of the evening, or to-morrow.
April 7. Last night, between 12 o'clock
and daylight, seerul right smart shock
were felt here. I was awaked four times by
the shocks and the rattling of things in and
about the bouse. At C o'clock, A. M., as I
and others were standing mar the, Wailuku
bridge, looking up at Maunaloa, a heavy,
dense, dark column of smoke, deeply tiuged
with red at its base, rose Irom near the tup
of the mountain, apparently from tbe south
ern side of Mokuaweoneo. Though after
j Kanjs the smoke grew thinner, yet It re-
malned visible for nearly an hour, with every
nou and then that lurid glow of red at Its
base which would indicate either the actual
burning lava itself, or its reflection.
I have just been told an incident that oc
j cnrrcd al j-inoie darinff tue inundation of
! . . . . ... . .
tlmt place. At the time of the shock on
Thursday, a man named Holoua, aud his
wife, ran out of the house and started for
tlie hills above, but remembering tbe money
he had In the house, the man left his wife
and returned to bring It away. Just as he
had entered the bouse the sea broke on tbe
shore, and, enveloping the building, first
w ashed It several yards Inland, and then, as
the wave receded, swept It off to sea, with
him In It. Being a powctful man, and one
of the most expert swimmers in that region,
he succeeded in wrenching off a board or a
rafter, and with this as n papa hec-nalu, (surf
board), be boldly struck out for the shore,
and landed safely with the return wave.
When we consider tbe prodigious height of
the breaker ou which he rode to the shore,
(50, perhaps CO, feet), the feat setms almost
Incredible, were it uot that be Is now alive to
attest it, as well as the people on the bill
side wbo saw liira.
I have heard furtberpartlcularsof the mud
flow between Kelawa and Kapapula. It Issued
from both sldis of the valley, instead of from
the Kapapala cldc only, ltaving a narrow
strip untouched in the upper part of the val
ley, on which a nathe bouse stood, with a
man and bis daughter In it, who were thus
the only ones that escaped. A little below
this house the. tnu steams joined, and mak.
ing a detour around the southern end of tbe
valley, went as far as Keaiwa church, and the
koa trees below it, where tbey stopped. Tbe
force with which these streams were ejected
from the hills, and the speed with which they
flowed, Is said by eye-witnesses to bare been
at the rate at least of a mile a minute. Tbe
rapidity was so great, even atithe very ex
tremity of the flow, that numbers of goats
which were fleeing for life were overtaken
by It, and found a short time altcrwards by
Mr. Richardson, sticking by their bind legs
In the mud.
No one can form any Idea of tbe intense
excitement, nervousness and anxiety which
have prevailed all over those sections of tbo
Island from which we have beard, fort be
last week or ten days. Few people have
slept comfortably in Hilo from Thursday to
Sunday, and even last night we were woke
up several times. If we could only ham
that some large lava Sow had appeared, flow
ing largely, and flowing steadily, wc should
expect this tontinual shaking and trembling
to subside. We have several reports, to be
sure, that fire has broken out in Kau, near
Kahuku, back of iliilca-uka; on the paahoe-
hoe desert, near the Nukupili hills; and on
the road from Kapapala to Keauhou. We
have seen smoke and fire apparently Issuing
from Mokuaweoweo, or from tbe Kona side,
beypnd, but they all seem to be Intermittent
lighted up to-day, and extinguished to
morrow and tbe shaking and trembling of
the earth find no relief from them. Unplcas-
and agtiating as tbe prolonged action of the
'earthquakes has been here, in Hilo, yet it is
not a circumstance to the violence of tbe
sbocks in Kau and, I fear, In Kona. Several
shocks baTe been felt this afternoon ; one at
about 2:15, was qnite sharp, and jarred un
pleasantly on weak nerves.
Tbe'nnmbcr of people now known to have
perished between Ninole and Keaiwa, (Puna
luu and Hionamoa included), is 47: at Ka
waa, 7; at Honuapo, 27: total, 81, besides a
number of tbe pulu pickers up In tbe mount
ains, back of Hiilea; bow many I am not
yet advised, neither have I beard tbe number
of those who perished at Kaaloalo..
Hilo, April 7, 1S68.
I send you by this mail a long letter, giv
ing as nearly an accurate description as I
bare been able to gather, of tbe long contin
ued earthquake which bas convulsed portions
of this Island for the last ten days. Hilo and
Puna have suffered, so far, comparatively
least, though tbe sbocks were severe and
frequent, and still continue, and tne damage
to houses and property Is very large. But
poor Kan is almost wholly destroyed. Tbe
sea washed away the coast Tillages, and tbe
earthquake -azed the Inland places. From
Kona we bavt bad no news that Is detailed
April 8. Last nlgbt at 11:10 r. it., wc had
another very smart shock. Nothing like
Thursday's shock, but very uncomfortable
however; It made me Jump out of bed Tery
quick. No damage done, however, but for
several minutes after tbe shock, the earth
was trembling Incessantly. To-day, It Is
cloudy and we cannot see If there Is any fire
or eruption on the mountain.
Mr. Geo. Jones met a heavy loss at Keau
hou by tbe Inundation. Besides tbe bouses
and fixtures which were swept away by the
sea, be also tost some 167 bales of puln that
were ready for shipment. On Saturday last,
be chartered the schooner Odd lellcne, and
started In her to see If be could not pick up
some of the pulu that might have been wash
ed along tbe shore, between there and tbe
south point.
The detallcda-counts which we hear from
the poor fugutlres from Kau, are heart-rending
Indeed. Our own experience here, and
our suspense end uncertainty as to the direc
tion and ending of this volcanic action, are
anything but pleasant, and bare a tendency
to make a man nervous, to spoil bis laugh,
and Interfere with his appetite. Some trem
bling of tbe earth to-day, but no shako since
last night.
April a Slept soundly last nlgbt and beard
nothing; but I am told by others, that there
was a rather smart shock about 2:80 tbls
morning. At G a. m., the crest of Maunaloa
was visible for a fuw minutes, and we could
seeatbin column of smoke In the same direc
tion that It was seen on Tuesday morning.
At noon to-day, Charles Ricbardson return
ed from Kapapala. He went from here on
Monday last to see how matters were on his
place, and if the earthquake bad subsided.
He arrived at Kapapala ou Tuesday forenoon,
and found that the ground was still violently
agitated, though not with the short sharp
motion of Thursday and Friday last, but
with a long nudulating motion, varied now
and then with a sinking action, as ir the
whole Island had settled bodily down. He
stayed there four hours, but deeming It un
safe to remain longer, be left towards even
ing and encamped for the uight on the Aa
mokn, (tbe ridge of tbe aa, which you may
remember half-way between Kapapala and
the Volcano House). That night Tuesday
night he saw a very large flow of lava run
ning from the mountain, apparently back of
Kilae, and coming out by tbe sea, (as near as
he could Judge) between tbe harbor of Kna
loalo, below Waioblnu, and the south point
of tbe island. When be passed the. crater of
Kilauea, yesterday, on his way hither, the
fires In the crater seemed thoroughly extinct,
and the south lake collapsed. He slept at
Olaa last night, and this morning early, he
saw an enormous column of smoke In the
direction of Kilauea, which the natives, judg
Ing by their own peculiar land marks, declar
ed to bo cither in, or near the crater of Kilau
ea, or on a Hue with It on Pahoehoo flats be
yond, towards Kapapala.
This afternoon, thu blacksmith of Waio
hinu, jjid the Kau mail-carrier arrived, hav
ing left Waiohinu on Monday morning last.
Tbe blacksmith reports that at that time,
a large number of foreigners In Waiohinu
were preparing to leave; ond a large num
her of natives bad lelt for Kona, and others
were llring in the open air on the hills
above.
Tbe sea swept Kaalualu on Thursday last,
as it bad swept Honuapo and the otberplaces
along tbe coast, washed away several houses
and killed a number of people how many,
is not yet known. The earth bad been sha
king almost constantly and severely every
day and night. A large land-slide had oc
curred on the west side of Walohluu valley,
near where Swain's tannery was formerly
situated. Fire had been seen In tbe moan-
talus above, but none bad comedown on the
iu luuus uciwecn nauuku ana vtalouln
when they 'eft, on Monday morning. A large
bole, sixty feet In diameter, bad opened on
the flat below Kahuku, with no bottom vlsl
ble from the brink of It, and emitting quan
titles of sulphuric vapor. These men saw
the same flow of lava ou Tuesday nigbt, thatJ
Ricbardson reported having seen from the
Aaa-moko.
Letters received here from Kona are to
March 31. They speak of several severe
shocks of earthquake, previous to that date,
but give no detailed accounts. Tbe mail
carrier, who arrived In Kau on Thursday
evening last, was too near Kahuku at tbe
tbe time to know of Its effects in Kona.
Assured, therefore, that the lava flow on
Tuesday night last must have cut off the re
treat of tbe people living in Waiohinu and
beyond, from Puna and Hilo, and Judging
rom the fire and smoke on tbe top of Mau
naloa not knowing but what one or more
lava streams might have cot off their retreat
from Kona, Capt Spencer and others, fitted
out and dispatched this afternoon, the sloop
Zfre Yankee to go to Walohinn and tbe coast
beyond, to supply in a measure, tbe wants
of the destitute, aud take off any wbo wish
ed to leave, or who might be hemmed in by
tbe lava.
Tbe air In Hilo has been fearfully aurchatg-
ed with smoke all this day. No shakes, and
only one trembling that 1 have noticed, since
last night.
Two men arrived from Laupaboehoc this
afternoon, and report tbe road as not entire
Iy Impassable, but on the sides of the Haka-
lau, Maulua, and one or two other palis. In'
some places, Is considerably caved in. All
the bridges are In good condition and are not
damaged.
bl r. unaisci. c a. cuax.
SEVERANCE, CLARK & CO.,
Commission Merchants
AXD
SHIPPING AGENTS,
San "FrunclKoo, Cala.
We will attend to the sale of Sagar, and all
kinds of Island Produce, also to the purchas
ing and forwarding of Merchandise.
Cash Advances maile on Conslgn
13 men's. Cm
BELLE VUE LODGE,
1028 Stockton Street, San Francisco.
Apartments Furnished and Unfurnished.
THIS Splendid House, favorably
known, two blocks froai tha Plata, is
particularly patronized by families. Tbe ap
artments JiaTe all tb liter" improvements,
and command a beautiful view of the Bay. A
magnificent garden adorns the centra of the es
tabl'isbment and is for the use of tbe guests,
gymnasium tor tbe children.
The eating dtpartmssris eondoetcd by one
of the star cocks on the Coast.
Price Moderate inS Careful Attcndancs
-3m
Lnnul Charcoal.
FOB IRONING. For Srtle
WALKEB i ALLEN.
BEST
is-a
SUGAR & MOLASSES.
XS08
ma.o, ii. i.
Sugar and 3Iolai-c.
CROP COMING IN AND F0II SALE IN
quantities to suit purchasers, by
WALKEH A ALLEN.
S-fim Aetata.
0S0MEA PLANTATION.
Susrar and IoIaaie Crop 1S6H
C0MINO IN, FOIl SALE IN QUANTI
Ues to suit purchasers, by
WALKER A ALLEN,
3-tm Agtnts.
PBINCEYILLE PLANTATION".
Snjrur arid rtloIaMttcis Crop
COMING IN. FOR SALE IN QUANTI
lies to suit purchaser-, by
WALKER A ALLEN,
36m Agents.
WAILUKTJ PLANTATION.
NEW CHOP
-vtoav coming i.
X For sale bv
Sl-3m C. BREWER A Co., Agts.
Jl.iKEK PLANTATION.
NEW CUOP OF
SUGAR AND MOLASSES
For sale by
a BREWER A Co.. Agents.
31-3 ru
INS. COMPANIES.
Merchants' Mutual
MARINE INSURANCE COMPANY.
OF SAT FRArVCIMCO.
alllE undersigned having been np
. pointed Agents for tbe above Company,
are prepared to issue policies on Casques..
Freights and Treasure.
WALKER A ALLEN,
19-tf Agents, Honolulu.
SAN FRANCISCO
BOARD OF UNDERWRITERS,
THE undersigned IiiitIiih: beer
appointed agents fur the San I ranclsoo
Board or Underwriters, representing the
California Insurance Company,
Merchants' Mutual Mattne Ins. Co.,
Pacific Insurance Company-,
California Lloj-it's, anal
Home Mutual Insurance Company.
Bir leave to inform Masters of Vessels and
the public generally, that all losses snstained !
i it i . ' i ri.JL! - I t -t,Kn- .r .
the above companies, against perils of the
seas and other risks, at or near the several
Sandwich Islands, Kill have to be verified by
them.
51-3 H. IIACKFELD & CO.
California Insurance Company,
Till: t'ndcrsl-rncd, AG EATS
of tho above Company, have been author
lied to insure risks on CAItGO. FREIGHT
and TREASURE, by COASTERS, from Hono
lulu to all ports of the Hawaiian Group, aid
vice versa. II. IIACKFELD A CO.
8-Iy
iiAsiuiriiG-iiiiii-iiicrv
Fire Insurance Company.
Tllil ViidcrNl-riied, AGITN
for the above Company, are prepared to
insure risks against lire in and about Hono
lulu. For particulars, apply at tbe rUce.
S-ly MELCIIERS A CO.
G. V?. NORTON & CO.
COOPERS AND GATJGEBS,
AT THE NEW STAND
0"V THE ESMjAIVADE.
PliEPAUED TO
aisTj woxuc zzt our Zsimi
At the Shop neat to the Custom House, where
we can be found at all working hours.
1VE HATE O.V HAND AXD FOR SALE
OIL CASKS AND BARBELS,
Of different sites, new and old, which we will
sell at the very
LOWEST MARKET HATES.,
All work done in a thorough manner, and
warranted to give satisfaction.
All kinds of Coopering Materials and Coopers'
Tools for Sale. 12-3m
ZiEXV. IEVE-t, SEWEST,
Books! Books! Books!
AT
BENNETT'S NEWS DEPOT,
WHERE YOU WILL ALSO FIND
"DLANK JIOOKS of every descrip-
XJ
tion, from a 12) cent Fass-Dook to a Mo
rocco bound Ledger.
Large and small cap paper, ass'd sites,
Commercial Note-Paper, Ladies do.,
Fine Overland Mail-Paper, Bill-Paper,
Large and small, Mourning-Paper,
Buff and White Envelopes,
Ladies' Note open-end Envelopes,
Diaries for 1863.
Standard Works on tbe War,
Newspapers from the United States and
Europe, in various languages.
Harpers' and Leslie's Publications,
Chimney Comer, In monthly parts,
Wavcrly Magaiine, in monthly parts,
Le Bon Ton of Paris Fashions,
llidime Dtmoreit's Mirror of Fashions,
Godsy's Ladies Book,
VoveI by Every Steamer,
Noveletti, American Miteellany,
Oleason'a Pictorial, monthly parts,
Spanish A English Dictionaries, ,
High A Common School Dictionaries,
Pens and Pencils, Black and Blue Ink,
Fioe Cigars, Fine Cut and Plug Tobacco
Both Chewing and Smoking,
Charts, and Steel Engravings,
Cutlery, Oaitar and Violin Strings.
All for sala as cheap as at any other place iu
tnia city, ny
C. C. BENNETT.
8-tf 73, Fort Street,
PianosTuned.
PIANOS AND OTHER MUSICAL IN
STRUMENTS Tnned and Repaired, by
CHAS. DERBY, at tbe Theatre.
Lessons given on the Piano and Guitar.
Best of reference given. 51
For Sale Cheap 2
A NEW BOILER
OF 10-IIORSE POWER WITH
complete fixings, warranted new and
with all tbt latest improvements, to be bad at
alow figure at
Zl-tr Ed. IlOcc aCULAEQER A CO.
18 6 8
LEGAL NOTICES.
NOTICl.
THE AMOUNT OK PERSONAL PK0P
KRTT or OsarjM Waskingt-n Walker,
lata of Makawao, In iU Island of Maul, oar
pcntsr'dFctated, which r-malncd ia thajiaads
of tbe administrator alter paylagdtats and In
cidental ehargot. has been paid Into tha Ha
waiian Treasury by order of tha Circuit Court.
It will bo repaid to any person who eaa prove
a lawful litis thereto, subject to deducUaas for
any tzpcnsoa whUh may accrue.
STEPHEN II. PHILLIPS.
I-!m Minister Of tlnaac ad istrrtM.
Administrator's Notice,
h tit matter ll Eitatm of ler late Royal
ignt Yieima A. AaoAiuian, denoted
-VTOTICE IS HEHEHY GIVEN KY
JLM tbo undersigned, tola admUUtrnttr of
tbo above named estata, to all pmi EiO-r la
poiiesilon of any o( the real property beloar
int to said estats. by la er ol hem ire. ani
Indebted therefor, or may hereafter became In
debted to said estate for rent or other Indebt
edness, that all payments ranst bo ma to tbo
undersigned, wbo is tolely authorised and em
powered to receire and collect tha isms acd
receipt therefor. Acd all persons ar forbid
den in any manner to trespass npoi, or in any
wlso interfere with, or exercise, aay control o'r
management of said estate, or any part or par
cel tfaereor. JNO. 0. DOMINIS.
Sola Adm'r of estate of V. K. Kaabnmae.
Honolulu, March 10, 1S43. 3-3m
jxo. mott. sam'l sorr.
John Nott & Co.,
COPPER & TIN" SMITHS,
fTLVltn PLKASUKE IN ANNOUNC
JL log to the public that they are prepared
to furnish all kinds of Corrxst Woax, cosit
ing In part, or STILLS, STJUKS PASS.
SUKOUAil PAXS, WORMS. PfMPS.de:
Also on band, a full assortment of Tm
Wake, which ire offer for sala at tha lowest
market prices.
ALL KtXVS OF JtEPAlRlXa BOXE
WITH XEATXESS AXD VISPATCU.
Orders from the other Islands will meet
with prompt attention.
Kaahumanu Street, one door above Flit-
ner's. 3Ua
GEORGE WILLIAIS,""
LICENSED SHIPPIHO AGENT,
G O:TII UI'N the btt!HCa on
his old plan or settling with o Beers and
seamen Immediately on tbeir shipping at bis
office. Having no connection, either direct or
indirect, with any outfitting establishment,
and allowing no debts to be colltctsd at his
offieo ho hopes to giva as good satisfaction In
the future as ho bas in tbo past.
-& Office on Jas. Robinson A Co.'s Wharf,
near tha U. S. Contalatc.
Honolulu. March 17. 138T- i-3m
JAMES L. LEWIS,
COOPER AND G AUGER,
AT THU OZtS SXJLXS,
Corner of King and Bethel Sta.
A I.arsrc
stock of OIL
SUOOKSand
all kinds of
COOPERINC MATERIALS !
CONSTANT!.!" ON HAND.
He hone, by attention to business, to merit
j "'"sis
EUREKA. HOTEL!
ASU RESTAUKAST.
DDSHAM E0BIKS0N
WOULD respectfully inform hl
friends and tbe public that he is fully
prepared to carry on this business on tho most
approved style, and respectfully solicits a sham
of patronage.
Jfcntlj- Fnnilihed Itooms toLctutwn
Reasonable Terma. 1,-Cm
YOLCANO JioiisiT"
CRATER OF KILAUEA, HAWZII.
M TIIIS ESTAIJLISIIMENT ISA
now open for lbs reception of visitors.?
to the Volcano, wbo may rely on finding com
fortable rooms, a good table, and prompt at
tendance. Experienced guide for tho Crater
always in readiness.
STEAK AND SULPHITE BATHS !
Horses Drained and Stabled if Desired.
CIIARGEH REASONABLE.
Parties visiting tbt Vuleana via Hilo, can
procure animals warranted to make the Jonr
ney. by D. H. Hitchcock. Esq., itilo. 33-ly
PHOTOGRAPHS I
pARTES de YISITE,
J Lnrgcr l'liotojcraphM,
Copying-- nHiO'alnrsrliigr,
Retouching done In thu best manner, and on
tbe most reasonable terms.
Also for sale. Photographs of the Craters
KILAUEA AND HAL.EAKALA,
And other Islands Scenes.
The KINGS KAMEHAXEHA, &i,
At the Gallery, Fort Street.
II. I CHASE.
P. 8. Havlnir purchased the Portrait Ne.
stives from Mr. Weed, duplicates can be had
by those persons wishing for the same.
-" ii. a, i.
1867.
1867.
1867.
1868.
1868.
THE UNDEItSlCNEU WILL BE
prepared this fall and coming spring to
supply whalesbipt with
BEST QUALITY IRISH POTATOES AND
Ucxt quality Firewood 1
At as low rates as any other Port in the Ha
waiian islands.
NEVILLE A BARRETT,
Kealakskua Bay, Hawaii.
33-6 m
KONA COFFEE 1
Constantly on Hand and for Sala in Quanti
ties to Suit.
THE UND SK81GNED I.KFORXS
the public that i. is prepared to furnish
Cholc and IVcll Dried Kaaa CoSTtt,
Having the agency of tbo following parties ia
Kona :
Messrs. Nevills A Babbitt, Ktopuka.
H. N. Obeesweli., North Koaa.
D. MosTGOKEar, Kailaa.
0. II. SrActDixo, Kaha'uu. ,
-lT A. ii. CLEQHORN.
Hawaiian Rice
COOLIE and EXTRA. Fr
sale in quantities to suit by
A. S. CLEOHOBN,
SO-'T Agent Honolulu KIcs Mm.
Hawaiian Leather.
SOLE aad Saddle ucather,
tanned coat skint, for sale br
A. 8. CLXGHORN.
TO-ly
Agent TValmea Tannery.
i.K) A' IV I A I lr nil
ii JJ.XIAJJJ1 V1AJ,
CASK, BARRELOR.CAL1.CN
At (1-Ja) E0LLS3 OO-'S.
UIl I IBsWfll