Weekly national intelligencer. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1841-1869, 1845-04-12
NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER.
THE SANDWICH ISLANDS.

Every man. whose philanthropy is not bounded
by country or kin, who can rejoice In the advances
of the human family in knowledge, virtue, and hap
piness, whether those advances take place in China
or New Zealand and mourn when he hears of vio-
lence and of wrong, of crime and of misery, as
well when they occur in Labrador or Craffraria as
in London or New York, will be gratifed to learn
that, in the far-of isles of the Pacific, the white
man has carried not unmixed evil, but that civil
lization, in some of its most unqueshoned shapes,
is rapidly extending itself among the natives of
those comparatively lately discovered abodes of the
human race. We have just received file of "he
Polynesina,'' weekly journal, published at Homo
lulu in Oahu, one of the Hawaiian Sandwich
Islands, and have made the following summary of
Its contents
There are three weekly papers published at Ho-
nolulu, viz the "Friend," the Nonanona," and
the Poynesan." The first of these is edited by
a clergyman the Rev. Samuel G. Damon, and de-
votes much of its columns to the cause of religion,
temperance, &c. The " Nonanona " contains many
valuable agricultural articles and the "Polyne-
sian has been lately purchased by the Govern
ment and connected with the Government printing
establishment 1t is published under the editorial
care of J. j. Jaryes, who is also the director OF
Government printing. This last mentioned paper
is therefore the official organ" and contains the
Government appointments, ordinances, DEGREES, re-
ports of the proceedings of the courts, DC. The
DEGREES and orders of the courts generally print
ed in the English, the French and the Hawaiian
languages.
We find in the Polynesian weekly summary of
foreign news selected from the journals of all coun
tries, highly respectable dispositions philoogy,
jurisprudence, the law of nations, reviews of new
and foreign publications, scientific notices, DC.
Thus, for example, the number dated August gath
contains an elaborate report on the finances, COM
merce, manufactures, &c. of Mexico, by X. Z.
Wyllie, British Pro-consul at Honolulu-this is
continued through several succeeding papers; long
and learned dsquisition on the exact meaning of
the words used in connexion with the subject of
allegiance in which the Roman Code, Vattel, Chan
celor Kent, Judge Story and the French and Eng
lsh authorities are quoted. To this succeeds an
editorial article on the establishment oil public
cemetery at Honolulu news from China and from
Oregon reports OF cases tried before Z. kanalna,
acting Governor of Oahu; petition 10 Kameha-
meha Ill, King of the Sandwich Islands, against
the grant of license for the sale of spirtuous
liquors in the Bay of Hilo; 4 list of imports for
the week; notice Of meeting of the Hawaiian
Total Abstinence Society;" shipping intelligence ;
advertisements of new books, hotels, schools, sales,
new goods, &c. The Polynesian is very neatly
and accurately printed. Hungwa, the landlord of
the services superior Chinese cooks and walters
the lists of new books received, include all the re-
cent publications of the English and American press.
In the paper of August 3lst we have an ''order
in council !" Of his Hawaiian Majesty, prescribing
code Of etiquette to be observed at his Court.
There is also an advertisement of Albert E. Will
son. general commission merchant, Astoria, mouth
of the Columbia river, offering his services for the
sale of merchandise and purchase of the produce OF
the country. Other papers contain similar adver-
tisements of merchants in California.
In the papers of the list and 2Sth of September
very copous literary notices are given of the cruise
of the "United States Exploring Expedition" as
deduced from the synopsis published in this city in
1912, and the brief account published in Siliman's
Journal in ls43. In the Polynesian of the 2sth
September is very able article on Naturalization,
and the reciprocal duties of nations TO each other.
The same paper contains anticpatory glance OF
the future importance of the Sandwich Islands in
commercial point of view " Their riches" says
the writer, 81 lie in the soil of mineral wealth they
have next to none. Markets are opening around us.
continent lies near u.s. rapidly filling with Anglo
Saxon sons. Sugar. coffee, indigo, tobacco, cotton,
and cabinet lumber will be the staple commodities,
and maize, wheat yarns, arrow-root, hemp, raw
silk &c. articles of secondary value. These Islands
will become the West Indies of the northern Pa
cifc the trade will naturally go forward to Oregon,
and if we do not hasten operations the demand will
exceed our means of supplying it. The trade OF
the Southern Islands," continues the writer, " will
naturally tend southwark, towards the myrads of
Englishmen who inhabit the Island Continent
New Holland.) The existing trade between Co
lumbia river and the Sandwich Islands is evidenced
by an advertisement in this weeks paper of the ar
rival for sale of LOT 900 feet of lumber, 300 barrels
of superior -four, 900 barrels Of the hghly-przec
Columbia river salmon &c. by the barque Broth
ers and subsequent papers notice similar arrivals to
a large amount. considerable arrival OF lumber
shingles &c. from California is also noticed. In
the Poynesian Of October 5th, reference is made
TO a letter 1.-THE second the subec0 received from
"a Maryland farmer of capital" in regard to emf
grafton to the Sandwich Islands, with view to
the cultivation of wheat and the manufacturing o.
1t into flour. The editor requests information upon
these points, as the probable of establishing
a very desirable branch of business.
The paper of 5th October contains the following
notice of the latest news which had been received
from other parts of the world. This was from
London to March 18th Paris, March 10th; New
Orleans, May 22d; Boston, April 10th; New
York, April Goth Mazatlan, May both Society
Islands, August 10Th; China, June 18th. A sup
Plement to this paper publishes - by authority the
official correspondence between G. p. Judd, ESQ.,,
Secretary Of State for Foreign Affairs, and George
Brown, Esq, Unied States Commissioner, relative
TO the case OF John Wiley, an American citizen
who had been fined by native court for a breach
of the laws. Without in the least taking sides in
the controversy between these genhamen, we mus
be allowed to say that the Hawaiian Secretary oil
State displays much diplomatic tact and address