The daily dispatch. [volume] (Richmond [Va.]) 1850-1884, 1854-08-10
THE sANpWrCH TsrAnDs.


THE SANDWICH IBI4ANDs.
The Harpsrs havs juat issued bock Nth
tie title Of q lSaadrich Isiasd Notes, By :
HAoIr.e We do not know what = Haols'
N ,ans; but we suppose Il signiiies an inhao'
liant of some district or town In the sandwich
fslands. The author. however, is certainly
not native. He is, no doubt 4 prospect
ing Yankee His book boldly advocates
the annexation Of the Sandwich Islands, with
King Kamehameha and oil his royal family |;
batnot with the royal title and hereditaments.
The book is very lively and entertaining
and win help to excite additional interest ~
the Islands coveted by the Yankees. hnow-
ing that when the question Of anne1asion 70
presented to his sagacious counfrymen' ing
amount of the commerce and tne vaiuo "
products viii decide the morality OF the neA,
sure, the writer presents much information u
the resources of the Sandwiches, which
shows that on that score they are uns1ceP-
tionable. In regard to scenery. every ono
who has read Cooks voyages, or the woiks
Of Ellis, Bennett, Wilkes, or even Meiivihe,
knows that these islands are very grand ana
picturesque. In the book before US there are
graphic descriptions of some very lovely ana
attractive scenes, such as viii suggest to wide
awake spectators in Portland, Boston, Mar
blehead, Weafhersfeld or Stonington, the
| idea of magnificent winter retreat, which,
by way Of the Pacific Railroad to San Fran
cisco, and thence by steamer, may be reach
ed in weeks time. They can thus exchange
the rigid and biting atmosphere of New Eng
land for the delicious and balmy gales of the
Polynesians, and avoid the necessity OF con-
Eliminating their free born systems by breath
ing Southern air.
The imports of the islands have increased
from s4l3,0OO in 1886 to s715, 295 "a in 1852.
The exports from $4,000 in 1886 to $685.
1876 in 1852. OF the exports, however, in
1852 only s157,251 SO were Of domestic pro-
ducts. The revenue of the government for
1852, is estimated at ss1, l66 in 1s43 it was
only $40, 900. As the islands are evidently
advancing rapidly in wealth. the statistics Of
crime show rather badly; but to the credit Of
the natives the great majority of criminals
are foreigners.
Some of the people have recently petition
ed for the following amendments in the
laws.-showing remarkable ambition for
improvement in the physical as well as in
tellectual condition of the country. They
petitioned the parliament of 1853:
THAT the marriage of very young people with
very old be prohibited.
"That the marriage of educated persons with g-
norant be prohibited.
aThat ali persons be required to furnish a quar-
terly account of their income and its sources that
it may be known whether they have been indus
trious"
That will do very well for Polynesians.
We cannot, however, approve their indiffer-
ence to the wants of King Kamehameha,
who has to beg Parliament for supplies. This
he does in the humblest manner: reminding
them of the failure to provide for $4,000 to
pay for yacht they had resolved to give HIM
and another $4,000 to pay his debts, and fur
nish him the necessaries of life. Royalty
fares badly among the Polynesians.
Our author gives deplorable account of
the state of morals among the natives in the
interior. They have suffered terribly by the
vices of the foreigners, which they adopted
much more readily than the virtues of civil
zation. The missionaries have made but q
feeble impression upon them; though an i'm
mense sum of money has been exhausted in
benevolent efforts for their spiritual improve.
ment. The effects of indiscriminate licen-
tiousness are destroying the natives. The
author thinks nothing can save them but an
nexation to the United States, and the estab-
lishment of proper laws and police amongst
them.
A chapter of this book is devoted to an
argument in behalf of annexing the group to
the United States. The writer contends that
whoever owns the Hawaiian islands will be
master of the Pacific, that the natives are
fast passing away, that the islands must ne.
cessarily fall into the hands of some civilized
power, and that they are absolutely essen
tial to the protection of the United States
from Russia, whom he assails asl the most
grasping and despotic of the nations. So
then we, like Russia, have sick man in the
West, and must take charge of his effects to
prevent somebody else from getting them
Thus we go! Manifest destiny is sustained
by the necessity of the case We must be pro.
tected. Undoubtedly but arethere no limits
to the policy? We supposed Cuba would sa-
tate the NAV of our " Destiny for the pre.
sent, but it seems that we must swallow this
lean and famished King Kamenameha also
whose very name sticks in the throat of a
Christian man like Scotch thistle. What
with the Bull in the East and the Bear in the
West, our manifest destiny is taking q wide
range. All who have not before been aware
of our defenceless state and the imperions
necessities of our condition. need only con.
suit "A Haole.'' i - ~
For sale by Mr.. james Woodhouse. 81
WELL DONE FOR THE PEOPLE OF
ALLEGHANY.-AN NOBLE EXAMPLE,
The Staunton Spectator of yesterday states
that, although the recent vote in Allegheny
county for subscription of $4,000 to the
Central Railroad was unsuccessful, the friends
of the road raised by private subscription, in
enc week, e2a,4Oo, and have by this time
doubtless added considerably to that amourt
IN 81.