New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1855-01-25
L. s. STEAMSHIP MISSISSIPPI,
AT SEA, Wednesday, Nov. Is, 1884


The principal agricultural product Of Oahu for
home consumption 10 tie taro root. This root made
into the national di-h Of po- pow" tastes some
thing az suppose -four would taste stirred up with
sour milk Some trials have been made lately with
,ugAr-cane, bu, the plantations which sa~ were
email aud t.o recently planted to form Judgment
from. / understand bat there is s want Of efcient
laborer.-the smallpox having swept of 5000
Of tie natives lat summer in Oahu Aone from
a population already sparse. Chinese emigrsnts
would 90 very well; but, yet, only few
have been introduced. C.sle very plenty
here and generally in good condition. Beef sells
in the Honolulu market ct six 10 eight cents
pound but mutton is fifteen cents sheep still
very scarce. II is ssid tina, he pasture does not
agree with them. | noticed in the pAstnres 8 very
sm all ibste the thorn OF which only sticks in the
wool and spots IT, but enters the fish and produces
disease. Many good sheep ra-ed in the neigh
boring Islands OF Maui and Hawai-, where also more
extensive sugar plantations carried success
fully vegetables Of all sorts can be ralsef
Honolulu but potatoes and onions are imported from
Califons better and cheaper than they can be rased
in the bland.
great deal has been ssid about the cons oicuols
part which the Mission. aries have taken G the Gov
eminent and much OF it, perhaps, not vhou, reason.
Many of the m have been, and are In plssesiou IF
lucrative Offices and although they do DOT openly
participate in the acts Of the Government, still their
influence can be traced without difficulty. II sr,taer
remark able, too that many of the grow wealthy
quite rapidly as owing that portion At least OF
their business must be profitable. Idoatry has been
abolished churches have been butt, and schools
opened but very much doubt that tbs population is
improved morally. II seems to me that they save
exchanged the virtues OF savage life for the vices of
civilization. Psam. singing alone does not make
people religious AZ little does the prescribed calico
dress make them chaste. Why, too, is 80 little
att, 1tier paid to teaching the natives English, the
Ispnusg. of business in the s and. A. present they
are entirely depeDde nj Jon the Missionaries who
ouire in that way influence similar TO that eXer
cised ,y the Church of Rome Its sdherents and
against which such cutlery is made. had seen
from some religion. papers that the Roman Catholic
Churches were in ruins, and that the Catholic MISS
ions we're attended only by the most degraded portion
Of the population therefore visited the MISSION at
Caliohe. in the north Of the island, and found the
"ruinsp TO consist Of neat little chapel in very
good state of preservation The main difference be-
tive. the rival establishments appearsto be ha'n one
they hold prayer. meetings and in the other they
,sy mass People, churches, houses, fields and
cattle looked very much alike. The valley Of Nuaml
il about si1 miles long and ard half wide, on
the coast In land it gradually becomes higher and
narrower until il ends in gorge naDked by noun
tsrs and temD ating in steep pfecipice, 1000 feet
deep. At the foot of this precipice lies the plain Of
Caliohe. surrounded by high mountain, sreepiog
round in smicircle Ii lisa wild looking place,
and Wild work done there in the time OF
Ksmehamehs I. The conqueror Of the Hewaiil ~
Isancs landed somewhere about 1910, at the eastern
extremity Of Oahu aud. after lumber of battles,
drove the natives up to the bead Of the valley OF
MIAMI. Here great battle was fought 10 which he
was again victorious, and many of the vanquished,
being cooped up in the gorge, threw Themselves down
the prec,pce, 40 great their horror Of being
taken prisoners. For many years afterward the foo,
Of the pr cpice strewI with skeletons and bones;
and IL nils can be found now Embedded in the
gravel. Ths, precipice a complete barrier be.
tween the valleys until lsis when q winding path
wa Gu, in the rock, and one may nov pass through
on horseback.
The eI,ingushed volcanoes form q prominent iea-
ture in the scenery Of the Islands, their reddish,
crumbipg lava forming vivid contrast to the blue
sea at their feet One Of the craters is used as
fort. 1t has twelve pieces Of artillery OF various
sizes; some mounted on carriages and some on heaps
Of stones.
The day before we left, the King expected on
board to vi.t u.s. but he sent word that he was nds
posed Such answers said to be rendered quite
frequent by the royalloye Of spirits.