The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-01-22

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has been laid on for New York, to load with oil and
bone from the spring feet.
Mr.. EDITOR You and : Ding will have donged
to some purpose if your g suggestions end in the
putting a bell on the outer buoy or anywhere else to
(w) ring man out of danger. May Allah smile upon
your endeavors. While the subject is up permit me
to make another suggestion which possibly, may throw
light on it.
Way back in the dim past, when storms and wrecks
were almost as frequent as diplomatic notes, the
collective wisdom stood midwife to the still birth of a
law, authorizing the Minister of Interior to construct
q light house on KakGako (Fisherman's) point to the
no small delight of all incomers and outsiders
{ laying off and on
Why not wake up that Rip Van Wrinkle law and
make it work as well as another /? Cling thinks
ss the passengers on board the .Akamai on the night
of the heavy gale off the harbor,' would have been
highly tickled to have heard the tinkling of that bell.
So I think. Yet what would not the owners of the
whale ships Chas. Drew, lib. Ho,cland, South
.America, liverpool Packet, briggs Petapsco and
F0rtunio, &C., have Sared had there been a good
light house on said point 1 reckon about the cost of
tuo light houses in loss Of the above mentioned YES
sells only, to say nothing of the smaller losses, besides
the untold convenience and comfort to coasters and
scared passengers who could thereby come into the
harbor in the night time as well as day; and a little
better in fact, as the beam of light on the side of the
channel could be directed if necessary, to the passage
in such a manner that no vessel could mistake it.
I'm not going to vibrate upon the utility of a light
house at the point mentioned; any person with the
brains of an oyster can comprehend that. I have
l--iy = COY that tho w-i+a- of this for one is pro
pared and willing to erect a suitable and substantial
light house on said point when a reasonable induce
ment is offered, and commence operations tomorrow !;
yes, a good substantial stone light house, mostly of
the ballast breed, but of a size proportionate to the
immensely of the undertaking., Il may as well OBJ
serve here that good clean ballast is furnished by the
undersigned ct So per load of about two tons each,
cheap as dirt, can't be beat here by anybody. Pardon
this depression, Mr.. Editor, and charge it to my ac-
county and with constant, intermitting, flashing, re-
volving, plain or colored lights, constructed upon the
~catoptric or dioptric system according to order. Don't
be startled at the jingling of terms. Technical phrases,
theoretical bosh and bright buttons tell heavier in the
right quarter than any amount of gray practicability,
never so worthy. | am determined to start right in
this business, and a0iU except the buttons. PHARos.
SIR A writer in the Polynesian of the 18th
instant, ever the signature of ga Sinner so
grossly misrepresents my language and sentiments
expressed in your paper of the 18th. that 1 must say
a word in selEdefence.
He says K. " asks plainly what apology the jury
hS ~ OhNA NA StNAAS % JuuShOh OAuN wv
Indictment This 1 deny. 1 also deny admitting,
as my own opinion, that the women "wash their
faces cleaner, dress better, behave BETTER &C., &C.,
for l gathered those opinions from Mr.. Hopkins
editorial, and so stated in my communication.
Whatever the opinions may be of twelve men, Sc
lected by the English Consul, is of very little conse-
quence to the public or to me, compared with the
opinions and sentiments of the 6 Government Organ.''
True, the Government disclaim all responsibility for
the sentiments of their editor, but [ cannot allow the
suficiency of such a disclaimer. The editor is Sc
lected from a considerable number of competent men,
and he is commissioned by the King. As the indi-
vidual now holding the Office has, for several years,
been a member of the Privy Council, it is reasonable
to suppose he was selected because of his opinions.
with a view to his influencing the public mind, and
it is not to be supposed that our young King would
retain in office a counselor and mouth-piece whose
sentiments are not in unison with his own. As a
counselor, it is Mr.. Hopkins duty to influence the
King, thus leading MS Majesty to think and act, as
far as possible. in accordance with his opinions. As
an editor, it is his duty to influence the public, and
it is not to be expected that he will blow hot and
cold with the same breath, but will lead the pub
lie to be of the same mind as the King. If those
opinions and sentiments are wrong, a free press
alone can set the matter right. And, if [ am correctly
nIormed, the present mode OF disseminating these
vicious opinions is considered too slow, and the aid of
power presses, steam engines, &C., at an expense of
several thousand dollars, is to be brought in.
But how isit in the case of Rex Us. j. Booth, recently
tried in our Sup. Court? l made a few observations
upon this case last week, looking for some apology
from the editor for his decision as a juryman. This
week he says "There is nothing to be lost in OBJ
serving that our theme of last week and this, being
prostitution and the sickness that follows in its train.
not dance houses sc. That is to say, he makes no
apology at all, not even abiding or intending to
allude to the main and only question at issue, viz
DO those houses, as conducted, tend plainly to the
corruption of the morals of the people? I believe
they do and, notwithstanding the disclaimer of Mr..
Hopkins, it appears to me that the drift of the
Potynesian for the last two weeks has been to prove
that they do not. | include communications editori-
ais and extracts, under the title of Polynesian.