The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-07-30

Sh6us ~ ~ $500 $500
do come, which is rarely, visit rs ia the summe
months when people have more leisure to take care Q
themselves than at other seasons when BUSINESS j
brisk. Very few foreigners have escaped the infu
enza, whilst among the natives we may say none hav
escaped. We are happy to say the. no deaths hav
occurred from the epidemic, which has now nearl,
passed off. -
LAHAINA.-Our advices from Lahaina state tina
the influenza had reached that laos, and the nativ,
population has been attacked pretty generally. Their
are few foreigners now in the place, most of them be
ing absent on excursions.
CHURCH DEDIcArED.-Some two years ago tn,
church at Waimea, Hawaii, was destroyed in a storm
The corner stone of a new edifce was laid in that
town en- the 22d of August, 1866, and the new build
ing was dedicated ON the 10th July, 1857. The dedi
catory sermon was preached by Rev. E. Bond of Ko
hala, and the exercises appear to have been of unu.
sual interest. The cost of this edifce, including thu
materials saved from the old church, is about $4 900
of which about 81 900 was contributed from the
other islands. The church premises have been en-
closed with a neat stone wall. The pastor, Rev. l.
Lyons, has labored hard to replace the old edifce and
we are glad to learn that his efforts have met with
such success. -
S. 1. PRoDucx.-We must again urge on our cult
NotoAo oha AAOiO SoiS IA I'LL up
their produce for San Francisco. A merchant who
has just returned from that city, says that our
producers do not take ~suticien' care in The prepare
tion and cleaning Of their produce, and that it is
still remarked in the San Francisco markets sThat
Sandwich Island produce is not put up clean.'' This
refers mostly to coffee and sugar. Our planters may
not Immediately see the difference arising from greater
care. but it will tell eventually. The last lot of
"Koloa No. T. sugar, which was taken over in the
Yankee, was a superior article, put up with great
care; the result was that it realized the highest mar
ket figure, IA cts. We hope our planters will at
tend to :his matter, for coffee and sugar must be re-
tailed in the condition it leaves the plantation,
whether clean or dirty.
~ Mr.. Andrew Potter takes passage in the Yam
kee for San Francisco, to transact business and pro-
cure materials and paper for the Commercial Adrer-
tiser, with which he has been connected since its
establishment. The patronage of any of our San
Francisco friends, who may wish to subscribe for, or
advertise in, the Commercial, will be acceptable. We
will merely say that the paper has a weekly issue of
over 1000 copies, and circulates in every part of
this group, as well as among the large whaling fleet
of this ocean. 1t also circulates in all the Chinese
ports, Sydney, New Zealand, Tahiti, Valparaiso and
among many of the Pacific Islands, where other
publications seldom reach. As an advertising medi-
am, we confidently offer it as superior to any other
for circulating throughout this ocean.
Husr's MER. MAcAz1sE.-The May No. of this
valuable periodical is upon cur table. Its articles
are upon the following subjects Finances and
Debts of the several States; Political Economy;
3ICommercial Cities-Racine; 4-European Com
mercial Correspondence; Chicago in 1856; G.
The Traffic in Coolies; Chapter on California
Fisheries. In addition, is the usual amount of val
liable statistical information. Subscriptions for it
will be received at our office.
A MARINE RAILWAY WANrED-The necessity for
a marine railing at this port could not be more clearly
shown than in the case of the repairing of the Morn
ing Star. The repairs needed were below the water,
and though they required only four or FIVE hours
work ON them, the vessel had to have her sails,
spars and upper masts brought down and everything
movable taken out in order to be hove down, involv-
ing more than double the expense that would have
been required had a railway existed, to say nothing
of the extra detention of two or three weeks. Why
cannot some of our enterprising shipcarpenters devise
ways and means to establish a railway, There is no
question that it would pay, and pay handsomely too.
Timber can be had cheap.
To 5. +. MERCHANTS AND SHIPMAsTERs.-We un-
derstand that objections are made by masters of China
bound vessels passing the islands, and by their agents
in San Francisco, to taking the mails or passengers
for Honolulu, from the fear of detention off the port,
or from the supposition that they may lose the wind
by approaching the islands. In no case need a vessel
wait more than from one or two hours to land a mail,
unless she chooses to do so. And when Honolulu
cannot be reached during the day, vessels can leave
the mail at Lahaina, on Maui, which port is about
eight hours sail to windward, and always easy of
access. There is no danger of losing the wind here,
when the trade wind blows fresh. Vessels passing
Coco and Diamond Heads, will be telegraphed to the
port, and boats dispatched to them with no expense
to the vessel. Ships bringing mails confer a great
favor on the mercantile interests of the port, though
the legal pay for such service is but a trhfe.
A HYDRID.-Rev. Mr.. Damon has shown us q
curious fruit grown in his garden. In shape and
general looks it resembles an American pumpkin,
weighing nearly forty pounds. The skin is green
like that of a watermelon. but the inside is perfectly
white and hard, though the seeds are ripe and similar
to watermelon seeds. There are several more melons
growing on the same vine, which promise to be of
equal size. 1t is probably a cross between the water
melon and American field pumpkin.
OATs.-We learn from Capt. Coffin that a field of
about 2 acres of oats recently harvested at Lihue,
Capt. Meek's country seat, turned out ~ffty-four bags,
averaging eighty pounds or about two bushels to, the
bag-which is a large yield per acre. Oats will grow
well in that neighborl,ood, and we hear that a much
larger breadth will be sown next winter. The cater
pillars did not trouble the oats, though they destroyed
corn growing near by.
The EPIDEMIC AMONG Caffeine understand that
the epidemic has shown itself among cattle. 1t is no
unusual circumstance for cattle, horses and sheep to
be affected with colds or catarrh. In Australia it is
very common, and during some sickly seasons, large
numbers of animals are lost from this disease. We
hope however that it will not prove fatal among them
on these islands.
31sr JULY.-We understand that the Honolulu
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