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New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-11
SUPPOSED CASE OF POISONING.

SITFVNtU Z MI. vt VtR, -
BosToS, Tuesday, FEB. 10, 1857.
Hosea J. Gardner, Postmaster at bingham died a.
vk VI der circumstances that led to the belief that
Ae vas poisoned The matter Is being Inv eStiea'ed.
New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1857-02-11
posroy WEEKLY BANK STATEMENT.

BosTOs, Tueseay, FEB. 10, 1857.
The following the footngs a our Bank statement
for the past week:
C.rtA Isl $50 900 Due 70 other banks. o. $40 200
Loan, deounb % Ne 20 Derosts l5sseo
Specie 3f40-JOO Crc1son seo5. ocp
Uas from other bks 65z6. G0i
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for the equalization of taxes, which, on being
sent to the upper House, was promptly tabled.
We doubt whether there is any country In
the world where taxes are more unequal than
here. In many cases the poor pay more than
the rich. This arises from the circumstance
that real property, and a large proportion
of the personal property of the kingdom is
wholly exempt from taxation. A mechanic,
dependent on his days labor for his own exist
ence, pays the same tax towards the support of
the government, as the man who owns a hundred
thousand dollars worth of real estate. That this
is unjust, and n growing cause of complaint,
there is no doubt. Heretofore the ministry have
shown themselves unwilling to urge a measure
the advocacy of which would tend to render
them unpopular with the chiefs, who are gener-
ally large landowners. However much the true
interests of the kingdom may demand the enact
ment of some law rendering taxes more equal on
all classes, we have but little hope of any decided
movement until the people shall become aroused
to their true interests and demand it.
Our correspondent refers to another subject as
deserving legislative action-that of fences-and
proposes his remedy. Any law on this subject
that is arbitrary and onerous, must defeat the
object intended to be gained. Where it is posi-
bic for a landowner to procure the materials for
enclosing his premises, it might not be unjust to
require him to enclose it, or bear himself the
damages arising from his not doing so. But it is
well known that materials for fences are scarce,
and the cheapest enclosures are expensive. Still
it may be that some system can be devised, which
will prove of mutual benefit to the grazier and
small landowner. If there is any such plan,
which can be found to work well, discussion
will not hurt it, and the Legislature would no
doubt give it a careful consideration.
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For the Pacific Commercial Advertiser.
Drcam Life om the Sea-.

I often have thoughts, as I ramble the sea,
That gush from my soul like the spray in its gIee;
Like the spray when it falls into stariights Of foam,
Sparktes joy ON the heart in my visions of home.
There are moments when visions are more than they seem,
When the Spirit of Bliss wears the garb Of q dream
When the soul, like the crest ON the top Of q wave,
Decks the feelings that ron from the heart to the grave.
There are moments to those who go down to the sea,
When the widest emotions, whatever they be,
Gush forth from the heart In warm jets Of delight,
Like the spoon-drih that nies from = vessel In flight
When the prayers which rise from the h~earthside q love,
Come winged with aroma they've gathered above
When the presence of Deity gladdens the soul,
Till the pillows Of feeling exultingly roll
Such moments will come in the stiffness Of night,
When the moon haIlows all with her mystical light ,
When the pages of mem'ry unclose to the view,
And we ledger whole volumes ON leaves of the new;
When the loves of the heart are laid bare on the shrine,
Till we view all the tendrils of feelings they Irvine
While the dove-wings of Peace encircle us round,
And the soul, at communion, makes stiffness profound.
Such 1Sg wings of a beam,
Till the past is a picture, the future a dream;
When we fancy, as pastime, each headland is past,
When we see, as in visions oft pondered before,
The welcome of Love, openarmed on the shore,
Till we feel the warm rapture enfold us again,
As it chung to our necks ere we sailed on the main.
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Correspondence Pacific Commercial Advertiser.I
Taxes. Fences and Industry.

Mr.. EDITOR 1t is often alleged that natives are
lazy, unaccommodating, willn even work for hire, do
not cultivate the soil or make fences round their
dwellings,, and often impertinently demand fines for
damages done through their own neglect. 1 grant
that there is too much truth in the fact that the ma
jority of the natives are lazy, averse to labor without
good pay, and sometimes seem almost unaccountably
careful not to do things that would be to the advan-
tage of all, when one would think that they could do
them almost as well as not.
But if those who complain Of the evil will seek the
cause and help apply the remedy, they may do a bet
ter service than to complain of the facts, magnify
them, and throw the blame upon their religions
teachers.
1t must be presumed that by this time natives have
a little more knowledge of men and things than they
possessed fifty or even twenty years ago. An opposite
presumption would argue unfavorably for their pro-
gress in knowledge or the arts of civilized life. Ma
tives know that a large, if not the largest, part of the
productive wealth of the islands is in the possession
of foreigners, that the products of the plantations and
grazing lands go to enrich foreigners, that most of
the lucrative posts in the government are held by for
eigners, while nearly all the revenue of the govern
ment, except what is obtained by licenses and duty
on imported goods, comes from taxes imposed upon
the natives.
Suppose a foreigner to own ten thousand acres of
land, one thousand head of cattle, six horses, six
mules and one dog, his tax may be but about ten dol
lars and fifty cents. If a kanaka owns two acres of
land, two horses, one dog and no other animal his
tax, all told, is seven dollars. The one with an in
come of from three to five thousand dollars per year
pays three dollars and fifty cents more for his tax
than the other whose income is but one hundred or SO
per year. This inequality in taxation. 80 heavy upon
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TUESDAY EVENING. DEC. s, 1851.

~slscoTer no Improvements IN trade shis week, but rather .
falling "a 1oa Lass weeks bssiuess- IN season has been un-
usually short and Improbable, a. might have been expected,
vheo We regard the gradual decrease Of consumers from year
to yssE, and the great increase Of stores, and consequent Gloss
competition which prevails The total amount Of import.tions
hs year vii probably exceed that Of last year, or at least will
fully coma up 20 d, and the close Of the season finds US with
oes- The coming spring and summer seasons promise to be
NAT. stale and unprodsabIe-p
The ane bark Metropolis, lately engaged in the lumber trade
between this por And Oregon, has BEEN purchased by parties
here for tas whaling husinezs-the price pail was 5000.
IL auction goods are sacrificed. and money seems to be by no
means 30 plenty IS Il should be at this time Of the year.
Ths failure Of B. Y. Bodies 4 CO.. Of Lahains, was announced
ph1s the assets are variousiy estimated 1t 5000 "a $4,000.
We trust that some arrangement win be effected, by which the
house may be enabled 10 resume business.
Our Quotations Ibis week are few, and embrace more the mar
bet rates for staples than actual transactions, Of which there
have been very fs~ Worth noticing
sC6AR-There have been sales & about 10 200 b No. ]
Lihue, for export, sf 9ic- a shipment Of 10000 Il, same quail
~, foes on the Yankee, on plantation account.
~BREAD-rherr Is come inquiry for Nsvy,- but OF PHO. the
s.cs IA still heavy, and but liuie demand.
BEANs-The stock OF both native and foreign Is very heavy,
ed no demand Whatever Owing to the fair price paid last
season, numbers % natives have turned their attention To rails
hE them, and are somewhat disappointed at finding no market
sr them at any price,
BARLEY-Calsonis is jobbing slowly at 2lc.
OATS-The stock Is being worked OF slowly. We quote p
ne
sALAON-Best quality are extremely scarce this year, owing
70 The high prices in Oregon We quite No. 1 Ut $50 Half
barrels 50 50.
RLOuK-The stock Is SIN very heavy Of both Domestic and
HaxAI- We quote 50 5o7SI0 80 for the former.
xcH~ANGE-whaIers Bills are Mt par. Exchange on San
Francisco may be had at a slight discount
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EXPORTS.

For BExngs-per Messenger Bird, Dec So ,259 gals VIII oil,
1865 do sperm do, 2S,SsS lbs whale bone, 10 cs mdse, 1876 lbs
.2irus teeth, % casks taIow, 3os hides. by Z HofL.chlaeger &
stapenhorst; / c. ciothinS. by Krun x Mol; ] bxs Japan ware,
By b W Field Seas gals coooanut oil. IS gals kukuido p, 5e4
do wh do n, &l6 Ibs whale bone, I bbls shells, i,503 lbs warus
teeth, $50 bullock hides, 2 bbis mdse, IS C. dc, I yawi and oars,
. CO brandy, $1,000 IN specie, by Melchsrs & Co. Total value
Sc4,ssd A.
e63 gals sperm oil, ~, SIS gals VII oil, ~ bbls slush, 1926 lbs
tone, s,2&s Is ivory, 500 lbs old copper, 2 casks skins
For SAN FnsxcrsCo-per Yankee, Dec $50 halfbrls sugar,
BY C II = Poor slss6 gals VII oil, Cap. T Long IS bales
poiu- Z do fungus, : do tobacco, A Harris K Co; 81 half barrels
sagar. 4 L REharts L Co 81 gals kukui oil, &c Waterman I;
40 b-is beez y p Adams; 50 pkfs SUGAR, g T Lawton 10
bris ness brzr- G Brewer II 2 cs mdse, ii HackfeId Il Co; 81
hSgs beam, N Ruxseni I pkg specie, B W Field 1 cs mdse,
Rev L Smith I e. ndse, Cyrus Olney I; I chair, Sidney Smith ;
9 boxes I bf mdse. u Russell II punches bananas, i package
sp<ci<, Cesi 4 Ahse; 8 pkgs syrup. 5 do kukui oil, II c Leon
Ard
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not on other islands, are nom n11ugh AG&}44
for, at least, an Improvement yfhe law r.
them. I would suggest,
l. That every person dwellid} in . grass hons q
required to fence it with a subj htial fence. or sufer
the consequences of its being dSfroyed.
2. That the gra1ier and Gull fator b. required TO
build equally the fence that 1 Their party may need
between them for protection.
Or that every cultivator Of be soil who will main
tain n good fence around his lltiyated land, shall be
annually paid . premium fro} the government for SO
doing; and that this premiun shall be raised from .
tax levied on horses and neal cattle ;-the premium
to be awarded by a COMMITTED appointed for the pur-
pose. IA
Would not a portion of the Expense that grazaers
are now subject to for watchingy heir herds be econon'-
ically devoted to encouraging men to build good fences
around their cultivated landss Would not this pre-
MUM also greatly encouragethose WIN ~1pltiya1 fhe
soil, and now feel that the graxier is sdemy.
pursuing q business that is opposed to- terests :
Give the little farmer who tills his soil and fences it
well a bonus for SO doing, and let him who will not
fence his cultivation suffer the whole consequences,
and we sha1(ee fences many and good, and that
soon, where now there are none.
Until something is done by government to equalize
the burden of making fences, and relieve the poor
fultivator from the task of watching his little planta-
fion, and often striving in vain to catch or identify q
company of wild animals that have destroyed the
fruits of his industry. in vain may we hope to see the
natives becoming Industrious, except in favored
places. ALOHA HAWAII.
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Mr.. EDITOR Mr.. Strong, in his communication
in your last, does not tell all the truth, nor not all
that has been done in Honolulu since he has been
here. The Sailors Home and the tri-colored tent
have been put up since he has been here, and he has
had about as much to do in putting up those as he
has in building the Fort Street Church, which has
cost $4,000. Neither does he tell us whether sase
additions to the church of which he speaks are the
result of his own or the labors of others. His obser-
vations in regard to the doubling of his CO aggregation
since he has been here must have been made with o
pair of s~pectacles that say double.
"Of optics sharp it needs 1 ween,
To see what is not to be SEEM"
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Mr.. EDITOR LIN a lat msHnAtice{

Mr.. EDITOR In a lat nnner haticed an
from 8 Kona Hema,'' A1eGe effect that M
covered a new way of improving the peach, VIZ: BY
layering. w, though the fruit may be improved in
this wa4Sof the time being, the tree thus produced
will not be healthy or long-lived. Nor would it be
advisable, probably, to greatly extend such improved
kind of budding, Us the deterioration would be con-
stantly going on, and time and labor lost. Nor will
the case be made much better by the Importation Of
foreign trees, for they are out of their Climate, and
will not thrive, except perhaps in a few accidental
cases. Some remarks in the Southern Culfirafor.
on the vine and peach will no doubt apply also to
other fruits, as they coincide with long observation
of fruit-growers, and with some very sensible remarks
I recollect to have seen in the papers, twenty or
twenty-five years ago. that the only sure way of
producing healthy trees and sound fruit, is by
raising trees from the seed in the climate where they
are to be grown. As the fruit of no two trees thus
raised will be exactly alike. it follows that some will
excel in value, and from such, other trees may be
budded with success. But it is not well to depend
in the long run on imported trees, or on budding or
layering.
AS some difficulty is experienced in making the
seeds of the peach terminate, 1 will here give direc-
tons for doing it with success. First, as the peaches
are eaten, pack the pits away in dry sand, and let
them remain till it suits your convenience to plant
them. As all seeds are improved by rest, it would
be advisable not to plant under four or six months.
When ready to plant, take the seed from the stone
carefully, by laying it on one edge on something
firm and striking a firm but light blow, so that the
seed shall not be broken. Put the seeds into a vessel
and pour on boiling water enough to bring it to a
blood heat, at which heat keep it twelve or eighteen
hours, then plant in fine rubbish near the surface,
Keep constantly moist, and often examine them by
turning over and rubbing off any dirt that may adj
here. By this treatment they will shortly terminate
when they may be planted out where they viii have
room to grow. Yours,
Wailuku, Nov. Is. 1857. WAILUKU.
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DEPARTURES.

De Am VII ship Splendid, Person, TO cruise of California.
Am VII ship Champion, Gray, cruise and New Bedford.
S-Am bk NesseBg-r Biri, Billings, for Bremen.
Sam VII ship Bart Gosnoid, Downs, cruise and New Bed
ford
1Drenen ship R~puhlic, Seyer, for Bremen
Am clipper ship Hound, Stevens. for New Bedford.
Am VII ship Corah- svtn, FIR Japan Sea-
Am va b< Black Eagle, Edwards, to cruise.
Am vh hip Roman, DeyuIL, to cruise.
Sch Kznoi, Chadwick, for Lahaina.
Sch Kekzuiuohi- Pole. for kona, Hawaii.
a-Am bark Yankee, Peulaliov, for san Francisco.
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Though kings In dusty darkness hid
Have left a nameless pyramid,
Thy heroes, when the general doom
Hath swept the column from their tomb,
A mightier monument Command
The mountains Of their native land
There points the muse to strangers eye
The names of those who cannot die -
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vessel. E.pec.ea from. Foreis. Ports.

American ship Eliza & Ella was to sail from Boston Tor Homo
faIa, Oct. "a, with cargo mdfe TO b w Field.
An bark Nerrimac (dtped as a whaler) is due from New Lon
don. with cargo % mdse o. c. A Williams x Co.
The Fanny Major will be due frUm San Francisco from Dec 20
70 Is
Am 5rzt- L p. FosteF, Moore, with cargo OF lumber, Is due
cen, from Puget Sound
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Suu NAu-per Kznoi, Dec eL100 hides, IS goat skins, IS
sheep do, 20 lunches hnnanns, 20 bils cane, : bxs bumb lances
Snt / bx guns, II doors, . pkgS window sash, 2 bbis slush, 4
sols szlow, 100 ~p1mpxinz, 100 water melons
From KArkr-p<r John Young, Dec So horses, IL hogs, 10
dns eoui, - bhis ralioe, 81 hides, Is barrels pork, 2 bbls beef,
1000 orznr-z. 100 FEET l1mb-r, 30 bags salt. IS bils tobacco
Rrm SAwTuwut-fcr Excel. Dec $50 kegs ard 100 bags
agar. IS bhs noisss-s. ITO do beef
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In looking over the returns Of the different Tax
Enumerators, as rendered to the Minister of Finance,
we gather the following figures, which we arrange
chronologically since the beginning of the present
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PORT OF HONOLULU. II. I.
Fer JsR reports Of EAaleships, see sfh pagel
ARRIVALS.

os Sch KskAuiaohi, Pole, I'm Kona. Hawaii.
1Am VII ship Corea, Fsh- I'm IahainL-saiied again to
crui
Sch Kanoi, Chadwick, I'm Lahaina-
s-kussizn ship C<sarzvitch, Jorgan, 81 days from Sitka,
bound to China
Sch Excel. John Young and Alice, all I'm ports on Kauai.
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advance on the former Irresponsible method, or rather
no method, the following returns Of the tax collectors
method, while 1866 is the first Of the news
1854. 1855. 1855.
Poll and Animal Taxes, : fls,529 90 $4O,912 40 37,749 rs
School Tax, 22s3l3 % 26,53l IS 3Z,422 50
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j QUARTz.-Specimen ofquartz crystals were brought
up by the dredge last week, found about II feet un-
der a bed of lava. From the depth at which it was
found, it could hardly have been imported among
ballast, as has been limited might be the case. Quartz
CRYSTALS have also been found on Molokai.
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so far as this can serve as an index, it would ap-
pear that horses and youngsters are the only two items
that are increasing. But the real philosophy of the
difference in the figures resolves itself into the increas-
ing skill and hardihood with which the Enumerator
is confronted and cheated, notwithstanding his best
endeavors to force the truth from unwilling mouths.
And as this difficulty is yearly increasing, from more
causes than one, and however highly we approve Of
the present improved system Of assessing and collect
ing the taxes, yet while the present defective princi-
pie of taxation remains, and indirect premium to
fraud and perjury on the part OF the taxed, we look
upon . yearly decreasing enumeration as a foregone
ever, is almost ~ old as the human race itself; for it
dates back, under some guise or other. to the first
conquest Of man over man, when the soil became the
fee-simple Of the victor, and its inhabitantsh his slaves
It is a step, however, though the lnvs~s s1dustry
and political economy. - has
served its turnsos -~dctety have
o~utgrownits@ -<rkted its impro-
pEiss'S g: ery ,1 q history
rnf method or collecting IL an immense
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1t will be borne in mind that these sums are what
the tax collectors have personally collected, as return
ed upon their books, and we are told that yearly more
or less of this apparent short-coming is collected AFTER
wards by the Government by legal process. or by dint
of patience.
Another useful item of information which we gather
from these books, is the number of taxable adult
foreigners in Honolulu.
1855. 1856. 1857.
With these figures to start from, it is safe, in view
of the present preponderance Of males, not to estimate
the foreign population of Honolulu, including men,
women and children, ut more than 1000 souls, if even
so high.
We copy the above from the last issue of the Poly
nesian. The figures appear to be collated by the
Enumeration for the Honolulu District, and are proba-
bly, correct, excepting only the estimate for the foreign
population of Honolulu, which is considered too low
1900 being nearer the correct number.
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RAREsEING-That very superior soda manufac-
tureR by Mr.. Kinney. He is prepared to serve par
ties With it at all times, in large or small quantities.
Look NGSfon CHRIsrMAs.-A large collection of
fancy artid ! suitable for presents, will be sold by A.
P. Everett o&Spturday evening.
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z NEW BELL--The bell recently put up in the tower
q the Fort Street Church, was rung for the first time
for service on Sabbath last. 1t gives a pleasant
sound, but appeared to have a new hand at the rope.
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NOTES OF THE WEEK.

II The mail by the Yankee will close at the Post
Office this morning at 10 O'Clock. A bag will remain
open at our counter for papers till the sailing of the
mailing. We issue our paper this week a day earlier
than usual on account of the mail.
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Ships Mails.

Fur SAs FRAscsco-per Yankee. Wednesday, Dec O.
For LAHaISA-per Alice, W ednesdzy, and Maria, Saturday.
5or kArAS-per John Young, Wednesday, and Excel, Thurs
cay
scs HIIo, via kawaeisai, (overiand) per kalama, Thursday.
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- PARsoNAGE.-We learn that the parsonage for the
af6odist Church., for the erection of which the pre-
Geeds of the late fair were devoted. will be built and
completed by January LIST. It is to be located on the
It adjoining the NJ. L. Church, in Nuuanu Valley.
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r. The fine bark Yankee sails this (Wednes-
day. morning, at IL O'Clock, under the command Of
D. p. Penhallow. She takes a full cargo,
consisting of oil, sugar, and other domestic produce,
afd has q large list of passengers.
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CoApLIMENTs.-The Poiynesian complains of a
8. poor compliment We are irresistably reminded
of the old adage-'' Half a loaf is better than no
bread.' Be satisfied, Pol.
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gm1Jobfrtisfnrnts

On account Of the extraordinary success attending the DAY
Performances, the management takes great pleasure in an
nouncing one for
SATURDAY AFTERNOON. Dec. IL,
Commencing at half past 3 O'Clock. The programme viii b
OF such a character as to meet the entire appreciation Of all VIII
may choose to visit the Varieties on that occasion.
Dress Circle 81 80. Box 81. Children half price.
Professor Risley pledges himself that the greatest decorun
will be observed on this occasion.