The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-06-04

ing up a Robbery, and her citizens appear to be salts
fed with being soldiers, without being subject to "the
fortunes of war; satisfied with the name of the
thing, without much, if any, real patriotism. as we
hear of but little fighting; and, 1 think, barring a
few leaders, such as Castillo, with but little fight in
them. The Castillo or Fortress is a splendid affair,
covering a great deal of ground and very substan-
TALLY built, but located badly for the protection of the
present harbor. The site of old Callao is at present
under water. The city was dropped do1On, enc hun
dred and eleven years ago, and only one MAJ left to
tell the tale, and he must have had the shakes pretty
bad. Lima" the city of kings, is only seven miles
from Callao, connected by railroad, and 1 shall take
u run up there during the coming week.
Mr.. and Mrs. Caverly have been passengers with
US to and from the Chinchas. He is Secretary of Lee
CATION to our Minister to Chile, J. Randolph Clay.
He is in very bad health and his days are numbered.
He has consumption after him, and suffers already
with the prevailing symptoms. He is q splendid
American-North (here they think there is no other
America but South and reminds me very much Of
Lieutenant R. in his style, address, &c. =
SIR As attention has been recently drawn to the
supposed loss of the schooner KamGmGlu from the
alleged drunkenness of the captain on his leaving La
haina, We would respectfully call the attention Of
those government officers who may have it in their
power to correct the abuses of the license law in our
sister city.
We would be far from imputing to them any other
desire than that they will do all in their power, when
the facts are known, to suppress e~ffectually the sale
of an intoxicating drink that causes more trouble at
Lahaina, and not only Lahaina, but throughout the
Islands, than any other one evil.
The too probable loss of the Ramamalu has been
the theme Of conversation from Hawaii to Niihau;
and the assigned reason is, " Lahaina BEER The
great number of passengers and seamen, (about oO)
the large amount expended upon her, <$12,000) her
ownership by H. r. II. Victoria K~amamalu, all have
tended to make her loss a public one. But il It's scarce
two years since another fine schooner left Lahaina for
Hawaii, and acas neoer heard from. We refer to the
.NTihoa, a fine specimen of Island ship building. She
was built on Kauai, and was owned by Kekaulahao.
The last that is known of her fate,' is, that she left
Lahaina with q crowded deck load of passengers; the
captain being, as was currently reported at the time,
under the influence Of beer; and the probability is,
the vessel capsized off Kalepolepo Bay, as the winds
were very strong the night of her leaving Lahaina.
She is yet among the missing; as yet there are no
tidings of what befell her. Thus, two fine YES
sells have within q short time probably been lost
and some hundred or more of His Majesty's subjects
found a watery grave, from the direct influence Of
the Illicit sale of intoxicating beer at Lahaina.
That there is a melancholy state of things, so far
as regards the native masters Of our coasters, and not
only of masters but crews, on the occasions of their
touching at Lahaina is too true. Those foreigners
who are engaged in the coasting trade, tell us that
they have more trouble at Lahaina from their natives
getting drunk than at all the other ports they touch
at. There seems to be no difficulty at all in the free
sale of beer. We hear that it is carried on as openly
as any other business, and the beer kegs and bottles
make their display as other articles of merchandise.
The question arises, cannot this evil be stopped in q
great measure, or, at least, controlled? We think it
can. If we are rightly informed there has been a
stop put to the sale of beer here and at other places
on the Islands. Why not at Lahaina If we mis-
take not, our worthy Marshal found some two year,
since that the beer shops of Honolulu were a nuisance,
and they were shut up. Can it not be done at LIZ
haina? We would most respectfully suggest to the
Acting Minister of the Interior, that he would give
the matter his attention, and we can but think that
in a matter in which the welfare of His Majesty's
subjects is so deeply interested they will find in him
an ardent co-operator in any salutary measures he
may devise, and we pledge to him the active assist
ance and countenance, of not only the order loving
citizens of Lahaina but of those engaged in the coast.
ing trade, and Of every true friend to the country.
NIIHOA.