The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1857-11-26


SAx FRAxcnco, Nov. l, 1851.
DEAR SIN Per Yankee I WAS in receipt Of files
Of your valued Journal. You win see by our papers
that four hundred or FIVE hundred Californians have
persisted by the loss Of the steamer Central dmersca.
The chief engineer, Mr.. Ashby. is censured quite So
verely by most & the male survivors for his cowardly
conduct That of the crew, and those who went
down in the il-fated ship was truly heroic.
We have had one or two small earthquakes here
recently, but no damage was done except to disturb
the slumbers of most of our families. creating q con-
siderable f~uttering Of night caps, &C. The undola-
tons were accompanied by q rumbling sound.
Our municipal regulations - now in the most
prosperous condition. which u is evinoed by the prompt
ness of tax payers Old delinqueuts Of two years
standing are coming forward and squaring up; in
fact general confidence reigns, every one of the old
stealing regime having been busted. This conf
dence extends, it would seem, even TO the coroner,
who has been buster in the past month than ever his
predecessor WAS Whether this proceeds from the
superiority of talent of the present incumbent CDR.
McNulty) who is q physician in good standing, or
not. deponent saith not but facts are stubborn
things, and l am inclined to think that the many
persons who have recently committed suicide held off
until after the election. feeling more confdence in
having q post norton conducted by one who has
used the 81 scalpel.''
Affairs at the East look gloomy; the loss to the
money market of the 100000 treasure which went
down in the Central -america win be apt to increas1
the panic in Wall street-still they have one remede
as no doubt three-tourths of the amount lost IS m
sured in London; therefore it will be an offset AGAINST
the specie which would have gone forward. There is
no doubt that there is q great financial crisjsimpend-
ing. As far as this State is concerned Will result
well; our market will get relieved Of ers who
have been flooding it and our populatbn win get .
greater benefit by a renewal of emf ration and cause
those who are here to be perma9t
Our mines are turning out HI this season The
writer has just returned frobk . weeks trip thither
and can report favorably q The soufhern districts
The farmers and stock breedGrs, however. 1 look upon
as the most substantial Brion of our people. most Of
them being well stockef and out of debt, very many
having cash to loan.
The Yankee has ame novel stock ON board-elk
and terrapin. The ormer 1 do not think will do well
except in the most Elevated localities at the islands.
say at East Maui br some portions Of Kauai-the lat
ter must thrive Y el in the kalo patches, if unmolest-
ed, or in the m lntain streams. .
The weather(5 now delightful. Strawberries are
yet in San F. cisco market; game is just coming in
plentifuly a a visit to the market now is realya
pleasure.
The suga Ind rice market manifests q better feel
ing than hi been eyinced for o month or two past.
The taking Up by our refinery of about 100000
pounds Of raw sugars has created frmness, and
holders d. not appear anxious to sell-good news for
your plaI ers, l presume. The stock of rice is very
heavy an it is only the frmness of holders that has
kept up I b price. 1 do not think it can advance
materiall
We hal one failure to record this packet-the
house of %. Hunt s. Co., hardware merchants, La
bilities s. 1900.
Your t~ownsman, Russell, seems to have intro
duced a feature of island trade by running an
express Yankee, which will no doubt be q great
cony eniel e to many of your citizens and families.
Your ' luable sheet will yet reach a high per-
simmon. observe quite an array of cards of San
Francisco houses in your last numbers, which, trust
will resu mutually beneficial.
Aloha nui, SYPHAx.