The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1856-1888, 1858-11-18

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day) morning Il loo'cloek. the Yaskee sailing about
II N. -
e. The Commetcial can be had in wrappers Al
our counter-one dllar per dozen, or ia cents each.
San FkAxcnoo tAcKEm-we learn that Messrs.
Waterman & Co. have purchased the interest o..
Messrs. c. A. Williams & Co. in the bark Yankesr
and win hereafter sct As agents for her at this port.
She viii sail to-day (Thurdsy) at II a., and win
run hereafter in connection with the Frances Pal
mer, which viii sal about the 30throf November. A
third bark il we understand being built in the East
ern States intended to run in this line instead Of the
Fanny Major. When the three are on the route, no
better line Of packets could be asked for by QUA
trading and travelling public; bat we wish that the
importance OF sustaining our regular packets wM
more generally felt among them. As it now is, If .
transient vessel is laid on for freight at two bits q ton
less than the usual rate, she fills up, and our regular
packets have to lie a month in port, (.hus deranging
the regularity of our mails) and then have to sail 10
ballast. -
SUNDAY LIQUOR SELLING.-Our present efficient
Project of Police has determined strictly to enforce
the law forbidding the sale of liquor on the Sabbath.
and last Saturday evening he personally notified each
hotel keeper that such would be the case. Accord
ingly those places were closed all day on Sunday.
and as a consequence not a case of arrest for drunk
enness occurred on that day. though scarcely a Sab
bath has passed Of late in which several arrests for
that offence have not occurred. Still, there are, We
are informed, other places than regularly licensed
liquor houses where large quantities of branded
peaches and other fruits are to be had for one dollar
. bottle. a glass of which stuff. GENERALLY nothing
but alcohol colored) will produce as speedy intoxi-
cation as any drinks retailed Mt the hotels. If this il
the actual state Of things, it should be stopped.
We understand also that one or two attempts have
been made to re-establish the famous hula dances in
town, but that they have been very quietly ''hushed
up" Beer shops, too, after the most approved
Lahaina stamp, have been attempted, but from som,
mysterious cause, have collapsed. This is as ii
should be. The law against Sunday liquor trade.
hulas, and beer shops is clear as day, and as long aa
it is a law. let it be carried out. In the execution o!
his duties, the Project of Police will be sustained by
all law abiding citizens.
TRADE w1NDs.-whenever for a week or 30 the
trade winds e hold their breath. % everybody in Homo
lulu begins to worry and fret, and not a few cases g
sickness occur. This IS particularly 30 among tn,
natives. and during the past few days we have heard
of quite a number of deaths among them, from az
aggravated species of I. Boohoo fever" The noisons
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houses about the densely peopled portion of the city.
are peculiarly noticeable early in the morning during
the prevalence of southerly weather, and cannot b.
otherwise than unwholesome. The Subject was re
ferred to some time since in this journal. and the i'm
portance of q local sanitary regulation in this par
ticular was strongly urged. Perhaps the only medi-
um through which the desired object could be effected,
would be n municipal government for the city OF
Houo1u1u-an that enona af prosepf m he in fbe dim
future. However. it is quite apparent that our once
so much Wanted climate and salubrious position are
every succeeding year getting into less repute among
our residents, while we hear no complaint from those
who live at a distance from the metropolis. Let US
not forget to provide for the public health as well as
wealth. Cannot the legislature appropriately con-
slider this subject of sanitary regulations?
U Among the passengers by the Yankee, home
ward bound, is our respected townsman B. W. FIELD.
ESQ, who, having closed up his business, leaves us
with the intention of making Boston his future home.
During a residence here of some ten years Mr.. F. has
established for himself an enviable character as n
business man and as q private citizen. We part with
MIN with many regrets and our best wishes for his
future success in life. We also notice in the list O.,
passengers by the Yankee the name of our old friend
Capt. Washington L. Walker, who, as n successful
whale ship master, has long been known to Honolulu.
We trust soon to see him return to our islands to
make them his future home.
PEnsoNAL--It is quite unnecessary that we stop to
cumber eur columns by noticing the frequent remarks
Of the government organ about the Commercial.
Did we choose to follow its example, there is hardly n
paragraph in its issues from week to week in which
we could not find some errors or misstatements. and
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lie press supported in part from the public treasury.
i not. however. expected to pursue any other course or
fill its columns with aught than personal slang. The
best commentary as to how we stand with the public
is the fact that we issue over one 1000 copies weekly,
and that our receipts for subscriptions and sales of
our papers during the past two months have proba-
LIZ exceeded those of the government paper for the
past twenty-four months. This being the case, we
cannot afford to spend space or time in following up
that journal in all its personal abuse.
New VARIETY OF SuaAR CANE-Mr. Armstrong
informs US that a new kind of cane is growing Mt
Waikapu, on Maui, which differs from the common
in that it has never been known to blossom. 1t
grows to an enormous size and height, stalks OF
seventeen feet being not uncommon. What its value
is for making sugar we do not learn, and should
be glad to have some further inform ition in, regard
to it from any persons who may be acquainted with
this variety. Since writing the above, we notice the
existence Of the cane is alluded to in Mr.. Wyllie's
Address before the Agricultural Society. A gentle
man informs us that ut an elevation OF several tho u
sand feet above the sea, the cane seldoms blossoms;
waikapu however, is located only a few feet above the
sea. -
- By reference to our memoranda il will be seen
that the bark Young Greek which sailed hence for
San Francisco on the morning of the 9th October.
was spoken by the whaleship Goethe. on the 1st Of
November. hearding direct for that port. with an eight
knot breeze from the southwest. The Fanny Major
was also seen hull down by the same vessel on the
same day, a few hours later. They will both proba-
bly, have reached San Francisco by tho 18th instant.